Hi All
Huge thank yous to Phil and the whole of the Horsham Hawks team responsible for setting today’s course and putting on a great breakfast and lunch feast for us.
A very different day weather wise – again – with almost unbroken sun (except where it was dark in them there woods) and very little breeze (barely a Simmmo style “edge of kill” even in the field).
The Hawkes made up for this by placing a pair of quite vicious positionals – the free kneeler and free stander – all on their own in the field, but lofted on monsterous poles. If I can find the time, I will be tempted to go through all of today’s 70 score cards and may end up naming those who knocked over the teeny blob of a target which was the free stander on Lane 2 [see post 4 below]. Did they outnumber those who had the ‘pleasure’ of watching their pellet sail past one of the plate’s edges [oh yes 3.5:1]
Highlight of the day for me was to see Primary Class entrant young Wes pick up a third Gold and third Team place for Mile Oak .
Here is the full set of results …..
Name Club Class Score Hscore % Badge T(eam) Mike Burgess Swallows O 58 58 100.0% Gold T Justin Rayner Buxted O 58 58 100.0% G T Phil Moody Horsham O 57 57 98.3% G T Gary Morrison Buxted O 57 57 98.3% G T Bob Pattenden Oaks O 57 57 98.3% G T Kevin Catt Meon Valley O 56 56 96.6% G T Roger Dibbens Buxted O 56 56 96.6% G T Vince Guy Swallows O 56 56 96.6% G T Abigail Maw Buxted J 56 56 96.6% G T Andy Simpson Buxted O 56 56 96.6% G T Philip Jacobs Horsham O 55 55 94.8% G T Steb Martinez Ford O 55 55 94.8% G T Kevin Maw Buxted O 55 55 94.8% G Stuart Tennent Meon Valley O 55 55 94.8% G T Simon Williams Oaks O 55 55 94.8% G T Spencer Bailey Buxted O 54 54 93.1% G Rick Bowell Iden Fern O 54 54 93.1% G T Carla Chambers Swallows O 54 54 93.1% G T Aaron Friend Oaks O 54 54 93.1% G T Ewan Hobbs Iden Fern O 54 54 93.1% G T Richard Nightingale Oaks O 54 54 93.1% G T Paul Somerville Meon Valley O 54 54 93.1% G T John Turnbull Horsham O 54 54 93.1% G T Don Vickers Meon Valley O 54 54 93.1% G T Richard Chase Ford O 53 53 91.4% Silver T Steven Haworth Meon Valley O 53 53 91.4% S T Tom Keene Meon Valley O 53 53 91.4% S Adam Longhurst Buxted O 53 53 91.4% S Maciek Pajek Horsham O 53 53 91.4% S T Mark Rackley Ford O 53 53 91.4% S T Derek Watson Horsham O 53 53 91.4% S T Wes Micklethwaite Oaks P 52 56 89.7% G T Charles Peal Oaks O 52 52 89.7% S Roy Pearce Iden Fern O 52 52 89.7% S T Kevin Wickson Buxted O 52 52 89.7% S Pat Fitzgerald Ford R 51 51 87.9% G T Kevin Hills Buxted O 51 51 87.9% S Howard Kalisch Buxted O 51 51 87.9% S Chris Silcock Visitor O 51 51 87.9% S Simon Whittick Horsham O 51 51 87.9% S Greg Wilmshurst Swallows O 51 51 87.9% S T Lisa Bowell Iden Fern L 50 50 86.2% G T Mike Cripps Meon Valley O 50 50 86.2% S Ali James Meon Valley O 50 50 86.2% S Nigel Wood Buxted R 50 50 86.2% G Nigel Buchan Buxted O 49 49 84.5% S Doug Falcon Oaks R 49 49 84.5% G Jean Greatrex Maldon L 49 49 84.5% G T Dave Pickett Buxted O 49 49 84.5% S Anthony Smith Horsham O 49 49 84.5% S Gary Chillingworth Maldon R 48 48 82.8% S T Stephen Cumming Meon Valley O 48 48 82.8% Bronze Nigel Grigsby Meon Valley O 48 48 82.8% B Dan Hawes Iden Fern O 48 48 82.8% B T Barbara Pearce Iden Fern L 48 48 82.8% S Chris Tyhurst Oaks O 48 48 82.8% B Ivan Edmiston Buxted O 46 46 79.3% B Stewart Elstone Buxted O 46 46 79.3% B David Henderson Meon Valley O 46 46 79.3% B Steve Micklethwaite Oaks O 46 46 79.3% B Dave Rushman Oaks O 45 45 77.6% B John Kirkwood Horsham .22 44 44 75.9% S Scott Sommerville Meon Valley J 44 44 75.9% S Keith Paddington Horsham O 42 42 72.4% Anthony Leonard Iden Fern R 41 41 70.7% B Neil Parrott Meon Valley O 41 41 70.7% John Brooks Visitor O 40 40 69.0% Nick Franklin Iden Fern J 40 40 69.0% B Ally Stewart Oaks L 39 39 67.2% B Connor Leonard Iden Fern P 27 31 46.6%
Very pleased to say that the impact of Round 2s DQ and points deductions resulted in ZERO score card errors today. Simmmo tried his best to smile when he completed his rigorous check, but Charles and I could sense his frustration Well done; keep it up!
Please let me know a.s.a.p. if you spy anything you think is amiss. Have I misspelt any names? Have I put you in the wrong class? Let me know if you spot anything wrong. BBS PM or email should do the trick.
Prize drawer winners today were:
- Dave Rushman – the £35 cash prize,
- Nigel Wood – the Air Arms goody bag
More shuffling among the Teams today, with Buxted catching Meon to hold joint first place in the points table. Total team member scores and cumulative points won are :
Club Round 3 Points Buxted 283 33 Oaks 276 32 Meon Valley 272 33 Horsham 272 28 Ford 261 21 Swallows 261 20 Iden Fern 258 22 Maldon 245 22
Both MAD (with 2 present) and Swallows FTC and Ford (each with 4) had to rely on assistance from our rule which allows up to 3 cards drawn at random – from those NOT in their own club’s team – for the shortfall of numbers.
Happy and safe shooting to you all ahead of round 4 of the 2017 SIHFT, which is in two weeks’ time on the 11th June at Mile Oak.
Hope to see a bunch of you tomorrow (Monday 29th) at Mile Oaks for the Cancervive charity pairs competition and more again next Saturday at Buxted’s Open and Sunday for the Bowman Classic at Meon.
Biggles