Sussex Interclub HFT 2017 - Round 7 RESULTS

[biggles]

Hi Everyone

Fortunately for today’s SIHFTers, the weather was different from that experienced by the course setters. While the torrents which hit us earlier in the week (TWICE ) left the field entrance a tad soggy, it kept the otherwise dry/dusty leaf mold in the woods damped down and all we had was blue sky and a few fluffy white clouds. We also, finally, had a touch of a breeze coming in off the field to catch a pellet and push it when you were not expecting – or not when you were.

Some great scores but, course setters’ delight, there were no clearances while many others achieved personal best results and went away with wide smiles

My apologies for the ‘pulling’ of the free stander AT lane 16, the peg of which was too tall (should have been just 4 inches) and too close to a tree. I’d made a mental note yesterday to move it a couple of feet to the left and hammer it further in to the ground this morning, but forgot 1st thing this morning while posting DANGER notices all round our wood's 800 yard perimeter. As so many of you had questioned or misunderstood the ‘rule’ for a standing only shot with a peg (all supported positionals must NOT have a peg at all), it was decided that pulling it was the only option.

I’ll repeat the thanks of the day – to Steve, Vince, Carla and Alasdair for their help in getting everything ready and taking down the course (pulling strings and ropes, etc. in as we’ll be leaving most of the course out for a few weeks for a bit more practice) and to Gerry and Stuart for looking after the catering and doing so much work in the past few months to improve the wood's pathways. If I’ve overlooked anyone, my apologies and thanks to you too.

Here is the full set of results …..

Firstname	Surname	Club	Class	Score	Hscore	%	Badge	T(eam)
Kevin	Catt	Meon Valley	O	59	59	100.0%	Gold	T
Kevin	Hills	Buxted	O	59	59	100.0%	G	T
Graeme	Cargan	Oaks	O	58	58	98.3%	G	T
Roger	Dibbens	Buxted	O	58	58	98.3%	G	T
Alex	Larkin	Maldon	O	58	58	98.3%	G	T
Abigail	Maw	Buxted	J	58	58	98.3%	G	T
Mike	Seagrave	Meon Valley	O	58	58	98.3%	G	T
Paul	Somerville	Meon Valley	O	58	58	98.3%	G	T
Steven	Haworth	Meon Valley	O	57	57	96.6%	G	T
Justin	Rayner	Buxted	O	57	57	96.6%	G	T
Justin	Roberts	Ford	O	57	57	96.6%	G	T
Simon	Williams	Oaks	O	57	57	96.6%	G	T
Nigel	Buchan	Buxted	O	56	56	94.9%	G
Russ	Connor	Buxted	O	56	56	94.9%	G	T
Pat	Fitzgerald	Ford	R	56	56	94.9%	G	T
Vince	Guy	Swallows	O	56	56	94.9%	G	T
Ali	James	Meon Valley	O	56	56	94.9%	G	T
Adam	Longhurst	Buxted	O	56	56	94.9%	G
Kevin	Maw	Buxted	O	56	56	94.9%	G
Kevin	McMenamin	Visitor	O	56	56	94.9%	G
Jon	Newton-May	Buxted	O	56	56	94.9%	G
Stuart	Tennent	Meon Valley	O	56	56	94.9%	G
Shaun	Willson	Oaks	O	56	56	94.9%	G	T
Spencer	Bailey	Buxted	O	55	55	93.2%	G
Howard	Kalisch	Buxted	O	55	55	93.2%	G
Phil	Moody	Horsham	O	55	55	93.2%	G	T
Gary	Morrison	Buxted	O	55	55	93.2%	G
Bob	Pattenden	Oaks	O	55	55	93.2%	G	T
Charles	Peal	Oaks	O	55	55	93.2%	G
Mark	Rackley	Ford	O	55	55	93.2%	G	T
Andy	Simpson	Buxted	O	55	55	93.2%	G
Don	Vickers	Meon Valley	O	55	55	93.2%	G
Kevin	Wickson	Buxted	O	55	55	93.2%	G
Nigel	Wood	Buxted	R	55	55	93.2%	G
Gary	Chillingworth	Maldon	R	54	54	91.5%	G	T
Tom	Keene	Meon Valley	O	54	54	91.5%	Silver
Simon	Whittick	Horsham	O	54	54	91.5%	S	T
Carla	Chambers	Swallows	O	53	53	89.8%	S	T
Stephen	Cumming	Meon Valley	O	53	53	89.8%	S
Daisy	Dibbens	Buxted	J	53	53	89.8%	G
Neil	Parrott	Meon Valley	O	53	53	89.8%	S
Barry	Blackham	Ford	O	52	52	88.1%	S	T
Mike	Burgess	Swallows	O	52	52	88.1%	S	T
Dan	Hawes	Iden Fern	O	52	52	88.1%	S	T
Ewan	Hobbs	Iden Fern	O	52	52	88.1%	S	T
Steb	Martinez	Ford	O	52	52	88.1%	S	T
Keith	Paddington	Horsham	O	52	52	88.1%	S	T
Roy	Pearce	Iden Fern	O	52	52	88.1%	S	T
Dave	Pickett	Buxted	O	52	52	88.1%	S
Scott	Sommerville	Meon Valley	J	52	52	88.1%	G
Stewart	Elstone	Buxted	O	51	51	86.4%	S
David	Henderson	Meon Valley	O	51	51	86.4%	S
Wes	Micklethwaite	Oaks	P	51	55	86.4%	G	T
David	Pullen	Meon Valley	O	51	51	86.4%	S
Glen	Turner	Ford	O	51	51	86.4%	S
Derek	Watson	Horsham	R	51	51	86.4%	G	T
Nick	Byrne	Visitor	.22	50	50	84.7%	G
Steve	Noakes	Swallows	O	50	50	84.7%	S	T
Anthony	Smith	Horsham	O	50	50	84.7%	S	T
Richard	Chase	Ford	O	49	49	83.1%	Bronze
Nigel	Grigsby	Meon Valley	O	49	49	83.1%	B
Paul	Wilson	Buxted	O	49	49	83.1%	B
Gabriel	Hobbs	Iden Fern	P	48	52	81.4%	G	T
Mark	Hurley	Horsham	O	48	48	81.4%	B
Gordon	Scott	Buxted	O	48	48	81.4%	B
James	Dawson	Buxted	R	47	47	79.7%	S
Doug	Falcon	Oaks	R	47	47	79.7%	S
Bob	Morris	Ford	R	47	47	79.7%	S
Angie	Morrissette	Oaks	L	47	47	79.7%	S
Anthony	Leonard	Iden Fern	R	46	46	78.0%	S
Barbara	Pearce	Iden Fern	L	46	46	78.0%	S
Ally	Stewart	Oaks	L	46	46	78.0%	S
Nigel	Tostevin	Oaks	O	46	46	78.0%	B
Connor	Leonard	Iden Fern	P	45	49	76.3%	G	T
Steve	Micklethwaite	Oaks	O	45	45	76.3%	B
Charles	Upstill	Visitor	O	45	45	76.3%	B
Nick	Franklin	Iden Fern	J	44	44	74.6%	B
Jean	Greatrex	Maldon	L	44	44	74.6%	B	T
Alasdair	Ridley	Swallows	R	44	44	74.6%	B	T
Dave	Rushman	Oaks	O	44	44	74.6%
James	Cumming	Meon Valley	.22	43	43	72.9%	B
John	Kirkwood	Horsham	.22	43	43	72.9%	B
Paul	Bradford	Buxted	.22	40	40	67.8%	B
David	Richards	Swallows	R	32	32	54.2%
Mariusz	Morzuch	Visitor	O	DNF
Maciek	Pajek	Horsham	O	DNF

For achieving their 5^th Gold of the season, we awarded a bunch of fresh Platinum Badges today to Kev Catt, Pat Fitzgerald, Kev Hills, Wes Micklethwaite and Simon Williams.

Please let me know a.s.a.p. if you spot anything you think is amiss in the above table. 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:

• Shaun Wilson – the £43 cash prize,
• Justin Roberts – the Air Arms goody bag
• And Angie Morrissette won the Compair Magazine subscription

The tie with Meon's gun scores today means that Buxted hold on to their 4 point lead ahead of Meon Valley. With only 3 members present, MAD had to call upon the ‘free draw’ for 2 extra cards to achieve their 249 total, but still left them in 8^th place. Total team member scores and cumulative points won are :

Club	Round 7	Points
Buxted	288	80
Meon Valley	288	76
Oaks	281	72
Ford	272	49
Horsham	262	57
Iden Fern	257	51
Swallows	255	46
Maldon	249	54

Safe shooting to you all ahead of round 8 of the 2017 SIHFT, which is in two weeks’ time on the 20^th August at Buxted. In the meantime, very best of shooting to all the SIHFTers, including those competing in next weekend’s events at MVAC (Masters) or venturing in to Popham Woods for the Basingstoke Summer Sizzler. Pretty sure there are other shoots on too. Enjoy wherever you head, even if just off to the pub

Biggles

[si7777777]

Thank you Swallows. Was told your new ground was good and I thoroughly agree. Lovely woods with a very enjoyable course!
Si

[blackscale]

A few PB's there i reckon!

[bad shot bob]

Thanks swollows for a super days shooting well done pat cracking shooting fela and I didn't kick your pellets over this time good to see a good close spring gun shooting thanks again shifters

[fastnick]

Having missed SIHFT Round 1 due to being away on my hols, today was my first visit to Swallows FTC's new ground - and what a brilliant venue 😎

Thanks to Mike and the rest of the Swallows crew for a very, very enjoyable day's sport - can't wait to return 😉

[Don626]

Thanks for a fantastic course guys, also thanks for pulling 16 as its put me into a gold lol I'll have to swap my silver Kev got for me at the next round. My apologies for not being there for the badge giving.

[Bob P]

That was a good course, really enjoyed it, love the way the woods are laid out.
Thanks to Mr C and Mark for company, laughs and banter.
Bob

[CrystalPistal]

That was a good course, really enjoyed it, love the way the woods are laid out.
Thanks to Mr C and Mark for company, laughs and banter.
Bob

top quality banter indeed thanks for a great shoot fellas

[cargs68]

Great course great fun great banter.
Thanks bob and mark.
Well done to all class winners
Cheers swallows

Graeme

[Falconator]

Well, what a result, the stewards enquiry surrounding the now infamous Peg 16 has saved me from the ignominy of being bested at the sihft by my better half, with the additional 2 points awarded i have scraped by with a 1 point TKO to retain my 100% unbeaten by the wife record.

Many thanks to all at the swallows for a fantastic course, superb catering and all round great banter.

[blackscale]

Cheat!

[Enthusiast]

Gawd almighty I'm getting worserer and worserer

Great course Swallows and good to shoot with Mr Tostevin and young Pat the Hat. What a hero!

I can't see 'kin anything any more, think I need to start looking at some alternative optics or buy a blinking great torch, the whole world has gone dark and out of focus...

Beardy

[CalamityJane]

I beat you fair and square, Dougie. Damn that peg 16!
There's always next week 🥇

[EwanH]

Thanks for the speedy post Biggles appreciated.

Well what a day, shot the kit Saturday & it was faultless, got on the Swallows plink & my 2 dot 8 yarder grew to 3.5 arghhhh noooooooo, surely that little breeze wouldn't add that on.
Haven't got a clue what happened in between so had to just go with it & compensate.

My second outing in the magical forest & boy it didn't disappoint yet again.
Gabriel equalled his PB, also shot at Swallows, so he's a very happy bunny & could we collect his gold badge next round he said.
We left pretty sharpish as I wanted to get home & image the Sun but clouds decided to rain on that, never mind.

Thanks to Setters, chefs, Marshalls & competitors.
Looking forward to the next & i'll bring the back up rifle this time

Atb

[blackscale]

Yeah! page three was a corker and that's the truth!!