Sussex Interclub HFT 2017 - GRAND FINALE RESULTS

[biggles]

Hi All

For the very last time in 2017, I post results from the SIHFT, this time to show how those who came along this morning to our Grand Finale, combined with the Sussex Fifty Open, fared.

HUGE thanks to Simmo and the Buxted crew for hosting the Finale and putting out a very challenging 25 peg/50 target course to test us - which it certainly did. It was mostly to UKAHFT rules (look away, Sparky, nothing to see here ), just with 20 extra targets and zero positionals ..... all because Andy can't hit a barn door while kneeling or standing.

The wind certainly did its best to 'play' with our lead but, mostly, the sun shone on us and the food was good too.

Here are the results, requiring a shoot off for 1st place and countback for 3rd in the Open Class

Name	Club	Score in Finale	Class	Position
Justin Rayner	Buxted	92	Open	1	After shoot-off
Andy Simpson	Buxted	92	Open	2
Mike Byford	Oaks	91	Open	3	On count-back
Mike Burgess	Swallows	91	Open	3
Kevin Hills	Buxted	91	Open	3
Kevin Catt	Meon Valley	90	Open	6
Mark Rackley	Ford	87	Open	7
Mike Barkus	Buxted	86	Open	8
Richard Chase	Ford	85	Open	9
Howard Kalisch	Buxted	85	Open	9
Kevin Wickson	Buxted	84	Open	11
Nigel Buchan	Buxted	83	Open	12
Vince Guy	Swallows	83	Open	12
Kevin Maw	Buxted	83	Open	12
Graeme Cargan	Oaks	82	Open	15
Charles Peal	Oaks	81	Open	16
Justin Roberts	Ford	81	Open	16
Jon Newton-May	Buxted	80	Open	18
Mike Seagrave	Meon Valley	80	Open	18
Ivan Edmiston	Buxted	79	Open	20
Spencer Bailey	Buxted	78	Open	21
Steb Martinez	Ford	78	Open	21
Simon Whittick	Horsham	77	Open	23
Paul Bradford	Buxted	76	Open	24
Kevin McMenamin	Visitor	76	Open	24
Gary Morrison	Buxted	75	Open	26
Anthony Smith	Horsham	74	Open	27
Richard Nightingale	Oaks	72	Open	28
Greg Wilmshurst	Swallows	71	Open	29
Dan Hawes	Iden Fern	68	Open	30
Roy Pearce	Iden Fern	66	Open	31
Darren Purnell	Buxted	65	Open	32
Keith Paddington	Horsham	61	Open	33
Chris McGinness	?	57	Open	34
Doug Falcon	Oaks	54	Open	35
Charles Upstill	Horsham	53	Open	36
Aaron Friend	Oaks	DNF	Open
Paul Wilson	Buxted	DNF	Open
Josh Purnell	Buxted	No Card	Open
Jean Greatrex	Maldon	82	Ladies	1
Ally Stewart	Oaks	56	Ladies	2
Abigail Maw	Buxted	88	Junior/Primary	1
Harvey Friend	Visitor	68	Junior/Primary	2
Connor Leonard	Iden Fern	66	Junior/Primary	3
Gary Chillingworth	Maldon	89	0.22/Recoil	1
Nick Byrne	Visitor	81	0.22/Recoil	2
Russ Conner	Buxted	78	0.22/Recoil	3
Pat Fitzgerald	Ford	77	0.22/Recoil	4
Roger Dibbens	Buxted	74	0.22/Recoil	5
James Dawson	Buxted	60	0.22/Recoil	6

Apologies to Chris McGinness who, booking in a tad late, we failed to record the club you're a member of.

In the Sussex Fifty prize draw, Pat Fitzgerald won the Air Arms Goodie Bag and Richard (I never win anything) Chase the Compair Magazine subscription.

And truly finally (apart from handing out Trophies to the already known winners of the SIHFT individuals and team) ... with the selection of personally numbered Mentoes "balls", we held the 2017 SIHFT prize draw for ....

1. A specially engraved SIHFT 10th Anniversary Air Arms S400. This was won by a very happy Gary Morrison,
2. £100 went to Vince Guy,
3. £50 went to Mark Rackley, and
4. £50 to Jean Greatrex

Congratulations to everyone who took part, whether shooting and/or helping run 'stuff', throughout the whole year.

We look forward to doing it all again in 2018 and expect we'll see a bunch of you in the almost-with-us Southern Hunters which starts with a return to Buxted on Sunday 5th November. Best get your wet/mud/snow proof gear out and in shape for the winter.

All the best

Biggles