Hi Everyone

Apologies for the naff formatting of the results below. Major battle going on between both my PCs and the thread posting tools. BBS is winning this battle 2:0 at the moment.

Here we go with a brief commentary and the results from today’s foray in to a completely new field (quite literally) when Ford Ranges HFT crew hosted Round 2 of the 2018 SIHFT.

Setting a course in otherwise entirely open ground has not been seen in the SIHFT since the series’ earliest year at Swallows FTC, when ‘all’ they had was grassland. The odd fallen tree branch was dragged in to play but other features had to be man-made. Some may think this simple compared with the intricacies of threading lanes between trees; WRONG!! So well done Fordies for your hard work in setting a course both interesting and challenging. The breeze (but not the more usual Ford gale) played its part.

A great crowd (83 total entries) descended on Ford to compete for this SIHFT round which was combined with the final round of the 17/18 Southern Hunters.

Congrats to today’s leader – Kev – with a superb 58, closely followed by Lewis and Si with a 57 apiece.

The new SIHFT badges arrived today. If you were unable to collect yours, whether for Round 1 at Ford a couple of weeks ago or for today, there will be no problems if you ask us when we meet again for Round 3.

Here is the full set of results …..

Firstname Surname Club Class Score % Badge Team
Kevin Hills Buxted O 58 100.0% G T
Lewis Hodges Oaks O 57 98.3% G T
Simon Williams Oaks O 57 98.3% G T
Aaron Friend Oaks O 56 96.6% G T
Charles Peal Oaks O 56 96.6% G T
Nick Byrne Oaks O 55 94.8% G T
Vince Holland Maldon O 55 94.8% G T
Kevin Catt Meon Valley O 54 93.1% G T
Jon Newton-May Buxted O 54 93.1% G T
Justin Rayner Buxted O 54 93.1% G T
Gary Chillingworth Maldon R 53 91.4% G T
Howard Kalisch Buxted O 53 91.4% S T
Steve Miller Meon Valley O 53 91.4% S T
Nigel Wood Buxted R 53 91.4% G T
Mike Averill Maldon O 52 89.7% S T
Spencer Bailey Buxted O 52 89.7% S
Lol Moore Ford O 52 89.7% S T
Mark Rackley Meon Valley O 52 89.7% S T
Mike Seagrave Meon Valley O 52 89.7% S T
Russ Connor Buxted O 51 87.9% S
Jason Danvers Visitor O 51 87.9% S
Roger Dibbens Buxted O 51 87.9% S
Nigel Grigsby Meon Valley O 51 87.9% S T
Kevin Maw Buxted O 51 87.9% S
Mike Barkus Buxted O 50 86.2% S
Mike Burgess Swallows O 50 86.2% S T
Philip Jacobs Horsham O 50 86.2% S T
Daniel Smith Visitor O 50 86.2% S
Glen Turner Ford O 50 86.2% S T
Don Vickers Meon Valley .22 50 86.2% G
Simon Whittick Horsham O 50 86.2% S T
Nigel Buchan Buxted O 49 84.5% S
Adam Longhurst Buxted O 49 84.5% S
Kevin McMenamin Visitor O 49 84.5% S
Colin Medway Meon Valley O 49 84.5% S
Justin Roberts Ford O 49 84.5% S T
George Danvers Visitor J 48 82.8% S
Jason Lockett Maldon .22 47 81.0% S T
Abigail Maw Buxted J 47 81.0% S
Phil Moody Horsham O 47 81.0% B T
Pat Fitzgerald Ford R 46 79.3% S T
Keith Paddington Horsham O 46 79.3% B T
Neil Parrott Meon Valley O 46 79.3% B
Philip Rodgers Visitor O 46 79.3% B
Danny Roff Maldon R 46 79.3% S T
Alex Abbott Visitor O 45 77.6% B
Graeme Cargan Oaks R 45 77.6% S
Richard Chase Ford R 45 77.6% S T
Derek Watson Horsham R 45 77.6% S T
Kevin Wickson Buxted O 45 77.6% B
Dean Yaxley Meon Valley O 45 77.6% B
Rex Bennett Maldon R 44 75.9% S
Doug Falcon Oaks O 44 75.9% B
Tim Hale Visitor .22 44 75.9% S
Barbara Pearce Iden Fern L 44 75.9% S T
Darren Purnell Buxted O 44 75.9% B
Steve Edmondson Maldon O 43 74.1%
David Henderson Meon Valley O 43 74.1%
Jon Kelly Buxted O 43 74.1%
David Sippett Visitor O 43 74.1%
Bob Pattenden Oaks R 42 72.4% B
Roy Pearce Iden Fern O 42 72.4% T
Paul Somerville Meon Valley .22 42 72.4% B
Craig Hallas Meon Valley O 41 70.7%
Jade Saunders Oaks L 41 70.7% B
Richard Simpson Buxted O 41 70.7%
Scott Somerville Meon Valley J 41 70.7% B
Stewart Elstone Buxted O 40 69.0%
Greet Hopper Ford L 40 69.0% B
Nigel Carter Visitor O 39 67.2%
Jean Greatrex Maldon L 39 67.2% B
Harvey Friend Oaks J 38 65.5% B
Steb Martinez Ford R 38 65.5% B
Damian Walker Oaks O 38 65.5%
Chris Day Ford O 37 63.8%
Chris Mears Oaks O 37 63.8%
Ally Stewart Oaks L 37 63.8%
Linzi Moody Horsham L 36 62.1%
Steve Shrouder Oaks O 34 58.6%
Sarah Vickers Meon Valley L 34 58.6%
Brandon Roff Maldon J 30 51.7%
Sebastian Hale Visitor P 29 50.0%
Paul Charman Swallows O DNF T

Please let me know a.s.a.p. if you spot anything you think is amiss.

Prize drawer winners today were :
• ??? – the £41 cash prize, and
• ??? – the Air Arms goody bag
(help needed - AGAIN! Who won the above? I sadly let Charles walk off with the cards on which I’d noted these wins)

Team scores today and points are:

Club Round 2 Points
Oaks 281 24
Buxted 272 22
Meon Valley 262 18
Maldon 253 14
Ford 242 17
Horsham 238 17
Iden Fern 209 12
Swallows 156 12

Swallows FTC and Iden Fern both required 3 lucky-dip cards.

Happy shooting wherever you are until we meet on 27th May for SIHFT Round 3 at Swallows FTC. Other shoots of between now and then include the 1st round of this year’s Summer Open at Horsham next Sunday (29/4), the Bowman Classic at Meon on the 6th May and, on the 13th Open HFTs at no fewer than 3 Sussex clubs – Buxted, Ford and Iden Fern. If you’re venturing as far as Harrogate that weekend, do drop in to say hello to Jean, Charles, Mike & Lewis delivering HFT coaching with Air Arms at the Northern Shooting Show. And finally, we have the first round of this year’s UKAHFT at Misfits on the 20th May.

I think we need to lobby Parliament to increase the number of weekends in a year!!

Biggles