Hi All

As already mentioned in the SIHFT Facebook post, Horsham Hawks today deserve a HUGE thanks from us all for putting out a course to challenge the best; and plenty of the best were present.

We had light and dark, and then some very dark. We had range traps (which cost me half of my dropped points). And we had the sort of breeze in the field we all dream of – right to left, left to right, nothing; rarely two the same. Actually those dreams are more commonly known as nightmares. Hey ho.

But at least the early rain stopped and didn’t return and the ground was pretty much dry.

I’m sure I heard Phil J mutter that he’d expected clearances, but only 3 got close – with superb 58s achieved by the lady of the day (Jill – who enters Open class, just to show us up), plus Si (in shorts, as always) and Phil-the-man himself; all ages and genders covered the top place.

Horsham also equaled Swallows a few weeks ago in having just two stoppages. Can any other club beat this stoppages PB? For those unaware, I gather that the pulled target on lane 11 was due to the target mount’s failure – the thing fell over and it was impracticable to re-erect it.

Anyway, here is the full set of results ….. layout rubbish as before, since my PC's ability to use the BBS 'paste from Word' function has ceased to do so.

Name Club Class Score % Badge T(eam)
Jill Cochrane Maldon O 58 100.0% G T
Philip Jacobs Horsham O 58 100.0% G T
Simon Williams Oaks O 58 100.0% G T
Kevin Catt Meon Valley O 56 96.6% G T
Roger Dibbens Buxted O 56 96.6% G T
Kevin Maw Buxted O 56 96.6% G T
Bill Chaplin Maldon O 55 94.8% G T
Kevin Hills Buxted O 55 94.8% G T
Lewis Hodges Oaks O 55 94.8% G T
Mark Rackley Meon Valley O 55 94.8% G T
Nigel Buchan Buxted O 54 93.1% G T
Mike Burgess Swallows O 54 93.1% G T
Adam Longhurst Buxted O 54 93.1% G T
Maciek Pajek Horsham O 54 93.1% G T
Charles Peal Oaks O 54 93.1% G T
Gary Chillingworth Maldon R 53 91.4% G T
Vince Guy Swallows O 53 91.4% S T
Lol Moore Ford O 53 91.4% S T
Mike Seagrave Meon Valley O 53 91.4% S T
Alex Larkin Maldon O 52 89.7% S T
Abigail Maw Buxted J 52 89.7% G
Kevin McMenamin Visitor O 52 89.7% S
Bob Pattenden Oaks R 52 89.7% G T
Justin Rayner Buxted O 52 89.7% S
Paul Somerville Meon Valley .22 52 89.7% G T
Graeme Cargan (O) Oaks O 51 87.9% S T
Howard Kalisch Buxted O 51 87.9% S
Jon Newton-May Buxted O 51 87.9% S
Eoin O'Brien Visitor O 51 87.9% S
Neil Parrott Meon Valley O 51 87.9% S T
Roy Pearce Iden Fern O 51 87.9% S T
Simon Whittick Horsham O 51 87.9% S T
Kevin Wickson Buxted O 51 87.9% S
Spencer Bailey Buxted O 50 86.2% S
Paul Bradford Buxted O 50 86.2% S
Scott Somerville Meon Valley J 50 86.2% G
Bob Brand Maldon O 49 84.5% S T
Nick Byrne Oaks O 49 84.5% S
Carla Chambers Swallows L 49 84.5% G T
Finn Cochrane Maldon O 49 84.5% S
John Cooper Visitor O 49 84.5% S
Martin Armstrong Visitor O 48 82.8% B
Russ Connor Buxted O 48 82.8% B
Nigel Grigsby Meon Valley O 48 82.8% B
Lawrence Peal Oaks O 48 82.8% B
Barbara Pearce Iden Fern L 48 82.8% S T
Dave Standing Swallows O 48 82.8% B T
Greg Wilmshurst Swallows O 48 82.8% B T
Ivan Edmiston Buxted O 47 81.0% B
Gary Morrison Buxted O 47 81.0% B
Trevor Palmer Buxted R 47 81.0% S
Justin Roberts Ford O 47 81.0% B T
Paul Charman Swallows O 46 79.3% B
Harvey Friend Oaks P 46 79.3% G
Steb Martinez (O) Ford O 46 79.3% B T
Keith Paddington Horsham O 46 79.3% B T
Jean Greatrex Maldon L 45 77.6% S
Phil Moody Horsham O 45 77.6% B T
Stewart Elstone Buxted O 44 75.9% B
Stuart Peal Oaks O 44 75.9% B
Doug Falcon Buxted O 43 74.1%
Derek Watson Horsham R 43 74.1% B
Mary Rackley Visitor L 42 72.4% B
Don Vickers Meon Valley .22 41 70.7% B
Sarah Vickers Meon Valley L 41 70.7% B
Mike Harding Horsham R 40 69.0% B
Ally Stewart Buxted L 39 67.2% B
Dan Austin Horsham O 38 65.5%
Aaron Friend Oaks O DNF

Please let me know a.s.a.p. if you spot anything you think is amiss. A few of you tapped me on the virtual shoulder after the last SIHFT and I am happy to put right any wrongs.

Prize drawer winners today were :
• Eoin O’Brien – the £35 cash prize, and
• Roy Pearce – the Air Arms goody bag, for which an IOU was issued (verbally) by Charles

Team scores today and points are:
Club Round 4 Cumulative Points
Buxted 275 46
Oaks 270 46
Meon Valley 267 38
Maldon 267 29
Horsham 254 34
Swallows 252 27
Ford 247 30
Iden Fern 247 24

Ford and Iden Fern required lucky-dip cards, Iden needing 3 and Ford 2.

There are a couple of ‘things’ going on next week (minor stuff such as the UKAHFT at Rivington and Emley Moor), but I give my usual sign-off wishing you safe and happy shooting wherever you are until we meet again in two weeks (1st July) at the place we all know we can ‘clear’ - Buxted

Biggles