Hi All

Another great day at Buxted, returning this time for Round 9 of the 2018 Sussex Interclub HFT and in some splendid autumn weather, with sunshine and virtually no wind. After the wind and rain at Cambridge just a week ago, it felt more like a return to summer

Challenging course set out by Simmo and crew, with loads of potential range traps including what (I guess) were some small and large targets of the same design in adjacent lanes, but through narrow gaps in trees which meant they would appear to be at the same distance (WRONG!).

The course caught out many, with the notable exceptions of Bob P scoring a 55 with his boinger, Cargs (returning to PCP) but most obviously to Kev Hills submitting an amazing clearance and earning him one of the SIHFT special badges; I’ve not had to dig those out of the bucket for a long time. Very well done Sir

Here’s the full table of results and I will follow this shortly with the individual 2018 league tables. Kev has strengthened his lead in the Open Class, but not quite finished off the opposition. If my maths is right, Kev can still (just) be caught.

Here is the full set of today’s results …..

Name Club Class Score Hscore % Badge T(eam place)
Kevin Hills Buxted O 60 60 100.0 Gold T
Graeme Cargan (O) Oaks O 58 58 96.7 G T
Justin Rayner Buxted O 57 57 95.0 G T
Simon Vant Maldon O 57 57 95.0 G T
Kevin Catt Meon Valley O 56 56 93.3 G T
Roger Dibbens Buxted O 56 56 93.3 G T
Alex Larkin Maldon O 55 55 91.7 Silver T
Jon Newton-May Buxted O 55 55 91.7 S T
Bob Pattenden Oaks R 55 55 91.7 G T
Vince Guy Swallows O 54 54 90.0 S T
Howard Kalisch Buxted O 54 54 90.0 S T
Andy Simpson Buxted O 54 54 90.0 S
Simon Williams Oaks O 54 54 90.0 S T
Mike Burgess Swallows O 53 53 88.3 S T
Aaron Friend Oaks O 53 53 88.3 S T
Kevin Maw Buxted O 53 53 88.3 S
Abigail Maw Buxted J 53 53 88.3 G
Lol Moore Ford O 53 53 88.3 S T
Jill Cochrane Maldon O 52 52 86.7 S T
Charles Peal Oaks O 52 52 86.7 S T
Mark Rackley Meon Valley O 52 52 86.7 S T
Spencer Bailey Buxted O 51 51 85.0 S
Scott Somerville Meon Valley J 51 51 85.0 G T
Richard Chase (O) Ford O 50 50 83.3 Bronze T
Daniel Hudson Meon Valley O 50 50 83.3 B T
Gary Morrison Buxted O 50 50 83.3 B
Darren Purnell Buxted O 50 50 83.3 B
Nigel Buchan Buxted O 49 49 81.7 B
Gary Chillingworth Maldon R 49 49 81.7 S T
Ewan Hobbs Iden Fern O 49 49 81.7 B T
Nick Orr Oaks O 49 49 81.7 B
Simon Whittick Horsham O 49 49 81.7 B T
Finn Cochrane Maldon O 48 48 80.0 B T
Russ Connor ® Buxted R 48 48 80.0 S
Ivan Edmiston Buxted O 48 48 80.0 B
Doug Falcon Buxted O 48 48 80.0 B
Kim Lum Swallows R 48 48 80.0 S T
Kevin Wickson Buxted O 48 48 80.0 B
Bob Brand Maldon O 47 47 78.3 B
Pat Fitzgerald Ford R 47 47 78.3 S T
Jean Greatrex Maldon L 47 47 78.3 S
Roy Pearce Iden Fern O 46 46 76.7 B T
Derek Watson (O) Horsham O 46 46 76.7 B T
Paul Bradford Buxted O 45 45 75.0
Steb Martinez (O) Ford O 44 44 73.3 T
Phil Moody Horsham O 43 43 71.7 T
Neil Parrott Meon Valley O 42 42 70.0 T
Justin Roberts Ford O 42 42 70.0 T
Nick Byrne Oaks .22 41 41 68.3 B
Bruce Ingram Buxted O 41 41 68.3
Paul Somerville Meon Valley .22 41 41 68.3 B
Barry Wade Buxted O 41 41 68.3
Don Vickers Meon Valley .22 39 39 65.0
Sarah Vickers Meon Valley L 38 38 63.3
Steve Britland Horsham O 37 37 61.7 T
Nathan Ingram Buxted J 37 37 61.7
Loiuse Gray Buxted L 36 36 60.0
Gabriel Hobbs Iden Fern P 35 39 58.3 B T
Hugborg Hydson Meon Valley L 35 35 58.3
Barbara Pearce Iden Fern L 35 35 58.3 T
Alasdair Ridley Swallows R 34 34 56.7 T
Paul Charman Swallows O 33 33 55.0 T

Please let me know a.s.a.p. if you spot anything you think is amiss. BBS PM or email or Facebook message all welcome.

The Team Table now looks like this :

Club Round 9 Cumulative Points
Buxted 282 106
Oaks 272 100
Maldon 261 63
Meon Valley 251 85
Ford 236 73
Horsham 224 70
Swallows 222 65
Iden Fern 220 53

Horsham and Iden Fern were the only two clubs fielding just below the required 5 team members today, each drawing 1 lucky-dip card. There will have to be some serious nobbling on the part of Mile Oak if they want to make up the now 6 point gap between them and Buxted at our final round at Horsham.

Prize drawer winners today were :
• Sarah Vickers who won the £31 cash prize, and
• Gary Morrison who walked off with today’s Air Arms goody bag

No nationals or other ‘major’ comps on next week and the only event in Sussex next Sunday is an open comp at Mile Oak. All welcome to attend.

Otherwise, we wish you well until we meet at Horsham for our final (Round 10) SIHFT at Horsham on Sunday the 14th October. Metcheck’s current prediction say it may be damp and with only a waft of breeze.

Biggles