Hi All

And so those of us brave enough to venture out on a slightly damp Sunday morning went to Horsham for the final competitive round (10) of the 2018 SIHFT series.

Horsham did us proud, producing a course which did its best to deliver something new, and I am certain that some of the areas cleared in the woodland and walkways opened up, will add significant interest in the future. As it was we were presented with lanes though very narrow channels and some where you wished for a light switch, many of which led to range finding difficulty. And that wretched breeze in the field could NOT make its mind up which way to waft. Left to right – right to left – or zip; it would shift within a second. Surely caught me out twice, just as I was on my final handful of targets.

While some were already pretty much done-n-dusted, there remained much to play for in the Open class. Today’s results showed, if ever it were needed, that you should never give up; wherever you are in your own performance ‘table’, shooting your best – or better – brings results you might not have expected.

Here’s the full table of today’s results and I will follow this shortly with the individual league tables, linked from posts both here and our SIHFT Facebook page. When it comes to final year cumulative results, keep in mind that the table below shows scores only to 1 decimal place. I know that it will need more than this to separate some of our winners.…..

Firstname Surname Club Class Score Hscore % Badge T(eam)
Charles Peal Oaks O 57 57 100.0 G T
Scott Somerville Meon Valley J 57 57 100.0 G T
Kevin Hills Buxted O 56 56 98.2 G T
Justin Rayner Buxted O 56 56 98.2 G T
Mike Burgess Swallows O 55 55 96.5 G T
Kevin Catt Meon Valley O 55 55 96.5 G T
Bob Pattenden Oaks R 55 55 96.5 G T
Nigel Buchan Buxted O 54 54 94.7 G T
Mike Seagrave Meon Valley O 54 54 94.7 G T
Derek Watson (O) Horsham O 54 54 94.7 G T
Graeme Cargan (O) Oaks O 53 53 93.0 G T
Roger Dibbens Buxted O 53 53 93.0 G T
Alex Larkin Maldon O 53 53 93.0 G T
Mark Rackley Meon Valley O 53 53 93.0 G T
Spencer Bailey Buxted O 52 52 91.2 S T
Gary Chillingworth Maldon R 52 52 91.2 G T
Aaron Friend Oaks O 52 52 91.2 S T
Vince Guy Swallows O 52 52 91.2 S T
Jon Newton-May Buxted O 52 52 91.2 S
Don Vickers Meon Valley .22 52 52 91.2 G T
Pat Fitzgerald Ford R 51 51 89.5 G T
Ewan Hobbs Iden Fern O 51 51 89.5 S T
Howard Kalisch Buxted O 51 51 89.5 S
Steb Martinez (O) Ford O 51 51 89.5 S T
Phil Moody Horsham O 51 51 89.5 S T
Gary Morrison Buxted O 51 51 89.5 S
Nick Orr Oaks O 51 51 89.5 S T
Roy Pearce Iden Fern O 51 51 89.5 S T
Darren Purnell Buxted O 51 51 89.5 S
Paul Bradford Buxted O 50 50 87.7 S
Neil Parrott Meon Valley O 50 50 87.7 S
Kevin Wickson Buxted O 50 50 87.7 S
Jean Greatrex Maldon L 49 49 86.0 G T
Andy Simpson Buxted O 49 49 86.0 S
Steve Britland Horsham O 47 47 82.5 B T
Gabriel Hobbs Iden Fern P 47 51 82.5 G T
Barbara Pearce Iden Fern L 47 47 82.5 S T
Gary Channing Buxted O 46 46 80.7 B
Russ Connor ® Buxted R 46 46 80.7 S
Mike Harding Horsham R 46 46 80.7 S T
Harvey Friend Oaks J 45 45 78.9 S
Paul Somerville Meon Valley .22 45 45 78.9 S
Richard Simpson Buxted O 44 44 77.2 B
Nick Byrne (.22) Oaks .22 43 43 75.4 S
Paul Charman Swallows O 43 43 75.4 B T
Doug Falcon Buxted O 43 43 75.4 B
Loiuse Gray Buxted L 43 43 75.4 S
Sarah Vickers Meon Valley L 43 43 75.4 S
Mark Nightingale Horsham R 40 40 70.2 B T
Kim Lum Swallows R DNF

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.

Round 10 sees the end of all our comps and the Team results from today AND the overall points is revealed here :

Club Round 10 Cumulative Points
Buxted 271 118
Meon Valley 271 97
Oaks 268 110
Maldon 257 72
Iden Fern 250 61
Swallows 245 72
Horsham 238 76
Ford 235 78

No fewer than 4 clubs (Ford, Iden Fern, Maldon and Swallows) needed ‘help’ from draw cards today.

Big congratulations to Buxted for hanging on – by a healthy margin – to the Team Trophy for another year.

Prize drawer winners today were :

• Justin Rayner who won the £25 cash prize, and
• Nick Byrne was pleased to walk off with today’s Air Arms goody bag

With the exception of the final round of the 2018 UKAHFT national comp at Quarry (hope to see a bunch of you down in Wales), there appears to be nothing else on our calendar until we gather at Ford HFT for our end-of-year event and trophy ceremony on Sunday 28th October. I will post news of that shortly, including a list of those of you who have earned (by entering the minimum 6 SIHFT rounds) a place in the end-of-year prize draw; just remember that you have to be there to win when/if your SIHFT 'lottery' number is drawn.

Biggles