Hi All

And welcome to the first SIHFT Results post of 2019.

BIG thanks to Charles Peal and all of the Mile Oak crew for hosting Round 1, with extra special thanks to Wurze and Jax for preparing some superb fodder, including the breakfast pie.

Almost spring-like weather welcomed us, though you either loved or got trashed by the rather unforgiving breeze up on the hill which one moment would need less than an ‘edge’ and the next second could whiz your pellet from one side of the plate to t’other. As a result, a few (very few) cleared the Downs section, while some sported rather more doughnuts than they’d wish for.

The course certainly caught some of the country’s top shots out, but NOT the likes of Vant, Newton-May, Moore and Hills, coming joint 2nd with 56 apiece, only topped by a very on-form Dibbens with 57 and a 100% start to his SIHFT season. Top boinging of the day goes to our dear Pat F; lovely to see you ‘back on it’, Pat, scoring 54 together with the equally hot Nigel. And Abi is also showing great early-season form (as she has during the Winter too), coming in with a 55.

On a wholly personal note, I was hugely relieved to find that my health has improved sufficiently over the past week to walk a whole course with a gun and (mostly) squeeze the trigger when it was pointing in roughly the right direction

Here is the full set of results …..

Firstname Surname Club Class Score % Badge T(eam)
Roger Dibbens Buxted O 57 100.0% G T
Kevin Hills Buxted O 56 98.2% G T
Lol Moore Ford O 56 98.2% G T
Jon Newton-May Buxted O 56 98.2% G T
Simon Vant Maldon O 56 98.2% G T
Mike Burgess Swallows O 55 96.5% G T
Abigail Maw Buxted L 55 96.5% G T
Justin Rayner Buxted O 55 96.5% G T
Graeme Cargan Oaks O 54 94.7% G T
Pat Fitzgerald Ford R 54 94.7% G T
Philip Jacobs Horsham O 54 94.7% G T
Charles Peal Oaks O 54 94.7% G T
Nigel Wood Buxted R 54 94.7% G
Howard Kalisch Buxted O 53 93.0% G
Andy Simpson Buxted O 53 93.0% G
Jennie Stone Maldon O 53 93.0% G T
Richards Wood Maldon O 53 93.0% G T
Gary Chillingworth Maldon R 52 91.2% G T
Lewis Hodges Oaks O 52 91.2% S T
Alex Larkin Maldon O 52 91.2% S T
Mark Rackley Meon Valley O 52 91.2% S T
Kevin Catt Meon Valley O 51 89.5% S T
Gary Channing Buxted O 51 89.5% S
Nick Orr Oaks O 51 89.5% S T
Paul Somerville Meon Valley O 51 89.5% S T
Paul Bradford Buxted O 50 87.7% S
Steve Britland Horsham O 50 87.7% S T
Nigel Buchan Buxted O 50 87.7% S
Paul Charman Swallows O 50 87.7% S T
Vince Guy Swallows O 50 87.7% S T
Gary Morrison Buxted O 49 86.0% S
Roy Pearce Iden Fern O 49 86.0% S T
Mike Seagrave Meon Valley O 49 86.0% S T
Jean Greatrex Maldon L 48 84.2% G
Phil Moody Horsham O 48 84.2% S T
Len Smith Bisley O 48 84.2% S T
Barbara Pearce Iden Fern L 47 82.5% S T
Darren Purnell Buxted O 47 82.5% B
Daniel Smith Bisley O 47 82.5% B T
Owen Wilson Buxted O 47 82.5% B
Richard Chase Ford O 46 80.7% B T
Kevin Maw Buxted O 46 80.7% B
Kevin Wickson Buxted O 46 80.7% B
Greg Wilmshurst Swallows O 46 80.7% B T
Steb Martinez Ford O 45 78.9% B T
Glen Turner Ford R 45 78.9% S T
Barry Wade Buxted O 45 78.9% B
Bruce Ingram Buxted O 44 77.2% B
Justin Roberts Ford O 44 77.2% B
Michael Seaborne Oaks O 44 77.2% B T
Scott Somerville Meon Valley J 43 75.4% S T
Darryle Bundock Oaks O 42 73.7%
Elgar Bluer Meon Valley .22 41 71.9% B
Daniel Hudson Meon Valley O 40 70.2%
Bob Morris Ford R 40 70.2% B
Gavin Wilmshurst Swallows R 40 70.2% B T
James Belgrove Oaks O 39 68.4%
Mark Belgrove Oaks O 39 68.4%
Barry Blackham Ford O 38 66.7%
Martin Nicholls Buxted O 38 66.7%
Tom Haynes Oaks R 36 63.2%
Elias Ridley Buxted O 35 61.4%
Martin Rawlings Swallows O 34 59.6%
Charlie Sebbage Oaks R 33 57.9%
Fred Chapman Meon Valley .22 32 56.1%
Hugborg Hudson Meon Valley L 32 56.1%
Trevor Hudson Meon Valley O 28 49.1%
Oliver Reedman Oaks R 25 43.9%
Danny Roff Maldon R DNF

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

Prize drawer winners today were :
• Charlie Sebbage – the £35 cash prize, and
• Justin Rayner – the Air Arms goody bag

Team scores today and points are:

Club Round 1 Points
Buxted 279 12
Maldon 266 11
Oaks 255 10
Ford 246 9
Meon Valley 246 9
Horsham 241 7
Swallows 241 7
Iden Fern 237 5
Bisley 214 4

Bisley, Horsham and Iden Fern all required lucky-dip cards, Iden & Bisley getting 3 cards (the max allowed) each and Horsham drawing 2.

Happy shooting wherever you are until we meet again next Sunday at Horsham.

Biggles