Sussex Interclub HFT 2019 - Round 5 results

[biggles]

Hi Everyone

Round 5 done and dusted as we reach the 2019 SIHFT year’s half-way point.

Thanks to Buxted’s ‘evil’ course setters (Simmmo and Howard, I gather) for finding new ways of tricking us in to thinking something was closer or further away than pretty much anyone would have guessed. Very challenging and interesting course, chaps and you've even nearly managed to avoid the log-in-the-ribcage at Peg 12 (or was it 11?); a welcome improvement.

And was it just me, or were there some more ‘zilla targets (Diamond-zilla and Circle-zilla) than previously and a few ‘baby’ ones too?

Weather was, for the Summer we’ve been burning in so far, more than a trifle overcast and even dampish. And the darkness certainly played its part in making some of the denser woodland placements very tricky to find, let alone shoot and knock over. Not helped by failing to correct an over-bright IR and forgetting (again) to replace the battery which, in an old Hawke Digi Nite Eye means it's flashing on and off

Anyway, here is the full set of results …..

Name Club Class Score Hscore % Badge T(eam)
Kevin Hills Visitor O 57 57 100.0 Gold
Justin Rayner Visitor O 57 57 100.0 G
Paul Somerville Meon Valley O 56 56 98.2 G T
Howard Kalisch Buxted O 55 55 96.5 G T
Lol Moore Ford O 55 55 96.5 G T
Darren Purnell Buxted O 55 55 96.5 G T
Mike Burgess Swallows O 54 54 94.7 G T
Graeme Cargan Oaks O 54 54 94.7 G T
Andy Simpson Buxted O 54 54 94.7 G T
Scott Somerville Meon Valley J 54 54 94.7 G T
Nigel Buchan Swallows O 53 53 93.0 G
Charles Peal Oaks O 53 53 93.0 G T
Aaron Friend Oaks O 52 52 91.2 Silver T
Philip Jacobs Horsham O 52 52 91.2 S T
Mark Rackley Meon Valley O 52 52 91.2 S T
Mike Seagrave Meon Valley O 52 52 91.2 S T
Owen Wilson Buxted O 51 51 89.5 S T
Roger Dibbens Visitor O 50 50 87.7 S
Vince Guy Swallows O 50 50 87.7 S T
Ewan Hobbs Iden Fern O 50 50 87.7 S T
Steve Britland Horsham O 49 49 86.0 S T
Phil Moody Horsham O 49 49 86.0 S T
Justin Roberts Ford O 49 49 86.0 S T
Jon Dally Bisley O 48 48 84.2 S T
Ivan Edmiston Visitor O 48 48 84.2 S
Trevor Palmer Buxted O 48 48 84.2 S
Roy Pearce Iden Fern O 48 48 84.2 S T
Barry Wade Buxted O 48 48 84.2 S T
Paul Bradford Buxted O 47 47 82.5 Bronze
Bruce Ingram Buxted O 47 47 82.5 B
Steb Martinez Ford O 47 47 82.5 B T
Mary Rackley Meon Valley L 47 47 82.5 S T
Kevin Wickson Buxted O 47 47 82.5 B
Daniel Smith Bisley O 46 46 80.7 B T
Paul Charman Swallows O 45 45 78.9 B T
Daniel Hudson Meon Valley O 44 44 77.2 B
Barbara Pearce Iden Fern L 44 44 77.2 S T
Paul Andrew Visitor O 43 43 75.4 B
Nick Byrne Oaks .22 43 43 75.4 S T
Gary Channing Buxted O 43 43 75.4 B
Nathan Ingram Buxted O 42 42 73.7
Gary Morrison Buxted O 42 42 73.7
David West Buxted O 42 42 73.7
Hugborg Hudson Meon Valley L 40 40 70.2 B
Louise Gray Buxted L 39 39 68.4 B
Mike Harding Horsham R 38 38 66.7 B T
Gabriel Hobbs Iden Fern P 36 40 63.2 B T
Elias Ridley Buxted O 30 30 52.6
Darren Brind Oaks R 26 26 45.6 T

And we awarded the first 2 Platinum Badges of 2019 today - to Justin Rayner and Kev Hills. These are awarded to those achieving 5 x Gold badges in any SIHFT season, so Kev and Justin have these at the very earliest possible round of the year. (and thanks to Sasquatch for reminding me to edit the mention)

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

Prize drawer winners today were :
• Owen Wilson – the £25 cash prize, and
• Bruce Ingram – the Air Arms goody bag

And the Team scores, both in-round and year-to-date, are:

Club Round 5 Cumulative Points
Buxted 263 59
Meon Valley 261 48
Ford 246 41
Swallows 234 40
Oaks 228 48
Iden Fern 224 34
Horsham 218 36
Bisley 218 24
Maldon 0 34

All bar 2 clubs (Buxted and Meon) needed help from the lucky dip cards. With the low turn-out today, there were insufficient to include the ‘normal’ 3 we would have drawn for MAD. With no members present (due, no doubt, to a big home comp), this would have made no difference to today’s placings and points.

Happy shooting wherever you are until SIHFT Round 6 on 28th July, when we return to Mile Oak. Between now and then there are events at Ford (an HFT Open) on Sunday the 14th and on the following weekend the double-header UKAHFT at Maldon and, if staying in Sussex, there’s Round 1 of the Horsham Summer Open.

Should you be aware of any other events of interest, please let us know.

Biggles