Hi Everyone

Penultimate round of the 2019 SIHFT completed – just one to go.

Big thanks and respect are due to the very small and special crew at Horsham for hosting the round and putting out a challenging course, but quite clearly overlooked the need to install artificial lighting for 50% of the lanes Decidedly dark in places and not helped in my case by glasses which, in the very humid woods, kept steaming up, usually at the moment I decided there was a lack of 45 yards blur, but then rethinking it.

The weather tried to play ball, staying dry until a little after the half way point, but a grot way to finish for those in the field when it chucked it down and the wind doubled in strength and got even more blustery. I was fortunate to be on lane 10 when this started, but it certainly made the two woods-to-field ‘corner’ lanes (11 and 12) interesting.

Two ‘super’ results, with Kev C and Dibbens sharing the 100%, closely followed by Mr Theydon and a trio of 56s. And another amazing result from SIHFT’s own king of the spring – Pat. Great shooting guys

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

Firstname Surname Club Class Score Hscore % Badge T(eam)
Kevin Catt Meon Valley O 58 58 100.0 Gold T
Roger Dibbens Visitor O 58 58 100.0 G
Chris Theodoulou Visitor O 57 57 98.3 G
Lewis Hodges Oaks O 56 56 96.6 G T
Alex Larkin Maldon O 56 56 96.6 G T
Jon Newton-May Buxted O 56 56 96.6 G T
Steve Britland Horsham O 55 55 94.8 G T
Mike Burgess Swallows O 55 55 94.8 G T
Graeme Cargan Oaks O 55 55 94.8 G T
Richard Chase Ford O 55 55 94.8 G T
Pat Fitzgerald Ford R 55 55 94.8 G T
Philip Jacobs Horsham O 55 55 94.8 G T
Mike Seagrave Meon Valley O 55 55 94.8 G T
Kevin Hills Visitor O 54 54 93.1 G
Nick Orr Oaks O 54 54 93.1 G T
Paul Somerville Meon Valley O 54 54 93.1 G T
Howard Kalisch Buxted O 53 53 91.4 Silver T
Darren Purnell Buxted O 53 53 91.4 S T
Owen Wilson Buxted O 53 53 91.4 S T
Nigel Buchan Swallows O 52 52 89.7 S
Vince Guy Swallows O 52 52 89.7 S T
John Mode-Keefe Maldon O 52 52 89.7 S T
Phil Moody Horsham O 52 52 89.7 S T
Andy Simpson Buxted O 52 52 89.7 S T
Mario Aquilina Meon Valley O 51 51 87.9 S T
Gary Channing Buxted O 51 51 87.9 S
Gary Chillingworth Maldon R 51 51 87.9 G T
Aaron Friend Oaks O 51 51 87.9 S T
Daniel Smith Bisley O 51 51 87.9 S T
Jean Greatrex Maldon L 50 50 86.2 G T
Ewan Hobbs Iden Fern O 50 50 86.2 S T
Nathan Ingram Buxted O 50 50 86.2 S
Philip Rodgers Visitor O 50 50 86.2 S
Neil Parrott Meon Valley O 49 49 84.5 S T
Justin Rayner Visitor O 49 49 84.5 S
Scott Somerville Meon Valley J 49 49 84.5 G
Gary Morrison Buxted O 48 48 82.8 Bronze
Kevin Wickson Buxted O 48 48 82.8 B
Simon Hammond Meon Valley O 47 47 81.0 B
Louise Gray Buxted L 46 46 79.3 S
Barbara Pearce Iden Fern L 46 46 79.3 S T
Paul Bradford Buxted O 45 45 77.6 B
Bruce Ingram Buxted O 45 45 77.6 B
Jay Mode-Keefe Maldon P 44 48 75.9 G T
Sarah Vickers Meon Valley L 44 44 75.9 S
Nick Franklin Visitor O 43 43 74.1
Roy Pearce Iden Fern O 43 43 74.1
Rod McGregor Visitor R 42 42 72.4 B
Don Vickers Meon Valley O 42 42 72.4
Paul Charman Swallows O 41 41 70.7 T
Chris Ingram Buxted O 41 41 70.7
Alicia Franks Swallows L 40 40 69.0 B T
Elias Ridley Buxted O 39 39 67.2
Charlie Sebbage Oaks R 39 39 67.2 B T
Darren Brind Oaks R 38 38 65.5 B
Matthew Franks Swallows O 36 36 62.1 T
Lol Moore Ford O DNF

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

Prize drawer winners today were :

• Nathan Ingram – the £30 cash prize, and
• Richard Chase – the Air Arms goody bag or, at least, the one Charles is currently holding for you

Team scores today and the year-to-date points, are ..

Club Round 9 Cumulative Points
Buxted 267 106
Meon Valley 267 87
Horsham 257 73
Maldon 257 59
Oaks 255 89
Ford 243 73
Iden Fern 232 60
Swallows 224 67
Bisley 186 41

A whole bunch of teams needed to draw card from the lucky dip – Bisley (3 max), Ford (3), Horsham (2) and Iden Fern (3).

Happy shooting wherever you are until the final competitive SIHFT Round at Buxted in 2 weeks’ time on Sunday 6th October. Only one known event taking place between now and then – the final round of the Mile Oak Summer HFT series on 29/9.

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

Beyond that, we look forward to the SIHFT 2019 Grand Finale, which will be hosted by Swallows FTC on Sunday 27th October. The extra week's gap after Round 10 gives us just enough time to get the engraving done for the trophies.

Biggles