Sussex Interclub HFT 2023 - Round 3 results

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Sussex Interclub 2023 Round 3 at Buxted

Hi everyone.

SIHFT entry numbers are gradually climbing, so today’s 64 is the highest of the 2023 series. Especially encouraging to see 8 new faces today, including 2 new Junior class entrants; a warm (it certainly was) welcome both to Fred Kirk and Grace Ingram.

And what a round to experience their first ‘major’ competition. Some would say this was far from the hardest course Buxted have laid on for us, but the scores surprised lots and would suggest it actually was rather tricky. I reckon quite a few of you (me included) were surprised at today’s top score (well done Owen and Kev H) of ‘just’ 56, and this undoubtedly helped some feel quite a bit better when they realised they were much closer to the top score in their class than expected.

Here are those results.

Firstname	Surname	Club	Class	Score	%	Badge	Team place
Kevin	Hills	Buxted	O	56	100.0%	G	T
Owen	Wilson	Buxted	O	56	100.0%	G	T
Roger	Dibbens	Oaks	O	55	98.2%	G	T
Jon	Newton-May	Buxted	O	55	98.2%	G	T
Simon	Vant	Oaks	O	55	98.2%	G	T
Vince	Guy	Oaks	O	54	96.4%	G	T
Graeme	Cargan	Oaks	O	53	94.6%	G	T
Gary	Channing	Buxted	O	53	94.6%	G	T
Nick	Orr	Oaks	O	53	94.6%	G	T
Howard	Kalisch	Buxted	O	52	92.9%	G	T
Mark	Rackley	Oaks	V	52	92.9%	G
Nigel	Carter	Barbarians	V	51	91.1%	G
Tom	Haynes	Oaks	R	51	91.1%	G
Justin	Roberts	Ford	O	51	91.1%	S	T
Chris	Theodoulou	Theydon	O	51	91.1%	S
Mike	Burgess	Oaks	V	50	89.3%	G
Matthew	Franks	Oaks	O	50	89.3%	S
Darren	Purnell	Buxted	O	50	89.3%	S
Daniel	Smith	Bisley	O	50	89.3%	S
Paul	Blaxall	Meon Valley	V	49	87.5%	G	T
Steve	Britland	Horsham	O	49	87.5%	S	T
Ewan	Hobbs	Visitor	O	49	87.5%	S
Stefan	Avey	Oaks	O	48	85.7%	S
Gary	Morrison	Buxted	Sticks	48	85.7%	G
Kevin	Wickson	Buxted	O	48	85.7%	S
Steven	Avey	Oaks	O	47	83.9%	S
Dave	Barnes	Meon Valley	V	46	82.1%	S	T
Steb	Martinez	Ford	O	46	82.1%	B	T
Phil	Moody	Horsham	V	46	82.1%	S	T
Maciek	Pajek	Horsham	.22	46	82.1%	S	T
Zac	Baker	Bisley	O	45	80.4%	B
Darren	Brind	Oaks	O	45	80.4%	B
David	Henderson	Meon Valley	V	45	80.4%	S	T
Dax	Browning	Meon Valley	O	44	78.6%	B	T
Paul	Charman	Buxted	.22	44	78.6%	S
Paul	Bradford	Buxted	V	43	76.8%	S
Nigel	Buchan	Buxted	V	43	76.8%	S
Aaron	Friend	Oaks	O	43	76.8%	B
Rob	Buckell	Oaks	O	42	75.0%	B
Nick	Byrne	Meon Valley	.22	42	75.0%	S
Richard	Chase	Ford	R	42	75.0%	S	T
Alicia	Franks	Oaks	L	42	75.0%	S
Hugborg	Hudson	Meon Valley	L	42	75.0%	S	T
Bruce	Ingram	Visitor	Sticks	42	75.0%	S
Dave	Wade	HRPC	O	42	75.0%	B
Derek	Watson	Horsham	R	42	75.0%	S	T
Andrew	Morrison	Buxted	O	41	73.2%
Yiorjos	Nikiteas	Buxted	S	40	71.4%	B
Nathan	Ingram	Visitor	O	39	69.6%
Richard	Wheeler	Ford	O	39	69.6%		T
Martin	Cook	Buxted	R	38	67.9%	B
Alfred	Iftab	Bisley	R	38	67.9%	B
David	Wheeler	Ford	O	37	66.1%		T
Trevor	Hudson	Meon Valley	S	36	64.3%	B
Grace	Ingram	Visitor	P	36	64.3%	S
Richard	Wickenden	Ford	R	36	64.3%	B
Chris	Cullen	Meon Valley	R	35	62.5%
Fred	Kirk	Buxted	J	33	58.9%
Ray	Munnery	Horsham	O	32	57.1%		T
David	Wilshaw	Meon Valley	R	32	57.1%
Jo	Bluer	Meon Valley	L	31	55.4%
Michael	Myszyn	Buxted	Sticks	31	55.4%
Redders	Bluer	Meon Valley	.22	27	48.2%
Steve	Light	Buxted	O	DNF	0%

All 5 hosting clubs came with a full team of five, reducing some of the workload of the admin ahead of the badge and team results announcements. Thank you – keep it going if you can please.

On home soil (woods, rivers, tree stumps, w.h.y. – but NO mud) Buxted did prevail today, pipping The Oaks by two points to take the round win and narrow the cumulative Points gap to just one.

Club	Round 3	Points	Total
Oaks	270	11	35
Buxted	272	12	34
Horsham	215	9	29
Meon Valley	226	10	29
Ford	215	9	25

Today’s draw winners were:

£64 – Gary Morrison – who was deep in the woods dismantling a course when his name came out of the hat. The cash passed to trustworthy Kev H to complete the handover.

Air Arms Goody Bag – Richard Chase.

Can you spot any errors in this post? Have I spelt your name correctly? Do I have you down for the correct club/class? – please post a reply to this thread or message me directly.

As a reminder, SIHFT Round 4 is in 2 weeks, on Sunday 25th June at Meon Valley.

Watch carefully for the post to clarify which of the Meon venues the comp will be held.

Between now and then there is a UKAHFT round at Throckmorton on Sunday 18th.

As I type this, I can see nowt else in the diary going on locally. Feel free to alert SIHFT readers if you know different.

Biggles

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Two errors spotted - both down to my mistake - in the SIHFT Classes applied to a pair of yesterday's competitors.

Dave Barnes should have been recorded as in Veterans' Class and therefore awarded a Silver rather than Bronze badge.

Ditto Grace Ingram - placed incorrectly in Junior Class and should have been Primary - so also earned a Silver rather than Bronze.

Both may swap out their badges for the correct ones at any future SIHFT comp..

Biggles