Sussex Interclub HFT 2019 - Round 4 RESULTS

[biggles]

Hi Everyone

And now we are 40% of the way in to this year’s SIHFT.

Big thanks to the Ford HFT crew and Ford Ranges for hosting this round. Not the usual Ford weather – with no rain and only a relatively gentle breeze; just enough at times to catch you out.

Loved some of those very Fordie targets …. Specially the arrow and blob on lane 30 and the bat. With apologies to anyone else involved, my guess is that Lol’s been tinkering again in his metal shop.

Those NOT caught out by ‘odd’ targets or the breeze, included Kev Catt and Charles Peal who came in with joint top scores of 58 and an amazing 54 from GC with his TX200.

Didn’t fare so well?? What excuses did you take with you to your starting lane?

For my part, the list began Saturday evening, when I had a feeling that my usual gun was not holding air as it should. I topped up my ‘back-up’ (yes, another FTP) and decided I’d have to take it round today’s comp. However, I’d forgotten quite how unalike these two guns are – different length stock set-up, different cheek piece height, trigger completely different, different scope (EVX v’s the Digi Nite Eye) which is prob 12mm higher on its mounts and 30mm dia rather than 25mm of the Nite Eye. And would it group with the new pellets I’ve only just started using. NO. A check on Ford’s lovely range before the shoot resulted in my having to take the stripper off the end of the barrel and ‘roughly’ reset the zero to my preferred 35yds. Apart from that, I really had no idea what the holdovers were. And it showed. After that lot, I guess coming in with a 50 was a minor miracle

Anyway, here is the full set of results ….. today, this includes the Handicap column to reflect the fact that our one-n-only Primary Class entrant (Gabriel) earns an extra 4 points, which counts toward his potential Iden Fern team score.

Name Club Class Score Hscore % Badge T(eam)
Kevin Catt Meon Valley O 58 58 100.0 Gold T
Charles Peal Oaks O 58 58 100.0 G T
Justin Rayner Visitor O 57 57 98.3 G
Andy Simpson Buxted O 57 57 98.3 G T
Roger Dibbens Visitor O 56 56 96.6 G
Aaron Friend Oaks O 56 56 96.6 G T
Lol Moore Ford O 56 56 96.6 G T
Mike Seagrave Meon Valley O 56 56 96.6 G T
Vince Blackman Visitor O 55 55 94.8 G
Kevin Hills Visitor O 55 55 94.8 G
Steve Britland Horsham O 54 54 93.1 G T
Graeme Cargan Oaks R 54 54 93.1 G T
Mark Rackley Meon Valley O 54 54 93.1 G T
Ewan Hobbs Iden Fern O 53 53 91.4 Silver T
Howard Kalisch 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
Scott Somerville Meon Valley J 52 52 89.7 G T
Simon Whittick Horsham O 52 52 89.7 S T
Justin Roberts Ford O 51 51 87.9 S T
Kevin Wickson Buxted O 51 51 87.9 S T
Mike Burgess Swallows O 50 50 86.2 S T
Richard Chase Ford O 50 50 86.2 S T
Phil Moody Horsham O 50 50 86.2 S T
Darren Purnell Buxted O 50 50 86.2 S T
Vince Guy Swallows O 49 49 84.5 S T
Nick Orr Oaks O 49 49 84.5 S T
Paul Bradford Buxted O 48 48 82.8 Bronze
Paul Charman Swallows O 48 48 82.8 B T
Gabriel Hobbs Iden Fern P 48 52 82.8 G T
Steb Martinez Ford O 48 48 82.8 B T
Roy Pearce Iden Fern O 48 48 82.8 B T
David West Buxted O 48 48 82.8 B
Paul Andrew Visitor O 47 47 81.0 B
Pat Fitzgerald Ford R 47 47 81.0 S T
Nathan Ingram Buxted O 47 47 81.0 B
Barbara Pearce Iden Fern L 47 47 81.0 S T
Mary Rackley Visitor L 47 47 81.0 S T
Glen Turner Ford O 47 47 81.0 B
Bruce Ingram Buxted O 46 46 79.3 B
Paul Somerville Meon Valley O 46 46 79.3 B
Nick Byrne Oaks .22 45 45 77.6 S T
Nigel Carter Visitor R 45 45 77.6 S
Charlie Grey Ford R 44 44 75.9 S
Gary Morrison Buxted O 44 44 75.9 B
Dominic West Visitor O 44 44 75.9 B
Hugborg Hudson Meon Valley L 43 43 74.1 B
Dean Yaxley Meon Valley O 43 43 74.1
Elgar Bluer Meon Valley .22 42 42 72.4 B
Harvey Friend Oaks J 42 42 72.4 B
Daniel Hudson Meon Valley O 42 42 72.4
Charlie Sebbage Oaks R 42 42 72.4 B
Greet Hopper Ford L 35 35 60.3
Ian Bull Swallows O 34 34 58.6 T

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

Prize drawer winners today were :
• Mark Rackley – the £27 cash prize, and
• Aaron Friend – the Air Arms goody bag

Apologies from me for making an error when calculating (and announcing) today’s Team scores. In fact, Meon came out on top, with Buxted in 2nd place.

Club Round 4 Cumulative Points
Meon Valley 267 37
Buxted 264 47
Oaks 262 40
Horsham 260 30
Ford 252 31
Iden Fern 252 27
Swallows 225 31
Bisley 133 18
Maldon 132 30

Several teams needed to draw cards from the lucky dip, starting with Bisley and MAD, neither of which had any entries for the day and got 3 cards each (the max). Horsham needed 2 cards and Iden Fern and Swallows FTC 1 apiece.

Happy shooting wherever you are until the SIHFT mid year point and Round 5 at Buxted in 4 weeks’ time on Sunday 7th July.

Between now and then, we’ll wish all the best to those travelling to Holland next weekend for the Air Arms International. Otherwise there seems to be nowt occurring in Sussex on Sunday 16/6. Then we have the UKAHFT double-header at Rivington the week after (22nd and 23rd June) and the British Air Rifle Championships at MAD on the 30th.

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

Biggles