Great day and great company, thanks Swallows for putting on a great shoot, damn that confusing wind
ATB
No Hope
Hi All
Sorry this post is late (again), but this week is was not down to family or friends but simply one of getting over tiredness. Yup, yours truly was definitely cream crackered by the time I got home and needed a brief respite before a long soak in the shower; feeling almost human again now.
And I expect I was not alone among Swallows FTC members feeling the aches of many days hard work to prepare today’s course for you. As a result, I’ll kick off by naming the crew who gave so much of their time. Gerry and Stewart Jellicoe (equipment and ground clearance, shed management and cooking), Steve Noakes, Dave, Carla, Vince, Kim and Peter who contributed between them many days effort collecting together our new target lofting posts, putting out ropes, hacking brambles and 7’ tall nettles and the course setting itself yesterday. Thank you all – lots and lots and lots. One extra special thanks to Steve Noakes for hand making our new club-related Swallows In Flight target. I’d love to have seen it in its original placement, where the birds were above the horizon and silhouetted against the skyline. It will be in future, when we’ve tweaked the knock-down paddle so there’s no daylight showing when placed so high above the peg position.
Anyway …. At last, here are the results from SIHFT Round 4. Please, as usual, let me know a.s.a.p. (by email or BBS PM) in the event that you spot any suspected errors or omissions.
Name Club Class Score % Badge T(eam) Tony Archer Iden Fern O 59 100.0% Gold T Mike Burgess Swallows O 59 100.0% Gold T Mike Byford Oaks O 59 100.0% Gold T Eric Bynum Horsham O 58 98.3% Gold T Nigel Wheal Iden Fern O 58 98.3% Gold T Graeme Cargan Oaks O 57 96.6% Gold T Rudy Goldslade Oaks O 57 96.6% Gold T Steve Light Swallows O 57 96.6% Gold T John McDonald Buxted O 57 96.6% Gold T Bob Pattenden Oaks R 57 96.6% Gold T Aaron Friend Oaks O 56 94.9% Gold T Andy Simpson Buxted O 56 94.9% Gold T Jon Fairman Oaks O 55 93.2% Gold Charles Peal Oaks O 55 93.2% Gold Chris Silcock Horsham O 55 93.2% Gold T Anthony Smith Visitor O 55 93.2% Gold Stuart Woods Buxted O 55 93.2% Gold T Vince Guy Swallows O 54 91.5% Silver T Justin Roberts Ford O 54 91.5% Silver T Sam Robinson Buxted R 54 91.5% Gold T Chris Tyhurst Oaks O 54 91.5% Silver Simon Williams Oaks O 54 91.5% Silver Barry Blackham Ford O 53 89.8% Silver T Richard Gallop Buxted O 53 89.8% Silver Kim Lum Swallows O 53 89.8% Silver T Gary Morrison Buxted O 53 89.8% Silver T Steve Nailor Buxted O 53 89.8% Silver Roy Pearce Iden Fern R 53 89.8% Gold T Chris Roberts Oaks R 53 89.8% Gold Terry Aiken Oaks O 52 88.1% Silver Jeremy Follis Ford O 52 88.1% Silver T Philip Jacobs Horsham O 52 88.1% Silver T Mariusz Morzuch Visitor O 52 88.1% Silver Dean Stride Horsham O 52 88.1% Silver T Simon Whittick Horsham O 52 88.1% Silver T Mark Wood Buxted O 52 88.1% Silver Laurence Ray Oaks R 51 86.4% Silver Tas Violaris Horsham O 51 86.4% Bronze Derek Watson Horsham R 51 86.4% Silver Nigel Buchan Buxted O 50 84.7% Bronze Richard Chase Ford O 50 84.7% Bronze T Steve Noakes Swallows O 50 84.7% Bronze Justin Rayner Buxted O 50 84.7% Bronze Luke Fletcher Horsham O 49 83.1% Bronze Barbara Pearce Iden Fern L 49 83.1% Silver T Carla Chambers Swallows O 48 81.4% Bronze Nigel Hammond Buxted O 48 81.4% Bronze Phil Moody Horsham O 48 81.4% Bronze Maciek Pajek Horsham O 48 81.4% Bronze Alex Noakes Swallows P 47 79.7% Gold T Eddie Phillips Ford O 47 79.7% Bronze T Dave Pickett Buxted O 47 79.7% Bronze Dave Standing Swallows O 47 79.7% Bronze Gary Friend Oaks O 46 78.0% Kate Gold Oaks L 46 78.0% Bronze Steb Martinez Ford O 46 78.0% Bethan Whittick Horsham L 46 78.0% Bronze Bradley Hoelger Horsham O 45 76.3% Tom Lum Swallows J 45 76.3% Bronze Bob Morris Ford R 45 76.3% Bronze Peter Epps Ford O 43 72.9% Graham Simons Visitor O 41 69.5% Kaitlin Simons Visitor J 39 66.1%
For all/any of you who were unable to stay after the shoot to collect your badge, please remind us when you attend any future SIHFT round and we’ll happily hand you one of the right colour in exchange for small change (unless you’re in either Junior or Primary Class, in which case the badges are FREE )
For those same people, you missed out on an opportunity to win either today’s £32 cash draw or the Air Arms goody bag – for these prizes you HAVE to be present when your name comes out of the bag
Team scores today and cumulatively are :
Club Round 4 Total Oaks 286 1115 Buxted 275 1061 Swallows 274 1052 Horsham 269 1056 Iden Fern 269 1023 Ford 256 1001
Oaks go ahead by a further 11 points and, even this early in the season, are beginning to look like the uncatchables. Swallows FTC (yes, I know it was on our home territory) so very nearly made it in to today’s 2nd spot. If only I’d not mucked up that gimme rat on peg 8
Another short break now before we ascend middle Weald to the land of Hobbits – meeting on July 6th in the dastardly woods of Buxted.
Happy shooting in the meantime ….
Biggles
Last edited by biggles; 15-06-2014 at 06:20 PM. Reason: Correction to Roy Pearce - Recoiling rather than Open AND Gold
Rapid MkII .22, AA400C .177, AA MPR .177, AA Prosport .177, AA TX200, AA FTP900, HW75 .177, HW45 Silver Star .22, and my dear ol' Webley Ranger .177 (circa 1966) Mile Oak - WEB SITE Air Arms HFT Team member
Great day and great company, thanks Swallows for putting on a great shoot, damn that confusing wind
ATB
No Hope
Thanks to Swallows for a great day and course we all had a blast.
Nigel
Ha!...'The untouchables'...got a ring to it!
Great day got caught out by the wind on peg 27 (30mm @ more than 40yds...) Enough clever targets to rob us of a clear round!
Good balance of targets, great weather and i beat Simpleton, what could be better!
Spongey X
SIHFT Winners 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - AND 2014....2015..2016...oh look back at green...running out of colours! Ha!
Mike
Roy Pearce was shooting springer and got 53 which was a gold he spoke with Charles and exchanged badge and was recorded on paper sheets as recoil.... you had already done the spreadsheet so that is the only change from us lot.
Nigel
So would i tbh, good crack and some great guys....not to mention great shots! (good shooting today btw!) X
SIHFT Winners 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - AND 2014....2015..2016...oh look back at green...running out of colours! Ha!
Rapid MkII .22, AA400C .177, AA MPR .177, AA Prosport .177, AA TX200, AA FTP900, HW75 .177, HW45 Silver Star .22, and my dear ol' Webley Ranger .177 (circa 1966) Mile Oak - WEB SITE Air Arms HFT Team member
Always enjoy shooting at swallows but I don't know how you manage to set the course one target better than me every time
1st time it's happened this year - a club not quite being able to field a full team.
I guess I should have reminded everyone in my opening post that the SIHFT rules allow for a 'lucky dip' card to be drawn for any club in this situation. You're only allowed a max of 3 lucky dip cards (per round) and they are picked at random from ALL cards. Should any card drawn be from another club's top 5 team member, they are redrawn.
In today's event, the first card drawn for Iden Fern was not knocked out for this reason and was a 51; a true lucky card for you today as this represent a very respectable addition and the means by which Iden achieved today's total of 269 and =4th place
Biggles
Rapid MkII .22, AA400C .177, AA MPR .177, AA Prosport .177, AA TX200, AA FTP900, HW75 .177, HW45 Silver Star .22, and my dear ol' Webley Ranger .177 (circa 1966) Mile Oak - WEB SITE Air Arms HFT Team member
Rapid MkII .22, AA400C .177, AA MPR .177, AA Prosport .177, AA TX200, AA FTP900, HW75 .177, HW45 Silver Star .22, and my dear ol' Webley Ranger .177 (circa 1966) Mile Oak - WEB SITE Air Arms HFT Team member