Great day today, just got home but we'll worth the trip :-)
Hi all sunburnt competitors from an airfield in West Sussex
I’m sure I heard a ‘local’ mention they thought there would be a clearance during today’s SIHFT – care of the complete lack of wind.
Quite obviously, the windless conditions only followed one person round today – Charles Peal. Well done, Charles – top shooting; just one short of the magic clearance. The rest of us had to contend with a tricky breeze, which changed direction and strength almost as many times as there were pegs out on the concrete. Special well dones to all the Gold class winners – anything mid 50s or higher was hard earned.
Compared with Round 6 at Mile Oak, today’s 59 meant badges were hard to come by, but didn’t stop us awarding 3rd and 4th Platinum badges of the season – to Charles (of course) and Steve Light. Rudy picked up his from R6 – overlooked on the day (sorry Rudy).
Here is the full set of results ….......
Name Club Class Score % Badge T(eam) Charles Peal Oaks O 59 100.0% Gold T Alex Larkin Visitor O 57 96.6% Gold Gary Chillingworth Buxted O 56 94.9% Gold T Simon Williams Oaks O 56 94.9% Gold T Roger Dibbens Buxted O 55 93.2% Gold T Philip Jacobs Horsham O 55 93.2% Gold T Steve Light Horsham O 55 93.2% Gold T Spencer Bailey Buxted O 54 91.5% Silver T Rudy Goldslade Oaks O 54 91.5% Silver T Justin Rayner Buxted O 54 91.5% Silver T Chris Roberts Oaks O 54 91.5% Silver T Colin Wilson Buxted O 54 91.5% Silver T Jon Fairman Oaks O 53 89.8% Silver T Andy Simpson Buxted O 53 89.8% Silver Nigel Buchan Buxted O 52 88.1% Silver Mike Burgess Swallows O 52 88.1% Silver T Lewis Hodges Oaks O 52 88.1% Silver Kim Lum Swallows O 52 88.1% Silver T Justin Roberts Ford O 52 88.1% Silver T Barry Blackham Ford O 51 86.4% Silver T Pat Fitzgerald Ford R 51 86.4% Gold T Lol Moore Ford O 51 86.4% Silver T Geoff Ryder Visitor O 51 86.4% Silver Peter Epps Ford O 50 84.7% Silver T Bob Morris Ford O 50 84.7% Silver Terry Aiken Oaks O 49 83.1% Bronze Richard Chase Ford O 49 83.1% Bronze Aaron Friend Oaks O 47 79.7% Bronze Vince Guy Swallows O 47 79.7% Bronze T Nigel Hammond Buxted O 47 79.7% Bronze Alex Noakes Swallows P 47 79.7% Gold T Chris Tyhurst Oaks R 47 79.7% Silver Carla Chambers Swallows O 46 78.0% Bronze T Gary Friend Oaks O 46 78.0% Bronze Steb Martinez Ford O 46 78.0% Bronze Dave Pickett Buxted O 46 78.0% Bronze Derek Watson Horsham O 46 78.0% Bronze T Bethan Whittick Horsham L 46 78.0% Silver T Steve Noakes Swallows O 45 76.3% Bronze Don Berrington Horsham O 44 74.6% Kevin Hills Buxted O 44 74.6% Kevin Wickson Buxted O 44 74.6% Gerry Jellicoe Swallows O 43 72.9% Jon Kelly Buxted O 43 72.9% Simon Whittick Horsham O 42 71.2% Daniel Smith Visitor .22 41 69.5% Bronze Dave Standing Swallows R 41 69.5% Bronze Anthony Smith Horsham O 39 66.1% Greet Hopper Ford L 37 62.7% Lewis Guy Swallows O 36 61.0% Richard Harroway Ford O 34 57.6% John Kirkwood Horsham .22 33 55.9% Graeme Cargan Oaks O DNF Ashleigh Vaughn Ford L DNF
Please let me know a.s.a.p. if you spot anything else you think is amiss.
Prize drawer winners today were :
- Simon Whittick – the £27 cash prize, and
- Lol Moore – the Air Arms goody bag
Team scores today and total cumulative points won under our new scheme are :
Club Round 7 Total Points Oaks 276 83 Buxted 273 74 Horsham 246 72 Swallows 248 62 Ford 255 56 Iden Fern 133 52
Additional cards had to be drawn on behalf of a shortfall for the minimum team players for Iden Fern (max 3).
Happy and safe shooting to you all ahead of the next SIHFT gathering for Round 8 at Horsham in 3 weeks’ time on Sunday 30th August.
Biggles
Last edited by biggles; 09-08-2015 at 04:23 PM. Reason: Correction to Daniel Smith's class and badge
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 today, just got home but we'll worth the trip :-)
HFT Team England 2012 - 2013
Incompetent writer for Airgunner
UKAHFT, World and SiHFT Recoiling champ 2017
On transferring spreadsheet from one PC to another and sorting in to results order (by class) I spotted that today we had recorded - incorrectly - Daniel Smith as in Open; should have been .22.
This means he earned a BRONZE badge.
Sorry Daniel. Please remind me at the next round and collect your badge.
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
Thank you Fordies
Sun and tricksy wind made for a brilliant way to spend a Sunday morning!
Si
BSA
The OAKS
SIHFT WINNERS 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016
some great scores there,had a great day shooting and a nice ride through the beautiful sussex countryside, really glad I took the bike coz the tailbacks on m23 and at dartford were sh!te, payback for getting a good soaking the other weekend.
Last edited by tugg; 09-08-2015 at 08:07 PM.
Hadn't been to Ford for years, don't think I'll go there again!
Seriously though, great day and company.
Couldn't do a thing right in that wind, well done to all those that did
Thanks to all who came along today, a shame the burger van didn't make it so sorry about that.
Great weather, thanks to Kev and Dave for the excellent company. Congrats to Charles on an amazing score, if you weren't such a splendid chap, in possession of such talent and a huge contributor to the sport I might start to feel a grudge-or even a chip on my shoulder
I really thought I was on for half decent score until I dropped 7 out of the last 10
I enjoyed today massively. Thanks to everyone who contributed
Richard
http://www.ford-hft.org.uk
You come into this world with nothing, go out in debt and you've made a profit
Well Done to course setters, really enjoyed the day weather was great as well.
Good shooting Charles great score.
"If you are not living on the edge you are taking up too much room!."
Twas a great day, well done Charles on a great score and well done Roger Dibbens (Mk3) on a 55 and Gold.
Thanks to all the Fordies on a top course.
ATB
No Hope
Great course and loved the wind. Decided to just go for it and look what happened: First ever Gold and new PB.
Thanks Fordies.
RogMk3
Brilliant day, most enjoyable, I even won a prize
Thanks to Andy, a crafty and skillful shot - I learned plenty.
Commiserations to Graham - gutted for you.
Top shooting Charles.
..."My son," said the Norman Baron...."The Saxon is not like us Normans. His manners are not so polite. But he never means anything serious till he talks about justice and right"...
No Andy??
Probably too busy 'mole'ing' ...
Looks like another great SIHFT shoot, can't help thinking these OAKIES are unstoppable!...
(have we even lost a round yet??)
Spongey (bystander..)
SIHFT Winners 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - AND 2014....2015..2016...oh look back at green...running out of colours! Ha!
Last edited by scutter; 16-08-2015 at 05:35 PM.
HFT Team England 2012 - 2013
Incompetent writer for Airgunner
UKAHFT, World and SiHFT Recoiling champ 2017