Sussex Interclub HFT 2017 - Round 8 RESULTS

[biggles]

Hi All

With thanks to Simmo and all the wee Buxtedites who set today’s SIHFT Round 8,today we learnt mostly all about the LONG and the SHORT of HFT course setting. Rarely have there been so few targets between 20 and 39 yards.

It sure made it interesting. In spite of the lack of wind (except when I shot, of course ) or too much mud, but there was dark and light (but mostly dark) and the teeniest of gaps to thread a pellet through. Who on earth dreamt up that awful thing through the pallet at close range, or the lane for which you could see just the tip of a Buxted ‘finger’ over a branch? Dastardly !!

There can be no doubt that this was reflected in the scores, with a few (very few) getting to grips with it, led by Sir Dibbens who, perhaps unfettered by a Daisy, soared to the dizzy heights of a 59 and leaving the majority to pick up Silver and Bronze Badges; just 12 golds won (and well deserved), with 9 of these going to those scoring 55 and above in Open Class, plus Junior Abi and a pair of Boingers (Kim and Nigel). 12 Golds is 2^nd lowest of the year, after Round 2 at Ford in a blustery gale.

With a new caterer tracked down, the food was great too

Here is the full set of results for today' round ….. the individual tables are HERE

Name		Club	Class	Score	Hscore	%	Badge	T(eam)
Roger	Dibbens	Buxted	Open	59	59	100.0%	Gold	T
Kevin	Catt	Meon Valley	O	57	57	96.6%	G	T
Jill	Cochran	Maldon	O	57	57	96.6%	G	T
Paul	Somerville	Meon Valley	O	57	57	96.6%	G	T
Justin	Rayner	Buxted	O	56	56	94.9%	G	T
Kevin	Hills	Buxted	O	55	55	93.2%	G	T
Lewis	Hodges	Oaks	O	55	55	93.2%	G	T
Bob	Pattenden	Oaks	O	55	55	93.2%	G	T
Charles	Peal	Oaks	O	55	55	93.2%	G	T
Aaron	Friend	Oaks	O	54	54	91.5%	S	T
Spencer	Bailey	Buxted	O	53	53	89.8%	S
Adam	Longhurst	Buxted	O	53	53	89.8%	S	T
Kevin	Maw	Buxted	O	53	53	89.8%	S	T
Nigel	Buchan	Buxted	O	52	52	88.1%	S
Abigail	Maw	Buxted	Junior	52	52	88.1%	G
Lol	Moore	Ford	O	52	52	88.1%	S	T
Simon	Williams	Oaks	O	52	52	88.1%	S	T
Mike	Barkus	Buxted	O	51	51	86.4%	S
Mike	Burgess	Swallows	O	51	51	86.4%	S	T
Graeme	Cargan	Oaks	O	51	51	86.4%	S
Vince	Guy	Swallows	O	51	51	86.4%	S	T
Howard	Kalisch	Buxted	O	51	51	86.4%	S
Kim	Lum	Swallows	Recoiling	51	51	86.4%	G	T
Kevin	McMenamin	Visitor	O	51	51	86.4%	S
Steve	Miller	Meon Valley	O	51	51	86.4%	S	T
Mike	Seagrave	Meon Valley	O	50	50	84.7%	S	T
Andy	Simpson	Buxted	O	50	50	84.7%	S
Greg	Wilmshurst	Swallows	O	50	50	84.7%	S	T
Nigel	Wood	Buxted	R	50	50	84.7%	G
David	Henderson	Meon Valley	O	49	49	83.1%	B	T
Gary	Morrison	Buxted	O	49	49	83.1%	B
Pat	Fitzgerald	Ford	R	48	48	81.4%	S	T
Ewan	Hobbs	Iden Fern	O	48	48	81.4%	B	T
Mark	Rackley	Ford	O	48	48	81.4%	B	T
Justin	Roberts	Ford	O	48	48	81.4%	B	T
Shaun	Willson	Oaks	O	48	48	81.4%	B
Russ	Connor	Buxted	R	47	47	79.7%	S
Steb	Martinez	Ford	O	47	47	79.7%	B	T
Roy	Pearce	Iden Fern	O	47	47	79.7%	B	T
Derek	Watson	Horsham	R	47	47	79.7%	S	T
Phil	Moody	Horsham	O	46	46	78.0%	B	T
Scott	Sommerville	Meon Valley	J	46	46	78.0%	S
Finn	Cochran	Maldon	O	45	45	76.3%	B	T
Anthony	Smith	Horsham	O	45	45	76.3%	B	T
Simon	Whittick	Horsham	O	45	45	76.3%	B	T
Keith	Paddington	Horsham	O	44	44	74.6%		T
Charles	Upstill	Visitor	O	44	44	74.6%
Nick	Franklin	Iden Fern	J	43	43	72.9%	B	T
Bob	Morris	Ford	R	43	43	72.9%	B
Claire	Roberts	Buxted	Ladies	43	43	72.9%	B
Barry	Blackham	Ford	O	42	42	71.2%
Ivan	Edmiston	Buxted	O	42	42	71.2%
Dan	Hawes	Iden Fern	O	42	42	71.2%		T
Dave	Pickett	Buxted	O	42	42	71.2%
Nick	Byrne	Visitor	.22	41	41	69.5%	B
Stewart	Elstone	Buxted	O	41	41	69.5%
Gordon	Scott	Buxted	O	41	41	69.5%
Kevin	Wickson	Buxted	O	41	41	69.5%
Paul	Bradford	Buxted	O	40	40	67.8%
Barbara	Pearce	Iden Fern	L	40	40	67.8%	B	T
Craig	Hallas	Meon Valley	O	39	39	66.1%
Richard	Nightingale	Oaks	O	39	39	66.1%
Devon	Watson	Horsham	L	39	39	66.1%	B
James	Dawson	Buxted	O	38	38	64.4%
Angie	Morrissette	Oaks	L	36	36	61.0%
Harvey	Friend	Visitor	J	35	35	59.3%
Gabriel	Hobbs	Iden Fern	Primary	32	36	54.2%
Ally	Stewart	Oaks	L	30	30	50.8%
Chris	Mears	Visitor	O	28	28	47.5%
Doug	Falcon	Oaks	R	27	27	45.8%
Philip	Jacobs	Horsham	O	DNF
Terry	Trott	Meon Valley	O	No	card

For achieving their 5^th Gold of the season, we awarded three fresh Platinum Badges today to Bob Pattenden, Charles Peal and Paul Somerville.

Please let me know a.s.a.p. if you spot anything you think is amiss. Have I misspelt any names? Have I put you in the wrong class? Let me know if you spot anything wrong. BBS PM or email should do the trick.

Prize drawer winners today were:

• Howard Kalish – the £36 cash prize,
• Ivan Edmiston – the Air Arms goody bag
• And Russ Connor won the Compair Magazine subscription

Team Results.
Buxted stretched their lead over Meon, now 'winning' by 6 points. With only 4 in the team, Swallows FTC (who did remarkably well – all scoring 50+ - and getting lucky in the draw) and, MAD with 2 members present had to call upon the ‘free draw’ for extra cards to achieve their totals. Total team scores and cumulative points won are :

Club	Round 8	Cumulative Points
Buxted	276	92
Oaks	271	83
Meon Valley	264	86
Swallows	254	55
Ford	243	57
Maldon	235	61
Horsham	227	63
Iden Fern	220	56

Safe shooting to everyone ahead of round 9 of the 2017 SIHFT, which is in 3 weeks’ time on the 10^th September when we return to Ford Ranges. Current forecast (yes, Metcheck offer day-by-day 180 day forecasts) is for 18mph East by East North Easterlies. That would be rather different as rarely do we turn up at Ford to find anything other than a sturdy South Westerly.

In the meantime, very best of shooting to all the SIHFTers, including those competing in next weekend’s events at Furnace Mill with the UKAHFT and then a week later at the Air Arms annual bash at Northall Farm. Pretty sure there are other shoots on too. Enjoy wherever you head, even if just off to the dogs

An update to the series individual table will appear soon(ish) - there have been moves at the top

Biggles

[fastnick]

Thanks Buxted for yet another brilliant course - I never, ever score well at your place, but I really love shooting there and the way you guys set your courses out.

Thanks also to Roger Dibbens for his excellent company and giving me a masterclass in how to tame a Simmo course - and bloody well done on your score of 59; absolutely outstanding!

And finally, thank you and well done to Mandy (Buxted's new caterer) for keeping us all fed with what were undoubtedly the finest burgers I've ever encountered at an HFT shoot 😀

[Charles44]

Excellent course and very well done to Roger - which target was it you missed again ?......

Good to have Lewis back shooting as well!

[cargs68]

Hi mike.
Please can you check Aaron score. !!!! I think he got 55

Thank you buxted, great course.
Well done to all class winners.
Thanks to Aaron and harvey for company.

Great to see lewes back.

Graeme

[biggles]

Hi mike.
Please can you check Aaron score. !!!! I think he got 55

Thank you buxted, great course.
Well done to all class winners.
Thanks to Aaron and harvey for company.

Great to see lewes back.

Graeme

Check done - including double check of his/your maths. 54 it is.

Agreed about Lewis (and Lewes too ) and with a 55, that was a pretty good comeback.

Biggles

[cargs68]

Thank you mike.
I do appreciate you checking.... i do apologise

Graeme

[Herp]

Did I hear you say Darstardly Mike? Does this mean the course was set by a bunch of Darstards? I think so

That was a masterclass in course setting!!!

I just love to hate you Hobbits

See you all at Ford

Steb

[Lennox.lewis96]

Cheers guys! Was great to get back and see everyone. The banter has very much been missed! Massive thankyou to my weekend carers uncle charles and aunty Simon for helping me round the course!! Great shooting guys and see you all soon hopefully!

[bourne2fish]

Thanks Hobbits, another great course. Difficult but fun.

Some tricky shoots specially the short low shoots, missed both of them

Well done Roger, cracking score. Thanks Mike and Vince for shooting with me.

[biggles]

Thank you mike.
I do appreciate you checking.... i do apologise

Graeme

No apology necessary; always more than happy for people to ask.

See you soon (ooop North)

Biggles

[biggles]

is now posted HERE

That's for the Open Class; the rest are in the next post on that thread.

Biggles

[blackscale]

Well done lewis!!
Well done Roger as well, cracking score!

I think i almost beat Andrew and i wasn't even there....

I see he has a 'Special' after his name but shouldn't there be a big 'T' as well.... cos he is....ya know!

Miss this banter and shooting so much, be back soon XX

[si7777777]

Bloody good course!
Bloody amazing score of 59!
I bloody hate Lewis!

[Roger Dibbens]

Well, a fabulous day. Only bit of wind I noticed was other side of plink for 18 - I gave it a mildot for wind and she went over. This was a relief coz it was 17 before it through the concrete block white circled hole that I missed! And I know Daisy would have got it - she seems to get all the ones I miss.
Pleasure going round with you Nick - and thanks for reminding me how hard it can be recoiling - or was that 22, either way it looks bloomin difficult!

[blackscale]

Oh look your post count matches Andrews score!....