Sussex Interclub HFT 2019 - Round 2 results

[biggles]

Hi All

HUGE thanks to Horsham Hawks for hosting today’s Round 2 of the 2019 Sussex Interclub. I am very aware that the ‘team’ building the course was small and special, so to produce a setup of that quality is to be applauded. Thanks also to Maciek and the family for keeping us fed and watered, as well as marshalling. Final thanks to Justin R for volunteering (or being volunteered) to don a marshal vest too.

Given the experience of the last 6 or 7 years Easter Sundays when Kelmarsh has hosted the HFT World Championships, today (and the rest of the weekend) delivered absolutely amazing weather. Hotter than even I had guessed and wilted somewhat in my overtrousers, t-shirt, sweatshirt and winter jacket – a tad overdressed.

Given the lack of wind, we might have expected average scores well above those achieved in Round 1 at Mile Oak the other week, but it didn’t quite work out that way. Yes the gun score average was a teeny bit higher (46.6 v’s 46.0), but the average percentage went down by 1.5 points. In part this was due to another brilliant result from Roger D, achieving his 2nd TON of the season with a 58. The rest of us will have to blame the tricksiness (sic) of the very changeable breeze in the field. It certainly ‘played’ with my pellets and was where I lost 5 of my 6 dropped points – there was one (I think a square plate around lane 7) where I decided to give it just outside left edge of the kill and watched it blow all the way across, narrowly avoiding a doughnut toward the right edge of the whole plate; annoying but also a relief.

Feel free to share in the comments, where you lost your points

Here is the full set of results …..

Firstname Surname Club Class Score % Badge T(eam)
Roger Dibbens Buxted O 58 100.0 G T
Simon Vant Maldon O 57 98.3 G T
Justin Rayner Buxted O 56 96.6 G T
Kevin Hills Buxted O 55 94.8 G T
Mike Burgess Swallows O 54 93.1 G T
Ewan Hobbs Iden Fern O 54 93.1 G T
Philip Jacobs Horsham O 54 93.1 G T
Nigel Buchan Buxted O 53 91.4 S T
Finn Cochrane Maldon O 53 91.4 S T
Aaron Friend Oaks O 53 91.4 S T
Lewis Hodges Oaks O 53 91.4 S T
Graeme Cargan Oaks O 52 89.7 S T
Gary Channing Buxted O 52 89.7 S T
Lee Crouch Iden Fern O 52 89.7 S T
Howard Kalisch Buxted O 52 89.7 S
Lol Moore Ford O 52 89.7 S T
Vince Guy Swallows O 51 87.9 S T
Andy Simpson Buxted O 51 87.9 S
Paul Somerville Meon Valley O 51 87.9 S T
Nigel Grigsby Meon Valley O 50 86.2 S T
Mark Rackley Meon Valley O 50 86.2 S T
Len Smith Bisley O 50 86.2 S T
Scott Somerville Meon Valley J 50 86.2 G T
Barry Wade Buxted O 50 86.2 S
Kevin Wickson Buxted O 50 86.2 S
Paul Andrew Visitor O 49 84.5 S
Jill Cochrane Maldon O 49 84.5 S T
Jon Newton-May Buxted O 49 84.5 S
Roy Pearce Iden Fern O 49 84.5 S T
Paul Bradford Buxted O 48 82.8 B
Daniel Smith Bisley O 48 82.8 B T
Mike Seagrave Meon Valley O 47 81.0 B T
Richard Chase Ford O 46 79.3 B T
Pat Fitzgerald Ford R 46 79.3 S T
Dave Lillywhite Maldon O 46 79.3 B T
Martin Nicholls Buxted O 46 79.3 B
Maciek Pajek Horsham O 46 79.3 B T
Darren Purnell Buxted O 46 79.3 B
Philip Rodgers Visitor O 46 79.3 B
Greg Wilmshurst Swallows O 46 79.3 B T
Owen Wilson Buxted O 46 79.3 B
Nigel Wood Buxted R 46 79.3 S
Rex Bennett Maldon R 45 77.6 S T
Steve Britland Horsham O 45 77.6 B T
Gary Morrison Buxted O 45 77.6 B
Nick Orr Oaks O 45 77.6 B T
Paul Charman Swallows O 43 74.1 T
Gary Chillingworth Maldon R 43 74.1 B
Jean Greatrex Maldon L 43 74.1 B
Daniel Hudson Meon Valley O 43 74.1
Bruce Ingram Buxted O 43 74.1
Mary Rackley Visitor L 43 74.1 B
Tim Hale Visitor .22 42 72.4 B
Nathan Ingram Buxted O 42 72.4
Loiuse Gray Buxted L 41 70.7 B
Gavin Wilmshurst Swallows R 41 70.7 B T
Elias Ridley Buxted O 40 69.0
Luke Andrew Visitor O 39 67.2
Steb Martinez Ford O 38 65.5 T
Mike Harding Horsham R 37 63.8 T
Hugborg Hudson Meon Valley L 37 63.8
Nick Byrne Oaks .22 35 60.3 T
Gabriel Hobbs Iden Fern J 35 60.3 T
Trevor Hudson Meon Valley O 34 58.6
Martin Cook Iden Fern R 33 56.9 T
Barbara Pearce Iden Fern L 33 56.9

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

Team results today showed that the Buxted massive are performing waaay ahead of the field at present. Come on the rest of us; we’re going to need to change up a gear (or two) to stop a runaway win at this rate

Club Round 1 Round 2 Cumulative Points
Buxted 279 274 24
Maldon 266 250 22
Oaks 255 238 19
Ford 246 231 16
Meon Valley 246 248 19
Horsham 241 225 13
Swallows 241 235 15
Iden Fern 237 223 10
Bisley 214 216 8

Bisley, Horsham and Ford were this week’s clubs requiring lucky-dip cards, Bisley getting 3 cards (the max allowed) and Horsham and Ford drawing 1 apiece.

Prize drawer winners today were :
• Nigel Grigsby – the £33 cash prize, and
• Barbara Pearce – the Air Arms goody bag

With the HFT Spring/Summer season now getting in to full swing, we won’t meet again until Round 3 at Swallows FTC on Sunday 26th May. Between now and then, distractions include Round 1 of this year’s UKAHFT @ Misfits and Round 2 @ Cambridge, the European HFT Champs in Holland and the Northern Shooting show close to Harrogate, where Jean, Charles, Graeme (Cargy) and myself ‘play’ at coaching as part of the Air Arms Experience.

In the meantime, stay well and shoot safe (and straight).

Biggles

[scutter]

I thought, it's only a week until the nationals, let's go to Horsham and have a nice pleasant days shooting.

But was it pleasant, oh no, I feel like Phil course took me, abused me, laughed at me and made me it's bitch.

That was quite simply the best course I've ever shot at Horsham, very well done chaps, I hate you all.

I'm off now for a little cry

Chilly

[biggles]

I thought, it's only a week until the nationals, let's go to Horsham and have a nice pleasant days shooting.

But was it pleasant, oh no, I feel like Phil course took me, abused me, laughed at me and made me it's bitch.

That was quite simply the best course I've ever shot at Horsham, very well done chaps, I hate you all.

I'm off now for a little cry

Chilly

See you at Misfits, Chilly.

I'm sure a week will see you sort things out

Biggles

[Lol Moore]

Horsham, brilliant, thank you to all involved in setting up and operating today....proper club, proper course.


My card, top row was winner winner, bottom row was chicken dinner


Steb, pleasure as ever, clean that barrel...now!


Top shooting Roger, incredible form.

[fastnick]

Ouch! That hurt!

Thanks, Horsham........ I think??

Another day like that and I'll be enjoying a lot more Sunday lay-ins

[Roger Dibbens]

Cheers Lol

Hawkies - really great course - I had to concentrate so hard today!
Two fav targets were the spider web - really hard to see it and range it. Peg 28 - past the big log almost same, oh and crowzilla peg 24 nearly had me too!

KevH - stop shooting that bloomin fence!

Rog Griffin

[risingfriend]

Cheers Horsham great course and worth the lack of sleep to attend back in the land of the living and good to be back well done Roger top bombing git