Hi everyone

Our last competition of May and just a couple of days before the end of the month. It certainly appeared to be a sunny late spring day, but caught a lot of people out who expected it to be as warm as it looked. It was not Indeed, quite chilly and, even during the booking in, I saw several of you digging in to car boots (not always their own), trying to find another suitable extra thermal layer. Had we just forgotten that Hen Wood is quite a lot higher than sea-level? Anyone know the actual height? Best remember for the future that sea level temps drop by around 3 degrees C per 1000’.

Anyway .. big thanks to Paul Somerville and the MVAC crew who set today’s course and did most of the marshalling (Paul plus Dave Pullen and Mike Seagrave). Much appreciated, guys. Thanks too to my trainee admin assistant, Alicia, already proving her worth and quick learning.

Following the post Round 2 rant about incomplete score cards, as far as I could see there was only one miscreant today – handing in a card which failed to bear a witness signature. I was lenient, if making sure the error was corrected in a rather public way. So please carry on getting it right and doing what we have to do. A similar mistake in future will attract a rather unwelcome (I don’t doubt) fat zero in the results table.

Another 7 ‘new’ faces joined us today, but the total back down to 51, almost certainly due to the greater distance to our new (MVAC) and out-of-Sussex venue. Fingers crossed today’s comp will have encouraged those new to SIHFT to come to all future rounds and see the numbers swell going forward.

Here are the results. The only entry showing against some scores (end of the line) perhaps not recognised from its heading is the last one – the “T”. This denotes that this person’s score has been included in their club team result.
Firstname Surname Club Class Score % Badge T
Vince Guy Buxted O 59 100.0% Gold T
Charles Peal Oaks O 58 98.3% G T
Owen Wilson MAD O 58 98.3% G
Roger Dibbens Oaks O 57 96.6% G T
Paul Blaxhall Meon Valley V 55 93.2% G T
Mark Rackley Oaks V 55 93.2% G T
Paul Somerville Meon Valley O 55 93.2% G T
Graeme Cargan Oaks O 54 91.5% Silver T
Gary Channing Buxted O 54 91.5% S T
Howard Kalisch Buxted O 54 91.5% S T
Mike Seagrave Meon Valley O 54 91.5% S T
Dom West Barbarians O 54 91.5% S
Nick Orr Oaks O 53 89.8% S T
Nigel Carter Barbarians O 52 88.1% S
Jon Dally Bisley O 52 88.1% S
Aaron Friend Oaks O 52 88.1% S
David Henderson Meon Valley V 52 88.1% G T
Chris Theodoulou Theydon O 52 88.1% S
Darren Brind Oaks O 51 86.4% S
Steb Martinez Ford O 51 86.4% S T
Jon Newton-May Buxted O 51 86.4% S T
Toby Penny Barbarians O 51 86.4% S
Glen Turner Ford O 51 86.4% S T
Mike Burgess Oaks V 50 84.7% G
Alicia Franks Oaks L 50 84.7% G
Alan Jones Meon Valley V 50 84.7% G T
Dave Pullen Meon Valley O 50 84.7% S
Justin Roberts Ford O 50 84.7% S T
Chris Scholes Buxted O 50 84.7% S T
Pete Vidler Meon Valley O 50 84.7% S
Kevin Clark MAD R 49 83.1% S
Darren Purnell Buxted O 49 83.1% Bronze
Darryle Bundock Oaks O 48 81.4% B
Nick Byrne Meon Valley .22 48 81.4% S
Gerry Strydon Ford O 48 81.4% B T
Kevin Wickson Buxted O 48 81.4% B
Adrian Wright Meon Valley O 48 81.4% B
Kevin Catt Meon Valley .22 47 79.7% S
Tony Johnson Barbarians O 47 79.7% B
Alan Rowe Meon Valley O 47 79.7% B
Dave Barnes Meon Valley O 46 78.0% B
Nigel Buchan Buxted V 46 78.0% S
Paul Charman Buxted .22 46 78.0% S
Bob Doel Meon Valley V 46 78.0% S
Redders Bluer Meon Valley .22 45 76.3% S
Tom Haynes Oaks R 45 76.3% S
Martin Nicholls Buxted O 45 76.3% B
Josh Trodden Meon Valley O 44 74.6%
Jo Bluer Meon Valley L 40 67.8% B
Matthew Franks Oaks .22 35 59.3%
Richard Wickenden Ford R 33 55.9% T

All SIHFT hosting clubs present today fielded a full set of 5 competitors, so team results are:

Club name Round 3 Points Total
Oaks 277 12 36
Buxted 268 11 34
Meon Valley 266 10 28
Ford 233 9 27
Horsham 0 8 26

Today’s draw winners were:
£51 – Dave Pullen
Air Arms Goody Bag – Owen Wilson

Can you spot any errors in this post? Have I spelt your name correctly? Do I have you down for the correct club/class/score? – please message me directly or drop an email (showing in my profile).

SIHFT Round 4 is now 3 weeks away, on Sunday 19th June at Buxted. And we all love a shoot at Buxted )

For those of you who either regularly commit to throwing heavy metal, or who have a .22 rifle tucked away in your collection, even if unused for many years, or can borrow one, we may meet up again at the UKAHFT sponsored .22 championship in 2 weeks’ time (Sunday 12th June), yet again at Meon. This itself is preceded by an HFT pistol comp at Meon on Saturday 11th.

Prior to the above and over the Jubilee bank holiday weekend, I am unaware of any local (South East) events with the exception of an Open HFT competition at Mile Oak on the morning of Sunday the 5th June. Watch out for details if you are interested.

Biggles