Hi all.

SIHFT is kind of a Summer series, and we certainly had the weather for it today. With not as much of a breeze as forecast a week ago – and just as well. I suspect an analysis of the score card will show more points being lost on the Downs-of-Doom than in the wood, in spite of it hosting only 1/3rd of the targets.

Big thanks to all the MOSC crew who helped prep the course over the past week. Plus thank yous to those who helped with the running of today’s event, including our marshals (Charles, Nik, Aaron and the Matt/Alicia duo) and Brigitte with both booking in and scoring.

Small increase in the turnout too, with an entry of 63.

Score card completion was generally very good, with zero corrections missing a marshal signature and only one (I heard of) being sent away by Brigitte to get the essential witness signatures on cards.
Here are the results. Charles was replaced by Graeme today, to be the one to narrowly miss taking home one of the SIHFT special Clear Round badges. Excellent shooting Cargs, keeping clear of following pack by no fewer than 4 points and limiting the total number of Gold Badges won to just 7. If you had achieved the lone 100% with a score of 56, the number of Gold’s won would have jumped to 16!!

Firstname Surname Club Class Score % Badge Team place
Graeme Cargan Oaks O 59 100.0% Gold T
Darren Quincey MAD O 55 93.2% Gold
Simon Vant Oaks O 55 93.2% Gold T
Owen Wilson ® Buxted O 55 93.2% Gold T
Gary Channing Buxted O 54 91.5% Silver T
Howard Kalisch Buxted O 54 91.5% Silver T
Nick Orr Oaks O 53 89.8% Silver T
Charles Peal Oaks O 53 89.8% Silver T
Darryle Bundock Oaks O 52 88.1% Silver T
Mike Burgess Oaks V 52 88.1% Gold
Kevin Hills Buxted O 52 88.1% Silver T
Phil Moody Horsham V 52 88.1% Gold T
Jon Newton-May Buxted O 52 88.1% Silver T
Vince Guy Oaks O 51 86.4% Silver
Tom Haynes Oaks R 51 86.4% Gold
Steve Britland Horsham O 50 84.7% Silver T
Roger Dibbens Oaks O 50 84.7% Silver
Jonathan Franklin MAD O 50 84.7% Silver
Matthew Franks Oaks O 50 84.7% Silver
Steve Light Buxted O 50 84.7% Silver
Darren Purnell Buxted O 50 84.7% Silver
Daniel Smith Bisley O 50 84.7% Silver
Steven Avey Oaks O 49 83.1% Bronze
Darren Brind Oaks O 49 83.1% Bronze
Paul Charman Buxted .22 49 83.1% Silver
Connor Johnson Oaks O 49 83.1% Bronze
Mark Rackley Oaks V 49 83.1% Silver
Justin Roberts Ford O 49 83.1% Bronze T
Stefan Avey Oaks O 48 81.4% Bronze
Rob Buckell Oaks O 48 81.4% Bronze
Aaron Friend Oaks O 47 79.7% Bronze
Kevin Wickson Buxted O 47 79.7% Bronze
Nick Byrne Meon Valley .22 46 78.0% Silver T
David Henderson Meon Valley V 46 78.0% Silver T
Tony Johnson Barbarians V 46 78.0% Silver
Derek Watson Horsham O 46 78.0% Bronze T
Paul Blaxall Meon Valley V 45 76.3% Silver T
Glen Turner Ford O 45 76.3% Bronze T
Dave Wade HRPC O 45 76.3% Bronze
Nigel Carter Barbarians V 44 74.6% Bronze
Martin Nicholls Buxted O 44 74.6%
Alicia Franks Oaks L 42 71.2% Bronze
Dax Browning Meon Valley O 41 69.5% T
Daniel Hudson Meon Valley O 41 69.5% T
Martin Cook Buxted R 40 67.8% Bronze
Roy Pearce MAD V 40 67.8% Bronze
Nigel Buchan Buxted V 39 66.1% Bronze
Jean Greatrex MAD Sticks 39 66.1% Bronze
Barbara Pearce MAD V 39 66.1% Bronze
Mark Goodhew Buxted O 38 64.4%
John Knapman Ford O 38 64.4% T
Steb Martinez Ford O 38 64.4% T
Jacob Slusarczyk Oaks O 38 64.4%
Dave Barnes Meon Valley V 37 62.7%
Hugborg Hudson Meon Valley L 37 62.7%
Trevor Hudson Meon Valley Sticks 37 62.7%
Dave Pullen Meon Valley V 37 62.7%
Alex Slusarczyk Oaks P 37 62.7% Bronze
Jason Perrine Oaks O 35 59.3%
Richard Wickenden Ford R 33 55.9% T
Maryam Shapouri Visitor L 31 52.5%
David Wilshaw Meon Valley R 27 45.8%
Toni Bingley MAD L DNF 0.0%

Horsham were short of a full team of 5 and had 2 random cards drawn from the pack – after discounting any drawn which shooter had already been placed in their own club team.
So the team results are:

Club Round 2 Points Total
Oaks 272 12 24
Buxted 267 11 22
Horsham 243 10 20
Meon Valley 219 9 19
Ford 203 8 16

Today’s draw winners were:

Bonus Bunny - £63 – Owen Wilson, who’s having a good weekend (3rd place in the British Boinger championship at Nomads yesterday)

Air Arms Goody Bag – Barbara Pearce.

Can you spot any errors in this post? Have I spelt your name correctly? Do I have you down for the correct club/class? – please message me directly.

As a reminder, SIHFT Round 3 is in just 2 weeks, on Sunday 11th June at Buxted.

Nothing that I’m aware of happening (HFT wise) in Sussex next weekend, though I think there’s a monthly event at MAD and the BARC at Wormesley

Biggles