Hi All.

60 entries at MVAC today; just below our (early season) SIHFT average, but not bad considering this is our journey to the far West.

And you had an opportunity to shoot a terrific course set by our Meon friends at Hen Wood, led by Adam who, sadly, was feeling too unwell to join us after overseeing initial proceedings. Hope you’re feeling better, Adam, and soon.

Decent weather too. Sunny and warm, but with increasing humidity during the morning. The breeze, which could be barely noticed in some parts of the wood, was very much present in the middle part of the course, near the wood’s edge and where almost every peg/target placement meant shooting in to the breeze at different angles.

Great to see yet another new junior join us. Now age 13, but SIHFT rules place Seb Wright in the Primary Class as he was still age 12 at the start of the SIHFT 2023 season. And he shot very well, winning a Silver Badge. Well done, Seb.

Top bombing today was shared by Buxted and Mile Oak, with both Owen and Cargs coming in with 58s apiece. Great shooting, guys. There may have been other PBs among you, but for me the best I was aware of was from my shooting partner – Paul Charman. With a 54, Paul improved his previous best by 3 points. And this while lobbing bigger lumps of lead than all the rest of us. Nice one Paul.
Here are the full results.

Firstname Surname Club Class Score % Badge Team place
Graeme Cargan Oaks O 58 100.0% Gold T
Owen Wilson Buxted O 58 100.0% G T
Simon Vant Oaks O 57 98.3% G T
Charles Peal Oaks O 56 96.6% G T
Mike Burgess Oaks V 55 94.8% G T
Lewis Hodges Oaks O 55 94.8% G T
Howard Kalisch Buxted O 55 94.8% G T
Gary Channing Buxted O 54 93.1% G T
Paul Charman Buxted .22 54 93.1% G T
Roger Dibbens Oaks O 54 93.1% G
Jon Newton-May Buxted O 54 93.1% G T
Daniel Smith Bisley O 53 91.4% Silver
Darryle Bundock Oaks O 52 89.7% S
Tom Haynes Oaks R 52 89.7% G
Mark Brealey Meon Valley O 51 87.9% S T
Kevin Hills Buxted O 51 87.9% S
Darren Purnell Buxted O 50 86.2% S
Justin Roberts Ford O 50 86.2% S T
Aaron Friend Oaks O 49 84.5% S
Hugborg Hudson Meon Valley L 49 84.5% G T
Nick Orr Oaks O 49 84.5% S
Steve Pike Meon Valley O 49 84.5% S T
Dave Wade HRPC O 49 84.5% S
Adrian Wright Meon Valley O 49 84.5% S T
Darren Brind Oaks O 48 82.8% Bronze
Nigel Buchan Buxted V 48 82.8% S
Trevor Hudson Meon Valley Sticks 48 82.8% S T
Alan Jones Meon Valley V 48 82.8% S
Dave Pullen Meon Valley V 48 82.8% S
Kevin Wickson Buxted O 48 82.8% B
Paul Blaxall Meon Valley V 47 81.0% S
Steb Martinez Ford O 47 81.0% B T
Stefan Avey Oaks O 46 79.3% B
David Henderson Meon Valley V 46 79.3% S
Nigel Carter Purbeck FTC V 45 77.6% S
Alicia Franks Oaks L 45 77.6% S
Glen Turner Ford O 45 77.6% B T
Steven Avey Oaks O 44 75.9% B
Maryam Shapouri Oaks L 44 75.9% S
Rob Buckell Oaks O 43 74.1%
Daniel Hudson Meon Valley O 43 74.1%
John Knapman Ford O 43 74.1% T
Roy Pearce MAD V 43 74.1% B
Mick White Meon Valley O 43 74.1%
Dax Browning Meon Valley O 42 72.4%
Barbara Pearce MAD V 42 72.4% B
Barry Wade Buxted V 42 72.4% B
Dave Barnes Meon Valley V 41 70.7% B
Richard Chase ® Ford R 41 70.7% B T
Jean Greatrex MAD Sticks 41 70.7% B
Aaron Cunningham Visitor O 40 69.0%
Richard Wheeler Ford O 40 69.0%
David Wheeler Ford O 40 69.0%
Matthew Franks Oaks O 39 67.2%
Sebastian Wright Meon Valley P 39 67.2% S
Richard Wickenden Ford R 36 62.1%
David Wilshaw Meon Valley R 36 62.1%
Chris Cullen Meon Valley R 32 55.2%
Vince Guy Oaks O DNF 0%
Mark Rackley Oaks V DNF 0%

One Sussex Interclub Team contender (Horsham) was not present today, but the other 4 had at least 5 members, so full teams each.

No longer easy to squeeze in the ‘complete’ Team results table, so now just showing the latest round result and cumulative totals.

Club Round 4 scores Round 4 points Total scores Total points
Oaks 281 12 1110 47
Buxted 275 11 1076 45
Meon Valley 246 10 941 39
Ford 226 9 889 34
Horsham 0 8 708 37

Today’s draw winners were:

£60 Bonus Bunny – Chris Cullen

Air Arms Goody Bag – Trevor Hudson

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 5 is in 2 weeks, on Sunday 9th July at Horsham.

Slight change of admin duties, for at least the round at Horsham Hawks, while I pass over the lead roles to Alicia, Charles and Roger Dibbens who kindly volunteered. “Why?” You ask. Simples really as on Wednesday the 5th, I’m having a new hip installed and won’t escape the medical establishment until Friday 7th. I’ve been warned that I’m likely to be on a ‘healthy’ cocktail of painkillers for at least several days. I sincerely hope to be able to attend SIHFT from rounds 6 onward, even if only in an admin capacity, until I’m recovered enough to get back to full/normal shooting.

The above has happened very much quicker than I expected; initial expectations would have put the operation 6 to 9 months away, in the late Autumn or early winter months. Hey, ho.

Between now and SIHFT Round 5 there is an HFT Summer Open comp at Mile Oak next Sunday (2nd July) and, on the same day, Round 3 of the BARC @ Throckmorton. As I type this, I can see nowt else in the diary going on locally.

Feel free to alert SIHFT readers if you know different.

Biggles