Sussex Interclub 2024 Round 6 at Mile Oak

Aft’noon all.

In spite of it being the 1st day of meteorological Autumn and with clear evidence of some overnight rain, today was sunnier and hotter – specially up on the hill-of-joy - than I for one had expected.

Great effort by a sizeable gang of Oakies to set today’s course and we all thank you from the bottom of our hearts; even including those of you overheard to be muttering things like “I wish there was more wind” before this morning’s 10 o’clock kick-off.

Well …. I recon there was more than enough breeze. And all the tricksier given its love of changing strength and direction in a heartbeat

Signs that the course was a toughie are in the scores – topped by a 3-way tie between Howard, Rackers and Vanty, each on 56. Well done chaps. And just 25% (15 bodies out of the 60 present) of all today’s competitors having a score in the 50s. That’s got to be a very rare event in SIHFT history.

Anyway …. Here are the results from today. If you’ve not previously seen (or forgotten) the table layout, perhaps the only column not obvious 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(eam)
Howard Kalisch Buxted O 56 100.00% G(old) T
Mark Rackley Oaks V 56 100.00% G T
Simon Vant Oaks O 56 100.00% G T
Roger Dibbens Oaks O 54 96.40% G T
Aaron Friend Oaks O 54 96.40% G T
Mike Burgess Oaks V 53 94.60% G T
Zac Baker Bisley O 52 92.90% G
Paul Bradford Buxted V 52 92.90% G T
Charles Peal Oaks O 52 92.90% G
Steve Britland Horsham O 51 91.10% S(ilver) T
Darryle Bundock Oaks O 51 91.10% S
Alicia Franks Oaks L 51 91.10% G
Matthew Franks Oaks O 51 91.10% S
Tom Haynes Oaks R 50 89.30% G
David Henderson Meon Valley V 50 89.30% G T
Ihab Alfred Bisley R 49 87.50% G
Vince Guy Oaks O 49 87.50% S
Tony Johnson Barbarians V 49 87.50% G
Paul Blaxall Meon Valley V 48 85.70% G T
Nick Byrne Meon Valley 0.22 48 85.70% G T
Jason Perrine Oaks O 48 85.70% S
Dave Wade HRPC O 48 85.70% S
Paul Charman Buxted 0.22 47 83.90% G T
Ewan Hobbs Iden Fern O 47 83.90% S
Richard Wheeler Ford O 47 83.90% S T
Kevin Allen Horsham R 46 82.10% S T
Kevin Wickson Buxted O 46 82.10% B(ronze) T
Adrian Wright Meon Valley O 46 82.10% B T
Steven Avey Oaks O 45 80.40% B
Dax Browning Meon Valley O 45 80.40% B T
Nigel Carter Barbarians V 45 80.40% S
Jon Newton-May Buxted O 45 80.40% B T
David Wheeler Ford O 45 80.40% B T
Stefan Avey Oaks O 44 78.60% B
Nik Orr Oaks O 44 78.60% B
Derek Watson Horsham R 44 78.60% S T
Darren Brind Oaks O 43 76.80% B
Ken Fallon Horsham V 43 76.80% S T
Carrol Lamport Buxted O 43 76.80% B
Alan Renwick Meon Valley Sticks 43 76.80% S
John Knapman Ford O 42 75.00% B T
Ray Munnery Horsham O 42 75.00% B T
John Cavell Oaks V 41 73.20% B
David Irving Oaks O 41 73.20%
Richard Wickenden Ford O 41 73.20% T
David Wilshaw Meon Valley R 41 73.20% B
Pat Fitzgerald Ford R 40 71.40% B T
Sean Heath Meon Valley O 40 71.40%
Hugborg Hudson Meon Valley L 39 69.60% B
Barbara Pearce MAD L 39 69.60% B
Simon Whittick Horsham Sticks 39 69.60% B
Jean Greatrex MAD Sticks 38 67.90% B
Steve Saunter Buxted Sticks 38 67.90% B
Richard Chase Ford R 36 64.30% B
Trevor Hudson Meon Valley Sticks 36 64.30% B
Roy Pearce MAD V 36 64.30% B
Martin Cook Buxted R 35 62.50%
Kim May Horsham L 34 60.70%
Gareth Bridger Ford O 31 55.40%
Jack Jenkins Ford 0.22 24 42.90%

SIHFT Platinum badges were on the cards, with 3 people sitting on 4 Golds after Round 5. Delighted to say that all 3 ‘made it’, so today’s new SIHFT 2024 Platinum badges were taken away by
• Paul Bradford
• Roger Dibbens and
• David Henderson
or at least David could have taken it away, had he not done an early runner. Your Platinum awaits you, young David.

All club teams had at least the full complement of 5 members, leading to the following team results :

Club Round 6 scores Round 6 points Total points
Mile Oak 273 12 70
Buxted 246 11 67
Meon Valley 237 10 60
Horsham 226 9 53
Ford 215 8 51

Today’s draw winners were:
Bonus Bunny £61 – Paul Bradford
Air Arms Goody Bag – Aaron Friend

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 if not.

The cumulative individual league table, in class order will be updated shortly(ish).

SIHFT Round 7 will be hosted by Buxted on Sunday 15th September.

Between now and then ….. Nothing whatsoever on my calendar apart from a wee HFT event happening just outside Nottingham. Yup, next weekend is the 2-day WHFTA World Championships being hosted by Borders Wood. I know that quite a bunch of happy SIHFTers will be there and I wish us all well. Be good to see some of the WHFTA silverware coming back to Sussex (and Hampshire, of course, with our Meon friends).

TTFN

Biggles