Morning

Taken me a while to catch up with myself and get the results from Sunday 'prepped' for BBS publication. Apologies to all (not sure there's that many of you) who have been waiting with baited breath.

Seeing weather reports for elsewhere in the South and South West, I reckon we dodged a bullet for our final comp round at Hen Wood. Most important, we had no rain. Though some wind to ruffle a branch/tree/pellet when you’d rather it didn’t.

Big THANK YOUs to Dave Barnes and the rest of the MVAC crew for the day, setting a course from a new (even to their own members) shooting line.

I, and I am sure others who ventured up to Nottingham for the WHFTA recently, were most relieved to walk around well-spaced pegs but without feeling like we’d completed a South Downs Way marathon.

Decent turn-out (49) for the last competitive round of the SIHFT and the impact on the individual league tables will be seen in another post, clearly showing that entering at least 5 rounds (with 5 scores to count), even in the last round, can result in significant moves up and down the table at the last moment.

You’ll have to wait for that, but here are the results from Sunday. 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.
Firstname Surname Club Class Score % Badge T(eam)
Charles Peal Oaks O 58 100.0% G(old) T
Darryle Bundock Oaks O 57 98.3% G T
Kevin Hills Buxted O 57 98.3% G T
Howard Kalisch Buxted O 57 98.3% G T
Roger Dibbens Oaks O 56 96.6% G T
Mike Burgess Oaks V 55 94.8% G T
Aaron Friend Oaks O 55 94.8% G T
Jon Newton-May Buxted O 54 93.1% G T
Stefan Avey Oaks O 53 91.4% S
Dax Browning Meon Valley O 53 91.4% S T
Nik Orr Oaks O 53 91.4% S
Simon Vant Oaks O 53 91.4% S
Dave Wade HRPC O 53 91.4% S
Ihab Alfred Bisley R 52 89.7% G
Paul Blaxall Meon Valley V 52 89.7% G T
Tony Johnson Barbarians V 52 89.7% G
Jason Perrine Oaks O 52 89.7% S
Kevin Wickson Buxted O 52 89.7% S T
Graeme Cargan Oaks O 51 87.9% S
Mark Rackley Oaks V 51 87.9% G
Adrian Wright Meon Valley O 51 87.9% S T
Richard Chase Ford O 50 86.2% S T
Sean Heath Meon Valley O 50 86.2% S T
Steven Avey Oaks O 49 84.5% S
Paul Bradford Buxted V 49 84.5% G T
Charlie Grey Ford R 48 82.8% S T
Chris Theodoulou Theydon O 48 82.8% B
Steve Britland Horsham O 47 81.0% B T
Paul Charman (.22) Buxted .22 47 81.0% S
David Henderson Meon Valley V 47 81.0% S T
John Knapman Ford O 47 81.0% B T
Steve Saunter Buxted Sticks 47 81.0% S
Alicia Franks Oaks L 46 79.3% S
Alan Renwick Meon Valley Sticks 46 79.3% S
Glen Turner Ford O 46 79.3% B T
David Wheeler Ford O 46 79.3% B T
Hugborg Hudson Meon Valley L 45 77.6% S
Richard Wheeler Ford O 44 75.9% B
Kim May Horsham L 43 74.1% B T
Derek Watson Horsham R 43 74.1% B T
David Wilshaw Meon Valley R 42 72.4% B
Dave Barnes Meon Valley V 41 70.7% B
Nigel Carter Barbarians V 41 70.7% B
Trevor Hudson Meon Valley Sticks 40 69.0% B
Martin Cook Buxted R 39 67.2% B
Roy Pearce MAD V 36 62.1%
Gareth Bridger Ford O 33 56.9%
Pat Fitzgerald Ford .22 DNF 0
Ray Munnery Horsham O DNF 0

A couple of SIHFT Platinum badges were on the cards, but only one made it, so today’s new SIHFT 2024 Platinum badge was taken away by

• Kev Hills

Well done Kev. Not shooting as much recently, but zero doubt that you still ‘have it’.

In the club teams’ event, all but Horsham had at least the full complement of 5 members. For Horsham’s trio of scoring cards, a further 2 card were drawn at random – discounting any which score had already contributed to their own club team. So the final team results were :
Club Round 8 scores Round 8 points Total points
Mile Oak 281 12 94
Buxted 269 11 89
Meon Valley 253 10 80
Ford 237 9 69
Horsham 222 8 69

Today’s draw winners were:
Bonus Bunny £49 – Pat Fitzgerald (rarely seen Pat run so fast to accept a prize)
Air Arms Goody Bag – Dax Browning.

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).

So our next and final gathering for SIFT 2024 will be hosted by Buxted on October the 20th when we meet there for the end-of-year fun shoot and trophy/awards ceremonies, as well as for the end-of-year prize draw.

Details of the shoot at Buxted that day will be posted here asap, but you can expect normal timing, followed by the trophy awards and draw.

Between now and then ….. there is an HFT Open comp at Mile Oak on Sunday the 6th October. All are welcome to join us for that – start time is 10:00 following a safety briefing.

Biggles