Well what can I say?
1) Super course Oakies
2) Outstanding shooting MANDY
3) Good to see you back Eric!
4) See you all on the 10th for the SIHFT at Ford.
Latters,
Steb
Hi everyone
Well …. What can one say? The new 2015 SIHFT is under way and we have survived 1 round hosted – as brilliantly as ever – by the Mile Oak crew. The sun shone, there were little puffy white clouds in the sky, and the breeze blew sufficiently to do very nasty things to any of us (me – for sure) who failed to read it correctly.
Entry totalled 75 for our 2015 ‘starter’, which is well above the 2014 average. I’m sure that some of this growth is down to the encouragement given for a bunch of people from north of the border to join some of our clubs and others still attending as Visitors.
There were clearly a few issues with interpreting the new rules, with a couple of our younger competitors not having realised that we have now followed the UKAHFT and have Junior class as those age 14-16 while Primary class is for those age UNDER 14 (age calculated on today’s date and will not change during the season). This has been taken into account in the table you see below.
There were also rather a lot of you (nearly a 1/5th!!) who had failed to get one of your shooting partners to sign off your card as a witness. The place for this to be done is very clearly marked and needs doing before the card is handed in to our scorers. We have generously (Andy, take note) overlooked this for Round 1, but we will be enforcing the rule – which is not new this year – from Round 2. Cards missing the witness signature will be subject to disqualification, so please don’t disappoint yourself and check that it’s been requested – and done – before handing in your card.
In spite of the wind’s tricksy nature, some managed to ‘dope’ it, most notably little and large (shooting together – as usual – Hmmmmm) and Eric, after his lengthy break from the sport.
Here are the scores on the doors. Please let me know a.s.a.p. if you spot anything you think is amiss.
Name Club Class Score % Badge (T)eam Andy Simpson Buxted O 57 100.0 Gold T Mike Byford Oaks O 57 100.0 Gold T Eric Bynum Horsham O 56 98.2 Gold T Chris Roberts Oaks O 55 96.5 Gold T Richard Woods Horsham O 55 96.5 Gold T Rudy Goldslade Oaks O 54 94.7 Gold T Bob Pattenden Oaks O 54 94.7 Gold T Colin Wilson Visitor O 54 94.7 Gold Vince Holland Visitor O 52 91.2 Silver Steve Light Horsham O 52 91.2 Silver T Lawrence Ray Oaks R 52 91.2 Gold T Jenny Stone Horsham O 52 91.2 Silver T Chris Tyhurst Oaks R 52 91.2 Gold Jason Wells Buxted O 52 91.2 Silver T Simon Williams Oaks O 52 91.2 Silver Tony Archer Iden Fern O 51 89.5 Silver T Peter Pacer Iden Fern O 51 89.5 Silver T Charles Peal Oaks O 51 89.5 Silver Glen Breadmore Buxted O 50 87.7 Silver T Jon Fairman Oaks O 50 87.7 Silver Alex Larkin Visitor O 50 87.7 Silver Justin Rayner Buxted O 50 87.7 Silver T Derek Watson Horsham O 50 87.7 Silver T Terry Aiken Oaks O 49 86.0 Silver Rick Bowell Iden Fern O 49 86.0 Silver T Nigel Buchan Buxted O 49 86.0 Silver T Ian Clark Visitor O 49 86.0 Silver Jean Greatrex Visitor L 49 86.0 Gold Lewis Hodges Oaks O 49 86.0 Silver Geoff Ryder Visitor O 49 86.0 Silver Gary Chillingworth Buxted O 48 84.2 Silver Maciek Pajek Horsham O 48 84.2 Silver Richard Chase Ford O 47 82.5 Bronze T Kevin Hills Buxted O 47 82.5 Bronze Eli McCullough Swallows O 47 82.5 Bronze T Roy Pearce Iden Fern R 47 82.5 Silver T Tim Clark Oaks O 46 80.7 Bronze Pat Fitzgerald Ford R 46 80.7 Silver T Mike Burgess Swallows O 45 78.9 Bronze T Aaron Friend Oaks O 45 78.9 Bronze Vince Guy Swallows O 45 78.9 Bronze T Steve Noakes Swallows O 45 78.9 Bronze T Philip Jacobs Horsham O 44 77.2 Bronze Jon Kelly Buxted O 44 77.2 Bronze Bob Morris Ford O 44 77.2 Bronze T Justin Roberts Ford O 44 77.2 Bronze T Gary Friend Oaks O 43 75.4 Bronze Kim Lum Swallows O 43 75.4 Bronze Gary Morrison Buxted O 43 75.4 Bronze Dave Pickett Buxted O 43 75.4 Bronze Simon Whittick Horsham O 43 75.4 Bronze Barry Blackham Ford O 42 73.7 T Lisa Bowell Iden Fern L 42 73.7 Bronze T Peter Epps Ford O 42 73.7 Steb Martinez Ford O 42 73.7 Phil Moody Horsham O 42 73.7 Dean Stride Horsham O 42 73.7 Nigel Hammond Buxted O 41 71.9 Carla Chambers Swallows O 40 70.2 Greet Hopper Ford L 40 70.2 Bronze Alex Noakes Swallows P 40 70.2 Silver T Roger Dibbens Buxted O 39 68.4 Gerry Jellicoe Swallows O 39 68.4 Norbert Pajek Horsham O 39 68.4 Spencer Bailey Buxted O 38 66.7 Don Berrington Horsham O 38 66.7 Maria Fitzgerald Ford O 38 66.7 Damion Walker Oaks R 38 66.7 Bronze Bradley Hoelger Horsham O 37 64.9 Penny Holland Visitor L 37 64.9 Bronze Dave Standing Swallows R 37 64.9 Bronze Abigail Maw Buxted P 34 59.6 Bronze Anthony Smith Horsham O 34 59.6 John Kirkwood Horsham .22 33 57.9 Kevin Maw Buxted .22 33 57.9
Subject to their arrival as promised (tomorrow!) the badges earned today will be available to you at Round 2. A list will be with the booking-in crew.
Prize drawer winners today were :
- Eric Bynum – the £38 cash prize, and
- Dave Pickett – the (new style and content) Air Arms goody bag
Team scores today and points won under our new scheme are :
Club Round 8 Points Oaks 272 12 Horsham 265 11 Buxted 258 10 Iden Fern 240 9 Swallows 226 8 Ford 223 7
All 6 clubs were able to field a full team (at least 5 members), which bodes well for the new SIHFT year.
Happy and safe shooting to you all ahead of Round 2 at Ford HFT on Sunday the 10th May. In the meantime, I expect a bunch of us will be present at Quarry next weekend for the 1st round of this year’s UKAHFT series.
Biggles
Rapid MkII .22, AA400C .177, AA MPR .177, AA Prosport .177, AA TX200, AA FTP900, HW75 .177, HW45 Silver Star .22, and my dear ol' Webley Ranger .177 (circa 1966) Mile Oak - WEB SITE Air Arms HFT Team member
Well what can I say?
1) Super course Oakies
2) Outstanding shooting MANDY
3) Good to see you back Eric!
4) See you all on the 10th for the SIHFT at Ford.
Latters,
Steb
I echo the above!
I would also like to thank our organisers and stats men!
A BIG thanks to every Oakie that helped make this weekend happen, i applaud you!!
I do feel really bad for any of you (looking at the scores quite a few..) that thought some of the targets were in a completely different place to where you shot them....
When i looked at some of the woodland targets (which almost had a new kill zone shot through..) i had to stifle a Giggle...i mean Sigh... Ha!
Great stuff, good to see Old faces and new!
Good shooting Simmy and Eric!
Again Thankyou for all you have done, that is why we are the best Club in Sussex
Ps. was Colin there?
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SIHFT Winners 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - AND 2014....2015..2016...oh look back at green...running out of colours! Ha!
Duck of doom! Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good shooting with you Eric and Derek
The OAKS
SIHFT WINNERS 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016
Thank you Oakies, really enjoyed the shoot despite my score!
Had a great time today, just happy with a bronze.
well done to batman and Robin for their victory today and also a well done to Eric who's put another good score in .
I was there but not all there.
Ha! i would agree but as he doesn't even answer his emails regarding the normal badges, it ain't much of a threat!
We keep him quiet and out of harms way at the end of each shoot, counting 1's and 2's....he's getting quite good with the 1's but struggling with the 2's ...(he's from up North!). Anyway as his Chief carer, i have to say he is becoming more domesticated every year!
Chief carer Spongey!
SIHFT Winners 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - AND 2014....2015..2016...oh look back at green...running out of colours! Ha!
Thank you guys for such a lovely challenging shoot on Sunday ...
The company was great and the gentle breeze fantastic..
After my last two shooting performances ..
I shall now be fixing my new scope on the wrong way round and
see if that works a little better
Looking forward to Buxted very much...
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