Thank you Swallows for a lovely mornings shooting
Well shot Lewis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI6YtZHX9kU
Si
Hi everyone
What a great day – some of which has to be down to perhaps the best weather we’ve had all SIHFT season long; some to superb course design and an opportunity (a first at Swallows FTC) to use the new area around the northern end of the fishing lake. From feedback gathered, I believe that this went down well with the above average turnout (71 today).
My thanks to the main Swallows FTC helpers – Vince and Steve, plus Carla, Gerry and Stewart
Thanks too to the visitors who responded to the plea in the announcement thread – and stayed behind to help us take in the course; much appreciated
My personal final thanks to Ian and Don for helping me and my aching bits to get round the course.
Lots of high scores today and, I hope, a bundle of PBs. That’s what I design my courses to do. Pleased for Lewis that he got his trio of badges – Gold, Platinum and his SIHFT ‘special’ 60 Clearance gong. Good shooting mate – the only person to fail to get caught out by something 70 others missed.
Here is the full set of results .....
Firstname Surname Club Class Score Hscore % Badge T(eam) Lewis Hodges Oaks O 60 60 100.0% Gold T Mike Burgess Swallows O 58 58 96.7% Gold T Gary Chillingworth Buxted O 58 58 96.7% Gold T Charles Peal Oaks O 58 58 96.7% Gold T Simon Williams Oaks O 58 58 96.7% Gold T Colin Wilson Buxted O 58 58 96.7% Gold T Richard Chase Ford O 57 57 95.0% Gold T Steve Light Horsham O 57 57 95.0% Gold T Chris Roberts Oaks O 57 57 95.0% Gold T Geoff Ryder Visitor O 57 57 95.0% Gold Mike Seagrave Visitor O 57 57 95.0% Gold Mike Byford Oaks O 56 56 93.3% Gold T Andy Simpson Buxted O 56 56 93.3% Gold T Rick Bowell Iden Fern O 55 55 91.7% Silver T Pat Fitzgerald Ford R 55 55 91.7% Gold T Aaron Friend Oaks O 55 55 91.7% Silver Gary Morrison Buxted O 55 55 91.7% Silver T Justin Rayner Buxted O 55 55 91.7% Silver T Chris Silcock Horsham O 55 55 91.7% Silver T Stuart Tennent Visitor O 55 55 91.7% Silver Simon Whittick Horsham O 55 55 91.7% Silver T Don Berrington Horsham O 54 54 90.0% Silver T Kevin Hills Buxted O 54 54 90.0% Silver Bob Pattenden Oaks O 54 54 90.0% Silver Nigel Buchan Buxted O 53 53 88.3% Silver Jon Fairman Oaks O 53 53 88.3% Silver Phil Moody Horsham O 53 53 88.3% Silver T Steve Noakes Swallows O 53 53 88.3% Silver T Damion Walker Oaks O 53 53 88.3% Silver Philip Jacobs Horsham O 52 52 86.7% Silver Kevin Maw Buxted O 52 52 86.7% Silver Jon Newton-May Buxted O 52 52 86.7% Silver Dean Stride Horsham O 52 52 86.7% Silver Terry Aiken Oaks O 51 51 85.0% Silver Peter Epps Ford O 51 51 85.0% Silver T Maciek Pajek Horsham O 51 51 85.0% Silver Justin Roberts Ford O 51 51 85.0% Silver T Don Vickers Visitor O 51 51 85.0% Silver Nick Byrne Visitor .22 50 50 83.3% Silver Bill Castelo Horsham O 50 50 83.3% Bronze Jean Greatrex Visitor O 50 50 83.3% Bronze Vince Guy Swallows O 50 50 83.3% Bronze T Chris Tyhurst Oaks R 50 50 83.3% Silver Spencer Bailey Buxted O 49 49 81.7% Bronze Roger Dibbens Buxted O 49 49 81.7% Bronze Steven Haworth Visitor O 49 49 81.7% Bronze John Kirkwood Horsham .22 49 49 81.7% Silver Steb Martinez Ford O 49 49 81.7% Bronze T Stuart Peal Oaks R 49 49 81.7% Silver Graeme Cargan Oaks O 48 48 80.0% Bronze Kevin Catt Visitor O 48 48 80.0% Bronze Bob Morris Ford O 48 48 80.0% Bronze Dave Standing Swallows R 48 48 80.0% Silver T Kevin Wickson Buxted O 48 48 80.0% Bronze Adam Longhurst Buxted O 47 47 78.3% Bronze Abigail Maw Buxted P 47 51 78.3% Gold Justin Parrett Visitor O 47 47 78.3% Bronze Barry Blackham Ford O 45 45 75.0% Carla Chambers Swallows O 45 45 75.0% T Paul Corbett Visitor O 45 45 75.0% Jon Kelly Buxted O 45 45 75.0% Anthony Smith Horsham O 45 45 75.0% Lisa Bowell Iden Fern L 44 44 73.3% Bronze T Neil Parrett Visitor O 43 43 71.7% Bethan Whittick Horsham L 43 43 71.7% Bronze Jacob Holmes Oaks R 41 41 68.3% Bronze Gerry Jellicoe Swallows O 41 41 68.3% Stewart Elstone Visitor O 40 40 66.7% Ian Morrison Buxted O 32 32 53.3% Nigel Hammond Buxted O 0 0 0 Alex Noakes Swallows P 0 0 0
In addition to the badges won above and Lewis’s “60” special, additional Platinum badges were awarded to Mike Burgess, Simon Williams, Mike Byford, Pat Fitzgerald, Gary Chillingworth and Tugg (er, Colin Wilson)
Please let me know a.s.a.p. if you spot anything you think is amiss.
Prize drawer winners today were :
- Ian Morrison – the £35 cash prize, and
- Jacob Holmes – the Air Arms goody bag (who, I gather, was heard muttering at many of today’s comp.that he was in need of one of those peaked cap thingies. Sorted!)
Team scores today and total cumulative points won under our new scheme are :
Club Round 9 Total Points Oaks 289 106 Buxted 282 97 Horsham 274 92 Swallows 254 78 Ford 263 74 Iden Fern 223 66
Happy and safe shooting to you all ahead of the final competition round of the 2015 SIHFT, which is in two weeks' time on the 4th October at Buxted.
In the meantime, best of luck to the Sussex crew heading up to Cambridge for the UKAHFT and to those of us going west to take part in the BARPC 40th anniversary shoot at Popham.
Biggles
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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
Thank you Swallows for a lovely mornings shooting
Well shot Lewis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI6YtZHX9kU
Si
The OAKS
SIHFT WINNERS 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016
Well done Lewis and all the other top scorers today; and thanks to Mike and all the course setters for a fantastic day out. My score might have been better if I hadn't got my glove mixed up with the trigger as I was settling down for a shot. This led to an accidental discharge and a doughnut. My gratitude to those who suggested that accidental discharges were just a fact of life at my age
Top shooting Lewis, well done mate.
Thank you Mike & crew for an excellent course, really enjoyed it especially the new section. All your hard showed today on a well thought out course.
Well done to all the shooters, great to see some new faces giving HFT a whirl.
Looking forward to seeing you all at Buxted.
Cheers, Justin
ISP Airstream MKIII No33 in a Tilly Walnut Stock
Thank you Swallows. All your hard work is greatly appreciated.
That extra section around by the lake was so picturesque!
Well done Lewis, what a cracking clearance
See you all at Buxted.
Steb
Really enjoyed the course, though a couple of the "lake" ones caught me out big time for range!
Cheers to Gary for the company, and Gary/ Jean for the lift.
Good day for a clearance!
Thank you guys, great day great course! Thanks to swallows for laying on a fine shoot
Lewis
Oakies chief hammer carrier/operator.
Soon to be upgraded to the electric screwdriver!!
enjoyable day as always ,I enjoyed the new lake section ,
welldone Lewis , so if I just tattoo" LEWIS SWALLOWS" on your backside , is that ok?
Great day - thanks very much to all at Swallows who put in the hard work to make it happen. Really liked the new fishing pond section. That will be nasty when the wind is properly blowing.
Well done Lewis - very impressive. Cheers Roger for your company today.
That'll go down well when I'm out in Brighton tugg
Oakies chief hammer carrier/operator.
Soon to be upgraded to the electric screwdriver!!
Thank you Swallows for a superb day - a lot of work must have gone into that.
Lewis, damn well shot!
Thanks to Charles for cleaning my barrel - odd that I should get my best score for ages shortly after its first ever pull through clean( it is only about 12 years old after all...)
Good shooting from Patrick, shame he struggled over the lake otherwise he was on for a 59 with a boinger!
Richard
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Cheers swallows great course venue and weather well in lewis quality mate cheers Damien for the company enjoyed the shoot cheers Atvb Aaron
Thanks swallows, at least I got a burger, top shooting Lewis really well done
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