Apologies for the delay. First attempt to post shortly after the comp caught one of those rare moments when the BBS was 'down'. And then never remembered until 'prodded' by a certain Lol.

Afternoon all.

What a fab day to be in a wood in Hampshire, especially after our friends at Meon Valley AC have set an HFT course for us. Big THANKS chaps (and chapesses).

Good food too and, while it may have been surprisingly chilly first thing, the weather turned out really quite Summery. Not too much breeze, but enough if you ignored it (I mostly did – stupid boy) to waft your pellet just beyond the reach of a lucky splitter.

All of which lead to an excellent turnout (74), lots of new faces and a few more returners of old and from new clubs in addition to which I was so pleased to see a pair of young Ushers. Juniors have been missing from the Sussex Interclub for far too long and we’d love to see you at all/other rounds this season.

Top score today, improving on the highest 2025 100% result so far by no fewer than 3 points and with a superb 59 on his card, the oldie and boldy Wrackers lost out on a SIHFT Clear Round badge by just 1 point, but did pick up a Meon Valley special “Nearly Clear Round” badge. Well done Mark.

In fact, ‘twas a good day all round for the Veterans, with 1/3rd of the field who scored 54 or better coming from the class.

Here are the full results. If you’ve not seen (or forgotten) the results table layout, perhaps the only column not recognised 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) place
Mark Rackley Oaks V 59 100.0% Gold T
Charles Peal Oaks O 58 98.3% G T
Aaron Friend Oaks O 57 96.6% G T
Howard Kalisch Horsham O 57 96.6% G T
Darryle Bundock Oaks O 56 94.9% G T
Nigel Carter Purbeck V 56 94.9% G
Lol Moore Ford V 56 94.9% G T
Dax Browning Meon Valley O 55 93.2% G T
Roger Dibbens Buxted O 55 93.2% G T
Allen Jones Meon Valley V 55 93.2% G T
Justin Roberts Ford O 55 93.2% G T
Mike Seagrave Meon Valley O 55 93.2% G T
Ed Tandie Visitor O 55 93.2% G
Mike Burgess Oaks V 54 91.5% G
Nathan Humphreys Meon Valley O 54 91.5% Silver T
Tony Johnson Barbarians V 54 91.5% G
Nik Orr Oaks O 54 91.5% S T
Simon Vant Oaks O 54 91.5% S
Graeme Cargan Oaks O 53 89.8% S
Charlie Grey Ford R 53 89.8% G T
Kevin Hills Buxted O 53 89.8% S T
Gary Martin Iden Fern MB 53 89.8% G
Jon Newton-May Buxted O 53 89.8% S T
Oli Usher Meon Valley J 53 89.8% G T
Pat Fitzgerald Ford R 52 88.1% G T
David Henderson Meon Valley V 52 88.1% G
Steve Light Horsham O 52 88.1% S T
Neil Parrot Visitor V 52 88.1% G
Jason Perrine Oaks O 52 88.1% S
Josh Prodden Meon Valley O 52 88.1% S
Phil Usher Meon Valley V 52 88.1% G
Ihab Alfred Bisley O 51 86.4% S
Kevin Wickson Buxted O 51 86.4% S T
Zac Baker Bisley O 50 84.7% S
Paul Blaxall Meon Valley V 50 84.7% G
Steb Martinez Ford O 50 84.7% S T
Deb McNaught Wendover O 50 84.7% S
Ray Munnery Horsham O 50 84.7% S T
Dave Pullen Meon Valley V 50 84.7% G
Hugborg Hudson Meon Valley L 49 83.1% S
Phil Moody Horsham V 49 83.1% S T
Steve Pattenden Bisley O 49 83.1% Bronze
Brian Sait Bisley V 49 83.1% S
Paul Charman Buxted .22 48 81.4% S T
Chris Cullen Meon Valley R 48 81.4% S
Paul Hargreaves Bisley V 48 81.4% S
Sean Heath Meon Valley O 48 81.4% B
John Knapman Ford O 48 81.4% B
Adrian Wright Meon Valley O 48 81.4% B
Glenn Turner Ford O 47 79.7% B
Mick White Meon Valley Sticks 47 79.7% S
Kevin Allen Horsham O 46 78.0% B T
Stefan Avey Oaks O 46 78.0% B
Chantelle Avey Visitor L 46 78.0% S
Daniel Hudson Meon Valley O 46 78.0% B
Steve Saunter Buxted Sticks 46 78.0% S
Richard Wickenden Ford O 46 78.0% B
Dave Barnes Meon Valley V 45 76.3% S
Nick Byrne Meon Valley .22 45 76.3% S
Richard Chase Ford V 45 76.3% S
Martin Cook Buxted R 45 76.3% S
Alicia Franks Oaks O 45 76.3% B
Steven Avey Oaks O 44 74.6%
Trevor Hudson Meon Valley Sticks 44 74.6% B
Simon Whittick Horsham Sticks 44 74.6% B
Rocco Thomas Ford O 43 72.9%
David Wilshaw Meon Valley R 43 72.9% B
Keith Paddington Horsham O 42 71.2%
Gareth Bridger Ford O 41 69.5%
John Puddick Basingstoke V 41 69.5% B
Dave Wade Buxted O 41 69.5%
Oscar Usher Meon Valley P 39 66.1% S
Nick Botting Horsham R 37 62.7%
Kevin Luter Meon Valley V 36 61.0%

And the team results are :

Club Round 3 Points Total
Mile Oak 284 12 36
Meon 272 11 30
Ford 266 10 26
Buxted 260 9 31
Horsham 254 8 28

Today’s draw winners were:
£74 – Neil Parrot (welcome back !)
A Shooting Cap (donated by Graeme Cargan) – Paul Charman
Air Arms Goody Bag – Mike Seagrave (another welcome back) and
A bottle of wine – Hugborg Hudson

Can you spot any errors in this post? Specially with all the new people joining today, have I spelt your name correctly? Do I have you down for the correct club and/or class? – please message me directly.

SIHFT Round 4 is in 4 weeks, on Sunday 29th June at Buxted.

Between now and then, there’s quite a bit going on.
Next Sunday (8th June) there is an HFT Open comp at Mile Oak. Back at Mile Oak again the following Saturday (14th) for anyone who fancies having a go at Pistol HFT, followed on the same day by Rifle HFT but with Open Sights. These events are followed by the first UKAHFT ‘double header’ - on Saturday 21st @ Nomads and Sunday 22nd @ Throckmorton

If you know of anything else – shooting related please – do let us know.

Biggles