Hi All

What a different visit to Buxted.

Pretty warm (and very humid), almost no wind (though it needed keeping an eye on) and, most extraordinary, not even the slightest hint of mud; erring toward dusty. And looks like the Buxted peops are prepping for any future rain by laying down proper footings and pebbles in the areas which used to be boggy given a hint of rain. And did you notice how low the river was?

Great course put out by Team Buxted for their first hosting of the 2025 SIHFT – many thanks chaps – and a decent turnout (61).

Some very good scores too. A near handful of 56s, topped by a 58. And then along came a Peal. Paul Charman and I had the pleasure of sharing the round with Charles and seeing how well he was doing. We started on Peg 12, so very aware that the unsupported stander (peg 9) was nearly at our end. Charles himself blurted a surprised and very relieved sigh when peg 9 fell over, suspecting that our final 2 targets couldn’t offer anything after that would present the stander’s challenge. But I wonder which of you can recall pegs 10 and 11; a pair of positively nasty wee surprises. Especially his 30th shot on peg 11 – that wretched small bird, way out there on the edge of the wood and in almost silhouette, almost no paint and which could certainly catch some breeze. Of course, those of you there at the end, know that he got it.

The first 60 in a SIHFT event for several years, meaning that I had to dig in to the ‘special’ badges bag.

Huge well done Charles. Just hope you can make those uber-special pellets last a lifetime.

An obvious impact of Charles’ clearance is the unexpectedly low number of Gold badge awards; just 10 today, compared with an average of a smidge under 25 for each of the 1st 3 rounds of this year.

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 Team place
Charles Peal Oaks O 60 100.0% G T
Aaron Friend Oaks O 58 96.7% G T
Matthew Franks Oaks O 56 93.3% G T
David Irving Oaks O 56 93.3% G T
Howard Kalisch Horsham O 56 93.3% G T
Simon Vant Oaks O 56 93.3% G T
Kevin Hills Buxted O 55 91.7% S T
Mark Rackley Oaks V 55 91.7% G
Stefan Avey Oaks O 54 90.0% S
Steve Britland Horsham O 54 90.0% S T
Roger Dibbens Buxted O 54 90.0% S T
Jon Newton-May Buxted O 54 90.0% S T
Paul Blaxall Meon Valley V 52 86.7% G T
Nigel Carter Purbeck V 52 86.7% G
Nik Orr Oaks O 52 86.7% S
Ihab Alfred Bisley O 51 85.0% S
Phil Moody Horsham V 51 85.0% G T
Martin Nicholls Buxted O 51 85.0% S T
Kevin Wickson Buxted O 51 85.0% S T
Steven Avey Oaks O 50 83.3% B
Tony Johnson Barbarians V 50 83.3% S
Charlie Lindgren Horsham J 50 83.3% S T
Lol Moore Ford V 50 83.3% S T
Dax Browning Meon Valley O 49 81.7% B T
Gary Martin Iden Fern MB 49 81.7% S
Chloe White Oaks L 49 81.7% S
Paul Bradford Buxted V 48 80.0% S
Paul Charman Buxted .22 48 80.0% S
Daisy Dibbens Buxted L 48 80.0% S
Rob Lindgren Horsham O 48 80.0% B T
Mike Burgess Oaks V 47 78.3% S
Alicia Franks Oaks O 47 78.3% B
Carroll Lamport Buxted O 47 78.3% B
Jason Perrine Oaks O 47 78.3% B
Dave Wade Buxted O 47 78.3% B
Nigel Wood Buxted R 47 78.3% S
Darren Brind Oaks O 46 76.7% B
David Henderson Meon Valley V 46 76.7% S T
Adrian Wright Meon Valley O 46 76.7% B T
Daniel Hudson Meon Valley O 44 73.3%
Hugborg Hudson Meon Valley L 44 73.3% B T
Glenn Turner Ford O 44 73.3% T
Marcus Warren Buxted R 44 73.3% B
Zac Baker Bisley O 43 71.7%
Dave Barnes Meon Valley V 43 71.7% B
Ray Munnery Horsham O 43 71.7%
Derek Watson Horsham V 43 71.7% B
Martin Dudley Horsham V 42 70.0% B
Barry Johnson Buxted O 42 70.0%
Kim May Horsham L 42 70.0% B
Simon Whittick Horsham Sticks 42 70.0% B
Chantelle Avey Visitor L 41 68.3% B
Trevor Hudson Meon Valley Sticks 40 66.7% B
Richard Wickenden Ford O 40 66.7% T
Keith Paddington Horsham V 37 61.7%
Steve Saunter Buxted Sticks 36 60.0%
Graham Tye Buxted R 32 53.3%
Martin Cook Buxted R 29 48.3%
Roy Pearce MAD V 28 46.7%
Darryle Bundock Oaks O DNF 0
Graeme Cargan Oaks O DNF 0


And the team results are:
Club Round 4 scores Round 4 points Total points
Mile Oak 286 12 48
Buxted 265 11 42
Horsham 259 10 38
Meon 236 9 39
Ford 220 8 34

Today’s draw winners were:

  • £61 – Nik Orr
  • Air Arms Goody Bag – Gary Martin
  • A Shooting Cap (donated by Graeme Cargan) – Nigel Carter


Can you spot any errors in this post? Specially with 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.

Today’s event takes us to the half way point of the 2025 series, so our next shoot sees us return to Horsham for round 5 on Sunday 13th July. Yup – just two weeks away.

Between now and then, there’s absolutely nothing happening (HFT wise) on my calendar, so ample opportunity for loadsa practice. I know I need it

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

Biggles