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Dates have been announced
for SiHFT 2010
Round 1 - 28th March
- The Oaks
Round 2 -
11th April - Ford
Round 3 - 2nd May - Swallows FTC
Round 4 - 16th May - Horsham
Round 5 - 6th June - Buxted
Round 6 - 20th June - The Oaks
Round 7 - 4th July - Swallows FTC
Round 8 - 15th August - Horsham
Round 9 - 12th Sept - Ford
Round 10 - 19th Sept - Buxted
Closing event - 3rd Oct - TBA
These events are open to members
of the hosting clubs plus Meon Valley. Anyone else wishing
to attend, please contact the hosting club in advance - if
we can fit you in, we will!
More info at http://sihft.co.uk/default.aspx
- soon to be updated!
Congratulations to
Cameron Casey for 2nd Place in the junior class of the World
Hunter Field Target championship. Full details can be found
on the official WHFTA forums on Shooting
the Breeze
Buxted Southern Hunters
proved to be a success despite the wind and rain. Have a look
at the
photos and
results threads
IPAS - Nationals - Sywell
- Ben Gould and Gary
Morrison represented Buxted's interests at this Iron
Plate Action Shooting event, view the details and
results
on our forum
Buxted once again
retained both team, individual and junior titles on the
second Sussex Interclub HFT season. Congratulations to
the whole team!!
SiHFT Team 2009: Buxted
SiHFT Champion 2009: Andy Simpson
(Buxted)
SiHFT Junior Champion 2009: Craig
Grayson (Buxted)
About Buxted Rifle & Pistol Club
The indoor rifle range is
located in the village opposite Buxted mainline railway
station. The shooting club has been an intrinsic part of
the Buxted community for many decades.
Historically, as an NSRA affiliated small-bore rifle and
pistol club, Buxted ARPC has always achieved a
respectable level of competitive success. The HFT venue
is located 5 minutes away.
Club protocols
HFT
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indoor
Indoor
disciplines
Bench rest
| Ipas
What is Hunter Field Target?
Legislative change adversely impacted
on many clubs nationally. Fortunately, a dedicated core
of shooters ensured continued interest within the
village and the surrounding area.
Primarily a rim fire range, advances in airgun
technology have developed air weapons capable of
competing with their rim fire counterparts in many
aspects of modern target sports. This has broadened the
club’s appeal to many more airgun shooting enthusiasts,
especially those participating in Hunter Field Target
Shooting, an offshoot of formal FT shooting.
HFT is an organised target shooting
activity intended to replicate rough hunting. Open to
any responsible airgun owner, regardless of age or
ability, virtually any safe, UK legal air rifle is
suitable for use.
Popular world wide, UKAHFT is the
governing body for HFT in the UK. As a UKAHFT affiliated
club, Buxted has an extremely healthy HFT membership,
especially juniors, making it the envy of many of its
peers.
Buxted has a picturesque but
deceptively difficult HFT ground, hosting regular club
opens and rounds of the Southern Hunter and Sussex
Interclub Series.
The HFT team actively participates in
local, national and world events and achieved success as
Sussex’s Interclub Champions.
The club’s 25-yard indoor airgun
bench-rest team often excel in many classes of the
annual UKBR22 World Postal Championships. They finished
as reigning World Champions, in all three airgun postal
classes in one season, with individual members achieving
top ranks as well. Some airgun bench shooters have
represented the UK at international level, holding
future aspirations to compete in the outdoor and rim
fire arenas.
The club committee are keen to promote
a diversity of shooting related social activities for
the benefit of members. Club events are well attended
with most nights of the week occupied. The latest being
IPAS, Iron Plate Action Shooting, an addictive,
entertaining quick fire action distraction, using
semi-auto CO2 pistols, that’s proving highly popular
with shooters of all ages.
That’s Buxted Shooting Club, not
bad for a little village located in a backwoods of the
Sussex countryside. |