British Shooting

British Shooting is the national governing body for ISSF shooting sport disciplines in the United Kingdom. The organisation serves as a single shooting body to receive public funding from UKSport and Sport England, administer high performance squads and talent pathways as well as serve as the member body for shooting sports with organisations such as the British Olympic Association and ISSF.[1]

British Shooting
SportISSF Shooting Sports
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
AbbreviationBS
Founded2007 (2007)
AffiliationISSF
Regional affiliation ESC
HeadquartersBisham Abbey, Berkshire
ChairmanGuy North
CEOHamish McInnes
ReplacedGB Target Shooting Federation
Official website
www.britishshooting.org.uk

History

British Shooting replaced the GB Target Shooting Federation in 2007 as the single point of contact for organisations including the British Olympic Association, British Paralympic Association and ISSF. Unlike governing bodies for many other sports, BS is not a membership organisation and acts as an umbrella. This is necessary due to the fragmented governance of target shooting sports in the UK, with different disciplines managed by the CPSA, NRA and NSRA amongst others.

The organisation got off to a rocky start, underperforming at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and seeing their funding for the next four year cycle cut by 78%, reducing the number of supported athletes from forty-six to just five.[2]

Since its inception, British Shooting has also absorbed responsibility from the English Target Shooting Federation for administering grass-roots funding from Sport England. It has launched a national Target Sprint series, Schools Championship as well as a national airgun series.[3][4][5]

World Class Performance

Since 2007, British Shooting's performance programmes have produced a number of World and European Champions in Rifle and Shotgun.

At the 2012 London Olympics, Peter Wilson won a Gold medal in the Men's Double Trap.[6]

At the 2016 Olympic Games, British Shooting delivered two Bronze medals for Team GB - Edward Ling in the Men's Trap and Steven Scott in the Men's Double Trap.

At the 2020 Olympics, Matthew Coward-Holley won Team GB's only shooting medal in the Men's Trap.

See also


References
  1. "British Shooting - About". British Shooting. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  2. "British Shooting axes performance director after budget cut". insidethegames. 19 August 2009. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  3. "Target Sprint". Target Sprint. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  4. "British Shooting - Schools Championship". British Shooting. 16 February 2021. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  5. "The Air Rifle Series Has Arrived". British Shooting. 20 September 2021. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  6. "Wilson shoots for gold and scores at London 2012". insidethegames. 2 August 2012. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
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