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January 24 – February 1: Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun WC in Cairo [1]. 10 m air rifle winners: Divyansh Singh Panwar (m) / Anna Janssen (f) 10 m air rifle mixed winner: Great Britain
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 UK Sport 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.
According to the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) over a million people a year participate in shooting, including stalking, shooting, hunting, clay shooting and target shooting. [1] Firearm ownership is regulated by licensing. [2] Duck Shooting, Horace Vernet, 1824.
British journalist, TV presenter and firefighter 28 July John Anderson [368] 92 Scottish television referee 2 August John Clegg [369] 90 British actor (It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Tom & Viv, Shooting Fish) 5 August Ron Bain [370] 79 Scottish actor (Naked Video) 9 August Brian Marjoribanks [371] 82
The lack for a World Cup in the non-Olympic events has led to the creation of a European Cup by the European Shooting Confederation, based on largely the same rules as the ISSF World Cup. Originally it consisted of 300 metre rifle three positions , 300 metre rifle prone and 300 metre standard rifle , but since the 2005 season there is also a ...
By this logic, the 2006 competition in Zagreb was called the 49th ISSF World Shooting Championships. These championships, including all ISSF shooting events, are held every four years since 1954. For the shotgun events only, there is an additional World Championship competition in odd-numbered years. These extra competitions are not numbered.
In 2010, Ian Ashmeade became the 40th World Pea Shooting Champion. In 2011, he retained the title beating four-time World Champion George Hollis in the semifinal, and 2009 champion Jim Collins in the final. [2] In 2011, Emma Watson became the Ladies' World Pea Shooting Champion despite it being the very first time she had picked up a pea shooter.
In addition, shooting had become more open with individuals pursuing several forms of the sport. The change of name to the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) was agreed at the Annual General Meeting in 1981 in recognition that shooting sports required a single representative body and that WAGBI was the most suitably placed organisation to take on the role.