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Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as handguns, [1] rifles [2] and shotguns [3]) and bows/crossbows.
Since there are only 22 Division I schools, 2 Division II schools, and 5 Division III schools that sponsor rifle, the NCAA holds only a single National Collegiate championship. There are 2 men's teams, 9 women's teams, and 23 mixed/ co-ed teams (the number of teams exceeds the number of schools because four schools field two teams).
The Wimbledon Cup is a marksmanship trophy that was established in the 1870s. [2]It is awarded annually during the National Rifle & Pistol Matches which are held at Camp Perry, Ohio and has become the most prestigious prize in US long-range rifle shooting.
The NCAA rifle championships are contested at an annual competition sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the team and individual champions of co-educational collegiate rifle among its member programs in the United States. [1]
Forgues shoots two kinds of rifles — an air rifle and a smallbore rifle. In the air rifle category, competitors take 60 shots, standing, at a 10-meter distance to the target, in 1 hour, 15 ...
Precision Rifle Series (PRS) is an American long-range and precision rifle-based shooting sport derived from practical shooting. The series have a championship style where competitors collect points from 45 matches spread across nearly twenty U.S. states , and thereby are ranked across the nation. [ 1 ]
The Sovereign's Prize, referred to as the Queen's Prize or the King's Prize depending on the incumbent British monarch, is the oldest fullbore target rifle shooting competition and is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious prizes in the sport globally. [1] Founded in 1860, it was originally held annually on Wimbledon Common in London.
Action Shooting Nederland (ASN) [39] Association for Practical Shooting- Dynamic Service Rifle (APS-DSR) [40] Dutch Field Target Association, international member of WFTF; Dutch Subgun Competition (DSC) [41] Netherlands Practical Shooting Association (Nederlandse Parcours Schutters Associatie, NPSA), international member of IPSC.