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Association Of Maltese Arms Collectors And Shooters
The Association of Maltese Arms Collectors and Shooters (AMACS) is a Maltese umbrella association for sport shooting and arms collectors. AMACS is Malta's representative for the international shooting organizations Federation of European Societies of Arms Collectors (FESAC), World Field Target Federation (WFTF), International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC), World Crossbow Shooting Association (WCSA) and the International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union (IMSSU). See also * List of shooting sports organizations Other umbrella organizations for shooting * French Shooting Federation * Finnish Shooting Sport Federation * Hellenic Shooting Federation * Monaco Shooting Federation * Norwegian Shooting Association * Royal Spanish Olympic Shooting Federation The Royal Spanish Olympic Shooting Federation, ''Spanish'' Real Federación Española de Tiro Olímpico (RFETO), organizes all shooting sports in Spain and is amongst other a member of the International Practical S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maltese Language
Maltese ( mt, Malti, links=no, also ''L-Ilsien Malti'' or ''''), is a Semitic language derived from late medieval Sicilian Arabic with Romance superstrata spoken by the Maltese people. It is the national language of Malta and the only official Semitic and Afro-Asiatic language of the European Union. Maltese is a latinised variety of spoken historical Arabic through its descent from Siculo-Arabic, which developed as a Maghrebi Arabic dialect in the Emirate of Sicily between 831 and 1091. As a result of the Norman invasion of Malta and the subsequent re-Christianisation of the islands, Maltese evolved independently of Classical Arabic in a gradual process of latinisation. It is therefore exceptional as a variety of historical Arabic that has no diglossic relationship with Classical or Modern Standard Arabic. Maltese is thus classified separately from the 30 varieties constituting the modern Arabic macrolanguage. Maltese is also distinguished from Arabic and other Semitic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Shooting Federation
The French Shooting Federation (FFTir), '' French'' Fédération Française de Tir, is the umbrella organization for sport shooting in France. It was founded in its current form in 1967, but has roots as far back as 1866. FFTir is France's representative for the international shooting organizations International Shooting Sport Federation, International Practical Shooting Confederation, World Benchrest Shooting Federation, International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union, Muzzle Loaders Associations International Committee, International Crossbow Shooting Union and the European Shooting Confederation. Shooting disciplines * Pistol (''Pistolet'') * Rifle (''Carabine'') * Service firearms (''Tir aux Armes Règlementaires'') * Running target (''Cible Mobile'') * Shotgun (''Plateau'') * Practical (''Tir Sportif de Vitesse'') * Benchrest (''Bench-Rest'') * Metallic silhouette (''Silhouettes métalliques'') * Crossbow (''Arbalète Match et Field'') * Muzzleloading (''Armes anciennes)) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Shooting Sport Federation
The Swiss Shooting Sport Federation, ''German'': Schweizer Schiesssportverband (SSSV), is an association for sport shooting in Switzerland. It was founded in its current form in 2001, but has roots as far back as in 1824. It is associated with the International Shooting Sport Federation and the European Shooting Confederation. History The Schweizerischer Schützenverein (SSV) was founded in 1824 during the Swiss Restoration, in the wake of the collapse of the Helvetic Republic seen as a means to return to the martial prowess of the Old Swiss Confederacy, e.g. in Gottfried Kellers ''Das Fähnlein der sieben Aufrechten'', where before the background of the ''Schützenfest'' of 1849 in Aarau, the shooting clubs are portrayed as a vigorous "radical" grass roots movement vital for the preservation of direct democracy in the young Swiss federal state. The SSV became a member of Swiss Olympic Association in 1941. In 1995, the SSV merged with the ''Swiss Revolver and Pistol Shooting Ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Spanish Olympic Shooting Federation
The Royal Spanish Olympic Shooting Federation, ''Spanish'' Real Federación Española de Tiro Olímpico (RFETO), organizes all shooting sports in Spain and is amongst other a member of the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC), the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) and the European Shooting Confederation (ESC). Shooting disciplines * Pistol * Rifle * Shotgun * Practical * Muzzleloading * Benchrest shooting * Fullbore target rifle National championships * The IPSC Spanish Handgun Championships See also * List of shooting sports organizations Other umbrella organizations for shooting * Association of Maltese Arms Collectors and Shooters * French Shooting Federation * Finnish Shooting Sport Federation * Hellenic Shooting Federation * Monaco Shooting Federation * Norwegian Shooting Association * Swiss Shooting Sport Federation References External links Official website Regions of the International Practical Shooting Confederation S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Shooting Association
Norges Skytterforbund (NSF), literally the Norwegian Shooting Association, is a Norwegian umbrella organization for shooting sports, and is internationally affiliated with the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), Fédération Internationale de Tir aux Armes Sportives de Chasse (FITASC) and Precision Pistol Competition (WA1500). NSF was founded in 1946, and is also organized under the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. See also * Nordic Shooting Region * List of shooting sports organizations Other shooting sport organizations in Norway * Det frivillige Skyttervesen * Dynamic Sports Shooting Norway * Norwegian Association of Hunters and Anglers * Norwegian Benchrest Shooting Association * Norwegian Black Powder Union * Norwegian Biathlon Association * Norwegian Metal Silhouette Association * Scandinavian Western Shooters Other umbrella organizations for shooting * Association of Maltese Arms Collectors and Shooters * French Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monaco Shooting Federation
The Monaco Shooting Federation, ''Monégasque'' Fédération Monégasque de Tir is the Monacan association for shooting sport under the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC), the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) and the Fédération Internationale de Tir aux Armes Sportives de Chasse. See also * List of shooting sports organizations Other umbrella organizations for shooting * Association of Maltese Arms Collectors and Shooters * French Shooting Federation * Finnish Shooting Sport Federation * Hellenic Shooting Federation * Norwegian Shooting Association * Royal Spanish Olympic Shooting Federation * Swiss Shooting Sport Federation References External links Official homepage of the Monaco Shooting Federation Regions of the International Practical Shooting Confederation Shooting Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellenic Shooting Federation
The Hellenic Shooting Federation (HSF), Greek: Σκοπευτική Ομοσπονδία Ελλάδος, is an umbrella organization for sport shooting in Greece. HSF is Greece's representative for the international shooting organizations International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC), Fédération Internationale de Tir aux Armes Sportives de Chasse (FITASC), Muzzle Loaders Associations International Committee (MLAIC), International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union (IMSSU), World Field Target Federation (WFTF) and the European Shooting Confederation (ESC). See also * List of shooting sports organizations Other umbrella organizations for shooting * Association of Maltese Arms Collectors and Shooters * French Shooting Federation * Finnish Shooting Sport Federation * Monaco Shooting Federation * Norwegian Shooting Association * Royal Spanish Olympic Shooting Federation * Swiss Shooting Sport Federation References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Shooting Sport Federation
The Finnish Shooting Sport Federation, ''Finnish'' Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto (SAL), was founded in 1919 and is an umbrella organization for sport shooting in Finland, representing many international shooting sport organizations in Finland. SAL is Finlands's representative for the international shooting organizations International Shooting Sport Federation, International Practical Shooting Confederation, World Benchrest Shooting Federation, International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union, Muzzle Loaders Associations International Committee and the European Shooting Confederation. Shooting disciplines * Pistol (''pistooli'') * Rifle (''kivääri'') * Shotgun (''haulikko'') * Running target (''liikkuva maali'') * Practical (''practical'') * Metallic silhouette (''siluetti'') * Benchrest (''kasa-ammunta'') * Black powder (''mustaruuti'') National championships * The IPSC Finnish Handgun Championship, Rifle Championship, Shotgun Championship, Tournament Championship and Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Shooting Sports Organizations
This is a list of national and international shooting sports organizations who promote sport shooting to civilian sport shooters, hunters, police, military and/or military reservists. International governing bodies * Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA) * Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association (CMSA) * Commonwealth Shooting Federation * Fédération Internationale de Tir aux Armes Sportives de Chasse (FITASC) English: ''International Shooting Federation for Hunting Sports'' * Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU (FACE) * Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR) * International Biathlon Union (IBU) * International Confederation of Fullbore Rifle Associations (ICFRA) * International Confederation of Revolver Enthusiasts (ICORE) * International Crossbow Shooting Union (ICU), German: ''Internationale Armbrustschützen Union'' (IAU) * International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) * International Gallery Rifle Federation (IGRF) * Interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Practical Shooting Confederation
The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) is the world's largest shooting sport association, and the largest and oldest within practical shooting. Founded in 1976, the IPSC nowadays affiliates over 100 regions from Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania. Competitions are held with pistol, revolver, rifle, and shotgun, and the competitors are divided into different divisions based on firearm and equipment features. While everyone in a division competes in the Overall category, there are also separate awards for the categories Lady (female competitors), Super Junior (under 16 years), Junior (under 21 years), Senior (over 50 years), and Super Senior (over 60 years). IPSC's activities include international regulation of the sport by approving firearms and equipment for various divisions, administering competition rules and education of range officials (referees) through the International Range Officers Association who are responsible for conductin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport Shooting
Sport pertains to any form of Competition, competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and Skill, skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, through casual or organized participation, improve participants' physical health. Hundreds of sports exist, from those between single contestants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. In certain sports such as racing, many contestants may compete, simultaneously or consecutively, with one winner; in others, the contest (a ''match'') is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the other. Some sports allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure one winner and one loser. A number of contests may be arranged in a tournament producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malta
Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies south of Sicily (Italy), east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The official languages are Maltese and English, and 66% of the current Maltese population is at least conversational in the Italian language. Malta has been inhabited since approximately 5900 BC. Its location in the centre of the Mediterranean has historically given it great strategic importance as a naval base, with a succession of powers having contested and ruled the islands, including the Phoenicians and Carthaginians, Romans, Greeks, Arabs, Normans, Aragonese, Knights of St. John, French, and British, amongst others. With a population of about 516,000 over an area of , Malta is the world's tenth-smallest country in area and fourth most densely populated sovereign cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
