Target Shooting New Zealand

	Target Shooting New Zealand Target Shooting New Zealand (TSNZ) is the national governing body for smallbore and air rifle target shooting in New Zealand. TSNZ is a constituent member of the New Zealand Shooting Federation, which manages the New Zealand Olympic and world championship shooting teams, and represents New Zealand shooting within the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) and other international bodies. History TSNZ supports about 120 rifle clubs across New Zealand, organising postal matches and meetings, as well as inter-island matches between North and South Island, and international matches against Australia. A schools match, including a schools inter-island match, is held annually. TSNZ selects New Zealand's team for the Drew Match, an international postal for under-21 teams from New Zealand, Great Britain, Australia, South Africa and the USA. In 2021, New Zealand won the women's team-of-3 match, and was runner-up in both the men's team-of-3 and main (team-of-10) matches. In 2022, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Shooting Sports Shooting sports is a group of competitive sport, 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, rifles and shotguns) and bow and arrow, bows/crossbows. Shooting sports can be categorized by equipment, shooting distances, shooting target, targets, time limits and degrees of sport of athletics, athleticism involved. Shooting sports may involve both team and individual competition, and team performance is usually assessed by summing the scores of the individual team members. Due to the noise of shooting and the high (and often lethal) impact (mechanics), impact energy of the projectiles, shooting sports are typically conducted at either designated permanent shooting ranges or temporary shooting fields in the area away from settlements. History Great Britain Historically, shooting game and target shooting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	New Zealand Shooting Federation The New Zealand Shooting Federation (NZSF) is the governing body for Target Shooting Sports in New Zealand. It holds responsibility for selecting and developing national teams for World Championships, as well as the Olympic and Commonwealth Games. Background The Federation acts as an umbrella, with clubs and participants affiliating via four associations: * National Rifle Association of New Zealand (Fullbore Rifle) * New Zealand Clay Target Association * Pistol New Zealand * Target Shooting New Zealand (Smallbore and Air Rifle) On behalf of those organisations, the Federation serves as the representative to Sport New Zealand, Paralympics New Zealand, the New Zealand Olympic Committee and the International Shooting Sport Federation. Performance at Competition Shooting has been one of New Zealand's most successful sports at the Commonwealth Games. At the 1998 Games in Kuala Luumpur, shooting was the highest performing New Zealand sport, winning eight medals including one gold. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gonville, New Zealand Gonville is a residential suburb of Whanganui, New Zealand. It is under the local governance of the Whanganui District Council. Pakaitore Marae and meeting house is located in Gonville. It is the tribal meeting ground of the Ngāti Hāua (subtribe) of Ngāti Hāua. Demographics Gonville, comprising the statistical areas of Gonville West, Gonville North and Gonville South, covers . It had a population of 6,276 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 342 people (5.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 123 people (2.0%) since the 2006 census. There were 2,478 households. There were 3,063 males and 3,204 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female, with 1,416 people (22.6%) aged under 15 years, 1,254 (20.0%) aged 15 to 29, 2,622 (41.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 981 (15.6%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 74.0% European/Pākehā, 32.5% Māori, 5.6% Pacific peoples, 4.4% Asian, and 1.6% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	International Shooting Sport Federation The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is the governing body of the Olympic shooting events in rifle, pistol and shotgun (clay target) disciplines, and of several non-Olympic shooting sport events. ISSF's activities include regulation of the sport, Olympic qualifications and organization of international competitions such as the ISSF World Cup Series, the ISSF World Cup Finals, the ISSF Separate World Championship in Shotgun events and the ISSF World Championship in all events. Founded in 1907 as the International Shooting Union (french: Union Internationale de Tir), and then changing its name in 1998, the ISSF affiliates nowadays over 150 National Shooting Federations from Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Since 2022, the ISSF Presidency has been held by , a former Italian Senator and head of the Italian Clay Pigeon Federation (FITAV). The ISSF headquarters is in Munich, Germany. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the ISSF banned Russian and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	ISSF Target Sprint The Target Sprint is a shooting sport, summer shooting sport discipline that combines running and air rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants running 3 x 400 meters with two rifle shooting sessions in between. The shooting rounds are not timed per se, but missed shots result in time being added to the contestant's total. The athletic sports is run under International Shooting Sport Federation, ISSF See also * IBU Summer Biathlon * Nordic shooting with cross-country running, a Nordic combined running and shooting sport using fullbore rifles * Biathlon orienteering * Modern pentathlon * Roller skiing References External links Target Sprint , British Shooting Multisports Shooting sports {{Shooting-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Rifle Associations A rifle is a long gun, long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting, with a gun barrel, barrel that has a helical pattern of grooves (rifling) cut into the bore wall. In keeping with their focus on accuracy, rifles are typically designed to be held with both hands and braced firmly against the shooter's shoulder via a buttstock for stability during shooting. Rifles are used extensively in warfare, law enforcement, hunting, shooting sports, and crime. The term was originally ''rifled gun'', with the verb ''rifle'' referring to the early modern machining process of creating groovings with cutting tools. By the 20th century, the weapon had become so common that the modern noun ''rifle'' is now often used for any long-shaped handheld ranged weapon designed for well-aimed discharge activated by a trigger (firearms), trigger (e.g., personnel halting and stimulation response rifle, which is actually a laser dazzler). Like all typical firearms, a rifle's projectile (bullet) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Shooting Sports Organizations 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 launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can be considered acts of shooting. When using a firearm, the act of shooting is often called firing as it involves initiating a combustion (deflagration) of chemical propellants. Shooting can take place in a shooting range or in the field, in shooting sports, hunting, or in combat. The person involved in the shooting activity is called a shooter. A skilled, accurate shooter is a ''marksman'' or ''sharpshooter'', and a person's level of shooting proficiency is referred to as their ''marksmanship''. Competitive shooting Shooting has inspired competition, and in several countries rifle clubs started to form in the 19th century. Soon international shooting events evolved, including shooting at the Summer and Winter Olympics (from 1896) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Shooting Sports In New Zealand 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 launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can be considered acts of shooting. When using a firearm, the act of shooting is often called firing as it involves initiating a combustion (deflagration) of chemical propellants. Shooting can take place in a shooting range or in the field, in shooting sports, hunting, or in combat. The person involved in the shooting activity is called a shooter. A skilled, accurate shooter is a '' marksman'' or '' sharpshooter'', and a person's level of shooting proficiency is referred to as their ''marksmanship''. Competitive shooting Shooting has inspired competition, and in several countries rifle clubs started to form in the 19th century. Soon international shooting events evolved, including Shooting at the Summer Olympics, shooting at the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]