The Welsh Target Shooting Federation ( cy, Ffederasiwn Saethu Targedau Cymru) (WTSF) is the

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for shooting sports in

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...

. The Federation is based within the

Sport Wales National Centre The Sport Wales National Centre ( cy, Canolfan Genedlaethol Chwaraeon Cymru) is a sports facility in Cardiff, Wales, set up to assist the development of elite athletes in Wales. The Centre, owned and operated by Sport Wales, was established by ...

in Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. The WTSF represents and supports its member bodies in promoting and developing shooting sports in Wales, engaging with Sport Wales, Team Wales, the Welsh Government, British Shooting and others.

Members

The WSRA currently has five member bodies: * Welsh Airgun Association (WAA) * Welsh Airgun Field Target Association (WAFTA) * Welsh Clay Target Shooting Association (WCTSA) * Welsh Rifle Association (WRA) * Welsh Small-bore Rifle Association (WSRA)

Facilities

The WTSF is based from offices in the Sport Wales National Centre, which also hosts training facilities for smallbore rifle and airgun shooting. Clay Target shooters train at a variety of commercial and public grounds local to athletes including South Wales 2000, as well as overseas training camps whilst Fullbore Rifle shooters train largely at the

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, Bisley. Access for members of the WTSF Smallbore Rifle and Pistol Squads to the

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shooting range, Bridgend, was arranged in January 2010, following negotiations between the

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and Sport Wales. Commonwealth Games and European Championship squad members were among those able to train at the site. Following success at the

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, shooting was upgraded to a Category A sport by Sport Wales and a 50-metre outdoor range for rimfire rifle, and a 10metre indoor range for air rifle and air pistol were constructed at Sport Wales for high performance training.

Commonwealth Shooting Federation (European Division) Championships

Wales has hosted the CSF(ED) Championships five times since the inaugural CSF(ED) was held in Scotland in 1974. Wales hosted in 1976, 1983, 1989 and most recently in 2016 and 2022. Due to restrictive firearms laws imposed in 1997, the cartridge pistol events in 2016 and 2022 were held on

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. Due to a lack of suitable ranges in Wales, the fullbore rifle events were held at Bisley.

References

External links

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Welsh Airgun Association site

Welsh Rifle Association site

Welsh Smallbore Rifle Association site

Welsh Clay Target Shooting Association site

Target Target may refer to: Physical items * Shooting target, used in marksmanship training and various shooting sports ** Bullseye (target), the goal one for which one aims in many of these sports ** Aiming point, in field artillery, f ...

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