English Target Shooting Federation Explained
| English Target Shooting Federation |
| Abbrev: | ETSF |
| Sport: | Shooting sports |
| Jurisdiction: | England |
| Founded: | 2003 |
| Aff: | Sport England
Team England
Commonwealth Shooting Federation |
| Director: | Peter Underhill |
| Secretary: | David Goodfellow |
| Url: | https://www.englishtargetshootingfederation.co.uk |
| Countryflag: | ENG |
The English Target Shooting Federation (ETSF) is the umbrella governing body for shooting sports in England. ETSF represents the Clay Pigeon Shooting Association, English Smallbore Shooting Union and the English Twenty Club. It is recognised by the UK Sports Councils;[1] Sport England;[2] Team England, British Shooting and others.[3]
ETSF administers the England Performance Pathways for athletes training for the Commonwealth Games and nominates athletes to Commonwealth Games England for Commonwealth Games selection.[4]
World Class Performance
Commonwealth Games
Shooting has historically been a highly successful sport for England at the Commonwealth Games, with England placed third in the all-time medal table for Shooting at the Commonwealth Games - after India and Australia. Shooting has been contested at every Games since Kingston in 1966, with the exception of Edinburgh in 1970 and Birmingham in 2022.[5]
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, England shooter Michael Gault won his eighteenth medal - matching the record for most-medalled Commonwealth athlete in any sport. The record was jointly held with Australian shooter Phillip Adams.[6] [7] [8]
| Games | width=60 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=60 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=60 bgcolor=cc9966 | Bronze | width=60 | Total | width=60 | Rank |
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| 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | bgcolor=#FFF | ? |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | bgcolor=#FFF | ? |
| 3 | 8 | 5 | 26 | bgcolor=#FFF | ? |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | bgcolor=#FFF | ? |
| 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | bgcolor=#FFF | ? |
| 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | bgcolor=#FFF | ? |
| 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 3 |
| 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| Total | 49 | 60 | 67 | 176 | 3 | |
|---|
Rankings based on overall number medals, tie-break by counting Gold/Silver/Bronze
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Sporting Activities and Governing Bodies Recognised by the Sports Councils . sportscotland . 22 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191216182432/https://sportscotland.org.uk/media/2276/uk-recognised-ngbs-and-sport-list-april-2017.pdf . 16 December 2019 . en-gb . April 2017 . live.
- Web site: National Governing Bodies Sport England . Sport England . 20 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230324213022/https://www.sportengland.org/guidance-and-support/national-governing-bodies?section=the_recognition_process#s . 24 March 2023 . en-gb . live.
- Web site: Welcome to the ETSF . English Target Shooting Federation . 20 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220704143203/https://www.englishtargetshootingfederation.co.uk/ . 4 July 2022 . en-gb . live.
- Web site: Commonwealth Games . The English Twenty Club . 16 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220809140739/https://englishtwenty.org.uk/performance/commonwealth-games/ . August 9, 2022 . en-gb . The ultimate responsibility for who is able to represent England at the Commonwealth Games for all sports lays with Commonwealth Games England (CGE) who need to be satisfied that anyone selected has realistic potential of winning a medal. CGE seek a recommendation for who is selected for all shooting disciplines represented at the games from the English Target Shooting Federation (ETSF). The ETSF in turn seek a recommendation for the 2 individuals chosen for the full bore events from The English Twenty Club. . live.
- News: Roan . Dan . Commonwealth Games 2022: Shooting exclusion defended by organisers . 22 September 2023 . BBC Sport . 30 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190730192131/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/49169628 . 30 July 2019 . en-gb.
- News: Hubbard. Alan. Commonwealth Games 2014: Meet England's most decorated man - pistol shooter Mick Gault. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220514/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/commonwealth-games-2014-meet-englands-most-decorated-man--pistol-shooter-mick-gault-9617021.html . 14 May 2022 . subscription . live. 8 August 2014. The Independent. 19 July 2014.
- News: Glasgow 2014: Mick Gault equals Commonwealth medal record. 8 August 2014. BBC Sport. 26 July 2014. bbc.
- News: White. Jim. Glasgow 2014: England shooter Mick Gault matches Commonwealth Games medal record with bronze. 8 August 2014. The Telegraph. 26 July 2014.
