Scottish Target Shooting Explained

Scottish Target Shooting
Abbrev:	STS
Sport:	Shooting sports
Jurisdiction:	Scotland
Founded:	2015
Aff:	Sportscotland, CSF
Headquarters:	Edinburgh
Chairman:	Ken Silver
Chiefexec:	Oliver Barsby
Secretary:	Oliver Barsby
Replaced:	Scottish Target Shooting Federation Scottish Clay Target Association Scottish Rifle Association Scottish Pistol Association Scottish Smallbore Rifle Association National Rifle Club of Scotland
Url:	https://www.scottishtargetshooting.co.uk
Countryflag:	SCO

Scottish Target Shooting (STS) is the governing body for shooting sports in Scotland. STS represents and supports its clubs and members in promoting and developing shooting sports in Scotland, engaging with sportscotland, Team Scotland, the Scottish Government, British Shooting and others.^[1]

STS also administers the Scottish Performance Pathways for athletes training for the Commonwealth Games.

STS was founded in 2015 in order to merge the various shooting organisations who sat under the umbrella of the Scottish Target Shooting Federation.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Target Shooting . sportscotland . 19 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220524031255/https://sportscotland.org.uk/sport-a-z/target-shooting/ . 24 May 2022 . en-gb . live.
2. Web site: Colin McEachran . History of Scottish Target Shooting . sts.co.uk . Scottish Target Shooting . 19 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230802113308/https://www.scottishtargetshooting.co.uk/history-of-sts . 2 August 2023 . en . live.