29/10/2026 - 01/11/2026

Welsh International Airgun Championships 2026

Thursday 29th October – Sunday 1st November 2026

Entries open at Midday on Saturday 22nd August 2026.

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Invitation

Welsh Shooting cordially invites you to participate in the Welsh International Airgun Championships 2026 including competitions for Air Rifle and Air Pistol which will take place from the 29th October 2026 to the 1st November 2026.

The Championships will take place at the Sport Wales National Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales.

Qualification stages will be held in the Main Hall, with the Finals taking place in the Jubilee Hall.

We warmly welcome athletes, coaches and officials from Wales and beyond to Cardiff and look forward to sharing four days of exciting international airgun competition.

We look forward to welcoming you to Wales.

Best regards,

The Organising Committee
Welsh Shooting

Welsh Shooting is pleased to be a partner with four other European competition organisers which form AirOShoot.

The competitions on Friday (Seniors) and Saturday (Juniors) are qualifying competitions for the AirOShoot SuperFinal which is planned to take place in 2027.

Full details of AirOShoot can be seen on their website AirOShoot

General Information

Organising Committee: Welsh Shooting

Sport Wales National Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. CF11 9SW

Email: [email protected]

1. Competition Summary

1 .1 Championship

Three days of competition with separate Individual Olympic Finals on two days and a mixed team final on one day.

Electronic targets will be used for all Events and the Olympic Finals.

The Open Welsh Championships will be on Sunday in one class, eg. Senior and Junior athletes will compete against each other.

The Confined Welsh Championships will be shot concurrently with the Open Championships.

This is a British Shooting nominated meeting.

Friday 30th October through to Sunday 1st November, there will be 4 details a day with 56 firing points available per detail.

Relays will comprise the following:

• Air Rifle Women, Junior Women and WSPS SH1 classified Women (R2)

• Air Rifle Men, Junior Men and WSPS SH1 classified Men (R1)

• Air Pistol Women, Junior Women and WSPS SH1 classified Women (P2)

• Air Pistol Men, Junior Men and WSPS SH1 classified Men (P1)

1 .2. Competitions for Disabled Athletes

Disabled athletes will be required to provide evidence of their WSPS National or International Classification.

In addition to the inclusive events above for SH1 P1, P2, R1 and R2, there will be events for SH1 R3 and SH2 R4 and R5.

Relays will comprise the following:

• Thursday 29th October, Air Rifle Mixed R3 & R5 (Comp 1)
• Friday 30th October, Air Rifle Mixed R3 & R5 (Comp 2)
• Saturday 31st October, Air Rifle Mixed R4 (Comp 1)
• Sunday 1st November, Air Rifle Mixed R4 (Comp 2)

There will be no finals for the R3, R4 & R5 competitions.

1.3. Competition schedule

Friday:

Senior athletes will compete in the AirOShoot Welsh Qualification. The top 8 in each competition will qualify for an individual final.

Junior athletes will compete in the Cardiff Grand Prix. Medals will be awarded to the top 3 athletes based on their 60 shot match. There is no individual final. Concurrently, the first 30 shots will count towards the qualification stage of the Mixed Team event. The top 4 mixed teams will qualify for the final.

Saturday:

Junior athletes will compete in the AirOShoot Welsh Qualification. The top 8 in each competition will qualify for an individual final.

Senior athletes will compete in the Cardiff Grand Prix. Medals will be awarded to the top 3 athletes based on their 60 shot match. There is no individual final. Concurrently, the first 30 shots will count towards the qualification stage of the Mixed Team event. The top 4 mixed teams will qualify for the final.

Sunday:

All athletes will compete in the Welsh Open Championships. Top 8 athletes regardless whether they are senior or junior will qualify for an individual final.

Mixed Teams

The Mixed Teams will be determined by random draw. If there is an unequal number of male and female athletes, remaining athletes will be drawn as pairs. If there is an uneven number of athletes the remaining athlete will become a reserve to back fill an athlete that withdraws prior to the start of the detail.

2. Awards ceremonies

The awards ceremonies will take place immediately after the end of each Final.

Medals for the Cardiff Grand Prix will be awarded after the Mixed Team finals.

3. Rules and Regulations

All the events will be conducted according to the current ISSF and WSPS Rules and Regulations as far as is reasonably practicable.

Equipment control will be available. Random checks will be carried out after every qualification event and checks will be carried out prior to all finals.

Disabled athletes must have either an WSPS International or National classification relevant to the event they are entering.

Juniors – ISSF Rule 3.7.4.12 – Athletes will remain as Juniors until the 31st December of the year in which they become 21 years of age.

WSPS rules can be found here

The official ISSF Rules and Regulations can be found on their website: Here

4. Entry Fees

4 .1. Championship

One entry fee of £90.00 will cover entry for all three days, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and include unofficial training on Thursday. Please note that there is no discount if you shoot only one or two days.

There is no additional fee for the Mixed Team competitions.

4 .2. Competitions for Disabled Athletes

The entry fee for disabled athletes in the R3, R4 & R5 competitions will be £50.00 for each category (2 competitions).

5. Refunds

The entry fees include the Humanitix fees and these fees are non-refundable. If you cancel we will refund 50% of the entry fee. For example; Entry fee £90.00, We will refund to you £45.00. We will pay the Humanitix fee. If we cancel the Championships there will be a full refund.

6.Coaches, Spectators and Loaders