The WTSF is pleased to be, for the third year running, a part of the Disability Sport Wales Para Sport Festival.
The Festival includes many sports and you can see them all on the Para Sport Festival website Para Sport Festival | Summer 2024 | Swansea, Wales
The first competition will start at 10am, follow live results by clicking the link below.
So good to meet many athletes today in Swansea at the training day. Tomorrow is the first day of competitions.
The start lists are available to download in the link at the bottom of this page.
There is parking at the Tennis Centre for approximately 50 cars. Priority will be given to blue badge holders.
Additional parking is available at the Swansea City Stadium which is a 10 minute walk.
Spectators do not require accreditation and can obtain a spectator ticket free of charge on the Para Sport Festival website.
Entries are closed.
CTL = Call to the line.
Suffix explanation
‘a’ is the second competition that adds to the first for the aggregate competition.
The schedule is confirmed and final. It can be viewed and downloaded in the document list below.
There is the opportunity for all athletes to train on Friday. Times are in the schedule. Booking is not required. You will need to have checked in at reception prior to training and wear your back number.
Start lists will be published at the event.
Will be available live during the event. A further update on this page will provide the link.
Organising Committee:
Welsh Target Shooting Federation
Sport Wales National Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. CF11 9SW
Email: [email protected]
Entries are paid through the Eventbrite ticketing system. Please select the relevant ticket and complete the questions so we know what and when you want to shoot.
If you are not an athlete, but a coach, loader or support staff who will need access to the field of play please select the free of charge accreditation ticket. This will help us gauge how many people will be at the event and ensure those who need access to the field of play are accredited.
Spectators do not require accreditation and can obtain a spectator ticket free of charge on the Para Sport Festival website.
Day 1 – Friday 12th July is an un-official training day.
Day 2 – Saturday 13th July – Competitions for all disciplines, except P5, with finals for the Pistol (P1 & P2) and standing rifle disciplines (R1, R2 & R4). There will be no final for VI.
Day 3 – Sunday 14th July – Competitions for all disciplines, except VI, with finals for the prone rifle disciplines (R3 & R5). There will be no final for P5.
Electronic targets will be used for all Competitions and the Finals.
Events will be:
Non-disabled athletes will compete in Matches R1, R2, P1, P2 or P5
There will be the opportunity for 2 competitions in each event. The first competition score will count towards qualification for the Final and the second will be added to the first to create an aggregate competition.
If numbers allow, there will be an A and B class based on submitted averages for the aggregate competitions. Minimum of 16 competitors in a competition will be needed to create an A and B class. Qualification for the finals will be taken from all competitors regardless of class.
The ticketing system allows you to shoot up to 4 times over the 2 days. This allows rifle athletes to shoot standing and prone, twice each, and pistol athletes to shoot the precision match (P1/P2) and the Standard pistol match (P5) twice each. If a pistol athlete wishes to shoot P1 or P2 more than twice, you can, but the extra shoots will be for honours only.
Day 1 – Friday 12th July is an official training day.
Day 2 – Saturday 13th July – Competitions for all disciplines, except P5, with finals for the Pistol (P1 & P2) and standing rifle disciplines (R1, R2 & R4). Ther will be no final for VI.
Day 3 – Sunday 14th July – Competitions for all disciplines, except VI, with finals for the prone rifle disciplines (R3 & R5). There will be no final for P5.
The first match shot will be the qualifying match for the final.
The awards ceremonies will take place immediately after the end of each Final for matches with finals. Medals for the aggregate competitions will be awarded after the last detail.
All the competitions, except VI, will be conducted according to the current WSPS Rules and Regulations as far as is reasonably practicable. Please note that the WSPS use the final format that was shot at the Tokyo Olympics.
Shooting for the Visually Impaired (VI) was trialled last year. An outcome of the trial is that the competition format will be Benchrest using the NSRA rules as guidance rather than the WSPS prone or standing competitions.
We welcome all disabled shooters, a national or international disability classification for shooting is not required. This will be a great time to meet other athletes and officials to find out how you can become classified, if you want.
Non-disabled athletes are welcome if space permits. We would love to see those who shoot in clubs alongside their disabled friends to also compete in this competition. Priority will be given to non-disabled athletes who are accompanying a disabled athlete.
Non-disabled athletes are asked to complete the free of charge ticket request. The organisers will contact you no later than 23rd June to let you know if you do or do not have a place in the competition. If you have a place you will be asked to complete the purchase of a ticket.
WSPS rules can be found here
Entry fee for each competitions will be £12.00 each and there will be a £5.00 administration fee.
If you cancel we will refund the entry fee and retain the administration fee. If we cancel the Championships there will be a full refund.
Swansea is very accessible with good road and rail connections.
Please look at the Visit Swansea website for up to date information about the City.
There are no official hotels or transport organised for these Championships.
There is a café in the Tennis Centre serving light snacks and beverages. It is less than 250m to a shopping centre where there are cafe’s, coffee shops and fast food restaurants.
There is parking at the Tennis Centre for approximately 50 cars. Priority will be given to blue badge holders. Additional parking is available at the Swansea City Stadium which is a 10 minute walk.
The schedule will be finalised once entry numbers are known.
We will try our best to give you your chosen detail, but this may not always be possible. We will contact you if your chosen detail is not available.
This competition does not require you to have a disability classification to enter. If you do not have a classification and would like to go through the classification process to enable you to shoot at competitions that do require you to be classified, we are pleased to let you know that in partnership with British Shooting we have arranged for a classifier to be in Swansea on Friday 12th July and you can book an appointment to be classified.
There will be a fee of £40 which you will be invoiced once you have completed an application form. Your appointment will be confirmed when you have paid. You will then receive a WSPS Medical Diagnosis Form which you will submit, with supporting medical evidence (Diagnosis reports/letters from hospitals/consultants) of your impairment, to British Shooting. The Medical Diagnosis form is required to be signed by your GP or Consultant. You do not need to complete NPC and SDMS ID on the form.
To be classified you need to have an eligible impairment. If you have questions about the classification process, initially take a look at the British Shooting Paralympic Classification Strategy document in the download section below and the WSPS Classification rules and regulations (page 52-56) . If you have further questions please contact the following:
Rifle – Kapila De Alwis
Pistol – Lauren Freeman
To apply for an appointment please complete this Form:
Shooting Para Sport Classification Appointment Request
Now the important bit……..
You enter by using the Eventbrite Entry Portal. Decide how many times you want to shoot, select the relevant ticket and then answer the questions to get you on the firing line in the competitions you want at the time you want.
If you have any questions fire them off to [email protected]
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