• MattSkelhon1Matt Skelhon shot to fame when he grabbed gold at the Bejiing Paralympic Games and proved it was no fluke by claiming silver and bronze at London 2012.

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  • scoutwithprosthesis1This young Scout was born without a left hand.  When he took an interest in shooting, which is very popular in the Scout movement, Hampshire Scouts helped his local club to find a solution. 
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  • Di CoatesDeanna (Di) Coates lives in Hampshire, shoots air rifle from a wheelchair, and is one of our most successful disabled international athletes. 
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  • vicmorris1Vic Morris lives in south Wales and is paralysed from the neck down as the result of an accident.  With the aid of an 'equaliser' device invented by his coach, John Kelman, Vic shoots pistol and rifle. 
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  • michaelwhapples1Michael Whapples from Leicestershire is blind and shoots air rifle.  In 2011 he was the first British shooter ever to compete at the Open European Shooting Championships for the Vision Impaired, held at Nitra, Slovakia. 

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  • peterbreheny1Peter Breheny from Derbyshire shoots benchrest rifle.  He has Kennedy's Disease, a progressive wasting condition that has weakened his limbs. 
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  • stewartnangle1Stewart Nangle, a Lancastrian, is pictured shooting .22 pistol.  What the photograph does not show is that at the time one of his legs was fitted with a metal frame that was bolted into the bones. 
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DSP Surveys Launch

Survey

Data Needed Urgently!

Target Shooting as a sport has very little data about both the disabled and less-able people who are taking part in it, and the grass-roots organisations that are catering for them.  Until very recently none of the national governing bodies held any such information, and due to the limitations of existing computer systems it is going to be some time before they can start collecting it and assembling statistics.  

Meanwhile, not unreasonably, Sport England want to know what is being achieved with the money it is providing for development of disabled target shooting.  In addition, we often need information about participation levels to provide support for funding bids, planning applications, and so forth.  

To solve this problem, we are now launching two on-line surveys.

  • About You is our people survey, seeking information from shooters with any disability or impairment, however great or small, that has some impact on their shooting.  
  • The Clubs Survey is also for shooting grounds, and any other facilities where target shooting takes place. 

Please help us to help both disabled people and our sport - take a few minutes to complete one or both of these surveys, and encourage as many other people as you can to do so.  The map for each survey shows where responses have come from - we are hoping that they fill up very quickly! 

Both surveys will remain permanently on this website, so as more people join your club, or if you make contact with other clubs, please encourage them to take part.  

Other Surveys

We know that there is very little information about target shooting "out there" in the world of quangos, local authorities, disability organisations, etc. whose job it is to promote and develop sport for people with disabilities.  From time to time they also conduct surveys, and this is a very good way of flagging up to them the existence of our sport, and just how well it caters for disabilities.  Information about and links to such surveys are available in Other Surveys, so please have a look to see if any of them are relevant to you or your club/shooting ground.  

Hot News!

DSP Videos

Videos on disabled target shooting now on Vimeo and YouTube. You are invited to contribute your videos.

Please Do Our Surveys!

survey Information about people and facilities is vital to our work (and funding). YOU can help by completing our People and Clubs/Grounds Surveys.

£250,000 for Clubs!

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Read about the huge increase in Sport England investment in grass-roots target shooting. 

International Development

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Read about how we are hoping to expand the range of international competitions open to disabled shooters, and let us know if you can help.  

Helpful Stuff

Vision for Shooters

For most shooters, being able to see well enough to aim accurately is the key to our sport. Our Vision Section has lots of information to help all shooters who have vision problems, great or small.

Funding Guidance & Information

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Need information on funding for any aspect of disabled target shooting?  Check out the extensive Funding section on this site. 

Advice for Clubs

EFDS Inclusion Hub is a free on-line resource created by the English Federation of Disability Sport for clubs that wish to become more disabled-friendly and include more disabled people in their activities.
More information

Disability Awareness

For those encountering people who have various types of disabilities, we offer a round-up of some on-line advice and videos that may help to put everyone at their ease.