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Salter launches national shooting week
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The first-ever National Shooting Week will be launched on Monday at the National Shooting Centre at Bisley, known as ‘the home of shooting’. From Saturday May 26th to Sunday June 3rd, thousands of people across the UK will try one of the most exciting Olympic sports during National Shooting Week.
Shooting schools and clubs are putting on more than 200 open days across the country so the public can try shooting for the first time. Martin Salter will be speaking at the launch event and pressing for the Home Office to approve the protocol which would allow British Target Pistol shooters the ability to practice in the U.K in order to prepare for the 2012 Olympic Games. Currently, target pistols are restricted under the legislation governing handguns although an exemption can be applied for organised events. Reading West MP and Labour’s Spokesperson for shooting sports, Martin Salter MP said: “I fully support the ideals behind National Shooting Week, particularly with the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in mind. The event will also demystify certain imagery surrounding guns and give members of the public a great day out in a safe environment. "I will continue my efforts to end the absurdity of British shooters having to travel abroad to practice their sport. This is particularly daft when exemptions already exist in legislation and shooting is one of the few sports that delivers a substantial clutch of medals for Britain.” Lord Shrewsbury, chairman of event organiser, the British Shooting Sports Council, said: “At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, shooting accounted for 23 out of the UK’s 116 medals, so the sport will have a huge role to play in the 2012 Olympic Games. National Shooting Week is all about people experiencing a popular sport that Britain is actually good at!” A group of the UK’s finest Olympic, Paralympic, Commonwealth and international medal winning shooters will be on hand at Bisley to lend their support to National Shooting Week. Olympic gold medallist Richard Faulds, who will be giving a shooting demonstration, said: “I’m delighted to support National Shooting Week because initiatives to raise awareness of shooting sports in the public eye on a grand scale can only be a good thing.” 18/05/07 |
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