• 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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National Sports Awards

Barclays Community Sports Awards

http://www.barclayscommunitysportsaward.com/

These are financial awards of between £1,000 and £5,000; although they are linked to the football season, they are available to any sport. 

 

BBC Power of Sport Awards (with Sport England)

http://www.sportengland.org/about_us/our_news/power_of_sport_award_winners.aspx

These awards are for “projects that have used the power of sport to make a difference in the community”.

The candidates for the national awards are the winners of the regional awards in South West, South, South East, London, West, West Midlands, East Midlands, East, North West, North East + Cumbria, Yorkshire, North East

 

British Asian Sports Awards 2011

http://www.emel.com/article?id=83&;a_id=2313

Nominations close: December

Presentation: February

 

British Colleges Sport Student of the Year Award

http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/sport/9122357.Emma_named_sports_student_of_the_year/

http://www.bcsport.org/

 

Deaf Sports Personality of the Year Awards

http://www.dspy.co.uk/dspy2012.html

Presentation: 17th November 2012

 

Maccabi GB Sports Awards

http://www.maccabigb.org/news/641/maccabi-gb-sports-awards-2011/

Presentation: September

 

Nationwide DSE Junior Sports Awards

http://www.disabilitysport.org.uk/sports/nlstory.cfm?ID=41197&;NLID=43652

Presentation: December

 

OCS Young Sports Person Awards

http://www.ocs.co.uk/ocs-young-sports-person-awards

These are bursary awards ranging from £500 to £10,000, at regional and national level.

 

Sports Journalists Association British Sports Awards

Includes disability sport category

http://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/sja-sport-awards/2011-sja-british-sports-awards/

Presentation: December

 

Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/sportswomen/article786670.ece

Includes disability sport category

Nominations close: 31st October

Presentation: December

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.