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Everything the paper holds for Shooting Sports: game reports built from the signed-off box score, the schools that field the sport, the athletes who have chosen to be public, and the season calendar.

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From the Scorebook

Shooting Sports Game Reports

No Shooting Sports reports published yet

A report lands in this section as soon as both teams' books agree, the box score is signed off, and the recap is published from the game page.

The Season

Season Calendar

Season Calendar · 2026

Shooting Sports · International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)

PhaseStartsEndsNote
Competition yearEffectively year-round, indoor and outdoor: the ISSF competition year runs from a January 10m Grand Prix through a December World Cup Final. Peak outdoor rifle, pistol and shotgun activity is March to November. Hemisphere inversion is not a material factor; ranges operate in both hemispheres year-round.
Grand Prix 10mJan 14, 2026Jan 19, 2026Opens the 2026 ISSF competition year.
World Cup seriesMar 25, 2026Oct 16, 2026Shotgun Tangier 25 March to 3 April; Rifle/Pistol Granada 5 to 13 April; Shotgun Almaty 2 to 11 May; Rifle/Pistol Munich 24 to 31 May; Shotgun Lonato 3 to 13 July; Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun Hangzhou 20 to 29 July; Rifle/Pistol Cairo 8 to 16 October. The World Championship Moving Target was held in Tallinn 20 to 26 July. Calendar amendments are posted in the ISSF news feed.
Asian Games, Aichi-NagoyaSep 17, 2026Oct 3, 2026Shooting is on the Asian Games programme.
ISSF World Cup Final, RomeDec 3, 2026Dec 8, 2026Closes the 2026 competition year.
NCAA Rifle ChampionshipsMar 12, 2027Mar 13, 2027NCAA sponsors rifle as a co-ed winter championship sport. Shotgun and pistol are club-level, not NCAA.
ISSF World Championship Rifle/Pistol/ShotgunNov 1, 2026Nov 14, 2026Doha

ISSF competitions calendar · checked Jul 31, 2026

Not Yet Confirmed

4 parts of the Shooting Sports year are still unsourced

These are gaps, not blanks. Each names what is missing and who would confirm it. Nothing is estimated to fill the shape of the table above.

Elite calendar (2027)
The ISSF 2027 World Cup calendar and 2027 championship host had not been published on the ISSF competitions page at time of writingISSF Competitions Department would confirm. ISSF competitions calendar
High school season
Which specific state associations sanction clay target or air rifle as an interscholastic sportthe USA Clay Target League and individual state associations would confirm. NFHS activities and sports list
College season
NCAA rifle first-practice and first-contest datesthe NCAA rifle championship handbook would confirm. NCAA DI championships administration
Club, youth and academy
USA Shooting's junior national calendar, Junior Olympic qualifier months and camp windowsUSA Shooting (usashooting.org) and the Civilian Marksmanship Program would confirm.

Around The Season

High school
Not an NFHS sport; shooting sports do not appear on the NFHS activities and sports list. Some states run clay-target or air-rifle leagues outside NFHS rulesmaking. NFHS activities and sports list
College
NCAA sponsors rifle as a co-ed winter championship sport, with the NCAA Rifle Championships set for 12-13 March 2027. Shotgun and pistol are club-level, not NCAA. NCAA DI championships administration
Olympic and major games
On the LA28 Olympic programme, and Shooting Para Sport is on the LA28 Paralympic programme. Also contested at the Asian Games. LA28 games plan
Busiest months
April, May, June, July, November

Results data · Published but human-readable only: ISSF posts per-event results pages and PDFs; no open structured feed was found.

Programs

Schools Fielding Shooting Sports

No Shooting Sports programs in the directory yet

This list is built from the school directory the roster work already produced. Schools appear as soon as a program for this sport is sourced.

Athletes

Public Shooting Sports Pages

Athlete records are private by default. Only athletes who have claimed their record and chosen to make it public appear here.

No public athlete pages in this section yet

An athlete appears here only after they have claimed their record and set it public. Nothing is listed on their behalf.

Bylines

Reporting on Shooting Sports

No filed stories on Shooting Sports yet

Stories from named reporters covering this sport appear here, each carrying that reporter's page and their podcast, channel and social links.