Section · Individual
Shooting Sports
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.
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)
| Phase | Starts | Ends | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Competition year | — | — | Effectively 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 10m | Jan 14, 2026 | Jan 19, 2026 | Opens the 2026 ISSF competition year. |
| World Cup series | Mar 25, 2026 | Oct 16, 2026 | Shotgun 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-Nagoya | Sep 17, 2026 | Oct 3, 2026 | Shooting is on the Asian Games programme. |
| ISSF World Cup Final, Rome | Dec 3, 2026 | Dec 8, 2026 | Closes the 2026 competition year. |
| NCAA Rifle Championships | Mar 12, 2027 | Mar 13, 2027 | NCAA sponsors rifle as a co-ed winter championship sport. Shotgun and pistol are club-level, not NCAA. |
| ISSF World Championship Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun | Nov 1, 2026 | Nov 14, 2026 | Doha |
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 writing — ISSF Competitions Department would confirm. ISSF competitions calendar
- High school season
- Which specific state associations sanction clay target or air rifle as an interscholastic sport — the USA Clay Target League and individual state associations would confirm. NFHS activities and sports list
- College season
- NCAA rifle first-practice and first-contest dates — the 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 windows — USA 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
- Where results come from
- ISSF competitions & resultsISSF news feedISSF World Cup Final page
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.