| Sport | Shooting sports |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | England |
| Abbreviation | ETSF |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Affiliation | Sport England Team England Commonwealth Shooting Federation |
| Director | Peter Underhill |
| Secretary | David Goodfellow |
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TheEnglish Target Shooting Federation (ETSF) is the umbrellagoverning body forshooting sports inEngland. ETSF represents theClay Pigeon Shooting Association, English Smallbore Shooting Union and the English Twenty Club. It is recognised by the UK Sports Councils;[1]Sport England;[2]Team England,British Shooting and others.[3]
ETSF administers the England Performance Pathways for athletes training for theCommonwealth Games and nominates athletes to Commonwealth Games England for Commonwealth Games selection.[4]
Shooting has historically been a highly successful sport forEngland at the Commonwealth Games, with England placed third in the all-time medal table forShooting at the Commonwealth Games - after India and Australia. Shooting has been contested at every Games since Kingston in 1966, with the exception of Edinburgh in 1970 and Birmingham in 2022.[5]
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, England shooterMichael Gault won his eighteenth medal - matching the record for most-medalled Commonwealth athlete in any sport. The record was jointly held with Australian shooterPhillip Adams.[6][7][8]
Host country (England)
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1966 Kingston | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 1974 Christchurch | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
 1978 Edmonton | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
 1982 Brisbane | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | ? |
 1986 Edinburgh | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | ? |
| 1990 Auckland | 3 | 8 | 5 | 26 | ? |
| 1994 Victoria | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | ? |
 1998 Kuala Lumpur | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | ? |
| 2002 Manchester | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | ? |
| 2006 Melbourne | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 3 |
 2010 New Delhi | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 2 |
| 2014 Glasgow | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 2 |
| 2018 Gold Coast | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| Total | 49 | 60 | 67 | 176 | 3 |
Rankings based on overall number medals, tie-break by counting Gold/Silver/Bronze
The ultimate responsibility for who is able to represent England at the Commonwealth Games for all sports lays with Commonwealth Games England (CGE) who need to be satisfied that anyone selected has realistic potential of winning a medal. CGE seek a recommendation for who is selected for all shooting disciplines represented at the games from the English Target Shooting Federation (ETSF). The ETSF in turn seek a recommendation for the 2 individuals chosen for the full bore events from The English Twenty Club.