The Nordic Shooting Region ( NSR ), established in 1921, is a union of some of the shooting associations from Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Great Britain, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. NSR hosts Nordic championships for some of the ISSF disciplines within pistol, rifle, clay shooting and running target, in addition to some own Nordic disciplines.
11-620: The Nordic Shooting Region was founded in 1921 in Stockholm as the "Nordic Short-Distance Shooting Association", following discussions at a Danish-Swedish shooting match in Copenhagen. The founding purpose of the organisation was to strengthen ties between sport shooters within the Nordic region, to organise a Nordic Championship and create the best conditions for Nordic shooters to succeed at Olympic Games and World Championships. Norway hosted
22-808: The European 10metre Shooting Championships in any official capacity, amid calls for them to step aside. Ratner attended privately, insisting that neither he nor Lisin had links with the Russian government. In July 2023, the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation (SAL) called for a secret ballot on the ESC Presidency to be added to the agenda of the 2023 ESC General Assembly in October. In particular they complained that Ratner had used ESC platforms to support Vladimir Lisin in
33-616: The International Shooting Sport Federation in 2018. Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine the ESC and ISSF had banned Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from their competitions. In addition, the ESC stripped Russia of its right to host the 2022 European Shooting Championships in the 25m, 50m, 300m, running target and shotgun. In March, both ESC President Alexander Ratner and ISSF President Vladimir Lisin were barred from attending
44-671: The ISSF Presidency in December 2022. This article related to sport in Europe is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . European Shooting Confederation The European Shooting Confederation (ESC) is an association of the International Shooting Sport Federation 's member federations from Europe , the Caucasus , Cyprus , Israel , and Turkey . The organisation of European Shooting Championships
55-632: The ISSF elections, as well as breaching the neutrality required as salaried staff at the ISSF (Ratner was ISSF Secretary-General at the time). In response, Mr Ratner threatened legal action. SAL appealed the matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport , which found itself unable to impose provisional measures. No ballot was held at the General Assembly. 2022 European 10 m Events Championships The 2022 10m European Shooting Championships
66-567: The Nordics declined during the 1980s as ISSF World Cups grew in prominence, both filling the calendar and demanding financial commitment from federations and athletes to travel and compete for Olympic quota places. Nordics were held every two years, in odd years from 1979 to 1989, and then in even-number years from 1990 onwards. In the 1990s, Senior events were only included on alternate Championships (every four years), with Juniors competing every two years. From 2006 to 2018, every Nordic Championship
77-404: The development of the sport" and calling for stability in the rule book and competition programme. This followed several years of rules and format changes and tweaks to courses of fire - often at the behest of ISSF President Vladimir Lisin. Lisin had departed from the historical precedent of updating the rules once every 4 years (once per Olympic cycle). Lisin narrowly lost his bid for re-election to
88-567: The first Nordic championships on the 21st-22nd July 1922. During the 1960s and 1970s the Nordic Championships were well regarded on the international circuit, and Nordic officials filled many posts in the European Shooting Confederation (ESC) and International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF). Great Britain applied for membership in 1971, which was approved on the 30th June 1973. The importance of
99-640: The time. In March 2022, the organisation issued an open letter endorsing the IOC condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine . The NSR called for the European Shooting Confederation to convene an EGM and ensure their leadership was untainted by the war. The ESC President at the time was Russian-born Alexander Ratner. In November 2022, the organisation issued an open letter to all ISSF member federations expressing "deep concern regarding
110-722: Was first decided in 1952 at the Congress of the International Shooting Union. Successful Championships and regional competitions were organised by the Committee for European Affairs within the International Union. The Confederation was founded as a distinct entity in 1969. Between 2009 and 2021, Vladimir Lisin served as President. Alexander Ratner was elected President in 2021, taking over from Vladimir Lisin , who had been elected President of
121-731: Was just for Juniors. The 2020 Nordics were cancelled due to COVID-19 . In 2022, Finland hosted a full Nordic Championship including Senior events - the first since 2004. A General Meeting was held concurrent with the Championship, in which the Danish Union was elected to the Chairmanship of the Region to oversea the 2024 Championships, as well as the revision of the Championship Rules, which were more than 15years old at
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