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Category Changes
In order to further standardise our sport – it has been decided by the CPSA board that we will align with other national governing bodies to change how we determine our shooting categories to be based on your age on the 1st of January each year.
As such from the 1st of January 2023 – our shooting categories will be as follows:
Colt: A Colt is under the age of 16 on the 1st January in the year of competition
Junior: A Junior is under the age of 21 on the 1st January in the year of competition
Veteran: A Veteran is 60 or over on the 1st January in the year of competition.
It has also been decided that at all CPSA Major competitions that the category of Super Veterans will be further introduced, and, in these cases - the Veteran shooting category age will drop to 55 or over and Super Veterans will be 65 or over.
Veteran: A Veteran is 55 or over on the 1st January in the year of competition
Super Veterans: A Super Veteran is 65 or over on the 1st January in the year of competition.
The following link gives you a pdf of; The CPSA Clay Target Shooter’s Handbook The Official Guide.
An excellent guide to getting started in the sport...... gun fit, instruction, safety, rules and regulation and much more......
Update March 2023: CPSA General and Technical Rules
A guide to our abreviations. For further information on the disciplines please refer to the guide above.
KEY | DESCRIPTION |
A/R | All Round (combined event with 25 ABT, 25 Single Barrel DTL, 25 English Skeet & 25 Sporting) |
ABT | Automatic Ball Trap |
CSP | Compak Sporting |
D/R | Double Rise |
D/T | Double Trap |
DTL | Down The Line |
ESK | English Skeet |
ESP | English Sporting |
FSP (FITASC) | Federation Internationale de Tir Aux Sportives de Chasse' - International ruling body |
HBD | Handicap By Distance |
OSK | Olympic Skeet |
OTR | Olympic Trap |
S/B | Single Barrel |
SKD | Skeet Doubles |
STR | Sport Trap |
UTR | Universal Trench |