Association of German Sport Shooters
| Association of German Sport Shooters 1975 eV | |
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| Founded | 1975 |
| president | Friedrich Gepperth |
| societies | 2,900 |
| Members | 80,000 |
| Association headquarters | Berlin |
| Homepage | www.bdsnet.de |
The Association of German Sport Shooting 1975 e. V. , BDS for short , is the second largest sport shooting association in Germany. Sports shooting with firearms ( long guns and handguns ) is mainly used . The BDS is the largest German association for shooting sports with weapons requiring a license.
The association experienced a sustained upswing with the increasing emergence of large-caliber sport and the allocation of the IPSC in 1990. On October 1st, 2004 the state recognized as a recognized sports association according to § 15 Weapons Act (WaffG) with sports regulations approved according to § 15a WaffG. The current version of this was last approved on March 22, 2018. The BDS is thus one of the German shooting sports organizations involved in gun law processes. From this position and the association's activities, the BDS derives a mandate to represent its members politically and to represent their interests in matters relating to gun law and shooting sports, and it performs these in politics and society.
The BDS German Championships are the largest sporting competitions of this kind in Germany. Every year almost 15,000 participations ("starts") are recorded at this highest national competition level alone. With the regional and district championships as well as countless club championships, the BDS presents itself as an association with a high level of organization and mobilization in competitive and popular sports.
organization
The BDS is federally in 13 state associations divided. Overall, more than 2,500 clubs with almost 80,000 club and individual members have come together in the BDS (as of 2019) to pursue shooting sports.
Friedrich Gepperth has been president of the BDS since 1996. The gun and shooting range expert Gepperth has been a member of the association's management since 1988. According to the statutes, the office of president today consists of the president and three vice-presidents. The so-called full board consists of the federal board and two representatives from each state association and decides in particular on all sporting issues. The Federal Delegate Assembly meets annually and is the highest decision-making body of the BDS, particularly in matters of statutes and finance.
Regional associations
The following regional associations exist (as of 01/2019)
| LV number | region | Surname | abbreviation | Name and link |
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| Regional Association 1 | Berlin and Brandenburg | https://bdslv1.de/ | ||
| Regional Association 2 | Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg | https://bds-lv2.de/ | ||
| Regional Association 3 | Lower Saxony and Bremen | BDS Lower Saxony | https://bds-niedersachsen.de/ | |
| Regional association 4 | North Rhine-Westphalia | https://bdslv4.de/ | ||
| Regional association 5 | Rhineland-Palatinate | https://bds-lv5.de/ | ||
| Regional association 6 | Hesse | BDS Hessen | [1] https://bdshessen.de/ | |
| Regional association 7 | Baden-Württemberg | Large caliber sport shooting association Baden-Württemberg eV | GSVBW | https://www.gsvbw.de/ |
| Regional association 8 | Bavaria | Bund Bayerischer Schützen eV | BBS | https://bbs-bayern.de/ |
| Regional association 9 | Saarland | https://lv9-saar.de/ | ||
| Regional association 10 | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | http://www.bds-lv10.de/ | ||
| Regional association 11 | Saxony-Anhalt | BDS-Landesverband Sachsen-Anhalt 1997 eV | http://www.bdslv11.de/ | |
| Regional association 12 | Saxony | Saxon large-caliber sport shooting association registered association | http://www.bdslv12.de/ | |
| Regional association 13 | Thuringia | BDS LV Thuringia 1993 eV | http://www.bdsthueringen.de/ |
Disciplines offered
- Static handgun shooting
- Long-range shooting for handguns
- Target shooting (short / long), on steel plates
- Speed shooting (short / long)
- various long weapon disciplines from 50 to 300 m
- Youth competitions
- IPSC (course shooting short / long)
- Silhouette shooting (short / long)
- Field target
- Target shooting
- Muzzle Loader Shooting (Short / Long)
- Western shooting
- Steel Challenge Shooting
- 3GUN shooting
International associations
The BDS belongs to several international sport shooting associations. First the International Practical Shooting Confederation ( IPSC ), then the International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union (IMSSU) and the World Field Target Federation (WFTF). The IPSC operates dynamic movement and course shooting and has over 100 countries as members. The IMSSU operates static, pure precision shooting with large and small-caliber weapons on metal silhouettes that must be hit at distances of 25 m to 500 m. The IMSSU is represented in over 20 countries. The WFTF currently has 16 member countries. Air rifles are used to shoot folding targets. These have an opening of 15 to 40 mm. Hits are scored if a trigger is hit through this opening that causes the target to flip.
In the international competitions of the associations mentioned, the BDS provides the German national teams in European and world championships.
Sports program
The BDS stands out from other shooting sports associations mainly through its diverse disciplines in the large-caliber area. In accordance with the strict German gun law, numerous types of competition can be shot with a wide range of weapons. In addition to the classic static shooting sport, the sport regulations also enable modern disciplines that require even greater speed of reaction, fine motor skills and body control. In addition to playing sports in clubs and regional and national competitions, some disciplines are also operated internationally, including world championships.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ About us. Association of German Sport Shooting, accessed on September 4, 2019 .
- ↑ About us. Association of German Sport Shooting, accessed on September 4, 2019 .
- ↑ BDS brochure. Retrieved April 7, 2020 .