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Shooting beats football in new poll

Shooting beats football in new poll

According to the poll, shooting was the nation's fourth most satisfying sport


By Selena Masson

Friday, 28 August 2009

Shooting ranked fourth out of 45 different sports in a new survey published this month

Shooting has come out ahead of football, rugby and golf in a Sport England poll about people’s satisfaction with the quality of their sporting experiences.

More than 44,000 people aged 14 and over in England took part in the survey, published on 14 August, which saw shooting ranked fourth out of 45 different sports.

The rest of this article appears in 26 August issue of Shooting Times.

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