About Us
The Story Behind The Lincolnshire Bell Target League
Bell Target is a sport that started in the midlands around 1905 promoted and supported by
Lord Baden Powel of the Scout movement. Run in local pubs, there were 1600 teams competing at its height. It entails hitting a five-inch circular plate with a pellet fired from a .177 air rifle from eighteen feet. In the centre of the plate (five feet from the floor) is a 3/8” hole, you will get a bonus if you get a pellet through the hole and it rings the bell.
Hence the name Bell Target Shooting.
Bell Target Shooting was launched in Lincolnshire at the White Hart Lissington in 2017,
The main aims were to attract non shooters into the sport, make shooting more visible, and give existing shooters something to do on those dark winter evenings. Even though we lost a couple of venues during the Covid pandemic.
The sport is going from strength to strength, with ten venues in the process of hosting the sport over a mixture of pubs clubs and village halls.
The sport is open to all, regardless of age or ability no experience is necessary and equipment can be provided at all of our venues.
New venues, if you would like to run a session at your venue then please get in touch.