Sports
Target & precision sports
Sports decided by accuracy rather than by speed or contact.
Disc golf
Golf played by throwing discs at chain baskets, on free public courses, usually in parkland or woodland.
£25–£100 to start · outdoors · moderate effort
Archery
Shooting arrows at a target with a bow, under a club and governing-body structure that begins with a beginners’ course.
£300–£1,000 to start · indoors or out · moderate effort
Pool
The pub and club cue game — and the three different rulebooks everybody assumes are one.
Under £25 to start · indoors · gentle
Also in this category
Classified but not yet written up.
44 activities in the catalogue, 4 written up so far.
3D archery
SportShooting foam animal targets at unmarked distances through woodland, judging range by eye.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Arrow making
CraftSportBuilding arrows to a spine and length, which is a precision craft archery clubs still teach.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Atlatl throwing
SportThrowing darts with a spear-thrower, a prehistoric weapon with a modern following.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Axe throwing
SportThrowing hatchets at a wooden target, usually in a supervised venue.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bar billiards
HobbyA timed pub table game with holes and skittles, played in leagues across southern England.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Benchrest shooting
SportPrecision rifle shooting from a supported bench, where the sport is ammunition and equipment consistency.
Over £1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Biathlon
SportCross-country skiing interrupted by rifle shooting at a racing heart rate.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Boccia
SportA precision target ball sport designed for athletes with high support needs, played to Paralympic level.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bowyery
CraftMaking wooden bows from a stave, where reading the grain decides whether it survives tillering.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Carom billiards
SportPocketless billiards scored by caroming off both object balls, the dominant cue sport in continental Europe.
Under £25 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Clay pigeon shooting
SportBreaking flying clay targets with a shotgun across a course of stands.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Combat archery
SportTeam archery with foam-tipped arrows, run as a venue-booked group activity.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Croquet
SportDriving balls through hoops on a lawn, with far more tactics than its reputation suggests.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Crossbow target shooting
SportTarget shooting with a crossbow at a club, under its own governing rules.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Crown green bowls
SportBowls on an uneven green, a distinctly northern English code.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Curling
SportSliding stones down ice towards a target, sweeping to steer them.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Darts
SportThree darts, a board, and more arithmetic than anyone expects.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
English billiards
SportThree balls, cannons, pots and in-offs on a full-size table — the game snooker displaced.
Under £25 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Fencing
SportSword sport in three weapons, decided by electrical scoring.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Field archery
SportShooting a course of targets at unmarked distances through woodland.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Field target shooting
SportAir rifle shooting at knockdown metal targets over a woodland course, at unmarked ranges.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Foil fencing
SportThe fencing weapon with right of way and a torso target, and the one most beginners start on.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Footgolf
SportGolf played by kicking a football into oversized holes, on courses that already exist.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Indoor bowls
SportBowls played year-round on an indoor carpet rink.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Javelin throwing
SportThe most technical of the athletics throws, and the one where poor technique reliably injures shoulders.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Knife throwing
SportThrowing knives and hatchets at wooden targets, with a governed competitive circuit.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Kyudo
SportJapanese archery practised as a discipline of form, where how you shoot matters more than where it lands.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Lawn bowls
SportRolling biased bowls towards a jack on a flat or crown green.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Muzzleloading shooting
SportTarget shooting with black powder originals and reproductions, under its own governing body.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Pétanque
SportThrowing steel boules at a small wooden jack on rough gravel.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Popinjay archery
SportShooting blunts vertically at wooden targets on a mast, a surviving medieval form.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Practical shooting
SportTimed courses of fire scored on accuracy and speed together, under strict range discipline.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Quoits
HobbySportThrowing rings at a pin, in several regional forms with their own leagues and dimensions.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Shuffleboard
HobbySliding weights down a long table, revived in bars and requiring almost no fitness.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Slingshot shooting
SportTarget shooting with catapults, a precise and very cheap discipline.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Snooker
SportThe long-table cue game of position play and safety exchanges.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Target archery
SportThe Olympic form: fixed distances, round faces, scored ends.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Ten-pin bowling
SportRolling a heavy ball at ten pins, socially or in a serious league.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Traditional archery
SportShooting longbow or horsebow without sights or stabilisers.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Wheelchair fencing
SportFencing from frames fixed to the piste, with the full weapon set and no footwork.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet