The roots of InterShoot go back to 1977. Stek Geerts, one of the leading promoters of the shooting sport in general and vice-chairman of the—at the time—shooting club Oranje Nassau in The Hague, was looking for an opportunity to enable his pupils to compete at an international level. With some friends from abroad he organised the first InterShoot, that was held in the SV Zoetermeer accommodation.

Things ran out of hand rapidly and soon SV Zoetermeer became too small and InterShoot was moved to ‘de Houtzagerij’ sporting centre in the center of Den Haag.

When a major refurbishing program got underway to renovate ‘de Houtzagerij’, InterShoot moved to the Ockenburgh sporting centre, where it still has it’s happy home.

With the exception of 1983 the match has been held annually. In 1983 the—very small—team was too busy organising the European Championships that was also held in The Hague. That the team has matured over time was proven in 1999 when both the InterShoot and the European Championship was run by the same team within a 5 week timeframe.

The match always has had an informal character, which is why many people love to come to Den Haag and InterShoot. The match is run entirely by volunteers—many of whom have been part of the team for many years. When Stek Geerts died in 1988 the team dedicated its effort to keeping the match alive in memory of Stek—so far with great success. The ‘InterShoot Foundation’ was formed and still organises the match to date.

Stek Geerts, as we all know and love him, overseeing the match.