Oud Limburgs Schuttersfeest

old newsreel footage of a Schuttersfeest with procession of schutters led by a guildmaster wearing guild shields

The Oud Limburgs Schuttersfeest (abbreviated as OLS, literally translated Old Limburgian Shooters' Festival) is an annual shooting tournament during which shooting associations (Dutch: schutterijen; Limburgian: sjötterie) from across the region of Limburg, nowadays split in a Dutch and Belgian part, compete against each other.^[1] The winner organizes the event the following year and takes home "De Um", the highest prize for a shooter (schutter). The 2022 winner is Sint Martinus from Born.^[2]

Each schutterij, or shooting association participates in the tournament with 6 members. Utilising an approximately 15 kg. carbine, with self-made bullets of lead, participants are required to shoot square blocks (called bölkes) from a stick. This is to be executed across 20 meter of distance.

Ten "schutter" unions unite approximately 170 schutterij guilds, with a total of approximately 10,000 members in the Netherlands and Belgium.^[1]

The OLS is recognised and protected as Intangible cultural heritage of Flanders and the Netherlands.

References

^ ^a ^b Oud Limburgse Schutters Federatie (OLS) on Huis voor de Kunsten website
^ Tiems, Job (2022-07-09). "Sint Martinus uit Born wint OLS 2022" [Saint Martinus from Born wins OLS 2022]. 1Limburg (in Dutch). Meijel. Retrieved 2022-08-12.

website of the Oud Limburgse Schuttersfederatie
List of Schutterijen

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[HvdK-1] Oud Limburgse Schutters Federatie (OLS) on Huis voor de Kunsten website

[2] Tiems, Job (2022-07-09). "Sint Martinus uit Born wint OLS 2022" [Saint Martinus from Born wins OLS 2022]. 1Limburg (in Dutch). Meijel. Retrieved 2022-08-12.

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