Patrick,,,,,,

The compertition starts in each department in late march early april each year,
then you move on up into the regional comp, adout a month later, depending on that result you get an entry into the championship of Franceicon.
The full name of the comp is ¨Tir aux Armes Réglementaires.
here is a link to the FFTIR Frebch shooting Fed site, and some pice and info.

FFTir : Fédération Française de Tir

and here is a link to the rules and some more pics.

FFTir : Fédération Française de Tir

If you need ant other questions answered just ask.