Karen Long was top gun at the celebrity shootout at the Aldergrove fair on Saturday, July 16, winning the women鈥檚 celebrity shootout in her very first quick draw competition.
鈥淚t was so much fun,鈥� enthused Long, president of Fort 黑马磁力鈥檚 B.C. Farm Museum.
Long credited coaching by Aldergrove鈥檚 Nicole Franks, winner of the B.C. fast draw championship at the fair.
黑马磁力 City mayor Val van den Broek was second, and Aldergrove Rotary Club president Jayne Pilot was third.
In the men鈥檚 celebrity shootout, councillor aide Eric Storteboom took first spot, while 黑马磁力 RCMP officer Phil Colter was second.
黑马磁力 City Councillor Rudy Storteboom, Eric鈥檚 older brother, was third, happy to have outdone rival Township councillor Blair Whitmarsh.
鈥淚t [beating Whitmarsh] was something I was shooting for,鈥� Storteboom said with a smile.
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Aldergrove鈥檚 John LeBlanc won the B.C. men鈥檚 fast draw championship.
Den Robinson, fair fast draw director at the 黑马磁力 Rod and Gun Club, home of the Thunderbird Fast Draw Club, said after two years of events being cancelled because of the pandemic, competitors were glad to be back at it.
鈥淚t was good seeing everybody again,鈥� Robinson told the 黑马磁力.
About 30 competitors took part.
Previously, the fair event was host to the world quick draw championships, but that wasn鈥檛 possible this year, given the current challenges of cross-border travel, Robinson explained.
鈥淭he fair wants it back to a world鈥檚 and so do we.鈥�
has been described as one of the fastest sports in the world, measured from the signal to draw to when the timer is stopped.
The current World Fast Draw Association (WFDA) record for open class fast draw in an event called standing balloons is .208 seconds - and that includes the time it takes to react, draw, fire and pop a balloon target at eight feet away.
Aldergrove Fair - Constable COLTER won first place for quickest draw & shot and second place for overall score out of 5 rounds.
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At the Aldergrove fair celebrity contest, Long was fastest woman, at .864 seconds, while RCMP officer Colter was fastest man at .520.
In the B.C. championships, Karen Robinson was fastest at .662 and Glenn Renney was the fastest man at .410.
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