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October 2014




THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE WORLD FAST DRAW ASSOCIATION, INC.









Shooters at the 2014 first Canadian W.F.D.A. World C Championship. Aldergrove, B.C. Photo by YUKONART







WORLD FAST DRAW ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Pg 1


Dan Qualls, Chairman 6000 Wilkins Ave. Oakdale CA. 95361
H- 209-847-0483 Cell- 209-531-8741 quallsd@earthlink.net

Ruth Ann Qualls, Secretary 6000 Wilkins Ave. Oakdale CA. 95361
209-847-0483 quallsd@earthlink.net

Miles Miller, Treasurer 2490 Fair Road, Abilene, KS 67410
785-263-1761 gunfighter45lc@yahoo.com

AREA VICE CHAIRMEN

Area 1 - Vacant MS.AL.GA.FL.SC.NC.TN

Area 2 - Mike Landis AR, TX, LA, OK 580-362-2450 k13landis@yahoo.com

Area 3 - David Livingston AZ. NM. 405-850-9318 DaveL111@aol.com

Area 4 - Dale Weitzel Southern CA. 951-788-7048 weitzeld2@yahoo.com

Area 5 - Colby Qualls Northern CA. 209-847-0483 quallsd@earthlink.net

Area 6 – Gregg Townsley OR. WA. ID 503-348-1066 gregg@greggtownsley.com

Area 7 – Larry Schipper NV. UT 702-643-1876 lms45cal@embarqmail.com

Area 8 – Frank Lawton MT, WY. ND. SD 605-578-1189 fstdrw45@msn.com

Area 9 – Jim Tinsley NE. KS. 620-441-8033 JTinsley3@cox.net

Area 10 – Gary Rosen 952-288-7820 grrosen@comcast.net
MO. IA. MN. WI. IL. IN. KY. MI

Area 11 – Tom Lechner 717-284-6388 fastdraw45@rocketmail.com
OH. WV. VA. MD. NJ. NY. PA. VT. CT. MA. NH. ME.

Area 13 – John Arnold CO. 719-661-0662 proautoequip@aol.com

Area 20 – Dennis Robinson BC Canada 604-540-6394 dennis_robinson@telus.net

Area 21 – Bill Duff 403-540-2486 duffconsulting@shaw.ca
AB. NWT. SK. MB. ON Canada

Area 22 – Hidenori Colt Yamada ColtYamada@japan.email.ne.jp
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CHAIRMAN REPORT

Well folks, the 2014 shooting year is just about over. We had five Chairman Contests during the year. All of them were very good and each special in their own way. This is the first year that I have had the opportunity to attend all of the Chairman Contests during the year. It made for a busy and enjoyable year with lots of traveling. 2015 is shaping up to be just as busy. Our Thumbing Division was a great success this year, not only drawing more participants from the WFDA but also enticing several new memberships to the WFDA. A hearty welcome to all.
Regarding our Thumbing Division (used to be Hollywood), it was created to draw competitors that had stock guns so they could give Fast Draw a try without buying a lot of expensive equipment, and of course for those that like to thumb. Very few changes from stock guns are allowed such as, removal of front sights, changing of the grips, and action jobs. Please be aware that changes of rules in other organizations are not automatically approved in our Thumbing Division. The WFDA is not committed to following or adhering to rules other than WFDA rules. If you have any questions please call me before you drastically change your gun or equipment.
Congratulations to Karen Robinson and Dan Qualls for their year end overall World Champion wins. It was the first time for each of us. I am very pleased to have won the title the same year as Karen who has been shooting many years (I’m not saying how many years) and is a great friend from Canada. Congratulation to all of the other winners and participants during the year.
I would like to add many thanks to Karen Robinson who ran the line at several contests during the year. Atta girl Karen. Anyone that is qualified should step up and help out once in a while.
I would also like to thank all those, ladies and gentlemen, who stepped up and helped at the score table during the year. Without folks like these we would not be having any contests.

Please remember this is a members magazine. You are invited to contribute articles, tech tips, photos, ect. The Vice Chairman are asked to contribute a Vice Chairman Report even if there isn’t much going on in your area. At least let us know you are still above ground. All Vice Chairman for an Area which had three or more Vice Chairman Contests need to send me the results of your Area Buckle Winners. The last date of the year an Area can have a Vice Chairman sanctioned contest is the second weekend of November.
Please send contributions in Microsoft Word or in the body of an email. That way I can insert it into the Top Gun without too much difficulty.
Anyone sending personal checks to our Secretary (Ruth Ann Qualls) for any kind of WFDA fees, please make the check out to “WFDA”.

In case anyone is interested there is a forum at http://worldfastdrawassoc.freeforums.org/index.php
Also web page at http://www.dancolby.com/wfdainfo/

Dan Qualls




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SECRETARY REPORT

Well, this year has finally wound down for WFDA. Thanks to all of you who signed up this year and who continue to sign up. We hope to see you back again next year. It has been a very interesting year for me as the incoming secretary. I have learned a few things from the past secretary and have to thank him for helping me out on a lot of the duties. Also, I would like to congratulate him, Dan, and Karen Robinson, my friend, on winning the all- around 2014 Championships. It is the first time for both of them. That’s all for now.
Ruth Ann Qualls



























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VICE CHAIRMAN REPORTS


AREA 2 Vice Chairman Report
Hi all from Area 2. We had the Shoot at Newkirk Oklahoma this month and all had a good time. This shoot is held during the fall celebration (Charley Adams Day Celebration) and there is a lot of food and entertainment going on at the same time as the shoot. I participate in a re-enactment gun fight for the crowd so we take a break from the shooting during that show.
We had 8 men and 3 women shooting, down in number from past shoots but we had a new shooter from Arkansas that we met when we shot at Mountain View Arkansas come and we all enjoyed each others company. The people in this sport are what really make it special.
Shooter Results were:
Men’s
1- Mike Landis 2 Gary Adrian 3 Herbert Gootee 4 David Livingston 5 Jim Tinsley 6 Kenneth Birdwell 7 Don Winters 8 Blake Kitchen.
Women’s
1 Margie Tinsley 2 Melissa McIntyr 3 Carol Adrian
We are having another shoot on October 18th at my place with a cookout after. We supply the meat and everyone brings a covered dish. We even got Mike Pantano on one of the horses one time. Everyone invited and look forward to shooting.
Mike Landis


Area 5
Well folks, the end of the year is fast approaching and most of the serious shooting
is done for the year. We have not had much going on in area 5 but have been having
a few club shoots in Los Banos, which is always a lot of fun. Till next time.
Colby Qualls, Area 5 Vice Chairman

Area 7
Hello from Las Vegas, the entertainment capital of the world(that is if you want to be entertained).Not much to report here that the shooting season is over with and have to wait until next year.
Personal note, Nikki would like everybody to know that she is in Colorado Springs Colorado at Fort Carson and she's looking forward to seeing all of you in April.
The last shoot of the year was in Dayton Oregon last August, just to say that I enjoyed myself and all the fun at the shoot and the nice people that I met there in Dayton. If we have the shoot next year in Dayton, I highly recommend taking the day and going to the Evergreen air





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Museum about 5 miles south of Dayton and take the time to go into the air Museum is well worth your time to see Howard Hughes aircraft the Spruce goose is on
display at the museum I was really impressed with the aircraft and antique cars and gun collection. Since I will not see anybody to next year I will take the time to wish all of you a happy Thanksgiving(don't eat too much) and a Merry Christmas to all(and keep Christ in Christmas) and above all a happy new year and a better year in 2015 . That is all I had to report from Nevada and Las Vegas all is well all is good and hope it stays that way sincerely, Larry

Area 8 VC report
Another Fast Draw season has come to a close, congratulations to our 2014 top guns.
Thanks to all who supported area 8s champioship and we look forward to hosting you ln 2015.
Looks like Jamestown will be on the docket for 2015, date and more info to follow.
The holidays will be upon us soon. So Judy and I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah
Happy Trails
Frank and Judy

Area 9 VC report
Howdy from Area 9. We just had our Kansas State Championship, in Geuda Springs, Ks 10-11-14 That is the last WFDA sanctioned contest of the year for our area. Results can be found elsewhere in this publication.
I want to thank every one who came and shot in Area 9 this year. We sure had fun having all of you shooting with us, and we are looking forward to seeing you here next year. And as always, we look forward to having shooters that haven’t shot here with us to come and shoot with us and enjoy the hospitality that we offer.
One of the truly great shooters in Fast Draw has died. Chris Dart. Chris was from Altus,Ok, and was a long time shooter. He moved from Altus to El Darado, Ks where he lived and shot Fast Draw for many years. Chris was an inspiration to many people including myself. In his later years he moved back to Altus to be with family. He died in his sleep August, 28th 2014. Rest in peace Chris Dart. A big 6 gun salute to you my friend.

SHOOT FAST AND TRUE
JIM TINSLEY

Area 20 "WFDA VC REPORT, D. Robinson.
Well, Tbirds’ 2014 WORLD’S BALLOON INDEX was certainly a good one-although the wind and rain on Friday evening and Saturday morning destroyed one of the loaned tents (we weren’t the only ones that lost tents!) that Langley Rod and Gun Club had given us-the weather cleared up for the rest of the weekend and ‘gunsmoke’ took over…! This side of the border had it’s best turnout of competitors since this particular contest started, and the Annual Fair had it’s best attendance yet! Thanks, in part, to the Fast Draw events, the Aldergrove Fair (www.aldergrovefairdays.com) has now been nominated for several awards, including a Township award, and a local Tourism award. I know that the winners of this contest have been printed earlier, along with places and points which are listed in Colby and Dan’s WFDA website, so I would just like to say, CONGRATULATIONS, to Nicole Franks and Brian ‘Colorado’ Colwell, who took the top prizes! There were also winners of the special prizes, the Five Holster Certificates that were put up by John Bianchi’s

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FRONTIER GUN LEATHER: (www,frontiergunleather.com) They were: Nicole Franks, Judy Lawton, Diana Rosen, John LeBlanc, and Jon Rivera.
A VERY popular event was the ‘Celebrity Shootout’, with Trophies going to the Top 5 places in Women and Men’s Divisions. The Top Trigger Twitchers were as follows:
Women’s Div: 1st. Place was Cornelia Naylor, Reporter, Burnaby Now newspaper.
2nd Place-Cathy Gibbs, Ass’t to Mary Polak, MP.
3rd Place-Bev Dornan, Deputy Mayor, Langley Township
4th Place-Brenda Giesbrecht, Citizen’s Services Specialist.
5th Place-Angie Quaale, Business Owner.
Men’s Div winners were: Kenny Hess, Recording Artist, Rocking River Musicfest.
2n Place-Ted Schaffer, Mayor, Langley City
3rd Place-Kenny Jones, DJ, 969, Jack FM
4th Place-Mark Warawa, MP, Conservative Party
5th Place-Rudy Storteboom, Realtor, MacDonald Realty
For an idea on just how fast some of the celebrities reacted to our new JJTIMER, (jjtimers.com)
Kenny Hess fired a fastest shot of a .430-and Cornelia Naylor cut her time down to .562.-LOOK OUT, WFDA FANS! #Celebrities and WFDA shooters were all given GUNS OF THE OLD WEST MAGAZINES (www.gunsoftheoldwest.com) who have been donating to this event for years!
For any of those of you whom may be interested in keeping track of what’s up in Area 20 Fast Draw, the Thunderbird FDClub website, complete with all kinds of gun, holster and shooting equipment, and our donor’s links, (and our weekly news, ) which is sponsored by Done Right Appliances and kept up by Tbird member, Ted Shenkeveld, can be found at:
www.thunderbirdfastdraw.com If wishing to keep in touch with us, particularly through the ‘dry season’ (winter) of Fast Draw, as most of us won’t be seeing one another until the ‘FDCircuit’ starts up next year….do ‘drop in’ to the above website..…

OREGON’S SIXGUN CHAMPS-CONGRATS to my wife, Karen Robinson, for winning the Ladies Division and to Brian Colwell, First Place Men’s, who seems to be on a roll this year, and GREAT WORK-AND THANK YOU to the Oregon folks, for a great shoot, and, in no special order, Howard Baker, Gregg Townsley, Jim Hoskins and the Bateman Bunch! (It was also great to see the VonFeldts, who came by to visit and cheer us all and T.J. on! (It were kind of a ‘reunion‘, it were!)

And a grateful THANK YOU to the bunch of Tbirds who helped put on those shows during the Sept. 6 weekend, up at Hope’s Brigade Days, and then back at the LR&GClub!! Again, in no special order, thanks to: Faye Potter, Paula and Shawn Murphy, Martin Quesnel, Alex and Margaret Watson, John LeBlanc, Jim Weatherby, Karen and myself (thanks, me…?) for what turned out to be a very successful, but hard-working, weekend! The weather was VERY warm but so were the crowds of people we performed to-and for-during both days!

Looking forward to seein’ y’all next year! (or earlier, if luckier…!)

D. Robinson, Vice Chairman, WFDA AREA 20, (B.C.)"





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Yukon Art Photos at Canada World Championship

Martin Quesnel, first time shooter and provided
labor & materials for a beautiful backstop.
Great job Martin, thanks






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Area 9 2014 Top Gun Points

3-1 5/31 10/11 total
Bob Arganbright 9 0 0 9
Gary Adrian 8 0 6 14
Ken Birdwell 7 0 4 11
Jim Tinsley 6 1 2 9
Mark Gootee 5 2 5 12
1st Mike Landis 4 3 7 14
Mike Segree 3 0 0 3
Ron Farris 2 0 3 5
Richard Parminter 1 4 1 6
Mike Pantano 0 5 8 13

Gary Adrian and Mike Landis both have 14 points, because of the tie breaker rule Mike Landis is the 2014 AREA 9 Top Gun.




Margie Tinsley is the 2014 Area 9 Top Gun.

1st Margie Tinsley 2 2 2 7
2nd Sarah Pantano 0 0 4 4
3rd Melissa Mcintyre 0 1 2 3
4th Carol Adrian 1 0 1 2













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Area 5 Top Gun Standings

Name June 8th Pt. July 5th Pt. July 6th Pt. Total Points
Dan Qualls 5 6 5 16
Jon Rivera 3 7 4 14
Jon Wilson 0 4 6 10
Larry Schipper 0 5 3 8
Eric Vierra 2 3 2 7
Will York 4 0 0 4
Armand Perry 1 2 1 4
Samantha Rivera 0 1 0 1
Colby Qualls 0 1 0 1








MEN’S YEAR END FINAL STANDINGS
Place Competitor Watkins CO. Mountain View Ark. Aldergrove Canada Jamestown ND. Dayton OR Total Points
1 Dan Qualls 33 25 22 18 23 121
2 Brian Colwell 31 13 27 15 26 112
3 Jon Wilson 32 24 19 20 14 109
4 Shawn Murphy 25 14 24 19 19 101
5 Jon Rivera 34 18 23 0 20 95
6 Bob Nielson 26 8 25 10 21 90
7 Jim Tinsley 30 16 0 6 18 70
8 Denny Robinson 16 15 18 8 9 66
9 Frank Lawton 27 3 16 17 0 63
10 Nick Nica 23 4 6 11 17 61
11 Mike Avetikian 20 0 17 0 22 59
12 Mike Pantano 35 20 0 0 0 55
13 Miles Miller 28 22 0 5 0 55
14 Joe Colwell 8 7 20 12 6 53
15 John Arnold 19 6 0 13 15 53
16 Herbert Gootee 21 19 0 7 0 47



17 Tom Lechner 0 23 0 21 0 44
18 Larry Schipper 15 11 0 0 16 42
19 Gary Rosen 18 9 5 9 0 41
20 Richard Parmentier 22 1 0 14 0 37
21 Howard Darby 24 5 7 0 0 36

22 Dean Cummins 29 0 0 0 0 29
23 Scott Bateman 7 0 10 0 10 27
24 Connor Darby 3 2 21 0 0 26
25 John Lablanc 0 0 26 0 0 26
26 Todd Vonfeldt Jr. 0 0 0 0 25 25
27 Jonathan Rivera 0 0 0 0 24 24
28 Alex Watson 0 0 15 0 7 22
29 Ron Bright 0 21 0 0 0 21
30 Shawn Anderson 9 0 0 0 12 21
31 Asatur Avetikian 5 0 12 0 3 20
32 Bill Duff 12 0 8 0 0 20
33 Jack Rudd 14 0 0 3 0 17
34 Jason Baker 17 0 0 0 0 17
35 Bob Arganbright 0 17 0 0 0 17
36 Ethan Rudd 0 0 0 16 0 16

37 Howard Baker 6 0 4 0 4 14

38 Glenn Renney 0 0 14 0 0 14
39 Dee Correy 13 0 0 0 0 13
40 Chuck Burnham 0 0 13 0 0 13
41 Bob Franks 0 0 0 0 13 13
42 Duke Bonnett 0 12 0 0 0 12
43 George Rude 11 0 0 0 0 11
44 Gary Porteous 0 0 11 0 0 11
45 Darrell Becker 0 0 0 0 11 11
46 Gregg Townsley 10 0 0 0 0 10
47 Mike Landis 0 10 0 0 0 10
48 Brian Shukin 0 0 9 0 0 9
49 Jake Jacobs 0 0 0 0 8 8
50 Dan Estaben 0 0 0 0 5 5
51 Russ Peck 4 0 0 0 0 4
52 Thomas Lawton 2 0 0 2 0 4
53 Dan Lagosse 0 0 0 4 0 4
54 Ryan Quesnel 0 0 3 0 0 3





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Bob McKee 1 0 1 0 0 2
56 Martin Quesnel 0 0 2 0 0 2
57 Russell Bradford 0 0 0 0 2 2
58 Don Shell 0 0 0 1 0 1
59 Steve Sims 0 0 0 0 1 1




Women’s Year End Standings

Place Competitor Watkins CO. Mountain View Ark. Aldergrove Canada Jamestown ND. Dayton OR Total Points
WOMEN
1 Karen Robinson 7 5 2 6 6 26 1st
2 Diana Rosen 3 8 8 7 0 26 2nd
3 Judy Lawton 5 4 6 5 0 20 3rd
4 Margie Tinsley 4 6 0 3 5 18 4th
5 Donna Lechner 0 9 0 8 0 17 5th
6 Nicole Franks 0 0 9 0 0 9 6th
7 Paula Murphy 2 1 3 0 2 8 10th
8 Carla Howell 0 0 4 0 4 8 8th
9 Sherry Peck 8 0 0 0 0 8 7th
10 Anita Miller 6 0 0 2 0 8 9th
11 Juliana Bateman 1 0 5 0 1 7 13th
12 Sarah Pantano 0 7 0 0 0 7 11 tied
13 Anita Burnham 0 0 7 0 0 7 11 Tied
14 Megan Arnold 0 0 0 4 0 4 14th
15 Carol Bonnett 0 3 0 0 0 3 16th
16 Peggy Franks 0 0 0 0 3 3 15th
17 Melissa McIntyre 0 2 0 0 0 2 17th
18 Faye Potter 0 0 1 0 0 1 19th
19 Susie Wright 0 0 0 1 0 1 18th






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Men’s Thumbing Year End Results
Place Competitor Watkins CO. Mountain View Ark. Aldergrove Canada Jamestown ND. Dayton OR Total Points
1 Jon Wilson 25 11 0 12 22 70
2 Dan Qualls 22 9 0 7 19 57


3 John Arnold 19 0 0 9 16 44
4 Miles Miller 24 10 0 8 0 42
5 Scott Bateman 20 0 0 0 15 35
6 Mike Avetikian 23 0 0 0 11 34
7 Shawn Murphy 16 4 0 4 8 32
8 Gregg Townsley 21 0 0 0 9 30
9 Howard Baker 14 0 0 0 14 28
10 Dean Cummins 26 0 0 0 0 26
11 Richard Parmentier 17 2 0 5 0 24
12 Gary Rosen 7 7 0 10 0 24
13 Shawn Anderson 11 0 0 0 13 24
14 Todd Vonfeldt Jr 0 0 0 0 23 23
15 Frank Lawton 15 5 0 2 0 22
16 John West 0 0 0 0 21 21
17 Asatur Avetikian 10 0 0 0 10 20
18 Monty Dorman 0 0 0 0 20 20
19 Tom Lechner 0 8 0 11 0 19
20 Jason Baker 18 0 0 0 0 18
21 Jack Rudd 12 0 0 6 0 18
22 Bob Franks 0 0 0 0 18 18
23 Jake Jacobs 0 0 0 0 17 17
24 Dee Correy 13 0 0 0 0 13
25 Jim Tinsley 6 6 0 0 0 12
26 Bob Arganbright 0 12 0 0 0 12
27 Alex Watson 0 0 0 0 12 12
28 Steve Andrews 9 0 0 0 0 9
29 Jack Garrett 8 0 0 0 0 8
30 Dan Esteban 0 0 0 0 7 7
31 Herbert Gootee 4 1 0 1 0 6
32 Russell Bradford 0 0 0 0 6 6
33 George Rude 5 0 0 0 0 5
34 Darrell Becker 0 0 0 0 5 5
35 Anthony Dorman 0 0 0 0 4 4




36 Jesse Johnson 3 0 0 0 0 3



37 Mike Landis 0 3 0 0 0 3
38 Dan Lagosse 0 0 0 3 0 3




39 Bob McKee 1 0 0 0 2 3
40 Steven Sims 0 0 0 0 3 3
41 Mark Franzen 0 0 0 0 1 1



Women's Thumbing Standings
1 Donna Lechner 0 0 0 4 0 4 1st
7 Peggy Franks 0 0 0 0 3 3 2nd
2 Anita Miller 0 0 0 3 0 3 3rd
3 Deanna Baker 0 0 0 0 2 2 4th
4 Megan Arnold 0 0 0 2 0 2 5th
6 Juliana Bateman 1 0 0 0 0 1 tie
5 Judy Lawton 0 0 0 1 0 1 tie
8 Elizabeth Haar 0 0 0 0 1 1 tie