Who is the OLDEST Black Badge still active?

I did train one fellow who was 85 when he took the course kinda took the younger guys down a peg or two when they complained that the time for an el prez was too short and he shuffled out and aced it.:)
 
I shot with an older fellow, at Orillia in October 2009, who had his original BB. It was DVC12. Sorry I can't remember his name. In 1981-82(?) I met Joe Robelo(spelling?) who told me about shooting IPSC. These are the oldest I can remember.
 
How is he doing? I know Mike and Sara said he was a bit ill while they were out here for the Nationals.
 
Slavex said:
How is he doing? I know Mike and Sara said he was a bit ill while they were out here for the Nationals.
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It’s been a long hull he is still in the hospital, he has his ups and down but remains optimistic ….He’s a tough old bird.
 
I am not sure who actually is the "oldest" but as far as being in the sport the longest, I think a guy from BC with a very recognizable nickname would be Canada's IPSC member #1, and I think #2 or not too far from it is from Fredericton, New Brunswick. Would be cool to have a "History" page on the IPSC Canada site.
 
shooting fiend said:
Well Sean the memory banks are still working a little.

The other three instructors were George Hausner (now deceased I believe), Brian Hoare ( who is now in BC the last I heard) and Bob MacIntosh (who is now back in England)

At that time holster sports were not approved by OHA and Vince Gaudino who at the time was an OHA director took the first course and was impressed and made a recommendation presentation to the OHA BOD who subsequently then recoginized practical shooting.

When I took the course there wasn't a BB instructors manual. Just a qualification check list drawn up by the 4 instructors. It was pretty similar to the one still used up until recently.. (although I remember shooting prone at 50 yards for the first time was very humbling ...... and the distances were shortened thereafter)

It was several years after that, a proper instructors manual was pulled together with input from a lot of sources. My memory is Cal Martin was the one who went to the effort of pulling together the first Ont instructors manual putting into hard copy a lot of pertinent training info augmented additionally by courses he had been to at gunsite etc. I just checked my archives.... I have a bound copy of an IPSC Ontario Practical Pistol Instructors manual dated April 6, 1986 with Cal Martins name as credit on the first page. I would have guessed it was 1985 when it was put together but this might have been a revised one.

Yes you have the correct MH but I think it may be more a case of why would he want to come back..... Life is pretty good in Orlando.....LOL


Dennis
DVC 11
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Man you are old...........I have another question for you though. What was it like baby sitting Jesus? :stirthepot2:
 
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alphamike said:
I am not sure who actually is the "oldest" but as far as being in the sport the longest, I think a guy from BC with a very recognizable nickname would be Canada's IPSC member #1, and I think #2 or not too far from it is from Fredericton, New Brunswick. Would be cool to have a "History" page on the IPSC Canada site.
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The oldest active BB #'s we have in NB are:

NB86-001 belong to S.S
NB86-007 belong to J.G

Cheers
BMW
 
shooting fiend said:
The first BB course in Ontario was 1980. It was not a 2 days and an evening thing like we do now... The instructors dragged it out over a couple of months....LOL

Dennis
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Took my BB (OHA 206) in winter of 82/83 outdoors at Sharon, 2 1/2 months, pancake holster, from under my winter coat (it was cold!), stock Colt 1911 .45 with issue sights (IDPA anyone?), cast my own bullets (still do).

Instructors were Cal M, Mike W K, Pat B.

Cheers, Bryan
 
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