My Account
A total of 47 axemen competed in the annual Puhoi Woodchopping Carnival last month to find out who was the sharpest blade in the shed.
New Zealand’s top ranked wood chopper Jesse Whitehead dominated, winning the Division A standing 250mm, the axe throw and the underhand open 325mm.
Puhoi axeman Robert Brown made locals proud winning the Division D underhand 275mm, as well as Division C standing 250mm.
Club mate Bevan Gubb was second in the Division B standing 250mm and Division B underhand 275mm.
Club secretary John Sanderson said the day went well with only one wood block out of 250 having a knot that couldn’t be chopped.
The biggest drama on the day was the relay race between Puhoi and visitors. Puhoi held the lead right until the last log, when victory was snatched from them. Nine international axemen from Australia and the UK competed.
Results: Underhand 275mm – Jack Jordan (A) Rhys Guscott (B), Mark Beattie (C), Robert Brown (D), Blue Scott (E); single saw – Pine Bracegirdle; standing 250mm – Jesse Whitehead (A), John Geiger (B), Brown (C), Johnson Semenoff (D), Mark Bayes (E); double saw 400mm – Nick Frederickson and Whitehead; championship standing 325mm –Whitehead; axe throw – Whitehead; standing open 300mm – James Geiger; underhand open –Whitehead; championship underhand 325mm – Jordan.
