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Chapter:   Event Calendar 2003   - Report:   The Big Thrower's Meeting Müncheberg 2003

(Read as well the reports of 2003, 2002 and 2001.)

At the weekend from August 20th through September 1st of 2003, at the Little Big Horse Ranch in Müncheberg, east of Berlin, the third big thrower's meeting took place, again even bigger than the year before. See also the report at http://www.lbhr.de.

 

Schedule
When?	What?	Where?
Friday, 30th of August 2002
16	The first participants are arriving	Fire place
16 - 20	Training and fun throwing	Training target
20 - 25	Dinner, expert talkings, camp fire	Fire place
Saturday, 31th of August 2003
9 - 10	Breakfast	Saloon
10 - 12	Training and fun throwing	Training target
12 - 13	Lunch	Fire place
13 - 18:30	Contests : (1) Knives short (3 m) (2) Axe short (3 m) (3) Knives medium (5.5 m) (4) Axe medium (5.5 m) (5) Knives distance (6) Axe long range	Horses lawn
18:30 - 19	Fun throwing	Training target
19 - 20	Awarding
20 - 27	Dinner, camp fire, nice evening	Fire place
Sunday, 23th of Iune 2002
09 - 10	Breakfast	Saloon
10 - 11	Fun throwing	Training target
11 - 12:30	Foundation meeting European Throwing Club Flying Blades (Eurothrowers)	Saloon
12:30 - 13	Lunch	Fire place
13 - 14	Foundation meeting continued	Saloon
14 - 18	Fun throwing, departures	Training target

The meeting

It was quite as always on our meetings: throwing, eating, drinking, throwing, eating, drinking ... Again it was a fantastic experience, to meet that bunch of collegues. Such a nice and friendly beeing together! Everyone carrying knives and axes, and no one is bothered by this. An atmosphere you are missing the whole rest of the year.

Doc at the training target, throwing his famous Bowie knife, with which he is competing regularly since three years.
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The training target after one round of throwing (zoom into, to see the knives in detail).
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The Contests

There were more than 25 participants, it was the biggest thrower's meeting in Europe at all until now. The contests were conducted straight forwardly and very disciplined, so that everything could be done on one day. The organization was again enhanced compared to the last years.

Nadin throwing. You can see the row of targets. At seven targets, seven participant threw at once.
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Scene from the watchers area.
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Holzfäller Jack. With his legendary axe long range throw, he did not start at 6 meter, as all others. He just went to 16 meter and ... whamm! His concurrents were shocked. None of them hoped for the first place any more.
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A lady throwing long range with the huge Gränsfors double bladed. The movie shows her whole body bend back and forth, fully concentrated, to bring that heavy device on its trayectory. Real power!
(Foto/Movie # 055)   See Videoclip
(You can download a viewer e.g. at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download)

Family photo.
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The Results

The next day

Sunday, August 31rd 2003, this was a historic day then, there happened the foundation of the European Throwing Club Flying Blades (see chapter "Thrower's Meeting (Eurothrowers) - Invitation").

Foundation meeting of the European Throwing Club.
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Franz with the foundation paper ... and a knife of course. Grin.
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Last not least

Press echo

Article in the Messer-Magazin December/January 2004, page 10
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Again, a really cool meeting this was!

Your Franz Virtual

Supplement: The Photo-Album 45 photos on 5 sheets, including 2 video clips

© 2003 by Norbert C. Maier   # 20030906.1201