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IKTHOF Calendar
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The
International Knife Throwers Hall of Fame,
Based
in Austin Texas, will host SIX World Championship events
in Austin Texas on November 5th & 6th, 2011.
Saturday, November 5th, we will compete in the Bob Karp (Master of the Blade) Gold Cup Knife tournament a thrower on thrower double elimination match called by professionals the most exciting and action packed knife throwing competition in the world. 2011 will be the first year of the Gold Cup for Tomahawk competition, again a double elimination thrower on thrower intense competition. Tomahawk Throwers from around the world will face off against each other to see who comes out victorious in this one on one competition at the IKTHOF headquarters and home of the International Knife Throwers Hall of Fame. There will be a $500 prize for the Gold Cup Knife competition and $500 for the Gold Cup Hawk competition only one winner takes all in each catagory. 8:30 AM - Throwers meeting. 9:00 AM - Throw begins. Immediately
following the Gold Cup for both Knife and Hawk there will
be a Long distance Knife and Long distance Hawk competition.
Come and compete
with the best of the US and European long distance throwers
for both Knife and Hawk
Sunday, November 6th, begins the World Championship Conventional Knife competition. A five distance throw , three knives per distance. Each Thrower throws on all four of the professional ranges in different lanes for each round to determine the Best Knife Thrower in the World for 2011. 8:30 AM - Throwers meeting. 9:00 AM - Throw begins. Total of 300 points with 60 throws After
lunch the World Championship conventional Tomahawk throw will
take place .
Three tomahawks will will be thrown from 5 distances starting
at one spin, Again all throwers will throw on a different
lane for each round to determine who the Tomahawk World Champion
is for 2011. Total of 300 points with 60 throws.
At
6:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 5th , the awards ceremony will
be held with the Hall of Fame Inductions to follow.
The cost for the banquet dinner is included in the entry fee. For non throwers, the banquet cost is $15.00 per adult, and $12.00 for children. The cost for the competition will be $200 and will cover both days of competition and all six World Championship events. For more information or directions you may contact us at 512-280-0611 or sak@austin.rr.com More
detailed information can be found in the links above.
11th
Big Throwers Meeting / European Championship 2011, 10th/11th
of September, Herrischried, Black Forest, Germany
Four
years after Nürnberg, the meeting is again held in Germany.
The location is in the south-west, close to the French border,
in the beautiful region of the Black Forest. The local organiser
will be Holger Wycisk, who has experience in throwing large
events.
As
usual, the foremost purpose of the throwers meeting is to
bring knife throwers and axe throwers from all over Europe
together, for some days of fun throwing in a very relaxed
atmosphere. To meet friends and make friends. To learn new
throwing tricks. Of course, there will be a competition.
The
region of the Black Forest suggest itself for an extended
stay. Hiking, horse riding, sightseeing, the region is very
friendly and adapted to visitors. If you extend your stay
for a full week, and are in a party mood, you can even visit
the famous Oktoberfest in Munich which starts on the 17th.
As
additional highlight, the finals of the Open German Championship
in Double-Axe Throwing (organised by (external link / new
window)HWS) will be held on site concurrently. So if you ever
wanted to try out the double axe, the experts there will be
more than eager to give you lessons!
All
details concerning rules, your travel and stay will be published
below on this page.
Many
throwers (including our friends from Russia) have already
expressed their wish to come to Herrischried. I would be glad
to meet you there! As usual, if you have any problems in organising
your travel, do not hesitate to contact me.
Christian Thiel
2011
Vic Russell
Hawkins Knife and Tomahawk Throw When: February 19-20, 2011 Where: Hawkins, Texas 75765 From Tyler, take HWY 14 North, 20 miles to Hawkins. Go straight at red light, turn at first left and you'll see the park. Registration is at 8:00 am Saturday. Events start at 9:00 am. Fees: Pro $50 Amateur $40 Juniors $20 Camping is available out of city limitsm firewood and water available for competitors. Come
join the Fun!
Call for Info: 903-769-4845 / 903-497-0564 / 903-769-4322
2012
Spring Fling The
NEUSKTC will be on June 19th-20th,
that
being a Sat-Sun. As usual you're welcome to come early &
stay late even if I do have to get some work done once in
a while :-)
If
anyone thinks that they will be here I'd appreciate a note
or a call to help me get it all in order. The costs are the
same
$100
for throwers, $35 for diners.
Saturday
will be the main knife & hawk events and Sunday will be
mountain
man type games and maybe a few fast draw/distance type games.
(I just wanna see Rebel throw a hawk 87 feet. LoL! Nobody
should be that strong!!)
For
more info contact Ed Imperatore:
NUSKTC
ANNIE
OAKLEY WESTERN ARTS SHOWCASE 2010 IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER
GREENVILLE,
OH – JULY 2010 - Ohio is home to all kinds of performing
arts from
classical
music to bluegrass and ballet to clogging. One highly specialized
group
of performing artists, however, has gone relatively unnoticed
for many
years
– Wild West arena artists.
Wild
West arena arts include age-old skills like lariat artistry,
also known as
`trick
and fancy roping,' precision knife and tomahawk throwing,
western gun
spinning,
fencing, archery and precision whip artistry. These talented
individuals
lecture, perform and teach throughout the year at schools,
libraries,
festivals and at historical events. Many also appear or provide
technical
advice for stage, television and film productions.
In
an effort to perpetuate and promote the Wild West arts in
the Midwest, GLD
Enterprises
& Productions presents the 8th Annual Annie Oakley Western
Arts
Showcase.
Entertainer and writer Gery L. Deer is the founder and director
of the
event,
which is a convention of sorts for practitioners of the western
arts.
"We
started this in 2002 as a whip arts workshop on my family
farm in Jamestown,
Ohio,"
Deer said. "To now be in our eighth season, still performing
on the
grounds
of an event honoring one of our most celebrated western artists,
continues
to be an honor."
The
Annie Oakley Western Arts Showcase is held on the grounds
of the Annie
Oakley
Days festival at the Darke County Fairgrounds in Ohio on the
third
weekend
in July. The Showcase provides authentic Wild West arts entertainment
and
competitions throughout the weekend with honors given out
to the top
performers.
Originally
started as the Ohio Regional convention of the Wild West Arts
Club,
an
organization which has since been discontinued, the event
remains a national
attraction
for knife throwers, lariat artists, gun spinners, western
musicians,
and
whip artists from around the world. Participants attend workshops
and
contests
and participate in public performances throughout the weekend.
They
also
donate their time and talents to local charity events that
are going on
during
the Annie Oakley Days Festival, including the graveside services
remembering
Annie Oakley and her husband Frank Butler.
"These
professional performers are an invaluable cultural and entertainment
resource
and should be utilized more by performing arts groups and
event
promoters,"
said Deer. The event is open to the public and participants
need not
belong
to any kind of club or group to be attend.
In
addition to Deer, who is a well-known whip artist, several
other specialists
of
the various western arts help to manage each area of the event.
Doug Smith,
of
Medway, Ohio, is a world-champion lariat artist, performer,
and instructor.
Kirk
Bass, of Xenia, is a champion thrown weapons competitor and
certified
instructor
with the International Knife Throwers Hall of Fame. The knife
tournement
will be held on Saturday The 24that aprox. 9am range will
open at 8.
THe
range will be open on thursday and Friday for fun, practice
and games. As
well
as after the tournement on saturday. The range will close
on sunday about
12
noon. If you have any questions, please contact me and I will
try my best to
answer
them. kirkmel@...
This
year's awards dinner is also open to the public and will be
hosted by The
Brothers
& Co. Entertainers music and variety show. Well known
for full-length,
Vaudeville-styled
music and comedy, The Brothers & Co. have been doing a
great
deal
of traveling and performing this past year and will be releasing
a new CD
this
fall titled, "Time Capsule."
The
showcase events are highlighted with trivia challenges and
costume contests
for
both participants and the audience. Besides the fun and educational
value of
the
convention, participants also get the opportunity to work
with some of the
best
Wild West artists in the business including "the Whip
Guy" Chris Camp and
whip
artist Robert Dante, author of the new how-to whip book, "Let's
Get
Cracking."
Both Dante and Camp hold world records for whip cracking.
The
2010 Annie Oakley Western Arts Showcase will be Friday through
Sunday, July
23
through July 25 at the Darke County Fairgrounds with a free
performance for
the
public at 7:00 p.m. on Friday in the Fairground Coliseum.
Pre-registration
starts
May 5 and runs through July 21, 2010. Weekend tickets are
$75 per person
for
pre-registration, $100 on site. Awards Dinner Show reservations
are
available
to the public for $20 per person.
Lead
sponsors for this event include GLD Enterprises & Productions
Media Group
and
The Whip Artistry Studio of Jamestown, Ohio. Associate sponsorship
packages
are
now available for advertisers. Detailed information, a tentative
schedule of
events
and links to partner organizations are available at the website.
For
video
clips, photos and more information contact GLD Enterprises
& Productions
Media
Group at (937) 902-4857 or go online to www.ohiowesternarts.org.
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