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Meetings and contests

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There are many meetings and contests where one can meet fellow knife- and axe-throwers. Throwzini has an overview of the meetings in the United States, while Axtwerfen.de and us cover Europe primary. (If you know of any meeting, please send us an email.)
The largest event in Europe has so far always been the Big Throwers Meeting / European Championship.
We also have reports about past meetings.

If you are interested in "throwing" a meeting in your country, or are just curious, join the Eurothrowers mailinglist.

A very important resource are of course are of course the pages of the European Throwing Club "Flying Blades" (Eurothrowers).

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• Knife and Axe Throwing kick off meeting in Kinsau, Germany (June 2001)
  
  
• First Midsummer Throwers Meeting in Pottenstein, Germany (June 2001)
  
  
• First Big Throwers Meeting in Müncheberg/Berlin, Germany (September 2001)
  
  
• Second Midsummer Throwers Meeting in Pottenstein, Germany (June 2002)
  
  
• Second Big Throwers Meeting in Müncheberg/Berlin, Germany (August/September 2002)
  
  
• Third Midsummer Throwers Meeting in Pottenstein, Germany (June 2003)
  
  
• Third Big Throwers Meeting in Müncheberg/Berlin, Germany (August 2003)
  
  
• Fourth Midsummer Throwers Meeting in Pottenstein, Germany (June 2004)
  
  
• First Thrower Meeting in Pullman City, Germany (June 2004)
  
  
• First Big Thrower Meeting near Bayonne, France (October 2004)
  
  
• First Thrower Meeting near Marseilles, France (April 2005)
  
  
• Fifth Midsummer Throwers Meeting in Pottenstein, Germany (June 2005)
  
  
• Second Big Thrower Meeting in Pullman City, Germany (October 2005)
  
  
• Sixth Midsummer Throwers Meeting in Pottenstein, Germany (June 2006)
  
  
• First Big Throwers Meeting in Grenoble, France (September 2006)
  
  
• Thrower meeting (many events) in Kladno, Czech Republic (May 2007)
  
  
• Third Thrower Meeting in Pullman City, Germany (August 2007)
  
  
• Seventh Big European Thrower Meeting, Erlangen, Germany (September 2007)
  
  
• Thrower meeting with 100 participants, Moscow, May 2008
  
  
• Eighth Midsummer Throwers Meeting in Pottenstein, Germany (June 2008)
  
  
• First French Knife Throwing Championship near Marseilles, France (June 2008)
  
  
• First Ranch throwers meeting in St. Roman, Austria (July 2008)
  
  
• Eighth Big European Throwers Meeting, in Chomutov, Czech Republic (September 2008)
  
  
• First May Throwers Meeting, Kacice, Czech Republic (May 2009)
  
  
• Ninth Big European Throwers Meeting, in Villeflambeau, France (September 2009)
  
  
• Thrower Meetings in Russia, Summary 2009
  
  

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To promote the exchange between axe- and knife throwers in Europe, the European Throwing Club Flying Blades (Eurothrowers) has established the "Big Throwers Meeting / European Championship". Every year, a different meeting in a different European country is designated to bear this title, the event is traditionally scheduled to be the annual meeting place for throwers from all over Europe.

If you are interested in organising a meeting in your country, do not hesitate to contact us, the club will give you all the assistance he can.

In 2008, the event was held in Chomutov / Czech Republic, in 2009 in Villeflambeau, France, and in 2010 we will meet in Maniago, Italy.

Details on the Big Throwers Meeting / European Championship.

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Standard competition rules

In September 2008, representatives from 4 European countries negotiated a common set of competition rules. Those are used in most international European competitions:

Standard European Knife and Axe throwing rules

Since not everything is regulated in all detail, additional rules apply. For example in Germany, the following rules are used in addition to the standard ones:

• For double-edged axes, only sticks with handle down count.
• A target setup normally consists of three painted tree rounds, which have to be thrown at in a clockwise manner. After three throws, the arbiter takes the score and brings the knives or axes back to the thrower.
• All that exceeds the things laid out in the standard are up to the organiser of the event to fix.
• If possible, there shall be a separate ranking for women.

With the experiences from applying the rules in Villeflambeau, consultations with the 4 participating countries are now under way by the EuroThrowers club to change some details of the rules for 2010, for example to include the above comments.