ABOUT STIHL TIMBERSPORTS®
This rapidly-growing sport is based on a series of disciplines using axes and saws where the aim of the game is to chop and saw through huge logs in the quickest times.
The Team World Championship takes place on Friday 18 October at the Echo Arena Liverpool where 'the Chopperoos' from Australia will look to regain the World Championship, after they lost out to Poland in the semi-final of 2017. Australia had won the previous three World Championships in a row so losing their crown to eventual winners, New Zealand, in 2017.
The Team Championship is a real test of timing – teams consist of four athletes who complete one discipline each in a relay. The Australians only lost out on a place in the 2017 final after one of their team started his discipline before the last blow of the axe in the previous discipline. This resulted in a 15-second time penalty for the Australians, allowing their Polish opponents to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
The British Team for the World Championship will be selected depending on their performances at the 2018 British Championship, which will take place on Saturday 4 August at BBC Countryfile Live at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, so the competitors will be going all out for the chance to be selected to represent their country in Liverpool.
Also up for grabs, depending on their performance in August, will be the opportunity to be selected as the British representative in the Individual World Championship, which will take place on Saturday 19 October. The Individual Championship lets the competitors show off their strength when they take on all six TIMBERSPORTS® disciplines in separate rounds. Athletes earn points depending on their time in each discipline and the overall winner is the athlete with the most points after all six events, similar to the cumulative points tally used in a heptathlon or decathlon.
BE A PART OF THE ACTION
Want in on the action? Well, you're in luck! STIHL are giving away two huge prizes that will enable you to witness the event in style with friends and family.
First Prize
VIP package for the winner and seven friends, including:
- • Accommodation in Liverpool on Friday 19 October and Saturday 20 October
- • VIP tickets for both nights of the Stihl TIMBERSPORTS®World Championships at the Echo Arena Liverpool
- • Behind-the-scenes tour of the TIMBERSPORTS®World Championship
- • £1000 of spending money
Second Prize
VIP package for the winner and three friends, including:
- • Accommodation in Liverpool on Friday 19 October and Saturday 20 October
- • VIP tickets for both nights of the Stihl TIMBERSPORTS®World Championships at the Echo Arena Liverpool
- • Behind-the-scenes tour of the TIMBERSPORTS®World Championship
- • £250 of spending money
HOW TO ENTER
To enter, simply submit a photo of yourself with an item from the limited edition 2018 Stihl TIMBERSPORTS® World Championship merchandise (available now at Sam Turner's). Your entry photo must include at least one item of limited edition Stihl TIMBERSPORTS® World Championship merchandise (either the t-shirt, hoodie, cap or chainsaw guide bar). Head here to enter the competition.
Please note, entries close at 23:59 on August 31st, 2018. Participants must be 18 years or older. Good luck!