ALAPOK
At
last! On the 26th of September 2015 the events of the Rigac Cup knife and axe
throwing championship were held for the very first time in
The first foreign thrower already arrived on
Tuesday evening, the others began to arrive around Friday noon, and immediately took possession of the five training target groups, specially
built and set for the events. The
additional 7 other target groups were reserved for
the next day. Due to the clearly impending rain,
finally even those who had been planning some camping chose the
comfort of the local accommodation. Overcoming the natural linguistic
difficulties, soon everyone had his/her own trustworthy interpreter. We tried to improve the atmosphere
with a little bit ;) of brandy,
and to settle the empty stomachs with a little bit ;) of
goulash.
On Saturday morning, each competitor had to
officially register for the competition, and after the mayor's
official opening the practice session for the
competition began, followed by the competition itself. Unfortunately,
some of the training targets soon
became unusable in the drizzling rain, so all the
competition targets had to be used
in parallel: as soon as a thrower
has completed the current event, the arbiters immediately
called the next competitor
or sent the thrower currently present
for the next event. So, instead of the originally planned 2 pm, the
standard events could already be finished by around noon,
and we could start with the complex events combining five distances. After
the official award ceremony, the evening was dedicated to a hearty dinner.
Podium results:
Knife 3
m:
1. Josef Velecky „Pepíno”, CZ
2. Karel Stepanek „Hejkal”, CZ
3. Michal Vysata „Deda”, CZ
Knife 5 m:
1. Kirill Gusliakov, RU
2. Michal Vysata „Deda”, CZ
3. Igor Gorbunov, RU
Knife 7 m:
1. Michal Vysata „Deda”, CZ
2. Milan Novak, CZ
3. Merezhko Alexander, RU
Knife overall:
1. Michal Vysata „Deda”, CZ
2. Milan Novak, CZ
3. Kirill Gusliakov, RU
Axe 4 m:
1. Karel Stepanek „Hejkal”, CZ
2. Apostagi József, CZ
3. Michal Vysata „Deda”, CZ
Axe 5 m:
1. Milan Novak, CZ
2. Josef Velecky „Pepíno”, CZ
3. Apostagi József, CZ
Axe 7 m:
1. Josef Velecky „Pepíno”, CZ
2. Apostagi József, CZ
3. Karel Stepanek „Hejkal”, CZ
Axe overall:
1. Josef Velecky „Pepíno”, CZ
2. Milan Novak, CZ
3. Apostagi József, CZ
Knife + axe total:
1. Milan Novak, CZ
2. Josef Velecky „Pepíno”, CZ
3. Karel Stepanek „Hejkal”, CZ
Knife Walk Back:
1. Michal Vysata „Deda”, CZ
2. Milan Novak, CZ
3. Cermák Jan „Botas”, CZ
Axe Walk Back:
1. Josef Velecky „Pepíno”, CZ
2. Michal Vysata „Deda”, CZ
3. Milan Novak, CZ
Final totals:
1. Milan Novak, CZ
2. Michal Vysata „Deda”, CZ
3. Josef Velecky „Pepíno”, CZ
Detailed results: here!
The title of “best thrower of
Alsómocsolád” was won by István Óbert. He received a special prize.
Thank you for the KARDKER WEBSHOP, the EZKES KNIFE AND OUTDOOR WEBSHOP, the NN MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS AND FINE STEEL GOODS
LTD. and the Acélfullánk on-line KNIFESTORE
for their knife and axe offerings, which were distributed among the
participants, as well as for the local businessmen Roland Hörnyéki and Dezső Pandur for their special
help without which the organizing
of the competition would have been much more difficult.
Special thanks to each dedicated and conscientious member of the voluntary team who
greatly facilitated the preparation and the conducting of
the competition!
Congratulations to all the contestants! We
wish them diligent practicing and
good luck in the future!