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Newsletter: Issue #101 by Scott Gracia sgracia@wi.rr.com http://www.throwzini.com Number of Subscribers: 13, 213+ ================================================= A Few Words from Our Sponsor . . . Throw Like a Pro in 7 Days -- Guaranteed! This is the video everyone is raving about. You'll learn the inside tips and secrets for sticking practically anything with a point on it. Guaranteed to improve your throwing while having a lot of fun. Visit: http://www.throwzini.com/tgt_video.html ================================================= IN THIS ISSUE 1. What's New 2. Fun, Fun, Fun At The Moose Trax Open Throw - by Jack Harrill 3. This Week's Featured Products 4. Advertise With Us 5. Got a Question or Suggestion? 6. Contact Info/Reprint Guidelines ================================================= 1. What's New Hi Throwers, I recently returned from almost a 3 week trip! It was the greatest time I've ever had! I flew to Pennsylvania to meet some friends and attend the WWAC event in Netcong, NJ. Then I flew home for a few days and met back up with them in Maine for a week of Smallmouth Bass fishing! 150 fish in 3 days and a 6lb "Smally" was caught and released by my buddy Shane Darrah... It was HUGE-ONIC! :-) And then my friend Joe decided I should try deep sea fishing so we headed for New Jersey and went out Blue fishing about 10 miles out in the Atlantic until 2:30am! Man those fish battle, its almost like they don't want to get caught? :-) EVENT RESULTS ROCKY MOUNTAIN KNIFE AND TOMAHAWK ALLIANCE RESULTS Here are some quick scores from Mike Kolisch's Rocky Mountain Knife and Tomahawk Alliances latest event that took place in Creede, CO: MEN'S PRO - Knife and Hawks Scores Combined (Aggregate) 1st Johnny Poole - 198pts 2nd Bob Pile - 192pts 3rd Moses - 162pts 4th Mike Kolisch - 155pts 5th Chuck Weems - 149pts 6th Jim Tanner - 135pts WOMEN'S PRO (Aggregate) 1st Anna Poole - 141pts 2nd Erica Weems - 109pts 3rd Lynda Kolisch - 92pts JUNIOR'S (Aggregate) 1st Brooke Tiley - 57pts 2nd Rachel Kolisch - 41pts 3rd Kody V. - 38pts 4th Bethney Kolisch - 38pts 5th Kacie Leggitt - 10pts PEEWEE'S (Aggregate) 6th Mikayla Kolisch - 2pts NETCONG, NEW JERSEY WWAC EVENT I was lucky enough to see this event up close with a few friends. I flew into Philadelphia, PA before the event and met Tim Jester, from Houston, TX. He had also flown in for the event and to hang out. We were both picked up (in a limo!) by Joe Darrah and Mike Bainton. Both are champion knife throwers and 2 of greatest people I've been lucky enough to call friends... You guys are the "shizzle" :-) Anyway, I got to meet lots of throwers, there were old friends, and soon to be new ones. Big thanks to everyone for making it happen. Like the folks at the WWAC, Thomi Hawk, Cowboy Larry and I'm sure there are more that I'm forgetting. And also a big congrats to all those who observed or participated. I was the score keeper for the event with Sue and Shiloh Darrah on back up checking my 'rithmetic. Che Che WhiteCloud was also in attendance and "cheered" the throwers on with the rest of us! Mike Bainton from bakido.com took 1st place, Damon Wilson took 2nd, and my buddy Tim Jester took 3rd in his first ever competition! Some of the other throwers who showed up were Ed "The SlugMan" Imperatore from South Jersey, Miodrag Cirkovic, Joe McCollough, Ethan Ramsey (aka Lightning) and Tim Valentine from the "Sticking Point" Web Site! It was a fun day, thanks to all of you for making it that way! That's all for now. Have fun throwing and be safe! Beware of flying metal! :-) Scott Gracia 101 FREE KNIFE THROWING TIPS http://www.throwzini.com AOL USERS LINK LOCAL THROWERS If you are looking for local people to learn from or just hang out with and throw sharp pieces of metal, then this is the place for you. You never know, there could be another thrower that lives right down the street! Currently there are 200 throwers listed in 42 states, and 19 different countries! And more people are signing up all the time! Soon you'll be able to throw with someone where ever you go! Follow this link for more details or to see if there are any throwers that live in your neighborhood: http://www.throwzini.com/local_throwers.html AOL USERS LINK Thanks again to everyone that submitted their info/pics!!! ================================================= 2. GUEST COLUMN FUN, FUN, FUN AT THE MOOSE TRAX OPEN THROW By Jack Harrill - Moose Trax Forge Well, you probably want the scores, but they are nothing compared to the day we had. Once again, I would like to thank my son Isaiah and the landowners, Terry and Jerry Barlow for everything they did. This event would not have happened without a tremendous amount of work on their parts. The event was in four parts. There was a range throw, a woodswalk, a combat course and an "anything throw". (As an interesting note, Joe Darrah was the only one that had to try to stick the horse bit :-) The range consisted of 20 throws with the knife and 10 throws with a hawk. The maximum score for each throw was 2 points for the bullseye and 1 for a stick in the other part of the target. The maximum possible score was 60 points. The woodswalk consisted of 15 separate stations. There were 24 throws with one station that allowed as many implements to be thrown as was possible in the time allowed. All of the targets were worth one point. Consequently, there was a 24 point maximum. The combat course had 9 stations and 12 targets. All of the targets on this course had both a head and torso. The heads counted for 2 and the torso counted for one. Max. score for this was 24 points. The anything throw consisted of 6 throws. There were no actual throwing tools available for the throwers. There was a random drawing of numbers to start the process and then all the implements for throwing were calculated using my secret formula. There were 15 different items to be thrown. Maximum score for each throw was 2 points. The total for this section was 12. The top three scores belonged to: Joe Darrah - 49 Ed Imperatore - 33 Ray Hamilton - 24 Joe won a hand forged custom thrower. DP Ed selected a hand forged skinner. Ray won a tomahawk, which he promptly turned upside down on the handle. The other folks that participated were: Nick Salvati, Herb Taggart, Tristan Elric Taggart, Alan Tidd (The Sarge) and Galen Mayhew. The folks that came were awesome. We had a goodly amount of folks watching as well. Everyone laughed together and cried together. (Actually, all I did was laugh). It is always amazing how much help and support the competitors give each other. No matter what the station or how everyone did, the sportsmanship was just stellar. I guess that it is just a part of this sport. Herb, Sarge and I all had our kids there. It is an activity that is "family friendly". It was an honor to participate with a group of this caliber. Isaiah and I had a great time setting up the stations and running the event. I still have not been to another event, but am sure that this one is unique to the way things are done in New England. Again, to everyone that came to the event or encouraged us, Thank You! If anyone has any specific questions, please contact me off list and I will try to get you an answer. Jack and Isaiah Harrill Moose Trax Forge Here are a few words about the event from competitor Joe Darrah: "Some (most) of the targets had branches hanging in the way of the targets, those that didn't had to be thrown weak handed (opposite than you usually throw with). Those that seemed simple as you approached had to be thrown at either from a tree stand, a tunnel, over something, under something or while standing on one foot on a rain soaked, slick log or tree stump. Like I said they don't call 'em "Maineiacs" for nothin! " "Then it got hard, throwing from a rope bridge, the top of ladders, off a moving horse, hanging in a tree upside down from a repelling harness, swinging from a tree on a tarzan swing and throwing, and even throwing on the run at a couple of targets... it was a beautiful thing!" ============================================= 3. This Week's Featured Products! Throw Like a Pro in 7 Days -- Guaranteed! This is the video everyone is raving about. You'll learn the inside tips and secrets for sticking practically anything with a point on it. Guaranteed to improve your throwing while having a lot of fun. Visit: http://www.throwzini.com/tgt_video.html What the Heck Are Those Things??? These inexpensive SKS Bayonets make excellent throwers. They're awesome for 1/2, 1 1/2, and even 2 1/2 spins! Visit: http://www.throwzini.com/sks_bayonet.html The 13.5" Dragon Knife A truly awesome handle or blade thrower! This knife was designed so you can use the same grip whether you're holding it by the blade for 'half' spins, or the handle for throwing 'full' spins. Check out our special discount offers. Visit: http://www.throwzini.com/13_5dragdesc.html Frontier Throwing Hawk Whether you want to throw at your favorite log round, or chop some firewood, this hawk will work great! It can be thrown in any event and also in the Rendezvous or Mountainman competitions. Visit: http://www.throwzini.com/frontier_hawks.html Firestone SportAxe The design of this axe was inspired by a Viking ship builder's axe found in a grave that dated back to the year 800 BC. Visit: http://www.throwzini.com/firestone_axe.html **Access details for all of our products by visiting the Great Throwzini Web Site Store.** http://www.throwzini.com/store.html ============================================= 4. ADVERTISE WITH US Run an ad in this newsletter and expose your business to over 13, 213+ potential customers! Send an e-mail to sgracia@wi.rr.com with "NEWSLETTER AD" in the Subject line, for more details. You'll also receive a FREE REPORT, 12 Sure-Fire Ways to Get Maximum Response to Your Ads. ================================================= 5. Got a Question or Suggestion? If you have any questions about throwing that you would like answered in one of our upcoming issues, or if you have an article or story about throwing that you would like to share, simply send an e-mail to: sgracia@wi.rr.com with SUBJECT FOR NEWSLETTER in the Subject Line, and your name, state and question in the body. ================================================= 6. Copyright 1999-2004, Scott Gracia, The Great Throwzini. Reprint permission granted in part or whole when the following credit appears in full: Reprinted with permission from Scott Gracia's The Great Throwzini Newsletter. 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