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The Chucker 2004

RESULTS

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When I first started to have the Chucker Events, four years ago, it was just for my friends and locals to see if I could get any of them interested in knife throwing. Well, it seems I have succeeded beyond my wildest expectations. We inducted four new Chuckers at the Chucker 2004!

Hunter and David Moffitt
David Moffitt and his son Hunter have been diligently practicing to win, David even had his Bob Karp knives powder coated blue to intimidate and dazzle his opponents.

Ron and Ben Horvitz
We also welcomed Ron Horvitz to the Chuckers. (His son Ben is on his right). After last year's tournament Ron bought a set of throwing knives and set up a range in his back yard. He's got the knife throwing "bug."

Dallas Kitchen, the newest San Diego Chucker
And finally, Dallas Kitchen was inducted as a San Diego Chucker. He's only been throwing for 3 months and he's already nipping on the heels of the other Chuckers. Watch out for Dallas! Many of the new throwers have come to the Chuckers from Scott Gracia's web site. If you haven't registered on his Local Throwers Page you should. Through The Great Throwzini web site I have met numerous throwers who really are competitors and most importantly, they became my friends.

1st Place Chucker and current Tomahawk Champ 2nd Place at The Chucker
Here's just a sampling of what the San Diego Chuckers have accomplished. Micah Posada has won or placed in the top three in numerous tournaments, Daniel Clark has garnered numerous trophies and awards, including 1st place in Chucker 2003 and Todd Abrams always has surprises up his sleeve, placing first in many specialty events.

This year's Chucker 2004 had 14 REAL competitors. The Chucker 2004 consisted of two knife and two "ninja" weapon events. Knives are thrown at 8' and 12' and the "ninja" weapons are thrown at 8' and 12'. Next year we will drop the "ninja" weapons and throw knives and tomahawks from the more standard distances in order to attract even more competitors.

Micah Posada was a man possessed. He threw 199 out of a possible 240. That means 83% of the time he hit the bullseye! Sixty percent is very good, 83% is phenomenal!

Todd Abrams, Micah Posada, Anthony and Dano Clark... Just kicking back and taking a break
Daniel Clark, last year's champion threw a very respectable 182 and Todd Abrams was third with a 165. Dallas Kitchen was close behind with a 161. All the other scores are listed below.

Spears 1st Place finisher, Hunter Moffitt
This year we also threw the 7' Samburu Spear by Cold Steel. Since many of us will be going to the Cold Steel Challenge in late September I figured the competitors could use the practice with this monster spear. Micah was hot in this event also, although he was not hot enough. A new thrower, Hunter Moffitt, snatched victory in the spear throw. Proving that youth and strength can prevail - sometimes. Congratulations, Hunter!

3rd Place Overall, 1st Place with Blowgun - Todd Abrams
As an added treat this year we also had a blowgun contest won by Todd Abrams. Since blowguns are illegal in California, (I'm sure you have read about our daily drive-by blowgunnings), we felt compelled to have the contest. Everyone had a great time, that must be why they are illegal - they're too much fun. Our target was "Woody" the woodchuck.

I think Woody The Woodchuck was much happier before this event started
Woody is actually a full size archery target. Two "blowers" sat or stood at 18' and let loose with 30 darts. Dallas Kitchen and Todd Abrams put on a wonderful demonstration of hand/eye coordination. When the dust had cleared Todd Abrams won by three points, 41-38. Todd is also the same guy who borrowed a quick draw gun and holster from guys who practice all year for the Wild West Arts Show in Las Vegas and beat them to win the Quick Draw contest in Las Vegas this year.

James McKinley 'arguing' with Carl about a score, and Chuck Fogarty in the background
It was a great afternoon, everyone won at least two raffle prizes, the chili dogs were great thanks to the culinary skills of James "Mad Dog" McKinley, and we were blessed with another visit from the tournament's namesake, Chuck Forgarty. Chuck came to Chucker this year even though he is in the middle of moving to his new house in Syracuse, IN. That's dedication to knife throwing!

THE SCORES:

Micah Posada - 199
Daniel Clark - 182
Todd Abrams - 164
Dallas Kitchen - 161
David Moffitt - 146
Ron Horvitz - 133
Hunter Moffitt - 107
Chuck Fogarty - 107
Andrew Woodfine - 102
Ben Horvitz - 94
Fred Caminite - 77
Andre Caminite - 64
James "Mad Dog" McKinley - 46
Steve Norquist - 35 (Blowgun only)

Here we have Ben, Ron and Hunter showing off the calluses on their thumbs from throwing so often :-)
Notice all the Father/Son teams. It was great to see the fathers interacting and bonding with their sons.

If the rumors are true that the WWAC event in Las Vegas is moving to Oklahoma, we will be changing the format of the Chucker to be more competitive in the future and make the Chucker 2005 a world-class event. We will throw from 8' to 21' and have money purses for the winners of the events. I'm currently negotiating with a gun range to have the Chucker 2005 on their property in order to handle larger crowds.

Life is Good!

Article Contributed By:

Carl Geddes
"San Diego Chuckers"
San Diego, CA

Congratulations to everyone who participated!









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