Timberfest

Timberfest 2015

Results

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Photos

All photos taken by Jeremy Stovall

SFA News

A group of 16 ATCOFA and SFA students traveled to Sheridan, Arkansas to compete in the collegiate portion of the 32nd Annual Arkansas State Lumberjack competition. We competed against the University of Arkansas, Monticello in five physical events, winning four of them and taking the overall championship. Detailed results are below. ATCOFA alumnus and Arkansas State House of Representatives member Ken Bragg officiated the competition, which was organized by ATCOFA alumnus Karl Hansen among others. This group represented our College well, and were very professional.

1st – Crosscut – Kaitlyn Yates & Kirbee Bowman – Due to a rule difference from Conclave, we were allowed to let our women’s team compete against UAM’s men’s team. They won handily in a time of 9.78 seconds versus 14.55 seconds for UAM.

1st – Jack & Jill Crosscut – Kirbee Bowman & Zack Ovelgonne – Kirbee and Zack’s time of 10.84 seconds on a 11 inch round sweetgum came in 3rd overall, and bested UAM’s time of 11.16 seconds.

1st – Single Buck – Zack Ovelgonne – Zack cut in a time of 21.59 seconds, coming in 5th overall, ahead of UAM at 29.95 seconds.

1st – Axe Throw – Sean Hoes – Sean scored 8 points, and narrowly missed the bull’s eye (a full can of seltzer), beating out UAM with 5 points.

2nd – Underhand Chop – Ellart ‘Dutch’ Vreugdenhil – With only a week’s practice, Dutch split the 11 inch sweetgum round in 3:11, short of UAM’s time of 1:46.

Beyond the team’s strong performance, ATCOFA and Sylvans alumni Chelsea Lopez and Cade Smith were in attendance and decided at the last minute to enter Jack & Jill Crosscut. Despite not having cut together in 3 years, never having cut in a competition together, and not practicing at all, Chelsea and Cade won the event with a time of 8.74 seconds.

Other students on the team in Arkansas included Devin Assenheimer, John Burns, Christian Deleon, Jamie Hooker, Austin McGuffie, Maggie O’Neil, David Peterson, Tanner Simmons, Logan Springs, Jacob Wood, and Jonathan Younger.

Notes

Thanks to the fine folks at Timberfest in Sheridan, Arkansas for inviting the Sylvans to compete each year!

Competitions generally use lathed sweetgum rounds, with sizes apparent in the photos. Time starts with a signal rather than when the teeth of the saw move. Teams may enter either two women or two men in double-buck crosscut sawing. A starter cut is used for single buck usually. Axe throw has more scoring rings than at Conclave, with a seltzer can that must be popped for a bullseye to count. Competitors get four throws, top three count. Bowsaw (some years) is on a lower cant holder than Conclave. Scoring awards 5 points for a winning team, 4 for second place, etc. regardless of number of colleges competing. Otherwise rules are very similar to Conclave.