Axe throwing

[13] Throughout the early 21st Century, these hobby throwers began to form clubs, establish ranges, and organise competitions.

[15] In Europe, the EuroThrowers[16] throwing club also organised World Championships and other international meetings, helping to draw axe and knife throwers together from: Russia, Czech Republic, France, Great Britain, Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, Finland, Latvia, Sweden, and the USA.

[19][20] The Backyard Axe Throwing League (BATL) organisation opened their first commercial axe throwing venue in Sterling Street, Toronto in 2011[21] and then a second in Villiers St, in the Toronto Port Lands in 2013, which still operates today.

Some adhered to the WATL and IATF rules and stuck firmly to running competitive leagues.

[30] Others developed games software that was projected on to the targets and offered a more social environment, often accompanied by selling food and drink.

For competition in rural and remote areas, the GPS location for the event should be reported in the case of first responders being needed.

For example, when playing IATF classic league matches, the majority of the blade in the board counts but in the WATL it is enough to touch the line to have a point.

There are two main sizes of axes used in the leagues: small (600 and 800 g (21 and 28 oz)) for normal rounds and big (1 and 1.5 kg (2.2 and 3.3 lb)) for "tiebreakers".

The rules of IATF allow to play only axes with wooden handles, WATL does not have any restrictions.