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262543 Tom Dugan <tom_dugan@h...> 2017‑06‑23 About all those axes you have stashed in the garage ...
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"After a soft opening June 10, Valhalla is accepting both scheduled competitions
and walk-ins at 6781 U.S. Route 30 during the hours of noon to 10 p.m Tuesday
through Saturday. It’s hosting a grand opening next Saturday.


For $20, you can throw as many axes as you want in an hour. Groups of six are
$100 for an hour or $200 for 2½ hours, with $35 for each additional person. Ms.
Metz said they don’t recommend groups larger than six for one-hour events.


“You’re not going to get the full experience,” she said.


The range will also host league nights, in which ax throwers can compete once a
week for eight weeks. At the end, the winner will be crowned the Ax King or
Queen and be awarded $1,000.

...

In Canada, the Backyard Axe Throwing League — or BATL for short — has been
gaining traction since its founding in 2006, growing to more than 1,500 members
by 2016. In the United States as well, indoor ax throwing has garnered a wealth
of recent attention. Urban Axes, a league based in Philadelphia (with plans to
open in Baltimore, Cincinnati and Austin), has recruited between 90 and 120
members since its inception last year, the National Axe Throwing Federation
claims on its website.

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etc.


But really, who amongst us hasn't already chucked an ax or two?

-T

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