Author Alex Hutchinson

  On a visit to Long Island your author Alex and his daring partner Irisrose visited NY Axe. NY Axe is a chain of throwing venues spread across the Island but this location was at 325 Main Street in Huntington. This beautiful town in the north central part of the Island has a very popular nightlife and it showed with a thriving crowd of enthusiastic customers. Almost every lane was full including a bachelor party who was enjoying food and drinks at the bar. Upon entering we were greeted by Danny Simone, one of the owners who was thrilled to meet throwers who were more than "Casual." Wearing my Longhouse Axe shirt and carrying a backpack of Axes he was fascinated to hear about our experiences in throwing competitions and our participation in the World Axe Throwing League. We were more than happy to indulge and gave as much information as he wanted. NY Axe has weekly recreational leagues but they are definitely interested in joining the larger world of competitive throwing.  We

  Despite the cloudy gloom of New England weather it was a bright and shiny day for throwers from LongHouse Axe as they took on all competitors at the ThroWell Amateur Tournament in Lowell, MA. This WATL Tier 2 tournament was one of the few that allowed for a fully Amateur Hatchet competition. This rare designation brought in athletes from as far away as North Carolina to see if they had what it takes to call themselves Champion. The LongHouse Four - Alex Hutchinson, Catherine Dowie, Jeff Coulton and Dan Middendorf together accumulated a total of 15 wins. Catherine, Jeff and Dan all took wins in A bracket before being knocked down to B but again they climbed back through the fray to take prominent positions. Catherine's run was the most impressive of the day being the only person to battle through 8 matches with 6 wins and scoring over 900 points. Her 2 losses were against fellow LongHouse throwers Jeff & Alex, both were epic matches. On the next day of competition Jeff would g