Have you ever thrown axes? Neither had I until now!

I enjoy the Chamber of Commerce events for the networking and relationship building with the other business owners around this small town. There is a new chapter of the chamber called the Young Professionals who are breaking the mold and ushering in a new generation of business people with unique events. The latest one was an evening heaving sharp tools at bulls eyes.

A different business has recently opened up its doors here and it is a lot of fun. The owner is a great person with a background in real estate including owning the plaza where Stratford Axes https://www.stratfordaxes.ca/ lives. You can see from that site that they are a prime candidate for our Digital Marketing services and you will hopefully see a post from @town-crier if things go well. In the meantime, the facebook folks can see the info here https://www.facebook.com/stratfordaxethrowing/

The event started with a session for networking, food, drinks and a chance to work in groups and design a fictitious business to present to the group. We instantly built a business around a christmas decorating company that strings your lights, builds your nativity scenes, inflatables, and won't stop til your house can be seen from space like the Griswalds. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097958/

After waivers were signed, the owner gave us the tutorial and enough info to inspire us to start throwing.

Some were hesitant but everyone gave it a try seeing that the demonstrator was a 13-year old girl who was damn good at it. If she could do it, the young professionals can at least try.

Amazingly few rules including not stepping past the black line unless you are throwing, and no fetching your axe unless there is nobody throwing in the lane next to you.

As it generally does, things got competitive and we all played kind of a horse game. Each team had to hit 2 bulls eyes, 4 1s, 2s, 3,s and 4s.

It really did end up being fun and there was constant laughter and a bit of trash talk.

I must admit I did more picture taking than axe throwing but it was quite fun. Our team didn't end up winning as far as I know but learning something new and getting some business networking done over a couple beers was victory enough. Plus I can now say that I have thrown axes.

I will definitely go back. First of all to support a new small local business. Maybe to host an event for our business to celebrate our clients. Definitely going to bring the kids as they will like it and really enjoy seeing themselves as extreme and adventurous. Ax doesn't fall far from the tree I guess.

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Have you been to your local ax throwing joint?