Lumberjacks outchopped at 49th woodsmen event
By Earl Zukerman
STE. ANNE DE BELLEVUE, Que. -- Lumberjacks from UNB and the Nova
Scotia Agricultural College captured their respective men’s and
women’s divisions at the 49th annual McGill intercollegiate
woodsmen competition last weekend.
The event, which attracted eight men’s teams and six on the women’s
side, was held in -27 degrees Celsius temperatures (with the wind
chill factor) and took place on Watson Field at McGill’s Macdonald
Campus in suburban Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Que., last
Saturday.
The McGill lumberjills finished second overall, with top
performances from Sonya Meganck, a freshman from Dundee, Que., who
won the axe throw.
The duo of Elina Tupamaki, a bio-resource engineering freshman from
Finland and Beth Grant, a sophomore from Athelstan, Que., paired up
to win the underhand chop. McGill also placed first in the Swede
saw team event.
The Martlets captured five second-place results – chain saw, single
buck, water boil, and pulp throw – in addition to five third-place
finishes.
On the men’s side, McGill had a somewhat disappointing fourth-place
standing. Their best performance came from Ben Nichols, a farm
management technology sophomore from Compton, Que., who was second
in the axe throw. The Redmen also posted five third-place
finishes.
UNB’s A-team won the men’s category with 1,266.23 points, to finish
ahead of Sir Sanford Fleming College (1,145.94), a UNB “B” squad
(957.269), McGill (946.583), NSAC (833.899), a “B” team from SSFC
(704.463), Dartmouth (678.217) and Algonquin College
(601.048).
On the women’s side, NSAC topped the standings with 1149.11 points,
followed by McGill (1,057.09), SSFC (948.862), UNB (922.482), a “B”
team from NSAC (727.639) and Dartmouth (488.738).
The teams are back to the grindstone again with pre-dawn practices,
gearing up for the last of the Canadian Intercollegiate
Lumberjacking Association woodsmen events, slated to be held at the
NSAC campus in Truro, N.S., Feb. 14.
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
514-398-7012