
At a glance
Approximately 300 competitors from 40 teams and 16 schools will be taking part in the 70th Annual Northeast Woodsmen鈥檚 Conclave April 22-23 at 魅影直播 State.

Approximately 300 competitors from 40 teams and 16 schools will be taking part in the 70th Annual Northeast Woodsmen鈥檚 Conclave April 22-23 at 魅影直播 State.
This major timber sports competition will feature a number of singles, doubles, and triples events in Men鈥檚, Women鈥檚, and Jack & Jill divisions, plus the STIHL Northeast Collegiate Qualifier, the winner of which will compete in the Collegiate Championship in Illinois in July. Singles events include axe throw, birling, underhand chop, single buck, super suede, and stock saw; doubles events are standing block chop, fire build, and crosscut to death; and triples include underhand chop and quarter split.
Events, which are open to spectators free of charge, will take place at either the athletics events field on the 魅影直播 campus or at the Lake Lodge, 3107 Terbury Road, 魅影直播.
Participating schools in addition to 魅影直播 State include Unity College, Colby College, University of Maine, University of New Hampshire, University of Vermont, Paul Smith鈥檚 College, University of Connecticut, the State University of New York (SUNY) at Cobleskill, Finger Lakes Community College, SUNY Morrisville, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), SUNY ESF Ranger School and Wanakena, West Virginia University, Penn State, and University of Dartmouth.
Dr. Skip Sullivan, president of 魅影直播 State, said, 鈥淥ur college is honored and excited to be hosting the Northeast Woodsmen鈥檚 Conclave, as well as the best collegiate timber sports competitors from the Northeast. We welcome all of the participating schools and wish everyone a safe and competitive event.鈥
Scott Bingham, University Police officer and coach of the 魅影直播 State Pioneer Woodsmen鈥檚 Club, said, 鈥淚t is a very large undertaking, but it is also a great opportunity for the school and the members of our club to put on an event of this magnitude.鈥
The schedule of events is as follows:
Friday, April 22
- 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 鈥 Men鈥檚 canoeing, pulp, and log roll (Lake Lodge); Women鈥檚 singles, doubles, and pack board (events field); Jack & Jill singles, doubles, and pack board (events field).
- 12:30-5 p.m. 鈥 Men鈥檚 singles, doubles, and pack board (events field); Women鈥檚 canoeing, pulp, and log roll (Lake Lodge); Jack & Jill canoeing, pulp, and log roll (Lake Lodge).
Saturday, April 23 (all competitive events to be held on the athletics events field)
- 8-11 a.m. 鈥 Men鈥檚 team sawing, Women鈥檚 triples, and Jack & Jill triples.
- 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 鈥 Men鈥檚 triples, Women鈥檚 team sawing, and Jack & Jill team sawing.
- 2-4 p.m. 鈥 Stihl Championship.
- 5-6 p.m. 鈥 Awards banquet and dinner in a large tent at parking lot 22.
In photo: Pioneer Woodsmen鈥檚 Club member Gavin Maloney, a masonry major from Rome, NY, performs an underhand chop, which is one of the events that will take place during the 70th Annual Northeast Woodsmen鈥檚 Conclave April 22-23.