Everyone’s favorite throwing event is just round the corner and we wanna get everyone in the mood for wood on wood.
On AFC Eve, Friday the 23rd of October join us at the Petersham Bowling Club to chuck some wood, catch up with other chucking enthusiasts and to watch the documentary about the journey of the Finskaroos, ‘First to Fifty’ on the big screen.
With people coming from all corners of Australia and even from Japan and Hong Kong, we invite everyone to come to the PBC the night before to celebrate this beautiful game.
We will be playing some friendly games on the bottom lawn, which will be a great opportunity to get a feel for the grounds and warm up for the comp.
And for those who have missed out on a ticket to the AFC here is your chance to enter. We will be having a mini comp where we will award the winners 2 free wildcard entries into this year’s sold out Australian Finska Championships. Just show up on the evening to register for free.
Following the games we have a special public premiere of the highly anticipated documentary about Australia’s first international Finska team the Finskaroos, titled ‘First to Fifty’.
First to Fifty, 2026 (83 mins)
Brothers Bernie and Doug entered into the 2020 Australian Finska Championship as a bit of a laugh, unaware of the future this hobby game held for them. At the tournament they met a legend of the game, Damien Landais from France, who quickly enlightened them to the global scope of the game. Damien mentioned something to Bernie and Doug that would prick their curiosity and would encompass the next three years of their lives; namely that there has never been an Australian team at the World Championship. Under the guidance of this guru, Bernie and Doug assembled a team of Aussies to enter into the Mölkky (Finska) World Championship aiming to take the wood throwing world by storm only to be pleasantly surprised by the quirky global community on the way to becoming the best wood chuckers in the world.
Schedule
4:00pm: Friendly Games on the bottom lawn all afternoon.
5:00pm: Wildcard entry competition.
7:00pm: Dinner at the PBC.
8:00pm: ‘First to Fifty’ Film Screening.