SOUTH Coast based Tom Redmond, chops and saws his way to Great Britain finishing 11th at this year’s Timbersports World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
The 41-year-old has become a huge root of team GB being the national record holder in the Single buck discipline, a fast paced, high intensity slicing race in which a two metre saw is used to create a complete circular disc from a log of wood.
A member of the self founded group, The Dorset Axemen, Redmond began his journey with his sporting passion, “like all good stories, I [Tom] met a man in a pub.”
Redmond was relatively a “late-comer” to Timbersports, initially participating in 2013 before prominent appearances in the British Championships back in 2021.
On the other hand, his British teammate, Glen Penlington of Knighton, Wales, is a second generation axeman, watching and eventually following in his father’s professional footsteps since the age of two.
Since then, Penlington has had a remarkable career, being a five time National Pro Champion as well as finishing 11th in the individual aspect of the world Championships in Stuttgart.
After a tough heat with hosts Germany, the British team fell to 11th place, four places below their impressive previous appearance in Milan, Italy in November 2025.
However, STIHL, the founder, owner and primary organizer of the STIHL Timbersports series celebrated its 100th anniversary of the company, with a huge shift in the World Timbersports tide.
Australia, having won the last six world championships, were knocked off their Oak pedestal on the 31st October, finishing third with Team Canada sitting in maple glory in first place.
As the sport sprouts globally, the local examples of stars like Tom Redmond could branch out to the future generation of lumberjacks and jackies.
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Written by Samuel Williams.
