Colo Vale power couple, Maddison Kirley and David Reumer are set to compete in this year's Stihl Timbersports Australian Trophy Championship.
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A fast-paced competition of traditional woodchopping disciplines, the championship will take place at Glenelg Beach, South Australia on Saturday March 5.
Ms Kirley said she felt relaxed heading into the competition.
"I've got to do a qualifier so I'm just trying to stay as chill as I can," she said.
"I don't want to get ahead of myself before I even make it into the competition."
Mr Reumer, on the other hand, said he's entering this year's competition as confident as ever.
"I've been lucky enough this year to do a bit of training with Brad Delosa, who's probably the most experienced competitor we've got in Australia, so getting the chance to train with him and learn from him has been a great help," he said.
Besides missing out on the 2021 Women's Championship to have a baby, Ms Kirley has consistently placed on the podium in every championship she has entered.
"I've just had a baby eight months ago and I only started training at the start of February, so I feel a little bit behind," she said.
For only the second time in the competition's history, the Australian Women's Championship will take centre stage alongside the hotly anticipated Australian Trophy for men.
"You've got to go well in every part of this competition, not just one discipline, so it's very hard to train for it," Ms Kirley said.
The Trophy format includes four of the six traditional Stihl Timbersports disciplines: stocksaw, underhand chop, single buck and standing block chop.
Athletes complete one discipline after the other in a one-man relay. After setting a qualification time, athletes are paired into a knockout system where they compete head-to-head. The winner of each individual race goes into the next round, the loser is eliminated.
This will be Ms Kirley and Mr Reumer's son's first Stihl Timbersports trophy championship.
"It'll be nice for for us all to be competing together. It'll be interesting with the baby this time around but we'll see how it goes," Ms Kirley said.
Mr Reumer hopes his son may one day follow in the footsteps of his father, mother and both his grandfathers.
"My father learned to chop when he was 16 for a local dairy farmer down the road and I've grown up my whole life with axes," he said.
"I'd say my son has already been to a lot more woodchops than most normal babies would probably go to in their life."
"It'd be cool if he followed in that and woodchopped, and then later on down the track competed in Stihl Timbersports."
Ms Kirley said she would've liked to have a bigger lead up to the competition but she's going to give it her all.
"If I get through the qualifier and if I'm in the top four, I'll be pretty happy with myself considering how much work I've put in," she said.
Mr Reumer said he always enters the championship aiming for a win.
"However, if I get through to the second round of eliminations, that'll be as far as I've got, and I'll be pretty happy with that," he said.
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