Sport
8 October, 2024
Coffey stars at Royal Melbourne Show
YOUNG Inglewood axeman Blake Coffey has taken out a major event at the Royal Melbourne Show woodchop championships and won family bragging rights in the process. Coffey, 17 and in Year 11 student at Bendigo’s Marist College, took out the underhand...
YOUNG Inglewood axeman Blake Coffey has taken out a major event at the Royal Melbourne Show woodchop championships and won family bragging rights in the process.
Coffey, 17 and in Year 11 student at Bendigo’s Marist College, took out the underhand handicap (275mm).
Brother John Coffey finished fifth and their cousin Matt, who won the Rookie World Championship in Italy this year, came in third.
Blake also finished fourth in a 275mm handicap event on the opening day of the show, which is celebrating its 176th year.
He won his semi-final in that event, beating the eventual winner of the final, Dale Hansford.
Blake, who began chopping aged seven, admitted it was nice to get a win over family members at such a prestigious event.
He had no fears competing against older and more experienced axemen at the Show, and hoped to emulate his cousin on the world stage.
“I have been chopping against them for a few years now, and I’m hoping to start chopping in all the bigger events in the next few years,” he said.