Paul ‘The Butcher’ Swain

My first introduction to knife throwing was in August 2016, a weekend trip to Woodend Target Sports in Huthwaite for an Archery lesson led me to ask about the painted wooden targets hanging on the wall of the indoor throwing range. Daniel Mosley gave me a quick run down of what happens and when, so the following Wednesday I took myself down and had a go. Needless to say I was hooked. I threw anything and everything I could get my hands on from 12″ nails to garden tools. I am truly passionate about this sport and truly enjoy watching other new throwers progress.

In September 2018 I took over from Dan and became the Rangemaster at Woodend.

Knife Throwing Resume

2017 1st UK National Tournament, Huthwaite, UK
9th Place Overall

2017 Charity Viking Throw

2017 Essex Backyard Throwers (KATTA) Tournament
2nd Place Silhouette | 3rd Place 3m Knife | 3rd Place 5m Knife

2018 Essex Backyard Throwers (KATTA) Tournament, UK
2nd Place Overall Knife | 1st Place 3m Knife | 2nd Place 4m Axe

2019 KATTA UK National Tournament, Huthwaite, UK
3rd Place 3m Knife  |  3rd Place ‘Doug Herod’ Memorial Mountain Man | 3rd Place Long Distance Knife 

2019 Eurothrowers World Championships, Newark-on-Trent, UK

2019 Essex Backyard Throwers (KATTA) Tournament, UK
3rd Place 3m Knife | 2nd Place Silhouette

2021 KATTA UK National Tournament, Huthwaite, UK
2nd Place 7m Knife | 3rd Place Long Distance Knife

2021 Woodend Autumn Open, Huthwaite, UK
1st Place 3m Knife | 2nd Place Overall Knife | 2nd Place 5m Knife | 3rd Place 7m Knife

2022 Grizzly Bears Axe & Knife Throwing Competition, Louth, UK
2nd Place 7m Knife | 3rd Place Mountain Man

2022 Norfolk Flingers Chuck In The Muck 2, Norwich, UK
1st Place 7m Knife | 2nd Place Overall Knife | 3rd Place 5m Knife | 3rd Place Snife