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GAME OF LOGGING
NEWS
Thank you to our sponsors
Training...the forest’s future
Jerry M. Bolton Memorial Fund Scholarships
Jerry M. Bolton Memorial Fund Scholarships are available through each Game of Logging
Training Organization. To apply for a scholarship, applicants should submit a letter requesting to be considered for the scholarship to the Game of Logging office or to the
Training Organization that will perform the training. If the applicant is approved, the training will then be scheduled and paid for in full.
Jerry’s Statement
There is no greater satisfaction in this world than to be able to do what you enjoy most for a living.
We have a responsibility to ourselves, our loved ones, and our trade to always be open and willing to
learn the most we can to better ourselves, and to protect ourselves while performing the tasks at hand.
Safety must always be foremost in our minds so that we may be without regret and can yet enjoy
another moment of life.
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Girard Custom Cut Hardwood
Contact & Instructor: Bill Girard
E-mail: [email protected]
28 Bridge St.
Lanesboro, MA 01237
Telephone: (413) 442-7585 or (800) 286-2657
Joe Glenn Timber Harvest Training
Contact: Jan Glenn
E-mail: [email protected]
PO Box 61
Piedmont, MO 63957
Telephone: (573) 998-3087
Instructor: Joe Glenn
Indiana Forest Industry Council (IFIC)
Contact: Alice Pickler
E-mail: [email protected]
3600 Woodview Trace, Suite 101
Indianapolis, IN 46268
Telephone: (800) 640-4452
Spring 2010
Game of Logging National Competition - Back on Track!!!
Contact Game of Logging or a Training Organization
to find out how to get yours!!!
www.gameofloggingusa.com
(800) 252-2502
Game of Logging Training Organizations
Fox Valley Technical College
Contact & Instructor: Tony Deininger
E-mail: [email protected]
1825 N. Bluemound Drive
Appleton, Wisconsin 54912
Telephone: (920) 735-2527
Inside this issue:
„ 2009 GOL Nationals
Photos
„ 2010 GOL Nationals
Missouri Forest Products Association (MFPA)
Contact: Brandon O’Neal
E-mail: [email protected]
611 East Capitol, Suite One
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Telephone: (573) 634-3252
Instructor: Joe Glenn
Maine Employer’s Mutual Insurance Company
(MEMIC)
Contact: Andy Wood
E-mail: [email protected]
PO Box 11409
Portland, ME
Telephone: (800) 660-1306
Instructor: Andy Wood
Northeast Woodland Training (NEWT)
Contact & Instrustor: Nate Fice
E-mail: [email protected]
Contact & Instructor: John Adler
E-mail: [email protected]
Contact & Instructor: Dave Birdsall
E-mail: [email protected]
PO Box 1221
Manchester Center, VT 05255
Telephone: (802) 681-8249
Paul Smith’s College
Contact & Instructor: Hans Michielen
E-mail: [email protected]
Rts. 86 & 30, PO Box 265
Paul Smiths, NY 12970
Telephone: (518) 327-6437
ProCuts
Contact & Instructor: Bill Lindloff
E-mail: [email protected]
1387 Tilbury Hill
Endicott, NY 13760
Telephone: (607) 786-5462
Edward G. Wright, President Game of Logging
Following a one year hiatus, and thanks to a new corporate sponsor,
DOLMAR Power Equipment, the Game of Logging National Finals
Competition came back in fine fashion. The competition was held at
the Ohio Forestry Association (OFA) Paul Bunyan Show in Cambridge,
Ohio October 2nd and 3rd.
Game of Logging (GOL) is a competitive response training system
that is designed to improve productivity and safety in the process of
felling trees. The National Finals competition is reached by those
competitors who have won in their respective divisions in regional
contests. The competition features eight events designed to evaluate
planning, speed, accuracy, technique, skill and safety in the felling process.
Kevin Snyder
Contact & Instructor: Kevin Synder
E-mail: [email protected]
255 Parallel St.
Pleasantville, PA 16341
Telephone: (814) 589-5231
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The match was organized and
hosted by New York GOL instructor Bill Lindloff of ProCuts
from Endicott, NY, along with the
folks from OFA and Central
Power, Inc. a DOLMAR distributor in Columbus, OH.
A total of twenty competitors
represented the traditional tree
categories: Professional Logger, Landowner and Collegiate. Participants hailed from Maine to Missouri as well as one from Quebec,
lending an international aspect to the contest.
Eight certified GOL
instructors served as
judges, while a ninth,
Stu Hall of MEMIC Insurance Company in
Jackman, Maine announced all of the
events.
The Professional and
Landowner events
took place on Friday,
October 2. Competitors and judges alike
presented a professional appearance
Timber Resources, LLC
Contact & Instructor: Ken Lallemont
E-mail: [email protected]
www.ken-lallemont.com
N5638 Hilltop Road
Catawba, WI 54515
Telephone: (715) 563-2545
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decked out in their forest green and international orange DOLMAR rain jackets - which proved to be absolutely
necessary as rain fell throughout the day.
2010 GOL
Nationals!
Foul weather did not dampen the competition nor the crowd interest. This year’s format was slightly different.
While the events remained the same, the staging of the finesse portions were held at the DOLMAR booth, thus
allowing the spectators to enjoy a close view of precision events such as the bore cut, big stump notching,
bucking and springpole release. When it came time for the limbing and felling, the venue moved to the track in
front of the grandstand.
The Collegiate division performed on Saturday with five students from The University of Wisconsin - River
Falls, Mid State Technical College and Paul Smith’s College participating.
Game of Logging
Contact Information
9600 Main Street, Suite Three
Clarence, NY 14031-2093
Telephone: (800) 252-2502
Fax: (716) 759-9607
E-mail: [email protected]
www.gameofloggingusa.com
Game of Logging
Board of Directors
David Birdsall
Northeast Woodland Training, Inc.
Charlestown, NY
Soren Eriksson
Founder of Game of Logging
Siljansnas, Sweden
All competitors used the identical model saws in their respective categories. Professionals were outfitted with
DOLMAR 7900’s and Landowners and Collegiates used DOLMAR 510’s.
Bill Lindloff
Pro-CUTS
Endicott, NY
Ryan Redoutey
Ohio Forestry Association
Columbus, Ohio
Andy Wood
Maine Employer’s Mutual
Insurance Company
Portland, ME
Edward G. Wright
W. J. Cox Associates, Inc.
Clarence, NY
Pete Smallidge, Roger Miller & Ray Oksuita
Scoring was tight in all three divisions. The winners were:
Place
1st Place - $5,000
2nd Place - $3,000
3rd Place - $2,000
4th Place
5th Place
6th Place
7th Place
8th Place
9th Place
Professional Loggers
Name
Home Town
Ronald Gosselin
St. Cyprien de Etch, Quebec
Ken Williams
Doniphan, MO
Terry Schwartz
Pleasant Mt., PA
Mark Saulsgiver
Westport, NY
Greg Wellott
King Ferry, NY
Bill Carver
Brooklyn, CT
Richard Sanapaw
Keshena, WI
Jason Britton
Carbon, IN
Gene Perez
Keshena, WI
We are delighted to announce that Game of
Logging (GOL) along with our sponsor
DOLMAR will be hosting final competitions for
professional loggers, landowners and collegiate
competitors October 1 & 2, 2010 at the Paul
Bunyan Show in Cambridge, Ohio. The exact
time and day will be announced later.
Points
370
359
344
295
287
277
245
214
210
We are looking forward to a strong turnout of
both competitors and spectators at this exciting
event.
Landowners
Ken Lallemont
Timber Resources, LLC
Catawba, WI
Landowner Competitors
Place
1st Place - $2,500
2nd Place - $1,500
3rd Place - $500
4th Place
5th Place
6th Place
Place
1st Place - $1,000
2nd Place - $500
3rd Place - $250
4th Place
5th Place
Name
Roger Miller
Pete Smallidge
Ray Oksuita
Shawn Maijala
Sam Schneski
Aaron Lehnert
Home Town
Decatur, IN
Van Ettan, NY
Rosholt, WI
Doniphan, MO
Guilford, VT
Sussex, WI
Collegiate
Name
College
Steven Wielgosh
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Zak Saulsgiver
Paul Smiths College
Dave Anderson
Mid State Technical College
Rebecca Doro
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Casey Selner
Mid State Technical College
Points
368
357
356
293
225
169
Points
270
263
244
179
141
Clockwise starting above: Professional Logger Winners (Ken Williams, Ronald Gosselin & Terry
Schwartz), Competitor on the Speed Cut, Collegiate
Competitors & Professional Competitors.
Feature prizes are:
Professional Logger Final Prize Money
1st Place .................... $5,000
2nd Place .................. $3,000
3rd Place ................. $2,000
Landowner Final Prize Money
1st Place .................... $2,500
2nd Place ................... $1,500
3rd Place ..................... $500
Collegiate Final Prize Money
1st Place ..................... $1,000
2nd Place ..................... $500
3rd Place ..................... $250
Mark your calendar and join us there!