Billings adds Axe Out Cancer III to summer tournament slate
Billings will get a July 26 WATL hatchet stop at Öx Indoor Axe Throwing, where Axe Out Cancer III pairs sanctioned competition with a cancer benefit theme.
Axe Out Cancer III will land on July 26 at Öx Indoor Axe Throwing, 119 Rhea Ln in Billings, as a World Axe Throwing League hatchet tournament filed under the venue’s league competitions. The WATL listing shows the event in the summer regional rotation, and the current leaderboard still shows no attendees, a sign that registration is still building around the date.
That pairing matters in a sport where tournaments are doing double duty now. Axe Out Cancer III gives throwers a sanctioned bracket to chase while also giving the night a charitable identity, and that combination helps turn a local event into something bigger than a standard stop on the calendar. For Billings, it is another proof point that the city’s axe scene is no longer living off novelty nights alone.
Öx Indoor Axe Throwing has been serving Billings since 2019 and calls itself the city’s original axe-throwing venue. Its summer schedule is packed around Axe Out Cancer III, with Big Sky State Games opening ceremonies set for July 17, Big Sky State Games knife throwing on July 18, Big Sky State Games axe throwing on July 19, then a run of WATL and WKTL open houses and league nights before the July 26 tournament. That kind of density gives local throwers more than one place to compete without leaving the market, and it gives the venue more than one way to stay relevant to serious players.
The calendar also shows why the venue has become a more credible civic anchor for the sport. Walk-ins are welcome, but Öx says lane reservations are encouraged during the busy season and on weekends, which tells you July is not a casual month at 119 Rhea Ln. For competitors, the draw is a sanctioned hatchet event. For the cause attached to it, the draw is a room full of people who already know how to show up and compete. Öx lists contact information at (406) 702-1299 and info@oxthrowingsports.com, and the tournament now sits in the middle of a summer stretch that has turned Billings into one of Montana’s busiest throwing hubs.
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