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24-674: WKTL was founded in 2021 by venue representatives from Canada, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom. It has 3 knife-throwing nations with membership. Members include over 30 member companies (affiliates). It organizes international tournament events such as the U.S. Open and most notably the World Knife Throwing Championship (throwing venues). It also appoints judges who officiate at all sanctioned leagues and tournaments. It promuotes

48-417: A Texas A&M University graduate and professional football player, teamed up with nightclub owner and former car salesman, Spencer Taylor. While looking for a location to fit their idea, the men decided upon an abandoned 100,000-square-foot department store that was at one time an open-air cattle barn. With some additional investors, Barnett and Taylor renovated the building's interior and exterior and opened

72-617: A route from Windsor to Detroit. Canadian Club has received the royal warrants of Queen Victoria , Edward VII , George V , George VI , and Elizabeth II . Hiram Walker & Sons is the only North American distiller to have been granted a royal warrant. The Walker distillery remains in production in Windsor. Canadian Club is now part of the Jim Beam portfolio. It is its number four–selling alcoholic product, behind Jim Beam bourbon whiskey, Sauza Tequila , and DeKuyper cordials. During

96-762: A tournament format to help include any throwers who could not regularly participate in the WKTL knife throwing seasons. The first official WKTL tournament is the 2021 US Open Tournament. This is also the first knife throwing tournament to be featured on ESPN In 2023 the World Knife Throwing League discontinued the U.S Open in favor of re-branding it as the Pro-Am Championship. This tournament was made to highlight professional throwers as well as amateur ones, in addition to introducing many new styles of gameplay for axe and knife throwing, known as

120-413: A weekend of shows from Shooter Jennings , Rival Sons and Willie Nelson . In addition to the concert stage where the artists perform, Billy Bob's Texas also has a dance floor, music memorabilia museum, pool hall , bar , restaurant , gift shop , and small dirt arena where professional bull riding is held on the weekends during concert days. Private events are also held at the venue. Since 1999,

144-424: Is determined by where you the knife hits the target. The WKTL targets have a red bullseye, followed by five empty rings. The scoring is 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 point respectively. Additionally, there are blue dots in the 1 point ring, known as "Kill-shot," and be hit twice per match for 8 points. Point scoringis based on the highest point value the knife touches when it lands and sticks. In 2021 WKTL started working on

168-553: The Prohibition movement gathering momentum and Michigan already becoming "dry," Walker decided to move his distillery across the Detroit River to Windsor, Ontario . From here, he was able to export his whisky and start to develop Walkerville , a model community that Walker financed to provide housing and services for his employees. Walker's whisky was particularly popular in the late 19th century gentlemen's clubs of

192-581: The Whisky War between Canada and Denmark, Canadian Club was the usual bottle left by the Canadians. In 1967, Hiram Walker & Sons launched their "Hide A Case" advertising campaign that enticed drinkers to seek out cases of Canadian Club hidden at exotic locations throughout the world, including Mount Kilimanjaro , Angel Falls , Mount St. Helens and the Swiss Alps . The Mount Kilimanjaro case

216-486: The Skills Challenges. The World Knife Throwing Championship (for commercial venues) takes place once per year. The format has slight changes from year to year, announced before the beginning of the yearly competition. This day (8th of September) was created by the World Knife Throwing League to celebrate, and raise awareness and unify the sport of knife throwing. Though primarily celebrated with affiliates in

240-592: The Smith Music Group, a music publishing company in Fort Worth, Texas has issued a continuing series of live albums recorded by major country music artists at Billy Bob's. The albums are titled Live at Billy Bob's Texas , with a few exceptions. The list is currently over forty performances. Artists so far have included: Billy Bob's Texas has also been host to many movie and television projects. Baja Oklahoma (Willie Nelson, Lesley Ann Warren), Over

264-581: The Top (Sylvester Stallone), and Necessary Roughness (Scott Bakula, Sinbad) have all been filmed there. Billy Bob's is used extensively playing itself during location filming for several episodes in Season 7 of the original TV series Dallas . Professional wrestling was also filmed at the venue in the mid to late 1980s. Canadian Club Canadian Club is a brand of Canadian whisky produced by Beam Suntory . Popularly known as CC , Canadian Club

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288-417: The United States and Canada; hence it became known as "Club Whisky." Walker originally positioned the whisky as a premium liquor, pitching it not only on its smoothness and purity but also its five-year oak barrel aging. Club Whisky became very popular and American distillers petitioned for the inclusion of the word "Canada" on the bottle to distinguish it from their competing whiskies, thinking it would hamper

312-472: The WKTL Code of Conduct, which sets professional standards of discipline for knife throwing in commercial venues. Scoring is a match system where ten knives are thrown per match. The player with the highest points of their ten thrown knives wins the match. In case of a tie a "Sudden Death" throw is made for the highest score. Sudden death throws are done until one thrower scores higher than the other. Scoring

336-469: The WKTL, it is also celebrated by anyone with a passion for the sport around the world. The founding of WKTL. The founding of International Knife Throwing Day (June 13th). Evan Walters is announced as the Commissioner of WKTL. Inaugural representatives from 3 countries joined the WKTL. From the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The first World Knife Throwing Championship is held at

360-564: The Walkers employed almost the entire population of Walkerville, where they built police and fire stations, brought in running water and installed street lights. In 1890, the Canadian government acknowledged Walkerville as a legal town. It was incorporated into Windsor in 1935. During the years of Prohibition , one of the distillery's most important clients was Chicago gangster Al Capone , who smuggled in thousands of cases of Canadian Club via

384-535: The crowd of 5,095 a C.C. Waterback (a one-ounce Canadian Club Whiskey with a water chaser) in honor of his song of that name. The drinks totaled 40 gallons and at the time, cost $ 12,737.50. The stunt earned Haggard a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the purchaser of the biggest round ever. Billy Bob's Texas celebrated its 35th anniversary in 2016. The celebration culminated in November with

408-444: The first, 22 cases were hidden and at least 16 recovered. A print ad for the drink would serve as inspiration for the pre-title sequence of the 1977 Bond movie, The Spy Who Loved Me . In the 2007 IndyCar Series season, they were main the sponsor for Andretti Green Racing #27 driver, Dario Franchitti during their championship winning season, which also included winning the 2007 Indianapolis 500 . The "Hide A Case" campaign

432-509: The future of the sport. The Commissioner of WKTL heads the direction of the World Knife Throwing League and manages the sport. Billy Bob%27s Texas Billy Bob's Texas is a country music nightclub located in the Fort Worth Stockyards , Texas , United States . It promotes itself as "The World's Largest Honky Tonk ," at 100,000 square feet of interior space and nearly 20 acres of parking space. Billy Bob Barnett,

456-449: The historic country music honky tonk, Billy Bob's Texas . The WKTL releases over a dozen new knives. WKTL and Toro Knives partnered to create league-approved knives. WKTL publishes a list of pre-approved knives for competition. The inaugural WKTC Awards are created featuring Thrower Awards, Venue Awards, and Commissioner's Choice Awards. The WKTL forms an advisory volunteer council made up of throwers and venue owners to help shape

480-513: The place to the public on April 1, 1981. Billy Bob's closed in January 1988, and reopened in October 1988 under new ownership and management. Holt Hickman, Don Jury, Steve Murrin and Billy Minick formed the new ownership group. Mostly known for country music, the venue has also hosted acts such as Bob Hope and B.B. King . In 1983, Merle Haggard , while on stage, offered each person in

504-468: The popularity of Walker's. This backfired, only making Club Whisky more exclusive . Walker saw this and changed the label again in 1889 adding the word "Canadian" to the top of the label, distinguishing Walker's recipe for his whisky from the other processes of the time. In 1890, the word "Canadian" was moved down from the top of the label and incorporated into the name of the whisky. Walker's distillery passed to his sons upon his death in 1899. At one point,

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528-540: Was created by Hiram Walker and Sons , an evolution of a brand around a product that took place over the second half of the nineteenth century. Hiram Walker merged with Gooderham & Worts, Ltd. in 1926, yielding Hiram Walker-Gooderham & Worts, Ltd. Hiram Walker founded his distillery in 1858 in Detroit . He first learned how to distill cider vinegar in his grocery store in the 1830s before moving on to whisky and producing his first barrels in 1854. However, with

552-633: Was not discovered until a Dutch journalist happened upon it in the mid-1970s. A small number of cases, such as one hidden above the Arctic Circle , were never found. The first "Hide A Case" campaign officially ended in 1971. A second was started in 1975, where cases were hidden in places intended to be easier to access, such as in Death Valley and on top of a skyscraper in New York City . This second campaign ended in 1981; between it and

576-501: Was revived in 2010. According to the contest website, there is a $ 100,000 grand prize, among other prizes, for the contest's latest incarnation. Canadian Club was a frequent product placement in the AMC show Mad Men , often being the drink of choice for the main character Don Draper . Canadian Club whisky comes in seven versions, and as a straight rye. All are 80 proof (40% alcohol by volume) except where noted otherwise. Canadian Club

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