10-year-old B.C. girl may be world's youngest certified axe-throwing judge

Axe-throwing isn't typically thought of as a kids' sport, but Maddy Mathe isn't a typical kid.

Axe-throwing isn't typically thought of as a kids' sport, but Maddy Mathe isn't a typical kid.

At 10 years old, she's probably the youngest certified axe-throwing judge in the world.

Her journey to that distinction – one that's hard to prove because the World Axe Throwing League doesn't track the ages of its judges – began with a father-daughter date night.

"We were just walking by and we saw the sign, so we decided to stop by," Maddy told CTV News.

The sign in question was at Axe and Grind in downtown Victoria. Maddy's dad Brian Mathe saw it and thought, "Why not?"

Maddy was nine at the time, three years too young to throw real axes.

"I got given a plastic one," she recalled.