* Focus on what is achievable, instead of "OMG, that bar looks high!"

* Don't panic & don't try to increase effort as the bar height increases, and the participant field narrows

* Be controlled in the throw, and visualise that the sheaf is going over the bar

* Feel good that the crowd is watching and have fun

* Pull it! Don't push it, or it'll bend

* Work in synch with your partner

* Start off slow - get used to the feel, then you get a deeper cut, you can saw deeper and really go for it!                                             

The Story of Our Success...

We owe our success to Grandpa's Shed, where I spent countless hours as a kid, fashioning everything from rifle stocks to artefacts, to garden furniture, using bandsaws, hacksaws, handsaws, jigsaws... Not bad for an 8 year old! Knew it would all come in handy one day, just didn't know that day would be 36 years later, at Typo!

So if you spent your childhood in Grandpa's shed too, I reckon you've got it made. If not, we recommend:

*  nice B&B the night before - a hearty breakfast for carb-loading and sustenance (the logs at TYpo are big 'uns!)

* Getting lost en-route from Beechworth and 4WDing it off the beaten track - teaches you adaptability if the saw sticks (which it does)

The odd sheaf toss in advance - to limber up and loosen the muscle groups (after 40, fast twitch muscles ain't so fast!)

* An unabiding belief in the ying & yang (getting someone to pull when you push isn't as easy as it sounds!)