Round 3 see's the 2016 STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Championship pass the half way mark and our reporters caught up with Laurence O'Toole to see how his preparations were going ahead of the round at Ipswich Supercars on 22-24th of July.
You're currently sitting fourth on the championship ladder, what have you got to do to get into first?
LAURENCE: I really need to string together some rounds and get some momentum going.
Did you expect you'd be higher after two rounds?
LAURENCE: Yes and no. I don't deserve to be higher. I've underperformed both rounds. I haven't done enough.
You've been competing over in the USA for the past two months, how have you been going?
LAURENCE: Pretty good. Won a fair bit. I've competed at seven different shows, a few in Canada and the States. I won a US title event, the US Championship in the Underhand and won the South Eastern Spring Board Championship.
Where do you feel you can most improve in STIHL TIMBERSPORTS?
LAURENCE: Physically. I've been lacking energy. In Spain I had a crack at marathon wood chopping and maybe haven't recovered. It left me flat and unexplosive, which is the opposite of what I need for STIHL TIMBERSPORTS. I need to work on some explosive stuff.
LAURENCE: Don't think I've been on my game. It's hard to be good all the time.
LAURENCE: No. I have been using the competitions as my training. Less is more for this round. I have also been concentrating on the Single Buck quite a bit to try and get better.
LAURENCE: Train every day across all disciplines.
What is your biggest concern going in to Round 3?
LAURENCE: No concerns, I'm excited – ready to go.
LAURENCE: Any of the three above me. We've had a different winner each round.
LAURENCE: A great honour. But I'll focus on wining Round 3 first!
LAURENCE: It's always a great honour to represent the country and be part of the team with something to look forward to at the end of the season.
Has anything extraordinary happened in your life outside TIMBERSPORTS – got married, had a child.
LAURENCE: No, nothing recently to speak of.