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Team GB travel to Milan for STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® World Championship

October 16, 2025/in News, Press Release/by Admin

Team GB travel to Milan for STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® World Championship: For the first time ever, the British TIMBERSPORTS® team will feature a female competitor when they travel to Milan for the biggest event of the logger sports season, the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® World Championship later this month. Taking place in Milan, Italy, the 20th World Championship promises […]

Avant E727: Power for Professionals

October 16, 2025/in News, Press Release/by Admin

Avant E727: Power for Professionals: The new Avant e727 is an excellent machine for various lifting and transfer work in construction, farming, landscaping and more. It features our new Autoshift system which is designed to optimize the energy efficiency of the driveline. Together, Autoshift and the combination of the variable displacement pump and the two-speed […]

Team GB travel to Milan for STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® World Championship

October 16, 2025/in News, Press Release/by Admin

Avant E727: Power for Professionals

October 16, 2025/in News, Press Release/by Admin

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Team GB travel to Milan for STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® World Championship

October 16, 2025/in News, Press Release/by Admin

Team GB travel to Milan for STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® World Championship: For the first time ever, the British TIMBERSPORTS® team will feature a female competitor when they travel to Milan for the biggest event of the logger sports season, the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® World Championship later this month. Taking place in Milan, Italy, the 20th World Championship promises to have audiences on the edge of their seats at the Allianz Cloud Arena on 24th and 25th October.

Following the British TIMBERSPORTS® Championship in June, a selection process took place to decide which athletes should represent Great Britain in the Team event. Glen Penlington secured his place early after winning his fourth British Championship in a row, with personal best times in two of the four team disciplines. But a surprise option for selection was Women’s Champion, Rachel Ferrington from Hay-on-Wye, after she delivered a blistering, new Women’s World Record in the Stock Saw discipline. It took her just 8.82 seconds to cut two discs, or ‘cookies’, with a STIHL MS 661 chainsaw, which ended up being the fastest time of the whole Championship weekend, and secured her a deserved place on Team GB.

Team GB travel to Milan for STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® World Championship

Each nation can take five athletes, plus a rookie competitor, as part of their team, so with Penlington and Ferrington confirmed, four other spaces were available. Alongside 2025 Rookie Champion Rowan Luxton, the final names added to the team sheet were Team GB regulars Rob Chatley from Hanley Broadheath in Worcestershire, Graham Turner from Penicuik, Scotland and Tom Redmond from Bere Regis, Dorset.

In the Team event, the athletes complete four TIMBERSPORTS® disciplines in a relay; the Stock Saw, the Underhand Chop, the Single Buck and the Standing Block Chop. Each team competes in head-to-head heats against other national teams, with the slowest team knocked out and the fastest team moving on to the next round. All six competitors have been training hard in a series of training camps in the months prior to the Championship, in the hopes of improving on their 13th placed finish last year.

“Bringing Rachel into the team adds a fresh face and a new dynamic at the training camps. She is relatively new to the sport, but has trained really hard and has also competed in two other international TIMBERSPORTS® competitions already this year, which has given her valuable experience.” said Vicky Tween, STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® Team Manager.

Female athletes have competed in the Team World Championship before, but this will be the first time that a woman has been part of the British team. Ferrington is in good company though; three other national teams feature female competitors this year, and she’ll be hoping to make her mark on the world stage in Milan. Rookie athlete, Rowan Luxton, from Llandrindod Wells in Powys, will also be excited to join the British Team for the first time after his impressive win in the British Rookie Championship.

Penlington, Chatley, Turner and Redmond have all represented Great Britain at the World Championship before, but they know that there is always room for improvement, which is why the training camps are so useful for working on everything from the changeovers between disciplines to the team morale. Whilst they are all fierce rivals when competing against each other in the British Championship, they will need to come together in Milan if they want to deliver their best result.

If you want to see where Team GB place in the 2025 TIMBERSPORTS® World Championship, you can watch the full competition live on the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® YouTube channel from 7pm on Friday 24th October.

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Avant E727: Power for Professionals

October 16, 2025/in News, Press Release/by Admin

Avant E727: Power for Professionals: The new Avant e727 is an excellent machine for various lifting and transfer work in construction, farming, landscaping and more.

It features our new Autoshift system which is designed to optimize the energy efficiency of the driveline. Together, Autoshift and the combination of the variable displacement pump and the two-speed drive motors enable optimal energy efficiency and driving comfort.

Avant E727: Power for Professionals

Efficient powertrain & Autoshift

The Avant e727 is an excellent machine for various lifting and transfer work. The lift capacity of the loader is 1400 kg. Looking at the overall performance of the loader, especially from the perspective of power and usage, it is comparable to a similar size Avant diesel loader. The driving speed is also in the same range.

Avant e727 has a 27 kWh Avant OptiTemp® battery manufactured at the Avant Power battery factory – like the more compact Avant e527.

The operating time of the e727 is close to that of the Avant e527 due to the optimization in the powertrain. The new powertrain of the e727 includes only one electric motor, a variable displacement drive pump and two pumps for auxiliary hydraulics.

A totally new feature on the e727 is Autoshift which is designed to optimize the energy efficiency of the driveline. Together, Autoshift and the combination of the variable displacement pump and the two-speed drive motors enable optimal energy efficiency and driving comfort. The low noise level will also delight Avant users.

Avant e727

An excellent fully electric loader for material handling and load & haul use. Made especially for construction, horse stables, farming, landscaping, etc.
Affordable model, intended for running light to medium powered hydraulically rotating attachments. Ideal for sites where the working radius is less than 2 km.
Two-speed drive system with new Autoshift feature (automatic shifts between the low and high gear).
27 kwh battery – the same battery as in Avant e527.
3 kW onboard charging as standard; rapid charging as an option.
GT cab as an option.

Key Specs:

Loader model	Avant e727
Operating time*	5,5 h
Charging time**	1 h 10 min
Electric motors	1
Hydraulic drive pumps	1
Auxiliary pumps	2
Hydraulic drive motors	4
Electric motors and controller cooling	Liquid cooling (electric motor + controller)
Battery capacity and voltage	27 kWh / 44 V
Lift capacity	1400 kg
Auxiliary hydraulics	Max. 35 l/min / max. 200 bar (preliminary)
Drive modes	Low / eco / high  (Autoshift)
Option: GT cab	Available (with heating)
Availability	Q4/2025

For more information, please visit www.avanttecno.com/uk

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Team GB travel to Milan for STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® World Championship

Avant E727: Power for Professionals

Team GB travel to Milan for STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® World Championship

Avant E727: Power for Professionals

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Team GB travel to Milan for STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® World Championship

Avant E727: Power for Professionals

Avant E727: Power for Professionals: The new Avant e727 is an excellent machine for various lifting and transfer work in construction, farming, landscaping and more.

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