10th Great Longparish Pumpkin Contest

Results and Pictures

There was a good turn out for the competition. Thanks go to Wendy Beveridge of Kenyons Fruit and Veg for judging, to the Evans family for making and giving the hot dogs and refreshments, to everyone who supported the raffle by bringing prizes and buying tickets and, most of all, to everyone who came and made the contest such good fun.

Here are the results. Surnames of children are not included.

Decorated

In this class everyone gets a certificate. Wendy had a very difficult job judging. Entrants and the ones she like most were Oliver and William (2nd under 7), Archie , Daniel , Barney and Daisy (1st under 7), Tabitha (3rd under 7), Ollie and Jack (1st over 7) and the playgroup.  

Heaviest

This competition is judged purely on weight.

Under 7 Ana 28lbs, Daisy 3lbs

8 to 11 Evans Family 38lbs, Jack 13lbs

12 – 15 Emma 75lbs

over 16 Jeremy Barber 78lbs, Fiona Gould 8lbs, Wendy Ellicock 5lbs, Graham Darrah 4lbs

After the show some of us went to the Bear and Ragged Staff show. They had a new UK record of 1124 pounds and a European record gourd 111 inches long. You can see pictures of them using the picture link below. And here's a link to the blog of Ian Patton who grew them (opens new window). Please note this takes a while to load as there are lots of pictures.

Prettiest and most unusual

Prettiest in the show was Jeremy Barber's Marina del Chioggia and most unusual was Wendy Ellicock's Turk's Turban.

Pictures

Click here to see our album. It includes pictures of our show and some from the Bear and Ragged Staff. Once you have a picture open you can go to the next one by clicking in the right of the picture and go back by clicking in the left. Pictures with BRS in the name were taken at the Bear and Ragged Staff. We have reduced the size and quality of the pictures to make them easier to load. If you'd like us to email you a full size (between 800K and 3MB) version please send us an email using the contact us button at the top of the page.

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