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In an effort to promote our club and this hobby around the world, the GWG is awarding two new Regional Awards at the end of the season. We have decided to create 3 separate regions, USA, Canada, and International, which includes any other country in the world. The two new regional awards will be awarded to the top watermelon grower in the two regions that do not include the overall GWG winner. This will ensure that every year the top grower from each of the three regions will receive well deserved recognition. The winners will receive a plaque and a cash award of $250. The GWG is donating the plaques and the cash awards are being donated by my own company, Dynamic Vibration.

So.... if the largest watermelon grown in 2012 this year is from say....Canada...then the awards would go to the grower with the largest melon in the USA, and the grower with the largest melon in any other country, such as Spain. The grower from Canada would not be eligible for these awards. I know the more likely scenario would be a grower from the USA as the overall GWG winner, and the awards will go to someone in Canada and someone across the pond.. but one never knows!!

Rules for this award are the same as usual...

Members must be in good standing by June 1st 2012 to be eligible. Watermelons must be weighed at GPC sanctioned weigh-off. If it looks like a watermelon and it is undamaged.... it counts!!

Good Luck to all in 2012..... let's grow some BIG Melons!!

GWG Committee

5/8/2012 9:28:17 AM

Valencia Spain

im in spain but i wont count, no gpc weighoff in spain

5/8/2012 2:49:38 PM

Muddy Waters

Great Idea!Maybe later as club grows there could be more regions like Northwest United States,They definitely have a disadvantage from the rest us Yanks & Rebels,as maybe the Northeasters do to.

5/8/2012 5:45:47 PM

formerly RGG

Westham, you need to contact the GPC and find out from them what you need to do to initiate a GPC weigh-off in your area.

5/8/2012 6:33:23 PM

Westham - Have you tried an email to ciberpapaseit@msn.com? You both share a common interest in gardening. Maybe he is close to your area.

5/9/2012 2:18:35 PM

Valencia Spain

yeh i know him not personally but through a spanish gardening forum with the thread giant pumpkins 2012

i have said about the gpc and yesterday i put a enlace about joining the gpc, but dont know if i need to pay 300 dollars or 100 dollars but the area it would be is javier papeseits area which woukld be barcelona and its been a weigh off for a couple of yearsa atleast but not a gpc

5/10/2012 3:44:34 PM

Valencia Spain

and there isnt much time i think it will have to be next year to arrange gpc weigh off

5/10/2012 3:46:10 PM