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The P.E.I Giant Pumpkin Growers Weigh Off
At Silver Bell Xmas Farm
P.E.I. Canada
Oct. 9th. 2004
Giant Pumpkin

1st. Floyd Hardy 953 lbs
2nd. Clifford Picketts 933 lbs
3rd Alan Aten 932 lbs
4th Charles Aten 775 lbs
5th B VanIderstine 734 lbs
6th E VanIderstine 732 lbs
7th Jonathon Paynter 655 lbs
8th Vanessa MacLeod 643 lbs also 1st in first year grower award.
9th Raymond Nicholson 624 lbs
10th Ranken MacLeod 614 lbs
11th Peter Paynter 604 lbs
12th Gordon Aten 596 lbs
13th Al&Barb Hammond 577 lbs
14th Eric Strickland 543 lbs also 2nd in first year grower award.
15th Wm VanSchuppen 395 lbs
16th Dr. Jim Murphy 364 lbs
17th Rory Costain 315 lbs
18th Randy Fisher 269 lbs
19th Trent Coles 210 lbs
20th Clayton Coles 170 lbs
21st James Murphy 31 lbs also third in first year grower

Dsq. Eddy Shaw 953 lbs


Giant Squash
1st Gordon Aten 583 lbs
2nd Jonathan Paynter 563 lbs
3rd Wm VanSchuppen 520 lbs

Dsq. Alan Aten 963 lbs


Field Pumpkin

1st Wm VanSchuppen 85 lbs New P.E.I . record
2nd Trevor Cochrane 75 lbs
3rd Floyd Hardy 71 lbs
4th Matthew Boswell 55 lbs
5th Amanada Boswell 52 lbs
6th Rory Costain 48 lbs
7th Jessie & Tamara McKenna 47 lbs
8th Charles Aten 45 lbs
9th Jim Murphy 42 lbs
10th Alan Aten 32 lbs


Several tomatoes, long gourd and other giant vegg were on display to get these other competitions going in future yeas.
It was a nice day, stiff competition, @ from a competitors viewpoint, the P.E.I. Giant Pumpkin Growers Association has really made this weigh off a class act. Thanks. Bill

10/10/2004 12:18:13 PM