Re: Prize chumpkin

Ducan:
       I may be wrong, but I believe all of us grow for the love of growing, NOT THE PRIZE MONEY.
If you expect profit in this sport, you are in the wrong sport unless you can grow one two years in a row,
John Handbury better realize that this is a sport not a money maker. & shift his efforts to what ever his
desires are.            Bill Van        bragging rights is the best you will get for your effort.



At 06:06 AM 8/23/00 -0700, you wrote:
>
> Last years article
>
> JERRY LAWTON
> 
>
> BRITAIN'S monster veg-growing champ feels a root
>idiot after his prize money was LESS than the cost of
>moving his giant pumpkin.
>
>John Handbury, 69, spent four months lovingly
>cultivating the 56-stone whopper in his greenhouse and
>splashed out £70 to hire a 4x4 and trailer to
>transport the mighty plant to the giant veg finals in
>Hampshire.
>
>He thought the operation was well worth it because
>last year's winner won a trip to San Francisco.
>
>But John's face fell when his 13ft 8in-wide whopper
>won - and he was handed a cheque for £50! John, of
>Temple Normanton, Derbys, moaned: "I couldn't believe
>it. I maybe the champion, but I'm 20 quid out of
>pocket!"
>
>John, who last year carted off the trophy for growing
>the world's biggest marrow, fumed: "I didn't think it
>would cost me more to get the flaming thing to the
>contest than I won in prize money."
>
>A spokesman for the organisers said: "It's the honour
>of winning that matters."
>
>However the retired market gardener is so delighted
>with his pumpkin, he just can't face eating it and
>will turn it straight into compost.
>
>
>
>
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Thanks,
Bill Van Iderstine
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