Weighoff Sites

We have a local contest here in Spencerville Ontario.
Where the ___ is Spencerville. Well Just 70 km (or 40 miles) South of Ottawa Ontario Canada. 10 miles North of Odgersburg NY which is on the St Lawrence River. 

Our Weighoff is for local growers in the area and we do not have a big budget. We sell seeds in the spring  and give the $ back as prize money at the Spencerville Fair which is always the First Saturday after Labour Day in September. This Year Sept 11, 12 & 13. Weighoff is always on Friday am. 

This Year we started a Junior's Contest for growers under 12 yrs old. The Juniors prize is $100. out of our funds or we will be looking for a sponsor for this prize. 
In order to be in the main contest we insist that the grower purchace a pack of seeds from us before the end of April (which are sold at local stores within a 20 mile radius of Spencerville) and therefore she or he is then registered as a contestant in the contest.  We publish the names of registered contestants in the Fair Book in June. 

Juniors do not have to be pre-registered. 

The Spencerville Fair  is the only Class A Fair in Leeds Grenville Counties (population roughly 200,000 people). We enjoy the local competition and the pumpkins get to ride in the Fair Parade on Saturday. They are also on exhibition during the queen pagent and during the Fair. It is always fun to speculate which local grower  will be the top grower from the area. In the past we have produced world class champions such as Herman Bax and Barry De Jong. Although they brought their smaller pumpkins to the Fair that year. Generally if we have a world class pumpkin it is kept for the big weighoff in Ottawa. So our local competion is more for the fun of it. We do give out prizes and Ribbons for the top 10 entries. The grower who sets the record at the Fair gets to keep the James Utman Memorial Trophy until someone has a bigger Pumpkin at the Fair. 

We are not really an open  to the world Weighoff site as our competion is more for the local comradery, gossip, and pure fun of it.

Any Comments?

Bob.
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