Results of Bitterroot Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off in Hamilton, MT 9/20/03

Hello Pumpkin List,

All I can say is WOW, WOW, WOW! On Saturday, 9/20, we staged the 2nd Annual
Bitterroot Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off in Hamilton, MT - and what an event it was!
All aspects of this event exceeded my expectations - the weather, the crowd,
the pumpkin entries, and did I mention the pumpkin entries?

Congratulations to Len Ballek for growing a monster at 500Lbs!!!
Len grew the new Montana State Record for 2003. Will hi be able to defend his
title next year??

Last year we staged our first event and were thrilled with 12 entries from 8
growers for an average of 109.5 lbs. This year the trucks with giant orange
fruit started lining up at 1130 and we finally were ready to weigh them at
2pm! All tolled we had 30 growers (25 1st time growers!), 34 pumpkin entries
ranging from 7lbs to 500lbs for an average weight of 162.5. Amazingly, 10
pumpkins were over 200lbs! I couldn't be more proud of our success and growth
this year.

So, here are the stats for 2003:

      Competition Class

      Place
     Name
     Weight

      1 Len and Kiana Ballek 500
      2 Mike Violette 446
      3 Kim and Mike Thomas 410
      4 Mike Violette 348
      5 Tad Kolwicz 335
      6 Mason Simmons 325
      7 Annalivia Bishop 309
      8 Don Coon 309
      9 Tanner Thomas 291
      10 Diane Kenski 253
      11 Elise Estus 188
      12 Jane and Steve Stoll 167
      13 Brit Brintnall 162
      14 Sedona Gaudin 136
      15 Pat Sweeney 125
      16 Kathleen Freeman 118
      17 Dave Moak 112
      18 Clarence Fogel 99
      19 Khyley and Tiffany Haugan 89.5
      20 Laurence Dempsey 86.5
      21 Pat Fosse 80.5
      22 David and Tanya Stickler 77.5
      23 Henry and Helen
      Garber-Madeen 74
      24 Laurie Blinn 68
      25 Adin Kloetzel 64.5
      26 Cindy King 60.5
      27 Chance and Lily Sage 60
      28 David and Tanya Stickler 42
      29 Laurie Blinn 41
      30 Thelma Wesson 39.5


      Exhibition Class

      1
     Shawn Keele
     77

      2
     Chris Fisk
     12.5

      3
     Tyler Coorough
     11

      4
     Amber Ibey
     7.0


      Honorable Mention Category

      Kim Thomas  for the prettiest pumpkin
      Chris Fisk  for traveling the furthest:



Congratulations to every single grower and a HUGE thank you to all the
volunteers and sponsors who helped make this all possible. THANK YOU!
Kim


Kim Thomas
Bitterroot Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off
mtgiants@bigsky.net
www.giantpumpkins.blogspot.com

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