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Hamburg, NY

WORLD PUMPKIN WEIGH-OFF OCTOBER 3, 2009
At the Great Pumpkin Farm 11199 Main St. Clarence New York. 14031

Rules and Regulations


1.    The pumpkin must have been grown and cared for by the exhibitor.
2.    An exhibitor may enter only one specimen per class and there may be no more than two entries per family per class.
3.    A specimen must be entered and weighed by the exhibitor at The Great Pumpkin Farm in Clarence, NY. An entry fee of $10 USD may be charged for each entry.
4.    There will be judges, to inspect entries and supervise weighing.
5.    Color requirements - To be eligible for the heaviest pumpkin the entry must be a minimum of 75% white to cream-yellow to orange in color. All others are considered Squash.
6.    The specimen must be sound, healthy and undamaged. Entries must be free of rot, holes/cracks through the cavity, chemical residue (fungicides) and soft spots.
7.    No foreign material is permitted to be included in the weighing. Vine must be trimmed to one inch from the stem of the fruit. The judges reserve the right to fully inspect each specimen before the weight is announced and official. Refusal to allow the inspection of an entry will cause said entry to be deemed “exhibition only”.
8.    Any specimen previously entered or weighed at any other National or International competition prior to the Clarence event is not eligible for competition.
9.    In the event of a tie, the prize money for those two places will be combined and split equally.
10.    Entries must be received on an official entry form by 10:00 a.m. (entries must be present for the start of the competition). Unloading may start as early as 8:30-9:00 a.m.
11.    All pumpkins and squash must have a proper lifting tarp and be loaded on a skid/pallet so that a forklift can easily lift the entry and take it to the scale.

9/30/2009 7:24:35 AM

Hamburg, NY

12.    No entrant/spectator shall attempt to influence the judges or impede the proceedings of a fair competition.
13.    The Great Pumpkin Farm reserves the right to suspend or remove any competitor/spectator.
14.    The Great Pumpkin Farm and its volunteers shall not be responsible for any accidents, losses or breakage of entries, exhibits or displays.
15.    The winners of the top three (3) places of the pumpkin category agree that his/her specimens will become the property of The Great Pumpkin Farm. Winners also agree that the use of their names & likenesses may be used for promotional purposes without any further compensation.
16.    The heaviest pumpkin weighed in at The Great Pumpkin Farm on 10/03/09 will receive $1,000.00 USD First place money unless it is and remains a credible “world record” as of October 15th, 2009, then a $10,000.00 USD award will be given.
17.    Second and Third place pumpkins will receive $500.00 USD and $300.00 USD respectively.



All record-breaking results will be sent to The Guinness Book of World Records in a timely manner.

For further award and contest information contact: Ray Waterman by phone 716.648.7982 or email: [email protected] or website: www.bigseeds.com - The Great Pumpkin Farm http://www.greatpumpkinfarm.com/
- has a huge Fall Festival with many attractions for the entire family.

9/30/2009 7:24:59 AM

Rhode Island

hi ray

wish tyhe wpc would reconsider rule # 5.

color requirement was always a problem for years. im very glad we in the gpc no longer need to judge what percentage of green ( or orange-yellow-white-salmon-etc ) a pumpkin has ? before its qualified as a squash or pumpkin.

its very difficul6t for judges to determine what is over or under a certain percentage of color.i was very glad to see the gpc change their color rules several years back. the change has saved a lot of arguments and been received very well by its sites and members.

dick

9/30/2009 7:59:36 AM

Billerica,Massachusetts

Amen to that.

Glenn

9/30/2009 10:40:02 AM

ipswich, ma usa

Rule 15 is hard to swallow too. Most wont like to give up the rights to keeping their respected pumpkins.

9/30/2009 11:14:09 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

I appreciate seeing another set of rules however. Thank you for posting them.

9/30/2009 12:52:41 PM