COMPETITION VEGETABLES
Pumpkin - European EGVGA growers
1st Ian and Stuart Paton [UK] - 1457 lbs NEW EUROPEAN RECORD
2nd Jos Ghaye [Belgium] - 1357.2 lbs New Belgian record
3rd Frank and Mark Baggs [UK] - 1341.7 lbs
4th Bernhard Preis [Germany] - 1331 lbs New German record
5th Martin Reiss [Germany] - 1299.6 lbs
6th Matthias Würsching [Germany] 1286.6 lbs
7th Anders Lilja [Sweden] - 1180 lbs
8th Anders Lilja [Sweden] - 1155 lbs
9th Robert Jaser [Germany] - 1150.3 lbs
10th Leo Cuypers [Belgium] - 1098 lbs
11th Peter Frei [Germany] - 1079.3 lbs
12th Jos Ghaye [Belgium] 1058 lbs
13th Harry Poels [Netherlands] - 1045.6 lbs
14th Harry Poels [Netherlands] - 1035.7 lbs
15th Martin Reiss [Germany] - 1032.2 lbs
16th Simon Hermelin [France] - 1029.3 lbs
17th Martin Reiss [Germany] - 1011.9 lbs
18th Jos Ghaye [Belgium] - 1008.3 lbs
19th Iwan Horde [Netherlands] - 965.4 lbs
20th Jonas de Swert [Belgium] - 965.4 lbs
Pumpkin - non-European EGVGA growers
1st Dan Bowles [USA} - 1313 lbs
2nd Phil Hunt [Canada] - 1187.5 lbs
3rd Ron Barker [USA] - 1184 lbs
4th Sam Lovelace [USA] - 1175.4 lbs
5th Phil Hunt [Canada] - 1156 lbs
6th Don Young [USA] - 1146.5 lbs
7th Kirk Chenier [Canada] - 1066 lbs
8rd Don Young [USA] - 1026 lbs
Squash
1st Leo Cuypers [Belgium] - 978.6 lbs
2nd Leo Cuypers [Belgium] - 811.5 lbs
3rd Mark and Frank Baggs [United Kingdom] - 757.0 lbs
4th Iwan Horde [Netherlands] - 707.9 lbs
----- Sam Lovelace [USA] - 695.2 lbs
5th Bernhard Preis [Germany] - 661.8 lbs
6th Iwan Horde [Netherlands] - 574.1 lbs
7th Arnold Horde [Netherlands] - 553.0 lbs
8th Rick Sanders [Germany] - 547.0 lbs
9th Rick Sanders [Germany] - 528.0 lbs
10th Norbert Andres [Germany] - 504.0 lbs
English marrow
30 lbs and more (13.5 kg)
1st Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 90.6 lbs (41.1 kg) New Dutch record
2nd David Thomas [United Kingdom] - 83.8 lbs (38.0 kg)
3rd Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 76.7 lbs (34.8 kg)
4th Mark Baggs [United Kingdom] - 75.0 lbs (34.0 kg)
5th Frans van Gool [Belgium] - 63.9 lbs (29.0 kg) New Belgian record
6th Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 62.8 lbs (28.5 kg)
7th Andreas Wild [Germany] - 50.9 lbs (23.1 kg) New German record
8th Andreas Wild [Germany] - 43.0 lbs (19.5 kg)
9th Roger Rüegger [Switzerland] - 40.8 lbs (18.5 kg)
10th Johannes Offermann [Germany] - 40.8 lbs (18.5 kg)
11th Peter Woltan [Austria] - 38.6 lbs (17.5 kg)
12th Johannes Offermann [Germany] - 38.3 lbs (17.4 kg)
13th Andreas Wild [Germany] - 37.5 lbs (17.0 kg)
14th Vasco & Leonardo Agnelli [Italy] - 30.1 lbs (13.65 kg)
Long gourds
75 inches and longer (2m)
----- Al Eaton [Canada] - 123.75"
----- Al Eaton [Canada] - 119.00"
----- Sam Lovelace [USA] - 114.50"
----- Sam Lovelace [USA} - 111.88"
1st Johannes Offermann [Germany] - 104.8"
2nd Norbert Andres [Germany] - 98.8"
3rd Peter Bohnert [Germany] - 96.8"
----- Phil Hunt [Canada] - 94.13"
4th Patrick Sullivan [Ireland] - 92.5" New Irish record
5th Rick Sanders [Germany] - 87.0"
6th Frans van Gool [Belgium] - 82.7"
7th Iwan Horde [Netherlands] - 77.25" New Dutch record
8th Roger Rüegger [Switzerland] - 76.38"
Sunflower
12 feet and taller (3.6m)
1st Roger Rüegger [Switzerland] - 14 ft 11.5 in (456 cm)
2nd Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 14 ft 6 in (442 cm)
3rd Rick Sanders [Germany] - 14 ft 5 in (440 cm)
4th Johannes Offermann [Germany] - 13 ft 2 in (401 cm)
5th Norbert Andres [Germany] - 12 ft 2.5 in (372 cm)
OTHER VEGETABLES
Tall corn
1st Johannes Offermann [Germany] – 18 ft 1 in (551 cm) – European record
2nd Brad Wursten [Netherlands] – 14 ft 7 in (444 cm)
----- Phil Hunt [Canada] - 14 ft 3 in (433 cm)
3rd Kaarina Rinne [Finland] - 12 ft 6 in (380 cm)
Tomato
1st Beni Meier [Switzerland] - 3.06 lbs (1390 grams)
2nd Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 2.95 lbs (1337 grams)
3rd Lars Ornskov [Sweden] - 2.87 lbs (1301 grams)
4th Roger Rüegger [Switzerland] - 2.77 lbs (1260 grams)
5th Frans van Gool [Belgium] - 2.75 lbs (1246 grams)
6th Lars Ornskov [Sweden] - 2.25 lbs (1019 grams)
7th Ulla Bjorklund [Finland] - 2.10 lbs (954 grams) - Finnish record
8th Andreas Wild [Germany] - 1.91 lbs (863 grams)
9th Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 1.89 lbs (857 grams)
10th Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 1.83 lbs (831 grams)
11th Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 1.80 lbs (818 grams)
12th Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 1.72 lbs (779 grams)
13th Anders Lilja [Sweden] - 1.71 lbs (775 grams)
14th Janni Höllein [Germany] - 1.61 lbs (730 grams)
15th Robert Jaser [Germany] - 1.52 lbs (690 grams)
Watermelon
----- Phil Hunt [Canada] – 68.4 lbs
----- Bart Toftness [USA] – 54.0 lbs
Beetroot
1st Brad Wursten [Netherlands] – 18.0 lbs (8.15 kg)
Mangold
1st Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 18.3 lbs (8.30 kg)