Competition Events Calender  LATEST NEWS Phillip McCauley has done it again.! Phillip McCauley of Cora Lynn in Victoria had his Atlantic Giant Pumpkin weighed at his farm on the 28th February 2012 by Atlantic Seeds and it tipped the scales at a new Victorian Record of 385.1kg. Just 3 weeks prior Phillip had his Giant Marrow weighed and it tipped the scales at a new Australian Record of 20.3kg.    Above is Philip with his 385.1kg pumpkin Below is his 20.3kg Giant Marrow Well done Phillip for setting new benchmarks in Australian Giant Marrows and Victorian Giant Pumpkins.   NEW AUSTRALIAN RECORD Winner of the Kootingal Pumpkin Festival was Ben Surma with his new Australian Record pumpkin of 518kg. Pictured above is Ben with his prized pumpkin. Past Competitions May 1st 2011  Collector Village Pumpkin Festival On Sunday 1st May 2011 saw the most successful Collector Village Pumpkin Festival ever.  This is an annual event that takes place on the first Sunday in May each year.  It is a community run event and raises money for local projects such as upgrading the Collector Memorial Hall.  Our website is www.pumpkinfestival.com.au .    The biggest pumpkin shown was  425 kg .  The next was 286 kg.  Next year our Festival will be on Sunday 6th May 2012.  We are already planning a stack of new things for the event and hope to have more prize money and bigger pumpkins too!   April 10th 2011  Kootingal Pumpkin Festival   April 3rd 2011 Waverley Industries ‘Day of Champions' A great event was staged by Waverley Industries and Atlantic Seeds was there! They had a great display for promoting the growing of Giant Pumpkins and Giant Vegies.    www.wavind.org   April 16th 2011 GIANT PUMPKIN COMPETITION, HILL END, Victoria At the Giant Pumpkin Weigh-in on April 16th 2011 at the Hill End Hall, Victoria there were sections for many categories of pumpkins on the night.  Entry was gold coin donation – all proceeds from this event going to the Willow Grove Primary School. The Results are as follows:- Adult section   1st   Bruce Williams   128 kg                       2nd  Peter  Marslen   115.5 kg                       3rd   Ron  Bowley  73.5 kg              Junior section   1st  Tiarni  Hayes  107 kg                       2nd  Mitchell Hayes  86.5 kg                       3rd  Rebecca Williams  73 kg May 29th 2011                                                          Goomeri Pumpkin Festival Plant your giant pumpkin seeds now for the Giant Pumpkin Competition at the Goomeri Pumpkin Festival! For further information visit the website www.goomeripumpkinfestival.com.au and look at the Competitions drop down menu under the Festival Programme tab or  email co-ordinator@goomeripumpkinfestival.com.au If your non-profit Australian group would like to promote a Giant Vegetable Competition, email Atlantic Seeds with the following information: Type of Competition, Date of Competition, Any Special Requirements, Contact Name, Contact Phone Number, Contact E-mail Address/Website. Any type of non-profit giant vegetable competition in Australia is welcome.   Recorded history shows Australians started growing giant pumpkins in the late 1980’s when a newly arrived Aussie, Russ Zimmer from Milwaukee United States, started the first official Giant Pumpkin Competition in South Australia back in 1987. Since then, the competition has expanded dramatically, with giant pumpkins being grown throughout the length and breadth of Australia, from Darwin in the Northern Territory down to Hobart in Tasmania, from Norfolk Island across the seas and deserts to Broome, Western Australia. The Australian Giant Pumpkin and Vegetable Society (AGPVS) was formed in 1996 by a group of giant pumpkin and vegetable enthusiasts who wanted to promote the growing of giant pumpkins and vegetables in Australia. Previous to this, the Competition was run under the auspices of the World Pumpkin Confederation. Since 1997 the Australasian Giant Pumpkin and Vegetable Competitions were held across Australia every April untill 2002 to find Australia’s heaviest pumpkin and other record breaking vegetables. The AGPVS has endeavoured to keep a comprehensive list of AGPVS and Australian vegetable records, as after extensive research, no other Australian organisation was found to be keeping such records.

For interest metric conversion is 2.2 pounds = 1 kilogram and 3 feet, 3 inches, 3/8" = 1 metre  

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