A NEW SITERECORD WAS SET

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FRERICHS FARM….WARREN, RI….GPC SanctionedGIANT PUMPKIN Weigh-off. October 9, 2010

We want to thank everyone for coming this year. Not only was the site Pumpkin weight broken, but a record crowd ofroughly 4000 people showed up. This event just seems to get bigger every year. And with 40 pumpkins plus an assort-ment of Long Gourds, Giant Watermelon and Giant Squash, everyone got to see what they came for. A World ClassWeigh-off. Once again the sun shined bright in Little Rhody, which made the day even more enjoyable. And how aboutthose Hay Rides. There was a crowd of kids and parents departing for a hay ride every 15 minutes, from 11:00am until4:00pm. Thanks once again to our sponsors, on this day, (especially Barbara and David Frerichs) for making everythingrun so smoothly. Of course we must thank the SNGPG Directors and miscellaneous volunteers, who help inspect and liftpumpkins, or register people and record all the events. Many Hands makes for light work!

Steve Sperry, Dean Richardson and Peter Sweet talkpumpkin before the weigh-off at Frerichs Farm.

The registration table was busy, signingeveryone up and the sold about 50 SNGPGHats. Jim Kuhn needs an email address!

And...The new OCTO-LIFT, helped get many ofthe smaller pumpkins to the scales

All the club directors, quickly figured outhow to use this new futuristic pumpkin lifter.

With Ron Wallace MCing the whole event, the weigh-off was about to begin, and the first few pumpkin started making theirway to the scales, via the traditional tarp lift method...but that was about to change!

Once again..George, our certified Scale reader, fromCentral Scales was in attendance and ready to read offthe weights.

I want one of these!

Ed Giarusso withhis 1287, hams itup with John Nel-son from NY.

Woah...wait a minutehere. Norm Gansert is anew force to be reconnedwith. We are looking atsome serious weight here.CONGRATS NORM!and best of luck in 2011.

The legend (John Castelluci),was in the house! Good to seeTHE MAN still taking it all in.

Have you seen Avatar or The Ma-trix Reloaded. Check it out andyou’ll know what I talking about.

Barbara Stetson pulled double duty,by entering her Giant Pumpkin at theweigh-off and operating her booth.

You could get a TV soundbyte anywhere. There wasa lot of media coverage.

And the winners are:Top 10 Giant Pumpkins1) 1610 Charlie Lieber2) 1520 Steve Sperry3) 1493 Armand Michaud4) 1441 Norm Gansert5) 1401 Ron Wallace6) 1370 Steve Connolly7) 1359 Bill +Linda Rodonis8) 1287 Ed Giarusso9) 1272 Dave Parenty10) 1269 Scott Palmer

Top 3 Long Gourds1) 123.5 ” Joe Jutras2) 107.75 ” Gene Larivere3) 97.5 ” MaryAnn Hoomis

Top 2 Giant Squash1) 767 Jim Kuhn2) 461 Bruce Hooker

Lots more information will bepublished in the DecemberNewsletter. We look forwardto seeing everyone next year.Recharge those batteries dur-ing the off season, and mayyou find the seed of yourdreams this winter.

If you have time to get to theGrowers Convention, at Niag-ara Falls, in March, its defi-nitely worth the trip. Youmight even meet this yearschampionChrisStevensand learnmoreabout hisWorldRecord1810.5.