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These are the results of the Dutch [The Netherlands] weigh-off. We had a very challenging year weatherwise. Number of entries was up, results were down. 4 minor Dutch/European records were broken. Full results here: http://www.bigpumpkins.com/WeighoffSiteList.aspx?y=2015&st=O

Dutch Giant Vegetable Weigh-off

PUMPKIN
1. Pieter-Jan Van Vuren – 1376
2. Iwan Horde – 1366
-- Pieter-Jan Van Vuren - 1104
3. Bart-Jan Van Raalte – 1076
-- Iwan Horde - 1072
4. Arnold Horde – 1054
-- Bart-Jan Van Raalte - 1005
5. Jan Scheffe - 872
6. Eltjo Graanstra - 744
7. Marco Van Zanten - 658
8. Marije Wursten - 498
9. Nike/Julie Horde - 398
10. Dennis Boomstra - 260
11. Cynthia Hathaway – 145
-- - Cynthia Hathaway - 137
12. Martin ‘t Lam - 57
13. Botanical Gardens Utrecht - 55

SQUASH
1. Arnold Horde - 968
2. Iwan Horde - 683

FIELD PUMPKIN
1. Iwan Horde – 117.1
-- Iwan Horde – 111.1
2. Ben Middelkoop – 103.8
3. Marco van Zanten – 94.6
4. Piet Woldman – 84.0
-- Iwan Horde – 84.0
-- Iwan Horde – 79.6
5. Jan Scheffe – 77.2
-- Jan Scheffe – 71.4
6. Hanny Middelkoop – 66.4

LONG GOURD
1. Iwan Horde – 101.6

10/3/2015 1:21:32 PM

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BEETROOT (red)
1. Bradley Wursten – 10.1
-- Bradley Wursten – 8.6
2. Cynthia Hathaway – 6.0

BEETROOT (white)
1. Bradley Wursten – 4.9 [Dutch record]

BEET (fodder)
1. Cynthia Hathaway – 8.82
-- Cynthia Hathaway – 5.73

CABBAGE
1. Botanical Gardens Utrecht – 12.8

CORN
1. Bradley Wursten – 222” (18ft 6in) [Dutch record]
2. Arnold Horde – 197”
3. Botanical Gardens Utrecht – 162”
4. Iwan Horde – 157.5”
5. Hilde Aardema – 152.8”
-- Iwan Horde – 140.2”
6. Tom Straeter – 136.6”
7. Wim Lensing – 121.7”

COURGETTE
1. Leon Esman – 12.1
-- Leon Esman – 11.5

LEEK
1. Bradley Wursten – 2.38 [Dutch record]

MARROW
1. Iwan Horde
2. Bradley Wursten
-- Iwan Horde
-- Iwan Horde
3. Marco van Zanten
-- Marco van Zanten
4. Cynthia Hathaway
5. Botanical Gardens Utrecht

RADISH (long)
1. Bradley Wursten – 5ft 7in [European record]

RUNNER BEAN
1. Eltjo Graanstra – 22.8”
2. Botanical Gardens Utrecht – 21.1”
3. Piet Woldman – 20.5”
4. Iwan Horde – 20.1”

SUNFLOWER (head)
1. Iwan Horde – 18.9”
2. Kagiso Smit – 12.2”
-- Kagiso Smit – 10.2”

SUNFLOWER (plant)
1. Iwan Horde – 183.9”
-- Iwan Horde – 163.0”
2. Gijs Middelkoop – 155.1”
-- Gijs Middelkoop – 144.1”

10/3/2015 1:22:22 PM

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Marrow weights should read:

MARROW
1. Iwan Horde – 79.8
2. Bradley Wursten – 77.4
-- Iwan Horde – 71.0
-- Iwan Horde – 69.2
3. Marco van Zanten – 65.0
-- Marco van Zanten – 64.8
4. Cynthia Hathaway - 53.1
5. Botanical Gardens Utrecht – 34.4

10/3/2015 1:25:01 PM

congratulations all. Big day for Iwan

10/3/2015 1:49:49 PM

Big day for Bradley too.

10/3/2015 1:50:52 PM

Citrus Heights, CA

Awesome job everyone. Congratulations.

10/5/2015 2:03:49 AM

Garden State Pumpkins

Great work by all! Congrats!

10/5/2015 12:01:40 PM