EGVGA Results 2012

Category 1 - Atlantic Giant Pumpkins

Pumpkin - European EGVGA growers *
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Beni Meier [Switzerland] EUROPEAN RECORD 768.5 1694
2 Johannes Tanner [Germany] GERMAN RECORD 762.0 1680
- Beni Meier [Switzerland] 708.0 1560
3 Jos Ghaye [Belgium] 704.5 1553
4 Herman Boonen [Belgium] 665.5 1467
5 Luc Berrens [Belgium] 656.0 1446
- Jos Ghaye [Belgium] 640.4 1412
6 Matthias Würsching [Germany] 631.0 1391
7 Fabrice Boudyo [France] 607.0 1338
8 Andreas Wild [Germany] 586.5 1293
9 Jan Molter [Germany] 581.5 1282
- Herman Boonen [Belgium] 577.0 1272
10 Jonas de Swert [Belgium] 569.0 1255
11 Mehdi Daho [France] 567.0 1250
12 Leo Cuypers [Belgium] 555.6 1225
- Luc Berrens [Belgium] 552.7 1218
13 Chris Schieder [Austria] AUSTRIAN RECORD 551.5 1216
14 Bernhard Preis [Germany] 549.2 1211
- Luc Berrens [Belgium] 539.3 1189
15 Rohnny Clerinx [Belgium] 529.6 1168
16 Ian & Stuart Paton [UK] 526.0 1160
17 Team Heavy East [Germany] 523.4 1154
- Jonas de Swert [Belgium] 520.0 1146
18 Nick Gladines [Belgium] 499.0 1100
19 Iwan Horde [Netherlands] 493.4 1088
- Nick Gladines [Belgium] 489.5 1079
- Team Heavy East [Germany] 489.2 1078
20 Norbert Andres [Germany] 484.6 1068
Pumpkin - non-European EGVGA growers
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 John Nieuwenhoff [Canada] 628.7 1386
2 Jane & Phil Hunt [Canada] 488.3 1076
3 Don Young [USA] 399.0 880
4 Conrad Wheildon [Canada] 276.6 609
5 Jim West [USA] 243.6 537

Category 2 - Cucurbitaceae 1

Squash *
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Matthias Würsching [Germany] 429.4 947
2 Herman Boonen [Belgium] 429.2 946
3 Mehdi Daho [France] FRENCH RECORD 425.5 938
4 Richard Glassford [USA] 374.2 825
5 Bernhard Preis [Germany] 299.6 661
6 Norbert Andres [Germany] 285.8 630
7 Leo Cuypers [Belgium] 268.8 593
8 Martin Rudorfer [Germany] 245.0 540
9 Paul van Pelt [Belgium] 213.6 471
10 Jean Kinnen [Luxembourg] 199.0 439
11 Arnold Horde [Netherlands] 180.2 397
12 Nick Gladines [Belgium] 138.4 305
13 Daniel Young [UK] 54.4 120
14 Andreas Wild [Germany] 43.8 97
15 David Thomas [UK] 21.4 47
Cantaloupe
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Mehdi Daho [France] 15.350 33.84
2 Fabrice Boudyo [France] 14.600 32.19
3 Peter Glazebrook [UK] 1.250 2.76
4 Joe Atherton [UK] 1.030 2.27
Field Pumpkin
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Martin Rudorfer [Germany] 47.4 104.5
2 Chris Lyons [Canada] 42.6 94.0
3 Peter Glazebrook [UK] 39.8 87.7
4 Joost Wouters [Netherlands] DUTCH RECORD 38.6 85.2
- Joost Wouters [Netherlands] 37.0 81.6
- Martin Rudofer [Germany] 37.0 81.6
5 Mehdi Daho [France] 33.5 73.7
6 Tuija Osmala [Finland] FINNISH RECORD 30.3 66.8
7 Iwan Horde [Netherlands] 28.6 62.8
8 Roger Rüegger [Switzerland] 28.0 61.7
9 Jan & Phil Hunt [Canada] 26.8 59.0
- Peter Glazebrook [UK] 26.4 58.0
10 Jim West [USA] 23.6 52.0
11 Thomas Puchner [Austria] 22.0 48.5
Watermelon
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Bryan Mailey [Canada] 81.0 178.5
2 Tuija Osmala [Finland] 41.0 90.4
3 Mehdi Daho [France] 39.0 86.0
4 Fabrice Boudyo [France] 35.5 78.3
5 Peter Glazebrook [UK] 28.7 63.3
6 David Thomas [UK] 5.6 12.3
7 Joe Atherton [UK] 2.4 5.2

Category 3 - Cucurbitaceae 2

English marrow *
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Peter Glazebrook [UK]   54.3 119.8
2 Mark & Frank Baggs [UK]   51.8 114.2
3 Tuija Osmala [Finland]   45.0 99.2
4 Achmed Wendt [Germany]   41.0 90.4
5 Joost Wouters [Netherlands]   36.4 80.4
6 Maija Karvinen [Finland]   36.0 79.3
7 Peter Bohnert [Germany]   35.6 78.5
8 Jim West [USA]   34.5 76.0
9 John Hollinrake [UK]   31.5 69.5
10 Johannes Offermann [Germany]   29.8 65.7
11 Tom Delles [Luxembourg]   29.2 64.4
12 David Thomas [UK]   28.4 62.6
- Johannes Offermann [Germany]   27.2 60.0
13 Team Garten Tulln [Austria]   25,4 56.0
14 Dan Unsworth [UK]   23.6 52.0
15 Mehdi Daho [France]   22.7 49.9
16 Jan Scheffe [Netherlands]   22.0 48.4
17 Joannis Höllein [Germany]   21.8 48.1
18 Eberhard Langheim [Germany]   21.6 47.6
18 Team Heavy East [Germany]   21.6 47.6
20 Roger Rüegger [Switzerland]   21.0 46.3
Cucumber (heavy)
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 David Thomas [UK]   9.600 21.16
2 Mehdi Daho [France]   7.565 16.68
- Mehdi Daho [France]   7.550 16.64
3 Fabrice Boudyo [France]   6.400 14.11
4 Tuija Osmala [Finland] FINNISH RECORD 5.728 12.63
5 Bradley Wursten [Netherlands] DUTCH RECORD 5.635 12.40
- Bradley Wursten [Netherlands]   5.550 12.20
-last Tuija Osmala [Finland]   3.320 7.32
Cucumber (long)
Rank Grower Info Length cm Length in
1 Peter Glazebrook [UK]   81.9 32.3
2 Bradley Wursten [Netherlands]   81.0 31.9
- Peter Glazebrook [UK]   80.2 31.6
- Bradley Wursten [Netherlands]   79.5 31.3
3 David Thomas [UK]   77.0 30.3
4 Tuija Osmala [Finland] FINNISH RECORD 71.5 28.1
5 Mehdi Daho [France]   71.2 28.0
- Tuija Osmala [Finland]   71.0 28.0

Category 4 - Heavy root

Beetroot (round, red, table)
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Joanne Borcsok [Canada] 19.70 43.3
2 Joe Atherton [UK] 13.80 30.4
3 Peter Glazebrook [UK] 12.60 27.8
4 George Rogers [UK] 12.20 26.8
5 Josef Stocker [Austria] 9.20 20.3
6 David Thomas [UK] 7.30 16.1
7 Bradley Wursten [Netherlands] 7.30 16.1
8 Maija Karvinen [Finland] 4.07 8.9
9 Mehdi Daho [France] 3.50 7.7
10 Tuija Osmala [Finland] 2.71 6.0
Carrot *
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 David Thomas [UK] 4.900 10.80
- David Thomas [UK] 4.380 9.66
2 Peter Glazebrook [UK] 4.400 9.70
- Peter Glazebrook [UK] 2.990 6.59
3 Thomas Puchner [Austria] 2.470 5.45
4 Joe Atherton [UK] 2.420 5.34
5 Tuija Osmala [Finland] FINNISH RECORD 2.110 4.65
6 Mehdi Daho [France] 2.100 4.63
7 George Rogers [UK] 1.760 3.88
8 Josef Stocker [Austria] 1.658 3.66
9 Maija Karvinen [Finland] 1.540 3.40
10 Jörg Wagler [Germany] 1.468 3.24
11 Team Heavy East [Germany] 1.200 2.65
12 Joanne Borcsok [Canada] 1.089 2.40
13 Klaus Brugger [Austria] 0.619 1.36
Parsnip
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 David Thomas [UK] 5.54 12.20
- David Thomas [UK] 5.44 11.99
2 Peter Glazebrook [UK] 4.81 10.60
3 George Rogers [UK] 3.49 7.69
4 Joanne Borcsok [Canada] 3.45 7.60
5 Joe Atherton [UK] 3.06 6.75
6 Mehdi Daho [France] 2.70 5.95
Potato
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 David Thomas [UK] 1.67 3.68
2 Peter Glazebrook [UK] 1.48 3.26
3 Bradley Wursten [Netherlands] 1.10 2.43
4 Joe Atherton [UK] 0.92 2.03

Category 5 - Long

Beetroot
Rank Grower Info Length cm Length in
1 Joe Atherton [UK] 455.9 179.5
2 Peter Glazebrook [UK] 452.9 178.3
3 Mehdi Daho [France] 400.0 157.4
Carrot
Rank Grower Info Length cm Length in
1 Joe Atherton [UK] 358.8 141.3
2 Peter Glazebrook [UK] 357.0 140.6
3 Mehdi Daho [France] FRENCH RECORD 339.5 133.7
4 Joanne Borcsok [Canada] 94.0 37.0
5 Johannes Offermann [Germany] 76.0 29.9
Long gourd *
Rank Grower Info Length cm Length in
1 Arnold Horde [Netherlands] EUROPEAN RECORD 330.0 130.0
2 Norbert Andres [Germany] GERMAN RECORD 324.6 127.8
3 Al Eaton [Canada] 312.0 122.9
- Norbert Andres [Germany] 308.0 121.3
4 Bryan Mailey [Canada] 288.3 113.5
5 Tuija Osmala [Finland] FINNISH RECORD 285.0 112.2
6 John Nieuwenhoff [Canada] 284.5 112.0
7 Bradley Wursten [Netherlands] 277.0 109.1
8 Johannes Offermann [Germany] 276.0 108.7
9 Peter Bohnert [Germany] 275.6 108.5
10 Chris Lyons [Canada] 265.4 104.5
11 Mehdi Daho [France] 242.0 95.3
12 Martin Rudorfer [Germany] 239.7 94.4
13 Josef Stocker [Austria] 234.0 92.1
14 Tom Delles [Luxembourg] 218.0 85.8
15 Richard Glassford [USA] 210.8 83.0
16 Jan Scheffe [Netherlands] 165.5 65.2
17 Franz Mathias [Austria] 155.0 61.0
18 Jim West [USA] 150.0 59.0
19 Joanne Borcsok [Canada] 142.3 56.0
Parsnip
Rank Grower Info Length cm Length in
1 Peter Glazebrook [UK] WORLD RECORD 560.7 220.7
2 Joe Atherton [UK] 337.0 132.7
3 Mehdi Daho [France] FRENCH RECORD 247.5 97.4
4 Joanne Borcsok [Canada] 160.0 63.0
Runnerbean
Rank Grower Info Length cm Length in
1 Peter Glazebrook [UK] EGVGA RECORD 81.7 32.2
2 Joe Atherton [UK] 75.4 29.7
3 Mehdi Daho [France] 66.0 26.0
4 Iwan Horde [Netherlands] 64.5 25.4
5 Tuija Osmala [Finland] FINNISH RECORD 55.2 21.7

Category 6 - Brassica

Cabbage
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
- Peter Glazebrook [UK] with roots 36.9 81.3
- John Hollinrake [UK] with roots 32.9 72.6
1 Jane & Phil Hunt [Canada] 29.5 65.0
2 Peter Glazebrook [UK] 29.4 64.8
3 David Thomas [UK] 27.6 60.8
4 Maija Karvinen [Finland] FINNISH RECORD 12.0 26.4
5 Johannes Offermann [Germany] 7.6 16.8
6 Team Garten Tulln [Austria] 6.4 14.1
Kohlrabi
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Joanne Borcsok [Canada] 12.20 27.0
2 Bradley Wursten [Netherlands] 11.40 25.2
3 Mehdi Daho [France] FRENCH RECORD 9.80 21.6
4 Team Garten Tulln [Austria] 7.80 17.2
5 Roger Rüegger [Switzerland] 3.34 7.5
6 Johannes Offermann [Germany] 3.24 7.1
7 Team Heavy East [Germany] 2.80 6.2
Radish
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 David Thomas [UK] 3.03 7.92
2 Bradley Wursten [Netherlands] 2.61 5.76
3 Joe Atherton [UK] 2.17 4.78
4 Mehdi Daho [France] 1.85 4.08
5 Fabrice Boudyo [France] 1.60 3.53
6 Peter Glazebrook [UK] 1.07 2.36
Swede *
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 David Thomas [UK] EGVGA RECORD 35.40 78.0
2 Tuija Osmala [Finland] FINNISH RECORD 13.10 28.9
3 Joanne Borcsok [Canada] 10.20 22.4
4 Maija Karvinen [Finland] 5.24 11.5
5 Mahdi Daho [France] 4.45 9.8

Category 7 - other

Amaranth
Rank Grower Info Height cm Height in
1 Bo Persson [Sweden] WORLD RECORD 919 361.8
Beetroot (Mammoth)
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Mehdi Daho [France] 6.25 13.8
Corn *
Rank Grower Info Height cm Height in
1 Bryan Mailey [Canada] 654.0 257.5
2 Joanne Borcsok [Canada] 607.0 239.0
- Bryan Mailey [Canada] 579.0 228.0
3 Mehdi Daho [France] 535.0 210.6
4 Tuija Osmala [Finland] 485.5 191.1
5 Johannes Offermann [Germany] 432.0 170.1
6 Norbert Andres [Germany] 423.0 166.5
Sunflower
Rank Grower Info Height cm Height in
1 John Nieuwenhoff [Canada] 482.5 190.0
2 Thomas Puchner [Austria] 468.0 184.3
3 Johannes Offermann [Germany] 418.0 164.6
4 Mehdi Daho [France] 412.0 162.2
5 Tuija Osmala [Finland] 307.5 121.1
Sunflower (head)
Rank Grower Info Width cm Width in
1 Norbert Andres [Germany] 61.0 24.0
2 Mehdi Daho [France] FRENCH RECORD 56.5 22.2
3 Tuija Osmala [Finland] 46.0 18.1
4 Iwan Horde [Netherlands] 44.0 17.3
5 Joanne Borcsok [Canada] 40.6 16.0
6 Juha Ollila [Estonia] 35.5 13.9

Category 8 - Heavy non-root

Celery
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 David Thomas [UK] EGVGA RECORD 27.0 59.5
2 George Rogers [UK] 26.8 59.1
3 Mehdi Daho [France] FRENCH RECORD 16.0 35.3
4 Joe Atherton [UK] 6.2 13.7
Leek
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Peter Glazebrook [UK] EGVGA RECORD 7.60 16.8
2 Joe Atherton [UK] 7.40 16.3
3 Mehdi Daho [France] 1.85 4.1
4 Tuija Osmala [Finland] FINNISH RECORD 1.70 3.7
Onion
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Peter Glazebrook [UK] WORLD RECORD 8.19 18.10
2 Joe Atherton [UK] 5.50 12.13
3 David Thomas [UK] 3.35 7.39
4 Bradley Wursten [Netherlands] 1.83 4.02
5 Mehdi Daho [France] 1.25 2.76
Pepper
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Roger Ruëgger [Switzerland] 0.520 1.17
- Roger Rüegger [Switzerland] 0.498 1.09
2 Tuija Osmala [Finland] FINNISH RECORD 0.485 1.07
3 Mehdi Daho [France] 0.400 0.88
4 Fabrice Boudyo [France] 0.350 0.77
5 Franz Mathias [Austria] 0.347 0.76
6 Peter Bohnert [Germany] 0.337 0.74
Tomato *
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Fabrice Boudyo [France] EUROPEAN RECORD 2.340 5.16
2 Mehdi Daho [France] 2.324 5.12
- Fabrice Boudyo [France] 2.280 5.03
3 John Nieuwenhoff [Canada] 2.223 4.90
4 Hezekiah Wahl [USA] 2.064 4.55
5 Tuija Osmala [Finland] FINNISH RECORD 1.984 4.37
6 Jane & Phil Hunt [Canada] 1.960 4.32
- Mehdi Daho [France] 1.953 4.31
7 Roger Rüegger [Switzerland] 1.890 4.16
8 Chris Lyons [Canada] 1.869 4.12
- Roger Ruëgger [Switzerland] 1.850 4.09
- Tuija Osmala [Finland] 1.718 3.79
9 Peter Glazebrook [UK] 1.396 3.08
10 Bryan Mailey [Canada] 1.396 3.08
11 Joe Atherton [UK] 1.360 3.00
12 Team Garten Tulln [Austria] 1.230 2.71
13 Juha Ollila [Estonia] 1.115 2.45
14 Norbert Andres [Germany] 0.848 1.87
15 David Thomas [UK] 0.700 1.54
16 Alexander Lütjens [Germany] 0.654 1.44
17 Franz Mathias [Austria] 0.622 1.37
18 Oliver Langheim [Germany] 0.511 1.13

Non-competition classes

Corn cob
Rank Grower Info Length cm Length in
1 Team Garten Tulln [Austria] 38.0 15.0
2 Thomas Puchner [Austria] 33.5 13.2
Eggplant
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Roger Ruëgger [Switzerland] 0.915 2.02
Pear / African Kettle Gourd
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Thomas Puchner [Austria] Kettle 59.0 130.0
2 Roger Rüegger [Switzerland] Pear 34.0 75.0
Kale (tall)
Rank Grower Info Height cm height in
1 Joanne Borcsok [Canada] 511.8 201.5