EGVGA Results 2009

COMPETITION VEGETABLES

Pumpkin - European EGVGA growers
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Mehdi Daho [France] NEW FRENCH AND EUROPEAN RECORD 730.7 1611.0
2 Jos Ghaye [Belgium] NEW BELGIAN RECORD 658.6 1452.0
3 Beni Meier [Switzerland] NEW SWISS RECORD 639.6 1410.0
4 Anders Lilja [Sweden] NEW SWEDISH RECORD 626.0 1380.0
5 Robert Jaser [Germany] NEW GERMAN RECORD 616.9 1360.0
6 Jos Ghaye [Belgium]   616.9 1360.0
7 Ian & Stuart Paton [UK]   595.1 1312.0
8 Beni Meier [Switzerland]   575.2 1268.0
9 Jos Ghaye [Belgium]   573.3 1264.0
10 Ian & Stuart Paton [UK]   561.5 1238.0
11 Jan van Rompaey [Belgium]   555.2 1224.0
12 Ian & Stuart Paton [UK]   552.9 1219.0
13 Jonas de Swert [Belgium]   550.7 1214.0
14 Ian & Stuart Paton [UK]   550.2 1213.0
15 Robert Jaser [Germany]   519.4 1145.0
16 Brad Wursten [Netherlands]   514.8 1135.0
17 Johannes Tanner [Germany]   503.5 1110.0
18 Anders Lilja [Sweden]   494.9 1091.0
19 Matthias Würsching [Germany]   491.2 1083.0
20 Sven Zirkelbach [Germany]   478.1 1054.0
Pumpkin - non-European EGVGA growers
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Phil Hunt [Canada]   761.1 1678.0
2 Don Young [USA]   752.1 1658.0
3 Don Young [USA]   735.7 1622.0
4 Don Young [USA]   604.6 1333.0
5 Glen & Margaret Martin [USA]   581.5 1282.0
Squash
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Leo Cuypers [Belgium] NEW BELGIAN RECORD 474.9 1047.0
2 Jonas de Swert [Belgium]   450.0 992.0
3 Iwan Horde [Netherlands]   442.7 976.0
4 Leo Cuypers [Belgium]   429.6 947.0
5 Horst Jager [Germany]   313.0 690.0
6 Norbert Andres [Germany]   289.4 638.0
7 Rick Sanders [Germany]   299.4 660.0
8 Bernhard Preis [Germany]   271.7 599.0
9 David Thomas [UK]   268.5 592.0
10 Brad Wursten [Netherlands]   220.0 485.0
English marrow - 30 lbs and more (13.5 kg)
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Brad Wursten [Netherlands] WORLD RECORD 93.7 206.5
2 Mark Baggs [UK]   36.6 80.7
3 Brad Wursten [Netherlands]   34.2 75.4
4 Mark Raymont [UK]   33.6 74.1
5 Brad Wursten [Netherlands]   33.4 73.6
6 David Thomas [UK]   31.8 70.1
7 Tom Delles [Luxembourg] NEW LUXEMBOURG RECORD 30.2 66.6
8 Norbert Andres [Germany] NEW GERMAN RECORD 29.2 64.4
9 Brad Wursten [Netherlands]   26.2 57.8
10 David Thomas [UK]   25.0 55.1
11 Andreas Wild [Germany]   24.8 54.7
12 Roger Rüegger [Switzerland] NEW SWISS RECORD 23.3 51.4
13 Brad Wursten [Netherlands]   23.1 51.0
14 Mehdi Daho [France] NEW FRENCH RECORD 23.0 50.7
15 Elmar Hubertus [Germany]   23.0 50.7
16 Johannes Offermann [Germany]   22.7 50.1
17 Arnold Horde [Netherlands]   22.6 49.8
18 Andreas Wild [Germany]   22.5 49.6
19 Horst Jager [Germany]   22.2 48.9
20 Arnold Horde [Netherlands]   22.0 48.5
Long gourds - 75 inches and longer (2m)
Rank Grower Info Length cm Length in
- Al Eaton [Canada]   289.5 114.0
1 Johannes Offermann [Germany] NEW EUROPEAN RECORD 286.8 112.9
2 Norbert Andres [Germany]   281.6 110.9
3 Roger Rüegger [Swizterland] NEW SWISS RECORD 277.0 109.1
4 Norbert Andres [Germany]   264.4 104.1
- Chris Lyons [Canada]   254.0 100.0
5 Brad Wursten [Netherlands] NEW DUTCH RECORD 251.0 98.8
6 Norbert Andres [Germany]   248.0 97.6
7 Iwan Horde [Netherlands]   247.5 97.4
8 Andreas Baumert [Germany]   247.0 97.2
9 Peter Bohnert [Germany]   246.5 97.1
- Glen & Margaret Martin [USA]   240.7 94.8
10 Iwan Horde [Netherlands]   240.0 94.5
11 Peter Bohnert [Germany]   236.0 92.9
- Glen & Margaret Martin [USA]   235.0 92.5
12 Brad Wursten [Netherlands]   233.0 91.7
13 Brad Wursten [Netherlands]   227.5 89.6
14 Rick Sanders [Germany]   221.5 87.2
15 Horst Jager [Germany]   224.5 88.4
Sunflower - 12 feet and taller (3.6m)
Rank Grower Info Height cm Height in
1 Iwan Horde [Netherlands] NEW EGVGA RECORD 476 187
2 Brad Wursten [Netherlands]   460 181
3 Johannes Offermann [Germany]   450 177
4 Brad Wursten [Netherlands]   447 176
5 Johannes Offermann [Germany]   436 171
5 Kaarina Rinne [Finland]   436 171
7 Anders Lilja [Sweden]   422 166
8 Rick Sanders [Germany]   377 149
Tomato
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Rhonny Clerinx [Belgium] NEW EGVGA AND BELGIAN RECORD 2.270 5.00
2 Peter Kjellberg [Sweden]   1.896 4.18
3 Fabrice Boudyo [France] NEW FRENCH RECORD 1.859 4.10
4 Horst Jager [Germany]   1.833 4.04
5 Miika Mantyniemi [Finland] NEW FINNISH RECORD 1.666 3.67
6 Fabrice Boudyo [France]   1.485 3.27
- Chris Lyons [Canada]   1.420 3.13
7 Rick Sanders [Germany]   1.410 3.12
8 Ross Keightley [UK]   1.280 2.82
9 Johannes Offermann [Germany]   1.254 2.76
10 Sanna-Mari Saarenmaa [Finland]   1.198 2.64
11 Rick Sanders [Germany]   1.186 2.61
12 Miika Mantyniemi [Finland]   1.132 2.50
13 Fabrice Boudyo [France]   1.110 2.45
14 Rick Sanders [Germany]   1.063 2.34
15 Fabrice Boudyo [France]   1.029 2.27
16 Sanna-Mari Saarenmaa [Finland]   1.015 2.24
17 Maija Karvinen [Finland]   1.010 2.23
18 Brad Wursten [Netherlands]   0.977 2.15
19 Tuija Osmala [Finland]   0.970 2.14
20 Sanna-Mari Saarenmaa [Finland]   0.952 2.10

OTHER VEGETABLES

Beetroot
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Brad Wursten [Netherlands] 2nd in the world, DUTCH RECORD 23.10 51.0
2 Brad Wursten [Netherlands] 20.10 44.3
3 Brad Wursten [Netherlands] 10.53 23.2
4 Brad Wursten [Netherlands] 9.44 20.8
Cabbage
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 David Thomas [UK] 48.59 107.00
2 David Thomas [UK] 45.32 99.88
3 David Thomas [UK] 44.92 99.00
4 David Thomas [UK] 44.71 98.56
- Phil Hunt [Canada] 27.68 61.00
Carrot (heavy)
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Brad Wursten [Netherlands] 2.451 5.40
2 Brad Wursten [Netherlands] 1.888 4.16
3 Brad Wursten [Netherlands] 1.804 3.98
4 Brad Wursten [Netherlands] 1.688 3.72
5 Brad Wursten [Netherlands] 1.425 3.14
6 Iwan Horde [Netherlands] 1093 2.41
7 Iwan Horde [Netherlands] 0.853 1.88
Corn
Rank Grower Info Height cm Height in
- Chris Lyons [Canada] 538 212
1 Roger Rüegger [Switzerland] 455 179
2 Johannes Offermann [Germany] 444 174
3 Brad Wursten [Netherlands] 442 173
4 Brad Wursten [Netherlands] 424 167
5 Kaarina Rinne [Finland] 390 153
Cucumber (long)
Rank Grower Info Length cm Length in
1 Mehdi Daho [France] 59.25 23.33
2 Mehdi Daho [France] 55.00 21.65
3 Mehdi Daho [France] 54.50 21.46
Cucumber (heavy)
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Ross Keightley [UK] 4.94 10.89
2 Brad Wursten [Netherlands] 1.87 4.12
Kale
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Sanna-Mari Saarenmaa [Finland] 3.93 8.66
2 Sanna-Mari Saarenmaa [Finland] 1.95 4.30
Onion
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Ian & Stuart Paton [UK] 4.508 9.94
2 Iwan Horde [Netherlands] 1.227 2.71
3 Kaarina Rinne [Finland] 1.180 2.60
4 Anders Lilja [Sweden] 0.937 2.07
Parsnip
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Brad Wursten [Netherlands] 1.003 2.21
2 Brad Wursten [Netherlands] 0.765 1.88
Pepper (Sweet)
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Brad Wursten [Netherlands] 0.366 0.81
Pepper (Hot)
Rank Grower Info Length cm Length in
1 Miika Mäntyniemi [Finland] 25.0 9.8
Radish
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
1 Brad Wursten [Netherlands] 1.442 3.18
Runnerbean (length)
Rank Grower Info Length cm Length in
1 Ross Keightley [UK] 77.2 30.4
2 Mehdi Daho [France] 56.5 22.2
Sunflower (largest head)
Rank Grower Info Width cm Width in
1 Iwan Horde [Netherlands] 59 23.2
2 Brad Wursten [Netherlands] 57 22.4
3 Rick Sanders [Germany] 56 22.1
4 Iwan Horde [Netherlands] 54 21.2
5 Johannes Offermann [Germany] 51 20.1
6 Rick Sanders [Germany] 49 19.3
7 Tuija Osmala [Finland] 43 16.9
8 Tuija Osmala [Finland] 42 16.5
9 Sanna-Mari Saarenmaa [Finland] 33 13.0
Watermelon
Rank Grower Info Weight kg Weight lb
- Don Young [USA] 61.3 135.0
- Bart Toftness [USA] 40.8 90.0
1 Mehdi Daho [France] 15.0 33.1
2 Mirja Vuorisalo [Finland] 4.28 9.4