Around the world, there are many hurling competitions. Most of the major ones involve hurling pumpkins, usually 8-10 pound ones.
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World Championship Cabbage Chuck
category: Contests / Other Contests
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As the name suggests this competition throws cabbages instead of pumpkins. This was done because the town of Shiocton has a sauerkraut factory causing the local farmers to grow a lot more cabbages than pumpkins. The competition hosts all types of hurling machines. In the past they have had about ten to fifteen different trebuchets, broken into medieval and modern categories with prizes being handed out for both, one catapult, and the big feature air cannons. Each year there have been three air cannons at the event all being run by the Peeters Boyz Toyz team. The main cannon has a 60' barrel and shoots cabbages around 1500' and bowling balls 1.5 miles. (They were actually unable to find the bowling ball but a few months later a hunter was walking around the woods and saw it laying there) The competition is broken into two parts. In the morning there is a distance competition and in the afternoon taget shooting. In the target portion they have sponsored targets set up in various locations and you receive $50 per target you hit. Here is a link to a video shot at the event http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS9OepeTELc
If you wish to compete in the event email moc.rr.wen|sinedtapts#moc.rr.wen|sinedtapts
Burlington 2008
category: Contests / Burlington Pumpkin Pitch
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More results to come.
Results In!
category: Contests / World Championship Pumpkin Chuck
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The official results are available at http://www.punkinchunkin.com/results2007.htm
Burlington 2007
category: Contests / Burlington Pumpkin Pitch
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Video
Footage from the pitch setup, practice and competition.
Results
The official results for the Burlington Pumpkin Pitch
Team Awards
- Machine Engineering Award-
- J-Buchet (Janicki), Sedro Woolley, WA
- Team Sportsmanship Award- (tie)
- TreBarbaric, Sedro Woolley, WA
- J-Buchet, Sedro Woolley, WA
- Captain's Award- (tie)
- TreBarbaric, Sedro Woolley, WA
- Pumpkin on a Stick, Seattle, WA
- People's Choice Award-
- TreBarbaric, Sedro Woolley, WA
- Rookie of the Year-
- Pumpkin on a Stick, Seattle, WA
Competitive Division
- 1st Place
- TreBarbaric, Sedro Woolley- 1866.8ft "New World Record"
- 2nd Place
- J-Buchet, Sedro Woolley-1083.9ft
- 3rd Place
- Siege Perilous, Kingston, WA-999.6ft
Recreational Division
- 1st Place
- Gourdinator, Sedro Woolley-992.3ft
- 2nd Place
- MiXeD NuTS, Everett, WA-471.9ft
- 3rd Place
- U.F.O., Burlington-432.2ft
- 4th Place
- Ally-Oop, Surrey, B.C.-395.2ft
- 5th Place
- Trebasaurus, Mount Vernon-375ft
- 6th Place
- Pumpkin on a Stick, Seattle, WA 84.4ft
Pictures
See the Burlington Pumpkin Pitch Page.
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