European weigh-off results are posted here.
FINAL RESULTS
Non-European EGVGA growers are listed without a ranking except for the pumpkin category.
COMPETITION VEGETABLES
Pumpkin - European EGVGA growers
EGVGA record to beat: 1457 lbs
1st Mehdi Daho [France] - 1611 lbs NEW FRENCH AND EUROPEAN RECORD
2nd Jos Ghaye [Belgium] - 1452 lbs NEW BELGIAN RECORD
3rd Beni Meier [Switzerland] - 1410 lbs NEW SWISS RECORD
4th Anders Lilja [Sweden] - 1380 lbs NEW SWEDISH RECORD
5th Robert Jaser [Germany] - 1360 lbs NEW GERMAN RECORD
6th Jos Ghaye [Belgium] - 1360 lbs
7th Ian & Stuart Paton [United Kingdom] - 1312 lbs
8th Beni Meier [Switzerland] - 1268 lbs
9th Jos Ghaye [Belgium] - 1264 lbs
10th Ian & Stuart Paton [United Kingdom] - 1238 lbs
11th Jan van Rompaey [Belgium] - 1224 lbs
12th Ian & Stuart Paton [United Kingdom] - 1219 lbs
13th Jonas de Swert [Belgium] - 1214 lbs
14th Ian & Stuart Paton [United Kingdom] - 1213 lbs
15th Robert Jaser [Germany] - 1145 lbs
16th Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 1135 lbs
17th Johannes Tanner [Germany] - 1110 lbs
18th Anders Lilja [Sweden] - 1091 lbs
19th Matthias Würsching [Germany] - 1083 lbs
20th Sven Zirkelbach [Germany] - 1054 lbs
Pumpkin - non-European EGVGA growers
1st Phil Hunt [Canada] - 1678 lbs
2nd Don Young [USA] 1658 lbs
3rd Don Young [USA] - 1622 lbs
4th Don Young [USA] - 1333 lbs
5th Glen & Margaret Martin [USA] - 1282 lbs
Squash
EGVGA record to beat: 1234 lbs
1st Leo Cuypers [Belgium] - 1047 lbs NEW BELGIAN RECORD
2nd Jonas de Swert [Belgium] - 992 lbs
3rd Iwan Horde [Netherlands] - 976 lbs
4th Leo Cuypers [Belgium] - 947 lbs
5th Horst Jager [Germany] - 690 lbs
6th Norbert Andres [Germany] - 638 lbs
7th Rick Sanders [Germany] - 660 lbs
8th Bernhard Preis [Germany] - 599 lbs
9th David Thomas [United Kingdom] - 592 lbs
10th Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 485 lbs
English marrow
EGVGA record to beat: 90.6 lbs
1st Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 93.70 kg (206.5 lbs) WORLD RECORD
2nd Mark Baggs [United Kingdom] - 36.60 kg (80.7 lbs)
3rd Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 34.21 kg (75.4 lbs)
4th Mark Raymont [United Kingdom] - 33.60 kg (74.1 lbs)
5th Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 33.40 kg (73.6 lbs)
6th David Thomas [United Kingdom] - 31.80 kg (70.1 lbs)
7th Tom Delles [Luxembourg] - 30.20 kg (66.6 lbs) NEW LUXEMBOURG RECORD
8th Norbert Andres [Germany] - 29.20kg (64.4 lbs) NEW GERMAN RECORD
9th Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 26.22 kg (57.8 lbs)
10th David Thomas [United Kingdom] - 25.00 kg (55.1 lbs)
11th Andreas Wild [Germany] - 24.80 kg (54.7 lbs)
12th Roger Rüegger [Switzerland] - 23.30 kg (51.4 lbs) NEW SWISS RECORD
13th Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 23.10 kg (51.0 lbs)
14th Mehdi Daho [France] - 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs) NEW FRENCH RECORD
15th Elmar Hubertus [Germany] - 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs)
16th Johannes Offermann [Germany] - 22.70 kg (50.1 lbs)
17th Arnold Horde [Netherlands] - 22.60 kg (49.8 lbs)
18th Andreas Wild [Germany] - 22.50 lbs (49.6 lbs)
19th Horst Jager [Germany] - 22.20 kg (48.9 lbs)
20th Arnold Horde [Netherlands] - 22.00 kg (48.5 lbs)
Long gourds
EGVGA record to beat: 112.3"
--- Al Eaton [Canada] - 289.5 cm (114.0")
1st Johannes Offermann [Germany] - 286.8 cm (112.9") NEW EUROPEAN RECORD
2nd Norbert Andres [Germany] - 281.6 cm (110.9")
3rd Roger Rüegger [Swizterland] - 277.0 cm (109.1") NEW SWISS RECORD
4th Norbert Andres [Germany] - 264.4 cm (104.1")
--- Chris Lyons [Canada] - 254.0 cm (100.0")
5th Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 251.0 cm (98.8") NEW DUTCH RECORD
6th Norbert Andres [Germany] - 248.0 cm (97.6")
7th Iwan Horde [Netherlands] - 247.5 cm (97.4")
8th Andreas Baumert [Germany] - 247 cm (97.2")
9th Peter Bohnert [Germany] - 246.5 cm (97.1")
--- Glen & Margaret Martin [USA] - 240.7 cm (94.8")
10th Iwan Horde [Netherlands] - 240.0 cm (94.5")
11th Peter Bohnert [Germany] - 236 cm (92.9")
--- Glen & Margaret Martin [USA] - 235.0 cm (92.5")
12th Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 233.0 cm (91.7")
13th Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 227.5 cm (89.6")
14th Rick Sanders [Germany] - 221.5 cm (87.2")
15th Horst Jager [Germany] - 224.5 cm (88.4")
16th Iwan Horde [Netherlands] - 217.0 cm (85.4")
Sunflower
EGVGA record to beat: 14ft 11in
1st Iwan Horde [Netherlands] - 4.76 m (15ft 7in) NEW EGVGA RECORD
2nd Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 4.60m (15ft 1in)
3rd Johannes Offermann [Germany] - 4.50 m (14ft 9in)
4th Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 4.47m (14ft 8in)
5th Johannes Offermann [Germany] - 4.36 m (14ft 3in)
5th Kaarina Rinne [Finland] - 4.36 m (14ft 3in)
7th Anders Lilja [Sweden] - 4.22 m (13ft 10in)
8th Rick Sanders [Germany] - 3.77m (12ft 5in)
Tomato
EGVGA record to beat: 3.06lbs
1st Rhonny Clerinx [Belgium] - 2270 grams (5.00 lbs) NEW EGVGA AND BELGIAN RECORD
2nd Peter Kjellberg [Sweden] - 1896 grams (4.18 lbs)
3rd Fabrice Boudyo [France] - 1859 grams (4.10 lbs) NEW FRENCH RECORD
4th Horst Jager [Germany] - 1833 grams (4.04 lbs)
5th Miika Mantyniemi [Finland] - 1666 grams (3.67 lbs) NEW FINNISH RECORD
6th Fabrice Boudyo [France] - 1485 grams (3.27 lbs)
--- Chris Lyons [Canada] - 1420 grams (3.13 lbs)
7th Rick Sanders [Germany] - 1410 grams (3.12 lbs)
8th Ross Keightley [United Kingdom] - 1280 grams (2.82 lbs)
9th Johannes Offermann [Germany] - 1254 grams (2.76 lbs)
10th Sanna-Mari Saarenmaa [Finland] - 1198 grams (2.64 lbs)
11th Rick Sanders [Germany] - 1186 lbs (2.61 lbs)
12th Miika Mantyniemi [Finland] - 1132 grams (2.50 lbs)
13th Fabrice Boudyo [France] - 1110 grams (2.45 lbs)
14th Rick Sanders [Germany] - 1063 grams (2.34 lbs)
15th Fabrice Boudyo [France] - 1029 grams (2.27 lbs)
16th Sanna-Mari Saarenmaa [Finland] - 1015 grams (2.24 lbs)
17th Maija Karvinen [Finland] - 1010 grams (2.23 lbs)
18th Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 977 grams (2.15 lbs)
19th Tuija Osmala [Finland] - 970 grams (2.14 lbs)
20th Sanna-Mari Saarenmaa [Finland] - 952 grams (2.10 lbs)
OTHER VEGETABLES
Beetroot
1st Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 23.10 kg (51.0 lbs) 2nd in world - DUTCH RECORD
2nd Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 20.10kg (44.3 lbs)
3rd Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 10.53 kg (23.2 lbs)
4th Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 9.44 kg (20.8 lbs)
Cabbage
1st David Thomas [United Kingdom] - 48.59 kg (107.00 lbs)
2nd David Thomas [United Kingdom] - 45.32 kg (99.88 lbs)
3rd David Thomas [United Kingdom] - 44.92 kg (99.00 lbs)
4th David Thomas [United Kingdom] - 44.71 kg (98.56 lbs)
--- Phil Hunt [Canada] - 27.68 kg (61.00 lbs)
Carrot (heavy)
1st Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 2451 grams (5.40 lbs)
2nd Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 1888 grams (4.16 lbs)
3rd Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 1804 grams (3.98 lbs)
4th Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 1688 grams (3.72 lbs)
5th Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 1425 grams (3.14 lbs)
6th Iwan Horde [Netherlands] - 1093 grams (2.41 lbs)
7th Iwan Horde [Netherlands] - 853 grams (1.88 lbs)
Corn
--- Chris Lyons [Canada] - 5.38m (17ft 8in)
1st Roger Rüegger [Switzerland] - 4.55m (14ft 11in)
2nd Johannes Offermann [Germany] - 4.44m (14ft 6in)
3rd Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 4.42m (14ft 5in)
4th Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 4.24m (13ft 11in)
5th Kaarina Rinne [Finland] - 3.90m (12ft 9in)
Cucumber (long)
1st Mehdi Daho [France] - 59.25 cm (23.33")
2nd Mehdi Daho [France] - 55.0 cm (21.65")
3rd Mehdi Daho [France] - 54.5 cm (21.46")
Cucumber (heavy)
1st Ross Kneightly [United Kingdom] - 4.94 kg (10.89 lbs)
2nd Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 1.87 kg (4.12 lbs)
Kale
1st Sanna-Mari Saarenmaa [Finland] - 3.93 kg (8.66 lbs)
2nd Sanna-Mari Saarenmaa [Finland] - 1.95 kg (4.30 lbs)
Onion
1st Ian & Stuart Paton [United Kingdom] - 4508 grams (9.94 lbs)
2nd Iwan Horde [Netherlands] - 1227 grams (2.71 lbs)
3rd Kaarina Rinne [Finland] - 1180 grams (2.60 lbs)
4th Anders Lilja [Sweden] - 937 grams (2.07 lbs)
Parsnip
1st Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 1003 grams (2.21 lbs)
2nd Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 765 grams (1.88 lbs)
Pepper (Sweet)
1st Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 366 grams (0.81 lbs)
Pepper (Hot)
1st Miika Mäntyniemi [Finland] - 25.0 cm (9.8 in)
Radish
1st Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 1442 grams (3.18 lbs)
Runnerbean (length)
1st Ross Kneightley [United Kingdom] - 77.2 cm (30.4")
2nd Mehdi Daho [France] - 56.5 cm (22.2")
Sunflower (largest head)
1st Iwan Horde [Netherlands] - 59 cm (23.2 in)2nd Brad Wursten [Netherlands] - 57 cm (22.4 in)
3rd Rick Sanders [Germany] - 56 cm (22.1 in)
4th Iwan Horde [Netherlands] - 54 cm (21.2 in)
5th Johannes Offermann [Germany] - 51 cm (20.1 in)
6th Rick Sanders [Germany] - 49 cm (19.3 in)
7th Tuija Osmala [Finland] - 43 cm (16.9 in)
8th Tuija Osmala [Finland] - 42 cm (16.5 in)
9th Sanna-Mari Saarenmaa [Finland] - 33 cm (13.0 in)
Watermelon
--- Don Young [USA] - 61.3 kg (135.0 lbs)
--- Bart Toftness [USA] - 40.8 kg (90.0 lbs)
1st Mehdi Daho [France] - 15.0 kg (33.1 lbs)
2nd Mirja Vuorisalo [Finland] - 4.28 kg (9.4 lbs)
