Our Annual VGPGA Weigh-off went off without a hitch and what a great day we had, beautiful sunny day. We had a last minute entry which smashed the competition. Barry LeBlanc from Merrimack, NH weighed in at 2359.5 lbs! Awesome.

Champlain Valley Fair celebrated it’s 100th birthday 8/28/2022. The night before was the heaviest pumpkin contest, won again by Kevin Companion with a 1184.5 lb wide body, Wilbur Horton took 2nd with a 1103 lbs bright orange beauty, Terry Keim took 3rd with “Little Richard”, a white 517 lbs cull from the 1379 Squires.

Members New Personal bests:

Barry LeBlanc 2359.5 lbs (New Site Record)

John & Kerry Young 1680 lbs (Topsfield Fair)

Ethan Nelson 1092.5 lbs (Howard Dill Award Winner)

Aaron Messier 1041 lbs (Squash)

Jenna Baird 992 lbs.

Lauren Rolandi 518 lbs (1st yr grower)

Anson Tebbetts 299.5 lbs (1st yr grower)

Jonathan Yacko/Natalie Gilliard 143.5 lbs (1st yr growers)

Dan Kruszyna 129 lb (Marrow) New Site Record

Ron Scholtz 18′ 4″ sunflower – New State Record

Chris MacDonald 308 lb (Bushel Gourd) New Site Record

Chris MacDonald 20 lb (Beet Root) 1st ever entry

John and Kerry Young 7.95 lbs (Tomato) New State Record

Leif Nelson 14.5 lb (Cabbage) – junior grower

Terry Keim 29.5 lb (Long Gourd) 🙂