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18th Annual GREAT PUMPKIN FESTIVAL and WEIGH-OFF

Allardt, Tennessee

Saturday, Oct. 3, through Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009

Official Weights and Measurements for World Record Consideration

2008 News release

2008 Beauty Pageant entry form

2008 Events Summary

Pumpkin Run entry form

Rules and Regs 
for Big Pumpkin 
Competition

2008 Sponsors

 Where is Allardt, Tennessee? (MAP)

Check Allardt Weather

Photos

 Big Car Show . Call Loretta at Advance Auto Parts in Jamestown, TN. 931-879-1028.

Motorcycle Show. Call Dale Cox 931-879-4971

Pumpkin Run

Questions: Call Allardt City Hall

931-879-7125

Crafts and Food Vendors

Vendor brochure

Our thanks to these 2008 Pumpkin Festival Event Sponsors and Contributors:


A-Team Heating and Cooling, Inc.

Advance Auto Parts

Allardt Land Company

Burden Drug Center

Clarkrange Drug Center

Community Bank of the Cumberlands

Dilip Joshi, M.D.

D & D Auto Parts

Fentress County Farm Bureau

Fentress County Flowers & Gifts

Fentress Courier

Congressman Lincoln Davis

Mayfield Dairy

McDonalds

Mountain Barn Builders

Potters' Shopping Center

Progressive Savings Bank

Taco Bell

Union Bank

Volunteer Energy

Xango, Independent Distributor Joyce Goad

"Barney" and "Gomer" entertained the crowds with Mayberry Memories at the 2005 and 2006 festivals.

A big parade down the center of Allardt is an annual high point of the festival.

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 Oct. 4,
            2008 Pumpkin Weigh-off in Allardt


            
First place - Jack Faulkner, LaFollette, Tenn. - 947.6 lbs.
Second place  - Dewayne Porter, Dunagan, VA - 873.1 lbs.
Third place - Joe Miller, Weaverville, NC - 840.8
Fourth place - Chris Kent, Sevierville, TN - 758.3 lbs.
Fifth - Richard Crum, Dunagan, VA - 607.5 lbs.

Green Squash
1 -John Wayne Brooks, Rhonda, NC - 450.7 lbs.
2-Gale Newsom, Pinnacle, NC - 286.5

Watermelons
1-Chris Kent, Sevierville, TN -- 213.2 lbs.
2-Gale Newsom, Pinnacle, NC - 204.9 lbs.
3-Freddie Burcham, Ashland City, TN - 203.9


            


2008 First, Second, Third place pumpkin winners (Faulkner,Porter, Miller)
Photo by Sandra Turner







            
2007 Allardt Pumpkin Weigh-off 

Billy Burton of Nancy, KY , wins Oct. 6, 2007, pumpkin weigh-off with 
his entry weighing 1,112 lbs., the largest ever weighed
in Allardt, breaking last year's record. 
(Burton's pumpkin set a new Kentucky state record 
when it was previously weighed and certified  at 1,126 lbs.)


            
 


            
photo by Sandra Turner


            
 


            
2nd place  --Christopher Kent, Sevierville, TN -- 962 lbs.
3rd place  -- John VanHook, Somerset, KY -- 881 lbs.
4th place -- Dwayne Poter of Dungannan, VA  -- 688 lbs.
Prettiest Pumpkin -- Gail Newsom, Pinnacle, NC

Giant Squash
1st place -- Gary Volkenand, Allardt, TN -- 493 lbs.
2nd place -- Dave Franks, Maynardville, TN -- 442 lbs.
3rd place -- Gail Newsome, Pinnacle, NC -- 433 lbs.
4th place -- Betty Franks, Maynardville, TN -- 408 lbs.

Watermelon
shared 1st place -- Freddie Burcham , Ashland City, and son Matthew 
of Pleasant View, TN, each weighing in a watermelon at 209 lbs.
3rd place -- Eric Burcham -- 208 lbs.
4th place -- Gail Newsom, Pinnacle, NC -- 200  lbs.



 2006 Weigh-off

Pumpkins
1st Place - Lawrence County 4-H Club, Lawrenceburg, TN -- 1,051 lbs. 
Allardt Weigh-off Record Breaker and state record pumpkin

(Same pumpkin set  Tennessee State Record 9/6/6 at 1,078 lbs.) 
Wendell Smith , Ext. Agent  with 4-H Club members Tori Bryant 
and John Calvin Bryant



2nd place  --Christopher Kent, Sevierville, TN -- 907.5 lbs.
3rd place  -- Richard Crumb, Dunagan, VA -- 878 lbs.
Prettiest Pumpkin -- Lawrence County 4-H Club, Lawrenceburg, TN

Green Squash

1st Place -- Gary Volkenand of Allardt, TN -- 759 lbs.

2nd Place -- Forrest Yancy, Helenwood, TN -- 444.5 lbs.
3rd Place -- Gale Newsom, King, NC -- 161.5 lbs.

Watermelon
1st Place -- Ronald Bowers, Smithville, TN -- 173.5 lbs.
2nd Place -- Wendell Smith, Lawrenceburg, Tn -- 171.5 lbs.
3rd Place -- Joshua Bowers, Smithville, TN -- 169 lbs.

photos by Bill Bowden, Fentress Courier

 2005 Weigh-off Winners

Click for photo

photo by Bill Bowden of the Fentress Courier

Wallace Simmons of Canton, NC, broke the previous festival record 
with a pumpkin weighing 854 lbs. 


Gary Volkenand of Allardt broke the Tennessee state record
with his second place pumpkin weighing 841 lbs.

Chris Kent of Sevierville, Tenn., placed third with his 789 lb. pumpkin, 
making him state record holder for only 15 minutes until 
the Volkenand pumpkin was weighed in.

The late Jim Asberry of Allardt held the previous Tennessee state record of 716.5 lbs.

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Green Squash

See Photo

photo by Bill Bowden of the Fentress Courier

Gary Volkenand of Allardt ............... 699 lbs.


Gail Newsom of Pinnacle, NC ...........137 lbs.

Watermelons

Freddie Burcham, Ashland City, TN -- 229 lbs.
Sharon Burcham, Ashland City, TN -- 196.5 lbs.
Eric Burcham, Ashland City, TN -- 194 lbs.

2004 Weigh-off Winners

Pumpkin Winners
Wallace Simmons, Canton, NC __ 852 lbs.
Gail Newsom, Pinnacle, NC -- 820 lbs
Mary Lou Volkenand, Allardt, Tn -- 680 lbs.

Giant Squash
Kamea Bree and Scott Burke of Robbins, TN -- 565 lbs.
Easton Burke of Robbins, TN -- 363 lbs.
Ariel Burke of Robbins, TN -- 331 lbs.

Watermelons
Freddie Burcham, Ashland City, TN -- 188 lbs.
Sharon Burcham, Ashland City, TN -- 175 lbs.
Eric Burcham, Ashland City, TN -- 162 lbs.

Largest pumpkin ever weighed in Allardt (until 2005)was this 852-lb. winner of 2004 weighoff. Wallace Simmons and family from Canton, NC. Photo

Photo by Bill Bowden, Fentress Courier

2003 First Place Winners

  • 2003 winning pumpkin was 817 pounds, grown by Wallace Simmons of Canton, NC.
  • First place watermelon was 213 pounds, grown by the Bertram family of Ashland City, Tenn.
  • First place green squash was 590 pounds, grown by Gail Newson of Pinnacle, NC.

    • Total of 24 giant pumpkins entered in the 2003 weigh-off.

    2002 weigh-off winner Steve Cline 
of Bluefield, West Virginia, 
with a pumpkin weighing 790 lbs. 
 (then a West Virginia state record).

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    1999 Big Pumpkin Wnner, 
823 lbs.,grown by John Robinette 
of Duffield, Virginia
    		 

         
photos by Bill Bowden, Fentress Courier

    The year 2001's top honors went to Gail Newson of King, NC, for his 566-pound giant pumpkin.

    Also Joe Miley of Odon, Indiana, took first place in the Giant Green Squash category for his entry of 578 pounds.

    The year 2000's top honors went to Mary Simmons of Canton, NC, for her 755-pound giant pumpkin.

    Our thanks to these 2008 Pumpkin Festival Event Sponsors and Contributors
    A-Team Heating and Cooling, Inc. ~ Advance Auto Parts ~ Allardt Land Company
    Burden Drug Center ~ Clarkrange Drug Center ~ Community Bank of the Cumberlands
    Dilip Joshi, M.D. ~ D & D Auto Parts ~ Fentress County Farm Bureau ~ Fentress County Flowers & Gifts
    Fentress Courier ~ Congressman Lincoln Davis ~ Mayfield Dairy ~ McDonalds'
    Mountain Barn Builders ~ Potters' Shopping Center ~ Progressive Savings Bank
    Taco Bell ~ Union Bank ~ Volunteer Energy
    Xango, Independent Distributor Joyce Goad

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