Contests at Pumpkinfest 2009

Saturday

9 am, Pumpkin Run

Across from the City Fire Station, 21 Court Street, Cortland. The Fidelis 6 pack race series seeks to encourage healthier life styles and greater family wellness, and to promote recreational running as a healthy choice. Your participation enables the Cortland YMCA, and its collaborators, the means to support many services and programs that deliver healthier lifestyles to the greater Cortland Community! You can win 100s of dollars of prizes such as running gear! For more information call the Cortland YMCA at (607) 756-2893 or e-mail ymca@cortlandymca.org. Stay after to enjoy crafts, sights and fine foods at the Pumpkinfest. Port-a-johns located in the park at the Pumpkinfest, showers available at the YMCA after the race. Download application now. $15 early registration/$20 race day registration. For 13 & under, $12 early registration/$15 race day registration. Free t-shirts given to the first 75 registrants!

 

11 am, Pumpkin Decorating Contest

Decorate your pumpkin (real or hand-made) to resemble your favorite character from books, films or TV. Decorate your pumpkin with your class at school, with your club, with your family, with a friend or on your own.

Enter the contest as a Kindergarten-2nd grader, 3rd or 4th grader, 5th or 6th grader, or as a group

Win a Prize: First Place - $30, Second Place - $20, Third Place - $10

Judging at 11 am, winners announced at 1 pm.

Download Pumpkin Decorating Registration Form

 

12 noon, Pumpkin Baking Contest

Do you bake an AWESOME Pumpkin Pie, bread, or other baked goods? Entries will be accepted from 11 am until 12 noon at the Rotary Tent. Judging will begin promptly at 12:30 with winners announced directly after.

Download Baking Contest Rules and Registration.

For more information, contact Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cortland County at 753-5077. Contest is sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cortland County and First Niagara Bank.

 

Sunday

2 pm, Largest Pumpkin Weigh-Off

Pumpkins should arrive between 9 am and noon in the Cortland County Convention and Visitors Bureau parking lot behind the antique tractors. Judging will be at 2 pm in four categories: largest pumpkin, best color, best shape and most unique. Awards will be given at 2:30 in 3 different age groups, age 4-11, age 12-18 and age 19+. Top three winners in each age group will receive a ribbon and all participants will receive a ribbon for entering.