Susanna Freymark
A large crowd gathered to watch entrants in the Watermelon Eating Competition at Kyogle’s Giant Pumpkin and Watermelon Festival yesterday, Saturday, January 17.
The competition was hosted by Summerland Bank and plenty of children and adults lined up for a turn to eat as much watermelon as they could in 10 seconds.
It was Aviv O’Callaghan’s fourth time winning the Under 18s section of the comp. Aviv is from Blackhorse Creek and he ate 195grams of watermelon.
Read about the winning pumpkins.
The other placegtters were:
Juniors 5-12 years girls
1st Arwen Spencer, 12
Weight 104grams
Lismore
2nd Celia Taylor, 11
Weight 94grams
Lismore
3rd Issy Maddox, 10
Weight 87grams
Mullumbimby
Junior Boys
1st Riley Smith, 11
Weight 145grams
Redcliffe
2nd Cedar Twome, 9
Weight 125grams
Lismore
3rd Flynn Brown, 11
Weight 104grams
Casino
Intermediate 13-17 years Girls
1st Gabriella Cheney, 17
Weight 109grams
Brisbane
2nd Jemma Bevan, 14
Weight 88grams
Kyogle
3rd Aubrey McQueen, 12
Weight 84grams
Kyogle
Intermediate Boys
1st Aviv O’Callaghan, 17
Weight 195grams
Blackhorse Creek
Age 17
2nd Caleb Heard, 13
Weight 150grams
Lismore
3rd Angus Joyce, 15
Weight 127grams
Kyogle
Open Women
1st Carla Bell
Weight 138grams
Nimbin
2nd Morgan Kingdon
Weight 132grams
Numulgai
3rd Elka Jansen
Weight 122grams
Kyogle
Open Men
1st Sol Taylor
Weight 258grams
Nimbin
2nd Jesse Rosenberg
Weight 237grams
Menindee
3rd Jacob Ludwig
Weight 230grams
Kyogle
