Finally, our New Year reception could be organized again. We all came together to discuss the next few months, to catch up and to congratulate our “youth champion” Gert Van Tillo.
Some pictures:
GPC Belgian Pumpkin weigh-off 2021
On Saturday October 2nd 2021 the GPC Belgian Championship Pumpkin weigh-off 2021 was organized in Kasterlee. Although our biggest pumpkin wasn’t there yet, the weigh-off ended with a great top 3 for both the Giant pumpkins and the Squashes.Top 3 Giant pumpkins
- Luc Vanheuckelom: 922,5kg
- Mario Vangeel: 808kg
- Peter Jolie: 756kg
Top 3 Squashes:
- Jens Segaert: 781kg
- Herman Boonen: 531,5kg
- Luc Vanheuckelom: 355kg
Some pictures of the weigh-off:
A new world record?
A few years ago Mario Vangeel won the Giant Pumpkin European Championship, but this year he seems to attempt to break the world record. Something the press also noticed.
On 28/09/2021 Mario could be seen in the late-night news on VRT, but also newspapers and radio find their way to Kasterlee:
GPC Pumpkin weigh-off Belgium 2020
After months of growing big pumpkins, it was time to know the exact weight. On Saturday October 3rd 2020 the GPC Pumpkin weigh-off Belgium was organized.
A giant pumpkin (1024,5kg) of Team Willemijns took the 1st place, following by Luc Vanheuckelom and Herman Boonen.
When talking about squashes, it was Jef Leysen who took the 1st place with his squash of 634,5kg.
Patch tour 2020
At the end of August, all members of the Pompoenengenootschap normally jump on their bike for the 2nd patch tour.
Due to Corona however, this was not possible this year. That’s why each grower was asked to measure it’s own pumpkin.
Starting with pumpkins of 150kg up to pumpkins of 750kg and more, it all looks really promising.
Click to see some pictures of what several growers already achieved until now.
Pumpkin Regatta 2020 canceled
Pumpkin Regatta 2020 (Sunday October 25th): Edition 2020 has been canceled due to COVID-19. We hope to see you again in 2021!
See https://www.pompoenregatta.be for more information.
The “Pompioenen”
The “POMPIOENEN” | Short documentary made by Leen Poppe
In October 2019 a small documentary was made by Leen Poppe.
“The best pumpkin growers in Europe can be found in the Kempen region. I was fascinated by Jan and his pumpkin friends, so I decided to make a short documentary about it.” she said.
Documentary made for LUCA School of Arts Narafi , 2nd year audiovisual techniques, film, tv & video.
Zettersprijskamp 2020 afgelast
Het zettersprijskamp van het pompoenengenootschap op 20 maart 2020 werd afgelast. Dit owv het coronavirus. Er zal in 2020 bijgevolg geen zettersprijskamp doorgaan. Wij danken u voor uw begrip!
Infoavond met spreker Jan Biermans
Op 20 februari 2020 gaf Jan Biermans, een kweker uit het genootschap, een infoavond rond het kweken van reuzepompoenen.
Een goed gevulde zaal kwam luisteren naar de tips & tricks van Jan, in de hoop om het record van 1016kg te breken. Benieuwd wat dat gaat geven.
Pumpkin Regatta 2019
On Sunday October 27th 2019, we organized the 12th edition of the Pumpkin Regatta in Kasterlee. There were a lot of people and more than 80 teams attended. This edition, there were even teams coming from the USA, Greece, England, Lithuania, etc…
Next to that, also the pumpkin games (for children), pumpkin curling and pumpkin cutting were organized again. Throughout the terrain, different pumpkin figures could be found and were funny and impressive to look at.
Just check our pictures to get an impression of this wonderful pumpkin experience called Pompoenregatta