8TH ANNUAL Trebuchet Contest
OCTOBER 19th & 20th - 2013  -  special festival weekend #6
Open 10am to dusk
 
Watch local high school technology teams compete
for distance & target with life size catapults
built in school.
 
$5.00 Admission Per Person (Children under 3 Free)
Discounted Tickets available at Wegmans
Admission to the Festival includes: entertainment including In-Jest Juggling, Magic Show, Cackling Hen Revue Show, Petting Zoo, Face Painting, Contests including Pie Eating, Scarecrow Making, Pumpkin Decorating, Mummy Wrapping, also a kids craft tent, along with coupons for a Free Hayride, $1 off the Cow Train, $1 off the Cornmaze, $1 off the Mining Sluice, $1 off Horse Drawn Hayride.

For more information on entering CLICK HERE

CLICK HERE FOR THE 2013 RULES

 

2012 RESULTS - Sunday, October 14th

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Congratulations to Depew for taking the Highest Combined Shot Trophy
Total of 1067 feet

Congratulations to Pioneer for taking the Highest Single Shot Trophy
361 feet

Congratulations to North Tonawanda for taking the Storming the Castle Trophy
75 Points total and hit the target 3 times

BEST OVERALL WAS DEPEW HIGH SCHOOL

Total Cash prizes given out to the schools for their technology classes totaled $2800.00
and was distributed throughout several of the schools
School Shots Total of Shots Target Results
Holland 136, 295, 311 742 25 points
Hutch Tech 248, 208, 258 714 50 points
Clarence 312, 342, 0 654 0 points
Oakfield-Alabama 161, 225, 195 581 0 points
North Tonawanda 200, 216, 180 596 75 points
Hamburg 326, 336, 350 1012 50 points
Nichols 354, 346, 333 1033 0 points
Williamsville North 160, 213, 192 565 0 points
Depew 312, 421, 334 1067 0 points
Lew-Port 170, 333, 300 803 0 points
Pioneer 318, 361, 348 1027 0 points
Harkness 0, 0, 0 0 0 points
Williamsville South 0, 0, 0 0 0 points

 

2011 Results - Sunday, October 16th

Longest Shot Results:
1st Place - Pioneer 354ft
2nd Place - Williamsville South  338ft
3rd Place - Clarence  305ft
4th Place - Nichols  284ft
5th Place - Williamsville East  273ft
6th Place - Springville  202ft
7th Place - East Aurora  140ft
8th Place - Lew-Port  100ft
9th Place - Harkness 2   50t
10th Place - Harkness 1  50ft
11th Place - Oakfield  0ft
12th Place - Lakeshore 1  0ft
13th Place - Lakeshore 2  0ft
14th Place - Williamsville North - NO SHOW

Combined Distance Results:
1st Place - Pioneer 1028ft
2nd Place - Williamsville South  956ft
3rd Place - Clarence  887ft
4th Place - Nichols  844ft
5th Place - Springville  547ft
6th Place - Williamsville East  447ft
7th Place - East Aurora  278ft
8th Place - Lew-Port  150ft
9th Place - Harkness 2   150ft
10th Place - Harkness 1   50ft
11th Place - Oakfield   0ft
12th Place - Lakeshore 1  0ft
13th Place - Lakeshore 2  0ft
14th Place - Williamsville North - NO SHOW

Storming the Castle Winner:
This years winner was Nichols School who shot their pumpkin through the castle door!

Total Cash prizes given out to the schools for their technology classes was $2750.00.
Congratulations to everyone for a great year!

 
See Practice shots on Saturday & the Competition on Sunday


If you are high school and would like to compete click on these links for more information.

          Application             Rules
If you need more information please call us at (716) 759-8483 or email info@greatpumpkinfarm.com

Click Here to view Aerial Shots of Contest
 

2010 Results - Sunday, October 17th
 Nichols, Williamsville South, Depew, Pioneer Central, Lewiston-Porter, Hamburg, Springville, North Tonawanda, Grand Island, Sweet Home, Scio Central, Williamsville East, Harkness Center, Williamsville North, Orchard Park

Longest Shot Results:
1st Place - Orchard Park  364ft, 353ft, 310ft
2nd Place - Pioneer  326ft, 324ft, 294ft
3rd Place - Hamburg  280ft, 277ft, 276ft
4th Place - Williamsville S  280ft, 261ft, 203ft
5th Place - Nichols School  258ft, 257ft, 242ft
6th Place - Grand Island  224ft, 223ft, 200ft
7th Place - Williamsville E  220ft, 211ft, 173ft
8th Place - North Tonawanda  207ft, 182ft, 143ft
9th Place - Williamsville N  192ft, 189ft, 147ft
10th Place - Depew  185ft, 0ft, 0ft
11th Place - Springville  180ft, 149ft, 144ft
12th Place - Lewiston Porter  177ft, 173ft, 168ft
13th Place - Scio  164ft, 135ft, 0ft
14th Place - Harkness  66ft, 0ft, 0ft
15th Place - Sweet Home  0ft, 0ft, 0ft

Combined Distance Results:
1st Place - Orchard Park  1027ft
2nd Place - Pioneer  944ft
3rd Place - Hamburg  833ft
4th Place - Nichols  757 ft
5th Place - Williamsville South  744ft


 

 

Storming the Castle Winner:
This year we had a tie with 25 points each for Nichols School & Hamburg School!

Total Cash prizes that was given out to the schools for their technology classes was $2750.00.

2009 Results - Sunday, October 18th
Orchard Park, Akron, Grand Island, Iroquois, Williamsville East, Harkness Center, Depew, North Tonawanda, Lewiston-Porter, Newfane, Hamburg, Scio Central, Pioneer, Nichols School, Williamsville South

Distance Results:
1st Place - North Tonawanda  347, 336, 247ft
2nd Place - Pioneer  316, 302, 287ft
3rd Place - Hamburg, 269, 245, 221ft
4th Place - Orchard Park  323, 318, 0ft
5th Place - Williamsville South  204, 183, 133ft
6th Place - Grand Island  194, 161, 156ft
7th Place - Williamsville East  325, 148, 0ft
8th Place - Iroquois  171, 156, 137ft
9th Place - Depew  175, 143, 141ft
10th Place - Nichols  167, 143, 116ft
11th Place - Lewiston Porter  145, 140, 137ft
12th Place - Harkness  191, 168, 55ft
13th Place - Newfane  113, 112, 101ft
14th Place - Scio  80, 77, 75ft
15th Place - Akron  115, 95, 0ft

Total Distance Results:
Winner is North Tonawanda with 930 ft

Storming the Castle Winner:
Grand Island was the only school to hit the castle on target and they hit it all 3 times.

Total Cash prizes that was given out to the schools for their technology classes was $2750.00.

Congratulations to everyone for a great year!
 

 

2008 results - Sunday - October 19th
Competing High Schools
Depew, North Tonawanda, Hamburg, Newfane, Lew-Port, Maryvale, Orchard Park, Kenmore West, Clarence, Harkness and Williamsville

Distance Results:
1st Place - Depew  319, 304, 297 ft
2nd Place - North Tonawanda  296, 295, 237 ft
3rd Place - Hamburg  204, 196, 188 ft
4th Place - Williamsville 165, 150, 135 ft
5th Place - Kenmore West 155, 0, 0 ft
6th Place - Orchard Park 135, 72, 0 ft
7th Place - Newfane 121, 94, 28 ft
8th Place - Lew-Port 114, 108, 0 ft
9th Place - Maryvale 95, 82, 78 ft
10th Place - Clarence 32, 0, 0 ft
11th Place - Harkness 0, 0, 0 ft

Total Distance Results:
Winner is Depew with 920 ft

Storming the Castle Winner:
North Tonawanda was the only school to hit the castle on target.

Congratulations to everyone for a great year!
 

 

2007 Results - Sunday - October 14th
Competing High Schools
Batavia, Clarence, Depew, Hamburg, Harkness Center, Iroquois Central, Kenmore West, Lewiston-Porter, North Tonawanda and Pembroke

1st Place - Depew  333/0/0 ft
2nd Place - Pembroke  309/0/0 ft
3rd Place - Clarence  238/235/219 ft
4th Place - Hamburg 214/185/150 ft
5th Place - Lewiston-Porter  202/196/186 ft
6th Place - North Tonawanda   180/176/170
7th Place - Kenmore West  130/0/0 ft
8th Place - Batavia  115/80/0
9th Place - Iroquois 113/100/90 ft
10th Place - Harkness Center  0/0/0 ft
 

2006 Results - Sunday - October 15th
Competing High Schools
Depew, Clarence, Lew-Port, North Tonawanda, Iroquois High, Harkness Center, Holland Central, Warsaw Central, Barker Central, Ken-Ton West and Ken-Ton East

1st Place - Holland Central Distance 274 / 252 / 248 ft
2nd Place - Harkness Center Distance 252 / 171 ft
3rd Place - Depew High School Distance 208 / 200 / 180 ft
4th Place - Clarence High School Distance 179 / 150 / 119ft
5th Place - Barker Distance 146 / 141 / 136 ft
6th Place - Lew-Port Distance 146 / 128 /120 ft
7th Place - Ken-Ton West Distance 143 / 132 / 127 ft
8th Place - Warsaw Distance 121 / 110 / 61 ft
9th Place - Iroquois Distance 95 / 94 / 85 ft
10th Place - North Tonawanda Distance 93 / 73 / 54 ft
11th Place - Ken-Ton East Distance 71 ft