He announced the results throughout the event and the prize money was presented to the winning growers by Texas Watermelon Queen Chloe Brown.Ī special thank you goes to 936 Crossfit for coming out to help with moving the large number of heavy entries. Emcee for the watermelon weigh-in was Jason Balkcom, past-president of the club and festival chairperson. The Rotary Club of Center presented over $5,000 in prize money. This year it even rained during the weigh-in. Mother nature has been good this year with the right amount of rain as too much rain was the culprit in 2015 causing only low weights and half the entries. Royce Johnson, a relative of the top three growers, said in 20 years of participating in What-A-Melon he hasn't seen this many big melons at one time. Olivia Johnson who held the 1st place title for five years in a row, 2009-2013, regained the 1st place slot. However, the Johnson Family took back bragging rights and the cash winning 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. ![]() ![]() Both of those years Doug Cogswell of Joaquin took home the big prize money. In 2015 none of the watermelon entries tipped the 100 pound mark and in 2016 only four of the entries exceeded the triple digits. JAlbum - This has been a good year for watermelons in Shelby County with sixteen of the twenty-six watermelon entries weighing over 100 pounds according to Mayor David Chadwick who was the official weigh-in judge!
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