The Winners! 2009 Greased Melon Relay Race!
Photo by Barry Ira Geller
Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest!
At the Spitway by the Watermelon Pavilion
Sponsored by Breadmasters Enterprises
Staffed by the Comedy SportzTeam, Verdugo Hills High School
All Day, Everyday!
On-going throughout the Festival at the Spitway $1 for 3 seeds
Compete for cash prizes!
Register your name, age, address and phone number
with the attendant at the booth,
The distance your seed went will be recorded.
Cash prizes for the longest spit in each age group
awarded at the end of the Festival.
Prizes based on distance where the seed stops.
Can you break the record of spitting watermelon seeds
68 feet, 9 1/8 inches set in Luling, Texas?
Do it, and you win the $500 prize donated by the sponsor!
At Right: John Sax, 2008 winner!
2009 winners -
Tots - 5 year old Andrew Wright spit his seed 11'1".
Kids - 11 year old Raelynn Douglas spit a seed 30 feet.
Teens - 15 year old Kyle Silos also spit a seed 30 feet.
If you did not pick up your prize,
please come to the Lions Den in the Watermelon Pavilion for it this year.