2005 Punkin Chuckin Results:
Saturday, October 22
Youth Div I – prizes sponsored by Farm & Fleet
Youth Div II - (9th – 12th grade) prizes sponsored by Eli’s
1st: LaMuerte de las Calabazas (Spanish for Pumpkin Death)
Youth Group
Grace Free Methodist Church – McConnell, IL
412 feet
2nd: Failed Negotiations
Mitch Jozefowski, Greg Eslinger, Curtis Szajkovics, Chris Hill, Chris
Schall & Mike Deluca
Waukegan, Gurnee, IL
372 feet
3rd: Samson
Wes Markas, Bryon Beebe & Luke Williams
Community Bible Church
Washington, IL
268 feet
Sunday, October 23
Youth Div 1 – (up to 8th grade) prizes sponsored by Horowitz & Assoc.
1st: Two Angry Beavers
Jennifer Beaver, James Beaver, Jeanine Beaver, Sara Flint-Gruber,
& Zac Kerr
Germantown Hills, IL
158 feet
2nd: Paul’s Pumpkin Pulverizor
Paul Adams
Herrick, IL
152 feet
Youth Div II – (9th-12th grade) prizes sponsored by The Iona Group
1st: PVC
Brad Wilson, Brady Black, Herrick, IL
Chris Reynolds, Holday, IL
744 feet
2nd: Trebunator II
Barrington High School, Barrington, IL
599 feet
3rd: Failed Negotiations
Mitch Jozefowski, Waukegan, IL
Greg Eslinger, Curtis Szajkovics, Chris Hill, Chris Schall
& Mike Deluca, Gurnee, IL
395 feet
Adult Human Powered: prizes sponsored by Ellis Studios
1st: FahrFunFlinger
Rick Franke-Polz, Laurie Franke-Polz, Porter, IN
Jim Murray, Kari Murray, Chesterton, IN
Shawn Jordan, & Janis Jordan, Greenwood, IN
381 feet
2nd: UH-OH
Ed Miller, Josh Miller, Springfield, IL
Walt Clark, Edinburg, IL
122 feet
Open Class: Trebuchet prizes sponsored by Morton Times News
1st: Armed and Dangerous
Paul Markas, Craig Earl, Washington, IL
Matt Fehl, Bartonville, IL
945 feet
2nd: Trebenstein
Paul Feiner, Rick Feiner, Debbie Feiner, Mark Feiner, Ricky Feiner
Jackson, MO
337 feet
Open Class: Catapult prizes sponsored by Technical Publication Assoc. Inc.,
Newman Ullman, & Monical’s Pizza
1st: ACME Catapult Co.
Mick Davis, East Peoria, IL
Doug Diefenbach, Morton, IL
Bob Kruse, Tremont, IL
Ronnie Kruse, Groveland, IL
Joe Taylor, Pekin, IL
2066 feet* *personal best
Open Class: Air Cannon prizes sponsored by Nestles
1st: Q-9
Keith Algood, Delavan, IL and
Larry Maness, Jason Litwiller, Keith Weaver, Craig Tackett, Hopedale, IL
2896 feet
(Q-36 did not enter this year – they were on hand for exhibition & crowd participation)
Overall Winner and Winner of the Traveling Trophy: Q-9