Pumpkin Fling
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The Pumpkin Fling, held at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center in Yaphank, NY is Long Island's annual championship pumpkin catapult contest -- and a unique opportunity for students and adults to experience the joys and trials of designing, building and operating sophisticated mechanical devices. Teams in our Youth and Adult divisions build a catapult or other propulsion device to fling a 3-5 pound pumpkin into an open field. Whichever team chucks the farthest wins! Other awards include; Audience Favorite, Precision, and more. Thanks to L.K. McLean Associates for the use of their laser measurement equipment and to Tamara Stillman and Andrew Speiser for volunteering to read the measurements! Above are photos from the 2011 event!
Pumpkin Fling 2011 from James Tyler on Vimeo.
This year's Pumpkin Fling will be held on October 27, 2012.
For more information about our event or to find out how you can get involved call 631-852-4602.
Here are the 2012 ENTRY FORM and the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RISK FORM.
2011 Pumpkin Fling Results
| Placing | Team Name | 1st Throw | 2nd Throw | 3rd Throw |
Target Throw |
MPH |
| 13 and under | ||||||
| 1st | Harbor Country Day School, St James |
664.8 | 729.6 | 176.5 | 15.2 | |
| 2nd | Chunkadelic, Islip MS, Islip | 246.3 | 366.9 | 297.7 | 63.8 | 60 mph |
| 3rd | Cub Scout Pack, Bohemia | 77.5 | 72.3 | 78.4 | 6.2 | |
| 4th | Cub Scout Pack 370, Islip | 0 | 41.6 | 29.5 | 4.7 | |
| 14-18 years | ||||||
| 1st | Jack O' Splatter, Islip HS, Islip |
510.4 | 579.1 | 693.6 | 111.8 | 68 mph |
| 2nd | The Dark Falcons, Deer Park HS, Deer Park |
528.4 | 517.1 | 516.4 | 87.8 | 74 mph |
| 3rd | Hauppaugue Hurlers, Hauppauge HS, Hauppauge |
342.5 | 0 | 230.1 | - | 64 mph |
| 4th | Mattituck BSA Troop 39, Mattituck | 205.6 | 281.6 | 270.1 | 19.7 | 28 mph |
| 5th | South Side Cyclones, South Side HS, Rockville Center |
116.8 | 0 | 33.8 | - | |
