Great Pumpkin Race Returning

Those who attended the Newtown Labor Day Parade a few weeks ago probably noticed that members of Newtown Lions Club were carrying several banners. Front and center was one advertising the club’s third annual Great Pumpkin Race.

This year’s event will take place behind Edmond Town Hall, at 45 Main Street, from 10 am until 2 pm on Saturday, October 20.

On that date, pumpkins on wheels will race speedily down the lower parking lot. Races will be arranged by age category from kindergartners to grandparents. Because a fair number of competitors are expected, run-off competitions are also planned.

Another competition, again judged by age category, will be for the pumpkins that are the Best Decorated, Funniest, and Scariest.

Prizes will be awarded for winning pumpkin racers as well as the decorating contest.

And, as last year, the club will have a medieval-style trebuchet present ready to fire pumpkins into the field behind the former town hall building.

After two years, but only a few entries each year, organizers have decided to drop the baking contest from The Great Pumpkin Race events.

Spectators who participated in and/or watched The Great Pumpkin Races last year were treated to the extraordinary spectacle of having it all take place in a snowstorm.

Additional events are expected to be added; more details will follow.