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The Betty's Twisted Acres Corn Challenge came into being about 11 years ago when Mart made up his mind to try to eat 100 ears of corn between Memorial Day and Labor Day... Betty tried to help him out by growing corn in her yard and instructing him to make each of her ears count as two. Mart never made it to 100, but he sure had a lot of fun (and corn) trying... In 1999, Mart decided to open up the Corn Challenge to friends stupid enough to try it, and he was shocked to see just how many stupid friends he had. 2000 brought the first-ever Corn Centurion (person who eats 100 ears or more) in John Hagemann, and the Championship went to Vincent Campisi, who ate 142.5 ears, almost DOUBLE what Mart would eat in those early years going it alone. The time has come to make a stupid stunt into a stupid stunt with a conscience! Corn Challenge 2001 is here, and it will benefit the Richard "Rusty" McGivney Memorial Fund, whose benefactors include the Polycystic Kidney Disease Research Foundation and the Wagner College Baseball Team.
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CHALLENGE OFFICIAL RULES! |
Eat as many corn-on-the-cobs as you can between July 4th and October 8th, 2001. Contestant who eats the most ears will be crowned the Corn Champion. In the event of a tie, co-champions will be crowned. The Corn Champion(s) will receive the Corn Champion Trophy. Anyone eating 100 ears or more will be crowned a Corn Centurion and will receive a trophy marking their achievement. The person who raises the most sponsorship money for their corn endeavour will also receive a trophy. Report
your weekly total of corn eaten every Monday during the contest by e-mailing
us... An interactive chart showing the contestants and number of corn-on-the-cobs eaten will be posted on this page and updated every Tuesday during the Challenge... follow along, it's fun! You will be trusted to be honest when reporting your weekly totals... if you cheat, all you're doing is cheating your fellow contestants, your sponsors and yourself out of what is supposed to be a fun contest. For the purposes of the Challenge, 1 ear of corn will equal a full-length cob of corn as it naturally appears on the stalk. Any cut ears will count as 1/2 an ear if they are of a reasonable size as determined by the judge (Mart). Anything smaller than 1/2 an ear is deemed UNACCEPTABLE and will not count at all. Green Giant 1/2 cobs of corn ONLY COUNT AS 1/2 AN EAR... Kentucky Fried Chicken cobs are legit... the little-bitty corn cobs in Chinese Food DO NOT COUNT (sorry Tombie)! In the event of any disputes, the disputees will be disqualified. No crybabies in Corn Challenge! |
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benefitting The Rusty McGivney Memorial Fund |
Corn Challenge 2001 Final Results
| 1st PLACE |
VINCENZO CAMPISI |
34 EARS |
| 2nd PLACE | MARTINO RIVAS | 33 EARS |
| 3rd PLACE |
JOEY
JO-JO DARCONTE |
20 EARS |
| t-4th PLACE |
PAT RAFTERY |
17 EARS |
| t-4th PLACE | McGIVNEY FAMILY | 17 EARS |
| 6th PLACE | FRANKLEEN CALABRO | 3 EARS |
Corn Challenge 2000 Final Results:
| 1st PLACE |
VINCENZO CAMPISI |
142.5 EARS |
| 2nd PLACE | MARTINO RIVAS | 123 EARS |
| 3rd PLACE |
JOHN
HAGEMANN |
102 EARS |
| 4th PLACE |
BRENDAN HEDDLE |
65 EARS |
| 5th PLACE | SHOELESS KENNY CORSON | 54 EARS |
| 6th PLACE | PAT RAFTERY | 25 EARS |
| 7th PLACE | FRANKLEEN CALABRO | 20 EARS |
| 8th PLACE | JOEY JO-JO DARCONTE | 19 EARS |
| 9th PLACE | ANDREW CASCIO | 14 EARS |
| t-10th PLACE | TOMBIE McGIVNEY | 12 EARS |
| t-10th PLACE | CHRISTINE LANDY | 12 EARS |
| 12th PLACE | TOM MICHETTI | 8 EARS |
| 13th PLACE | BIG BOB RYAN | 5 EARS |
The
Challenge is complete.
With everything
that has happened, no one felt much like eating corn after September 11th.
Joey Jo-Jo had a few ears on his honeymoon, but that was about it.
Needless to say, no one came anywhere near 100 ears, but some good money was raised to benefit the Rusty McGivney Memorial Fund.
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2001 FINAL