Award Recipients

Arrowtown Autumn Festival 2025 Awards

A huge congratulations to Jane Foster for winning the 2025 Unsung Hero Award!

You can read a great write up on her here.

Barbara Moore – Quince Chutney

Jean O’Callaghan – Spiced Pear & Apple

Debby Dube – Tamate Ki Chutney

Heaviest Pumpkin – Carol Wilson (27.3kgs)

Ugliest Pumpkin – Rassie Winter

Prettiest Pumpkin – Oscar & Lenny Pickard

Most Creative Pumpkin – Tom Judd

Honorable Mention – Grace Edwards

A huge congratulations to Russell Heckler for winning the 2024 Unsung Hero Award!

You can read a great write up on him here.

Caroline Hughes – Reggie’s Spicy Apricot

Madeline Haines – Atown Heirloom Tomatoes

Barry Cowen – Sweedy Pie

Heaviest pumpkin – Jo Boyd 29.35kg

Prettiest pumpkin – Winstone family

Ugliest pumpkin – Limps

Best Creation pumpkin – Pap family

A huge congratulations to Jean and Bob Britton for both winning the 2023 Unsung Hero Award!

You can read a great write up on our two heroes here.

1st Place: Jean O’Callaghan

2nd Place: Richard Allison

3rd Place: Agnes van Hulst

Ruby Dawson

Zali Vaivars

Zara McRae