Lobster Festival draws a crowd

The Pictou Lobster Carnival drew large crowds over the past weekend with a variety of events. Here’s a look at some of the winners from competitions:

Lobster Banding Competition:

Adults

1st Place - Dana “Teapot” Johnson, Pictou (0:49)

2nd Place – Hal Maybe, Pictou (0:54)

3rd Place – Kane MacDonald, Pictou (1:00)

King Lobster Contest

1st Place – 10lbs (Ryan Fleury) 2nd Place – 8 lbs (Craig MacIsaac) Derby Races

1st Place – Gavin Pye

2nd Place – Jesse Mansour 3rd Place – William Terry

Bed Races

1st – AA Munro “Scared Sheetless”

Boat Races

250 HP and Over

1st – Bring it On II (Brady Creed) 2nd – Karen Ann (Kenneth Bugden)

3rd – Lobster Mobster 2018 (Will Nicholas)

Free for all

1st – Lobster Mobster 2018 (Will Nicholas)

2nd – Karen Ann (Kenneth Bugden)

3rd – Trapped (Marshall Williams)

King of the Harbour

1st – Bring it On II (Brady Creed)

2nd – Karen Ann (Kenneth Bugden)

3rd – Lobster Mobster 2018 (Will Nicholas)

Trap Hauling

1st – Grand Finale (Lorne Heighton)

2nd – Nor’wester VI (Nick Vink) 3rd – Brenton (Edwin Shaw)

Parade

Best Overall – Miller’s Dairy Bar Most Original – Eric and Calvin Anderson

Best Commercial – Hector Building Supplies

Best Brass Band – Truro Concert Band

Best Pipe Band – Pictou County Pipes and Drums

Best Horse – Ardith and Clifford Hatch Haflinger Horses

Best Automobile – Leonard MacDonald

Best Non-Commercial – Crime Stoppers

Dog Show Waggiest Tail – Jasper (Reese Nicholson)

Best Kisser – Oakley (Isaac

Fraser)

Best Costume – Willow (Sadie Leblanc)

Longest Tail – Tucker (Emerson Walker)

Shortest Tail – Elliott (Mallory MacMillan)

Best Trick – Harris (Jamie MacIsaac)

Antique Car Show

Best in Show – 1963 Plymouth Belvedere (Barry Sutherland, Pictou)

Best Ford – 1929 Ford Model A (Barry and Lynn Weatherbee, Truro)

Best Dodge – 1969 Dodge Charger RT (Robert and Anita Girroir, Antigonish)

Best Chev – 1938 Chev Coupe (Carolyn Bugden, Charlottetown)

Special Interest – 1965 Shelby Cobra (Wade Taylor, River John)

Best Bike – 1991 Harley Davidson Heritage Softail Classic (Devin Gero, Truro)

People’s Choice – 1956 Chev 210 (Doug Gallant, Summerside)

KEVIN ADSHADE/THE NEWS Nine-year-old Hannah Fleury, of Central Caribou, holds up Big Bubba, a big lobster caught by local fisherman Darryl Bowen which was entered in the king lobster competition.

KEVIN ADSHADE/THE NEWS Abby Falconer of Toney River took part in the lobster banding competition at the Pictou Lobster Carnival on Friday.

KEVIN ADSHADE/THE NEWS The bed races were held once again at this year’s Lobster Carnival.