Saturday, October 2^nd, 2010

Rain Date:  Oct. 9^th, 2010

Parade Start Time:  11:00 AM

On the West Brookfield Common

Presented by the “West Brookfield Quaboag 350th Planning Committee in conjunction with the Ye Olde Tavern

• Pre-registration fee of $10 per entrant prior to Sept. 22, 2010.  Registration fee after Sept. 22 or day of event will be $15 per entrant.
• Pre-Registration by US Mail is advised.   Checks to be made out to Town of West Brookfield, “Quaboag 350^th QPT/L” in memo portion of check. Mail to: Tractor/Lawnmower Contest, P.O. Box 93, West Brookfield, MA  01585
• All questions may be sent to, quaboag350tractor@quaboag350.com
• Final registration and check in time will be from 9-10:30 on day of event.  Liability waivers will be completed by all entrants.  Proof of identification and Liability Waivers will be signed at check- in.
• Minimum age of entrants is 9 years old.  A signed liability waiver by parent or legal guardian is required for all entrants under the age of 18 years of age.
• All entrants will receive a special Quaboag 350th Commemorative T-shirt. One shirt per entrant.
• There will be several lawn mower competitions, set up for specific groups throughout the day.
• All lawn mowers/tractors are restricted to factory stock engines.  All cutting blades must be removed.  Any entrants that have not removed all cutting blades will be disqualified and removed from all events.
• There will be a Parade of Tractors/Lawn Mowers around the town common as well as best in show competition. There will be lawn mower races; tractor pulling competition, and Tractor/Trailer obstacle course for younger entrants, along with other events throughout the day. All competition events will be judged and will be awarded 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes.
• The decorating theme for yourself or your equipment is to “Depict any historic event which has taken place over the past 350th years.” Be Creative!
• Contest judging will be conducted by a volunteer panel of three Quaboag Plantation residents (to be announced). Judges decisions are final.

We invite you to top off your day, by enjoying a Pig/Beef Roast to help celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the Ye Olde Tavern.

Dinner will start at 3:00 PM on day of Lawnmower Races. Tickets are $10 per person and menu items are: Beef/Pork cooked over an opened fire pit, Corn on the Cob, Roasted Potatoes, Baked Beans, mixed vegetables, garden salad, pasta salad, potato salad and corn bread.

Click here for Printable Official Entry Form for the Lawnmower Tractor Parade Races.