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Join us for the 35th annual
Internatinal Cherry Pit-Spitting Championship
for 2008 on July 5th.
(qualifing from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. - Championship start's at 1:00
p.m.)
It's Spit-tacular!!

Pit-Spitting is for any age!
Tree-Mendus Fruit's
International Cherry Pit-Spitting Championship
34th Annual Pit Spit Results
Krause
Beats Back Female Spitter Challenge; Keeps Crown on Last Spit of the Day
EAU CLAIRE, MI (July 7, 2006) The
Krause dynasty faces a new challenger.
She is a petite 17-year-old girl from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.
Amanda Jennings first edged out former LCPS champ Maureen Krause (wife of Rick
Pellet Gun Krause) to win the Ladies Cherry Pit Spit event with a spit of 47
feet, six and one-half inches. Then, having qualified for the championship event with a
spit of 50 feet, seven inches this morning, she outdistanced every competitor this
afternoon in the otherwise all-male championship match with a spit of 52 feet, five and
one-half inches until Pellet Gun Krauses final spit dashed her
hopes of an international championship.
Amanda, who has competed in previous competitions but had never won before, quickly
won the heart of the crowd with her demure, but focused spitting form and quiet
determination. The student and part-time cashiers second place finish was capped
with a promise of I will return.
Brian Young Gun Krause, 29, of Dimondale, Michigan, six-time winner in
the International Cherry Pit Spit Competition at Tree-Mendus Fruit here, today placed
third. He still holds the world distance record of 93 feet, six and one-half inches in
recognized competition.
His
one-time-world-record-holder father, Rick Krause, 58, of Yuba City, Arizona, who dominated
the sport before the emergence of his son as the record holder and previous world
champion, won todays competition with his last of the three spits allowed in the
championship competition. His first two attempts fell short of Amanda s mark, but
this third flew and rolled for a distance of 58 feet, one and one-half inches.
The elder
Krauses won the 2006 title with a spit of 67 feet, five inches. He is the most
winning spitter in the history of the sport with 14 international championships, but he
and his contemporaries are seeing the next generation of pit spitters challenge their
pace-setting accomplishments during the first 25 years of the sport.
Rick Krause first
set the Guinness Book world record of 65 feet, two inches in 1980. He dominated the
competition through the turn of the century, winning 12 titles and setting a distance mark
of 69 feet, three and one-half inches in 2001. Brian Krause first challenged his
dads dominance with a 1994 win of 61 feet, six inches. Brian broke the then-existing
competition record in 1998 with a spit of 72 feet 11 inches. That record stood until the
very last spit of the 2003
competition as defending champion Brian Krause retained his title with spit of 93 feet,
six and one-half inches.
The contest
organizer is Herb Teichman of Tree-Mendus Fruit Farm, the Eau Claire, Michigan site of the
tournament since its inception. Eau Claire, a small Southwestern Michigan community,
recognized as the Cherry Pit Spitting Capital of the World in the July 2003
edition of Readers Digest, takes a matter-of-factperhaps even
phlegmaticview of the international attention it garners annually as the nearby
Tree-Mendus Fruit Farm hosts its International Cherry Pit Spit competition over the Fourth
of July holiday.
This year marks 34
years of unbroken competition for the coveted crown, which brings celebrity spitters to
town for a long weekend of puckering and pageantry, including an annual cherry festival.
Tree-Mendus is a
family-oriented, agri-tourism destination in Southwest Michigan. The farm features U-Pick
fruit, family recreation, and a country store. Next years event will be held on July
5, 2008.
Championship |
Distance (Feet, Inches) |
Rick "Pellet Gun" Krause, Yuba City,
AZ |
58 1-1/2 |
Amanda Jennings, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
52 5-1/2 |
Brian Krause, Dimondale, MI |
49 6-1/2 |
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LCPS (Womens Competition) |
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Amanda Jennings, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
47 6-1/2 |
Marlene Krause, Yuba City, AZ |
46 6 |
Ann St. Amand, St. Joseph, MI |
36 8 |
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Youth 9-12 |
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Alexis Teichman, Eau Claire, MI |
25 11-1/2 |
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Youth 6-8 |
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Claire Shea, Bloomington, IN |
17 9 |
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Youth 5 and Under |
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Cole Krause, Dimondale, MI |
19 9 |
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Dignitaries |
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Joe Lessard, Sr. |
31 2-1/2 |
Judge John Donahue |
30S 6 |
State Representative Neil Nitz |
30 6 |

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July 5th, 35th Annual
International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship
A "Spittacular Day!" Qualifying Rounds 10 a.m. to noon. Championship Round
1-3 p.m. Spit your pit in public with only a minimal loss of dignity while gaining
fame. Cherry U-Pick continues. Food available. Farm animal corral, clean
picnic& play ground. Free admission & parking. |
Official Cherry Pit-Spitting Hand Book
Champion Pit-Spitters
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