Entrants in the best-dressed and ugliest pumpkin competitions used various accessories - from skewer spikes, nail varnish blood and bat wings to ribbons and coloured glitter - to create the most stylish and ugly pumpkins.
Committee member Wendy Black said she was pleased.
''I am pretty happy with the turnout, although there may be a bit less than last year,'' Mrs Black said.
''The number of [adult section] carved pumpkins was slightly down on the previous year's competition, but the children's entries were pretty good.''
As well as carved and accessorised vegetables, there was a big dig for the children, sack races, pumpkin-tossing, baking and fodderbeet competitions and dancing tractors from the West Otago Vintage Club in Tapanui.
Money raised will go to the Teviot Valley and surrounding area's emergency services.
yvonne.ohara@alliedpress.co.nz
