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The 2015 Apple Bobbing Championship!

Bob Syder bobbing for apples

The 2015 Apple Bobbing Championship was an epic display of skill, determination, and attitude between Three-Time World Champion Bobber, Bob Syder, and hopeful rookie Paula Red.

The competition was fierce, but Bob Syder’s experience and perseverance helped him emerge victorious.

Totes filled with water sitting in an apple orchard

Want to host your own apple bobbing competition? Visit your local Valu Home Center to pick up the festive Fall totes you saw in the video, fill them with water, grab some apples, and go!

We would like to specially thank Smith’s Apple Orchard in Pendleton, N.Y. for hosting this year’s games!

Smith’s Orchard Cider Mill is a 2nd generation, family-run Orchard Located in Pendleton/Lockport, New York. They have been offering the Buffalo Niagara region the finest apples and sweet apple cider since 1976. Their apples are grown in their 20 acre Orchard, and their many varieties include Macintosh, Cortland, Empire, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Crispin, Ida Red and Rome. Come out to Smith’s Orchard Cider Mill in Niagara County NY on weekends, pick some apples, look at the Cider Mill and take home some of the best Fresh Pressed cider you have ever had!

Whether for eating or baking you’ll “love them apples.”

Smith's Orchard Cider Mill Pendleton, New York
Piper, the Smith's Orchard family dog, licking apples

Piper, the beloved Smith’s Orchard family dog, is already preparing for next year’s competition!