5th Annual!
SATURDAY OCTOBER 11th 2025
DRAYTON HARBOR OYSTER COMPANY’S 5th ANNUAL SHELLEBRATION!
OYSTER SHUCKING COMPETITIONS
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OYSTER SHUCKING COMPETITIONS * 🦪 *
Rules
Contestants shuck 12 Drayton Harbor oysters, sized “smalls” and are judged on both speed and presentation.
- 👋 gloves required -
Judges inspect each tray and adjust the shuckers actual time following these guidelines
Oyster not cut completely from its shell + 3 seconds
Oyster presented on a broken shell + 1 second
Oyster presented with grit, shell fragments, or other foreign substance + 3 seconds
…or with your blood or the blood of a fellow contestant 🤢 = disq
A cut oyster body + 3 seconds
Oyster not placed properly on shell + 2 seconds
* no flipping *
Missing oyster + 20 seconds
Waiver
Shucking competitions are inherently dangerous activities, and all participants expressly and voluntarily assume the risk of any and all injury and damage that may result from the participation in shucking competitions. Participants understand that such risks include, but are not limited to possible bodily injury, partial or total disability, paralysis, death or other injuries or damages. Choice to participate in the event and accepting the risks of loss, damage or injury shall at all times remain with and be borne by each participant.