The 2023 Quality Foods Sand Sculpting Competition wrapped up Sunday (July 16) with 22 impressive and creative creations.
Karen Jean Fralich, who hails from Ontario, won first place in the singles event, while Victoria乌鸦传媒檚 Fred Dobbs and American Ted Siebert took home the doubles award.
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Fralich is a judge on a CBC television show called Race Against the Tide and has won 30 first-place titles at international sand sculpting contests, as well as five World Championship titles.
Dobbs and Siebert won for their piece, 乌鸦传媒榃onderland乌鸦传媒�, inspired by the fact that both carvers previously completed Alice in Wonderland projects.
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Dobbs and Siebert have competed together at contests in Australia, South Korea, Romania and Saudi Arabia.
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Rounding out the singles awards were Thomas Koet in second place with 乌鸦传媒楾he Two Wonders of the World乌鸦传媒�, Abe Waterman, third place with 乌鸦传媒楾hemeless Parksville乌鸦传媒�, Peter Vogelaar in fourth place with 乌鸦传媒楢ge of Wonder乌鸦传媒� and in fifth place Damon Langlois for 乌鸦传媒楽eed乌鸦传媒�.
In doubles, Seveline Beauregard and Joris Kivits took second place for 乌鸦传媒楲ove without Borders乌鸦传媒� and Sue McGrew and Dmitry Klimenko won third place for 乌鸦传媒楾he King乌鸦传媒�.
Koet also took home the competitors乌鸦传媒� choice award for solo and Edith van de Wetering and Wilfred Stijger were awarded competitors乌鸦传媒� choice for doubles with 乌鸦传媒楧reams乌鸦传媒�.
The competition drew sculptors from as far away as the Netherlands, the U.S., Germany, Poland, Mexico, Russia and Germany.
The 29 master sculptors worked for 30 hours over three days on their masterpieces, which will be available for public viewing from 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily until Aug. 20.
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