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 VictoriaB次元官网网址檚 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, B次元官网网址榃onderlandB次元官网网址�, 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 B次元官网网址楾he Two Wonders of the WorldB次元官网网址�, Abe Waterman, third place with B次元官网网址楾hemeless ParksvilleB次元官网网址�, Peter Vogelaar in fourth place with B次元官网网址楢ge of WonderB次元官网网址� and in fifth place Damon Langlois for B次元官网网址楽eedB次元官网网址�.
In doubles, Seveline Beauregard and Joris Kivits took second place for B次元官网网址楲ove without BordersB次元官网网址� and Sue McGrew and Dmitry Klimenko won third place for B次元官网网址楾he KingB次元官网网址�.
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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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