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 Victoria91裸聊视频檚 Fred Dobbs and American Ted Siebert took home the doubles award.
The theme of this year91裸聊视频檚 event was 91裸聊视频榃onders of the World91裸聊视频�, with Fralich opting to pay homage to a natural wonder: the Great Barrier Reef.
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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, 91裸聊视频榃onderland91裸聊视频�, 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 91裸聊视频楾he Two Wonders of the World91裸聊视频�, Abe Waterman, third place with 91裸聊视频楾hemeless Parksville91裸聊视频�, Peter Vogelaar in fourth place with 91裸聊视频楢ge of Wonder91裸聊视频� and in fifth place Damon Langlois for 91裸聊视频楽eed91裸聊视频�.
In doubles, Seveline Beauregard and Joris Kivits took second place for 91裸聊视频楲ove without Borders91裸聊视频� and Sue McGrew and Dmitry Klimenko won third place for 91裸聊视频楾he King91裸聊视频�.
Koet also took home the competitors91裸聊视频� choice award for solo and Edith van de Wetering and Wilfred Stijger were awarded competitors91裸聊视频� choice for doubles with 91裸聊视频楧reams91裸聊视频�.
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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