2005 Gallery and Placing

PARTICIPANTS IN THE 9TH ANNUAL WOOD CARVING COMPETITION — WINNERS EVERY ONE!

To access photos of the carvers and their carvings, click on the "Carving" links below

NOVICE

 carver  hometown  carving  place  prize
 Vinay Chafekar  Red Deer, Alberta  Aidan's Tree  1st   $400 
 Steve, Gary & Dayton Ordano  Campbell River, BC  Cera  2nd   $300
 Sandi Cleaver  Campbell River, BC  Buddy 3rd   $200
 David Zeth Shelley  Campbell River, BC  Dianne  
 James Allen  Campbell River, BC  Where is the coffee?

DRIFTWOOD-HAND TOOL CATEGORY

 carver  hometown  carving  place  prize
 Bob Hayhurst  Campbell River, BC  A Family Tree  1st   $400
 Driftwood Club  Campbell River, BC  Yellow Submarine  2nd  $200

AMATEUR

 carver  hometown  carving  place  prize
 Jesse Toso  Vancouver, BC  Phoenix  1st   $1000
 Warren Little  Campbell River, BC  Island Moose  2nd  $600
 Wilfred Zirk  Port Alberni, BC  Gone Nuts  3rd  $500
 Chad Mergaert  Campbell River, BC  Mine, Mine, Mine  HM  $100
 Joel Hanson  Vancouver, BC  The Thinking Tike  
 Timothy Cant  Whitehorse, BC  Mystic Beaver
 Colin Partridge  Thornton, Ontario  Mother and Child
 John Lavell  Vancouver, BC  Knot Carved
 John Mohr  Whaletown, BC  The Flower
 Ralph Wilson  Campbell River, BC  Lucky

SEMI-PROFESSIONAL

 carver  hometown  carving  place  prize
 Jerry Strelioff  Campbell River, BC  Supper  1st 
CC, PC
 $1500
 Dan Richey  Nanaimo, BC  Feather Fight  2nd  $900
 Junior Henderson  Campbell River, BC  Killer Whale  3rd  $600
 Rick Sewid  Campbell River, BC  Native Dancer  
 Elmer Gunderson  Prince George, BC  Awakening
 Dwayne Simeon  Quadra Island, BC   Mother Earth

PROFESSIONAL

 carver  hometown  carving
 Terry Chapman  Ladysmith, BC  Tyee
 Gord Langston  Sidney, BC  Reflections
 Max Chickite  Campbell River, BC  One Last Look
 Glenn Greensides  Squamish, BC  Rapunzel

please note: other than award placing, carver's names are placed radomly in their categories.

*Categories: Our competition defines a Novice is a beginner carver; a Driftwood carver is someone who works with wood and other items found on the beach; Hand tools is a carver using hand tools only; an Amateur as someone who may sell his or her carvings but does make a living from those sales; a Semi-Pro is someone who takes private commissions to carve throughout the year but doesn't make his living solely from carving; a Professional is someone who can or does make a living from carving.

*PC = People's Choice; HM = Honorable Mention; CC = Carvers' Choice;

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