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Davis Bay Sandcastle Competition

Time to plan your masterpiece
Sandcastle
This year’s Sandcastle Competition is set for Saturday, July 14.

It’s less than a month away, so get your teams and ideas ready for this year’s Sandcastle Competition in Davis Bay on Saturday, July 14.

The Sunshine Coast Lions Club is presenting the event and members will be cooking up tasty burgers and fries for your lunch. Jim Taylor will provide entertaining music at the beach for all to enjoy; bring your dancing shoes! 

Registration is from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Categories are Family, Group and Youth 12 and under; $10 per entry. Building will start at 11:30 a.m. and go until 2:30 p.m. Judging will occur between 1:30 and 2:40 p.m. with winners announced at 2:45 p.m.

Each team has a 10 by 10 foot quadrant to build on and only natural materials found on the beach can be used. Criteria for judging the entries include: originality, difficulty, execution (success in carrying out the plan), use of space (carved and finished all the way around with little open space) and wow factor (how did all of the above come together?). Bring your pails, shovels and other tools and practise your sculpture at low tide. Last year’s sculptures included a giant flag, five-cent coin, Sea-Doo, castle with a dragon, variety of sushi, giant wave with a kayaker, and a beavers’ village. 

Visit the facebook.com page Davis Bay Sandcastle for pictures of past sculptures. T-shirts will be for sale. Bring a hat and sunscreen. 

– Submitted by SC Lions Club members Aldo and Johanna Tacchi