Saturday, July 20th Winners:

Little Kids Division (Kids under 8 years old)

1st Place – Team Bananas, Captian Ella Van Holfwegen (Make believe Island called Hatuka)

2nd Place – Team Castle Builders, Captian Paxton

3rd Place – Team Rocket – Captian Evan (Bey Blade)

Tweens (Ages 9-14)

1st Place – Octabuck, Captain Emma Riemer (“Thanks A Latte – Octopus arm holding a Starbucks cup)

2nd Place – Luna the Hippo – Captain Lea Artiguenava

3rd Place – Team USA, Captain Taryn Walters (Equal justice honoring the girls of the US Soccer team – “Dream Big – Equal Play for Equal Pay!”)

High School (Ages 15-18)

1st  Place – Team Castle of Dreams, Captain Ryan (Something you would see in your dreams – a castle on top of a turtle shell with rocks balanced on top)

2nd Place – Team Ocean, Captain Maya Daniels (Turtle, octopus and shark with shells for teeth) 

Big Kids (Ages 19 – 100)

1st Place – Team Octopussy, Captain Alli Willis (A huge Octopus) 

2nd Place – Team Tidal Defense, Captain Rick Tippe (Pirate Ship Wreck)

3rd Place – Team Dino MD, Captain Meagan (Dinosaurs)

Sunday, July 21st Winners:

Family Division:

1st Place – Team Hustle Muscle, Captain Katie

A Pirate Ship being attacked by an octopus, with a treasure chest filled with treasured words on painted rocks. Team members were dressed in pirate costumes and were playing pirate music.

2nd Place – Team Gogal Family, Captain Trynka

The Eagle has Landed – A beautiful eagle on its back with wings spread in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the USA moon landing.

3rd Place – Team Tess, Captain Kaitlyn

Hank the Hoarder, a shell hoarding octopus. Three generations worked together on this sand sculpture.

Community Division:

1st Place – Team Insandity, Captain Veronica

Castle & Dragons – A dragon complete with teeth and scales surrounding castles that are being destroyed by the squeeze of his tail.

2nd Place – Team Mavericks, Captain Penny

Fun in the Sun – Iguanas have fun in the sun just like the team that was building him.

3rd Place – Sand Apocalypse, Captain Bryan Bell

Battle at Sea – 2 Ships at battle firing flowers from their cannons.

Saturday, July 20th & Sunday, July 21st

(Combined weekend with the Rollback Car Show)

Check-in: At the Sand Sculpture Registration canopy at the Birch Bay Beach Park- located at 7930 Birch Bay Drive

9:30 am – 11:00 am: Registration and Plot Assignment – Building can begin at 10:00 am (depending on tide)

3:00 pm: Judging begins

4:30 pm: Awards Presentation

The Judging panel consists of local community members and friends of Birch Bay.

They will be rating: overall appearance, originality, teamwork and design.

Judges will score using a 1-10 point system for each category listed above. A perfect score would be 40 points

AWARDS:

Awards will be given for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners in each division.

Saturday:

• High School 
• Tweens 9-14
• Kids under 8
• Adults

Sunday:

• Family
• Community Groups

Registration is FREE. Pre-registration is now closed, please register at the event.

• Plots are up to 20’x20′. work must be confined to this area.
• Plot must be clearly marked with colored stake designation division. (Stake will be given at check in)
• Extra water to wet sand is OK
• Tools or forms of any sort may be used in the process of construction, but may not support the structure.
• Decorations such as flags, kites, figurines, ornaments natural to design, may be used, but may not support structure.
• You must clean your area! Only biodegradable and earth friendly materials are allowed to be left on the beach.
• Children’s categories: One Adult may assist with initial digging, not with actual building.
• The main thing is to have fun and enjoy the day in Birch Bay!
• After judging stake must be turned in and area cleaned up to receive any awards earned

** PLEASE NOTE: ALL DOGS ON THE BEACH NEED TO BE ON AN 8′ OR LESS LEASH! PLEASE CLEAN UP AFTER YOUR PET!**

We look forward to receiving any video clips or photos taken at our event. Please send them to info@birchbaychamber.com.

THANK YOU!