2008 Canadian National Wildfowl Carving Championship Results

COMPETITION RESULTS

The following are the results of the competition held at Bingeman Park during the Kitchener-Waterloo Wood Show on March 14-16, 2008. If you have a question about these results, please contact Don Price at dprice@golden.net.

The Grand Valley Woodcarvers Club congratulates the many award winners and sincerely wishes to thank all the competitors, and the outstanding World class judges (Lionel Dwyer, Al Forler, Tim Forler, Gord Hare, Jeff Krete, Bruce Lepper, Blaine McLeod, Fred Negrijn, Gilles Prud’homme, Gary Shropshire, Wayne Simkin, and Martin Ward) who made the 2008 competition such a great event. It was another OUTSTANDING SUCCESS!!!

We would also like to thank our very generous sponsors, without whose support this competition would be impossible: Bill Marshall, KW Wood Show, Don Haycock, M & T Printing Group, Rubberline Products Ltd., Lee Valley Tools, Razertip Industries, Thermal Safety and Supply, KV Woodcarving and Chipping Away,

PURCHASE AWARDS
Purchase Award – Canvasback Drake or Hen - Sponsored by Don Haycock - $4,000.00
FIRST = $4,000.00	Lionel Dwyer	Canvasback Hen
SECOND = $150.00	Glenn McMurdo	Canvasback Hen
THIRD = $75.00	Brian Swain	Canvasback Hen
Purchase Award – Sharp-Shinned Hawk Male – Sponsored by M & T Printing Group - $2,500.00
FIRST = $2,500.00	Tad Yesaki	Sharp-Shinned Hawk
SECOND = $150.00	William Berge	Sharp-Shinned Hawk
THIRD = $75.00
Purchase Award – Black-Throated Blue Warbler Male - Sponsored by Ontario Die Company - $1,900.00
FIRST = $1,900.00	Gilles Prud’homme	Black-Throated Blue Warbler
SECOND = $150.00	Bruce Lepper	Black-Throated Blue Warbler
THIRD = $75.00	Blaine McLeod	Black-Throated Blue Warbler
Purchase Award – Virginia Rail Male - Sponsored by Rubberline Products Ltd. - $1,900.00
FIRST = $1,900.00	Bruce Lepper	Virginia Rail
SECOND = $150.00	Gilles Prud’homme	Virginia Rail
THIRD = $75.00	Martin Ward	Virginia Rail
BEST OF SHOW / BEST OF CLASS AWARDS
Best of Show (Open Class) - Sponsored by Al Forler
FIRST = $300.00	Victor Paroyan	Scarlet Macaw
SECOND = $150.00	Jeff Krete	American Wigeons
THIRD = $75.00	Bruce Lepper	Vermillion Flycatcher
Best of Class (Intermediate Class)
FIRST = $150.00 (Lee Valley Tools)	Peter Fortune	Evening Grosbeak
SECOND	Dwayne McMurter	Black-Capped Chickadee
THIRD	William Bendig	American Woodcock
Best of Class (Novice Class)
FIRST = $100.00 (Lee Valley Tools)	Ken Hicks	Red-Breasted Merganser
SECOND	Brian Puttock	Ruffed Grouse
THIRD	Brian Puttock	White-Breasted Nuthatch
Best of Class (Beginner Class)
FIRST = $50.00 (Lee Valley Tools)	Jeannine Barkhouse	Black-Capped Chickadee
SECOND	Jeannine Barkhouse	Green-Winged Teal
THIRD	Bob Boyd	American Robin
BEST OF CATEGORY AWARDS - OPEN CLASS
Decorative Diving Ducks (Open Class)
FIRST = $300.00	Grant Parks	Red-Breasted Merganser Drake
SECOND = $150.00	Tim Eskritt	Redhead
THIRD = $75.00	Murray Pearson	Common Eider Drake
Decorative Marsh Ducks (Open Class)
FIRST = $300.00	Tad Yesaki	Gadwall Drake
SECOND = $150.00	Graham Price	American Wigeon Hen
THIRD = $75.00	Tony Bomben	Wood Duck Drake
Decorative Ducks – Non-Floating (Open Class)
FIRST = $300.00	Graham Price	Green-Winged Teal
SECOND = $150.00
THIRD = $75.00
Decorative Waterfowl (Open Class)
FIRST = $300.00	George Wickham	Horned Puffin
SECOND = $150.00	George Wickham	Eared Grebe
THIRD = $75.00	George Wickham	Horned Grebe
Honorable Mention	Fred Negrijn	Pied-Billed Grebe
Decorative Songbirds A (Open Class)
FIRST = $300.00	Victor Paroyan	Scarlet Macaw
SECOND = $150.00	Bruce Lepper	Vermillion Flycatcher
THIRD = $75.00	Craig Hutton	African Peach-Faced Lovebird
Honorable Mention	Fred Negrijn	Eastern Bluebird
Decorative Songbirds B (Open Class)
FIRST = $300.00	Bruce Lepper	American Redstart
SECOND = $150.00	Ken Avery	American Redstart
THIRD = $75.00	Uta Strelive	Black-Throated Blue Warbler
Honorable Mention	Martin Ward	Yellow Warbler
Decorative Songbirds C (Open Class)
FIRST = $300.00	Bruce Lepper	Red-Winged Blackbird
SECOND = $150.00	Tim Forler	Baltimore Oriole
THIRD = $75.00	David Martin	Western Tanager
Decorative Birds of Prey (Open Class)
FIRST = $300.00	Fred Negrijn	Screech Owl
SECOND = $150.00	Bruce Lepper	American Kestrel
THIRD = $75.00	William Berge	Merlin
Decorative Others (Open Class)
FIRST = $300.00	Murray Pearson	Ring-Billed Gull
SECOND = $150.00	Murray Pearson	Ruffed Grouse
THIRD = $75.00	Dave Lemon	Ruffed Grouse
Decorative Miniature Wildfowl (Open Class)
FIRST = $300.00	Jeff Krete	American Wigeons
SECOND = $150.00	Al Forler	Indigo Bunting
THIRD = $75.00	Al Forler	Ruddy Turnstone
Honorable Mention	Gilles Prud’homme	Red Kite
Honorable Mention	Gilles Prud’homme	American Kestrel
Honorable Mention	Martin Ward	Short-Billed Marsh Wren
Working Decoys (Open Class)
FIRST = $300.00	Ken Hussey	Lesser Scaup
SECOND = $150.00	Dave Ricci	Canvasback
THIRD = $75.00	Dave Ricci	Blue-Winged Teal
Honorable Mention	Gary Shropshire	Wood Duck
Honorable Mention	George Wickham	Tufted Puffin
Decorative Life-size Smoothie (Open Class)
FIRST = $300.00	Lionel Hall	Greater Scaup
SECOND = $150.00	Lionel Hall	Black Duck
THIRD = $75.00	Tony Bomben	Canvasback
Honorable Mention	Tony Bomben	Canvasback
Stylized/Interpretive Wildfowl (Open Class)
FIRST	Al Bonar	Western Grebe
SECOND
THIRD
BEST OF CATEGORY AWARDS – INTERMEDIATE CLASS
Decorative Diving Ducks (Intermediate Class)
FIRST	Stephen Baldock	Bufflehead
SECOND	Bob Danahy	Redhead
THIRD	Bill Whitlock	Canvasback
Honorable Mention	William Bendig	Bufflehead
Decorative Marsh Ducks (Intermediate Class)
FIRST	William Bendig	Mallard
SECOND	William Bendig	Green-Winged Teal
THIRD	George Gloade	Green-Winged Teal
Decorative Ducks – Non-Floating (Intermediate Class)
FIRST	Vicky Theis	Green-Winged Teal
SECOND	Bill Wilson	Redhead
THIRD	Peter McLaren	Green-Winged Teal
Decorative Waterfowl (Intermediate Class)
FIRST	Robert Mowbray	Common Loon
SECOND
THIRD
Decorative Songbirds A (Intermediate Class)
FIRST	Dwayne McMurter	Black-Capped Chickadee
SECOND	William Bendig	Downy Woodpecker
THIRD	Bryan White	Downy Woodpecker
Honorable Mention	Norm Hohban	Black-Capped Chickadee
Decorative Songbirds B (Intermediate Class)
FIRST	Bryan White	Loggerhead Shrike
SECOND	William Bendig	Red-Breasted Nuthatch
THIRD	Grant Winchcombe	Cedar Waxwing
Honorable Mention	Bryan White	Tufted Titmouse
Decorative Songbirds C (Intermediate Class)
FIRST	Peter Fortune	Evening Grosbeak
SECOND	Robert Mowbray	Red-Winged Blackbird
THIRD	Ray Nagami	White-Throated Sparrow
Honorable Mention	Bill Wilson	Purple Finch
Honorable Mention	Peter McLaren	American Goldfinch
Honorable Mention	Raimo Repo	White-Winged Crossbill
Decorative Birds of Prey (Intermediate Class)
FIRST	Bill Wilson	Merlin
SECOND	William Bendig	American Kestrel
THIRD	Bill Ventry	Screech Owl
Honorable Mention	Robert Mowbray	Bald Eagle
Honorable Mention	Bryan White	American Kestrel
Honorable Mention	Betty Baumgardner	American Kestrel
Decorative Others (Intermediate Class)
FIRST	William Bendig	American Woodcock
SECOND	Robert Mowbray	Ring-Necked Pheasant
THIRD	Grant Winchcombe	Semi-Palmated Sandpiper
Honorable Mention	Dwayne McMurter	American Golden Plover
Decorative Miniature Wildfowl (Intermediate Class)
FIRST	Robert Orr	Canvasback
SECOND	Larry Livingston	Western Tanager
THIRD	Gord Croft	Bald Eagle
Honorable Mention	Henry Flaming	Red-Winged Blackbird
Honorable Mention	Henry Flaming	Baltimore Oriole
Honorable Mention	Raimo Repo	Eastern Bluebird
Working Decoys (Intermediate Class)
FIRST = $50.00	Bill Whitlock	Greater Scaup
SECOND	Bill Whitlock	Greater Scaup
THIRD
Decorative Life-size Smoothie (Intermediate Class)
FIRST	Bill Whitlock	Ruddy Duck
SECOND	Bill Ventry	Mallard
THIRD
Stylized/Interpretive Wildfowl (Intermediate Class)
FIRST	Henry Boehringer	Great Blue Heron
SECOND
THIRD
BEST OF CATEGORY AWARDS – NOVICE CLASS
Decorative Diving Ducks (Novice Class)
FIRST	Ken Hicks	Red-Breasted Merganser
SECOND	Zenon Gawel	Redhead
THIRD
Decorative Marsh Ducks (Novice Class)
FIRST	John Palmer	Shoveller
SECOND	Linda Gawel	Green-Winged Teal
THIRD
Decorative Ducks – Non-Floating (Novice Class)
FIRST	Roy Barkhouse	Green-Winged Teal
SECOND	Brian Puttock	Ring-Necked Duck
THIRD	Frank Felice	Ruddy Duck
Honorable Mention	Jon Rechner	Wood Duck
Honorable Mention	Zenon Gawel	Green-Winged Teal
Honorable Mention	James McFadden	Hooded Merganser
Honorable Mention	Joe Stalzer	Green-Winged Teal
Decorative Waterfowl (Novice Class)
FIRST	No Entries
SECOND
THIRD
Decorative Songbirds A (Novice Class)
FIRST	Roy Barkhouse	Black-Capped Chickadee
SECOND	Bob Solomon	Downy Woodpecker
THIRD	Joe Stalzer	Eastern Bluebird
Honorable Mention	Peter Gloade	Black-Capped Chickadee
Honorable Mention	Ray Lang	Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Decorative Songbirds B (Novice Class)
FIRST	Brian Puttock	White-Breasted Nuthatch
SECOND	Harold Erb	Tufted Titmouse
THIRD	Denise Barletta	American Robin
Honorable Mention	Brian Puttock	White-Breasted Nuthatch
Honorable Mention	Elizabeth Wilson	Tufted Titmouse
Honorable Mention	Joe Stalzer	Yellow Warbler
Decorative Songbirds C (Novice Class)
FIRST	Roy Barkhouse	Indigo Bunting
SECOND	Donald Carter	House Sparrow
THIRD	Denise Barletta	Cardinal
Decorative Birds of Prey (Novice Class)
FIRST	Joe Stalzer	Great Horned Owl