Ward World Championship Division Winners

The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury University, held the 42nd Annual World Championship Wildfowl Carving Competition and Art Festival this weekend at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center in Ocean City, MD.

Over 1300 carvings were entered by carvers of all levels, from Youth to World Class, in 39 different divisions which include life-size and miniature decorative bird carvings, interpretive carvings and several categories of working decoys. At the award ceremony on Saturday evening the winners of the World Champion Divisions were announced. They are as follows:

Division A - Decorative Life-size Wildfowl
1. Violet Saberwing Hummingbirds by Thomas Horn of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, USA
2. Short Eared Owl by Pat Godin of Paris, Ontario, Canada
3. Yellow Billed Cuckoo by Larry Barth of Stahlstown, Pennsylvania, USA

Division B - Floating Decorative Life-size Waterfowl Pair –
Pair of marsh ducks World Wide
1. Wood Ducks by John Scallen of Covington, Louisana, USA
2. Bluewing Teal by Robert Kroese of Pella, Iowa, USA
3. Pintails by Peter Dick of Chatham, Ontario, Canada

Division C - Decorative Miniature Wildfowl
1. Great Egret by Gary Eigenberger of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
2. Peregrine Falcon by Marc Schultz of Denmark, Wisconsin, USA
3. Redwing Black Bird by Bruce Lepper of Millbrook, Ontario, Canada

Division D - Interpretive Wood Sculpture
1. Wood Duck and Duckling by Lynn Branson of British Columbia, Canada
2. Woodcock by Dan Burgette of Tetonia, Idaho, USA
3. Stilts by Jay Goldstein of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

Division SR - Shootin' Rig
1. Canvasbacks by Tom Flemming of Minnetrista, Minnesota, USA
2. Gadwalls by Tom Christie of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
3. Common Eiders by John E. Lawrence of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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