2013 Decorative Carver of The Year Awards

This past weekend, 14-Feb, at the California Open Wildlife Festival, the Decorative Caver of the Year awards were presented during Friday night's banquet. Gary De Cew, president of PSWA, presented the awards to the winners.

Bob Mathews and Tom Goddard won the Intermediate and Novice Decorative Carver of the Year awards respectively. It takes quite a few wins and a real commitment to competition to win this award. Congratulations Bob and Tom, you've earned it.

If you are interested in learning more about the Decorative Carver of the Year contest, you can read about it here.

Here are Tom and Bob together with their awards:

Bob Mathews of Fair Oaks, CA wins the 2013 Intermediate DCOY division with 400 points. Gary De Cew presents him the award.

Tom Goddard of Lake Tapawingo, MO wins the 2013 novice DCOY division with 270 points. Gary De Cew presents him the award.

2012 Decorative Carver of the Year standings are updated

The standings for the 2012 Decorative Carver of the Year have been updated with the results from the first three contests this year.

You can view the current standings here: DCOY standings as of June 22nd, 2012

Debbie Van Vliet, Chickadee - 1st BOS, Lifesize Non-Floating, Novice Class

2011 Decorative Carver Of The Year Results

Congratulations to the 2011 Decorative Carver of the Year winners:

   Intermediate:

1.       Ervin Cruey of Cortland, Virginia - 362 Points
2.       Everett Rodriguez of Salinas, California - 189 points
3.       Bob Mathews of Fair Oaks, California - 137 points

Ervin Cruey, BOS Carolina Wren, 2011 Core SoundEverett Rodriguez, Virgina Rail, 2011 Columbia FlywayBob Mathews, Kildeer, 2011 California Open

Novice:

1.       John Wood of Claremont, North Carolina - 258 points
2.       Tom Oakes of Walnut Creek, California - 146 points
3.       Mel Gustafson of Tempe, Arizona - 119 points

For full results, check out the final 2011 Decorative Carver of the Year page

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