Bear Olympics - Team USA & Final Voting!

Team USA--Ben, Jerry and Jake--(photo above, left-to-right) is ready for the Bear Olympics, and we're very pleased to host the following beary important contests:

ENTRIES & FINAL RESULTS!
Judging for our contests will be a little different from some of the other bear olympics contests (just to make it easier): Jerry, Ben and Jake will each give a score of 1-to-10 to the entry, and the final score will be the average of those 3 individual scores. We'll be sending some little prizes to the winners.

The judges were beary impressed with all the contestants! You all did a great job!

Contest 1: Napping
photo of the contestant napping or hibernating


Gold Medal, Fitzwilliam Toffypenny
Silver Medal, Sullivan McPig
Bronze Medal, (tie) Sandy & Buttons BeCause


Sullivan McPig (The Netherlands)
Judges' Results:
Jerry: "Sullivan iz snoozing, zzzz." 8.5
Ben: "That blankie lookz nize!" 8.5
Jake: "Awesome dude!" 8

Sullivan is napping on the couch with a nice warm and soft blanket.

Fitzwilliam Toffypenny (The Friendly Company of Bears, "Granny K"), (Great Britain)

Judges' Results:
Jerry: "I sleep when I reed too muzh two!" 8.5
Ben: "The bouk iz a nize tuch! Beary creetive!" 9
Jake: "Awesome dude!" 9

 If you listen carefully, you can hear Fitzwilliam Toffypenny snoring!

Alexander Mackenzie Bear (Sandy), (Canada)

Judges' Results:
Jerry: "Shhhh, don't wake Sandy up!" 8
Ben: "Duz Sandy wear hiz hat two bed? Canada muzt bea culd!" 8
Jake: "Awesome dudes!" 8.5

Buttons BeCause (U.S.A.)

Judges' Results:

Jerry: "Buttons needz to burrow Sullivan's blankie!" 8

Ben: "We luv naps too! Napz are beary gud!" 8.5

Jake: "Awesome dude!" 8

Contest 2: Gardening
photo of the contestant gardening or in the garden

Gold Medal, (tie) Sandy & Buttons BeCause
Silver Medal, Teddy
Bronze Medal, (tie) Bob T. Bear & Zotti

Alexander Mackenzie Bear (Sandy--flower gardening), (Canada)

Judges' Results:
Jerry: "Thatz a beary nice garden!" 8.5
Ben: "Where iz Sandy? Oh, there he iz! I like all the difrant kinz of plantz." 9
Jake: "Awesome dude!" 9

Alexander Mackenzie Bear (Teddy--herb gardening), (Canada)

Judges' Results:
Jerry: "Yummy, mint!" 9
Ben: "Teddy iz a gud gardener, look at all the mint!" 8.5
Jake: "Awesome dude!" 8.5

 Alexander Mackenzie Bear (Zotti--vegetable gardening), (Canada)

Judges' Results:
Jerry: "Beary purty!" 8
Ben: "Zotti muzt be proud of thoz veggees!" 8.5
Jake: "Awesome dude!" 8.5

Bob. T. Bear, Esq. (Great Britain)

Judges' Results:

Jerry: "Thatz a nize shuvul, kan I burrow it?" 8.5

Ben: "Are you growing slugs Bob? (giggle and toe wiggles)" 8.5

Jake: "Awesome dude!" 8

Bob. gardening with marigolds and slugs

Buttons BeCause (U.S.A.)

Judges' Results:

Jerry: "Thatz a beary nice garden!" 9
Ben: "We luv all the photoz Buttons!" 9
Jake: "Awesome dude!" 8.5

one gardening photo among many; check the link above for more