A big THANK YOU to all the entrants in our Challenge. We appreciate your participation and although the winners claim 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes, you are, in fact, all winners for participating and accepting this Challenge. May you go from strength to strength with your bearmaking! A total of 1465 votes were recorded.
… and the winners of Teddytech’s Schulte Challenge are:
Bearmakers Category:

1st Prize Rosebud by Erica Nel

2nd Prize Bear-Gon by Nicci Esterhuizen

3rd Prize Brucifer by Katja Bausch
Professional Category:

1st Prize Theo the Leo by Elisa Mecco Ravetto

2nd Prize Woody by Anina van der Walt

3rd Prize Willibald by Vera Matic
Special Teddytech Prize for most appealing bear –
Aldwyn by Elize Gerahty
CONGRATULATIONS!
Thanks also to the following participating bears and their makers for accepting the Challenge! (in alphabetical order)
Angel by Debi Frizelle
Butterfly by Felicity Gordon-McKenzie
Daddy Blue & Boy Blue by Jenny Gray
Duchess by Liz Rascher
Franklin by Denise Laity
Happy by Roseanne Simpkin
Honey by Angela Neill
Hopeful by Carol Hart
Khubala by Audrey Spero
Love Bear by Elaine van der Heever
Mocha by Hedy Keulder
Ouma van Poggenpoel by Margaret Annandale
Rose by Anne Rhynes
Simone by Antoinette Ribeiro
Urchin by Christiner Munster
Zozo the Clown by Mary Jennings
Zsa Zsa Ga’Bear by Amber van der Heever