Gombeys, mermaids and even Godzilla graced Horseshoe Bay on Saturday at the Bermuda Sand Sculpture Competition.

A total of 46 teams took part in the event, including five children’s teams, 11 family teams, eight teenager teams and 21 adult teams.

A spokeswoman for the event said: “Many of the adult teams joined from such groups as The St George’s Rotary Club, we had three teams from Bermuda Institute of Ocean Studies work-study students, and five teams from the Bermuda College arts programme headed by teacher Michael Walsh.”

She added: “Showers at 4pm did nothing to dampen the mood, they just helped dampen the sand as our judges arrived on the beach to start the hardest part of their day — picking winners from so many beautiful pieces.”

The overall winner was the Fairmont Southampton team, led by kitchen artist Ernie Ogalesco, which took the honours with their sculpture Gombey on a Break.

Jay O’Connor won the adult prize for Man in Ring, while Camille Chin-Gurret and Andrianna Anfossi won the teenager category for their sculpture titled Beached.

The Hastings family took the prize for the family category, while Ava Gabi-Maiato, Jasmin Hasselkuss and Zoe Hasselkuss won the children’s competition with In Memory of Chama.