Sand, Sun and Fun at the 2014 Hout Bay Sandcastle Competition

It’s time for some sunny seaside family fun at Cape Town’s favourite Sandcastle Competition taking place on Saturday, March 1 on Hout Bay beach, Cape Town. Attracting hundreds of people including children, families, schools and corporate teams; the event is a great day out for all and sees teams competing to build the most impressive and most creative sandcastle.

Registration takes place on the beach at 8.30am, with the competition kicking off at 9.30am and running until 1pm. Sandcastles aside, there will be food and drink stalls as well as music and a fun park to ensure a full day of family entertainment, with some fantastic prizes to be won. Funds raised will go to Valley Pre-Primary School’s Sonwabile Fund. Through this fund, support is provided for the children attending their school from disadvantaged backgrounds to receive educational intervention, if necessary, such as Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy and Language Enrichment. The Sonwabile Fund also helps these children with monetary support for required school outings and functions.

Valley has also partnered with two organizations; namely Hout Bay based non-profit (NPO) Bright Start – through which ten bursaries are provided annually for underprivileged children to attend the school – and the Hangberg Educational Trust; who administer Hout Bay Educare in the Hangberg community.

In the spirit of sponsorship and helping the underprivileged, companies are not only invited to enter corporate teams of six, but also to sponsor teams of underprivileged children from Hout Bay. These teams will form part of the Sonwabile team category and can be branded on the day. Members of the public who would like to support the event but prefer not to compete, can support the food and drink stalls and cheer the contestants on.

The date is chosen to coincide with low tide so there will be plenty of space for builders and spectators. Fantastic prizes are awarded to winners in each category as selected by celebrity judges.

The entry fee for corporate teams is R900, whilst other teams will pay R50 per adult and R30 per child. For further information contact Valley Pre-Primary School on 021 7901540 or e-mail valleykids@mweb.co.za.