BY TERRI MASON December 30th started out with excitement for Sandy Cooper-Black as he and his rodeo buddies hit the trail from Saskatchewan for a bronc riding jackpot in Brooks, Alberta. With his friends cheering him on, Sandy was spurring for the whistle, but he bucked off and hit the cold arena sand headfirst, …
CANADIAN HIGH SCHOOL RODEO FINALS IN JULY, HUNDREDS of rodeo athletes converged in Swift Current, Sask., to compete in the Canadian Junior High & High School Rodeo Finals. The three-day event was the end goal of a year-long schedule of rodeo competitions for school-aged rodeo athletes from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Some 320 …
FOR SURE – Nine Canadians will be competing in the National Finals Rodeo!
Haying in the 30’s MALLAIG, ALTA., LOCATED west of Bonnyville, is home to one of the more unique fundraisers in Alberta. It’s called Haying in the 30’s, and each year, visitors converge to experience what life was like in the 1930s. That sounds like a fun ‘cosplay’ weekend, but this one has an unheard-of twist …
HONOURING JACK DAINES FROM JUNE 17–19, rodeo fans and competitors paid tribute to the late Jack Daines at the 61st Daines Ranch Pro Rodeo grounds outside Innisfail, Alta., on the C & E Trail. “We had good crowds, with close to a sell out on Saturday night,” said Kyle Daines, chairman of the Daines Ranch …