BARRHEAD – Excitement for the Wildrose Rodeo Association’s Rodeo Finals starting Thursday, Sept. 19 through to Sunday, Sept. 22 is growing.
There are a ton of great activities to get involved with and great rodeo action to see in action every night of the rodeo adventure.
“Everybody can enjoy what our town has to offer at the rodeo and around town,” said Jackie Miller, president of the Barrhead Ag Society
“If you shop local from Sept. 16 to Sept. 22 you can drop your receipts off at the rodeo on Sept. 19 to Sept. 22 and you get entered to win a pair of Oilers tickets.”
Rodeo events happen at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
Then, on Saturday, rodeo action starts at noon and again at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
“Contestants who have accumulated points throughout all year at all of our approved rodeos and the top ten in every event are who is competing at the finals in our major events and in the top six in the junior added events,” explained David Schmidt, president of the Wild Rose Rodeo Association.
Miller said there are a total of 108 competitors participating in the finals.
On Friday, Sept. 20 from 8 to 10 a.m. there is a pancake breakfast is provided by the Pembina West Co-op.
Saturday afternoon is Kids Day where the first 100 kids will get a back number for autographs from the rodeo competitors.
There is a Trade Show and Market that will be happening at the Curling Rink Friday starting at 1 p.m. with open times on Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday offers a cabaret starting at 9 p.m. with Quinton Blair performing.
Each day has been assigned a colour in honour of charities and rodeo people of significance, according to Schmidt.
Friday people are encouraged to wear the colour blue in honour of Leonard Schmidt.
An award honouring a hardworking rodeo representative who has done good things for the rodeo association in honour of Schmidt will be presented.
Saturday afternoon is purple, and that is in support of the Stollery Children's Hospital, and then Saturday evening will be the red night, which is in memory of Darrell Paulovich.
“Darrell was in a wheelchair for a number of years and was a huge rodeo fan. He would go to 60 to 70 rodeo performances a year,” shared Schmidt.
“Our membership nominates people for recognition and a group of directors get together and choose the recipient (for the Darrell Paulovich award).”
Sunday the colour is pink for breast cancer awareness.
Money will be raised, and a cheque will be presented by Wildrose Rodeo Association ladies to the CIBC Run for the Cure.
With so many interesting activities and adventures for people from all ages, this is a four-day extravaganza you don’t want to miss.
Miller wanted to thank the town of Barrhead and the County of Barrhead for all they did in preparation for the rodeo finals.
"The town of Barrhead provides us the building and they do a lot of work for us in that end and the County of Barrhead does puts in the dirt for us into the arena and takes it out," explained Miller.
The rodeo committee and all of the volunteers do a tremendous amount of work in preparation and during this event.
“I would like to, on behalf of the Wildrose Rodeo Association, thank the Barrhead AG Society and town of Barrhead for welcoming us back for at least the next three years,” remarked Schmidt.
The full schedule for all the events can be found on the Wildrose Rodeo Association website at https://wrarodeo.com/finals-info-2/
