For the second year in a row there was a lot of money won outside on the final day of the Moose Jaw Hometown Rodeo.
The weather was ideal Sunday and that led to some good performances at the end of the three-day event.
One of the Sunday winners was Mark Elder from Airdrie, Alta. by way of Australia. Elder won the saddle bronc competition with a score of 73 on Northern Light to just edge Andrew Steiger’s score of 72.
It was a big weekend for Rusty Quam from Wainwright. Not only did Quam win the barrel racing event in 15.42 seconds to bring home a big purse in excess of $1,200, but the outdoor rodeo arena was dedicated to her grandfather Bill Gomersall.
It was a very tight ladies barrels as Stephanie Mather was second in 15.45 seconds and Jacqueline Stojan third in 15.56.
It was a good rodeo for the locals in the team roping event. Moose Jaw’s Kyle Chappel and Kent Drake won the event in 5.7 seconds. Another Moose Jaw pair — Larry and Brady Chappel were fourth with a time of 6.5 seconds.
Regina’s J.C. Curley rode Hells Bells to a victorious score of 79 Friday in the bull riding. Ty Taypotat from Regina won the bareback riding.
Jarid L. Berglund from Kennedy won the tie-down roping in a time of 8.7 seconds. Wyatt Klonansky from Qu’Appelle won the steer wrestling in 3.7 seconds with the final performance of the event.
The Moose Jaw Exhibition Company officially named the outdoor rodeo arena after Gomersall Sunday who passed away in 2006 a day short of his 101st birthday.
He was a rodeo competitor in his younger years and competed at the Calgary Stampede in the 1930s. He later supplied stock, was a pick-up man, a chute man and a cowboy poet as he became a fixture at area rodeos.
For more please see Monday's Times-Herald.
