聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 The New Hope Horse Club in Stoughton has developed a fantastic draw to the community with the always entertaining Rough 'N Ready Roughstock Rodeo. The event, held on Saturday, Sept. 5, entered into its fourth year, which expanded events this year and drew in help from other community organizations making it run smoothly.
听听听听听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 鈥淭hank you for coming,鈥� DeeAnna Lyke, one of the organizers, welcomed the crowd. 鈥淭he New Hope Horse Club is an intense group of volunteers who work [hard] all year. This is our fourth year for the rodeo. We've slowly grown over the years and have brought in other community groups to help us this year. The Stoughton Daycare has the food booth, the Demolition Club is working security, Heward Parks and Recreation have the kids' booth, and the 4-H Club is holding a 50/50 and is offering driver services after midnight as well.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 Working together was the main goal for the event and bettering all groups in the community was important to those with New Hope Horse Club.
听听听听听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 The event saw a little bit of luck this year with rain, that had been coming down all day, stopping just before the rodeo was to begin.
听听听听听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 鈥淚t was awesome,鈥� Lyke told The Observer of the event. 鈥淲e had a huge crowd and were able to go on even with the two and a half inches of rain, we were lucky beyond belief.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 鈥淭he one good thing about the rain when hosting an event is that no one can farm, so they came out since they couldn't be in the field.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 The event has seen livestock supplied by Prime Time Rodeos Ltd. of Kennedy each year, and once again the crowd wasn't disappointed.
听听听听听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 This year's announcer was Kelly Bryce. Within the corral were Blade Young and Kevin Smith working as pickup men, while Dean Glencross entered the arena as the bullfighter during the bull riding competition.
听听听听听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 With a lot of determination and possibly just as much mud, each competitor fought their hardest to either have the best time or best score in their events. Attending the Canadian Cowboys Association event people got to watch competitors vie for points in bareback, saddle bronc, and bull riding.
听听听听听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 Additional events within the rodeo were also held including the wild horse races and barrel racing.
听听听听听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 Youth events were also held with the always enjoyed mutton bustin' as a fun way for kids to get involved. New this year to youth events were the wild pony races and junior steer riding.
听听听听听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 鈥淲e had a lot of good feedback about adding the junior events,鈥� Lyke stated.
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聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Following the rodeo was a cabaret on the rodeo grounds with The Otherz Band performing.
听听听听听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 鈥淭hank you to all of our volunteers and community members,鈥� Lyke added. 鈥淲ithout them it wouldn't of happened, Moose Knuckle came down and ran the bar for us which was really nice because the Horse Club got to kick back and enjoy the event instead of working in the bar. And to all of our sponsors and everyone who came out and saw the show, thank you.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 Although all of the events were enjoyed, the crowd was particularly impressed by 13-year-old Ciera Romanow of Corning who, along with her horse Yankee, performed during the intermission. Romanow has been practicing trick riding and showcased some of her skills including the hippodrome stand, the full stroud layout, and vaulting to name a few of the tricks she treated the crowd to.
