Harveydale Rodeo riders back in the saddle

FULL RESULTS AT THE END

The bulls got the better of the riders at Harveydale Rodeo at Westbury last weekend but the crowd of more than 1500 were not starved of action.

Event organiser Ian Brown said the MC Rodeo bulls proved too strong for the open riders, with no-one posting a time, however the second division riders filled all places with junior rider Lane Viney of Penguin, the current Junior and Second Div Champion All Round Cowboy, continuing his success from last season.

Viney also won the junior steer ride and junior bull ride, following in the footsteps of one of Tasmania’s top cowboys, Damien Viney.

“I was really happy to see how much the young boys had improved their riding,” Mr Brown said. “Chris Dornauf has been running practices a couple of times a week at Westbury and you can see they are getting better.

“A lot of them were still bucked off, but there’s been more qualifying rides.”

All Round Cowgirl Karen Fish from Oatlands won the open barrel race and placed in the breakaway roping, with the barrel racing being particularly tight this season.

One slipup and the field is ready to close in, just a fraction of second separating the top four on any given day.

The oldest calf roper in Australia, Gary King, 56, has branched out from his regular appearance in the team roping this season, taking out the Rope ‘n’ Tie with the only successful run.

He went on to win the team roping with son Ty, who also had a great day, winning the open saddle bronc and placing in the steer wrestling.

The rodeo, which has been run by the Brown family since 1981, also held a raffle to help Victorian farmers affected by bushfire, with $1500 going to Need for Feed.

The next rodeo on the calendar is Ulverstone on January 31, Scottsdale on February 14, followed by Gowrie Park on the long weekend in March and George Town the following weekend.

RESULTS

Novice Barrel Race

1st Brooke Parker 17.30

2nd Kellie Anne Laurence 18.02

3rd Selina Scott 18.24

Local Barrel Race

1st Ruby Hirst 18.73

2nd Bethany Hirst 19.70

3rd Taylah Glover 19.87

Local Jnr Barrel Race

1st Jade Bailey 24.58

2nd Tempah Woodward 29.32

3rd Hannah De Soza

Local Steer Ride

1st Jane Bailey 30

Open Bull Ride – No times

Open Saddle Bronc

1st Ty King

Equal 2nd Reuben Nicklason

Equal 2nd Liam Beamish

Open Bareback – no times

Steer Wrestling

1st Larry Elphinstone 15.00

2nd Ty King 15.9

3rd Gene Marshall  19.7

Rope ‘N ‘ Tie

1st Gary King 19.93

Team Roping

1st Gary King/Ty King 8.2

2nd Natalie Kimber/Nicholas Newman 13.6

Open Barrel Race

1st Karen Fish Jnr 17.25

2nd Jodi King 17.41

3rd Selina Scott 17.70

4th Tayla Smith 17.92

Breakaway Roping

1st Natalie Kimber 3.3

2nd Sophie King 3.5

Equal 3rd Karen Fish Jnr 3.6

Equal 3rd Shayleigh Ingelse 3.6 

2nd Div Bull Ride

1st Lane Viney

2nd Harley Hickey

3rd Alessandro Finoia

4th Kobie Kay

2nd Division Saddle Bronc

1st Reuben Nicklason

2nd Division Bareback Bronc

1st Jacob Crafter

Junior Bull Ride

1st Lane Viney

2nd Darcy Bramich

Junior Steer Ride

1st Lane Viney

2nd Darcy Bramich

3rd Alessandro Finoia

4th Cameron Burges

Junior Barrel Race

1st Keasha Gaylor 18.03

2nd Tyla O’Toole 19.29

3rd Cameron Burgess 22.91