February 19, 2010 ... Cowgirls from throughout Kansas and Oklahoma are expected to converge on Pawhuska on February 17, to compete in the Women’s Ranch Rodeo Association’s first event of the year. The rodeo will begin at noon.
WRRA features women-only teams competing in a series of ranch rodeos throughout the year culminating in a national finals in October. Like other ranch rodeos, WRRA rodeos are team events with four contestants. Ten teams are expected to enter the Pawhuska event.
The Association currently has 14 rodeos scheduled for 2010. The Finals will be held in October in Lyons, KS. Association spokesperson Ms. Billie Franks said there is a possibility of two or three more rodeos to be scheduled before the year is over.
Ranch rodeos feature events that require strong horsemanship skills as well as a knowledge of cattle and replicate those tasks still carried out on working ranches every day. For many years, women have competed on ranch rodeo teams along with men. In 2005, a group of these women decided to form the WRRA to compete among themselves similar to women’s competition in golf, tennis, soccer and basketball.
One of the Association’s goal is to sanction even more rodeos in other states and it invites any rodeo producer or committee that is interested to contact it. More information is available at www.rodeopromotions.com and at www.womensranchrodeo.com. Primary sponsors of the WRRA rodeos include Total Equine horse feed.
DONNELL RODEO PROMOTIONS
503 N Main Street Ste 712
Pueblo, CO 81003
719-543-6458
mdonnell@interaccess.com
