New Ground Rules for 2012
The RMLBR committee has established the following ground rules. This will allow us to run a smooth and more efficient rodeo for all contestants and families.
- There will be no turn outs after the Wednesday before the rodeo. If a contestant draws out after Wednesday, the contestant will be responsible for 100% of all fees ($9.00 National, facility charge, stock charge and entry fees). EXCEPTION: A Vet release or Doctor release – the committee will waive the fee associated with that event. Entire fee may be waived if the contestant is not coming to the rodeo if proper release is provided to rodeo secretary. If proper release is not provided, contestant will go on the National office Disqualification (DQ) list.
- Inappropriate behavior by contestant or any family member or friends will not be tolerated: Any behavior or action that disrupts the flow of the rodeo, in the opinion of the judges and/or appeals committee will result in a $100 fine per incident (i.e., but not limited to cursing/foul language) payable to the RMLBR committee, and/or disqualification from the rodeo.
Appeals Committee: This committee will be made up of three committee members. Any questions or concerns will be brought to this committee and not to the judges in the arena. Failure to abide by this rule will result in an automatic no time or disqualification.
Rodeo Entry and Entry Fees
Entries may be submitted THREE ways.
- Mail hard copy to: Jackie Chambers, 241 CJ CHAMBERS , VW CALHAN, CO, CO 80808
- Submit an On line entry (cash only on day of rodeo/no checks), found at www.familyrodeonow.com website. If you experience difficulties with the site, either send in hard copy or email your entry to:
- Entry may be E-Mailed to: jmchambers@csu.org (cash only on day of rodeo/no checks)
Include: Name, address, division, back number, Email address, events entering, (list partner for Dally Ribbon Roping and Team Roping, if you have a specific partner or draw partner if no partner is availble)
PHONE AND TEXT ENTRIES ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED – Mailed entry, emailed entry or on line entry only.
Fees may either accompany entry, OR Cash ONLY on the day of the rodeo (Checks will not be accepted on the day of the rodeo - no exceptions.)
Change in Start Time on Sunday…..And Monday is Canceled
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The rodeo on Sunday will start at 11:00 to accommodate the Jr Peek Good Times Calf Roping. There will be a church session at 7:30 in the morning led by Dave Hoffman.
Attached is the order of events….ROUCH STOCK Riders you are the first few events so don’t be late.
Call me if you have questions or concerns….Jackie – 719-641-2460
As many of you know we lost a great barrel horse earlier this year at Westcliff. Darn those horses we do everything for them and when they go it is like losing a family member. We were not going to replace Sue this year but God was smiling down on us..he of course had another much better plan. Casper! Casper is wonderful ad has really been the best thing for Faith! The picture says it all! Thank you Casper!!!
I know all of us haul hay and even for those of you who don’t let me share with you a few words of wisdom….when your significant other says we don’t need to strap down the one ton bale of hay on the trailer, please disagree them and then proceed to strap down the bale. The ending to this story is that we spent an hour picking up all the hay that fell off the trailer…grrr.
If you haven’t already read your Rodeo News..you should! There is a great story in there by Laura Lambert about the wonderful month of February and how you can’t do anything and when I say anything I mean anything!!! There is no legging up horses, or cleaning out the barn everything is frozen and cold! She does a great job describing how all of us feel right now so if you haven’t had a chance to read it, I am sure with the upcoming winter weather you will.
To win an event saddle or award at the spring series you must enter and attend all six rodeos. The contestant must also place in that event at at least one of the six rodeos. For example, if you enter the bull riding and do not cover at any of the six rodeos then you are not eligible for the saddles. You must have at least 1 point to be eligible for a saddle or an award.
The Springs Series will have an appeals committee. This committee will be made up of three committee members. Any questions or concerns will be brought to this committee and not to the judges in the arena. Failure to abide by this rule will result in an automatic no time or disqualification.
I wanted to clarify the ground rules for the Mailbox in the trail course event.
The rule book states that you must make an attempt to put the mail in the mailbox.
An attempt will be defined by three parts
- Opening the mailbox
- Placing the mail in the mailbox
- Closing the mailbox
Failure to complete steps 1 & 2 will result in a no time. Failure to complete step 3 will result in a 10 second penalty.
Basketball games this morning. They went good, Sam’s team lost and Faith’s team won but both were very well played. This is what we do in the off season, play basketball, if there is an off season for rodeo anymore.
We took our steers in yesterday, yum can’t wait, we have spent the last three months finishing them out.
Now we are sitting in a suite at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Denver, but the funny part is that the parking lot is full of stock trailers, kinda different for Denver. It is because of the National Western Stock Show. We are going tomorrow can’t wait.
Cody is now an executive board member for NLBRA. Yup they called him yesterday and said someone stepped down and you are it, now get to Denver this weekend for a meeting. So the persons place that he is taking has still a three year term to fill so for the next three years I guess it will be a whirl wind of an adventure. Our rodeo families that came out year after year to support him in the elections have a huge part in this and we want to thank all of you for your support.
Okay time to go get’ em.