By meadowlakeNOW

M.L. Stampede week another rousing success

Jun 12, 2017 | 6:59 PM

Another year of stampede festivities has come to a close and organizers are feeling thankful for everyone involved – volunteers, attendees and competitors alike.

The week was a busy one, which kicked off with the Canada 150 theme parade, and was filled out with 4-H achievement, show and sale, a big win by a hometown bull rider, and two jam-packed days of rodeo action.

The rodeo circuit included events like bareback and saddle bronc riding, local ladies, peewee and junior barrel racing, and calf riding to name a few. Many of these events were qualifying competitions for part of the Lakeland Rodeo Association.

Meadow Lake’s Tyler Wilson had an impressive showing in the saddle bronc, and was running in first place heading into Saturday, but was edged out by Logan Hay of Wildwood, Alberta in the second round. For bareback, local rider Colton Ouelette beat out La La Biche’s Adam Cardinal, with a score of 72 over Cardinal’s 67 points.

For junior bull riding, Meadow Lake’s Arlan Lumgair won over nine other participants with 77 points.

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In local ladies barrel racing, Meadow Lake’s Emily Siklenka took top spot with a score of 13.802 seconds. Brittney Lavallee came in close second with 13.954, Morgan Paramchuk with 14.062, Montana Graham with 14.294, and Rose Thibault 15.873

Stampede Association President Leighton Wood said the week was another success.

“As a committee, we’re very happy with the way everything went last week,” he said. “Overall, all the events had a great turnout.”

“Our volunteers – they make this all happen,” said Wood. “They do everything from getting the dirt in the arena, setting up the chutes, getting the arena ready, handling the stock, people working the gates, and right up to tear down on Sunday morning. It’s a great committee, it’s awesome to see that many people working together for one goal.”

He said even though the event hosts participants from right around the country and the world, it’s always great that it has a local feel and local competitors.

“[It’s] nice to see the local people come out and compete,” he said. “It’s also really nice to see the young people getting involved. On Saturday we had a learn-to-ride clinic, we had 14 kids that came out for that, getting coaching on riding steers and calves – it’s stirring up more local interest and getting them involved and excited about it.”

With another year over, Wood said plans are already underway for forthcoming events and especially the 100th anniversary.

“We’re already starting planning to celebrate a hundred years in 2020,” he said. “If people have ideas for how we could best celebrate, or what they’d like to see, get in touch and let us know.”

kathy.gallant@jpbg.ca  

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