The Junior Rodeo Cowboys Association will have 230 kids putting their cowboy skills to the test this weekend when during its spring competition at the Clarendon College Livestock & Equine Center on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 9, 10, and 11.
Admission is free to the event, and JRCA President Scottie Davis say kids ranging in ages from three to 19 are registered for more than 1,100 runs over the three-day period.
Scheduled events including barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying, tie down roping, team roping, ribbon roping, bull riding, bronc riding, and mutton busting, Davis said.
Friday’s events will begin with rough stock competitions at 7:30 p.m. until about 9:30. Barrel racing will start the day Saturday at 7:30 a.m. and events will run throughout the day with about 600 runs and conclude about 7:00 p.m. Sunday’s lineup will run from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
About 1,000 people are expected to attend this weekend’s rodeo over the three-day period.
JRCA is a non-profit organization serving the rodeo interests of youth from across the Texas Panhandle, Northwest Texas, and Western Oklahoma. Organized in 1998, the JRCA has enjoyed steady growth and now includes about 300 members.
Members compete in traditional rodeo events in six different age groups for both girls and boys with regular season rodeos plus the two performance finals.
Members of the JRCA come from Lubbock on the southwest to Oklahoma City on the northeast and from Vernon on the southeast to the Oklahoma Panhandle on the northwest.
This weekend’s event is sponsored by the Clarendon Economic Development Corporation with Hotel Occupancy Tax Funds, and the Chamber of Commerce is preparing welcome bags encouraging rodeo attendees to support Chamber members.
For more information, visit www.jrcarodeo.com.
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