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Hello, Our new address is 6125 Riggins Road, Marshville, NC 28103. The home phone number is 704-624-0774. The fax number is 704-624-1908. E-mail is tburkepi@windstream.net. Please update your information for entering rodeos, cuttings and any NCHSRA business. Hope you are doing well.

Tina Burke, NCHSRA State Secretary

Benefit Rodeo

This is to let you know of an upcoming benefit rodeo on May 30th at 7pm. The rodeo is for a Burke Co. mother and wife named Cathy Clarke who was diagnosed with cancer that no cure is offered for  here in the US and also Victor Camaoucho, a Hickory police officer involved in a high speed chase and crash. He currently is in critical condition in Charlotte. Victor is a member of our horse community here in Burke Co. Also he and his girlfriend both own and love horses. We are trying to reach out and help these two individuals with a benefit, as though money is never enough in these hard times,  We are holding raffles, auctions, concessions, and the rodeo all on the 30th. All the proceeds will be divided among the 2 parties. The charge will be $5 at the gate; children under 5 free.  Entry fees- $20 for barrels, poles, goat tying, buddy pick up; $25 for breakaway, bull riding, chute dogging, team roping, bronc riding; and $10 for mutt-n-busting (limited to kids under age 7). Call in is May 25th 8-10pm  828-584-7716 or they can email anytime on the 24th or 25th _peppyLR@aol.com. The rodeo to be held at Hillside Farms in Morganton, NC. Any advertising you could do to help us out would be greatly appreciated.  Any questions, contact:
Lauren Reed
828-584-7716
828-443-0008
_peppyLR@aol.com

As many of you have recently heard, animal rights extremists have been targeting the Cheyenne Frontier Days and want them to eliminate calf roping, steer wresting and the wild horse race.

Please go to the poll now and vote NO:

Animal right extremists have a leg up on us, so vote now and forward widely,

NCHSRA Spring Schedule

           May 3, 2008           2 Qualifying Rodeos        Love Valley, NC    TBA

           May 10, 2008         2 Qualifying Rodeos        Goldsboro, NC      10:00 AM/7:00 PM

           May 18, 2008         Cutting Finals                  Angier, NC            TBA

 Finals

           Wrangler Finals – Harmony, NC – May 16 & 17, 2008 OR May 23 & 24, 2008

           NCHSRA Finals – Charlotte, NC – June 13 & 14, 2008

 Fall Schedule

           August 22/23, 2008          2 Qualifying Rodeos        Love Valley, NC

           October 24/25, 2008         2 Qualifying Rodeos        Halifax, NC

           The Newsletter will be coming soon with more details.

 

Special Note from Tonia Williams of Shurtape Technologies LLC

I just wanted to say hello and to tell you about something.  We had our Rodeo Banquet for 2007 Saturday night and I announced  some new things that we are going to do this year. I have contacted the Wrangler Tough Enough to Wear Pink division and got permission to use their logo and ordered my entire rodeo staff the Tough Enough To Wear Pink Wrangler shirts.

I have had 2 meetings with the American Cancer Society and they came to my banquet to kick off the 2008 Season. We are having 3 events throughout the season in 2008 for the Cancer Society Benefit.

  • March 29th is the Ride for Life---Tough Enough To Wear Pink Benefit Rodeo

  • September 28th is the Saddle Up for Life Benefit Trail Ride

  • We are also going to schedule a Benefit Barrel Racing somewhere in between.

I am so happy that I decided to do this, they are great people to work with and I have learned so much.

I would love for you and your family to be involved in this if your schedule permits it.  I have the sponsor forms for the Participants to get all the people they can to sponsor them to ride in the benefit rodeo.  I will be giving prizes away to winners because all money goes to the Cancer Society.  I have everything already donated, bulls, food and staff.

     Great job!!! The people knew North Carolina was in the arena at Perry!!! North Carolina won the Grand Entry competition and $250.00 for their effort. Several NC contestants were in the top 4 – Eythan Laws and Billy Saunders split 1st in the Bull Riding with another competitor, Kristi Johnson was 2nd in the Breakaway, Ainsley Alessandrini was 2nd in the Pole Bending, Brent Murphy and Caleb Anderson were 3rd in the Team Roping, and Kelsey Davis was 4th in the Barrel Racing. I understand several others were in the top ten, but I don't have the official results as of yet.

     Lindsey Harper, Dillon Wooten, Samantha Murphy, and Stephanie Hinnant received a $75 check for their “Best of Show” finish at the Wilson County Fair. Congrats!!!!

     See Newsletter for more information about NCHSRA.

 

 

         We now have the capability for you to receive e-mails whenever changes are made to the schedule on the web page. If you would like to receive these e-mails, send your e-mail address to tburke@netzero.net.

         Attention Parents: We need volunteers to help with many things – gate, concessions, setting barrels and poles, selling ˝ and ˝ tickets, etc. Please let us know if you would be willing to help. The more help we have, the smoother the rodeos will run and the more money we can make for the association. Please contact any Board Member or Student Officer. We promise not to wear you out!!!!

Hi everybody!  Hope you all had a wonderful time in Perry.  I want to
thank all of you for helping out in Perry.  Y'all showed a lot of spirit
for our team!  We won the grand entry award which gives our association
$250.  I'd like to give a big thanks to the Davis' for bring the "Snoopys"
for grand entry.  I'd also like to thank all of you for helping make the
grand entries awesome and for helping decorate the stands.  Also, thanks
to the guys for running the flags around the arena.  That really helped
show our spirit.  Hope to see y'all soon!

                                          Lindsey Harper
                                       Miss NCHSRA '07-'08