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RODEO: Benefit youth rodeo for Nocona’s Womack set
The third annual Montague County Cowboy Church youth rodeo is set for 10 a.m. on Aug. 1 at the Covered Dave Wiley Memorial Arena.
The area is located at 1600 Farm-to-Market Road in Montague.
The rodeo this year will be a benefit for Easton Womack who continues to recover from injuries sustained in an accident back during spring.
A saddle certificate will be given to the all-around boy and girl in each age group except the 8-under age division.
Age divisions will be as follows: 5-under, 8-under, 9-12, 13-16 and 17-21 years old. Team roping divisions will be 14-under and 15-21 years old.
Buckles will be awarded to the first-place winners in each age group per event, and fifty percent of the entry fees will be returned to the contestants in a jackpot.
The secretary will receive call-ins on July 27 from 5-10 p.m. A late fee of $10 will be added to all call-in entries.
A current Negative Coggins test is required on all horses, and no lead-ins are allowed. All riders must be in full western attire. Contestants are urged to wear orange for Easton Womack.
Various entry fees are dependant on event and age category, ranging from $20-$45. Team ropers may enter twice, once as a header and once as a healer.
In the 5-under division, the following events will be contested: Stick horse race, barrels, poles, flags and goat ribbons. The 8-under division has goat tying, breakaway and calf riding.
In the other age divisions, poles, barrels, a flag race, goat tying, breakaway roping, tie-down roping, steer roping and team roping will be contested.
There also will be a silent auction.
Mail entries to: Tamra Pittman, MCCC Youth Rodeo, 15840 FM 1816, Nocona, Texas 76255. Competitors must have parental consent to participate.
For information and call-ins, call 1-940-389-7499. Entry forms may be found at: www.montaguecountycowboychurch.org.
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