Rodeo Finals Ride Into Northern Colorado; Mountain States Circuit Highlights.LOVELAND, Colo.--(BW SportsWire)--Sept. 25, 1999-- The Mountain States Circuit Finals Rodeo will be held at the Larimer County Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. Oct. 1-3. Top contestants from Colorado and Wyoming will perform Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. and Oct. 2-3 at 1 p.m. The kick-off barbecue will be held Oct. 1 at 4 p.m. Admission is $2.50 per person. The first rodeo performance starts at 7 p.m. Admission to the first performance is 99 cents. KUAD-FM (K99) will have a live remote from 3-7 p.m. A cattle drive beginning on First and Taft streets will start at 10:30 a.m., Oct. 2. The drive will head east on First and continue south following the railroad tracks to the rodeo arena where the performance starts at 1 p.m. The 1 p.m., Oct. 3 final performance determines circuit champions and who will represent the Mountain States Circuit at the March 2000 Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo The National Circuit Finals are held every March in Pocatello, Idaho. Qualification for the event comes via winning the season title or winning the average title at the circuit finals rodeo in bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, barrel (DNCFR DNCFR Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Pocatello, ID) ) in Pocatello, Idaho. The Mountain States Circuit Finals, part of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) is an organization whose members compete in rodeos around the United States. The PRCA sanctions rodeo venues and events through the PRCA Circuit System. (PRCA PRCA Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association PRCA Pure Red-Cell Aplasia PRCA Public Relations Consultants Association PrCa Prostate Cancer PRCA Proportional Rate-Control Algorithm PRCA Personal Report of Communication Apprehension ), is one of 12 regional circuit finals where pro-rodeo athletes compete for circuit titles and a trip to the DNCFR. Throughout the year, competitors accumulate points at rodeos within their designated circuit. The top 12 contestants at the circuit season's end - each of the PRCA's six events and Women's Professional Rodeo Association The Women's Professional Rodeo Association(WPRA) is one of the largest rodeo sanctioning bodies in the world and is open exclusively to women eighteen years of age and older. (WPRA WPRA Women's Professional Rodeo Association WPRA Wavy Plate Reactive Armor ) barrel racing - qualify to compete at the three-round circuit finals event. Each circuit then sends two competitors in each event to the DNCFR. In March, the contestants will compete with qualifiers from 11 other circuit finals for national titles and more than $440,000 in prize money. Prior to the rodeo, Penny Conway will bring the REACh Program into area elementary schools Sept. 28-30. REACh teaches kids hands-on rodeo basics and delivers an anti-drug and anti-gang message. For ticket information for the Mountain States Circuit Finals, contact Nancy Ferrero at 1-800-660-3305. |
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