ProRodeo Sports News - October 2, 2020

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Breakaway roping champ to be crowned at Globe Life Field

BY THE NUMBERS 1969 The year bareback rider Jim Dix became the first Australian to qualify for the National Finals Rodeo. Dix made the NFR nine consecutive years (1969- 77). Bull rider Ky Hamilton and bareback rider Jamie Howlett – both native Australians – will make their Wrangler National Finals Rodeo debuts this season. Hamilton, a native of Mackay, Queensland, Australia, finished second in the regular season standings with $89,447. Howlett, of Charleville, Australia, finished in the top 10. $8.7K The amount ($8,740) earned by tie-down roper Tyson Durfey to move him from outside the top 15 in the PRCA | RAM World Standings to 12th as of Oct. 1 with $47,293. Durfey won the 2016 tie-down roping world championship. $290K The total money paid out ($290,616) to ProRodeo competitors at the Gold Buckle Beer ProRodeo Tour Finale in Rapid City, S.D., which concluded Sept. 26.

In conjunction with the 2020 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, women ropers will compete for the first-ever world championship: the Wrangler National Finals Breakaway Roping and a $200,000 purse at this three- day event.

of the good people at Wrangler for

helping us make this possible,” PRCA CEO George Taylor said. “We’re giving our fans everything they wanted and more at the Wrangler NFR this year. This 10- day event will be a spectacular fan experience.” The Wrangler NFBR will take place over

Registration for the 2020 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association National Convention is now open at www.prcaconvention.com. The National Convention is scheduled for Nov. 30-Dec. 3, 2020. The gathering will be hosted in two iconic buildings in Fort Worth, Texas – the Omni Fort Worth Hotel and the adjacent Fort Worth Convention Center. Visit Fort Worth and the Fort Worth Sports Commission are the presenting partners for the 2020 PRCA National Convention. “This has been a year of extraordinary change, and we are excited with the convention we have planned,” PRCA CEO George Taylor said. Presentation topics for the “Challenge of Change” convention will focus on the uncertainty ProRodeo endured and overcame throughout the 2020 season and the changes facing professional Breakaway roping is one of the hottest events sanctioned by the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association, and the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association is proud to share the venue with some of the best cowgirls in rodeo for this event. The PRCA and the WPRA have been working together for the last year to promote breakaway roping and grow the sport. “We are thrilled that we’ve been able to move breakaway roping to this point and so appreciative

sports in the years ahead. The convention will feature an annual address from Taylor. The event also will include the PRCA Member Tradeshow as well as several topical breakout sessions. Keynote speakers and details of the breakout sessions will be shared over the coming weeks. The PRCA National Convention is the annual meeting of the organization’s members on the achievements of the prior year and announcing new strategic areas of improvement. The evenings are highlighted with the PRCA Welcome Reception set for Dec. 1. The PRCA Annual Awards Banquet will be Dec. 2. The Convention will close on Dec. 3 with Rodeo Committee meetings and the Contract Personnel Council meetings. Registration for the annual Contract Personnel Tradeshow will open Oct. 6. three days during the Wrangler NFR this year. Cowgirls competing for this world championship will be in the arena Dec. 8-10. The Wrangler NFBR will be a separate ticketed event from the Wrangler NFR. Fans unable to attend the Wrangler NFBR at Globe Life Field in December can watch a live stream on the Wrangler Network (www. wranglernetwork.com). It will be rebroadcast at a later date on The Cowboy Channel.

Convention set for Fort Worth

Contract Personnel chosen for Wrangler NFR

Secretary: Sunni Deb Backstrom Assistant Secretary: Amanda Sanders Timers: Toby Dunlavy, Courtney Morehead,

The following Contract Personnel were selected to work the 2020 Wrangler NFR at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, Dec. 3-12: Announcers: Roger Mooney, Andy Seiler, Bob Tallman Music Director: Benje Bendele

Shawna Ray

Barrelmen, bullfighters and pickup men will

be announced later .

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