{"id":26148,"date":"2015-09-16T21:53:03","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T02:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=26148"},"modified":"2015-09-16T21:53:03","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T02:53:03","slug":"blue-sky-penning-closes-season-with-2-day-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2015\/09\/16\/blue-sky-penning-closes-season-with-2-day-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Sky Penning Closes Season With 2 Day Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Submitted by:
\nMichelle Buck |<\/p>\n

<\/br>The Blue Sky Team Penning Club of Benito, MB closed out their 2015 season with a trail ride and team penning jackpot on the weekend of September 12 and 13, 2015.
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\nPictured above: Carmi and Trey Hrabarchuk – photo by Sharon Foster
\nClick any picture for a larger version.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/br>Twenty-one people attended the 10 mile ride on Saturday which included a wiener roast at the half way point and concluded with a potluck supper at the Blue Sky Arena.
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\n<\/br>The fall jackpot followed on Sunday with 58 teams in the Open class and 7 in the Youth class. Spectators enjoyed the view from our new bleachers which were built with support from two of our sponsors, Grazier Custom Manufacturing Ltd and Spruce Products Ltd. An equally big hit was the new play area for the kids, which kept them and their parents happy. A big thanks to Les Englot for the sand and to the club members who donated the toys.<\/p>\n

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\nJessie Foster, Morgan Buck and Carmi Hrabarchuk
\nPhoto by Kim McCullough<\/em><\/p>\n

Team Cattle Penning is a timed event in which three riders must pull 3 like numbered cows from a herd and put them in a pen at the opposite end of the arena. That’s the simple explanation. It requires coordination, communication, and luck! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nMorgan Buck
\nPhotos by Carmi Hrabarchuk<\/em>\n<\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>
\nDenny Langevin<\/em>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Although teams may have up to 95 seconds to pen their cattle, the reality is that if you are taking that long, you aren’t winning anything. Each team has two runs, with both times combined for an overall time. One of the biggest appeals of this sport is that anyone can enter, and this weekend saw a few new faces who cheerfully admitted they had never done this before. <\/p>\n

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Families can ride together, and its common to see young children competing with mom and dad and taking home a cheque.<\/p>\n

The placings for this year’s fall jackpot:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A side – 6 cattle penned<\/strong>
\n1st place and the buckles went to Stan Foster, Angela Mullin and Andy Suchoplas with a time of 67.86 seconds. (pictured left)
\n2nd – Michelle Buck, Brian Hunter and Annie Kabatoff, 71.22 seconds
\n3rd – Gerry Peesker, Kim Kindiak, and Mark Fraser, 71.51 seconds<\/p>\n

4th – Carmi Hrabarchuk, Jodi Suchoplas, and Andy Suchoplas, 74.19 seconds
\n5th – Brian Hunter, Gerry Peesker, Kim Kindiak, 74.55
\n6th – Robert Gamache, Melanie McArthur, and Mark Fraser, 76.62 seconds
\n7th – Jessie Foster, Brenda Foster and Morgan Buck, 84.0 seconds<\/p>\n

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\n<\/br>B side – 3 cattle penned<\/strong>
\n1st – Morgan Buck, Carmi Hrabarchuk, Jessie Foster, 37.4 seconds
\n2nd – Jessie Foster, Stan Foster, Mark Fraser, 41.37 seconds
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\n<\/br>Youth Event<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n1st – Ryder & Caelan,
\n6 cattle,
\n2:34:30\n<\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>
\n2nd – Kreece & Dax,
\n5 cattle,
\n2:08:88\n<\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>
\n3rd – Trey & Jenna,
\n3 cattle,
\n1:19:25\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Members Only – 3 cattle penned
\n1st – Stan Foster, Dennis Highmoor, and Annie Kabatoff, 32.28 seconds<\/p>\n

Fastest single run of the day:
\n28.28 seconds – Jessie Foster, Brenda Foster and Morgan Buck<\/p>\n

Slowest run of the day (the time was mysteriously left off of the list given to me):
\nKreece and Carmi Hrabarchuk and Sharon Foster<\/p>\n

This year we had a record number of sponsors and donations that we are extremely thankful for. We were very touched by the generosity of the area businesses who supported us.<\/p>\n

Gold Sponsor – $500
\nRough Country Sports<\/p>\n

Silver Sponsors – $300
\nRod Blosha of Pioneer Feeds
\nBenito Premium Meats
\nSwan Valley Consumers Co-Op Ltd
\nTJ Schullman of GSPS Services<\/p>\n

Bronze sponsors – $100
\nDufresne Furniture and Appliance
\nCement Works Inc
\nCook & Cooke Financial and Insurance
\nRedline Chrysler
\nHarness Trucking
\nFormo Motors Ltd
\nOK Tire & Auto Service
\nKey Chev Olds
\nSwan Wood Shavings Inc
\nBenito Home Centre Inc
\nBenito Foods
\nSwan Valley Credit Union
\nBenito Health Plus
\nSwan Valley Dental Centre
\nSwan Valley Veterinary Clinic<\/p>\n

Buckle sponsors –
\nDoak’s Bulk Fuel
\nRiddell’s Plumbing & Heating Ltd
\nMcKay Real Estate & Auction Co<\/p>\n

Door Prize sponsors
\nNAPA
\nMNP
\nWS Schneider ($50)
\nKalTire
\nMerv’s Audiotronic
\nSuper 8<\/p>\n

Thanks also goes out to Barry Golay for running the gate as well as for the the donation of the tin for the roof on the bleachers, Janie Galloway for sitting this one out and doing the announcing, Sherry Peesker for agreeing to be our event judge, Shirley Peesker and Cindy Koreluik for running the stop watches, and Colleen Langevin for chili and burgers, and really, really good puffed wheat cake.<\/p>\n

Without everyone above, this event just couldn’t happen. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Thank you again for your helping hands and financial support!<\/p>\n

Don’t forget – the Kamsack Team Penning Club has their jackpot this weekend, Saturday, September 19th. Deadline for entries is Thursday, September 17 at 9 pm, call Kim at 306-542-7458, or Sharon at 204-281-8176.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Submitted by: Michelle Buck | The Blue Sky Team Penning Club of Benito, MB closed out their 2015 season with a trail ride and team penning jackpot on the weekend of September 12 and 13, 2015. Pictured above: Carmi and Trey Hrabarchuk – photo by Sharon Foster Click any picture for a larger version. Twenty-one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13,23,16],"class_list":["post-26148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-coverage","tag-sports","tag-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}