{"id":27798,"date":"2016-05-25T12:01:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T17:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=27798"},"modified":"2016-05-25T12:01:05","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T17:01:05","slug":"blue-sky-arena-trial-ride-and-penning-jackpot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2016\/05\/25\/blue-sky-arena-trial-ride-and-penning-jackpot\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Sky Arena Trial Ride and Penning Jackpot"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The Blue Sky Arena celebrated the May long weekend with a trail ride on Saturday, May 21, 2016 and a team cattle penning jackpot on Sunday. <\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s ride started and ended at the Blue Sky Arena south of Benito, MB.<\/p>\n

Click any picture for a larger version.<\/em><\/p>\n

Eighteen riders and three wagons took part in the beautiful ride along fields and trails and then paused lakeside for a hot dog trail lunch provided by the club. <\/p>\n

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At the end of the day everyone enjoyed a fantastic potluck supper. Some of our trail riders chose to camp on the grounds for the night and stay for the jackpot on Sunday. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Sixty-two Open teams and six Youth teams made for a quite a competition and the cows didn\u2019t make it easy on anyone. <\/p>\n

To say they were a challenge would be an understatement – only five teams logged a time on 3-head in both go\u2019s. <\/p>\n

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\nEveryone was up for the challenge though, and the tougher the cows were the more fun everyone seemed to have. Dust was flying and the entire herd seemed to disappear in it at times just to add to the challenge. We had a lot of dusty faces and big white grins by the end of the day.<\/p>\n

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<\/br>At half time the Youth teams rolled in for their turn. We saw some pretty impressive rides, and they didn\u2019t hold back a bit with one team working so hard they were handed a roughing penalty.<\/p>\n

By 8 pm the dust had settled and the prizes were awarded. <\/p>\n

Youth Class:
\n1st \u2013 Dax Mullin & Jenna McKay with a time of 2:42 on 6 head
\n2nd \u2013 Jenna McKay & Ryder Helmeczi with a time of 0:47 on 3 head
\n3rd \u2013 Dax Mullin & Jules Smyth with a time of 1:03 on 3 head
\nThe Youth teams all received cash prizes, and the Blue Sky club paid their entry fees.<\/p>\n

Members Only \u2013 one run:
\n1st \u2013 Morgan Buck, Gerry Peesker and Sharon Foster with a time of 0:58:78 on 3 head.
\nMembers only pays a cash prize to first place only, and points are accumulated towards a year end prize.<\/p>\n

Open B-side \u2013 3 head:
\n1st \u2013 Sharon Foster, Brenda Lebel and Clint Ducharme with a time of 0:41:15
\n2nd \u2013 Fran Fitzpatrick, Jules Smyth, Jenna McKay with a time of 0:49:32
\n3rd \u2013 Mel McArthur, Fran Fitzpatrick, Ashley Langevin with a time of 0:49:93
\nTeams compete on the B-side when the receive a no-time in the first go, but pen 3 cows in the second go. Cash prizes were awarded.<\/p>\n

Open A-side \u2013 6 head:
\n1st \u2013 Steve Wickert, Clint Ducharme, Brenda Lebel with a time of 1:38:73. First place received a beautiful set of buckles sponsored by Norquay Co-Op and the Blue Sky Arena, plus a cash prize.
\n2nd \u2013 Morgan Buck, Denny Langevin, Dennis Highmoor with a time of 1:43:31. Second place received a set of stirrups sponsored by Poplar Bluff Tack and Harness of Pelly, SK, plus a cash prize.
\n3rd \u2013 Jackie Ripa, Steve Wickert, Barney Stehr with a time of 1:43:90. Third place received a set of boot bags and cash prize.
\n4th \u2013 Mark Fraser, Kim Kindiak, Gerry Peesker with a time of 1:50:32. Forth place received a $50 gift certificate from the Hitching Post in Yorkton, SK, plus a cash prize.
\n5th \u2013 Ashley Langevin, Morgan Buck, Denny Langevin with a time of 1:59:58. Fifth place received a wall mount saddle rack sponsored by Poplar Bluff Tack & Harness, Pelly, SK, plus a cash prize.<\/p>\n

Special thanks go out to our grounds crew \u2013 judge, flag holders, time keepers and gate man \u2013 we couldn\u2019t do this without you. We had a revolving line up of volunteers who all took a turn throughout the day, and it was very much appreciated.<\/p>\n

Our canteen was run by the crew from Buffalo Junction in Benito, MB and it was fantastic. Pulled pork, potatoe salad, piping hot cheeseburgers…mmm!<\/p>\n

Our sponsors were looking good this year with their bright new signs on the arena wall:<\/p>\n

Our Gold sponsors who chose to sponsor a cow were Swan Valley Co-Op, Rough Country, and GSPS TJ Schullman. <\/p>\n

Our Silver sponsors chose who chose to sponsor a pen were Michelle Buck Essential Oils, Lynn\u2019s Plants & Things, Dairy Queen, Formo Motors (Ford), Key Chev, Sign Here, Benito Meats, and Rod Blosha Pioneer Seeds. <\/p>\n

Our Bronze sponsors were Swan Valley Credit Union, Cook & Cooke, Redline Chrysler, Spruce Products Limited, Swan Valley Dental, OK Tire, Benito Foods, Benito Home Center, Schneider Insurance, Swan Valley
\nVet Clinic, Grazier Custom Manufacturing, Northern Leisure & Power Products Swan River, Hitching Post, and Poplar Bluff Tack Shop.<\/p>\n

Door prizes were sponsored by Sammy\u2019s Farm Supply Ltd, Dauphin, MB.<\/p>\n

The Blue Sky Arena holds weekly team penning practices at our outdoor arena \u00bd mile west of the junction of Highways 49 & 83. Our next practice is scheduled for Thursday, June 2 at 6:30 pm. <\/p>\n

See our facebook page at www.facebook\/BlueSkyArena for more details or call 204-539-2345 and listen to the message to see what\u2019s coming up next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Submitted by: Michelle Buck | The Blue Sky Arena celebrated the May long weekend with a trail ride on Saturday, May 21, 2016 and a team cattle penning jackpot on Sunday. Saturday\u2019s ride started and ended at the Blue Sky Arena south of Benito, MB. Click any picture for a larger version. Eighteen riders and […]<\/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":[13,20],"class_list":["post-27798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-coverage","tag-sun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27798","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=27798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}