The rodeo rode through Quesnel to buck up Billy Barker days.
Under the hot Cariboo sun, riders wheeled, rode and hung on for dear life to an assortment of animals.
Hometown rider Steve Hohmann was barely affected by being stepped on by a horse last weekend, taking first in saddle bronc on the back of Saddle Bags. Joe Roberson of Merritt took second on Crazy X, followed by Garrett Madley of Alexis Creek on Little Dave.
Hohmann also took second in bareback aboard Shakin Not Stirred. Denver DeRose of Kamloops inched past to take first on the same horse. DeRose also finished third on Missy.
Quesnel’s own Tyler Cherry took first in her hometown ride around the barrels in junior barrel racing. Callie Hume of Williams Lake took second, followed by Tasha Seitz of Savona.
Our jr. steer riders took second and third, James Johnston taking the former and Lane Paley the latter. Houston’s Kyle Bell took first.
Steve Lloyd of Quesnel took second in tie down roping. Cache Creek’s Jonah Antoine took first and Cody Brett of Silver Valley, Ab. took third.
Quesnel’s Lane Cork took second in bull riding on the back of Hell Boy. Riske Creek’s Ryan Jasper took first on Sweet Pea and Colton Manuel of 150 Mile House took third on the same horse.
Dustin Spiers of Quesnel took second in jr. breakaway roping. Bell took first and Troy Gerard of Savona took third.
Clayton Honeybourn of Quesnel teamed up with Kamloops’ Colly Stewart to tie with the Kamloops/108 Mile Ranch team of Tim Terepocki and Ty Lytton for second. The Surrey/Langley team of Clayton Freemantle and Levi Hughes took first.
Mike Gill of Merritt took first in steer wrestling, followed by Cole Scott of Kamloops and Andy Farmer of Savona in second and third.
In breakaway roping, Williams Lake’s Katrina Ilnicki took first, followed by Keri Mikhelsen of Kamloops in second and Norma MacDonald of Williams Lake in third.
Kirsten Gjende of Prince George, was the fastest lady around the barrels, followed by Vanderhoof’s Cathy Buekert in second and Laura James of Kamloops in third.
Elly Farmer, of Savona was the fastest peewee around the barrels, followed by Williams Lake’s Breana Billy and Vanderhoof’s Riley Beier.
