ROMA rider Teal Ayers will be one of the favourites for both junior and open events at two days of Australian Professional Rodeo Association action at Emerald on July 7-8.
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Ayers was a Junior Title winner last year and goes into the July 7-8 Junior National Finals Series as the leader in the Junior High Point Cowgirl standings.
She is third in Junior Barrel Racing standings, fifth in Junior Breakaway Roping and sixth in Junior Team Roping Header standings.
In open ranks, she is eighth in the All Around Cowgirl and Breakaway Roping standings and 18th in the Barrel Race.
As only the top-15 riders will qualify for The Warwick Rodeo National Finals on October 26-29, Ayers will be aiming to win some prizemoney in the Barrel Race on July 8 at Emerald to boost her chances of qualification.
She will compete in round 1 of the Junior Finals on July 7 at 7pm at Emerald and then rounds 2 and 3 at 5pm and 7pm on July 8 during a rodeo performance which will include all of the open events at the Emerald Rodeo.
The first function for the juniors at Emerald will be on July 6 at 5.30pm at the Emerald Rodeo Grounds for the Junior Finals Back Number Presentations and Sponsors Meet and Greet.
All stock for the Junior Finals have been contracted by Shane and Leanne Kenny from Destiny Downs Cattle Company at Emerald.
Emerald is the first open rodeo on the Northern Run in the APRA with Shane Kenny leading the All Around Cowboy standings.
The rodeo action will continue on July 22 at Taroom and then to Richmond, Hughenden and Cloncurry before the climax of the Northern Run at Mount Isa on August 11-13.
Cloncurry also has a big program planned for its Merry Muster weekend, the weekend before the Mount Isa Rotary Rodeo.
There is a street parade and family fun on the Thursday August 3 before an Xtreme Bull Ride set to rock the arena that night for the first time in Cloncurry.
Then the APRA rodeo action kicks off on Friday August 4 with the big day on Saturday August 5 and Roping to finish on the Sunday August 6.
Large nominations are expected for all rodeos as riders have less than three months to strive for a top-15 finish and National Finals qualification.
The rodeo action will continue on July 22 at Taroom and then to Richmond, Hughenden and Cloncurry before the climax of the Northern Run at Mount Isa on August 11-13.
The full northern program is as follows:
July 7-8: Emerald Junior National Finals Series
July 8: Emerald Rodeo
July 22: Taroom Rodeo
July 29: Richmond Rodeo
July 30: Flinders River Hughenden Timed Events Rodeo
August 3: Cloncurry Merry Muster Xtreme Bulls Rodeo
August 4-6: Cloncurry Merry Muster Rodeo
August 11-13: Mt Isa Mines Rotary Rodeo
Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
