TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL RODEO

ASSOCIATION - REGION 1

TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL RODEO

STATE FINALS PAGE

• When?

• Where?

• Who Qualifies?

• How Much?

• What's Going On?

• Any Accommodations?

• Anything Else I Need to Know?

WHEN?

June 10 - 15, 2013

Entry forms are due by April 7th.

WHERE?

Abilene, Texas ~ Taylor County Expo Center

Click for maps of the following places:

Map of Abilene

Taylor County Expo Center    

Coliseum Diagram (we are in section EE - in the middle of the west side.)

Callahan County 4-H Shooting Range

WHO QUALIFIES?

The Top 10 in each event.  In the event one of the Top 10 Finalists draws out or is unable to compete, the next contestant in line shall move up and in case of a tie, all will be allowed to move up.

Team Ropers - the combined total of your points and your partner's points determines where you rank in the Top 10.  The way you enter the last rodeo at Altus (partner & position) is how you must enter for state finals.

HOW MUCH?

Entry fees are $80 per event.  Each contestant pays a $25 office charge.

Adult season passes are $60 and child season passes are $40.  There are 4 slacks and 7 performances.  The season passes are a bargain if you plan to attend the majority of these.  If not, you will be able to purchase tickets individually at the box office.  (Hint:  the draw is set up so that multi-event contestants only compete in one event per slack or performance, if possible.)

Stalls and parking are being handled by the Expo Center.  Each contestant gets one stall for each event they qualified in - excluding rough stock.  Steer wrestlers and Cutters will get two stalls.  Each stall is $100 for the week.  Stud stalls are $110.  If you plan to take a back-up horse or one for the nightly jackpots, the extra stall will cost you $200.  **All stalls must be reserved at time of entry on April 7th.  You cannot show up in Abilene with an extra horse and expect to get a stall.

Parking will be $110 for electric and water only.  There is a "honey wagon" that comes around during the week.  Each region gets 4 full hook-ups and they are assigned on a "lottery" basis.  These are $125 and only have 30 amp plugs.  You must notify Mikey by April 1st to get your name on the list.  "Winners" will be notified before the deadline.  Don't just fill in your form and expect to get one.  50 amp breakers are also limited to 4 per region.

Now for the really good news:  All of your entry fees, stalls, parking and season tickets must be paid when your entry form is turned in.  These payments will be deposited by April 9th in the Region 1 account.  Then I send one check to the State Office with all of your forms. 

WHAT'S GOING ON?

Here is a tentative schedule of events for the week and the order of events for each performance.

Each region is required to work in specified places throughout the week.

• Contestant Check-in ~ each region must supply one teacher to help check report cards when the contestants show up at check-in.  I would love a volunteer but if no ones steps up, I will ask the first mom I see in Abilene.

• Program sales before each performance ~ We are scheduled for Monday morning and Wednesday night with Region 6 .  We will need three adult volunteers for the 1st and 2nd go shifts and one more to help with the Short Go performance Saturday night when all of the regions work.  Volunteers will need to be ready one hour before each performance and stay until the rodeo has only four events left.

• 50/50 Scholarship Fund ~ The Region will purchase the minimum requirement of tickets for the week but this year's juniors will be responsible for selling extra tickets since they will be the ones benefitting from the proceeds as seniors next year.  If we could get 2-3 volunteers to take charge of this, then the burden won't fall on just one person.  Tickets need to be picked up each morning and returned by a specified time each night. I want Region 1 to win the sales bonus again this year!

• Our assigned event is saddle bronc riding.  You don't have to work every performance but please help out at least once while you are down there.  Volunteers will need to be in proper dress code.

ANY ACCOMMODATIONS?

Region 1 has a room block at the Whitten Inn (Expo) in Abilene.  Make sure you tell the motel that you are with Region 1 so that your room is pulled from our block.

Whitten Inn 840 East Hwy 80 Abilene, TX  79601   325-677-8100   15 rooms blocked   $59 / night + tax Deadline to make reservations is May 28th.

ANYTHING ELSE I NEED TO KNOW?

RULE CHANGES

We won't know of any changes until later this spring.

HELPER'S PASSES

Each contestant is allowed one helper per event.  The helper MUST have a rodeo ticket to the performance in which he/she will be assisting the contestant.  The contestant is responsible for getting the helper’s pass, which is necessary for the helper to gain access to the arena areas and behind the chutes to help the contestant.  The pass is good for that particular performance only!

Once the helper is finished assisting the contestant, he/she is asked to leave the arena area and return to the grandstands or bleachers.

Helper’s passes will be distributed in the front of the coliseum where the programs are being sold.  The passes will be distributed for each performance starting one (1) hour prior to the performance time and until 30 minutes after the performance starts.

If you do not get your helper’s pass during those posted times, you will not be given a pass!  It is the CONTESTANT’S responsibility to get the pass and get it on time!

GRAND ENTRY

The grand entry is very simple and similar to ours at the Region level.  Sponsor flags will be carried during each of the night performances.  Regions will be assigned a specific night for their members to help carry flags.

HOW DO POINTS WORK?

 

Follow this link to find out how many points you carry with you to Abilene and how many are up for grabs throughout the week.

 

STUDENT EVENT DIRECTORS

Here is a link that explains how event directors are selected at Abilene.

 

BACK NUMBERS

 

You will receive a new back number when you check in at Abilene.  This is your ticket into the rodeo performances.  It must be pinned onto the back of your shirt - not your belt loop or folded in your pocket.  Hence the name:  BACK number. 

 

Anyone caught swapping their back number with another contestant or sharing it with someone who is not entered in the State Finals will be disqualified immediately and both parties will be sent home.  Consider this your only warning because you won't get another one at Abilene.  You've spent way too much time, energy and money just getting to Abilene.  I wouldn't take the chance of trying to sneak someone in.

 

This also applies to the nightly jackpots.  Only contestants entered in the State Finals are eligible for the nightly jackpots.

 

DRESS CODE

 

Full dress code is required at all times that you are competing in any arena, when you are inside the coliseum for any reason or when you are sitting in the stands in the horse barn or outdoor arena. 

 

Even when full dress code is not required, you still must have your back number on your back. 

 

When you eat or shop in town, make sure the salesperson sees you are wearing your back number.  Many businesses offer discounts to the contestants.

 

PROPER PAPERS FOR YOUR HORSES

 

If you are taking horses to Abilene, you must have current coggins for each one.  Bring a copy with you to check-in.  You have to copy specific information for each horse onto the form provided by the health inspector.

 

If you are bringing horses from outside of Texas, you are also required to have health papers for each horse.  This only applies to horses crossing state lines.

 

So, to reiterate:  everyone needs coggins papers.  Only New Mexico and Oklahoma residents need health papers.

RODEO LINKS:

Texas High School Rodeo Association

National High School Rodeo Association

Official THSRA Logo Company

TSHSRA OFFICE

PO BOX 1414

CANYON, TX  79015

806.655.9910

806.655.2419 (fax)

e-mail me at:

tri-statehsrodeo@att.net

MIKEY JO DUGGAN

SECRETARY

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