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Dungannon Horse Club Announces July Rodeo


an exciting rodeo weekend which will in- clude a little Wranglers Rodeo & Kids area, NBHA competition, 2.5 hour professional rodeo show, beer gardens, western rodeo dance Saturday night, and church service Sunday morning, plus many vendors. The little Wrangler program will in-


will entertain all attendees starting at 5pm on Saturday and 2pm on Sunday. International Pro rodeos premier contestants and World Champions will promise to entertain as they will be matched up against some of the biggest and rankest animals on the planet. Each day a 2.5 hour rodeo performance will be showcased including barrel racing, bare- back bronc riding, saddle bronc riding. steer wrestling, team roping, break away roping, tie down roping and bull riding. There will also be a “Calf Scramble” for all the locals to partake in. Speciality/comedy acts, rodeo clowns and bull fighters will provide laughs, memories and stories to be shared by all. Saturday night a Western Dance will be held under the stars for all age of majority to at- tend. Dance tickets are $10.00/person and available at the rodeo or at the gate of the dance. Dance runs from 9pm to 1am. Beer gardens will be open during the entire week- end.


sen to donate profits from the Dungannon Pro Rodeo to a local cause in Huron County. JESSICA’S HOUSE will be a residential hospice that will be a ‘home away from home’ for people who are terminally ill. It


non Fair Grounds located in Huron County. Advanced tickets are available until June 30th as Thompsons Limited Port Albert, Lucknow Co-op, ABC Investments Goderich, Cowboy Loft Brussels. Tickets are also available at the gate the weekend of the rodeo. Advanced tickets $15/adult, $8/youth. Tickets at the gate $20/adult, $10/youth. Come for a day or the whole weekend. Entertainment for the whole fam- ily will be provided. The Dungannon Horse Club has cho-


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Saturday morning for a stellar competition. Barrel racers and pole benders from all over Ontario will show case their talent in attempt for the quickest time. 9am start with exhibi- tions starting at 7:30am. There will be warmup barrels, NBHA Open 4D barrels with $350 added, NBHA Senior barrels with $50 added, NBHA Youth barrels with $50 added, Green As Grass Barrels (novice rider), Open Pole Bending 3D with $50 added and Dash for Cash. For this show there will be no memberships or permit fees required and local and novice riders are all welcome. Professional Cowboys and Cowgirls


clude roping demonstrations and lessons, bouncy horse barrel racing competition, trick riding lessons, bull rider corner, meet and greets with the cowboys, cowgirls and horses, clown barrel and bull fighter experi- ence and bull whip lessons. All ages of kids are welcome to partake in this 1 hour pro- gram prior to the rodeo performance. Satur- day the program will begin at 3:30pm and Sunday at 1pm. NBHA will be joining the weekend


July 16th, 2017 the Dungannon Horse Club will make history as they play host to nearly 300 Professional cowboys and cowgirls from the International Professional Rodeo Associ- ation for the first time ever! Cowboys and cowgirls representing 5 different countries including Canada, Mexico, the United States, Brazil and Australia will be competing in the first professional rodeo of its kind to ever take place in Dungannon as one of this 2017’s Official Tour Stops of the IPRA! The Dungannon Horse Club has paired up with Rawhide Rodeo Company to bring this thrilling event to the community. Spectators to this event will be in for


economic impact of an event of this magnitude is something everyone should be excited about and nobody will want to miss! We’ve been meeting with our organizing committee for the past few months to plan this event and get the ball rolling. The energy about the event is really building! Come cheer on the locals, Canadians and international com- petitors. Please visit www.dungannonprorodeo.com for more details or visit our Facebook, twitter or Instagram pages.


is a place where people can come to live their final days, surrounded by family and caregivers and be provided with the compassionate, med- ical and emotional support needed at the end-of-life. Jessica’s House is named in honor of 22 year-old Jessica Hamather from Exeter, who lost her life in 2015 to an extremely rare form of cancer. The Dungan- non Horse Club and Rawhide Rodeo Company could not be more thrilled to be a part of funding for the Hospice House. Rain or shine we believe that both the entertainment value and


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