COLUMBIA RIVER NEWS • June 25 , 2011. Click here for the June 2011 Columbia River Circuit Newsletter.

June 15 , 2011. Rodeo season for the Columbia River Circuit is well on its way! Coulee City found Sammi Jo Willis the winner, Brenda Mays won both Central Point and Sisters! Congratulations to all that placed. This year is going to be another tough year in our circuit.

We will have a circuit meeting Friday afternoon at 3 pm at Prineville rodeo in the grandstands. Please come and give your thoughts and ideas. I need to know what you want from our circuit so I can represent you! Some topics we are going to discuss are: Circuit Finals, Permit Finals, fund raising, co-approvals, and the World Finals. There are topics I will be voting on soon and I need to know what you are thinking!

Joseph has graciously agreed to host slack after the performance on the 28th. Hermiston is taking 10 into a performance instead of 12, Molalla is having two slacks and St. Paul is having two slacks and is only taking 10 into the performances as well. Please let the rodeos know that we appreciate their efforts to make barrel racing even better!

Our rodeo family lost two members this weekend. Janice Davis and Ned Kayser were killed in a plane accident on the way to the College National Finals. We will miss them deeply and our condolences go out to their family and friends.

The WPRA has some great sponsors and I would encourage you to support them! Take a look on the WPRA.com home page and please consider them when making your purchases!

Plans for the World Finals are underway, look for details soon. I urge everyone to add this event to their calendar. This year sounds to be really fun! Remember there are no qualifications, except you must be a permit or card holder. Although Lincoln, Nebraska is further away for most of us, let me know if you are interested and I can get a list of gals that want to go and share a ride to ease the cost of traveling.

We are heading into Cowboy Christmas and as always it's an exciting time for barrel racing in our circuit. I wish everyone a successful and safe journey as we all do what we love, barrel racing in rodeo!

April 11, 2011. 2011Required Participation

8.8.2. Forty Percent (40%) 15 Rule
8.5.2.1. In order to satisfy the 40%/15 rule, a contestant must comply with the following:
1.) If the contestant’s principal place of residence is within her designated circuit, said contestant must compete in either 40% of the rodeos within that circuit (based on the total number of rodeos during the previous rodeo year which held the particular event for which the contestant seeks to become a CR contestant) or 15 rodeos with that event within the circuit, whichever is less or;
2.) If the contestant’s principal place of residence is not within her designated circuit, said contestant must compete in either 40% of the rodeos within the circuit (based on the total number of rodeos during the previous year which held the particular event for which the contestant seeks to become a CR contestant) or 15 rodeos with that event within the circuit, whichever is greater (provided that, if there are less that 15 rodeos with a particular event in a circuit during a rodeo year a nonresident must satisfy this rule if she competes in 100% of the rodeos with that particular event in the circuit during that rodeo year).

January 18, 2011. IMPORTANT INFORMATION About Rodeo Co-approvals! Unlike the PRCA, co-approved rodeos DO NOT count in your circuit rodeo count. They have not and do not. Co-approval rodeo money does count toward your circuit rodeo money. Rodeos up to $5000 added money (the $5,000 is an increase over prior years) may be co-approved with neighboring circuits if the circuit's boundary is within 150 miles.

These rules were added to help the smaller rodeos draw contestants. The WPRA feels you should support your own circuit if you are going to compete at your finals. (A percentage of payoff is held back to go into the circuit finals money)

Please support your circuit and the rodeos it co-approves.