Central Alberta Team Penning Association
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Bulletins
Annual General Meeting October 20 at the Comfort Inn, 6846 - 66th Street, Red Deer at 7PM
RockinH is having a jackpot practice with fresh cattle this Saturday at 1:00PM. $30.00 entry/2 runs, contact Connie 403-224-3037, send teams via email to rockinharena@hotmail.com
Entries for the 2010 Alberta Annual Classic (formerly Zender) open Monday morning the 23rd of August, check out the flier or go to www.atcps.ca.
Entries for the National Finals in Calgary are open now, go to the "CTCPA home" website above for more information.
The Madras Penning Classic in Oregon is the 15th to 17th of October, check out their website at www.oregonpenning.com
If you want alternative stalling options for the Finals, Barb
Saunders is located about 15 minutes from Olds, contact her at
403-224-3177.
Some Clarifications for Regional Finals: Your 5 rides in the 7 Class can be 5 entered teams or one team can be a draw team. 7 draw entries are still valid as they were for the year. THE CENTURY +1/2 CLASS IS TO BE RUN ON SATURDAY BETWEEN THE OPEN & 7 CLASS. There will be $7500 added prize money at the Finals. Check out the brochure.
REMINDER: Get your banquet tickets ASAP for our year end awards night, Tracey's phone number is 403-337-2739. Total points and Best 7 points are now posted.
Regional Finals: Stalls for Olds are $50.00 for the weekend, no single day prices, and must be pre-booked with entries - please fill in stalling requirements with the online entries or contact Kim. Entries must be in by August 24, no "unknowns" accepted. Please obtain your banquet tickets ASAP.
The BullPen at Thorlakson's Feedyards will be hosting the USTPA Regions 5 & 9 Regionals on October 2 & 3, 2010. Check out their website.
Entries up for Finals, five entries per class allowed same rules as year, winners pics have been updated for the year.
Penning at Millarville Racetrack on August 28, click here for link
JVS pics by Don Orchard at http://www.overloadgraphics.ca/cp/
Results from JVS are up, points updated for 9 shows
Updated member list, please check your information and let us know if there is any error.
Prince George Challenge information link
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All of the remaining regular CATPA shows this year will be co-sanctioned USTPA shows. This means that these shows can be used to count towards USTPA show count for eligibility to attend the USTPA National Finals Show in Monroe, Louisiana if you are a USTPA member. Payment by the members is required, for further information please contact Ellwood Sawby at 403-948-3147
Zender is no longer Zender, it has a new name and sponsor. Ken Zender has been the title sponsor for 15 years and he has retired from the committee and sponsorship, there will now be a new "Alberta Annual Classic" Team Penning Jackpot. The 2010 Sponsor will be Tim Hortons. For further information, check out the ATCPS website and click on the link to Alberta Annual Classic
The BullPen practices have now reverted to Thursdays at 7PM.
Rockin'H will be having sorting practices Tuesday evenings at 7PM. For info call Larry at 403-224-3037 or cell 350-4485.
Cam Clark is done, there were some CATPA successes, results should be along shortly. check the Chinook website if results don't show here.
Hey Penners, you asked, you got, there will now be 4 team entries for the 10 Class. You can now ride 4 times in the 10 class with the same 2 rider changeout rule that applies to the original 3 team entries.
To Clarify the 4 ride rule in the 5 class, in order to have a ride with only one changed-out rider, you must be entered 3 times on teams with the standard 2 rider change-out. To Clarify the 4 ride rule in the 7 class, you are allowed one ride on a team drawn from entered riders for the draw teams, you are not required to have any other entries in the 7 class to be eligible to ride on a draw team, but you must indicate to Kim by 8PM on the Tuesday prior to the show that you will let your name stand for the draw. You may or may not be drawn to ride if the number of riders entered is not divisible by 3.
Well, Penners, the 2010 season is upon us. Shows this year are scheduled as:
Feb 27-28, Cam Clark co-sanctioned show at Olds (it is also USTPA sanctioned)
March 27, KJEN Arena, Carstairs
April 10, Clearwater Arena, Alhambra
May 1-2, Stettler Ag
June 12, JVS, Sundre
June 26-27, RockinH, Bowden
July 17, JVS, Sundre
September 4-5, Regional Finals, Olds
Entry fees and memberships remain same as last year, Memberships are due by January 31, 2010 or there will be a $10.00 late fee. New Penners CTCPA questionnaire to be included.
Some changes have been made for the 2010 season: As in 2009, a rider is allowed 4 entries in the 5 class but in 2010 the 4th team entered will only require changing out one rider from any of the other 3 teams entered. A rider will also be allowed 4 entries in the 7 class, but one of those entries will be a draw team. You must indicate to Kim via fax or email that you want to let your name stand for a draw team, same deadline as your other team entries.
Points accumulated at the co-sanctioned shows in February will be included in the tally towards year-end awards. Best 7 out of the 10 shows will count, and you will have to attend 50% of the sanctioned shows (10 this year) to qualify for Regional Finals.
Agribition Team Penning results can be viewed at http://www.agribition.com/show_sales_results/2009/results-teampenning.pdf Congrats to Don Badry, Chuck McNeil and Bill Enticknap on winning the 8 class. Congrats to Don Badry, Reo Van Maarion and Bonnie Gerich on winning the 5 class. Don had a successful show with 5 top ten finishes in the 5 class.
Zender 2009 results can be viewed at http://www.cattlepenningonline.com/
Random pictures taken at Zender 2009 at http://www.milesofpics.com/Zender2009/
2009 Presidents Report in Word or PDF. Pictures from Year-End Awards & Finals are posted, for prints of these and ones from the banquet contact Cheryl Smythe 403-782-5525
AGM is done with some spirited discussions encompassing various aspects of CATPA's operation, You shoulda been there! Thanks to Lisa Murphy and Jody Jensen for their time as Directors, they have now left the board with Lori Bolin and Larry Huelsman replacing them. In memory of Tom Milne it was decided to award a Tom Milne Fast Time Award annually to the team with the fastest time through the year prior to Regional Finals. The Chinook/CATPA co-sanctioned show will be held at the Olds Cow Palace on February 27 & 28, 2010. Points accumulated at this show will be included in the count for year-end awards.
Updated Practice Arenas, Jody Elliott is holding sorting practices Wednesday's at 7PM.
New Horse Transportation information from Livestock Identification Services http://www.albertahorseindustry.ca/newsitems/Horse Transportation Documents.pdf
Photos from CATPA shows at
Dec 30 Attention! Reminder to all Penners!
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If anyone knows of a member without internet access please have them contact one of the directors. There will be no paper copy newsletter sent out this year due to cost and labor restraints. See Contacts.
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2010 entry fees for all adult classes are increased to $42 per rider. Open class rider fees are $50 per rider. The $8 will be added directly to the Open class payout. Limited Open rider fees are $60 per rider. The $10 will be added directly to the Limited Open class payout. See Team Entries
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