RODEO CHAMPIONSHIP

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 155, 8 March 1939, Page 4

RODEO CHAMPIONSHIP

POVERTY BAY PLANSLEADING NEW ZEALAND i > '■ l ; ■ i '7:' '7. . .7. ; t 7 The prospdcts ,pf holding a New* champitipship rodeo,., meeting’; in Gisborne, during the WHfter'rivad re- 1 ferrqdi'jtoglaibv = meeting ofvßhe ghneraPrommittee of the "Poverty Bay A. and'Association. 7 Tlie association! had written to the Sydney' Royal Show Association asking if a. 'lfewZealand team of riders was required at the Easter Show a reply'being received in the negative. ■ “Every!consideration has been given to "ycmr suggestion that a team* of New Zealand! riders should be invited to appear at the forthcoming Royal Easter- ’Show,” the Sydney asstocia tion’s stated. “However, as a result of Air. Mac-far] ane’s visit overseas, visiting teams of cowboys and cowgirls from America already have been engaged, together with several others *Sf sufficient numbers to fill our ring programme for the forthcoming show. .% ! regret, therefore, that my council cannot see its! way clear to include" Zealand, team for this year.” . . . ~ i. The president, Mr. J. C? Graham, said that while tho advice was in. some reject Sr a more time Wftuldvbe given for the association to %iit on a well organised rodeo during tlie'winter, and to make it a championship. niee±7jig..e The Poverty Ray association- appeared to be , leading New Zealand in rodeos, and the association should do everything to consolidate Reposition. : ;i , - • /«. ‘ K