One of the state’s biggest annual rodeo events is bringing its bucking bulls to the Proserpine Showgrounds, taking its world-class show back to the sugar town for the first time in more than a decade.
Get your spurs, your boots, get your Stetson and your bolo tie: The Central Rodeo Cowboys Association (CRCA) Finals for 2022 will arrive in Proserpine on November 19.
Some of the country’s best riders have competed across the association’s yearlong calendar of rodeo competitions, fighting for points to place in the top 10 spot and qualify for the culmination in a weeks’ time.
The professional sport final will be the first time in more than 10 years that the CRCA have hosted a rodeo event in Proserpine according to the association’s President, Danny Borghero.
“Proserpine used to have rodeos with CRCA all of the time, so it will be great have one back there,” Mr Borghero said.
“It should be good. We’ve got a lot of bull riders and contractors there around the Proserpine area, so it’s a central rodeo area that really enjoys the events.”
Mr Borghero said the event was filled to the brim with the traditional rodeo categories for spectators to enjoy: Bullride, open saddlebronc, bareback, ladies’ barrells, barrel racing, and a string of junior events.
“It should be a great night; we’ve got some of the best bullriders in Australia coming,” Mr Borghero said.
“Clayton Brayden, one of the best saddleback riders in the country, and Jack Bowen, who’s leading three different associations will both be there. The quality of riders is probably the best in Australia.”
Winners for each category are in store for prize monies as high as $1,500.
Mr Borghero said the event is “what the cowboys have been competing for all year and what it’s all come down to.”
Aside from the bucking bulls, the event will be home to a DJ, food vans, kids’ entertainment and activities, a bar, and more side entertainment.
The final has seen wide-scale support from local organisations including Dittman Bucking Bulls, Reef Gateway Hotel, Peries’ IGA Proserpine, Whitsunday Regional Council, and more.
Tickets are available online at Eventbrite via the CRCA Facebook page.
WHAT: 2022 CRCA Finals
WHEN: Saturday, November 19 from 4.00pm
WHERE: Proserpine Showgrounds
The 2022 CRCA Finals will see bucking bulls return to Proserpine Showgrounds next weekend
The event is one of the first the association has run in the local town for more than 10 years, with their most recent local showing in Airlie Beach last September
Images: Declan Durrant
