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Boonah Rodeo

Locality: Boonah, Queensland

Address: 8 Melbourne street Boonah, QLD, Australia

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25.01.2022 Boonah check your mailboxes bring this to get your $2 off entry price this Saturday don’t miss out

23.01.2022 Rodeo Royalty - Jack ‘Happy’ Gill Junior It is always great to acknowledge the hard workers in the horse industry. Although, having said that, many competitors ...go on to put back into their sport. Jack Gill was going to rodeos all his life, as his family travelled with wild west shows, living on the road in horse-drawn wagons. As a child he attended up to five schools a week as they moved around! His grandchildren are now the sixth generation to travel with rodeos. Jack joined the Australian Rough Riders Association [ARRA] in 1946 and had an illustrious career as a competitor (bronc, bareback and bull riding) , rodeo producer and stock contractor. In 1980, he was one of the first two people to be awarded life membership of the ARRA in appreciation of his dedicated service to professional rodeo. (The other was Darby McMartin). He served on the Board of Directors, including as vice President. His father Jack snr was awarded the same honour in 1965, and many say they are considered the ‘first family of rodeo’. His farm in the Riverina region of southern NSW stocked a few hundred horses, bulls and cows, all bred specifically for their bareback and bronc bucking ability, and which were used to provide livestock for about 35 rodeos and bull rides his family was said to be the first fulltime stock contractors in rodeo in Australia. Most stock work only a few minutes a year, if they are good at their job, he maintained. He told a Weekly Times journalist, We don’t start our bulls until they’re about four. On a normal farm you eat two-year-old steers or veal. Rodeo bulls are the only cattle that don’t get castrated. People ask how we make them wild. But the last thing we want is a wild or mad bull. We want a smart bull who knows what it’s doing on the day. Jack’s great grandparents started out pre-1900, before arenas, when racetrack meetings would have side shows of wild west, rodeo-style entertainment. It was Jack’s grandparents, Violet and Stanley Gill, who started Gill Brothers rodeo and his earliest memories are of travelling with his grandparents to towns around Australia, as far north as Cairns in Queensland and as far south as Spalding in South Australia. In the 1960s he took his wife and family, horses and bulls to Singapore, Hong Kong and the Philippines on a travelling show, performing in big stadiums. He’s proud of his father’s contribution as well. Jack snr was the first to introduce Brahman cattle into rodeos in Australia, in 1948. He also introduced the singing of the national anthem, and the ‘grand entry’, at Warrnambool in 1964. Jack says before modern stock-contractors were even thought of, his father was the first one to have portable chutes. He was also the first to have a crowd barrier (at Croydon, Vic). Gill brothers’ Wild West Show has another claim to fame they gave starts to country music stars like Smoky Dawson, Smilin’ Billy Blinkhorn, Buddy Williams and Tex Morton., who had no social media or even television to help their careers. Sources: Hoofs and Horns, Weekly Times (link below) https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au//f0c68fd86d5886714545bce

21.01.2022 The winners Of the competition Are hillbilly rock show And Boonah bonanza ... Thanks everyone there were some great names See more

21.01.2022 As the Top 12 Saddle Riders get ready to vote for the 2018 Saddle Horse of the Year the statistics for 2018 show the following as of 3 October. #3 Buffalo Bill ... - 8 trips - 3 scores - Average Score 69.33 #62 Electric Chair - 12 trips - 2 scores - Average Score 73.50 #94 Pearly Blues - 9 trips - 4 scores - Average Score 72.50 Who do you think should win?

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11.01.2022 Save the date 14th September 2019 Jimboomba silver spurs rodeo at hills collegeSave the date 14th September 2019 Jimboomba silver spurs rodeo at hills college

10.01.2022 Tell us some cool names that would suit a awesome bucking bull:to win a family pass to the rodeo this Saturday Boonah rodeo will pick two winners

10.01.2022 Any stall holders that booked a site for Boonah rodeo on the 25 August can you inbox if you are coming on the 22nd just need to lock everyone inAny stall holders that booked a site for Boonah rodeo on the 25 August can you inbox if you are coming on the 22nd just need to lock everyone in

09.01.2022 Boonah rodeo Is relocating To Jimboomba at hills college on the 14th of September bigger and better gates open at 3 rodeo starts at 5 Bar dj food trucksBoonah rodeo Is relocating To Jimboomba at hills college on the 14th of September bigger and better gates open at 3 rodeo starts at 5 Bar dj food trucks

07.01.2022 The famous Buffalo bill Will be bucking at the rodeo Saturday the 22nd of September gates open at 3 rodeo starts at 5pm don’t miss out

04.01.2022 Jimboomba Silver spurs rodeo Jason Gill John P Gill John Gill and Sons Rodeo Contractors Australian Senior Bull Riding Association Inc.

02.01.2022 THIS WEEKS NOMINATIONS DON'T MISS OUT!! **CUTTIN LOOSE UTES ‘N’ CHUTES LOWOOD RODEO (ALL ROUND) Saturday 6th October 2018. Commencing at 4:00pm. Pre-Performance... at 11:00am. (PIC No: QDES3002) (Cattle Tick Infected Zone). Queen and Princess Competition on the day. Conducted by Lowood Show Society Inc. Venue: Lowood Showgrounds, 18 Station St, LOWOOD QLD. Contractors: John Gill & Sons & CMC Rodeo. Bull Ride $1000 e/f $86 Saddle Ride $1000 e/f $83 Bareback Ride $1000 e/f $83 Rope & Tie $700 e/f $74 Steer Wrestling $1000 e/f $83 Barrel Race $700 e/f $74 Breakaway Roping $700 e/f $74 Team Roping $1000 e/f $114 Senior Bull Ride $600 e/f $63 Novice Bull Ride $400 e/f $51 Novice Bareback Ride $250 e/f $48 U18 Junior Barrel Ride $200 e/f $22 U18 Junior Breakaway $200 e/f $22 U18 Junior Bull Ride $200 e/f $22 U15 Junior Steer Ride $100 e/f $10 7-U12 Poddy Ride $100 e/f $10 Entries to Central Entries 0754 991 700 on Wednesday 26th September between 10am -2.00pm & Thursday 27th September between 2.00pm- 6.00pm. Entries close Thursday 27th September 6.00pm. NRA Members can email [email protected] Competitors parent/guardian/partner entry fee half price (1 ONLY) as agreed by Committee. INFO: Adults $20 / Child $5 (7-12 Years) / Concession $10 (High School 13-17 Yrs) / Family $45 / Kids Under 7 Free. Camping Available / Ute Show / Various Trade Stalls

01.01.2022 Rodeo fans save the date the 14th September at hills college gates open at 4pm bar dj food thrill rides and rodeo action with the rankest bulls and horses in Australia

01.01.2022 Boonah rodeo this weekend 22nd September don’t miss out it’s going to be a great night for rodeo with some of the best bucking stock in Australia big Entires so it’s going to be a huge night of rodeo tickets at the gate