CARROT RIVER — A Carrot River event is among the 36 finalists for the 2018 Saskatchewan Tourism Awards of Excellence.
The Carrot River Outback KCRA Rodeo placed as a top three finalist for the Community Event of the Year Award.
Jackie James, president of the rodeo, said she was “super excited” to find out they became a finalist.
“It’s a great honour for both our committee and our community,” James said.
James said believed the event placed as a finalist because it was the first time the event happened in the community as well as the well-planned organizational work behind it.
“It was well organized, we have a great committee and it was well supported by the town,” James said. “It brought lots of people to the north, and as I said it, was the first time the rodeo has been up here. It was well received by the surrounding area.”
The 2018 rodeo was planned a year in advance.
“The grounds were already somewhat established, 4-H community grounds, so we just added to them and lots of volunteers. Like I said, you can’t do it without a great committee.”
Work has already begun to plan 2019 Saskatchewan’s Carrot River Outback KCRA Rodeo, which is set for mid-August.
“It ties in with our community events: the Flavours of the Outback and the Carrot River Valley arts tour. It all happens in that weekend, and it’s a huge weekend for our community so it was the perfect weekend to bring our rodeo to town because there was so much going on anyway.”
Nearly 90 nominations were received in the 13 award categories that acknowledge quality in marketing, service, business practices, human resource development and other areas.
