OUTLOOK - The weather may have been grey and rainy, but that didn't stop hundreds of people from attending the sixth annual Riverbank Rodeo in Outlook over Friday and Saturday night, August 8 & 9.
Hosted out at the event's new location by the ball diamonds located behind the Jim Kook Rec Plex, the rodeo seemed to be a hot ticket for many in the riverside community and surrounding area.
A special ribbon cutting took place on the new rodeo grounds between the committee, the Town of Outlook and the RM of Rudy before the event kicked off on Friday night, and besides the usual rodeo action, other things such as trick riding by the Harper Sisters kept people entertained at intermission, and local RCMP, EMT, and firefighters were on-site to meet and interact with kids about what they do on the job.
In addition, even the youngest of rodeo hopefuls had a chance to participate with some mutton busting on Saturday afternoon, and Rodeo Queen hopefuls Emma Gubbe and Alorah Eyre were busy meeting people and giving out prizes all weekend.
What the people came out for though was hard-hitting rodeo action, and that's just what they got over the two night event.
Spectators witnessed some of the best in the events of junior barrel racing, ladies barrel racing, saddle bronc, novice saddle bronc, bareback, novice bareback, tie down roping, break away roping, junior steer riding, steer wrestling, team roping, and bull riding, including riders from the local area such as:
Ladies Barrel Racing
Charlee Kapeller of Beechy
Kelley Byrne of Beechy
Lora-Lee Wick of Strongfield
Junior Barrel Racing
Allee Kapeller of Beechy
Saddle Bronc
Cohen Larson of Macrorie
Break Away Roping
Allee Kapeller of Beechy
Charlee Kapeller of Beechy
Paige Mizu of Conquest
Junior Steer Riding
Emmett Hildebrand of Hanley
Bentley Ponto of Outlook
Kuz Roy of Outlook
Steer Wrestling
TJ Loeppky of Central Butte
Team Roping
Travis Griffin of Elbow
Tucker Ayers of Loreburn
Several positive remarks could be heard from those in attendance about the size, scope and accessibility of the new rodeo grounds, pointing to the move being a smart one by the committee.
The rodeo action was recorded by techs from Access Communications, so those with a cable TV package from them should keep an eye out for highlights from the 2025 Outlook Riverbank Rodeo on the Access NOW channels.
For a photo gallery of more images from this year's Riverbank Rodeo, CLICK HERE for photos from SaskToday's Derek Ruttle.
