The Times Advocate, 2005-08-10, Page 16Crossroads
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Wednesday August 10, 2005
Exeter Times Advocate
Exeter Rodeo keeps fans on the edge of their seats
More than 10,000 peo-
ple made their way to
the Exeter Rodeo last
weekend. Left: Luke
McCoag competes in
the ever -popular Bull
Riding competition.
Right: A.J. Vae1 holds
on tight during the
same event. Below:
Steve Coward of
Exeter tosses a bale of
hay during Friday
night's rural Olympics.
As you can see, the hay
burst in the air and
Coward ended up tak-
ing a cool dip in a tiny
pool of water on a hot
summer night. (photos/
Stephanie Mandziuk)
Left: Scott Goodege of Mitchell competes in the
rural Olympics by trying to balance cups of water
while running around an obstacle course. Right:
Ryan Degouw (left) of Parkhill, Aran Beattie of
Exeter and Marilou Hern of Exeter attempt to be the
fastest team to unfold a frozen T-shirt. One of them
has to put on the chilly garment to be declared the
winner in this event.
Bottom left: Morgan Smith's time in the Jr. Barrel
Racing event was 17.9 secs but 5 secs more was
added on because her horse knocked over one of the
barrels. Centre: Five competitors took part in
Sunday's Tie Down competition including Jason
Thomson. Bottom right: Trevor Dunk tries his hand
at roping a calf in the same event.