The Airdrie and District Agricultural Society held its annual Ranch Hand Competition on July 3 at the Airdrie Rodeo Ranch. Fifteen teams entered the competition.
The event was sponsored by Soderglen Ranches, Hansons Ranches (Ron and Renie Hanson), Barber Artistic Ironworks, Morison Farms and Evans Cattle Company.
Event Winners:
• Cattle Branding: Diamond V Ranch – Jesse Russell, Darren Killam, Pete Wambeke, Peter Swales
• Cattle Sorting: The Big Loop Gang – Pete Ottens, Jeff Diegel, Devin Morrison, Jim Szuszkiel
• Cattle Loading: Chalmers Cattle Co. – Don Chalmers, Mike Nelson, Lane Cook, Reese Ostroski
• Cattle Penning: Morison Feedlot – Rod Morison, Rick Hagel, Garth Sheehan, Shaun Argent
• Cattle Doctoring: 3J Farms – John, Shae, Shannon and Ty Copithorne
Winning Teams:
• 1st Place: 3J Farms – John, Shae, Shannon and Ty Copithorne
• 2nd Place: Highway 21 Feeders #2 – Lee, Lorraine, Lyle and Amanda Miller
• 3rd Place: S6 Bar – Alan Savage, Paul Cooper, Albert Boyd and Cam McLerie
• 4th Place: Balzac Bandits – Don Evans, Jeff Havens, Chad Bridgeman, Ralph Pole
