Ride ‘em cowboy: Echuca saddle bronc rider Dean Oliver was among a record amount of entries into the Kyabram Rodeo at Kyabram Showgrounds, which was again part of the three-day March long weekend tri-series. Kyabram’s Friday night event was followed by rodeos at Merrijig on Saturday and Chiltern on Sunday.
Photo by
Megan Fisher
Kyabram rodeo’s place within the most popular tri-series event in Australia was further confirmed on Friday when a record amount of entries was received for the Kyabram Showgrounds spectacular.
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Kyabram, Merrijig and Chiltern rodeos form a three-day tri-series that starts on Friday and ends on Sunday evening of the March long weekend.
Kyabram rodeo’s Janelle McDonald said an unofficial count of the crowd had indicated more than 5000 people crammed into the showgrounds to watch the opening of what was the 27th year of the tri-series rodeo event.
She explained the tri-series continued to attract Australia’s best rodeo riders and both the other events had attracted big crowds and entries.
Shepparton News photographer Megan Fisher was responsible for putting together a spectacular catalogue of action shots from the event and more from her lens appear on page 11 today.
Barrel racer: Nicole McDonald taking part in the barrel race at the Kyabram Rodeo. She is one of the key organisers of the Echuca Rodeo, which has enjoyed a resurgence and was held last month.
Photo by
Megan Fisher
