A United Professional Rodeo Association sanctioned rodeo will be held Friday, July 9 and Saturday, July 10 with team roping scheduled for Sunday, July 11, all at the Mallet Event Center in Levelland.
The Early Settlers Day Rodeo pays tribute to early settlers of the region and will feature 12 rodeo events, three of them open to youth.
The rodeo will be the same weekend as the O’Donnell Rodeo and cowboys and cowgirls are expected to compete in both, especially because of the added prize money of $10,000 which is being offered at the Early Settlers’ Rodeo in Levelland.
The gate will be $10 for adults with kids eight and under admitted free.
The rodeo will begin at 7 p.m. each night with a mutton bustin’ competition. Entry fee will be $10 and belt buckles will be awarded to the winners both nights.
That event will be followed by bareback riding, steer wrestling, calf roping and break-away roping. A calf scramble during which contestants try to pull a ribbon off the tail of a calf will be the sixth event. Belt buckles will be awarded to the calf scramble winners each night.
Saddle bronc riding, ranch bronc riding and team roping will be followed by the third youth competition, youth steer riding for those 13 and under. Entry fee will be $20 and buckles will be awarded.
Barrel racing will be the 11th event and bull riding will conclude the rodeo.
Entry fee for all of the adult rodeo contests is $100.
Add-on money of $1,000 will be paid in the bareback and saddle bronc riding and $500 added for the ranch bronc riding. An addon of $1,500 will be paid for the bull riding and $750 added for the steer wrestling, calf, break-away and team roping and barrel racing.
Team roping will be held Sunday. Entry for that competition is $120 per roper.
For more information, call rodeo organizer Randy Mulkey at 891-8654, his daughter, Jennifer Cunningham at 891-1725 or Cole Garner at 893-9340.