SPECTACULAR FINISH!

Maple Leaf Circuit Finals

BY CPRA

Bull rider Coy Robbins capped off his 2022 season in style going four-for-four at the Maple Leaf Circuit Finals at Regina Agribition en route to winning both the Finals and the Maple Leaf Circuit season title. Robbins won two rounds, split 1-2 in another and added a 2-3 split as he earned $4,383 for the Finals title and $27,178 for the Maple Leaf season.

“This is definitely the longest run of my career,” the Camrose, Alta. athlete admitted. “I put in the work all year and it helped that even though I was a bit banged up, I stayed pretty healthy over this last month of the season.”

And there was plenty of excitement in the team roping as well as Barrhead,

Alta, brothers, Kagen and Tate Schmidt, lit up the Brandt Centre with an arena and CPRA record time of 3.3 seconds for the final round win.

“I knew we were fast,” the heeling half of the team, Kagen admitted, “but I didn’t know how fast until I saw Tate hootin’ and hollerin’; then I looked up at the clock. Even then it didn’t sink in right away that we’d broken the record.”

Kagen noted that the steer they had was one they’d wanted at the Canadian Finals Rodeo in Red Deer and throughout the Regina event, “but we didn’t get him until last night. He’s good, fast, strong — just what you want.”

The 3.4-second record, held previously by Mike Beers and Shane Schwenke, had stood since 2009.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2022 MAPLE LEAF CIRCUIT FINALS AND YEAR-END CHAMPIONS:

Bareback: Cole Goodine

Steer Wrestling: Stephen Culling

Tie-Down Roping: Clayton Smith

Barrel Racing: Jennifer Neudorf

Bull Riding: Coy Robbins

Saddle Bronc: Ben Andersen, Finals Champion

Hunter Sawley, Year-End Champion

Team Roping: Tristen Woolsey/Trey

Gallais, Finals Champions

Dillon Graham/Dawson Graham, Year-End Champions

Breakaway: Jenna Dallyn, Finals Champion

Bradi Whiteside, Year-end Champion c

ROAD TO THE CFR