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Hamilton Spectator
6 days ago
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
Rodeo winners' circle filled with Albertans at Stampede
CALGARY - Albertans won three of seven events at the Calgary Stampede rodeo on Showdown Sunday. Breakaway roper Shelby Boisjoli-Meged of Langdon, saddle bronc rider Zeke Thurston of Big Valley, and steer wrestler Scott Guenthner of Provost all finished first in their events to take home the winner's share of $50,000. Boisjoli-Meged will go down in the Stampede history books as the inaugural winner of the breakaway roping event. As the first competitor out of the gates in the final round, she set the standard of 2.2 seconds that Texans Hali Williams (12.2) and Bradi Good (12.5) weren't able to beat as they were both penalized 10 seconds for breaking the starting barrier. Thurston added his fourth Stampede title to the three others he won consecutively from 2015 to 2017. He scored 92.5 points atop Virgil in the final round to beat fellow Albertan Dawson Hay of Wildwood for the top prize. Hay, the 2023 Stampede champion, celebrated his 28th birthday by earning $20,000 for finishing second after a 90-point performance on Yesterday's Delivery. Meanwhile, Guenthner added his second Stampede title to the one he won in 2023. Guenthner posted a time of 3.7 seconds in the final round to beat the clocking of 4.1 that 2022 Stampede champion Will Lummus of Byhalia, Miss., set earlier. Shortly before winning the steer wresting event, Guenthner also went up to the stage in front of the fans at GMC Stadium to accept the prestigious Guy Weadick Award, which is presented annually to the rodeo or chuckwagon competitor who best embodies the cowboy spirit and typifies the spirit of the Calgary Stampede. Nine competitors in each of the seven events qualified to compete on Sunday and only the top three from the first go-round advanced to the finals. The winner of each event was awarded $50,000, while the second- and third-place finishers received $20,000 and $10,000, respectively. Shad Mayfield of Clovis, N.M., won the tie-down roping title in a time of 6.8 seconds to edge out Tom Crouse of Gallatin, Mo. (7.3). Thanks to his 94-point ride atop Disco Party, Cooper Cooke of Victor, Idaho, won the bareback event. Weston Timberman of Columbus, Mont., finished a close second after his 92-point performance on Agent Lynx. Anita Ellis of Blackfoot, Idaho, won the barrel racing championship in a time of 16.956 seconds to edge out 2022 Stampede champion Kassie Mowry of Dublin, Texas, by .189 seconds for top spot. Wacey Schalla of Arapaho, Okla., was the lone bull rider to stay on for eight seconds in the final round. His score of 86 points atop Haunted Hotel earned him a $50,000 payday. Grady Young of Leader, Sask., and Trey Benton III of Richards, Texas, earned $15,000 each even though they were bucked off their bulls. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 13, 2025.
Winnipeg Free Press
6 days ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Rodeo winners' circle filled with Albertans at Stampede
CALGARY – Albertans won three of seven events at the Calgary Stampede rodeo on Showdown Sunday. Breakaway roper Shelby Boisjoli-Meged of Langdon, saddle bronc rider Zeke Thurston of Big Valley, and steer wrestler Scott Guenthner of Provost all finished first in their events to take home the winner's share of $50,000. Boisjoli-Meged will go down in the Stampede history books as the inaugural winner of the breakaway roping event. As the first competitor out of the gates in the final round, she set the standard of 2.2 seconds that Texans Hali Williams (12.2) and Bradi Good (12.5) weren't able to beat as they were both penalized 10 seconds for breaking the starting barrier. Thurston added his fourth Stampede title to the three others he won consecutively from 2015 to 2017. He scored 92.5 points atop Virgil in the final round to beat fellow Albertan Dawson Hay of Wildwood for the top prize. Hay, the 2023 Stampede champion, celebrated his 28th birthday by earning $20,000 for finishing second after a 90-point performance on Yesterday's Delivery. Meanwhile, Guenthner added his second Stampede title to the one he won in 2023. Guenthner posted a time of 3.7 seconds in the final round to beat the clocking of 4.1 that 2022 Stampede champion Will Lummus of Byhalia, Miss., set earlier. Shortly before winning the steer wresting event, Guenthner also went up to the stage in front of the fans at GMC Stadium to accept the prestigious Guy Weadick Award, which is presented annually to the rodeo or chuckwagon competitor who best embodies the cowboy spirit and typifies the spirit of the Calgary Stampede. Nine competitors in each of the seven events qualified to compete on Sunday and only the top three from the first go-round advanced to the finals. The winner of each event was awarded $50,000, while the second- and third-place finishers received $20,000 and $10,000, respectively. Shad Mayfield of Clovis, N.M., won the tie-down roping title in a time of 6.8 seconds to edge out Tom Crouse of Gallatin, Mo. (7.3). Thanks to his 94-point ride atop Disco Party, Cooper Cooke of Victor, Idaho, won the bareback event. Weston Timberman of Columbus, Mont., finished a close second after his 92-point performance on Agent Lynx. Anita Ellis of Blackfoot, Idaho, won the barrel racing championship in a time of 16.956 seconds to edge out 2022 Stampede champion Kassie Mowry of Dublin, Texas, by .189 seconds for top spot. Wacey Schalla of Arapaho, Okla., was the lone bull rider to stay on for eight seconds in the final round. His score of 86 points atop Haunted Hotel earned him a $50,000 payday. Grady Young of Leader, Sask., and Trey Benton III of Richards, Texas, earned $15,000 each even though they were bucked off their bulls. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 13, 2025.
Calgary Herald
13-07-2025
- Sport
- Calgary Herald
Day 9 at the Calgary Stampede rodeo: No more crying, with Showdown Sunday set
Article content 'And also your confidence is down in the dumps. So it's good to get started off in the win. I don't care what anybody says … confidence is hard to come by in this game. It's a very humbling sport.' Article content The other adjustment for this year's Stampede comes on Showdown Sunday, when the fine nine is pared to just three finalists for the short-round — down one, as well, from the four of previous years. Article content All this was done to cut down the length of the championship day, which has breakaway roping added to this year's show. Article content 'I do think the three-man short-round is going to be pretty cool, because it dang sure makes it a lot easier to pen those (final group of) horses,' added Hay. 'There's not going to be a weak one in there. It's going to be the tip-top. And it also gives you a chance to have a really, really amazing re-ride horse if something goes wrong.' Article content Here's the fine nine for Showdown Sunday in each of the seven open events … Article content Article content BARREL RACING Article content Leslie Smalygo is the Stampede queen of barrel racing from a year ago, and she's through to Showdown Sunday to defend her crown. Article content 'I think it's going great,' said Smalygo, who won Saturday's round with a 16.93-second run to ensure her spot in the championship day — again. 'You never tend to believe lightning strikes twice, but my horse, Gus, loves it here, he loves the fans, the fans love rodeo, and Calgary is where he wants to call home.' Article content Calgary is home this week to a handful of Stampede champs beyond Smalygo in ladies barrel racing. Article content And all of those in attendance have advanced to what's shaped up to be a smokin' final day in pursuit of the $50,000 champion's cheque. Article content Article content Kassie Mowry is one of them after she finished third in the aggregate in Pool C. She won the Stampede in 2022. Article content The pool's runner-up for total money was fellow Texan Hailey Kinsel, who was the 2018 queen here. Article content 'It'll be a knife-fight Sunday,' said Smalygo, of Skiatook, Okla. 'With the calibre of horses and the calibre of girls, it's anybody's day. Article content 'And the ground has been exceptional. There is nothing we could have changed about the ground. They have it 100 per cent perfect this year, and it keeps our horses happy, which keeps us happy.' Article content Expect the Stampede record — currently held by Mowry — to be threatened once more this week with Sunday's field of competitiors. Article content 'It's been a little stressful seeing how many times the arena record was broke and within seconds of each other,' added Smalygo. 'We're just proud to be a part of that category of being to keep up with them. Article content 'Now, we're just going in there and do what we did last year and hope for the best.' Article content Pool A — Anita Ellis (Blackfoot, Idaho), $21,000; Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi (Lampasas, Texas), $11,000; Emily Beisel (Weatherford, Texas), $10,000 Pool B — Carlee Otero (Perrin, Texas), $16,000; Megan Mcleod-Sprague (Marsing, Idaho), $14,000; Hayle Gibson-Stillwell (Redcrest, Calif.), $10,000 Pool C — Leslie Smalygo (Skiatook, Okla.), $15,750; Hailey Kinsel (Cotulla, Texas), $12,500; Kassie Mowry (Dublin, Texas), $12,250 Article content Article content The only other defending champ in line to defend his crown Sunday is bareback artist RC Landingham. Article content The California cowboy earned just enough Saturday to return to the championship day, as well. Article content Landingham scored 83 on Night Magic for a fifth-spot reward of $2,000 and a $9,500 aggregate. Article content Garrett Shadbolt ensured his place on Showdown Sunday with a 87 points Saturday on Welcome Delivery. The day-money win for a second straight round gave the Nebraska star the top money total through the three shows of Pool C. Article content Article content The other Pool C advancer is Montana's Weston Timberman, who rode Mexican Tattoo to 85 for a third-place $3,875 payout. Article content Article content Just 24 hours after missing out on a wad of cash by getting bucked off a bull with just a hundredth-of-a-second left on the eight-click clock, Tuni roared back to win the final round of Pool C. He rode Rock Steady to 87 points and the first-place $9,083.33 payday. Article content Article content On Friday, it was Tuni's travelling partner Luke Mackey taking all the prize money for a $23,250 windfall after Tuni came up a hair short. But Mackey was quick to say Tuni would be back in the winner's circle right away. Article content He was right. Article content Too bad it wasn't enough for Tuni to earn a spot in Showdown Sunday. That went to Colorado's Mackey, Saskatchewan's Dakota Buttar and Oklahoma's Wacey Schalla. Article content 'The bull pens are just getting better and better every year, so we've got to up our game,' said Buttar, of Eatonia, Sask., the 2022 Stampede champ. 'I've just got to stay consistent and keep riding my bulls, and it'll all work out. I can't control anybody else's rides. I just have to do my job. Article content 'The three-man is a lot different (this year), but it's still bull riding at the end of the day. It's me against the bulls, so I have to worry about that. Whatever plays out plays out.' Article content Pool A — JR Stratford (Byers, Kan.), $29,5000; Hayes Weight (Goshen, Utah), $12,250; Tristen Hutchings (Monteview, Idaho), $8,750 Pool B — Grady Young (Leader, Sask.), $14,400; Trey Benton III (Richards, Texas), $11,400; Jesse Petri (Dublin, Texas), $10,325 Pool C — Luke Mackey (Ignacio, Colo.), $29,500; Dakota Buttar (Eatonia, Sask.), 15,333.33; Wacey Schalla (Arapaho, Okla.), $11,833.33 Article content Article content Jackie Crawford talked the talk and then walked it Saturday in breakaway roping. Article content The Texan helped Sportsnet with commentary on her fellow competitors ahead of her trip and then went out and set the arena record with a wowzer 2.1-second run. Article content Yes, we're only nine days into the breakaway roping era at the Stampede, but that's a dang fine standard to try to reach for future shows. Article content While the rope-job was enough to net Crawford the day's victory and $7,000, it wasn't enough to move her onto Showdown Sunday. Article content Article content That honour from Pool C goes to Kansas ropers Beau Peterson and Timber Allenbrand and Texas cowgirl Jessie Everett. Article content Pool A — Shelby Boisjoli-Meged (Langdon, Alta.), $14,500; Kinlie Brennise (Craig, Colo.), $14,375; Cheyanne McCartney (Kingston, Okla.), $9,750 Pool B — Hali Williams (Comanche, Texas), $16,500; Bradi Good (Abilene, Texas), $14,000; Maddy Deerman (Hope, N.M.), $10,250 Pool C — Beau Peterson (Council Grove, Kan.), $11,250; Timber Allenbrand (Paola, Kan.), $11,250; Jessie Everett (Tarzan, Texas), $10,875 Article content Yates was, indeed, the big winner in Pool C tie-down roping, earning a win, place and show from the three rounds. Article content Only fellow Texan Trevor Hale was better than Yates on Saturday with a 6.7-second performance to collect the $7,000 top prize for the round. But he finishes in the crying hole of the pool. Article content Article content Instead it's Missouri's Tom Crouse and Texas veteran Tuf Cooper finishing second and third in the three-day aggregate after consistently placing high, as well. Article content Pool A — John Douch (Huntsville, Texas), $17,500; Riley Pruitt (Gering, Neb.), $10,875; Shad Mayfield (Clovis, N.M., $8,875 Pool B — Ty Harris (San Angelo, Texas), $16,000; Joel Harris (San Angelo, Texas), $13,500; Riley Webb (Denton, Texas), $13,250 Pool C — Marty Yates (Stephenville, Texas), $16,500; Tom Crouse (Gallatin, Mo.), $12,500; Tuf Cooper (Decatur, Texas), $11,250 Article content STEER WRESTLING Article content Holden Myers, Chance Howard and Jace Melvin were far enough ahead of the bull-doggin' pack heading into Saturday's round that they weren't caught despite coming up empty in the final round. Article content Indeed, none of Saturday's top-six money earners were able to earn enough to grab a spot on the championship day from North Dakota's Bridger, Oklahoma's Howard and South Dakota's Melvin — the top three respective dollar earners from Pool C. Article content Oregon's Jesse Brown won Saturday's day-money of $7,000 with a lightning-quick 3.9 time. Article content Pool A — Scott Guenthner (Provost, Alta.), $18,000; Kyle Iwin (Robertsdale, Fla.), $10,500; Justin Shaffer (Hico, Texas), $10,250 Pool B — Will Lummus (Byhalia, Miss.), $17,166.67; Rowdy Parrott (Mamou, La.), $12,166.67 Pool C — Holden Myers (Van, Texas), $11,500; Chance Howard (Sallisaw, Okla.), $10,125; Jace Melvin (Fort Pierre, S.D.), $8,750 Article content SADDLE BRONC Article content Wyatt Casper and Chase Brooks needed money efforts Saturday to secure their spots in Showdown Sunday. And they both got them. Article content Casper's round-best 88 aboard OLS Tubs Magic Carpet heaved the Texan up to a second-straight day win, enough to push him to the top of Pool C after three days of saddle bronc. Article content Meanwhile, Montana's Brooks finished fourth to get him $3,250 to edge California's Bailey Small for the last qualifying spot from the pool. Article content Article content Hay, the 2023 Stampede champ, grabbed the second spot for the championship day despite just a sixth-place finish Saturday. Article content Article content Hay and Buttar are the only two Canadians advancing out of Pool C into Showdown Sunday. That makes six total for the championship day … The 2025 Calgary Stampede junior steer riding champ is Rex Curtis, of Donalda, Alta. His 79 score kept him on top Saturday for the title, out-pointing B.C.'s Tanner Loring, fellow Albertan Jax Thorkelson and Saskatchewan's Cecil Baynton. Curtis finished with 225.5 total points through the three days of the event. Next was Loring with 212, then Thorkelson with 210 and Baynton with 144 … Seven champions will be crowned on Day 10 — the final day of the 2025 Calgary Stampede — Sunday at GMC Stadium (1:30 p.m., Sportsnet).
The Herald Scotland
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
'Get well soon, Jeff' - the heartfelt message from fans of ELO's Lynne
Lynne had to cancel a show at Manchester's Co-op Live on Thursday evening at short notice. In a message posted on X the band said the show had been cancelled "due to illness". Though hugely disappointed, fans of the group took to social media in the hours after today's announcement to express sympathy for Lynne. Many simply said: "Get well soon, Jeff". One fan, posting on the Jeff Lynne's ELO fan group on Facebook, said: "In honor of Jeff trying his best to put on a final show for us during his time of illness, I think we should all gather around the Hyde Park Rose Garden at 2 PM tomorrow to sing a few ELO songs. Maybe it could be something we all need right now. I'm sure Jeff would love our support too since he can't perform tomorrow". Tomorrow's Hyde Park show, which was sold out, would have been a fitting swansong for the hugely successful group. The 'Over and Out' tour saw them group play 27 dates in North America between August and October last year. The British leg was considerably smaller in scale. There were two nights in Lynne's native Birmingham last weekend, two in midweek in Manchester, one of which was cancelled, and Hyde Park tomorrow. The set-list in Birmingham and Manchester was a glorious exploration of a superb catalogue of hit songs in all their pop/classics grandeur: Evil Woman, Showdown, 10538 Overture, Sweet Talkin' Woman, Can't Get It Out of my Head, Livin' Thing, Telephone Line, All Over the World and Turn to Stone among them. People were travelling to Hyde Park from all over the world. One woman had flown from Melbourne, Australia. Others made their way from Finland and Denmark, from Argentina, the Netherlands, from France. Two next-door neighbours in a quiet street in Shieldhill, Falkirk, had, independently of each other, booked tickets. Many fans in London would have been seeing ELO for the umpteenth time; others for what would have simultaneously been the first and last time. Various ELO tribute bands, who between them do a fine job of replicating Lynne's songs, paid tribute to him before news of the dual cancellations broke. One, the ELO Experience, sent via Facebook their best wishes to Lynne 'and all of his team' for the farewell tour. The post continued: 'Have a great set of shows and to everyone attending, treasure this time, as one of, if not, the greatest song writers and performers of all time is taking his final touring bow. Thank you for everything Jeff'. Lynne caused a minor stir in Birmingham last Saturday when he took to the stage despite having a broken hand, sustained during a taxi crash in London. 'I've had a guitar in my hand all my life but not tonight', he told the audience at the Utilita Arena, insisting that 'nothing would keep me away from you'. Jeff Lynne's songwriting abilities had been evident from his earliest days as part of a Birmingham group, The Idle Race, before accepting, in 1970, Roy Wood's invitation to join him and drummer Bev Bevan in The Move, who had enjoyed chart success with I Can Hear the Grass Grow, Blackberry Way, Flowers in the Rain and Fire Brigade. 'We stayed as The Move for a couple of years while we made this album, Electric Light Orchestra, which was what we'd decided to call it when me and Roy used to hang out at clubs in Birmingham and discussed this group with strings', Lynne told a 2012 BBC documentary, Mr Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne and ELO. Music writer Mark Beaumont, in an article about ELO in a recent magazine publication, Ultimate Genre Guide: Soft Rock, describes how Wood and Lynne saw different chamber-rock possibilities in the Beatles' classic, Eleanor Rigby. Lynne, he writes, 'particularly would take the orchestral tendencies of late-60s Beatles and Beach Boys and focus them into sci-fi melodies designed to dominate all earthly radio waves.'Electric Light Orchestra would come to represent the greatest sonic excesses of the soft-rock era, but they also brilliantly realised the logical endpoint of a journey begun by 'A Day in the Life' and Brian Wilson's teenage symphonies to God. [John] Lennon himself would describe them as 'Son of Beatles'.' Beaumont notes that as The Move gradually wound down, it became something of a shell company for ELO. ELO's debut album, The Electric Light Orchestra, was released in 1971, opened with 10538 Overture and showed the full extent of Wood and Lynne's musical ambitions. Wood, however, 'frustrated that his strings were inaudible during live shows', departed in 1973 to launch his latest project, Wizzard. This left Lynne as the sole producer and songwriter. The next albums came at a steady pace, all of them bearing Lynne's distinctively melodic stamp: ELO2 and On the Third Day in 1973, Eldorado in 1974, Face the Music in 1975, A New World Record in 1976, and the ambitious double album, Out of the Blue, in 1977. Eldorado breached the Top 20 in the States. A New World Record and Out of the Blue went Top 10 in the UK. Along the way there was a constant stream of captivating, bestselling singles: Roll Over Beethoven, Showdown, Ma-Ma-Belle, Evil Woman, Strange Magic, Livin' Thing, Telephone Line. Reviewing an ELO concert in Madison Square Garden in 1977, a New York Times critic observed: 'The Electric Light Orchestra... is the most commercially successful of the classical rockers at the moment, and it's easy enough to hear why. The secret is that [it] incorporates its classical elements in as painless a manner as possible.' Read more: Comeback concert for ELO frontman Obituary: Kelly Groucutt Paying tribute to the Eagles, Taylor Swift, Radiohead - and ELO War of the Worlds Review: Spaceships shooting flames at the audience. What more could you want? Obituary: Carl Wayne In 1978, the year after the ten-million-selling Out of the Blue, Lynne was interviewed by Melody Maker. The question was put to him: ELO has always thought in grand ideas. Was he finding it hard to come up with the goods? 'Not at all', he responded. 'I'm just eternally grateful that I can go into the studios and that people say 'There's a studio. Do what you want.' I mean. I find that f – unbelievable. We've done eight albums now and I just feel completely happy about everything. 'I don't find the inspiration harder to come by. Quite the opposite. I'm getting more excited now about this new album – the one we'll do next year – than anything I've ever done. I just want to get into the studio and do it, mix it and put everything down. I just love being in a recording studio. Absolutely love it. That's my forte, recording things. It's a great and exciting thing to do'. The next album, Discovery (1979) saw the band embracing the disco sound that was then in vogue but nevertheless gave them their first UK number one album. The band's sound evolved further in the Eighties, with such albums as Time, Secret Messages and Balance of Power. Time (1981), described by at least one critic as the band's best album in years, was a concept record about time-travel, and emulated Discovery in its UK chart position. A fair-minded assessment in The Quietus online culture site in 2021, by David Bennun, described Time as 'a terrific, eccentric sci-fi electro/synth-pop album' - the headline said it was ELO's forgotten masterpiece - and wondered why Lynne had tended to overlook its songs when putting together concert set-lists. ELO broke up in 1986 and apart from a brief flourish in 2000-2001 remained dormant until reforming as Jeff Lynne's ELO in 2014. Lynne had in the meantime joined the Travelling Wilburys supergroup with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, George Harrison and Roy Orbison, and also produced albums for Harrison, amongst others. Harrison's son Dhani, incidentally, was to have been one of the support acts at Hyde Park tomorrow, alongside Steve Winwood and the Doobie Brothers. Lynne was made an OBE in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to music, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in 2015. The band were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2017. Had things worked out as planned, the final notes of the ELO classic, Mr Blue Sky, would have sent some 60,000 fans home happy at roughly 10.20pm tomorrow night. Sadly, it was not to be. "The legacy of the band and his longtime fans are foremost in Jeff's mind today – and while he is so sorry that he cannot perform, he knows that he must focus on his health and rehabilitation at this time", read the BST statement. Ticket holders will now be refunded.
