April 23, 2015
The two-week postponement of this year’s Kumbia Charity Campdraft appeared to have little impact on competitor numbers when the event was finally run at the Kumbia Showgrounds last weekend.
The popular campdraft, which had to be trimmed in 2013 because of the floods, then cancelled entirely in 2014 due to drought, had originally been scheduled to run over the Easter weekend.
But it had to be deferred at the last minute because of forecast rain.
Organisers were disappointed, but persistent, and quickly selected April 18-19 as the next available date in this year’s busy Queensland campdrafting calendar.
As previously planned, the event featured the Alex Logan Memorial Open Draft, a Restricted Sweepstakes (for Open and Novice horses only), a Combined Maiden / Novice Draft, the Frank Tucker Memorial Junior Draft (for riders 8 years and under) and the Stanwell Juvenile Draft (riders 13 to under 17 years).
A pig-on-the-spit dinner catered by the Kumbia Cricket Club was available for competitors on Saturday night, and many also took advantage of free camping in the grounds to make a full weekend of it.
As things turned out, the revised date enjoyed fine weather and sprightly, in-form cattle kept competitors on their toes.
Kumbia and District Charity Campdraft president Malcolm Ryan said he was very happy with the weekend, and hoped the group might be able to run a second, one day campdraft at the recently improved campdrafting grounds each year as well.
Kumbia’s Senior Constable Adam Entwistle, who also paid a visit over the weekend to get his first-ever taste of campdrafting, said he was very impressed with the skill of the riders and the good behaviour of the crowd.
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2015 Kumbia Charity Campdraft Results
Maiden
Kay Radke – Negotiator – 90
Trevor Tessmann – Renegade Return – 84
Trevor Tessmann- Topboy – 23
Malcolm Ryan – Shadow – 21
Mick Cuskelly – Bilby – 21
Mick Cuskelly – Pecan – 20
Bernie Hunter – Peppered Acres – 19
Rick Greenup – Greenup One Moore Lena – 16
Tony Carlson – Starelle Teak – 14
Maiden Novice
Paul McEwan – Lawman’s Risk – 88
Max Lucht – McCoy – 88
Sid Brummell – Irish Cream – 88
Roy Kelly – Sassy – 87
Ray Mayne – Dots n Dashes – 87
Bryan Lyons – Georgie – 87
Kevin Prow – Justice – 86
Emily Rockemer – Calypso – 86
Kandiece King – Frankie – 86
Pat Moloney – Harmony – 85
Open
Bryan Lyons – Personell – 262
Bryan Lyons – Crystal – 258
Mark Buttsworth – Play Maree – 253
Ray Mayne – Dots n Dashes – 248
Roy Kelly – Surprise – 245
Paul McEwan – Kit – 241
Ben Woodrow – Jackpot – 239
Tony Macfarlane – Jay Bar Banks – 230
Dan Cross – Sierra – 189
Terry Hartman – Scallywag – 181
Juvenile
Brooke Ralph – Pendent – 88
Blake Nichol – Kelly – 86
Dean Radke – Star Hand Niner – 80
Jayden Nichol – Baby Doll – 79
Jordon Young – Tango – 77
Lachlan Rockemer – Shameless – 73
Regan Lyons – Diamond – 22
Callum Lyons – Georgie – 22
Jayme Lawton – Roc n Roll Boy – 20
Steven McEwan – Wrangler – 20
Novice
James Pitts – Hawk – 86
Philip Matthews – Mexico – 83
Brian Elliott – Alf – 80
Wayne Dennien – Jimmy – 76
Tony Ralph- Snickers – 75
Wayne Dennien – Joker – 65
Kandiece King – Haidas Little Pepto – 23
Mark Buttsworth – Double Suzie – 23
Restricted Open
Bryan Lyons – Katie Jane – 177
Wayne Dennien – Larry – 176
Dan Moloney – Cheers – 172
Trader Wilson – Sargeant – 164
Laurie Curtain – Double Take – 158
Bryan Lyons – Crystal – 110
Bryan Lyons – Personell – 110
Rick Greenup – Greenup Genesis – 110
Paul Radke – Resort – 110
Dan Cross – Sierra – 107
Junior
Jacinta Rockemer – Prancer – 80
Clayton Carlson – Bella Donna – 78
Allan McEwan – Cody – 73
Zoey Young – Hamish – 20
