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The year end banquet will be held again this year at the Eagles Club in Kalispell on November 5th @ 6:30pm.
OCTOBER UPDATE 2011
The Nite of Lites run and the Playday/Barbacue were very well attended again this year with over 100 entries both days. It was a very fun and beautiful weekend. Our buckle sponsors this year for the Team race at the Playday were: Dede Mikowski, Best Insurance Mont & Amanda Peters, Wilson Ranches, Mountain Horse: Mitch Barnes, Thomson Arena: Dan & Gail Thomson & the Hay Shed Arena. A huge thank you for the continued support, please be sure to thank the buckle sponsors. The Team winners this year were: Team 1D Dede Mikowski & Effie Clairmont, Team 2D: Emily Tiehen & Mandy Messer, Team 3D:Kirstin Gallien & Ashley Sudan, Team 4D: Kim Thompson & Kerri Schroeder. Congrats to all the winners.
The 2011 Montana NBHA State Championships were held Oct 1st & 2nd in Great Falls, MT at the fairgrounds. The weekend was a great success and was well attended by MT 5 members, it was really great to see so many of you there!!! A multitude of awards and money was handed out over the weekend, with a total purse each day of over $8500.00 and 4 saddles for each of the division winners in the Open. Awards were handed out down to 13th place in the Open average, all the Youth average winners got an award and Senior average winners down to 7th place. A huge thank you goes out to Wendy McCaffree for putting together another awesome State finals. NBHA MT5 had it’s last run of the 2011 season on Oct 8th at the Hay Shed Arena, due to all the rain during the week, we had to run in the indoor arena but we had a good turnout and it was a fun day.
The Final points standings have been tallied, be sure to check over the points, if you feel there is a mistake, please contact me as soon as possible. The 2011 Awards Banquet will be held November 5th, Saturday, at the Eagles Club in Kalispell, located at 37 1st Street West. It will be a potluck with a no host bar again this year, so if each family could bring either a salad/hot dish or desert item, that would be awesome. Remember you do not have to be receiving an award to attend the banquet, everyone and their families are welcome. Please bring a door prize item wrapped, a $5 to $10 item is great. We will also be handing out the jackets at the banquet, if you won’t be able to attend the banquet, and you are receiving an award and/or jacket, please make arrangements to have someone pick up your items. We will be awarding awards down to 10th in the Open, 6th place in the Youth and 3rd place in the Senior.
DIRECTOR’S CORNER
Every year at year end, there is always a lot of ties, I have always handled ties in the following manner, the highest placing member is the member who has attended the most sanctioned MT 5 runs, if this still results in a tie, we go the member who has won the most money, if this still results in a tie, we flip a coin. Please remember to check over the points, if you feel your points or placing is incorrect, please contact me BEFORE the banquet. For those of you who continue to run barrels in the winter, Thomson’s arena will be having a winter series, check the schedule for their dates & information. Also in the works, is a winter series to be held at Majestic Arena, keep checking the website for updates. See you down the road, take care and be safe!