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Foothills Cowboys Association

Office Hours

Monday - Thursday 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

The office is not open on Saturday, Sunday or holidays if you call you will need to leave a message and I will return your call on Monday or send and email to info@fcarodeo.com and I will respond on Monday.  The phone is not answered on the weekends!

There may be times that the office isn't open or the phone isn't answered as I might be away from the office.  Please leave a voicemail and someone will return your call or send an email to info@fcarodeo.comThe phone is not answered at night.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Membership forms Click Here

4 FCA Lead Rodeos are needed to be eligible for finals

2025 Standings - please advise of errors or omissions

2025 Rodeos

Co-Approved Rodeos are at the bottom of the list, money won at coapproved rodeos count towards your year end standings.

FCA Lead Rodeo

The below schedule is subject to change at the committee’s discretion.

Schedule will be updated as approvals are submitted to the FCA office

 

Age for Jr. Breakaway is 14 and under as of January 1st and open to boys & girls

 

Slack Order of go at all FCA Rodeos is: TD/LBAW/JBAW/SW/TR/LBR/JBR/PWB 

ALL FINES MUST BE PAID PRIOR TO ENTERING A RODEO - If you have fines with any of the other rodeo associations you will not be allowed to enter.  You must clear up your fines prior to entry

Memberships will not be processed on the day of phone in entries! You must purchase your membership prior to phoning in.  They need to be submitted by 12:00 on Friday prior to phone entries.

Turnout/Vet Out Information

Turnouts/Vet Outs must be emailed to info@fcarodeo.com

A turnout will be considered "notified" only if:  Sent to the email above at least two hours prior to the performance or slack time on the day the contestant is scheduled to compete. Verbal or Phone in turnouts are not accepted.  If you turnout after this time you will be considered a non notified turnout.

Fines for turnouts are as follows:

 Non Notified Turnout of 1st preference $100 + fees

 Notified Turn Out of 1st preference $50 + fees

Non Notified Turn Out of performance other than 1st preference $50 + fees,  Notified Turn Out of performance other than 1st preference $10 + fees.  

With ALL turnouts, contestants are responsible for paying the applicable Fees & Fines.

 

Turnout fines and fees must be received by the F.C.A. office before 9:00 a.m. on the Wednesday following the rodeo to be able to enter the next rodeo, if you have online entered and fees are not paid you will be pulled from the draw.  

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FCA LEAD RODEO INFORMATION

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Bighorn Stampede (Caroline)

Performance: Saturday May 17th 12:30 pm

Performance: Sunday May 18th 12:30 pm

Slack: Friday May 16th 3:00 pm (if needed, we will only go with slack if the performances are filled, timed events only No Roughstock)

Order of Events:  BB; SB; BR; TD; SW; TR; LBR; JBR; PWB; NHR; Jr. Bull; JSR; LBAW; JBAW; Men's Ranch Bronc; Amateur BB; Local Jr. Barrels; Pack Horse

Prepayment of Fees - All entry fees must be paid at the rodeo, we will not be taking prepayment of fees for 2025.

 

Local Entries Open April 30th to May 5th at 1:00 please call 403-369-7759 to enter as a Local (this is for non members)  Members see entry information below

Member Entry Link for Caroline Click Here (link will be uploaded on April 30th)

Member Entries April 30th - May 5th (closes at 1 pm) NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED.  All entries will be done online, there are no phone in entries

Bighorn Stampede Draw - Unofficial Draw - please advise of any errors or omissions to the office by email no later than by 9:00 am Thursday May 8th.  There will be no changes to the draw after this time.

Bighorn Stampede Results - Unofficial Results - we pay by direct deposit if you win money please ensure a void cheque is sent to the office by Wednesday May 21st in order to be paid.  If void cheque is not received by this date, you will paid after the next rodeo.  We do not pay by etransfer!!

Location for Rodeo Grounds 362080 Hwy 22

There is a $15 per person Admin fee on top of your entry fees for all contestants!

Entry Fees

Open $75 (BB, BR, SB, TD, SW, TR, LBR)

Junior/Optional $50 (JBR, JSR, Jr. Bull, NHR, LBAW, JBAW, PWB)

Ranch Broncs $50 (Men & Ladies)

Added Money

Open Events (BB, BR, SB, TD, SW, TR, LBR) $750 

Junior/Optional (JBR, JSR, Jr. Bull, NHR, LBAW, JBAW, PWB) $500

Ranch Broncs (Mens/Ladies Combined) $500

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Water Valley Stampede

Performance: Saturday June 7th 1:00 pm 

Performance: Sunday June 8th 1:00 pm 

Slack: Friday June 6th 4:00 pm (if needed, we will only go with slack if the performances are filled, timed events only No Roughstock)

Water Valley Stampede Draw - Unofficial Draw

Water Valley Stampede Results - Unofficial Results - we pay by direct deposit if you win money please ensure a void cheque is sent to the office by Wednesday June 11th in order to be paid.  If void cheque is not received by this date, you will paid after the next rodeo.  We do not pay by etransfer!!

Event Order of go Saturday:  NHR, BB, TD, JSR, LBAW, JBAW, SB, SW, LBR, JBR, PWB, TR, Jr. Bulls, BR

Event Order of go Sunday: TD, NHR, BB, LBAW, JSR, JBAW, SB, SW, LBR, JBR, PWB, TR, Jr. Bulls, BR

There is a $15 per person Admin fee on top of your entry fees for all contestants!

Entry Fees

Open $80 (BB, SB, BR, TD, SW, TR, LBR)

Minor/Optional events $60 (JBR, JSR, NHR, Jr. Bull, LBAW, JBAW)

Pee Wee Barrels $25

Added Money

BB, BR, SB, TD, SW, LBR, TR - $750 & Buckle

JBR, JSR, NHR, Jr. Bull, JBAW - $350 & Buckle

LBAW -  $500 

PWB - $100 

LOCAL EVENTS

Wild Horse Race - Entry Fee $60

Wild Cow Milking - Entry Fee $100/team

Open Ranch Bronc - Entry Fee $60

Cow Riding - Entry Fee $60

Mutton Bustin - enter at rodeo 

Wild Pony Races - enter at rodeo

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Pete Knight Days (Crossfield)

 

Performance #1: Friday June 13th 6:00 pm

Performance #2: Saturday June 14th 2:00 pm

Slack: Friday June 13th 12:00 pm (if needed, we will only go with slack if the performances are filled, timed events only No Roughstock)

Event order of go both days: BB, NHR, TD, JSR, SW, Intermission, LBR, JBR, PWB, SB, TR, Wild Ponies, LBAW, JBAW, BR, Jr. Bulls

Prepayment of Fees - All entry fees must be paid at the rodeo, we will not be taking prepayment of fees for 2025.

 

Local Entries Open TBD please call 403-815-6860 to enter as a Local (this is for non members)   FCA/LRA/WRA members see entry information below

Member Entry Link for Pete Knight Days Click Here (link will be uploaded on May 28th)

Memberships must be purchased by May 30th to enter, there will be no memberships processed on June 2nd

Member Entries May 28th - June 2nd (closes at 1 pm) NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED.  All entries will be done online, there are no phone in entries

Pete Knight Days Draw - Unofficial Draw - please advise of any errors or omissions to the office by email no later than by 9:00 am Thursday June 5th.  There will be no changes to the draw after this time.

Pete Knight Days Draw Results - Unofficial Results - we pay by direct deposit if you win money please ensure a void cheque is sent to the office by Wednesday June 18th in order to be paid.  If void cheque is not received by this date, you will paid after the next rodeo.  We do not pay by etransfer!!

Location for Rodeo Grounds 1234 - 1276 Laut Avenue

There is a $15 per person Admin fee on top of your entry fees for all contestants!

Entry Fees Open $75 (BB, SB, BR, TD, SW, TR, LBR)

Entry Fees Minor/Optional events $50 (JBR, JSR, NHR, Jr. Bull, LBAW, JBAW)

Entry Fees PeeWee Barrels $25

Added Money

BB, BR, SB, TD, SW, LBR, TR - $750 + Buckles

JBR, JSR, NHR, Jr. Bull - $350 + Buckles

LBAW, JBAW - $350 + Buckles

PWB - $100 

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Dogpound Stampede 

Performance: Wednesday July 16th 12:00 PM

Prepayment of Fees - All entry fees must be paid at the rodeo, we will not be taking prepayment of fees for 2025.

 

Local Entries Open TBD please call Tamara Ziebarth 403-875-2969 to enter as a Local (this is for non members)   FCA members see entry information below

Entry Link for Dogpound Click Here (link will be uploaded on July 2nd)

Member Entries July 2nd - July 7th (closes at 1 pm) NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED.  All entries will be done online, there are no phone in entries

Dogpound Stampede Draw - Unofficial Draw - please advise of any errors or omissions to the office by email no later than by 9:00 am Thursday July 10th.  There will be no changes to the draw after this time.

Dogpound Stampede Results - Unofficial Results - we pay by direct deposit if you win money please ensure a void cheque is sent to the office by Friday July 18th in order to be paid.  If void cheque is not received by this date, you will paid after the next rodeo.  We do not pay by etransfer!!

There is a $15/person admin fees on top of your entry fees for all contestants!

Entry Fees Open $75 (BB, SB, BR, TD, SW, TR)

Entry Fees Minor/Optional events $50 (JSR, NHR, Jr. Bull, JBAW, Ranch Broncs)

 

Added Money

BB, BR, SB, TD, SW $750

TR $750/side

Jr. Steer, NHR, Jr. Bull $300

JBAW TBD (age is 14 as of Jan 1st) $200

Ranch Broncs (Men's & Ladies Combined) $200

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Didsbury Ag Fair & Rodeo

 

Performance: Friday August 15th 6:30 pm

Performance: Saturday August 16th 1:00 pm

Slack: Saturday August 16th 8:00 am

(if needed, we will only go with slack if the performances are filled, timed events only No Roughstock)

 

Online Member Entries July 31st to August 5th (closes at 1:00 pm) NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED  No Phone In Entries all entries are online 

 

Order of Go for Didsbury Rodeo

Friday 
LBR 1st 10 entries; BB; SB; TD; Jr. Steer; TR; Intermission; LBR Last 16; JBR; LBAW; JBAW; SW; Jr. Bull; BR


Saturday 
BB; RB; NHR; TD; SB; TR; Jr. Steer; Intermission; LBR; JBR; LBAW; JBAW; SW; Jr. Bull Riding; BR

Didsbury Official Draw 

Didsbury Official Results

Trade Deadline is 9:00 am Thursday August 7th, no changes to the draw after that day/time

Callback is online, please review the draw posted above, any errors to the draw please notify the office at info@fcarodeo.com by 5:00 pm on Wednesday August 6th.   There will be no changes to the draw after this date if there is an error or you were missed after this date.

Member Entry Link - Click Here

Local Entries with Craig Anderson at 403-507-1195 or 403-335-3822 Open July 31st and closes August 5th at 11 am Entry Fees must be paid by 2:00 pm August 5th, if you don't prepay you won't be entered.

There is a $15/person admin fees on top of your entry fees for all Contestants!

Entry Fees Open $75 (BB, SB, BR, TD, SW, LBR, TR)

Entry Fees Minor/Optional events $50 (JBR, JSR, NHR, Jr. Bull, JBAW, LBAW)

BB $500

BR $500

SB $500

SW $500

TR $500

TD $500

LBR $500

 

JBR $300

JSR $300

Jr. Bull $300

NHR $300 

LBAW $300

JBAW $300 under the age of 14 as of Jan 1st

Ranch Broncs

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Cochrane Lions Rodeo (LRA & CRA Co-Approved)

Performance: Saturday August 30th - 1:00 pm

Performance: Sunday Sugust 31st - 1:00 pm

Performance: Monday September 1st - 1:00 pm

Slack: TBD

Cochrane Official Draw

Cochrane Official Results -  we pay by direct deposit please ensure your bank information is sent to the office by 5 pm Friday September 6

ORDER OF GO FOR EVENTS - Committee events in here as well (events in red)

LBR; JBR; PWB; BB; SB; Jr. Bulls; BAW; JBAW; JSR; Trick Riding; Mini Bronc; Queen Farewell; Queen Crowning; SW; Ladies Broncs; Mutton Bustin; Intermission; Mounted Shooters; Mares & Foals; Man of Vision; Indigenous Dancer; Volunteer/Cowboy of the Year; TD; Wild Pony Race; NHR; TR; BR; Wild Cow Race

GROUND RULES

No self penning

Possible helicopters and jets flyover

Mounted shooters daily

No cleaning out trailers as this is a park

10 pm noise bylaw

No overnight camping

Arena clear 1 Hour before perf

Follow parking rules

Please note arena setup has changed for timed events , timed event chutes have been moved to North end of arena. Barrel racing will still enter though south end of the arena

When entering please note, not everyone can have Monday, we are limited to 10 entries in all events per day.  Preference for Monday will only be given to anyone in the LRA finals.  Please be mindful of this when entering that.  When entering please put a comment in if you are competing in the LRA Finals.

 

Roughstock Contestants (steer riders especially) please note by Picking Monday/Or Out, you may get drawn out, there is no guarantee you will get your preference of Monday as we are limited to 10 entries per day. 

As an association, our job is to put together a program for the committees. For example, if we have 40 out of 50 contestants in a single event, all ask for the same performance, this is not possible. We need to break up that number to fill all of the spots in the rodeo performances. Please understand that we simply can not give everyone their first preference. We are doing our best to help the committees put on the best rodeo for their community. Thank you for your understanding

Member & Co-approval Members Online Entries: August 13th to 18th (closes at 1:00 pm) NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED

No Phone In Entries all entries are online 

Member Entry Link - Click Here

Local Entries TBD

Callback is online, please review the draw posted above, any errors to the draw please notify the office at info@fcarodeo.com by 5:00 pm on Wednesday August 20th   There will be no changes to the draw after this date if there is an error or you were missed after this date.

Trade Deadline 9 am Thursday Aug 21st no changes to the draw after that time

There is a $15/person admin fees on top of your entry fees for all Contestants!

Entry Fees Open TBD (BB, BR, SB, TD, SW, TR, LBR)

Entry Fees Junior/Optional TBD (JBR, JSR, Jr. Bull, NHR, LBAW, JBAW, PWB)

BB TBD

BR TBD

SB TBD

SW TBD

TR TBD

TD TBD

LBR TBD

 

JBR TBD

JSR TBD

Jr. Bull TBD

NHR TBD 

LBAW TBD

JBAW TBD

PWB TBD

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​FCA FINALS

Location - TBD we are working at finalizing the location

Dates - September 26th Weekend

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Details on the co-approved rodeos please go to the appropriate website.  Entries for these rodeos are not done through the FCA office.  You must enter with the correct association.  All co-approved count towards your $$ for year end.  Not counted as a lead rodeo.

Co-Approved Rodeos

Stony Plain Farmers Days' Rodeo & Exhibition (WRA Lead) May 31st - June 1st

Details and Entry through the WRA WRA 2025 Schedule

Whitecourt Woodlands Rodeo (WRA Lead) June 21st & 22nd 2025

Details and Entry through the WRA - WRA 2025 Schedule

Arrowwood Ag Society Rodeo (CCA Lead) - June 20th & 21st 2025

Details and Entry through the CCA - CCA 2025 Schedule

Reno Rodeo (CCA Lead) - August 2nd & 3rd 2025

Details and Entry through the CCA - CCA 2025 Schedule

FCA AGM

Wednesday February 26, 2025

6:30 pm

Comfort Inn & Suites

133 Sierra Springs Dr. 

Airdrie, AB

Proposed Rule Changes

 

Current Rule change page 4 section P now reads

Timers, judges, announcers, pickup men , bull fighters, contract acts , and photographers working in the arena , must have a membership card to work at an FCA rodeo. The fee for this card will be set each year. Stock contractors are responsible for paying outstanding membership fees for personnel they hire to work a rodeo. Memberships must be purchased no later than 2 days before the 1st rodeo they work .

 

Proposed Rule

Timers, judges, announcers, pickup men , bullfighters, contract acts, and photographers working in the arena , must have a membership card to work at an FCA rodeo. Stock contractors are responsible for paying outstanding memberships fees for personal they hire to work a rodeo . If memberships are not purchased Committees are responsible for memberships for the above listed personnel . Memberships must be purchased no later than 2 days before the 1st rodeo they work .

 

Current Rule change page 4 section Q now reads

All stock contractors must have a current FCA membership , cannot contract with a full-contesting membership . Membership must be purchased no later than 2 days before the 1st rodeo contracted to work .

 

Proposed Rule

 All stock contractors must have a current FCA membership , cannot contract with a full contesting membership . Membership must be purchased no later than 2 days before the 1st rodeo contracted to work .  if membership is not purchased the hiring committee is responsible for the membership fee .

  

New Rules

All committees must have one carded membership to vote . Membership fee $60.00 for a non contestant member

 

Any member that engages in verbal abuse of the FCA office staff , will be issued a $50.00 fine for a first offence , and $100.00 for each offence thereafter , as determined by the Board of Directors .

 

Tie Down Ropers - Note 

Calves must be run through the arena one (1) hour before the 1st performance at each FCA Rodeo. 

Every calf roper in the 1st performance or slack must help run and tie the calves (tied only if required) one (1) hour prior to 1st performance or slack or a Twenty Five Dollar ($25) fine will be assessed. 

 

2024 Season Rule Changes highlighted in red

Tie Down Ropers please be aware of the new rule change for 2024 in regard to the jerk down rule.

A bust means that a calf is jerked straight over backwards, landing on its head or back, with all four feet in the air. If roper deliberately or unintentionally busts a calf, at the discretion of the judge he will be liable for a one hundred ($100) fine. The bust must be announced immediately.

2022 Sponsors
Thank you to all our Sponsors 

AiM Land Services - Lane Boisjoli
Align Equine Therapy - Jenni Malin
Anchor C Cattle Co. - Matt & Tammy Campbell
Burwash Equine Services Ltd. - Dr. Kirby Penttila DVM
Calgary Stampede - Heather Rasmussen
CIBC Wood Gundy - Brenda Akins
Circle J Ranches Ltd.
Cochrane Lions Rodeo
Cross Heels - Corny Wribe
Dale & Jill Brown
Dead Eye Enterprises Ltd. - Greg Whitlow
Diamond Equine Ltd. - Lynsey Miller
Doug Lacey's Basement Systems - Doug & Lori Lacey
Elevate Equine - Cati McArthur
Ensign Energy - Cory Jacobson
Fellowship of Christian Cowboys - John Fitzherbert
Floyd Scott & Nina Harder
It's About Time - Electronic Timing Services - Rhonda Henry & Pam Sinclair
Legend Rodeo Stock
M & D Common Horse Sense - Murray McGonigle & Dani Rairdan
McGonigle Rodeo Horses - Murray & Lynn McGonigle
Moore Equine  - Dr. Erin Clarke DVM
Shutter Close Photography - Jodie Hennigar
Spray Pro Ltd. - Kyle Foden
Stavely Mini Storage - Brian Lee
Suzanne Kelly
TEAM Auction Sales - Brian Danard
The Cowboy Mom - Lynsday Kubas
Top Notch Tree Services - Shawn Turner
Tronic Data Inc. - Steele De Paoli
UFA
Waddell Ranch Supply Ltd. - Joel Waddell
Ward Equine - Colton Ward
WARMA - Susan Strandquist

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