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TIM KEMP AMONG BUFFALO LAKE WINNERS
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Tim Kemp - Billie-Jean Duff photoMay 29, 2023 l Airdrie, Alberta
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If you’re looking for an example of rodeo dedication, look no further than steer wrestler Tim Kemp.

The Ontario bulldogger commutes from his home at Kincardine, Ontario (two and a half hours west of Toronto near Lake Huron) to Alberta most weeks of the rodeo season. He flies back and forth and has a car and horse trailer out here to get to the rodeos once he’s back out west. He has made that scheduling challenge work well enough to qualify for the last two CFRs. And this year he’s convinced longtime Ontario traveling buddy, Matt Dewetering, to travel with him which will make all those air miles a little more pleasant.

Kemp took a big step toward a third CFR trip when he split the win at this weekend’s Gateway to the North Pro Rodeo at the Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement near Caslon, Alberta with a 3.7 second run for $2659. The Buffalo Lake event is part of the SMS Pro Rodeo Tour—the first Tour rodeo of the 2023 spring season which made the weekend that much more critical for competitors. The win moved Kemp to the top of the Tour standings in part, due to his 3-4 split at Edmonton’s Fall Rodeo, which also counts for this year’s overall SMS Tour standings.

Kemp noted the importance of the tour to him and all the athletes. “The money is so good at all the Tour events and the points count for the tour finale at Armstrong, BC. That makes [these events] really important. In fact, I plan my rodeo schedule around the tour rodeos.”

Unfortunately, that plan went slightly amiss when the big easterner missed entries for Lea Park’s upcoming tour stop. “I was sick about that,” he admitted.

It hasn’t always been easy for Kemp. The night before the start of the 2022 CFR he injured his arm while helping push a vehicle out of a snowbank. The injury required off-season surgery and this was his first time back in the arena since then. 

“It felt great,” he stated. “The steer was good. I rode Stephen Culling’s horse Bucky and I get along really well with him. The arm is a little weak still with bigger, stronger steers, but this one was just right. It’s a tricky start at Buffalo Lake but I’d seen that steer earlier in the slack and I knew he tried to fall off toward the hazer. Tanner (Milan) and I had a game plan and Tanner held him there for me so it worked out.”

Milan was the co-winner at Buffalo Lake and continued his sizzling start to the 2023 season.

“I was only there for slack,” Kemp added, “but they had breakfast for us and the setup was excellent. It looked to me like the committee had done a great job out there.”

Meanwhile, Tim Kemp jumped back on a plane to return to his family, wife, Jaime and daughters Alex and Natalie and his job at a nuclear power plant near his Ontario home. Oh and work on his upcoming rodeo schedule and that rather long commute back west. Yeah, that’s dedication.

Other winners at Buffalo Lake included reigning Canadian Bareback Riding Champion, Ty Taypotat, who rode C5 Rodeo’s 601 Black Feathers to 88 points for $2605 to retake the season lead; and three time World and Canadian Champion Zeke Thurston who continued his hot hand with an 88.5 point ride on C5’s 605 North Star for $2868. 

It was a good weekend for Canadian titleists as reigning team roping champs Dawson and Dillon Graham celebrated their return to Canada after a productive winter at the US rodeos with a 4.8 second winning run that netted the Wainwright, AB brothers $2718 each.

For additional weekend winners and complete unofficial results, click here.

The CPRA schedule heats up this coming weekend with the second SMS Pro Rodeo Tour stop—the Grande Prairie Stompede June 1-4, along with the Leduc Black Gold Rodeo, June 1-3 and the Hand Hills Lake Stampede June 3-4.




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~ 2023 NEWS RELEASES and ANNOUNCEMENTS ~


2023
JANUARY MAY
* CPRA Welcomes New CRES Mgr * 2023 SMS Equipment Pro Tour Kicks Off
MARCH * Consistent Spring for Logan Bird/Falkland, BC
* New Pro Rodeo Canada Partner  
APRIL  
* New CPRA Rodeo Administrator Tanner Girletz  
* CPRA-Troy Fischer Silverworks Extend Agreement  
* Strong Start to Season for Pascal Isabelle  
* CPRA Rodeos Added to Cowboy Channel  
* Tanner Milan and Eddie - Powerful Partnership  
* Big Weekend for Jacob Gardner  
   



2022
JANUARY AUGUST
Big Time Success for CPRA Athletes at NWSS CPRA Athletes Make Hay on a Three Province Weekend
MARCH Hay Sets New World Record
ATB Enters Three Year Agreement as Presenting Sponsor of CFR Good Times For Goodine
CPRA-Semi-Pro Rough Stock Agreement Hansen Makes a Move
CPRA AwardS Permit Memberships to High School Rodeo Champs and Reserve Champs Standings Races Tighten
APRIL Edmonton Pro Rodeo Gains Pro Tour Status
Rough stock cowboys on DL list Triple Play for Graham Team Roping Brothers
Exciting Season On Tap for Pro Rodeo Canada Good Times For Goodine
Veterans Shine as CPRA Season Gets Underway Hansen Makes a Move
MAY SEPTEMBER
Graham Team Roping Brothers On Fire Big Moves in BC on Labour Day Weekend
SMS Equipment - Pro Tour Title Sponsor Kylie Whiteside Bats 1000 (Olds & Hanna Highlights)
Scott Byrne - P.A. Sport Hall of Fame Inductee Packin' For CFR (Edmonton Pro Rodeo Highlights)
Taber Spring Rodeo Highlights CPRA Year-End Awards Announced
SMS Equipment Pro Tour Kicks Off In Grande Prairie OCTOBER
102 Years of the Falkland Stampede Sundre Pro Rodeo Joins SMS Equipment Pro Tour
Grande Prairie Stompede 2022 CPRA Rodeo Administrator Announcement
JUNE 2022 CFR Personnel Announced
Cassidy Extends Season Lead 2022 CPRA Committee of the Year Awards Decided
Big Weekend for Ben Andersen NOVEMBER
Athlete Stand-Outs - Davison & Schmidt 1st CFR Victory Lap for Beau Cooper
Ty Harris On Fire Stellar Round of CFR Steer Wrestling
JULY New Record in the Saddle Bronc at CFR
Cowboy Christmas - A Game Changer Tight Races Heading Into CFR Sunday
NFR Open / Circuit Finals Results 2022 Pro Rodeo Canada Champions Crowned
Guenthner Tops Leaderboard Legends Were Made at CFR '48
BAW Roster Expands For CFR#48 Lea Park Rodeo Gains Pro Tour Status
  DECEMBER
  Maple Leaf Circuit Finals Highlights
  WNFR Highlights
  Thurston Wins Third World Title


2021
JULY OCT
* Rodeo Canada Season Underway * Congrats 2021 CPRA Award Winners
AUGUST * Canadian Finals Rodeo is Back
  NOV
* August Long Weekend Sees Big Performances CFR - Performance One
* Dublanko and Durazo Among Weekend Winners CFR - Performance Two
* Consistency Pays Off For CPRA Athletes CFR - Performance Three
SEPT CFR - Performances Four-Five
* CFR47 Announcement Champions Declared at CFR47
  Maple Leaf Circuit Champions Decided
 







 
 
 
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