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World's Greatest
Roper
Reno, Nevada - June 20-21, 2009
Reno Livestock Events
Center
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PRESTON WILLIAMS IS THE NEW WORLD’S
GREATEST ROPER!
Former Indian NFR Champion Wins $25,000
The World’s Greatest Roper came to a climatic
close on Sunday afternoon when multiple Indian
National Finals Rodeo Champion
Preston Williams, from Casa
Grande, Arizona roped his way into history by
claiming $25,000 and the 2009 title of “World’s
Greatest Roper”.
In front of a great crowd at the Reno Livestock
Events Center, Williams bested a field of PRCA
World Champions, former World’s Greatest Roper
Champions, multiple Wrangler National Finals
Rodeo Qualifiers, Pro Rodeo Hall of Famers, and
the overall best ropers on the planet to win the
prestigious $88,000 World’s Greatest Roper event
presented by Silver Legacy Resort Casino.
Williams had to qualifier for his chance to
compete on Sunday in the WGR Qualifier Event
that was held on Saturday. For his work of 78.1
seconds on 9-head of cattle (3 Rounds of
Heading, Tie-Down Roping, and Heeling),
Williams’ name is now etched along side other
WGR Champions K.C. Jones, Burlington, Wyoming
from 2008 and 2-time WGR Champion
Daniel Green of Oakdale,
California. Williams was consistent from the
start of the Qualifier on Saturday to the last
Heeling run on Sunday. Although Williams came
into the 2009 WGR as a relative long-shot –
Williams is no stranger to titles having won the
INFR a total of 5 times and he is also a former
National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association
Finals Champion.
2008 PRCA World Champion Randon Adams of
Logandale, Nevada finished the event in the
reserve spot after a 9-head total of 80.1
seconds followed by Jake Cooper of Monument, New
Mexico – 87.7, Marty
Becker of Calgary, Alberta,
Canada – 87.7, and rounding out fifth was PRCA
World Champion Chad Masters from Clarksville,
Tennessee – 100.3.
Other top money paid out was to Pat Boyle from
Simi Valley,
California who claimed
the “Fastest Round” of the competition – a 20.9
worth $7,000.00. A complete breakdown of money
won at this year’s WGR follows this release.
New for 2009, Lazy E Productions changed the
event format from previous years. For the first
time ever, the WGR was “OPEN TO THE WORLD”.
Meaning, any contestant could enter this year’s
event – thus making the WGR a true WORLD
COMPETITION. Qualifying rounds were held at
10:00AM on Saturday, June 20th to
determine who advanced to the Sunday show and
where the 2009 Champion was crowned. Another
interesting fact for 2009 was the exemption of
former PRCA World Champions and former Lazy E
Event Champions. Contestants with those
credentials automatically qualified for the
competition at 12:00PM on Sunday, June 21st.
All totaled, the WGR action was fast and furious
boasting 330 runs in two days that showcased the
best Timed Event cowboys on earth competing for
the title of the World’s Greatest Roper!
The event was again held in conjunction with two
of the greatest western events in the world “The
Reno Rodeo” and “The
Bob Feist Invitational Team
Roping”. Organizers from all three major forces
in the rodeo industry are committed to making
the first weekend of the Reno Rodeo one
spectacular show by combining the Reno Rodeo,
the World’s Greatest Roper, and the
Bob Feist
Invitational Team Roping - all within 3
action-packed days.
The World’s Greatest Roper is one of pro rodeo’s
most unique events and is patterned after the
highly successful Wrangler Timed Event
Championship – which is a true all-around test
of roping skills. At the WGR, each contestant is
required to compete in all three roping
disciplines: team roping heading, tie-down
roping, and team roping heeling.
The World’s Greatest Roper was developed by Lazy
E Productions in 2006 to determine the best
roper in the world - the man who could stand out
in more than his specialty roping event, but the
man who could be consistent over multiple rounds
of over-all competition. This event attracted
the biggest names in the rodeo industry in
addition to fans from across the country! Some
of the top named cowboys that competed for the
mega-jackpot purse were highlighted by 6-time
PRCA All Around World Champion Trevor Brazile;
two-time World’s Greatest Roper
Daniel Green; 2008 WGR Champion
K.C. Jones; PRCA World Champions
Matt Sherwood, Chad Masters,
and Randon Adams; multiple NFR qualifiers Kyle
Lockett, Marty Becker,
and Kory Koontz;
and ProRodeo Hall of Famer Jimmie Cooper.
Each round of competition featured excitement
with leaders changing after every run, with only
seconds separating them. The champion wasn’t
determined until the last rope was thrown, the
flag dropped and the clock had stopped.
The World’s Greatest Roper was sponsored by
Reno-Tahoe, Wrangler, the Silver Legacy Resort
Casino, Boot Barn, Priefert Ranch & Rodeo
Equipment, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco, Ariat Boots,
Gist Silversmiths, CSI Saddlepads, Rodeo Video,
the Reno Rodeo, the
Bob Feist Invitational Team
Roping Classic and Cactus Saddlery.
The World’s Greatest Roper is a Lazy E
Production. For more information contact the
Lazy E Arena at (800) 595-RIDE or log on to
www.lazye.com.
2009 World's Greatest Roper Champion - PRESTON WILLIAMS
2009 WORLD’S GREATEST ROPER FINAL RESULTS
$88,000 Pay-Out:
WGR Average *
3 Rounds Totaling 9 Head (Heading / Tie-Down
Roping / Heeling)
1. Preston Williams,
Casa Grande,
AZ 78.1
seconds - $25,000.00
2. Randon Adams,
Logandale,
NV 80.1 seconds -
$12,000.00
¾. Jake Cooper, Monument, NM
87.7 seconds - $6,000.00
¾. Marty Becker,
Calgary,
Alberta,
Canada 87.7
seconds - $6,000.00
5. Chad
Masters,
Clarksville, TN
100.3 seconds - $3,000.00
Fastest Go-Round *
1. Pat Boyle,
Simi Valley, CA
20.9 seconds - $7,000.00
2. Chad Masters,
Clarksville,
TN 22.7 seconds -
$4,000.00
3. Marty Becker,
Calgary,
Alberta, Canada
23.7 seconds - $3,000.00
4. Trevor Brazile,
Decatur, TX
23.9 seconds - $2,000.00
Fastest Run Bonus *
Heading – JoJo LeMond, Andrews,
TX 4.8 - $3,000.00
Tie-Down Roping –
Chad
Masters,
Clarksville, TN
9.0 - $1,500.00
Trevor Brazile,
Decatur, TX
9.0 - $1,500.00
Heeling –
Mike George,
Oakdale,
CA 5.1 - $3,000.00
Qualifier Pay-Out (Saturday 6/20/09):
Qualifier Average *
2 Rounds Totaling 6 Head (Heading / Tie-Down
Roping / Heeling)
1. Austin Adams,
Logandale,
NV 52.3 seconds -
$3,000.00
2. Jay Adams,
Logandale,
NV 58.5
seconds - $2,000.00
3. Brett Fleming,
Worden,
MT 60.9
seconds - $1,000.00
Fastest Go-Round *
1.
Austin Adams,
Logandale,
NV 26.1
seconds - $2,000.00
Fastest Run Bonus *
Heading – Adam Rose,
Willard, MO
6.3 - $1,000.00
Tie-Down Roping – Austin Adams,
Logandale,
NV 9.5 - $1,000.00
Heeling –
Rhen Richard,
Roosevelt,
UT 5.0 - $1,000.00
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The following are the results from the Saturday
qualifier.
Qualified for Sunday Competition
1. AUSTIN ADAMS
52.3 10. JAKE
COOPER 80.1
2. JAY ADAMS
58.5 11. KORY
KOONTZ 83.7
3. BRETT FLEMING
60.9 12. JOJO LeMOND
84.4
4. LANCE HARVEY
66.1 13.
PRESTON WILLIAMS 84.7
5. BEAU FRANZEN
70.8 14. CALEB TWISSELMAN
85.3
6. RUSSELL CARDOZA
71.1 15. BOOGIE
RAY 90.2
7. PAT BOYLE
72.6 16. RHETT KENNEDY
97.4
8. SHANE SPROUL
73.6 17. MIKE
GEORGE 100.5
9. MARTY BECKER
78.1
Failed to Qualify for Sunday Competition
18. GARRETT TONOZZI
102.1
19. JADE CORKILL
116.6
20. ADAM ROSE
118.2
21. CHRIS GREEN
140.9
22. COLEMAN PROCTOR
164.3
23. JIM ROSS COOPER
178.9
24.
BLAINE
KETSCHER
185.2
25. RHEN RICHARD
185.3
26. JUSTIN DAVIS
222.1
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Reno, Nevada - June 20-21, 2009
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ADAMS BROTHERS FINISH FIRST and
SECOND!
WGR Qualifier is in the Books
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Reno, Nevada
/ June 20, 2009
– The fist ever World’s Greatest Roper Qualifier
is in the books. Two
Nevada
brothers – Austin Adams and Jay Adams finished
the two-round qualifier first and second
respectfully to advance to Sunday’s competition.
Austin Adams swept most of the pay-out for a
$6,000.00 payday with more on the line tomorrow!
New for 2009, Lazy E Productions changed the
event format from previous years. For the first
time ever, the WGR was “OPEN TO THE WORLD”.
Meaning, any roper could enter this year’s event
– thus making the WGR a true WORLD COMPETITION.
Qualifying rounds were held today at the
Reno
Livestock
Events
Center to determine who
advanced to the Sunday show where the 2009
Champion will be crowned. A total of twenty-six
(26) qualifiers were competing for seventeen
(17) spots to rope on Sunday. Those seventeen
qualifiers will be joining an elite fraternity
of eight (8) World Champions that were exempt
from having to qualify that include; K.C. Jones,
Chad Masters, Trevor Brazile,
Daniel Green, Randon Adams,
Matt Sherwood, Kyle Lockett,
and Jimmie Cooper.
The Adams
brothers that qualified first and second will be
joining other brother and World Champion Randon
Adams in the competition on Sunday. Some of the
biggest names in ProRodeo will be competing for
the title and over $88,000.00 in prize money.
OFFICIAL CONTESTANT LIST
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Rules
RENO
IS HOME TO THE 4th ANNUAL WORLD’S
GREATEST ROPER!
WGR Unveils New Format for 2009
Reno, Nevada
/ June 18, 2009 –
The World’s Greatest Roper
is making
Reno,
Nevada again home to this
one-of-a-kind world championship event. The top
timed event cowboys in the Professional Rodeo
Cowboys Association (PRCA) will compete for the
prestigious title of The World’s Greatest Roper
and a purse of $88,000.
New in 2009, Lazy E
Productions proudly announces a change in the
event format from previous years. For the first
time ever, the WGR is “OPEN TO THE WORLD”.
Meaning, any contestant can enter this year’s
event – thus making the WGR a true WORLD
COMPETITION. Qualifying rounds will be held at
10:00AM Saturday, June 20th to
determine who advances to the Sunday show and
where the 2009 Champ will be crowned. Another
interesting fact for 2009 will be the exemption
of former PRCA World Champions and former Lazy E
Event Champions. Contestants with those
credentials will automatically qualify for the
competition at 12:00PM Sunday, June 21st.
All totaled, the WGR action should be fast and
furious boasting over 330 runs in two days that
showcases the best Timed Event cowboys on the
planet competing for the title of the World’s
Greatest Roper!
The event is again being
held in conjunction with two of the greatest
western events in the world “The Reno Rodeo” and
“The Bob Feist
Invitational Team Roping”. Organizers from all
three major forces in the rodeo industry are
committed to making the first weekend of the
Reno Rodeo one spectacular show by again
combining the Reno Rodeo, the World’s Greatest
Roper, and the Bob
Feist
Invitational Team Roping - all within 3
action-packed days. "The Reno Rodeo is really
pleased to see the return of the World's
Greatest Roping for year two in
Reno. This is a
world-class event having all the earmarks of
gaining popularity in short order to the size of
the fan base experienced by the BFI. The BFI and
WGR are spectacular back-to-back events that
have turned the Reno Rodeo into a roping
Mecca
and the place to be at the beginning of summer,"
said Reno Rodeo President
Gordie Cowan.
The World’s Greatest Roper is one of pro rodeo’s
most unique events and is patterned after the
highly successful Wrangler Timed Event
Championship – which is a true all-around test
of roping skills. At the WGR, each contestant is
required to compete in all three roping
disciplines: team roping heading, tie-down
roping, and team roping heeling.
The World’s Greatest Roper
was developed by Lazy E Productions in 2006 to
determine the best roper in the world - the man
who could stand out in more than his specialty
roping event, the man who could be consistent
over multiple rounds of over-all competition.
This event attracts the biggest names in the
rodeo industry in addition to thousands of fans
from across the country! Some of the cowboys
scheduled to compete for the mega-jackpot purse
are highlighted by 6-time PRCA All Around World
Champion Trevor Brazile; two-time World’s
Greatest Roper Daniel
Green; 2008 WGR Champion K.C.
Jones; PRCA World Champions Matt Sherwood, Chad
Masters, and Randon Adams; multiple NFR
qualifiers Kyle Lockett,
Marty Becker,
and Kory Koontz; and ProRodeo
Hall of Famer Jimmie Cooper.
Each round of competition
features excitement with leaders changing after
every run, with only seconds separating them.
The champion isn’t determined until the last
rope is thrown, the flag is dropped and the
clock has stopped. Last year in
Reno, four-time WTEC Champion K.C.
Jones of
Burlington,
Wyoming bested a field of 40 World
Champion titles earning him a payday of $25,000
and the title of World’s Greatest Roper.
In addition to this
tremendous event, the Reno Rodeo Committee, Lazy
E Productions and the
Bob Feist
Invitational has put together a three-event
bonus called the “Reno Triple Crown” which would
pay an extra $100,000 check to a roper who would
win the World’s Greatest Roper, win the BFI on
June 22nd, and then win either the tie-down
roping or the team roping average at the Reno
Rodeo. All together, officials from the three
organizations anticipate that if attained, one
roper could walk away from
Reno
with a staggering $225,000 in earnings.
The World’s Greatest Roper
is sponsored by Reno-Tahoe, Wrangler, the Silver
Legacy Resort Casino, Priefert Ranch & Rodeo
Equipment, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco, Ariat Boots,
Gist Silversmiths, CSI Saddlepads, Boot Barn,
Western Horseman, The Roping Show on RFD-TV,
Rodeo Video, the Reno Rodeo, the
Bob Feist
Invitational Team Roping Classic and Cactus
Saddlery.
The World’s Greatest Roper
is a Lazy E Production. For more information
and/or ticket sales for the World’s Greatest
Roper, contact the Lazy E Arena at (800)
595-RIDE.
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Press Contact: Robert
Simpson
Phone:
(405) 282-RIDE / (800)
595-RIDE
E-Mail: robert@lazye.com
When:
June 20th –
10:00AM / Qualifier Rounds
June 21st – 12:00PM / Rounds 1, 2,
and Short Round
Where:
Reno
Livestock
Events
Center
Reno, Nevada
About Lazy E Productions and the World’s
Greatest Roper:
Since 1984, Lazy E Productions has been
promoting the sport of professional rodeo and
professional bull riding with its famed events.
Some of the marquee events include the Wrangler
Timed Event Championship; PBR-Bullnanza events
in Lexington,
KY and Guthrie,
OK; PBR-Built Ford Tough Series events in
Oklahoma City,
OK, Nashville,
TN and Tulsa,
OK; the World’s Greatest Roper in
Reno,
NV, and the Lazy E Dressage
Classic. Past events include the Gold & Silver
Cutting; the Bud Light Rough Stock Rodeo; the
Xtreme Bulls National Finals in Reno, NV; PBR-Bullnanza
events in Salt Lake City, UT, Wichita, KS,
Birmingham, AL and Reno, NV; the
Lazy E Ranch Rodeo; the
Reba McEntire
Pro Celebrity Rodeo; the Ben Johnson Pro
Celebrity Rodeo; the 89er Days PRCA Rodeo; the
OCA Range Round-Up; the Lazy E Spring Barrel
Futurity; the National Finals Steer Roping; 14
major act concerts; the Lazy E Spring Team
Roping and the Dodge Prairie Circuit Finals
Rodeo.
For additional information on Lazy E
Productions, please visit
http://www.lazye.com/ or call 800.595.RIDE.
About
Reno
Rodeo:
Reno Rodeo is a 9-day event in its 90th year and
is a PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys
Association) sanctioned sporting event. Reno
Rodeo is a non-profit organization made up over
350 volunteers. Over 120,000 fans will be in
attendance for the 4th richest PRCA tour rodeo.
The event impacts the Reno/Sparks area economy
with $40 million going to hotels, casinos,
restaurants and retail. Over $2 million in prize
money is available to win during Reno Rodeo
week. Events include: PRCA Dodge Xtreme Bulls,
the Lazy E Arena’s World's Greatest Roper,
Bob Feist Invitational Pro Team
Roping, Perry DiLoreto/Reno Rodeo Invitational
Amateur Team Roping, Perry DiLoreto/Reno Rodeo
Women's Only Invitational Team Roping, Drill
Teams, Team Penning and the "Wildest, Richest
Rodeo in the West," the Reno Rodeo - has been
nationally televised on CBS Sports, Fox Sports,
OLN, ESPN and ESPN2.
For additional information
on the Reno Rodeo Association, please visit
http://www.RenoRodeo.com.
About Bob Feist Invitational (BFI):
The Bob Feist
Invitational (BFI) is heralded as the "Richest
One Day Open To The World Team Roping". Now in
its 32nd year, the idea of the BFI evolved from
an idea that producer,
Bob Feist
had, inviting the best ropers in the world; have
them compete against their peers and with
spectators paying to watch them in action.
Chowchilla,
Calif. was the place of the first
roping, held in 1977. Other locations have
included Denton,
Tex. and Las Vegas
Nev. Monday, June 22, 2009 is the date for
this year's event that will once again be held
in
Reno,
Nev. in conjunction with the
“Wildest, Richest Rodeo in the West". This will
mark the 26th year that the BFI has been held in
the town of
Reno. The BFI will pay an
estimated $700,000 in cash and awards all in one
day, a new record for the event. Including this
year, payoff in cash and prizes since its
inception will reach the $7 million mark. The
BFI
DVD, produced annually by Rodeo Video, remains
one of the best selling DVDs in the team roping
world. The event has also been nationally
televised on The Roping Show and
America's
Horse.
For additional information on the Bob Feist
Invitational (BFI), please visit
http://www.bobfeistinvitational.com or call
209.369.3626.
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