Contestant Resources
In order to compete, you must be a member in good standing of an IGRA-member rodeo association. Joining PNWGRA makes you eligible to compete at any of the two dozen IGRA rodeos held annually. Click
here to join PNWGRA today!
Rodeo Calendar
For PNWGRA members, the closest IGRA-sanctioned rodeos are
Calgary,
San Francisco,
Sacramento,
Reno and
Denver.
Visit
here to see the current year's complete rodeo calendar.
Results and Standings
Do you need your IGRA contestant number? You can look it up
here.
Rodeo Registration
Register online for upcoming IGRA rodeos using your credit card. Click
here to begin.
Contestant Education
An interesting fact: most contestants have not competed in rodeos prior to joining IGRA. As there are so many new contestants, several of the rodeos on the circuit offer schools to teach event basics to rookies. These schools are sometimes held immediately prior to a rodeo, or during the remainder of the year.
The
Road Runner Regional Rodeo (Phoenix), held in January each year, usually offers a pre-rodeo school.
The Bay Area Chapter of GSGRA (San Francisco) also has an excellent roughstock school each summer at Bill Lyle's ranch in Morgan Hill, CA. Bill is a former professional bull rider and current GSGRA stock contractor, and usually has courses on bull and steer riding, as well as chutedogging. He is an excellent teacher.
Most rodeos offer a school from time-to-time. You can check the
IGRA rodeo calendar and visit each rodeo's web site to find out if a school has been scheduled.
Roughstock competitors may wish to consider a professional school to learn fundamentals before competing in a rodeo.
Sankey Rodeo Schools offers training for new bareback and saddle bronc riders, bull riders and bullfighters, taught by two-time National Finals Rodeo Bull Riding Average Winner Lyle Sankey.