- Entry Hours
- Internet entries open at 12AM MDT on Fridays
the week before the rodeo and remain open until telephone entries close for the rodeo.
Check the schedule page of the website, or the association newsletter for entry
hours for each rodeo
- Telephone lines are open from on Mondays according the approving association's schedule. Check the schedule
page of the website, or the association newsletter for entry hours for each
rodeo
- Late entries will be accepted at the discretion of
Midwest Rodeo Entries through the close of Check-Backs for the rodeo unless otherwise designated by the approving association. Late entry fees will apply.
- Information Needed to Enter
- Card numbers for each contestant
- Names, addresses, and phone numbers will also be
necessary if contestant does not have a card
- Contestants entering team events must complete the
entry process for each individual on the team
- Rodeo to Enter
- First and Second performance preferences
- "Draw Out" can be given as a second preference, but
does not guarantee that the contestant will be placed in their first preference
- Slack can be given as a first unless the hosting rodeo committee stipulates,
but performances will be filled before slack
- INFR entries have an automatic third preference of 'Any' and will be placed in an available performance instead of being drawn out to allow for trades
- Events to Enter
- Contestants entering team events must also know their
partners name when entering. Entries made without partners are considered void,
and will be drawn out
- Check-Backs
- Each entry group will be given a 'Check-Back' number
for verification of their entries during Check-Backs. This number can be used
both online and over the telephone
- Telephone Check-Backs are available during the published hours for each association
- Internet Check-Backs are available immediately
following placement of contestants into performances. This time can vary
depending on the number of rodeos and contestants, but is usually before noon on
Tuesday morning
- Check-Backs during published hours are mandatory. Entries are official and
sent to rodeo secretaries immediately following check-back hours. Any errors or
discrepancies must be corrected before the close of check-backs, or the
contestant will be responsible for performing as posted, or paying any fines
assessed as a result of not competing
- Buddy Groups
- Contestant groups entered together under the same check-back number and with the same preferences will be placed
together when possible
- Buddy groups have a maximum of five contestants
- Fees
- Each entry will be assessed a fee at the rate
pre-negotiated between Midwest Rodeo Entries and the approving association's board of
directors
- Contestants who receive their first performance
preference and choose to draw out during check-backs will be assessed a $25 fee
- Late entries are subject to a $25 fee
- Turn-outs and no shows are still liable for the entry
line fee
- Committees that request contestants be drawn out are
liable for the entry line fees for those contestants drawn out
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