News & Notes from the Rodeo Trail, July 19
Bareback rider Logan Corbett is calling it a career. The two-time RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo qualifier has had his priorities change recently. “I’ve been thinking about this for a while and it is time,” said Corbett, who qualified for the RAM NCFR in 2012 and 2021. “When the pain of missing my wife and kids outweighs the enjoyment I get from riding bucking horses it’s time to move on and start a new chapter.” The 32-year-old’s final ride was a 72.5-point trip aboard C5 Rodeo’s Two Times The Money at the Calgary Stampede July 12. “I feel like I performed to the best of my ability (at the Calgary Stampede),” Corbett said. “I was able to soak up some sunshine in the arena in Calgary at a rodeo I grew up as a child watching on VHS tapes and dreaming of one day competing there. The fact that I can call it good with my last day competing in Calgary, I’m good with that. I have no regrets.” Corbett bought his PRCA permit in 2010 and his PRCA card in 2016. He’s 48th in the PRCA | RAM World Standings with $7,041. Corbett works for Doug Champion at Champion Living Fitness. Champion, the brother of six-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo bareback rider Richmond Champion, specializes in rodeo athletes’ fitness. Corbett is an assistant coach for Doug Champion, who recently moved his Living Fitness headquarters to Greeley, Colo.
Nominations are being accepted for the PRCA Donita Barnes Contract Personnel Lifetime Achievement Award, created to recognize PRCA members who have dedicated their lives to advancing the rodeo industry through their commitment, work and contributions. Any active member (or active lifetime member) of the PRCA may nominate eligible contract personnel members for the award. Nominees must have been a PRCA member for a minimum of 15 years and may not have won a yearly contract personnel award within 15 years of the date of nomination (life members may be nominated even if they are not actively renewed). Nomination letters of 500 words or fewer may be e-mailed to mnaber@prorodeo.com or mailed to the PRCA, 101 Pro Rodeo Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80919 by 5 p.m. (MDT), Aug. 6. For
Sowing Good Deeds applications now open. This season, one rodeo committee has a chance to win a Massey Ferguson® tractor for the charitable work that committee does. As a proud sponsor of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, AGCO® Corporation, through its brands Hesston® and Massey Ferguson, recognize that PRCA-sanctioned rodeos contribute significant support for local, regional and national charities and organizations. These charitable efforts by rodeo committees are making a positive impact on members of the various communities. Hesston and Massey Ferguson, through its Sowing Good Deeds initiative, want to raise awareness of these many local efforts and reward one PRCA committee each year whose impact goes above and beyond. AGCO will share the stories of rodeo teams across the country who are Sowing Good Deeds in their communities and will reward one of those committees with a new tractor. The deadline to apply for the Sowing Good Deeds initiative is Sept. 15. The five finalists will be announced by Oct. 31. The Sowing Good Deeds initiative is open to all PRCA-sanctioned rodeo committees, regardless of size. Rodeos can enter at http://bit.ly/SowingGoodDeeds.
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