07/26/2024
The 55th annual Winner Elks Rodeo will be held July 26, 27 and 28 at the Tripp County Fairgrounds at 7 p.m. each night.
The rodeo is a benefit for children’s services at LifeScape which serves children statewide from centers in Sioux Falls and Rapid City.
This year’s rodeo entertainer is Donnie Landis, PRCA rodeo clown and barrelman from Gooding, Idaho.
Returning this year is the thrilling bull soccer that will be featured each night. A person gets inside a human soccer ball and entices a bull to play soccer.
There will be $30,000 in prize money in all the standard events.
There will be a $1,000 bounty bull each night sponsored by Jorgensen Land & Cattle.
There will be a kids boot scramble each night with two age divisions—4-6 and 7-10.
Rodeo stock is provided by Hollenbeck Rodeo Co., named the 2020 stock contractor of the year. The Hollenbecks have been the stock contractor since the first Elks rodeo in 1969.
Alan Odden of Ft. Pierre will be rodeo announcer.
Winner Does No. 238 will run the lunch stand serving grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, nachos and soft drinks.
The Elks will have a beer stand. No coolers please.
The rodeo is sanctioned by SDRA, NRCA, NSRA and M-SRA.
Proceeds from the rodeo go to children’s services at LifeScape.
Admission at the gate is $12, advanced tickets are $10 and children 10 and under are free.
Advanced tickets can be purchased at BankWest, Zip Trip in Winner, from July 22 until 3 p.m. July 26.
Each night advanced ticket holders are entered into nightly drawings.
The rodeo started in 1969 under the leadership of four Winner Elks members—Bill Dillon, Vince Hollenbeck, Dick Kazda and Harold Jans.