The Big Bend Ranch Rodeo (BBRR) is committed to preserving western heritage by demonstrating the skills of daily ranch work in a positive and cultural atmosphere. All proceeds from the rodeo and related weekend activities are given to Sul Ross State University (SRSU) through scholarships and gifts designated for students in the university rodeo program. Over the past 24 years the Big Bend Ranch Rodeo has raised more than $325,000 for this program.
The BBRR is a sanctioned Working Ranch Cowboys Association (WRCA) event. The WRCA is committed to the preservation of cowboy heritage and lifestyle and promoting ranching on a national level. The WRCA funds two programs designed to provide working ranch families financial assistance. The Crisis Fund is designed to provide assistance to cowboys and their families in times of serious financial hardship. The Scholarship Fund provides monies to working ranch cowboys and their family members interested in continuing their education.
Ranch Rodeo cowboys make their living everyday working as cattle producers, be it in the Big Bend of Texas, the Mountains of Oregon, the Flint Hills of Kansas, or the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
We feel there is nothing better than “riding for the brand” (the ranch one is employed by). The working ranch cowboy is a very loyal, gritty individual, with the survival skills to adjust to the extreme hazards that come with the occupation.
The working ranch cowboy’s everyday life isn’t measured in seconds or standings, it is measured in horsemanship, stewardship and heritage.
A pro rodeo cowboy may have grown up on a ranch or might even live on one now—but he makes his living rodeoing, not ranching.
In 1995, a group of people from across the western United States created the Working Ranch Cowboys Association. It exists to celebrate and preserve the working ranch cowboy lifestyle and the WRCA sanctioned rodeos exist to give these cowboys a forum to show off their skills. The champions of each sanctioned rodeo earn an automatic bid to the WRCA produced World Champion Ranch Rodeo that is a means to showcase the skills of the working ranch cowboy and to raise funds for the WRCA Foundation.
For more information and details, click the link to access the Big Bend Ranch Rodeo Website.
https://www.bigbendranchrodeo.com/
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