DEAR ROPERS,


TUNICA MISSISSIPPI WAS THE PLACE TO BE ON MARCH 2ND AND 3RD. THE 2ND AATRC ROPING OF THE YEAR WAS FANTASTIC. WE HAD ABOUT 950 TEAMS ON THAT COLD MARCH WEEKEND BUT THE ROPING WAS DEFIANTLY HEATED. THE TOP 2ND THRU 10TH HOLES WERE AS CLOSE AS WE HAVE EVER HAD. HOWEVER 1ST CLINCHED THERE PLACE BY 3 FULL SECONDS. RC DONAHOE AND TONY RANKIN WERE 24.23 ON THREE. THAT WON THEM 2 BEAUTIFUL RUNNING P SADDLES AND $2400, THAT WILL GO TOWARDS THE USTRC NATIONAL SHOOTOUTS. RC AND TONY WAS THE TOP CALL BACK. HAVING TO BE A 12 SECOND RUN OR LESS TO WIN THEY WERE A 9.36. NO PRESSURE. RIGHT? WELL MAYBE A LITTLE. BEING HIGH CALL BACK MIGHT GIVE YOU A FEW JITTERS...IF YOUR HUMAN! SECOND PLACE WENT TO KEN FRENCH AND BOB KINDLE WITH A 27.25. THESE GUYS WERE THE 17TH CALL BACK WITH A 18.96 AND ROPED AN 8.29 TO END UP IN SECOND. I AM SURE THAT THE 16 TEAMS THAT FOLLOWED THEM KEPT THEM ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SADDLE. THERE WERE SEVERAL CLEAN RUNS AFTER THEM BUT NOT ANY FAST ENOUGH TO MOVE THEM. KEN FRENCH NOT ONLY PLACED 2ND BUT PLACED 10TH ALSO. THAT WAS ENOUGH TO GIVE HIM 20 POINTS TO WIN THE HIGH POINT WINNERS PRIZE, AN EXISS ALUMINUM BUMPER PULL TRAILER. CONGRATULATIONS KEN! BOB KINDLE WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE IN HIS FAMILY TO BRING HOME SOMETHING, HIS WIFE LISA WON THE HIGH POINT LADIES BUCKLE. LISA JUST HAD A BABY BOY 5 OR 6 WEEKS PRIOR AND THIS WAS HER FIRST ROPING TO "GET BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN." FROM ALL THE LADIES THAT REMEMBER WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO JUST OF HAD A BABY WE COMMEND YOU LISA! ONE HALF OF A SECOND SEPARATED 3RD THRU 7TH PLACE. LIKE I SAID IT WAS A TIGHT ROPING.


$4500 WAS ADDED TO THE PAY OFF AND THE ENABLED US TO PAY THRU 10TH AND ADD 2 MONEYS IN THE MONEY ROUND. WE CALL IT A MONEY ROUND BECAUSE IF YOU CATCH 2 THEN YOU ARE GUARANTEED A CALL BACK AND IT IS DEFIANTLY NOT A SHORT ROUND. 170 TEAMS CAUGHT 2 STEERS OUT OF 952, AND ONLY 61 CAUGHT THEIR THIRD STEER. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WILL TAKE THE TOP 5% TO OUR FINALS IN DECEMBER THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE LAZY E ARENA. THE 5% NUMBER WAS 48. THAT MEANS ONLY 13 TEAMS THAT CAUGHT THERE THIRD STEER DID NOT WIN SHOOTOUTS. IF YOU ARE CURIOUS ABOUT THE STANDINGS OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS JUST GO TO OUR WEB SITE AT aatrcrope.com OR rodeoattitude.com AND CLICK ON AATRC UNDER THEIR ASSOCIATIONS. THIS IS A NEW SERVICE TO YOU ROPERS AND I HOPE IT COMES IN HANDY FOR YOU. YOU CAN GET DIRECTIONS TO THE ARENA, RESULTS, TOP 5%, UPCOMING ROPINGS AND THE LATEST AATRC ROPING NEWS.


OUR DUMMY ROPING WAS A HIT IN TUNICA MS. FIRST PLACE IN THE 5 AND UNDER WAS KAYLA BURKES SHE WON A NICE HY-O-SLIVER BUCKLE. WATCH OUT BOYS SHE SWINGS A MEAN LOOP! IN THE 6 TO 9 WESLEY BARLOW TOOK HOME THE BUCKLE AFTER ROPING 7 IN A ROW. IN THE 10 TO 12 COOPER BRUCE PLACE 1ST ROPING ONLY SLICK HORNS. BUT EVERYONE LEFT HAPPY WITH A TOY!


MAY 4TH AND 5TH WILL BE THE NEXT ROPING THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE PLANS FOR. IT WILL BE HELD IN CANTON, TX. HOME OF THE BIGGEST FLEA MARKET. SO BRING YOUR WIVES AND MAKE RESERVATIONS EARLY BECAUSE MOTELS WILL FILL UP FAST. WE BLOCKED ROOMS IN TERRELL TX WHICH IS ABOUT 10 TO 15 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE AUSTIN ARENA. STALLS ARE LIMITED AT THIS ARENA BUT THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF TIE UP SPACE. PORTABLE PANELS ARE WELCOME! LAST YEAR WE HAD A GREAT ROPING AT THE AUSTIN ARENA. THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE NICEST COVERED PENS YOU HAVE EVER SEEN! ALSO WE BOOKED A DATE IN DERIDDER LA FOR JUNE 1ST AND 2ND. THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST TRIP TO DERIDDER SO YOU LOUISIANA ROPERS GET READY FOR US!


TODAY MY SON BROUGHT HOME FROM SCHOOL AN ART PROJECT OF WHEN PETER WALKED ON THE WATER. HE CONTINUED TO TELL ME ABOUT IT THAT THE DISCIPLES WERE ON A BOAT AND WHEN THEY SAW JESUS THEY BECAME SCARED. THINKING IT WAS A GHOST THEY CRIED OUT. JESUS THEN TOLD THEM NOT TO BE SCARED IT WAS HIM. PETER WHO THEN WANTED TO MAKE SURE ASKED JESUS TO CALL HIM OUT ON THE WATER IF IT WAS HIM. "COME," JESUS SAID, THEN THE BIBLE SAYS THAT PETER THEN WALKED ON THE WATER. THE NEXT THING THAT HAPPENED IS WHAT I WANT US TO SEE. THE BIBLES SAYS WHEN PETER TOOK HIS EYES OFF THE LORD HE THEN SAW THE STORM AND, YOU GUESSED IT, HE STARTED TO SINK. MATTHEW 14:30 &31SAYS "BUT WHEN HE SAW THE WIND, HE WAS AFRAID AND, BEGINNING TO SINK, HE CRIED OUT "LORD, SAVE ME!" IMMEDIATELY JESUS REACHED OUT HIS HAND AND CAUGHT HIM. "YOU OF LITTLE FAITH. WHY DID YOU DOUBT ME?" NOW PETER JUST SAW JESUS FEED 5000 PEOPLE WITH ONLY 5 LOAVES AND 2 FISH., BUT YET IN THE STORM HE TOOK HIS EYES OFF JESUS. JESUS WONDERED WHY PETER HAD LITTLE FAITH. THAT IS JUST THE WAY THINGS HAPPEN IN OUR LIVES. JESUS BLESSES US, ANSWERS OUR PRAYERS AND PERFORMS MIRACLES YET WHEN THE STORM COMES WE BECOME WORRIED AND SCARED. ISAIAH 4:2 SAYS "WHEN YOU PASS THROUGH THE WATERS, I WILL BE WITH YOU; AND WHEN YOU PASS THROUGH THE RIVERS, THEY WILL NOT SWEEP OVER YOU , WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE FIRE, YOU WILL NOT BE BURNED; THE FLAMES WILL NOT SET YOU ABLAZE." WE CAN STAND ON THIS VERSE. IN THE MIDST OF A STORM IF WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS AND KEEP OUR EYES ON HIM WE WILL NOT SINK. IF YOU DO BEGIN TO SINK DO LIKE PETER CALL UPON JESUS AND HE WILL PULL YOU UP. THE BIBLE DOES NOT PROMISE THAT HE WILL TAKE US OUT OF THE STORM BUT HE WILL TAKE US THROUGH IT.


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