Bull rider Paddy Church competing at the Opotiki Rodeo in the North Island. After a 22-year absence, the Wakatipu Rodeo Club’s hoping to make a comeback. Though still incorporated, the club went into recess in 1999, after its former arena, at Arrowtown’s Butel Park, was subdivided. ‘‘He just wants to see it happening,’’ says Sharp, who also had long-time New Zealand champion rodeo rider, Patrick McCarthy, check out the venue. ‘‘There’s always going to be an element of that, and it’s usually people who don’t really understand.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 05, 2021 22:07 UTC