It took 20 minutes for the entries for this year’s Guyra time piece campdraft to fill up.
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Competitors from across NSW and Queensland raced to get their entries in and campdraft committee member Donna Davidson said there was an overwhelming amount of people who missed out.
“We have attracted over 800 entries from Queensland and NSW,” she said.
“The entries opened at 7am and they were full by 7.20am.
“It is just how the sport is today.
“We have had a massive waiting list, it is just a bugger you can’t cater for everyone.
“We had over 300 on a waiting list within 20 minutes of the entries opening online.
“We had to knock back people from Clermont, 1000 kilometres.”
From the novice event at 6am on Saturday, the showground will be full of campdrafters.
They will be back at it early Sunday trying to squeeze every run and event in.
“It’s massive, we used to run three days but it is a huge job for a committee so we just stick to two days now,” Davidson said.
The time piece part comes in the form of competitors riding to claim a handcrafted rosewood clock, made locally by Lindsay Dunn.
Davidson highlighted the Luke Brown memorial juvenile campdraft as being a “feature event that will attract some really good juvenile riders.”
She also made mention of the eight local families who have donated cattle to use.
“Without our local cattle donors these events wouldn’t run,” Davidson said.
“The Guyra campdraft committee would like to acknowledge the cattle donors for their support of this event.”
Cattle donors: Pip & Judy Grills, David & Alison Bradford, Warren & Chris Grills, Doug Ferris, John & Debra Curtin, George Rose & Michael Croft, David & Michelle McKemey & Dan & Katrina McKemey.