By Joel van der Veen

DAVIDSON — A quick look at Scott Sigfusson’s odometer will tell you he’s had a busy rodeo season so far, and it isn’t over yet.

The cowboy and Davidson native said last week he’d logged over 21,000 kilometres on his truck this year, just on rodeo business.

He has competed in roughly 40 events so far this year and still has another month and a half to go before the season wraps up.

“She’s a lot of work,” he said, speaking to the Leader on his lunch break in Kerrobert, where he is employed full-time as a rider on the PFRA community pasture.

Despite all the effort and energy required, ask Sigfusson what keeps him going and he’ll tell you, quite simply: everything.

“I love the relationship between cowboy and horse, I love seeing the country,” he said. “I love the adrenalin rush of competing.”

As of last week, Sigfusson was in the lead for this year’s Canadian high-point award, leading by more than 8,000 points, according to the standings on the Canadian Cowboys Association (CCA) website.

In the event standings, he sits in first in tie-down roping, third in steer wrestling and second in team roping.

Should he maintain his standings, this would be his third time claiming the high-point award, which he took in 2012 and again in 2014.

Throughout the season — which lasts from mid-spring to Thanksgiving weekend — Sigfusson’s weekends are usually occupied with rodeo events. He said he typically competes in anywhere from one to four rodeos each week.

This summer alone, he has travelled up to Onion Lake, Sask., as far east as Selkirk, Man., and down to Coutts, Alta., which straddles the border with Montana.

He began the season in Mankota in May, winning the team roping event with his regular partner, Jim Bob Gomersall of Moose Jaw.

The closest event to home was the Lakeshore Stampede, held in Elbow from July 24 to 26, where Sigfusson finished third in tie-down roping.

For the full story, please see the Aug. 31 edition of The Davidson Leader.