#10 Gold Plus Shoot Out
Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping
Wednesday October 24, 2012
Oklahoma State Fairgrounds Coliseum
By Melinda Clements
“The
banter of the announcer, the music and the excitement motivates me,” Glen
Terrell commented. “I want to go faster, rope quicker and hurry. My greatest challenge is timing, to
slow down and focus; to rope right.”
Evidently
his timing was on track coming into the short go round of the #10 Gold Plus
Shoot Out at the 2012 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. Glen Terrell
takes care of you. He watches out
for others and that kind of focus brought him and partner, Randy Coleman to the
short go round. They had roped
well all day and were the third high call back team shooting for a win in the
average.
“It
was a tough short go round,” Randy Coleman said. “We had roped well all day and
the last thing we wanted to do was change anything.”
Thirty
teams were coming back in the short go round and thirty teams would receive
paychecks. First place in the average
would split $56,500. First place
high money winner would drive home in a new Ram four door dually truck. The second high money winner would own
a Case IH Farmall 75A Tractor.
As
the third high team coming back into the short go round Coleman and Terrell
watched the roping unfold. It was proving to be a tough competitive short go
round.
“I
wasn’t all that nervous,” Coleman replied. “My family and I do this all the
time. There are no losers
here. It has been a win/win
situation for everyone involved.
We just needed to go rope our roping and not worry about anything else.”
When
the seventh high team back of Jerry Elkins and Rudy Gonzales roped their short
go round steer in 8.49 the heat went up.
With six teams to go for the chips it was going to be anybody’s ball
game. Terrell and Coleman knew
they needed to be at least ten on their steer to take the lead from Elkins and
Gonzales. They rode into the box knowing
a good practice run assured them of at least a third place check.
“Don’t
change anything,” Coleman kept upper most in his mind. “Rope like you have
roped all day!” He did exactly
that. The pair posted a time of
8.56 with two teams to go. They
rode out the back gate perfectly satisfied to take home third place and
$28,000.
Terrell
watched the team of Teri and Jody Stamper post a time of 9.12 to move into
second place and everyone waited on the high team back. When the high call team failed to make
a qualified run Terrell and Coleman couldn’t believe it. They had just won the #10 Gold Plus
Shoot Out and a shot at the Ram Truck and the Case IH Farmall Tractor. It was all a little overwhelming.
Following
a rope off that paired friends and buddies with friends and buddies it was
determined Terrell would take the truck and Coleman would take the
tractor.
“The
good Lord has just blessed us,” Terrell said. “I was hyper and pumped
throughout the whole thing. I have
great friends who have encouraged us.
I have a good friend Dallas Hooper who is undergoing dialysis and he
encourages me and wanted me to come and rope. I have family and friends who promote us. It is such a
blessing to win.”
“It
was just a business man’s run in the short go round,” Coleman said. “My kids
and grandkids encourage us to rope. My whole family is involved.”
Coleman’s
grandson had won the dummy roping earlier and so tradition seems to run in the
family. His sons also rope.
“My
Papa encourages me and helps me to not be nervous,” said Jacob Coleman about
his granddad. “He helps me to not feel pressure and to just rope the best I
can.”
Despite
not roping together all that much Coleman and Terrell paired up in a winning
format to take the average of the #10 Gold Plus Shoot Out. It was a matter of friends helping
friends to do well. This one was a
memory maker and a life changer.
Randy
Coleman summed it up well when he said, “There are no losers here.” The #10 Gold Plus Shoot Out was
definitely a win / win situation.
