ANOTHER Warwick Rodeo down and one year closer to the centenary of the most famous rodeo in Australia.

This year's Warwick Rodeo was the 89th and checking through the official guide published in the Daily News, the first winner of the saddle bronc was A. Trott from Pittsworth and the first winner of the bull ride was F. Ebzery from Woodenbong.

B. Toohey from Townsville won the first steer wrestling in 1955 and this year, the all around cowboy title was won by Campbell Hodson, a cowboy who is formerly from Townsville but now calls Emerald home.

A.R. Atthow won the first Gold Cup campdraft in 1930 on Mirth and there are still riders of the same surname competing in Warwick. May Wood won the ladies silver draft in 1930 on a horse called Tosh.

A look through the list of original winners reveals Warwick rider Scott Keogh won the first junior steer ride in 1995.

I still remember him being bitterly disappointed in getting a no mark out from the judges when he was desperate to win a saddle bronc title at his hometown rodeo.

Scott went to America and performed strongly in the toughest competition in the world which at the time won him a senior sports star of the year award.

This year's campdraft and rodeo went like clockwork and hats off to all the volunteers. I was looking at parking in a certain spot on Sunday and saw volunteers only, they deserve a good parking spot if anyone does.

One volunteer who deserves a gold medal each year is Paul Maher, who is on his horse in the arena during the bull ride.

He has the happy knack of knowing how to settle down a wild bull and with patience and a bit of noise with his stock whip, most of the well-trained bulls will head back to the yard.

Some might wonder why fewer and fewer riders are making time in the bull ride. One factor is that more and more of the bulls are bred to buck. It is understandable to see the delight of a cowboy when he makes time.