EVENT FACTS
Athletes ranked in the top 20 of their respective leaderboards and any athlete with a Qualifier Series generic qualification and the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo Qualifiers are eligible to enter the event.
View Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo Fact Sheet HERE
World Champions will be crowned in all disciplines from both the PRO Leaderboard and the Challenger Leaderboard. In addition, the All-Around World Championship will be awarded based on total points earned from the combined PRO/CHL Leaderboards.
World Championship cumulative points will accrue through the entire segment (April 18, 2022 – – April 16, 2023) and extend through the WRWC Qualifying Rounds, Semi-Final Round, and Aggregate. Refer to the charts below to review the World Championship Points available during the WRWC event.
Each event Champion will walk away with $60,000 while the All-Around Champion will earn a $20,000 cash bonus. WRWC will also award each World Champion a $5,000 bonus per discipline per leaderboard along with a Jessie Jaymes Silversmith world champion buckle.
The Showdown and Triple Crown rounds occur after the World Championships have been awarded. These rounds will not be included in the cumulative points for the 2022 World Championships.
View event World Points HERE
The event will award a $750,000 guaranteed payout with equal money in all four disciplines.
The event payout includes the following bonus payouts. The full payout will be posted once it is finalized.
– World Champion – $5,000 bonus per discipline per leaderboard
– All-Around Champion – $20,000 based on total cumulative discipline points from combined leaderboards
– Event Champion – $60,000 per discipline
The 2022 Women’s Rodeo World Championship Leaderboard will remain open until April 16, 2023 at 11:59 p.m.
To participate in the WRWC, an athlete just needs to register as a user in the Virtual Rodeo Qualifier (VRQ). No membership dues or fees required.
REGISTER HERE
HOW TO NOMINATE
In November 2021, It was announced that the 2022 Women’s Rodeo World Championship will join the Triple Crown of Rodeo. The Triple Crown of Rodeo is an annual bonus that pays a $1 Million cash award to any one athlete or collection of athletes who win first place in any three consecutive WCRA Major Rodeos.
In an effort to create more opportunities for all women rodeo athletes, the Women’s Rodeo World Championship (WRWC) has launched a tiering system based on earnings and rankings in the respective disciplines at the WRWC. This tiering system will level the playing field by dividing the pro and challenger athletes into their respective pools in the 2022 WRWC qualifying rounds and give each group a direct path to compete at center stage.
Rodeo Logistics will update Challenger Classifications quarterly. Athlete earnings in GBR and BAW will be reviewed at the end of each yearly quarter to verify classification status. If an athlete is promoted out of the Challenger Leaderboard, the athlete’s total points and any Qualifier Series generic qualifications in that discipline will be moved to the PRO Leaderboard. Team Ropers will be required to show proof of their classification. Any roper classified as a #4.5 or less is eligible to compete as a Challenger. The WRWC Competition Committee reserves the right to verify or modify any classification based on known information.
ALL CHALLENGER INFORMATION HERE
The world championship event is open to any biological female athlete over the age of 13 years old competing in breakaway roping, barrel racing, team roping is eligible.
Athletes are allowed one (1) entry per discipline in the 2022 WRWC event.
Athletes seeded in the Showdown Round (Leaderboard #1) are eligible to participate in the Qualifying Rounds for payout, World points, and All-Around points.
An athlete must nominate and earn points at any event with publicly verifiable results on the VRQ. Eligible events must be an OPEN event where all ages can compete. Once you pay your nomination fee, if you place in a paid position at the event, WCRA will input the results into its system, and your points will be applied during the weekly leaderboard update.
Athletes ranked in the Top 20 of their respective Leaderboard (Pro & Challenger) are eligible to enter the event.
– WRWC Leaderboard #1-20 and Qualifying Series Winners: Complimentary Entry Fees
2022 LEADERBOARD BENEFITS
LEADERBOARD #1:
(PRO & Challenger)
– Seeded in Showdown Round
– Eligible to participate in Qualifying Rounds for payout, World Points, and All-Around points
– Complimentary entry fees
– Complimentary – one (1) hotel room (or RV spot) for up to three (3) nights
– Complimentary – one (1) horse stall with four (4) bags of shavings
LEADERBOARD #2-4
(PRO & Challenger)
– Eligible to participate in Qualifying Rounds for payout and All-Around points
– Complimentary entry fees
– Complimentary – one (1) horse stall with four (4) bags of shavings
LEADERBOARD # 1-20 (AND ANY ATHLETES WITH A GENERIC QUALIFICATION)
(PRO & Challenger)
– Complimentary entry fees
– Competition order in qualifying rounds based on leaderboard rank
· BAW/TR – reverse order of Leaderboard in Round 1
· GBR – in order of Leaderboard
Team Roping Announcements
– Team Roping Leaderboard position based on combined athlete points, including #1
– Rope barrier to be used
– Heelers allowed to tie-on
Team Roping nominations are now organized in the Virtual Rodeo Qualifier (VRQ) by the class (division), rather than by the event. It is important that all team ropers select the class you wish to nominate. This will ensure that you will receive points for the roping class that you intended to nominate.
You can still nominate once for a class and receive points for your highest placing inside of that class. But you can no longer nominate an event and get points for your highest placing out of all of the classes.
This change was made because in some cases, jackpots were being ranked too high due to being grouped with multiple classes of ropings. So, moving forward Team Roping jackpots will now be listed in the VRQ separately by classes. This allows each roping class to be ranked by its total payout rather than including other roping classes, which may be affecting the ranking and making it too high.
Example: A World Series roping pays out over $200,000 on a weekend but the Open class may only payout $9,000. So, rather than an athlete paying a Division One $200 nomination fee for roping in the Open, the athlete would pay for a Division Four $50 nomination fee.
Questions? Contact support@wrwc.rodeo or call 800-575-9792