Page 44 - 2022 Rodeo Program

44 – CANBY RODEO
Pickup Man - Mitch Coleman
August 16-20, 2022, 64th Annual
Ranch raised in Molalla, Oregon, Mitch has worked around rodeos since he was a little boy. After successfully mastering competition events in high school, Mitch took on a new challenge as a bull fighter. However, after suffering a severe knee injury in 2014 during the rodeo in Clovis, California, he turned his concentration back to working solely as a pick-up man.
Pickup Man Gary Rempel
Born Sept. 5, 1951 in Elrose, Saskatchewan. He was raised on the Matador Ranch near Kyle, Saskatchewan, one of the largest ranches in Canada. At it’s inception in 1905, the Matador Land and Cattle Company was six townships (140,000 acres) and was a part of the Matador holdings that stretched south to Texas. In 1923 the lease was taken over by the Saskatchewan dept. of Agriculture to establish the first government supervised community
pasture in western Canada. John Rempel, Gary’s father, started riding on the Matador in 1943 and was appointed manager in 1962, and was there until his retirement in 1984. Gary grew up on the back of a horse doing everything you do on a ranch. Cowboying was all that he ever wanted to do.
His father John worked occasionally as a pickup man for the late Jerry Meyers, of the Bar T Rodeo in Saskatchewan. Gary competed in calf roping and team roping, but always wanted to pick up. Gary got his opportunity when Jerry had 2 rodeos on the same weekend, so Gary’s official debut was in Hallonquist, Sask., working with Pete Aksomitis. Mostly self-taught, Gary learned the finer points of picking up when he went to Calgary and worked with Wayne Vold.
Pickup Man Matt Twitchell
Hailing from the great state of Utah, Matt and his wife, Molly have become mainstays on the West Coast with Bridwell Pro Rodeo. Starting in 2010 as a full-time pick- up man for the firm, Matt has been selected multiple times to the California Circuit Finals Rodeo as well as to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo 6-times. He was also nominated by his peers for the PRCA’s inaugural Pick-Up Man of the Year Award in 2018. In his free time Matt enjoys flying airplanes as a licensed pilot.