On Saturday, May 24th, Southland Transportation held its annual School Bus Roadeo in Calgary for the Southern Alberta region. It was a beautiful sunny day, with many in attendance to assist and support our contestants at the 2025 Southland Alberta Roadeo. We had a great turnout of 31 contestants, with 23 in the big bus category and 8 in the small bus category. Among those 31 were 14 first-time participants, that we call Rookies!
The Roadeo is a long-standing tradition for Southland and has continued to evolve and grow each year. Our teams of Operations, Safety, and Training look forward to this event all year.
The Roadeo would not have been a success without the assistance of so many people and departments.
- Safety and Training in setting up and judging the event, along with hosting practice sessions for a month prior.
- Martino and shuttlers for clearing out the Ogden Yard of buses.
- Steve Brown and his skid steerer skills in filling in potholes in the yard.
- Evan Machacek from the CCOE took all the pictures and videos to capture the event.
Our local and rural Operations teams organized the event behind the scenes and ensured that our over 150 guests in attendance were well-fed for breakfast and lunch. And, of course, our amazing volunteers, chaperones, and our zoo driver. Thank you, everyone, for another successful event!
20 of our 31 contestants will be heading to Nisku, AB, on June 6 to represent Southland Southern Alberta in the annual Provincial Roadeo. We are looking so forward to this event with our drivers.
Local Winners were as follows.
Calgary Big Bus:
- David Martin
- Heidi Hartwick
- Erik Fehr
Okotoks Big Bus:
- Sara Moroski
- Ric Matkowski (Rookie)
Medicine Hat Big Bus:
- Jenetta Raible (Rookie)
- Clayton Orge
- Gerald Marple (Rookie)
Lethbridge Big Bus:
- Patricia Zwingli
- Sheila Kraft (Rookie)
- Donna Hart-Murchison
Cochrane Big Bus:
- Courtney Schreiner (Rookie)
- Amy Porter
Small Bus Southern Alberta:
- Kimberly Doyle – From Calgary
- Kodie McInnes – From Lethbridge
- Linda Mitchell – From Medicine Hat
Team Winners:
Ashley van Hoeve
Erik Fehr
Dwayne Nearing
Shaunak Pandaya
Nancy Clark
Top Rookie overall for Southern Alberta – Jenetta Raible from Medicine Hat!
Top Scorer overall for Southern Alberta – David Martin from Calgary!