Your Tennessee Valley Lineman Rodeo Committee would like to announce that the 11th Annual Rodeo will be held on June 13-14 in Sevierville, TN.

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• Events
• Registration
• Training
• Judges
• Hotel Information
• Directions
• Schedule of Events

Alcohol and drug use will not be permitted at any official rodeo function or on the competition field at any time. Violators will be asked to leave. Competitors may be disqualified.

• Apprentice* Events include Hurtman Rescue, Written Test**, Skill Climb, Open Wire Secondary Sag and Down Sidewalk Guy.
• Journeyman Teams*** will compete with Hurtman Rescue, Parallel Secondary Change, Two-Phase Wire Transfer and Open Delta Transformer Banking.
• Individual Journeymen**** will compete with Hurtman Rescue, Skill Climb, Arrestor Change and Two Phase Wire Tranfer.
• Individual Seniors will compete with Hurtman Rescue, Single Phase Wire Transfer and Open Wire Sag.

REMINDER: Events must be completed in the sequence they are assigned to maintain the schedule and fairness of the competition. If events are backed up, competitors must receive authorization from the master judge to rotate out of sequence. Event rotation flow will be monitored and enforced. Teams and individuals will have 45 minutes between events and will have to check in with the event judges when they arrive at the event. Event rotation schedules will be distributed with registration packets. Score sheets will include a check-in/check-out time. Judges will also have a schedule with check-in/check-out times as well as team and individual names so that participants can be located more easily for enforcement.

*An apprentice is defined by their status effective on the date of the Rodeo. If the winning apprentice from the Tennessee Valley Lineman Rodeo is not eligible to compete as an apprentice in the APPA or International Lineworker Rodeo, the entry fees and stipend will go to the next winning apprentice who is eligible to compete.

**A study guide for the Apprentice written test will be provided.

***Definition of a Team: three linemen who can rotate between events as climbers/groundmen OR two linemen and one groundman or apprentice. All climbers must be journeymen linemen.

****Individual journeyman participants must be a journeymen not competing on a team. Linemen who qualify for the individual senior competition may participate in both the senior individual events on Friday and journeyman individual or team events on Saturday.

A QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION WITH MASTER, CHIEF AND EVENT JUDGES WILL BE HELD FRIDAY, JUNE 13 FROM 1:00-2:00 P.M. AT THE SEVIER COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE 15 MINUTES TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT EACH EVENT. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS TO ASK QUESTIONS AND CLARIFY DETAILS. EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND.

COMPETITORS WHO WISH TO ASK ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AT THE EVENT SITES MAY DO SO FROM 2-3:30 P.M. ON FRIDAY.

REGISTRATION:
Entry forms may be found by clicking here. Please print, complete and mail in for registration or register online. Apprentice and Individual Journeyman fees are $150. Journeyman Team fees are $300. Liability forms must be submitted with each registration. Registration fees include one Rodeo DVD for each company who registers. Two teams, two individual journeymen and two apprentices are the maximum number per utility. However, if the cutoff number has not been met by the early registration deadline, additional teams, journeymen and apprentices may be registered on a first-come, first-served basis. Please include e-mail information with registration so that everyone may be contacted if registration opens up again after the deadline.

THE EARLY DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS MAY 2 2008.

Cancellation Fee: There is a 30-day cancellation policy on participant registrations. Notice of cancellation is required in writing. Cancellations made prior to the 30-day deadline (May 16) will be charged 50% of their entry fees. Cancellations made after May 16 will forfeit entry fees in full.

TRAINING:
In the spirit of safety and training, a supplemental training sessions will be offered on Friday, June 13 at the Oak Tree Lodge Conference Center.

• Transformer Safety
• Digital Three-Phase Device Controls

Cost for the training is included in the registration fee. A registration form for the classes can be found here.

JUDGES:
Remember that Judges are needed as well as competitors to make a successful Rodeo. Please encourage any qualified employee to volunteer their time and share their knowledge. Companies with participants are strongly encouraged to send one judge for every two competitors or team. Judge registration forms can be found here.

HOTEL INFORMATION:
A room block has been set up at the Fairfield Inn & Suites Pigeon Forge (865.429.8300) and the Oak Tree Lodge (800.637.7002). A special rate of $99 is available for standard rooms, suites and king rooms $120. The block has been reserved for June 12-15 and will be released May 12, 2008. Mention the Tennessee Valley Lineman Rodeo to receive block room rates.

Overflow lodging available at the:

• Hampton Inn & Suites, 865.465.0590, $99 (reduced rate for rodeo participants)
• Smokey Mountain Days Inn, 800.304.3915, $59.95 (reduced rate for rodeo participants)
• Super 8 Motel, 865.429.0887, $67 (reduced rate for rodeo participants)

DIRECTIONS:
Coming soon.