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 Whoever would believe that childhood dreams could come true?  Well this is exactly what happened to Andy and Jeri Camputaro (Camp to the rodeo world).  Both are originally from urban areas - Andy is from West Haven, CT and Jeri is from Port Washington, Long Island - and each had dreamed of the country life with horses and all the trimmings.

  As a youth, after Andy was a spectator at his first rodeo, his dream was to ride with the rodeo circuit.  He began traveling the circuit soon after, riding bulls and bareback horses.  Andy became a professional rodeo clown for a number of years and then eventually went on to only compete in the roping events.  However, being a competitor was no longer his dream.  Andy now dreamed of owning his own rodeo company.  He became familiar with the production/business end of the rodeo while he was a partner in the weekly rodeos that were held in Round Top, NY from 1964-1975.

  Jeri had always dreamed of working around livestock.  So, during her high school years, she went to work at the ranch-resort, Rocking Horse Ranch, in Highland, NY, on weekends and during vacations.  "This was the turning point in my life."  She eventually moved to Highland and began working full time at the ranch.  With the assistance of the Turk family, she was able to develop a keen interest in business while polishing her riding abilities.  It was through the ranch that Andy and Jeri met and married.  Since their dreams were similar, they began to put them into action.  They purchased a 55-acre ranch in Catskill, NY and it is now the headquarters for the Double R Championship Rodeo Company.

     The rodeo company's first break came with the first annual rodeo for the Aleppo Temple Shriners in Wilmington, MA.  It was through this fine organization that they were able to show their great talents as rodeo coordinators and stock contractors.  Other breakthroughs for Double R were: in 1985 the rodeo toured Puerto Rico for 30 days, then in 1990 their Contoocook, NH rodeo was voted 1990 IPRA BEST NEW RODEO OF THE YEAR by the membership of the IPRA (International Professional Rodeo Assoc.).  In 1993 Double R was voted 1993 IPRA PRODUCER OF THE YEAR.  IN 1995, once again, they received the coveted award PRODUCER OF THE YEAR along with 1995 BEST NEW RODEO and 1995 BEST RODEO OF THE YEAR (a clean sweep of the biggest awards the IPRA has).

     Throughout the year, Andy travels the country always searching for the best bucking stock and rodeo acts available.  Jeri remains at home during the off season where she is employed by Peckham Materials as a dispatcher.  She spends much of the winter coordinating the music and the opening pageants, for which they are famous.  Their son, Justin, relocated to Florida, recently married and is the Director of Student Activities at Jacksonville University.  His experience with organizing events at the University is a huge help to Andy & Jeri when planning a Double R production.

     The huge success of the Double R Championship Rodeo Co. is due to the strong will of these three people, although they are more likely to say the success of each and every show is due to the great crew they have. 

(Many of their crew has been with the rodeo since the beginning when they first became a "road show," which is well over 25 years.)  Whatever the reason may be for their success, it could never have happened had it not been for the two people who set out to see their dreams come true.

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Ranch Headquarters:
3084 Old Kings Road
Catskill, NY 12414
518-943-2223
   Email Us:  rrrodeo@mhcable.com

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