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Making history in the Australian sport of campdrafting, a group of dedicated students have taken the reins on creating the first north Queensland high school campdraft in Charters Towers. This is a school competition showcasing horsemanship.

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00:00This is a school competition showcasing horsemanship.
00:07A lot of us, we don't do things like netball because we don't have it out where we are, it's camp drafting.
00:13An Australian made sport where competitors try to beat the clock while racing cattle through a course.
00:20It feels like you're flying. It absolutely feels so powerful and so good to be out there,
00:25especially wandering with your horse and working towards a goal together.
00:29Despite being popular with North Queensland teens, the closest school competition was more than 14 hours away.
00:36That was until a group of high school students decided to create their own event in Charters Towers.
00:42I really wanted to get a team for my school to go, but it was too far.
00:47So, you know, if you can't go down there, then bring one up here.
00:51It's been two years in the making. Backed by the Australian Camp Drafting Association and the Department of Education,
00:57a student committee has handled everything from planning to sponsorship.
01:02Most of them are in grade 12, so they're also still studying. So they find time to do this and that as well in their grades.
01:08So, yeah, it's a big effort for them.
01:10They're hoping more schools will get on board.
01:13A lot of schools, they don't see it as a sport, so they don't really even try to help kids into it.
01:20And give other students that feeling of flying.
01:24I would love to have the chance to be able to show them what it is all about and, like, have them see exactly what we do.
01:31Yeah.
01:32I got them all in.
01:33I really like them all because we need to know what we do.
01:34I got some pixie with my wood, but reproduction in charge is why we need to find better and kind of help.
01:36I really like it so much much and healthy.
01:38So it depends on the other hand, and a little bit.
01:39I love what they do, and I love what we do.
01:41How do you agree what we do?
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