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World Professional Standings
2009 - 17th
2008 - 11th
2007 - 9th
2006 - 7th
2005 - 4th
2004 - 8th
2003 - 7th
Personal Information
Eddie Melville is an outrider with a distinguished record both on and off the racetrack. While riding on a limited basis in 2009 he won the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby with Chad Harden. He was the first outrider to win the prestigious WPCA Chuckwagon Person of the Year award in 2008 and was the first outrider to be a finalist for the Calgary Stampede’s prestigious Guy Weadick Award. Eddie has won 4 Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Championships, 3 Calgary Stampede Aggregate winners, 2 WPCA Dodge Pro Tour Championships, received a WPCA Active Supporter Award in 2007, is a 3-time recipient of the Rod Glass Memorial Award for most improved outrider, and was the driving force behind the WPCA's “Equine Outfit of Excellence." A third generation chuckwagon competitor, Eddie’s grandfather is chuckwagon legend Orville Strandquist and his uncle Ron Strandquist, now a Calgary Stampede chuckwagon judge, was an accomplished outrider as well. Eddie played hockey for two years with the Calgary Jr. “A” Royals of the AJHL, and Bemidji State University where he graduated in 1997 with a B.S degree and won three NCAA hockey championships. Easily spotted on the racetrack by the playing card symbols on his helmet, Eddie works in the oil industry for Import Tool Corp. Ltd.
Major Awards And Victories
- 1992: Rod Glass Memorial Award (Most Improved Outrider)
- 1998: Calgary Stampede Aggregate Champion Outrider
- 2001: WPCA Dodge Pro Tour Champion Outrider
- 2003: Rod Glass Memorial Award (Most Improved Outrider)
- 2004: Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Outrider
- 2005: Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Outrider, Calgary Stampede Aggregate Champion Outrider, WPCA Dodge Pro Tour Champion Outrider, Rod Glass Memorial Award (Most Improved Outrider)
- 2007: Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Outrider, Calgary Stampede Aggregate Champion Outrider, WPCA Active Supporter Award
- 2008: WPCA Chuckwagon Person of the Year
- 2009: Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Outrider
- 2010: Calgary Stampede Aggregate Champion Outrider, WPCA Dodge Pro Tour Champion Outrider
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