Linemen from Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative were among those earning top honors at the 14th Annual Gaff-n-Go Lineman’s Rodeo last month at Meadow Event Park in Doswell, Va. The Gaff-n-Go Lineman’s Rodeo features journeyman teams and individual apprentice linemen who perform required skills atop 40-foot utility poles. NOVEC’s journeyman team of Jesse Taylor (left), Justin Bettis (right) , and Nicholas Reckmeyer placed first in the Climbing Skills and Hurt Man Rescue events, and third in the Recloser Change-Out event.