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Paul Horne benefit huge success!
A huge crowd is on hand tonight at the benefit for Cornwall Curling Club member Paul Horne at the North Shore Community Centre. Paul, who suffered a significant cardiac attack while on the ice at the Club on Monday, January 18th, was released from hospital on April 9th, and was in attendance to greet everyone at the fundraiser. Besides a lot of occupational therapy, renovations were required to accommodate Paul at home, and he will need to travel off Island for further tests. At tonight’s benefit, Krista Affleck, who had performed CPR on Paul at the Club, was congratulated by Paul and his wife Eileen for her courageous assistance.
Photo (L-R): Paul Horne, Krista Affleck, Eileen Horne
Fundraising activities tonight included a silent auction, a 50X50 draw, and a live auction for some of the “big ticket” items, including a Cornwall Curling Club membership, donated by the Club, and purchased by Paul Neima. Cornwall Club member Scott Jeffrey, who donated his Movin’ and Groovin’ DJ service (peidj.com) for the night, is on stage now, spinning the disks for the dance. Thanks to everyone who helped make this night a huge success!
Volunteer now for The Dominion Curling Club Championship!
The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company (The Dominion) is once again taking Canadian curling to another level with The Dominion Curling Club Championship—this year in Prince Edward Island! Set to benefit Canadian club curlers and charities, this year’s event promises to be the best yet, with Islanders showing champions their Eastern hospitality. Please volunteer to help with the second annual event and join The Dominion in giving club curlers the opportunity to compete for a national title. We can’t do it without people like you!
The Championship provides the opportunity for club teams to represent their club at the zone, provincial, or territory level, and ultimately offers them the opportunity to compete on the national stage. Teams from all 10 provinces and 3 territories, plus a separate entry for Northern Ontario, will compete at the Charlottetown and Cornwall Curling Clubs November 23rd-28th, 2010. Details can be found online at thedominioncurls.ca.
Once again in 2010, The Dominion Curling Club Championship will direct any profit generated to charities, including the Canadian Paraplegic Association (CPA) and developmental curling initiatives in communities across Canada.
If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out the attached volunteer information form, print it out, sign and date it, and mail or fax it to:
Kate Arkilander, Volunteer Recruitment & Scheduling
The Dominion Curling Club Championship
c/o The Dominion
165 University Avenue, 5th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5H 3B9
Fax: 416-362-1602
Feel free to drop the form off at Peake & McInnis Insurance in Charlottetown, and they will be glad to fax it in for you.
Canadian curlers are the best in the world! Please join The Dominion and the Charlottetown and Cornwall Curling Clubs in making the Provincial/Territorial Club Champions feel like first class athletes, and help us ensure The Dominion Curling Club Championship is a complete success.
Please contact me if you have any questions. On behalf of the event’s Host Committee, thank you for volunteering!
Kate Arkilander
HR Administrator, Human Resources, The Dominion
Phone: 416-350-7749
Fax: 416-362-1602
Email: karkilander@thedominion.ca
Website: thedominion.ca
Click for Volunteer Form in Adobe PDF format Click for Volunteer Form in MS Word Format
Town moves ahead with plan to replace curling clubhouse, ice plant
DAVE STEWART
The Guardian
CORNWALL — The town is moving ahead with plans to replace the aging 40-year-old Cornwall Civic Centre.
Council held its annual public monthly meeting Wednesday night and although there wasn’t a resolution to vote on per se, the topic was raised.
Mayor Patrick MacFadyen said engineering firm CBCL has come back to the town with drawings and those drawings have now been passed on to the four user groups for approval — 50-plus, Lions’ Club, curling club and the town itself.
“Council looked at it and made a couple of changes,’’ MacFadyen said. “It’s just sort of a conceptual drawing and now it’s going to the main user groups of the facility to take a look and get their input.’’
The centre, located at 29 Cornwall Rd., is also home to the town’s curling club, which is about 28 years old.
Click to read this story in today’s Guardian.
Red rules as Countryview Closing Spiel wraps up Cornwall Curling Season
The red teams continued to be red hot on Saturday, winning the Countryview Golf Closing Spiel by the widest margin ever – a score of 153 to 118 points over their blue opponents, and gaining control of the prize table. Even the reverse draw for a free membership next year was won by a Red – Tom Dunn! Blue has a whole year to rebuild, though, and will be looking for revenge next year!
Off the ice, Saturday activities included some serious foosball play, burgers on the barbie with potato salad, and some great live music in the afternoon by Nathan Condon and Mike Johnston. Following the last round of curling, a fantastic meal consisting of roast pork loin, home made baked beans, baked potatoes with all the trimmings, and dessert of ice cream and cookies was enjoyed by everyone.
Check out the slideshow for day two photos:
Following the meal, and the trip to the prize table for the Reds (and some door prizes, too), organizers Barb and Ray Biagé thanked everyone who participated, and everyone who helped out at the event, along with our great sponsors Carl and Karen Currie from Countryview Golf course. Don’t forget, Countryview opened for the season yesterday, so head on out to route 19 in Fairview, and check out their Masters specials this weekend, with 25 to 50 percent off all in-stock merchandise. Call 675-2800 or email proshop@countryviewgolf.com to reserve a tee-time, and visit CountryviewGolf.com to check out their great annual membership rates, starting at only $260 for one specified weekday (Mon-Fri) , plus taxes and applicable PEIGA fees.
Barb also mentioned the upcoming benefit for Paul Horne on the 30th at the North Shore Community Centre. Scott Jeffrey (PEIDJ.com), who played the music for us on Friday night, is donating his services for that event, and Barb passed the hat to help him with expense money. Paul is out of the hospital, and doing well, following his heart incident at the Club in January, and is expected to eventually recover fully. However, expenses are being incurred for home adaptations, and out-of-province travel. If you are interested in donating an item for the Silent Auction or have any questions, please contact Steve or Teresa Horne @ 892-8896 or horne@eastlink.ca. Barb urged everyone to attend the benefit, and “bring your cheque book”!
President John DeLuca wrapped up the event by thanking Barb and Ray and all their assistants, along with the attendees, sponsors, club staff, and entertainers for the great event, and thanked everyone for a very successful season at the Club. He also mentioned that Club renovations are still happening, and that the Town of Cornwall is supposed to have concept drawings available in the next week or so.
He also talked about the need for upwards of 200 volunteers for The Dominion National Curling Championship, happening Nov. 23-28 at the Charlottetown and Cornwall clubs, and made volunteer application forms available. Online volunteer registration is not working yet (I’ll let you know when they have it working), but you can also contact Kate Arkilander at The Dominion, email karkilander@thedominion.ca if you can help out in any way.
Thanks again for a great event and a great season! The juniors take to the ice today for their closing skating and curling event, with the ice plant shutting down later today. See you all at the Paul Horne Benefit on the 30th, the Awards Night and Annual General Meeting in early May (more on this later), and the annual 9-hole best-ball golf tournament at Countryview on June 19th (get in touch with Carl at Countryview, or Bob Fowler, to sign up).
Reds hot, hot, hot as Countryview Closing Spiel goes tropical!
It was a great day to be Red, following Friday play at the Cornwall Curling Club's Countryview Golf Closing Bonspiel. The opening draw saw two sheets in play, with Red winning one game and losing the other, to end up in a dead heat. It was also close after the second draw, but, by the end of the third round, Red had a firm hold on the lead, with a 49-41 score. Blue isn't ready to concede yet, however, and with today's draws getting underway at 9 am, with the last draw at 4, anything can happen (and usually does!).
Last night's activities took on a tropical theme, with the club decorated to the 9's with palm trees, hula girls, sombreros, a swimming pool, and just about every tropical cliché one could dream up! An authentic tropical meal of tacos and ice cream was served, and Scott Jeffrey of Moovin' and Groovin' (peidj.com)kept everybody dancing to the tropical tunes well into the night. A nice jacket from Countryview Golf(who, by the way, are opening today) and a bag big enough to hold a person were among the door prizes given out at the dance. Enough talking -- check out the slide show and see for yourself what fun we can have!
There's some live music in store on Saturday afternoon, and the barbecue will see action at noon as the fun and food continues on Saturday. Things will wind up with a dinner and awards ceremony with prizes for the winning colour. See you at the Club!
Clarey and Duffenais rinks win The Dominion Club Ch’ship
The Donald Clarey rink from the Montague Curling Club, and the Jeanne Duffenais foursome from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside are the winner’s of the second annual The Dominion Provincial Curling Club Championship, which wrapped up this afternoon at the Cornwall Curling Club.
Photo (L-R): Donald Clarey, Larry Richards, Mike Clarey, Cameron Lerch
The Clarey team, which includes Larry Richards, Mike Clarey, and Cameron Lerch, with fifth player Elliot Morrison, beat the Kevin Ellsworth rink from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton by a 7-3 score in this afternoon’s final. Clarey picked up a deuce in the first end, with Ellsworth blanking the second and taking only a single in the third, before Clarey recorded a triple in the fourth for a 5-1 lead at the half. Clarey followed an Ellsworth single in five with a deuce in six. Ellsworth picked up a single in seven, but ran out of rocks in the eighth. Other members of the runner-up Kevin Ellsworth rink are Fred Fraser, Alan Gaudet, and Gifford Costain.
Clarey, Ellsworth, and Dave Ross of Charlottetown all finished round robin play with 5-1 win-loss records. After draws to the button results were compared, Ellsworth was awarded first place, and advanced directly to the final. Ellsworth and Ross squared off in the semi-final earlier this afternoon, with Clarey winning by a 7-4 score.
Photo (L-R) Jeanne Duffenais, Kim Aylward, Michelle Weaver, Debbie Caissy
The Jeanne Duffenais team was skipped by Kim Aylward when the team won their club’s title, but, as Aylward had to miss some of the earlier games in the provincial, Duffenais skipped this event, with Aylward playing third. Michelle Weaver throwing second stones, and Debbie Caissy in the lead position. They defeated the Lorianne Davies rink from the host Cornwall Curling Club in an exciting come-from-behind extra-end game by a 9-7 score in the final.
After a steal of two in the fifth, Davies was in front by a 6-2 score after five ends, but Duffenais picked up a single in the sixth, and stole four points in the seventh to grab a one point lead. Davies picked up a single in the eighth to tie the game, but Duffenais had last rock advantage in the extra, and scored a deuce to pick up the win. Other members of the runner-up Davies team are third Melody Beck, second Tracy MacDonald, and lead Lynda Turnbull.
Davies went undefeated in round robin play, while Duffenais had a 3-2 win-loss record. Three teams, skipped by defending champion Vanessa Hamming of Crapaud, Sharon Horne of the Western Community Club in Alberton, and Micki Cageorge of Charlottetown were 2-3, and played tiebreakers to determine third place. with Horne blanking Hamming 7-0 in the first tiebreaker, and beating Cageorge 10-2 in the second. Duffenais edged Horne 7-6 to advance to the final against first-place Davies.
Runner-up Pictures
L-R: Lorianne Davies, Melody Beck, Tracy MacDonald, Lynda Turnbull
L-R: Shirley Lank (event organizer, and PEICA Pres.), Kevin Ellsworth, Fred Fraser,
Alan Gaudet, Gifford Costain, Audrey Callaghan (PEICA Vice President)
The winning teams will return to Cornwall, and to the Charlottetown Curling Club for the national The Dominion Curling Club Championship, co-hosted by the two clubs from November 23-28.
Club champions from all seven PEI curling clubs took part in this event, which is designed to give regular club curlers across the country an opportunity to compete in provincial and national level competitions. Any profit generated from provincial or national Dominion Curling Club Championship events will be directed to charities including the Canadian Paraplegic Association, as well as developmental curling initiatives in communities across Canada.
Thanks to all the organizers, officials, volunteers, fans, and curlers for making The Dominion Provincial Curling Club Championship a very successful event! Volunteers are now being sought for the national event in November. Get in touch with Shirley Lank at 621-0258 or lankshire.farms@pei.sympatico.ca if you can help out.
Cornwall’s Fullerton wins PEI Junior Mixed 20 and Under Division
March 21st, 2010
Photo (L-R): Corey Miller, Sara MacRae, Justin Richard, Sarah Fullerton, Brenda MacMillan (coach)
The combined Cornwall/Silver Fox rink of Sarah Fullerton, Justin Richard, Sara MacRae and Corey Miller, with coach Brenda MacMillan, defeated the Charlottetown Curling Club team of Adam Casey, his sister Anita Casey, Anson Carmody, and Hillary Thompson, with coach Jeff Wilson, by a 9-5 score Sunday afternoon to win the 20 and Under division of the Island Petroleum Junior Mixed, which took place over the weekend at Summerside’s Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club. Fullerton stole a deuce in the first end and a single in the second for a 3-0 lead, but Casey tied it up with a deuce and a single of his own in the next two ends. The teams traded deuces in ends five and six, but a four-ender in the seventh end won it for Fullerton, who is also the skip of this year’s Pepsi Provincial Junior Women’s championship team.
Fullerton and Casey both went through round robin play with 3-1 records, with Casey beating Fullerton 7-3 in their round robin encounter, but losing to 10-4 to Alberton’s Colton Griffin rink in an earlier game. By coming first and second in the round robin, both teams advanced directly to today’s championship game.
The other teams in the 20 and Under division were skipped by Griffin, and by Spencer Pitre of Charlottetown, both of whom finished with 2-2 records, and by Cody Dixon of Montague, who did not pick up a win.
On Saturday afternoon, the Charlottetown Curling Club rink of Alex Matters, Emily Keen, Andrew Cameron, and Emma Matheson, with coach Derrick Cameron, captured the 15 and Under division, winning three straight in their best of five series against the combined Charlottetown/Silver Fox team skipped by Christopher Gallant. Other members of the Gallant team are Jenny McLean, Kyle Holland, and Lauren MacFadyen, with coach Dr. Don Vickerson. The scores in the three games were 6-1, 6-3. and 5-4.
Lohnes/Crowe and Stavert/Clarke teams win Maritime Stick
It was an all Nova Scotia final in the men’s section of the second annual Maritime Stick Curling Championships, sponsored by Ferguson Funeral Homes, which wrapped up this afternoon at the Cornwall Curling Club.
Photo (L-R): Ron Crowe, Ted Lohnes
The duo of Ted Lohnes and Ron Crowe beat the team of Wayne Gormann and Ray Shillington by a 7-1 score in the final, taking two points in the opening end, and stealing a deuce and a single in the next two ends to build up an early 5-0 lead. Lohnes/Crowe doubled PEI’s Grant Laird/Vernon Chowan twosome 4-2 in one semi-final, while Gormann/Shillington got by the Vince Clark/Kerry Gardner pair, also from Nova Scotia, by a 7-5 score in the other.
The Clark/Gardner team edged the Laird/Chowan rink 4-3 in the consolation final, between the losers of the semi-final matches. Twelve teams participated in the men’s division.
Photo (L-R) Bob Leard (Stick Curl PEI), Ruth Stavert, Gloria Clarke
In the four team women’s divison, with all PEI teams this year, the Ruth Stavert/Gloria Clarke team from the host Cornwall Curling Club beat out the team of Cornwall’s Shirley Lank and Crapaud’s Ruth Walsh by a 7-1 score in the final. Lank/Walsh had finished the round robin in first place with a 5-1 win-loss record, while Stavert/Clarke were second at 3-2.
In stick curling there are two curlers per team, who deliver their rocks with delivery sticks, with each team member delivering from opposite ends. Sweeping is allowed only from the hog line to the back of the house at the playing end. Two curlers, one from each team, alternately deliver 6 stones each per end, while their teammate skips that end. The roles are then reversed, and the partners deliver the stones back. All games are six ends.
Next year’s Maritime Stick championship will be in New Brunswick.
This year’s event was run under the auspices of Stick Curl PEI, who would like to thank sponsors Ferguson Funeral Homes, Bob’s Stick, and Harold Brister, for their support to this event.
For more information on stick curling, including complete rules of play, visit www.stickcurling.ca.xxx
Cornwall teams sweep KFC 12 & Under Ch’ship
Photo (L-R) Audrey Callaghan (PEICA, and Western club), Cameron MacKay, Alexander MacKay,
Carter Worth, Avery Wells, coach Geoff Scutt (back row), Angus Davies from sponsor KFC.
MacKay, and his team of Alexander MacKay, Carter Worth, and Avery Wells, with coach Geoff Scutt, beat the Alex MacFadyen rink from the Silver Fox by a 5-3 score in the final on Sunday afternoon, stealing the final two ends. Other members of the runner-up MacFadyen team are Matthew MacDonald, James Dalton, and Parker MacFadyen, with coach David MacFadyen. The MacKay rink beat the Owen Collier rink from Montague 5-3 in the semi-final, earlier on Sunday. Playing with Collier were John Campbell, Dawson Chatman, and Milo Ryan, with coaches Steve Ryan and Rachel Collier.
Collier, Devin Schut of Cornwall, and Dillon Vincent of Western, finished with 2-1 records in their pool, and advanced to the playoff round, with the winless Cameron Jenkins team from Charlottetown being eliminated. All three teams in the other pool, skipped by MacFadyen, MacKay, and Montague’s Brooks Roche, finished with 1-1 records and advanced to the playoffs, with draw to the button rankings used to determine playoff placements.
In the crossovers between second and third place teams, MacKay edged Vincent 6-5, and Roche downed Schut 9-1. MacKay then went on to beat Roche 7-2 to advance to the semi-final. The two first place teams, skipped by MacFadyen and Collier, played off, with MacFadyen winning 8-3 to advance directly to the final, and Collier getting a second chance in the semi.
Photo (L-R): Audrey Callaghan (PEI Curling Assoc. and Western club), Megan Ching,
Rachel O’Connor, Lauren Lenentine, Breanne Burgoyne, Sara MacRae (coach)
The girl’s division was decided Saturday evening, with the Cornwall Curling Club rink of Megan Ching, Rachel O’Connor, Lauren Lenentine, and Breanne Burgoyne, with coach Sara MacRae, taking only three ends to blank the Laura Gillis rink from the host Western Community Curling Club by an 11-0 score in the final. Other members of the runner-up Gillis foursome are Emma-Jean Griffin, Hailey Wilson, and Karlei Lewis, with coach Norma Jean Griffin.
The Gillis team edged out the third team in the competition, skipped by Crapaud’s Kayla Schut rink, 7-6 in an extra end in the semi-final. All three teams finished round robin play with identical 1-1 win-loss records, so draw to the button results were used to determine playoff rankings. Playing with Schut were Laurel Parsons, Kaleigh Peters-Ellis, and Sarah Parsons, with coaches Dario Zannier and Phyllis Stretch.
Cornwall’s Veronica Smith rink wins 15 & Under
Photo (L-R): Audrey Callaghan (PEICA/Western CCC), Veronica Smith, Katie Fullerton, Sabrina Smith, Chloe McCloskey, Paul Smith (coach)
Mar. 8-The Veronica Smith rink from the Cornwall Curling Club, which includes 3rd Katie Fullerton, 2nd Sabrina Smith, and lead Chloe McCloskey, with coaches Paul Smith and Sarah Fullerton, beat the Caroline Rose team from Montague by a 7-2 score Sunday afternoon to win the girls division of the M&M Meat Shops Provincial Curling Championships, at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. Other members of the runner-up Rose team are Sarah MacPhee, Jessica Chapman, and Leah Deveau, with coach Carolyn MacPhee.
Rose beat Fallon Arsenault of Summerside 14-1 in the final round robin draw Sunday morning, while Smith defeated Emily Keen of Charlottetown 11-2. The Jenny McLean team from Summerside, who were tied with Smith and Rose at 3-1 going into the last round robin draw, lost 8-1 to Emma Cousins of the Maple Leaf.
Meanwhile, the combined Charlottetown/Maple Leaf rink of Kyle Hughes, Matthew MacLean, Marshall Smallman, and Jonathan Schut, with coach Shannon Smallman, beat the Alex Matters foursome from Charlottetown by a 7-2 score Saturday evening to win the boys division. MacLean and Smallman, from the Maple Leaf club in O’Leary, were on last year’s winning team, and also won the 17 and Under this year. As the rules permit no more than two players from a team winning a higher age division to be on one team, MacLean and Smallman teamed up with Charlottetown’s Hughes and Schut. Other members of the runner-up Alex Matters rink are Chris Gallant, Kyle Holland, and Andrew Cameron, with coaches Peter Gallant and Derrick Cameron. The third team entered in the boys section, skipped by Brandon MacNevin of the Silver Fox, did not manage to pick up a win in double round robin play, while Hughes and Matters both finished at 4-1, with Matters beating Hughes 7-5 in their first round robin encounter, and Hughes doubling Matters 4-2 in their second game.
Seniors donate CPR/AED training
We are pleased to announce that the Seniors Daytime Curlers have generously donated $1200 towards training in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)/Automated External Defibrillator (AED). Nine (9) Staff Members have already been trained under a separate donation. The Seniors’ donation will go towards additional training for this and subsequent years until all the funds are depleted. A sign-up sheet has been posted for a course on Sunday the 7th of March, at 1pm. Up to an additional fifteen members can be accommodated this year. We encourage all members interested in this course to “sign-up”, if you cannot be accommodated this year, you will be on the list for next spring.
We thank the Seniors Committee and its members for this generous donation. It will go a long way in securing safety at our Club.
Cornwall’s Sarah Clow rink to once again represent UPEI at University Ch’ships
The 2010 CIS / CCA University Curling Championships – presented by The Dominion – will be held March 10-14 at the Saville Sports Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, with 14 men’s and 12 women’s teams taking part.
The winning teams from this event will represent Canada at the 2011 FISU World Universiade in Erzurum, Turkey, January 27 to February 6th, 2011.
Last year’s UPEI women’s entry, skipped by Sarah Clow, is back this year, with Christina Hennessey at third, Whitney Young joining the team at second, and Courtney Moore as lead. Coach is Angela Hodgson,
The UPEI men’s team, who are also reigning PEI junior men’s champions, is the rink of Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Anson Carmody, and Alex MacFadyen. Their coach for this event is Tristan Chisholm. Casey and Carmody were on last year’s UPEI team, while MacFadyen was on the team from St. Francis Xavier.
Cornwall’s Ruth Stavert/Gloria Clarke win inaugural PEI Women’s Stick title
The defending champion duo of Walter Callaghan and John Vincent from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton edged the Gordie MacDonald/Floyd Stewart twosome from Montague by a 5-4 score this afternoon to win the men’s and mixed section of the Ferguson Funeral Homes Provincial Stick Curling Championship, at the Crapaud Community Curling Club.
Photo (L-R): Organizer Bob Leard, Ruth Stavert, Gloria Clarke
Ruth Stavert and Gloria Clarke from Cornwall got by the Shirley Lank/Ruth Walsh pair from Cornwall and Crapaud by a 7-5 score to win the women’s section, a new addition this year. In the men’s and mixed consolation game, Edwin Walker and Clifford Picketts from Summerside’s Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club beat Grant Laird and Vernon Chowan from Cornwall by a 5-2 score. The winners and runners-up earn the right to compete in the 2010 Canadian Stick Curling Championship, April 9-11 at the Fort Garry Curling Club in Winnipeg.
It took two extra ends for Callaghan/Vincent to get by Leard/Chowan by a 5-4 score in one men’s and mixed semi-final, while MacDonald/Stewart blanked Walker/Picketts 7-0 in the other. Stavert/Clarke beat the Audrey Callaghan/Gail Jenkins team from Alberton and Charlottetown 7-2 in the women’s semi.
In stick curling there are two curlers per team, who deliver their rocks with delivery sticks, with each team member delivering from opposite ends. Sweeping is allowed only from the hog line to the back of the house at the playing end. Two curlers, one from each team, alternately deliver 6 stones each per end, while their teammate skips that end. The roles are then reversed, and the partners deliver the stones back. All games are six ends.
Eleven men’s and mixed teams, and five women’s rinks took part in this fourth annual PEI stick curling championship.
The defending champion duo of Walter Callaghan and John Vincent from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton edged the Gordie MacDonald/Floyd Stewart twosome from Montague by a 5-4 score this afternoon to win the men’s and mixed section of the Ferguson Funeral Homes Provincial Stick Curling Championship, at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. Ruth Stavert and Gloria Clarke from Cornwall got by the Shirley Lank/Ruth Walsh pair from Cornwall and Crapaud by a 7-5 score to win the women’s section, a new addition this year. In the men’s and mixed consolation game, Edwin Walker and Clifford Picketts from Summerside’s Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club beat Grant Laird and Vernon Chowan from Cornwall by a 5-2 score. The winners and runners-up earn the right to compete in the 2010 Canadian Stick Curling Championship, April 9-11 at the Fort Garry Curling Club in Winnipeg.
It took two extra ends for Callaghan/Vincent to get by Leard/Chowan by a 5-4 score in one men’s and mixed semi-final, while MacDonald/Stewart blanked Walker/Picketts 7-0 in the other. Stavert/Clarke beat the Audrey Callaghan/Gail Jenkins team from Alberton and Charlottetown 7-2 in the women’s semi.
In stick curling there are two curlers per team, who deliver their rocks with delivery sticks, with each team member delivering from opposite ends. Sweeping is allowed only from the hog line to the back of the house at the playing end. Two curlers, one from each team, alternately deliver 6 stones each per end, while their teammate skips that end. The roles are then reversed, and the partners deliver the stones back. All games are six ends.
Eleven men’s and mixed teams, and five women’s rinks took part in this fourth annual PEI stick curling championship.
A Maritime Stick Curling Championship will take place at our Club on March 16, 17, and 18. Contact the Club for more info.
Cornwall’s Shirley Berry repeats as Seniors Champion
The combined Cornwall/Charlottetown rink of Shirley Berry, Sandy Hope, Shelley Ebbett, and Arleen Harris, with coach Butch McGee, beat the Karen MacDonald foursome from the Charlottetown Curling Club by a 9-1 score this morning to win the Credit Unions of PEI Senior Women’s Curling Championship at the Charlottetown Curling Club. As Berry had won two of the three sections of the triple knockout draw, she could win the championship by taking either Monday game, and she did with the first one, following a triple in the second end with a stolen deuce, and four consecutive stolen singles. Playing with runner-up MacDonald were Paula Creamer, Kay Atkinson, and Karen Hardy.
On the men’s side, Peter MacDonald and his Charlottetown Curling Club team had also won two triple-knockout sections, and also won with the first championship game, against defending champion Mel Bernard of Summerside’s Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club, by a 7-5 score.
MacDonald opened with a deuce in end one. Bernard blanked the second, and took a single point in the third end. MacDonald recorded a deuce in end four, and Bernard settled for a single in five to give MacDonald a 4-2 lead at half time. Bernard stole a deuce in the sixth end. MacDonald took one in the seventh, and stole another in the eighth. Bernard took one in the ninth, giving MacDonald a 6-5 lead and last rock advantage in the final end, where he picked up a single for the win. Other members of the winning MacDonald rink are Peter Gallant, Rod MacDonald, and Doug MacGregor, with Blair Jay, Douglas Simmons, and Earle Proude rounding out the runner-up Bernard foursome.
The winning Shirley Berry and Peter MacDonald rinks will now advance to the Canadian Seniors, March 19-28 at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club.
Eleven men’s and seven women’s teams took part in the PEI Seniors championships, for curlers age 50 and over.
Cornwall rinks finish second and third at 17 and Under
The Tiffany Sweet rink from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary went undefeated to sweep all three triple-knockout sections to capture the women’s section of the Sylvan Learning Provincial age 17 and Under Curling Championships at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club. All three section finals were against the same team – the Veronica Smith foursome from the Cornwall Curling Club. Sweet won the A section Friday afternoon by a 6-3 score, the B section by a 5-4 score on Saturday morning, and the C final on Sunday morning, also by a 5-4 score, but in an extra end. Sweet, and teammates Chantal Clements, Kathleen O’Meara, and Laura O’Meara, with coaches Clair and Ralph Sweet now advance to the Atlantic 17 and Under Championships, April 2-4 at the Riverside Golf and Curling Club in Rothesay NB. Other members of the runner-up Smith rink are Katie Fullerton, Sabrina Smith, and Chloe McCloskey, with coaches Paul Smith and Sarah Fullerton.
Chloe McCloskey (lead), Darrel Kirev (PEI Curling Assoc. Events Coordinator)
Cornwall’s Diane MacKay rink captures Maritime Masters title
The Diane MacKay rink from the Cornwall Curling Club won the women’s title at the Maritime Masters curling championship, for curlers age 60 and over, which wrapped up Wednesday at the Beaver Curling Club in Moncton.
Photo (L-R): Diane MacKay, Val MacLean, Eileen Blanchard, Marilyn Diamond
MacKay and her rink of Val MacLean, Eileen Blanchard and Marilyn Diamond completed the three-day bonspiel with a 4-1 win-loss record. Sue Anne Bartlett of Halifax finished second with a 3-2 record, while the Cornwall team of Carol Sweetapple, Marie MacDonald, Shirley Lank and Karen Fisher tied for third with two other teams at 3-2.
Rod Aube of the Capital Winter Club in Fredericton captured the men’s title with a 4-1 record. Other members of the Aube rink are Jack Healey, Gord Tuttle and Bon Brannen. The Haylett Clarke of New Glasgow, NS was second with a 3-2 record.
Rodd/Greco spiel photos
Feb. 15 – Here are some more scenes from this weekend’s Rodd Hotels and Resorts/Greco Pizza mixed spiel (Newfoundland edition), including photos of the winning teams.
Feb. 14 – Here are some scenes from this weekend’s Rodd Hotels and Resorts/Greco Pizza mixed spiel (Newfoundland edition)
The Dominion winners/runners-up photos
Here are pictures of the winning teams and the runners-up from Cornwall’s The Dominion Club Championship, held over the weekend.
Women’s winners (L-R): Lynda Turnbull, Tracy MacDonald, Melody Beck, Lorianne Davies (skip), organizer Ray Biagé
Women’s runners-up (L-R): Monica LeBlanc, Christina Hennessey, Brielle Quilty, Sarah Clow (skip), organizer Ray Biagé
Men’s winners (L-R): Paul Durant, George Younker, Edgar Coffin, Ron Giggey, Roddie MacLean (skip), organizer Ray Biagé
Men’s runners-up (L-R): Steve DeWolfe, Brad Gardiner, Tom Dunn, John DeLuca (skip), organizer Ray Biagé
Cornwall’s Michelle McQuaid wins Joan Mead award/scholarship at Cdn. Juniors
The PEI representatives at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors will be coming home with a number of awards.
Photo (L-R) Elaine de Ryk (CCA Representative), Michelle McQuaid
Michelle McQuaid, third on the Sarah Fullerton rink, was the recipient of the Joan Mead Legacy Award. which includes a $500 scholarship. This award, in honour of former CBC curling producer Mead, is selected by the officials, and awarded annually to a junior curler who best exemplifies leadership, excellence and fair play.
Alex MacFadyen, lead on the Brett Gallant rink, made the First All-Stars Team, determined by shooting percentages during the round robin. MacFadyen’s percentage was 86.
Anson Carmody of the Gallant team won the Fair Play award for men’s second stones, as selected by the officials.
Peter Gallant, who coached his son’s team, won the men’s ASHAM National Coaching Award, voted on by the coaches in the event.
For additional photos, visit: http://www.seasonofchampions.ca/2010juniors/news_photos.asp
Cornwall hosts the Olympics!
Jan. 18-Here are some scenes from this past weekend's CK Carpet Klean and Restoration Funspiel - truly an event of Olympic proportion!
Fullerton rink taking simple strategy to nationals (Journal)
P.E.I. women taking simple strategy to nationals
JASON SIMMONDS
The Journal Pioneer
CHARLOTTETOWN - Coach Brenda MacMillan has a simple strategy for the P.E.I. women’s entry at the 2010 M&M Meat Shops Canadian junior curling championships.
“The No. 1 goal is we want to go and have fun, but we also want to try and do well,” said MacMillan. “If we finish in the top half we will be happy.
“If it’s more than that, it will be icing on the cake for us.”
Skip Sarah Fullerton, 18, third stone Michelle McQuaid, 18, second stone Sara MacRae, 18, and lead Whitney Young, 19, of the Cornwall Curling Club will be competing in their first national junior championship in Sorel-Tracy, Que.
The rink earned P.E.I.’s berth by defeating the Anita Casey rink from the Charlottetown Curling Club rink 9-2 in the provincial final in O’Leary.
“The girls right now are pretty excited,” said MacMillan.
Familiarity is not an issue with the Fullerton foursome. MacMillan, who started coaching the rink last season, added Fullerton, McQuaid and McRae have curled together for approximately nine years.
The Fullerton rink, which also represented P.E.I. at the 2005 Canada Winter Games, won last year’s Atlantic 18-and-under championship in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Thus, this rink does have some big-game experience and enters the nationals enjoying a very successful year.
“We’ve really done well so far this season on the cashspiel circuit,” noted MacMillan.
They won in Summerside, Cornwall and finished second in Sackville, N.B. MacMillan said the rink curled well in the Charlottetown Super League as well.
“The biggest turning point for this team was Halloween weekend,” she said. “We went to Ottawa to the big OVCA Superspiel, a major junior cashspiel up there and there’s teams from the States and sometimes teams from Europe come over.”
Overall, the rink went 1-4.
“They felt it gave them the edge to work harder to win the provincial (championship),” said MacMillan.
As is the key in any round-robin format, MacMillan agrees a good start is important.
“We’d like to win our first couple of games and get us rolling,” she said. “But I told the girls to take it one rock and one end at a time.
“Don’t look at it that after 10 ends I want to be the winner. If something happens that the rock doesn’t do what you want it to do, go on to the next one. Don’t dwell on it.”
Butler loses C final. Carmody vs Dewar for Scotties title
The Charlottetown Curling Club’s Erin Carmody foursome will play the Tammy Dewar rink from the host Montague Curling Club in the two game championship round, Tuesday at 2 and 7 pm, as the Scotties Tournament of Heart Provincial Women’s Curling Championship wraps up in Montague.
Carmody took the C title in the triple knockout competition tonight, beating Cornwall’s Donna Butler rink by a 7-5 score. As Carmody also won the A section, she has a big advantage in the championship round, as, by winning two sections, she will take the championship if she wins either game, while Dewar, who won only the B section, must win both to take the title.
In tonight’s game, Butler was ahead 4-2 after stealing a deuce in the seventh end, but Carmody took four points in the eighth. The teams traded singles in the last ends, to give Carmody the win by a two point margin.
Other members of the Carmody rink are third Geri-Lynn Ramsay, Kathy O’Rourke, who throws second stone, but calls the game, and lead Trisha Affleck.
The Butler rink includes Carolyn Coulson, Melissa Andrews, Lori Brine, and fifth player Leita Chisholm, along with coach Kathie Gallant. The Dewar team includes June Moyaert at third, Darlene London at second stone, and Gail Greene in the lead position. Moyaert was on the Jennifer Ramsay rink, the last team from Montague to win the women’s championship, in 1988.
The PEI Scotties winning team will advance to the national Scotties, January 30 to February 7 in Sault Ste. Marie Ont.
Cornwall’s Butler rink advances to 7 pm C final at Scotties
It’s down to three teams and a maximum of three games at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Provincial Women’s Curling Championships in Montague. This afternoon, A final winner Erin Carmody from the Charlottetown Curling Club eliminated five-time PEI women’s champion Suzanne Birt in an 8-7 decision, while Cornwall’s Donna Butler rink beat the host Montague Curling Club’s Tammy Dewar team, winners of the B final, by a 7-4 score. Butler and Carmody now face off in the C final of this triple-knockout event, set for 7 pm.
Photo (L-R): Donna Butler, Carolyn Coulson, Melissa Andrews, Lori Brine, Leita Chisholm
Butler, with teammates Carolyn Coulson, Melissa Andrews, Lori Brine, and fifth player Leita Chisholm and coach Kathie Gallant, got off to an early start in her game, picking up a triple in the first end, and stealing a single in the second. Dewar narrowed the gap to 5-3 after eight, but Butler took a deuce in the ninth, and ran the hometown favorites out of rocks in the final frame. Carmody and Birt were tied at three at the half, but Carmody took a deuce in the sixth, and a triple in the eighth to build up an 8-4 lead. Birt fought back with a deuce in the ninth, but a steal of one in the tenth left her one short of the tie.
The winners of all three finals will then advance to the championship round, Tuesday at 2 and 7 pm. If Carmody wins this evening, she will have a big advantage, as, by winning two of the three finals, she will play in both Tuesday games, and win the title in she takes either. If Butler wins, she will play Dewar in the 2 pm game, with the winner facing Carmody in the 7 pm match.
The PEI Scotties winning team will advance to the national Scotties, January 30 to February 7 in Sault Ste. Marie Ont.
Cornwall’s Fullerton foursome win Provincial Junior Championships!
Photo (L-R): Sarah Fullerton, Michelle McQuaid, Sara MacRae, Whitney Young, Brenda MacMillan (coach)
The Sarah Fullerton foursome from the Cornwall Curling Club won their first Pepsi Provincial Junior Women’s Championship this evening at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary with a 9-2 victory over the Anita Casey team from the Charlottetown Curling Club. Fullerton, and her rink of Michelle McQuaid, Sara MacRae, and Whitney Young, with coach Brenda MacMillan, had won two of the three sections in the triple knockout draw, giving them the ability to take the Juniors title by winning either of the two championship round games, but only the first was needed. Fullerton, with hammer, scored a single in the first end. Casey blanked the second and took a single point in the third end. Fullerton pulled ahead with a deuce in the fourth, and built up a sizable lead with a stolen triple and single in the next two ends. Casey, and her rink of Abby Burgess, Hillary Thompson, and Jessica van Ouwerkerk, with coach Jeff Wilson, picked up a single point in the seventh, but shook hands after Fullerton recorded another deuce in the eighth end.
The winning Fullerton rink, who were the PEI Canada Games representatives in 2007, and won three of the last four provincial 17 and Under championships, will join the Brett Gallant foursome, who won their fifth consecutive Junior Men’s title earlier on Monday, at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, January 16-24 in Sorel-Tracy Quebec, where the Gallant rink will be looking to defend their Canadian title.
Cornwall and Charlottetown to welcome The Dominion
Photo (L-R): Shirley Lank (President, PEI Curling Association), Leigh Armstrong (The Dominion), Susan McInnis (local organizer)
Leigh Armstrong of The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company was in Charlottetown today to officially announce that the City of Charlottetown and the Town of Cornwall will co-host The Dominion Curling Club Championship, Canada’s first-ever national championship for club curlers, from November 23-28 2010 at the Charlottetown and Cornwall curling clubs. More…
Cornwall’s Tyler Smith Team off to the Canada Games!
The Cornwall Curling Club team skipped by eleven-year-old Tyler Smith edged our their clubmates, the Jeff Taylor foursome, by a 7-6 score this afternoon to cap off an extremely close junior men’s event at the Canada Games Curling Trials at the Charlottetown Curling Club, and advance to the Canada Games, February 11-27 2011 in Halifax. Smith, with hammer, opened the scoring with a deuce in the first end. Taylor blanked the second, and took the lead with a triple in the third end. Smith came back with three of his own in the fourth. The teams traded singles in five and six, and Taylor tied the game at six-all with a deuce in the seventh end. Smith scored a single point in the eighth for the win.
Photo (L-R): Tyson Smith, Noah O’Connor, Parker O’Connor, Tyler Smith, Kevin Smith (coach)
The Smith rink join the Amanda MacLean team from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, who earned the junior women’s berth on Sunday.
Other members of the winning Tyler Smith rink are Parker and Noah O’Connor, and Tyson Smith, with coach Kevin Smith. Alex Sutherland, Alex Jenkins, and Jonathan Schut, with coach AJ Campbell, round out the runner-up Jeff Taylor foursome.
All four teams in the junior men’s section had identical 3-3 win-loss records in the double round robin competition. The teams were ranked by draw to the button results, and competed in a tiebreaker round, with second-ranked Smith winning over top-ranked Taylor by an 8-4 score in the 1st vs 2nd place game on Sunday afternoon, earning a bye to today’s final. Taylor then played off against third-ranked Matthew MacLean of O’Leary, this morning. MacLean beat Tony Nabuurs’ Montague/Charlottetown rink in the 3rd vs 4th tiebreaker game on Sunday, by an 8-3 score, after taking five points in the seventh end.
In this morning’s game, Taylor edged MacLean 6-5 in an extra end to advance to this afternoon’s final against Smith.
New clubhouse on hold until 2011
Click to read this story in The Guardian
Important Notice from the Board of Directors
We are very concerned that this project may be put on the back burner or shelved and never take place. We ask for your support in requesting them to put the project back on track as soon as possible, by signing the petition which will be available at the Club, and will be remitted to them. Thank You.
The President and Board of Directors of the Cornwall Curling Club
Lorne MacPhail Memorial Results
The 7th annual Lorne MacPhail Memorial Seniors Bonspiel wrapped up today at our Club. Ray Biagé would like to say thanks to everyone who participated and helped out with all the work.
Here are the winners:
1. Bill Atkinson, Kay Atkinson, David Murphy, Sandy Hope
2. Linda Fairhurst (centre), Gordon Canfield (right), Al Hammond (left)
3. Kimball Blanchard, Jean Anderson, Ruth Stavert, Don Graham
4. Ernie Stavert, Donald Weeks, Jessie MacPhail, Greg Groves
5. Lew Black, Grant Laird, Missing from photo: Bill Brown, Helen Smith, Vaunda Vanderaa
6. Vince Fisher, Missing from photo: Marie MacDonald, Dick St. John
7. Lester Callbeck (missing from photo), Danielle Girard (right), Barry Craswell (missing from photo), George Younker (left)
8. Leslie Hardy team, (Alberton)
Cornwall’s Sarah Fullerton and NB’s Jon Rennie rinks win annual Cornwall Junior Cashspiel
The Sarah Fullerton rink from the host Cornwall Curling Club, and the Jon Rennie team from the Riverside Curling Club in Rothesay NB were the winners of the 14th annual Pizza Delight/Howard Johnson Dutch Inn Junior Cashspiel, which wrapped up this afternoon. The Fullerton foursome, includes third Michelle McQuaid, second Sara MacRae, and lead Whitney Young, with coach Brenda MacMillan, edged the Anita Casey rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club 5-4 in the final, while the Rennie team stole a deuce in the second end, and followed a triple in the fourth with a steal of one point in the fifth end on the way to an 8-3 win over the Shawn Pitre team from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton.
Left to right: Brenda MacMillan (Tournament organizer and coach of the Fullerton rink), Sarah Fullerton, Michelle McQuaid, Sara MacRae, Whitney Young
Left to right: Brenda MacMillan (tournament organizer), Jon Rennie, Chris MacRae, Andrew Perrin, Tyler Milligan, Paul Brayshaw (coach)
Playing with Rennie were Chris MacRae, Andrew Perrin, and Tyler Milligan, with coach Paul Brayshaw. Other members of the Casey squad are Abby Burgess, Hillary Thompson, and Jessica van Ouwerkerk, with coach Jeff Wilson, while Daniel McCarthy, Jeff Duggan, and Colton Griffin, with coach Roger Gavin, round out the Pitre foursome.
In semi-final play this morning, Casey beat Cornwall’s Veronica Smith 8-5, while Fullerton had a 9-6 win over Amanda MacLean of O’Leary’s Maple Leaf club. In the junior men’s section, Rennie beat Cornwall’s Jeff Taylor 6-1, while Pitre made up for dropping three points in the first end to Sam Ramsay of Summerside, by scoring three points in the second end, followed by steals of 2, 3, and 1 point in the following ends to bring the game to a swift conclusion with a 9-3 win.
In addition to the final, the junior men’s division had two consolation matches, with Cornwall’s Tyler Smith beating Matthew MacLean of O’Leary 7-5, and Spencer Pitre and his Charlottetown team beating clubmate Alex Matters by a 7-4 score.
In round robin play, the Veronica Smith rink finished with a perfect 4-0 record, while Casey, Fullerton, and MacLean had one loss.
In the junior men’s section Rennie went 3-0 in the round robin, while Taylor and Shawn Pitre were 2-1, and Ramsay was 1-2 in his pool, tied with Spencer Pitre and Matthew MacLean, until tiebreaking rules came into play.
Eight junior men’s rinks, and ten junior women’s teams, from PEI, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador took part in the cashspiel.
Next year’s 15th annual event will go earlier in the season, October 29-31, because of contention with Cornwall’s co-hosting of The Dominion National Curling Club Championship.
Website: cornwallcurling.com/bonspiel04.html
Tyler Smith rink joins the other 2 Cornwall teams at the Canada Games Trials!
Photo (L-R): Tyson Smith, Noah O’Connor, Parker O’Connor, Tyler Smith, Kevin Smith (coach)
Cornwall’s young Tyler Smith rink made it 3 for 3 this afternoon – all three Cornwall teams entered in the Canada Games Pre-Trials at the Silver Fox have made it through to the Trials, Dec. 11-14 in Charlottetown! (By way of comparison, none of the four teams from Charlottetown made it through).
Smith, who is 11 years old, stole two points in the 5th end on the way to a 7-4 victory over Charlottetown’s Alex Matters rink this afternoon. Other members of the Smith foursome are Parker O’Connor, Noah O’Connor, and Tyson Smith, with coach Kevin Smith. The Tyler Smith rink joins the Veronica Smith and Jeff Taylor teams who qualified on Sunday. Congratulations to all three teams, and good luck in the Trials!
Photo (L-R): Sarah Fullerton (coach), Veronica Smith, Katie Fullerton, Sabrina Smith, Chloe McCloskey
Photo (L-R): Alex Jenkins, Alex Sutherland, Jonathan Schut, Jeff Taylor, A.J. Campbell (coach)
Rhodenizer rink wins Cornwall Ladies Fall Fling
The Cornwall Ladies Fall Fling was held Friday evening and all day Saturday, with the rink of Debbie Rhodenizer, Eileen Blanchard, Karen Fisher, and Paula Ling winning the A section. Congratulations to all the participants and organizers!
Photo (L-R): Karen Fisher, Eileen Blanchard, Paula Ling, Debbie Rhodenizer
Click for a photo album from the event.
Winners: Debbie Rhodenizer, Eileen Blanchard, Karen Fisher, and Paula Ling
Runners-up: Carol Sweetapple, Marie MacDonald, Danielle Girard and Bernie Field
Winners: Shirley Berry, Arleen Harris, Shelley Ebbett, and Rebecca Rolfe
Runners-up: Jackie Olafson, Amy Wheatley, Sandra Clements and Wilma Smith
Winners: Vanessa Hamming, Ruth Walsh, Heather MacRae and Lindsay Moore
Runners-up: Ruth Stavert, Mary Plamondon, Marg Stewart and Jean Anderson
The rink of Rob Young, Sheri Boutelier, Angus Kennedy, and Mark MacDonald finished with the most points at the annual Kenmac Energy Opening Bonspiel, and were presented with the coveted Kenmac trophy by Gordon Matthews, from PEI’s PetroCanada distributor, Kenmac Energy.
Photo (L-R): Young, Boutelier, Kennedy, MacDonald, Matthews
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