Cornwall Curling Club

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.

Following are the winners and runners-up:
 
Section A:
Winners: Debbie Rhodenizer, Eileen Blanchard, Karen Fisher, and Paula Ling
Runners-up: Carol Sweetapple, Marie MacDonald, Danielle Girard and Bernie Field
 
Section B:
Winners: Shirley Berry, Arleen Harris, Shelley Ebbett, and Rebecca Rolfe
Runners-up: Jackie Olafson, Amy Wheatley, Sandra Clements and Wilma Smith
 
Section C:
Winners: Vanessa Hamming, Ruth Walsh, Heather MacRae and Lindsay Moore
Runners-up: Ruth Stavert, Mary Plamondon, Marg Stewart and Jean Anderson

NANCY MACPHEE
The Journal Pioneer

SUMMERSIDE – In an all-Island girls’ final in the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club’s fourth annual Maritime Junior Fall Fling cashspiel, the Sarah Fullerton rink from the Cornwall Curling Club defeated the Anita Casey foursome from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club 6-3.
Boys
It was a rematch of the 2008 boys’ final, with the Colten Steele rink once again walking away victorious.

Click to read this story in The Journal-Pioneer

BURLINGTON, November 15 (CCA/PEICA)…Prince Edward Island, skipped by former provincial junior champion Kyle Stevenson of Charlottetown, is the only undefeated team after Day 2 of the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, taking place at the Burlington Onario Golf and Country Club.

In a battle of undefeated teams, Prince Edward Island managed to eke out a 6-5 extra end victory over New Brunswick (Mary Jane McGuire of Fredericton) on Sunday night to move to 3-0 in the 12-team round robin. Stevenson matched McGuire point for point until the 11th end, when he scored a single for the win.

The PEI team, which includes third Donna Butler from Cornwall, second Doug MacGregor, and lead stone Tricia Affleck, had earlier recorded wins over the other Atlantic provinces teams in the event, following up their 8-5 Saturday win over Newfoundland and Labrador’s Matt Blandford foursome with another 8-5 victory, this time over the Mark Dacey rink from Halifax on Sunday morning.

After Sunday evening play, New Brunswick fell into a tie for second, at 2-1, with host Ontario, skipped by another former provincial junior champion, Mark Bice of Sarnia, who defeated British Columbia (Jason Montgomery of Duncan), 10-4 in Draw 4 Sunday evening.

In the only other evening match, Yukon/Northwest Territories (Wade Scoffin of Whitehorse) had no trouble with Quebec (Simon Hebert of Baie-Comeau), 7-2.

Six teams are at 1-1, including favoured Nova Scotia, skipped by 2004 Brier winner and Ford Worlds bronze medallist Mark Dacey of Halifax.

Twelve teams, representing the 10 provinces, plus Northern Ontario and Yukon/Northwest Territories, are contesting the 47th edition of The Mixed, from November 14-21.  

The teams play a round robin, after which the first place team advances directly to Saturday’s final, while the second and third place teams meet in a semi-final. PEI’s Monday games are against Northern Ontario and Ontario.

Ontario has won the Canadian Mixed twice since the championship began in 1964 in Toronto – in 1986 by skip Dave Van Dine in Kamloops and by skip John Epping at the 2006 edition in Whitehorse. 

Alberta leads all provinces with nine wins, while defending champion Manitoba and Saskatchewan are next with eight victories each. PEI won the Mixed in 1987 (Peter Gallant, Kathie Gallant, Phil Gorveatt, Simone MacKenzie) and 1989 (Robert Campbell, Angela Roberts, Mark O’Rourke, Kathy O’Rourke).

Round robin play continues through Thursday, with draws at 10:00 am, 2:30 pm and 7:00 pm Atlantic Time, with a final draw at 10:00 am on Friday, prior to the playoffs.

Website: http://www.seasonofchampions.ca/2010mixed/

The Kyle Stevenson rink from the Charlottetown Curling Club have won their first two games at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championships, being played at the Burlington Ontario Golf and Country Club. On Sunday morning they followed up their 8-5 Saturday win over Newfoundland and Labrador’s Matt Blandford foursome with another 8-5 victory, this time over the Mark Dacey rink from Halifax.  Dacey was ahead 4-2 after six ends, but Stevenson took the lead with a triple in the seventh, and recorded another three in the ninth in a game which featured a lot of rocks in play and some up-weight hits from Stevenson.

 The PEI team, which includes third Donna Butler of Cornwall, second Doug MacGregor, and lead Tricia Affleck play the final Atlantic Canadian team,   New Brunswick’s Mary Jane McGuire rink,  at 7 pm AT. McGuire is the only other team at 2-0.

PEI plays Northern Ontario, and Ontario on Monday.

The Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel wrapped up this afternoon at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, with the Sarah Fullerton rink from Cornwall, and the Colten Steele team from the Dartmouth NS Curling Club winning the finals. Fullerton, with teammates Michelle McQuaid, Whitney Young, and Sara MacRae, doubled the Anita Casey foursome from the host club by a 6-3 score, while Steele edged out defending champion Sam Ramsay, also from the Fox, by an 8-7 count. Playing with Steele were Travis Colter, Michael Brophy, and Ben Creaser.  Rounding out the Casey squad were Abby Burgess, Hillary Thompson and Jessica van Ouwerkerk, while Justin Richard, Eric Pidgeon, and Corey Miller are the other members of the Ramsay rink.

In semi-final play Sunday morning, Fullerton took two five-enders in her 13-6 win over the young Veronica Smith squad, also from Cornwall. Playing with Smith are Katie Fullerton (Sarah’s sister), Sabrina Smith, and Chloe McCloskey.  In the other junior women’s semi, Casey beat Amanda MacLean of O’Leary’s Maple Leaf  club by a 7-4 score. Rounding out the MacLean team are Kassinda Bulger, Emily Gray, and Aleya Quilty.

In junior men’s semi-final play, Steele edged out Spencer Pitre, who is playing out of the Charlottetown Curling Club, by a 5-4 score in an extra end, while Ramsay defeated Peter Doane of the Halifax Mayflower club 7-2. Playing with Pitre were Matthew Nabuurs, Connor MacPhee, and Shawn Noonan, while Kris Slater, Mitchell Young, and Mitchell Boone complete the Doane team.

Round robin play wrapped up on Saturday, with Fullerton and Casey finishing with unblemished 5-0 win-loss records in the Junior Women’s section, while MacLean and Smith went 4-1. In the Junior Men’s division, Steele and Ramsay were undefeated at 5-0, while Doane ended at 4-1, with Pitre going 3-2.

12 teams took part in each division.  Ten PEI teams from this event will be back in Summerside this coming weekend for the Canada Games pre-trials, which get underway on Friday.  As well, many of the teams from the Fall Fling will be competing in the Pizza Delight/Subway/Howard Johnson junior cashspiel, the following weekend in Cornwall.

The semi-final round gets underway at 9 this morning, with the final set for 1 pm at the annual Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel, being played at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside.

In the Junior Women’s semi-finals, Sarah Fullerton will face Cornwall clubmate Veronica Smith, and Anita Casey of the host club will take on Amanda MacLean of O’Leary’s Maple Leaf club. The Junior men’s semis will see Colton Steele of the Dartmouth NS curling club play Spencer Pitre of Cornwall, while the defending champion Sam Ramsay rink from the host Silver Fox club battles the Peter Doane foursome from the Halifax Mayflower club.

Round robin play wrapped up on Saturday, with Fullerton and Casey finishing with unblemished 5-0 win-loss records in the Junior Women’s section, while MacLean and Smith went 4-1. In the Junior Men’s division, Steele and Ramsay were undefeated at 5-0, while Doane ended at 4-1, with Pitre going 3-2.

Live results available at www.silverfox-pei.com/curling.

The Kyle Stevenson rink from the Charlottetown Curling Club, which includes Cornwall’s Donna Butler at third, won their opening game Saturday evening at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championships, being played at the Burlington Ontario Golf and Country Club, beating Newfoundland and Labrador’s Matt Blandford foursome by and 8-5 score. The PEI team, which includes third Donna Butler, second Doug MacGregor, and lead Tricia Affleck, stole a single in the sixth end, and a deuce in the 9th, en route to the win.

Photo L-R: Kyle Stevenson, Donna Butler, Heather Campbell (from PEI Mixed sponsor M&M Meat Shops), Doug MacGregor, Tricia Affleck

PEI’s gets to play the rest of the Atlantic Canadian teams on Sunday, facing Nova Scotia’s Mark Dacey at 10 Atlantic, and New Brunswick’s Mary Jane McGuire team  at 7 pm AT.

Due to the resignation of a Board of Directors member for health reasons, the Club needs a replacement Board member that will act as secretary. With the forthcoming clubhouse building renovations or replacement, these are exciting times for the Cornwall Curling Club, and we would like you to help us out by being a part of it!

If you are interested in taking on  this volunteer position (or know someone who might be), or would like more details on what is involved, please get in touch with any Board member, or contact our manager.  Thanks in advance for helping out! We are hoping to have someone in place before the next meeting, which is Dec. 6th.

We have curling ice (all 4 sheets) available for rent at the following dates and times:

Nov 21    Saturday evening
Dec 11    Friday afternoon and evening
Dec 12    Saturday all day and evening
Dec 18    Friday evening
Dec 19    Saturday afternoon

If you are looking for a single sheet, in addition to these times, we also have spots available on Sunday, and on some weeknights.

Our rates are $60 per game for a single sheet rental, or $150 per game for all four sheets. Contact Bev, our manager at 566-4427 or manager@cornwallcurling.com if you are interested, or would like prices for other sheet and game quantities. You can also rent our off-ice lounge and kitchen facilities, arrange food with us, or bring in your own, etc. 

Why not do something different at work this year, and arrange a curling bonspiel for your Christmas party?

Cornwall Ladies Fall Fling, Friday night draw
6:00 p.m.
Ice 1 – Leita Chisholm vs. Linda Fairhurst;
Ice 2 – Carol Sweetapple vs. June Moyaert;
Ice 3 – Nola Murphy vs. Jackie Olafson;
Ice 4 – Karen Currie vs. Lindsay Moore
7:45 p.m.
Ice 1 – Eileen Blanchard vs. Ruth Stavert;
Ice 2 – Myrna Sanderson vs. Shirley Berry