Roddie MacLean team beat Angus Kennedy team 5-4
John Deluca  team beat Bob MacWilliams  team  7-6 (extra end)
Sarah Clow team beat Paulette Richard team 5-3
Lorianne Davies  beat Karen Currie  9-5
 
Finals at 4 PM today
John Deluca vs Roddie  MacLean
Lorianne Davies vs Sara Clow

The Clair Sweet rink from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary beat the Roddie MacLean foursome from the Cornwall Curling Club twice today to win the men’s section, while Carol Sweetapple beat Cornwall clubmate Diane MacKay in the final  to win the women’s division at  The Medicine Shoppe PEI Masters Curling Championships, for curlers age 60 and over, at the Crapaud Community Curling Club.

Sweet, with teammates Bob Matheson, Cliff Poirier, and Wayne Arsenault, handed the MacLean rink their first loss of the tournament this morning, with an exciting come-from-behind  8-7 extra-end decision in the “B” final of this double-knockout event. Sweet trailed 7-3 after five ends, but took a single in the sixth, and stole a single, a deuce, to tie the game, and another single in the extra end for the win. The two teams met again in the championship game, with Sweet taking four points in the first end, stealing a pair in the second,  taking another four in the sixth, and stealing another four-pointer in the seventh for a 14-4 victory. Both winner Sweet and runner-up MacLean will advance to the Maritime Masters, February 14-17 at the Beaver curling club in Moncton. Sweet can also compete in the Canadian Masters, March 28-April 4 in Saint John. Other members of the MacLean rink are Ron Giggey, Edgar Coffin, and George Younker. Eleven men’s teams took part in the PEI Masters.

In the four team women’s section, Diane MacKay of Cornwall eliminated six-time defending champion Jeanne Duffenais from the Silver Fox in the “B” final this morning, with an 8-4 win, taking a triple in the third, and stealing a deuce and a single in the final two ends. Val MacLean, Eileen Blanchard, and Marilyn Diamond round out the MacKay team.

MacKay then met “A” division winner and clubmate Carol Sweetapple in the final. MacKay grabbed an early lead, stealing  a deuce in the first end, and a single in the second. Sweetapple, playing with Marie MacDonald, Danielle Girard, and Karen Fisher, tied the game with a triple in the third, and stole the next two ends for a 5-3 lead. The teams both picked up a deuce and a single over the next four ends, for a final score of 8-6 for Sweetapple. Both rinks will advance to  the Maritime Masters, February 14-17 at the Beaver curling club in Moncton, with the winning Sweetapple team also earning the right to compete in the Canadian Masters, March 28-April 4 in Saint John.

The Roddie MacLean and Carol Sweetapple teams from the Cornwall Curling Club have earned byes to tomorrow’s finals in the men’s and women’s divisions respectively of The Medicine Shoppe Provincial Masters Curling Championships, for curlers age 60 and over, being played at the Crapaud Community Curling Club.

In the eleven team men’s section, MacLean, with teammates Ron Giggey, Edgar Coffin, and George Younker, scored four points in the final end this morning to beat Lou Nowlan of Summerside, a five-time Masters champion, by a 9-6 score in the “A” section final of this double-knockout event. MacLean then beat Bob Acorn of Charlottetown by a 7-3 score to advance to the B section final, 10 am on Thursday. In that game, he’ll be playing Clair Sweet of O’Leary’s Maple Leaf club, who edged Louis Walsh of the Silver Fox 6-5 in an extra end this morning, and doubled Nowlan 6-3 this afternoon.

If Sweet wins the B final, he’ll face MacLean again in the 2 pm championship final. If MacLean is the winner, the final will not be necessary, and his team will be declared the champion. Playing with Sweet are Bob Matheson, Cliff Poirier, and Wayne Arsenault.

In the four team women’s division, Carol Sweetapple got by Cornwall clubmate Ruth Stavert by a 6-4 score to win this morning’s “A” final, but did not advance to the B final, losing this afternoon to six-time defending champion Jeanne Duffenais of the Silver Fox by a 7-1 score. Rounding out the Sweetapple rink are Marie MacDonald, Danielle Girard, and Karen Fisher.

 In the other qualifier game for the B final, Stavert lost out to another Cornwall clubmate, Diane MacKay, by a 9-3 score. MacKay scored five points in the fifth end en route to the win. So it’s Duffenais vs MacKay in the B final, Thursday morning at 10. The winner of that game will then play Sweetapple in the 2 pm final. Other members of the Duffenais rink are Georgie Coulson, Marg Nowlan, and Pat Barrett, while Val MacLean, Eileen Blanchard, and Marilyn Diamond complete the MacKay foursome.

Men’s and women’s winners and runners-up advance to the Maritime Masters Championships, February 14-17 at the Beaver Curling Club in Moncton.  Winners may also participate in the Canadian Masters, March 28-April 4 in Saint John.

There is apparently a discrepancy between the draw on the draw board, and the one sent to the Guardian and posted to the website last night.

The drawmaster has decided to go with the latter, which is as follows:

6:30
Ice 1: J. DeLuca vs. D. Butler
Ice 2:  B. MacWilliams vs. L. Davies
Ice 3: R. Sweetapple vs. T.Dunn
Ice 4:  S. Jeffrey vs.  S. Berry
 
8:30
Ice 1: R. MacLean vs. B. Spence
Ice 2:  D. Rhodenizer vs. S. Clow
Ice 3:  J. MacKinnon vs. K. Currie
Ice 4: P. Neima vs. B.Fowler

Last Monday evening at the beginning of the early draw, one of our members, Paul Horne, was beset by what appears to be a severe heart attack. We understand Paul’s condition is serious and our hopes and prayers are with him and his family at this time. We wish to thank all those who took an active role in the response to this emergency and in particular we thank Krista Affleck whose active and prompt participation in CPR until paramedics arrived, was probably crucial in saving his life.

As a result of this incident and a recent similar one at the APM Center, the subject of an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) quickly surfaced as a necessity at our club. The subject was “fast tracked” and management quickly looked at various options for the purchase of one. The club’s Seniors offered to pay for approximately one half the costs. As a result of an article in the Guardian, Cornwall Physiotherapy & Sports Rehabilitation, owned by Ralph Manning, generously offered to donate $1500 towards the purchase of the unit. Unanimous Board approval was obtained and it is my pleasure to announce that the unit has already been purchased and will be installed at the club shortly.

It is important to note that training in the use of the AED and in CPR is required. Staff will be trained in its use and a training session has already been booked for Sunday  February 21^st at 1 pm, the earliest convenient date available. The training of volunteers in the use of the AED will be required to complement the staff however, we are not certain how many can be accommodated. This will depend on the number of persons and costs, etc. Please register your name with Bev if you are interested in participating in this course. Thank you. 

John De Luca, President

(PEICA/CCA) The hope that the Brett Gallant rink would repeat as Canadian junior curling champions was dashed this afternoon, as they lost an 8-3 battle to Ontario (Jake Walker of Kitchener), as the two teams fought it out for the third and final playoff spot, entering the match with 8-3 records.  

 Manitoba (Alex Forrest of Manitoba) had already clinched a berth in Sunday’s final at 8:30 pm Atlantic, live on TSN, finishing with a 10-2 mark. Saskatchewan (Braeden Moskowy of Regina) earned a berth in Saturday evening’s semi-final at 8:30 pm Atlantic after defeating Manitoba this morning, 7-4, completing the round robin with a 9-3 record.

On the women’s side, PEI’s Sarah Fullerton rink, already out of contention, lost to 12-3 to undefeated Rachel Homan of Ottawa, finishing tied for 6th place with Manitoba with a 6-6 win-loss record. Northern Ontario finished second at 9-3, with Sask. ,  BC, and Alberta tied for the final spot at 8-4. That will necessitate two tiebreakers, one at 10:30 am and one at 3:30 pm AT on Saturday, meaning the women’s semi-final would go at the same time as the men’s on Saturday night…8:30 pm.

(http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=320083&sc=98)
DAVE STEWART
The Guardian

The president of the Cornwall Curling Club says the volunteer board is giving serious thought to purchasing an automated external defibrillator after a Charlottetown man suffered a heart attack at the club Monday night.
“It’s definitely on the agenda,” John De Luca said Wednesday. “We’re talking to people. We might even try to fast-track it. We’re talking seriously about it.”
A Charlottetown man, said to be in his late 50s, suffered a heart attack on one of the ice sheets Monday around 7 p.m.
Benny Grant, former fire chief with the North River fire department, said firefighters arrived on the scene within minutes. Grant credits those at the club with helping save the man’s life.
“There was a lady at the time when we got there who was performing CPR on him,” Grant said. “We got there with our defibrillator and we were going to put the paddles on him when the ambulance came along. It took a little while. They shocked him a couple of times. After a while he came to and started breathing on his own.”
A similar incident occurred recently when Gordon Crozier of Cornwall suffered a heart attack at the APM Centre. That facility has a defibrillator which was used after the man went into full cardiac arrest. Crozier’s family has publicly thanked Communities 13 Inc. management, which runs the APM Centre, for purchasing a defibrillator.
“I think it’s a good idea,” said Grant. “It’s a cheap piece of equipment to have around. You may never use it but at least it would be there.”
Grant says he knows the man who suffered the heart attack on Monday night at the curling club.
“He’s not out of the woods yet. He’s got a ways to go yet. It’ll take time. Doctors don’t like to call it a massive heart attack. They call it a significant heart attack.”
Defibrillators cost approximately $2,500. A cost-sharing program with the Department of Health and Wellness gives rinks $1,000 to put towards the purchase. Anyone interested in buying one can do it by submitting an application to Recreation P.E.I.
De Luca says the incidents at the APM Centre and curling club also draws attention to another important fact — the need for people to get CPR training.
“The first people who treated him had just taken courses on CPR and knew what to do and that was really critical. I think a lot more people should be taking those courses.”
The curling club president said that doesn’t take away from the importance of having automated external defibrillators on scene in the event something happens.
“We are serious about it, it is on the agenda and we are looking at putting it on the fast track. The (curling) season ends by the end of March. We don’t know whether we’ll have one before that time but we’re looking at even that possibility.”

How to operate AED:

— Regardless of which brand of AED is used, the only knowledge required to operate it is to press the “ON” button.
— Once the AED is turned on, it actually speaks to you in a computer-generated voice that guides you through the rest of the procedure.
— You will be prompted to place a set of adhesive electrode pads on the victim’s bare chest and, if necessary, to plug in the pads’ connector to the AED.
— The AED will then begin to automatically analyse the person’s ECG rhythm to determine if a shock is required. It is critical that no contact be made with the person while the machine is analysing the ECG. If the person is touched or disturbed, the ECG may not be accurate.
— If the machine determines that a shock is indicated, it will automatically charge itself and tell you when to press the button that will deliver the shock.
— Once the shock is delivered you will be prompted to resume CPR.