Cornwall Curling Club

 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.

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.

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.

Here is the final round draw for the ”ICEMAN” Wednesday Senior Curling Draw. All games are at 1 pm.

February 24: Ice 1: Carol Sweetapple vs Lester Callbeck, Ice 2:  Ray Biagé vs Paul Durant, Ice 3: Roddie MacLean vs Diane MacKay, Ice 4: Tom Dunn vs Vern Chowan

March 10: Ice 1: Vern Chowan vs Ray Biagé, Ice 2: Lester Callbeck vs Roddie MacLean, Ice 3″ Tom Dunn vs Paul Durant, Ice 4: Carole Sweetapple vs Diane MacKay

March 3: No curling due to 55+ Games

March 17: No curling due to Maritime Stick Championships at Cornwall

March 24: Playoff round. Round robin results will determine placings.
Group A Teams 1 – 4.  Group B Teams 5 – 8.
Playoff Schedule:
Ice 1- Team1 vs Team 4: Ice 2 – Team 3 vs Team 4: Ice 3 – Team 5 vs Team 8: Ice 4 – Team 6 vs Team 7.

March 31:
Ice 1 – Loser Ice 1 vs Loser Ice 2: Ice 2 Winner Ice 1vs Winner Ice 2: Ice 3 – Winner Ice 3 vs Winner Ice 4: Ice 4: Loser Ice 3 vs Loser Ice 4.

Spares: Helen Smith, Karen Currie, Kimball Blanchard

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.

 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.

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.

Play got underway this morning in the Provincial Seniors Curling Championships in Charlottetown, and the 17 and Under in Summerside.

The three Cornwall women’s teams entered in the Seniors, skipped by Karen Currie, Debbie Rhodenhizer, and defending champion Shirley Berry, all picked up wins in the 9 am opening draw.

Four Cornwall rinks, skipped by Jeff Taylor, Tyler Smith, Veronica Smith, and Tricia Sanderson, are participating in the 17 and Under event in Summerside. The junior men’s games got underway at 11, while the junior women see action at 3 pm.

End by end results are available online at PEICurling.com, or drop into the clubs to watch the action!

Winds are dying down, snow has stopped, and primary and secondary roads are open, so we are going with curling tonight.  Conditions may vary depending on where you live, so please drive carefully!

We’re still weighing the conditions to determine whether or not to have curling this evening. Plough drivers say secondary roads are being kept open, but some are drifting in. Winds are supposed to die down to 20 km this evening, and the snowfall warning was ended at 1 pm.

If you have any input, give Bev a call at 566-4427.