Because of previous curling cancellations on Thursday night, it has been decided to have an extra night of Thursday night league curling on April 8th, and to start the Countryview Golf Closing Bonspiel the evening of Friday, April 9th.
Saturday June 19th is the date for the annual 9 hole best-ball Cornwall Curling Club golf tournament at Countryview Golf Club, route 19 in Fairview. Get in touch with Carl Currie at Countryview, or Bob Fowler, to signup. Golfers of all experience levels are welcome. As always, there will be a winners circle back at the clubhouse, with prizes for almost everyone, and burgers and hot dogs on the barbecue.
In their only game of the day, Cornwall and Charlottetown’s Shirley Berry rink handed Susan Lang and her first place Saskatchewan rink their first loss, by a 6-5 score on Tuesday afternoon at the World Financial Group Canadian Seniors in Ottawa, to improve their win-loss record to 2-4. Berry plays Quebec’s Agnes Charette (1-5) this morning and New Brunswick’s Heidi Hanlon, who, with a 5-2 record is in second place behind Saskatchewan (5-1), in the afternoon.
PEI’s men’s entry, skipped by Peter MacDonald of the Charlottetown Curling Club, lost their morning game to Saskatchewan’s Brad Heidt, who remains in first place with a 7-0 record, by a 7-5 score, but picked up a 6-4 win over Quebec’s Pierre Charette in the evening draw. MacDonald, who plays New Brunswick’s Robert MacDiarmid (0-6) tonight, is at 3-4.
Other members of the Shirley Berry team are Sandy Hope, Shelley Ebbett, and Arleen Harris, with Peter Gallant, Rod MacDonald and Doug MacGregor rounding out the Peter MacDonald rink.
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.
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.
PEI’s Peter MacDonald rink lost their opener 9-3 to Alberta on Saturday at the World Financial Group Canadian Seniors in Ottawa.
Cornwall’s Shirley Berry also lost to Alberta, by a 9-5 score, and scored two points in the last end to edge the Northwest Territories/Yukon team 7-6. MacDonald plays the Territories at 11 this morning PEI time.
Next up for the Islanders is British Columbia, at 4 (men) and 8:30 pm (women) Atlantic.
Alberta, Sask., and NB currently lead the women’s standings, at 2-0, while Albarta, Quebec, BC, Northern Ont. and Sask. all have one win on the men’s side.
Rod MacDonald throws fourth stones for the Peter MacDonald rink, with Peter calling the game and throwing second. Peter Gallant throws third, with Doug MacGregor throwing lead stones.
The Shirley Berry rink includes third Sandy Hope, second Shelley Ebbett, and lead Arleen Harris.
The finals go at 5 this afternoon at the Dominion PEI Curling Club Championship in Cornwall, with seven men’s and six women’s teams competing to advance to the national The Dominion event, November 23-28 at the Cornwall and Charlottetown clubs.
The host club’s Lorianne Davies rink, which includes Melody Beck, Tracy MacDonald, and Lynda Turnbull, finished round robin play with a perfect 5-0 record, and advances directly to this afternoon’s women’s final. The Kim Aylward rink from the Silver Fox, with teammates Jeanne Duffenais, Michelle Weaver, and Debbie Caissy, finished second with a 3-2 win-loss record, and will play in the 2 pm semi-final. There was a three-way tie for third at 2-3 after round robin play, with Sharon Horne of Alberton’s Western Community club blanking defending champion Vanessa Hamming of Crapaud 7-0 in the first tiebreaker on Saturday night. Horne will now play Charlottetown’s Micki Cageorge rink in the second tiebreaker at 10 am, with the winner of that game facing Aylward in the semi-final. The winner of the semi then plays Davies for the title.
In the men’s section, the Dave Ross rink from Charlottetown were undefeated going into last night’s final round robin draw, but lost their game against Western’s Kevin Ellsworth team by a 7-3 score, putting them into a three way tie for first with Ellsworth, and Montague’s Donald Clarey rink. After draw to the button records were compared, Ellsworth was awarded first place, and advances directly to the 5 pm final. Second place Clarey and third place Ross square off in the 2 pm semi-final, with the winner playing Ellsworth in the final.
Other members of the Kevin Ellsworth rink are Fred Fraser, Allan Gaudet, and Gifford Costain. Playing with Donald Clarey are Larry Richards, Elliot Morrison, and Cameron Lerch, with fifth player Mike Clarey. Nick Fraser, Paul Gaudet, and Lester Wah round out the Ross team.
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 rink 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.
In the 20 and Under division, the Adam Casey team from Charlottetown handed the combined Cornwall and Silver Fox Sarah Fullerton foursome their first loss in the final round robin draw on Saturday night, by a 7-3 score. Both teams finished round robin play with 3-1 records, and advanced to the 1st vs 2nd place final, Sunday at 2 pm. Casey’s teammates are his sister Anita Casey, along with Anson Carmody and Hillary Thompson and coach Jeff Wilson, while Justin Richard, Sara MacRae, and Corey Miller, with coach Brenda MacMillan round out the Fullerton squad.
Also on Saturday night, the Spencer Pitre team from Charlottetown eliminated a possible tiebreaker for the Colton Griffin rink from Alberton’s Western Community club, by edging the Western rink by a 5-4 score. This left both teams out of the playoffs with 2-2 records. The fifth rink in the division, skipped by Cody Dixon of Montague was 0-4 in the event.
Photo albums are now online for the opening banquet of the Ferguson Funeral Homes Maritime Stick Curling Championships, and the opening ceremonies for The Dominion PEI Curling Club championship. There are links on the respective event websites, or
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