The Cornwall Curling Club is proud to host the PEI Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association’s curling bonspiel again this year, as part of their 50th annual meeting.
Because of this event, there will be no daytime curling this Thursday February 2nd.
Charlottetown’s Mike Gaudet rink beat the Brett Gallant foursome by a 7-5 score tonight at the Cornwall Curling Club to win the PEI Tankard Provincial Men’s Curling Championship. It’s Gaudet’s fourth Tankard, winning as skip in 1994 and 2004, and last year as third for Eddie MacKenzie, who in turn played third for runner-up Gallant this year. Other members of the Gaudet team are Tyler MacKenzie, Tyler Harris, and Sean Clarey. Backing up Gallant were Eddie MacKenzie at third, Anson Carmody at second, and Alex MacFadyen at lead stone, with coach Al Ledgerwood.
Photo (L-R): Mike Gaudet, Tyler MacKenzie, Tyler Harris, Sean Clarey
Photo (L-R): Al Ledgerwood (coach), Alex MacFadyen, Anson Carmody, Eddie MacKenzie, Brett Gallant, PEICA President George Koke
In tonight’s game, Gallant blanked the first two ends, and opened the scoring with a deuce in the third. Gallant ran into trouble in the next end when he elected to pick a Gaudet stone out from several of his own stones, and missed the mark, handing Gaudet an open hit for three.
Photo: 4th end – Gaudet picks up three
Gallant picked up a single in the next end to the the game 3-all at the half. The sixth end was blanked, and Gallant stole a single in the seventh to lead 4-3. Gaudet then manages to remove a Gallant shot stone which was behind cover and touching the four foot, and stays to count two, to take the lead 5-4.
Photo: Tyler MacKenzie lines up Gaudet’s final shot in the 8th
Photo: Gaudet picks up a deuce in eight
Gallant then makes a tough final shot in end nine, to score one and tie the game at 5-5 by going through a port to remove the Gaudet counter, but lose last rock advantage in the final end, where Gaudet removes the the only Gallant stone in the house with his first skip rock to lie two. Gallant’s final stone is heavy, handing Gaudet, who doesn’t have to throw his final rock, the 7-5 win.
Photo: Gallant’s final stone is heavy
Photo: Handshakes
Both teams got to the final with wins over Charlottetown clubmate Rod MacDonald.
The Gaudet rink beat them 9-4 to win the Page 1-2 game and a bye to the final.
Gallant, a former Canadian Junior champion, came from behind to steal a deuce in the last end of the afternoon semi-final over MacDonald, whose last two rocks didn’t perform as expected, giving Gallant a 7-6 win and an opportunity to play in the PEI Tankard final.
The Gaudet foursome now advance to the Tim Hortons Brier, March 3-11 in Saskatoon.
Things were looking good in the latter ends of this afternoon’s PEI Tankard semi-final for Rod MacDonald and his rink, who have a combined total of 26 Tankards to their credit. The game had been tied up 3-3 at the half against their Charlottetown clubmates the Brett Gallant foursome, when MacDonald stole a single in end six to take the lead, followed by a deuce in the eighth end to pull ahead 6-3. However, the Brett Gallant team scored a deuce in the ninth, and stole another two in the 10th end to win the game 7-6 and advance to the final, tonight at 6:30 here at the Cornwall Curling Club, against the Mike Gaudet squad, also from the Charlottetown Curling Club.
Gallant, a former Canadian Junior champion and World Junior silver medallist, was playing with third Eddie MacKenzie, who skipped last year’s Tankard-winning team, along with Gallant’s long-time teammates Anson Carmody and Alex MacFadyen. Other members of the MacDonald rink were third Kevin Champion, second Mark O’Rourke, and lead Andrew Robinson. Gaudet played third on MacKenzie’s winning team last year, and has a total three Tankards to his credit. His rink includes third Tyler MacKenzie, second Tyler Harris, and lead Sean Clarey.
The winner of this evening’s game will advance to the Tim Hortons Brier, March 3-11 in Saskatoon.
Round two ended up with the addition of one more team, skipped by Aaron Campbell, that was added to the A pool to make 8 teams, while the B pool had six. Next round we will reverse the number in each pool, so four teams will descend the ladder to the B pool, and 2 will climb to the A..
Paul Neima again won the A pool, with five straight wins. Down in the cellar were the Angus Kennedy and Joerg Soltermann rinks with one win each, followed by Bob Fowler and Aaron Campbell with two wins each Campbell played one less game than the others, but his only wins were against Kennedy and Soltermann. Teams with 3 wins were Karen Currie, who beat Campbell, Greg Groves, who beat Currie,and Kris Currie who beat Groves, so we”ll gve the honour of moving down the ladder to the Campbell team.
In the B pool, Bob MacWilliams peeled off five straight wins, to win the prize for the round, plus a trip back up to the A pool. Gord Peters and Ray Biage were next with three wins, but Peters beat Biage in their round robin encounter, and will move up to the A pool.
So, it’s Kennedy, Joerg Soltermann, Bob Fowler, and Aaron Campbell down, and MacWilliams and Peters up for round three.
Pools will alternate early and late starts, with Pool B curling at 6:30 the first week (they curled at 8:30 last week)
Here are the pools for Round Three:
Pool A
A1-Paul Neima
A2-Greg Groves
A3-Karen Currie
A4-Kris Currie
A5-Bob MacWilliams
A6-Gord Peters
B1-Aaron Campbell
B2-Bob Fowler
B3-Joerg Soltermann
B4-Angus Kennedy
B5-Ray Biage
B6-Kelly Watts
B7-Colleen Soltermann
B8-David Younker
Here is the draw for round 3
Feb. 1
6:30 pm (Pool B)
Ice 1: B7-Colleen Soltermann vs B2-Bob Fowler
Ice 2: B5-Ray Biagé, vs B4-Angus Kennedy
Ice 3: B6-Kelly Watts vs B3-Joerg Soltermann
Ice 4: B1-Aaron Campbell vs B8-David Younker
8:30 pm (Pool A)
Ice 1: A1-Paul Neima vs A5-Bob MacWilliams
Ice 2: A4-Kris Currie vs A6-Gord Peters
Ice 3: A2-Greg Groves vs A3-Karen Currie
Feb. 8
6:30 pm (Pool A)
Ice 1: A1-Paul Neima vs A2-Greg Groves
Ice 2: A3-Karen Currie vs A6-Gord Peters
Ice 3: A4-Kris Currie vs A5-Bob MacWilliams
8:30 pm (Pool B)
Ice 1: B6-Kelly Watts vs B4-Angus Kennedy
Ice 2: B7-Colleen Soltermann vs B3-Joerg Soltermann
Ice 3: B5-Ray Biagé vs B1-Aaron Campbell
Ice 4 B2-Bob Fowler vs B8-David Younker
Feb 15
6:30 pm (Pool B)
Ice 1: B5-Ray Biagé vs B6-Kelly Watts
Ice 2: B1-Aaron Campbell vs B2-Bob Fowler
Ice 3: B3-Joerg Soltermann vs B8-David Younker
Ice 4 B4-Angus Kennedy vs B7-Colleen Soltermann
8:30 pm (Pool A)
Ice 1: A2-Greg Groves vs A6-Gord Peters
Ice 2: A3-Karen Currie vs A5-Bob MacWilliams
Ice 3: A1-Paul Neima vs A4-Kris Currie
Feb 22
6:30 pm (Pool A)
Ice 1: A2-Greg Groves vs A4-Kris Currie
Ice 2: A1-Paul Neima vs A3-Karen Currie
Ice 3: A5-Bob MacWilliams vs A6-Gord Peters
8:30 pm (Pool B)
Ice 1: B2-Bob Fowler vs B3-Joerg Soltermann
Ice 2: B4-Angus Kennedy vs B8-David Younker
Ice 3: B7-Colleen Soltermann vs B5-Ray Biagé
Ice 4: B6-Kelly Watts vs B1-Aaron Campbell
Feb 29
6:30 pm (Pool B)
Ice 1: B5-Ray Biagé vs B8-David Younker
Ice 2: B6-Kelly Watts vs B7-Colleen Soltermann
Ice 3: B4-Angus Kennedy vs B2-Bob Fowler
Ice 4: B3-Joerg Soltermann vs B1-Aaron Campbell
8:30 pm (Pool A)
Ice 1: A3-Karen Currie vs A4-Kris Currie
Ice 2: A2-Greg Groves vs A5-Bob MacWilliams
Ice 3: A1-Paul Neima vs A6-Gord Peters
The Mike Gaudet rink scored a triple in end two, deuces in ends four and six, and stole singles in the next two ends to beat the Rod MacDonald rink by a 9-4 score this evening and win the Page 1-2 game at the PEI Tankard provincial men’s curling championship. The Gaudet foursome now advances to the PEI Tankard final, Monday at 6:30 pm at the Cornwall Curling Club. MacDonald, who was undefeated until this game, will now play in the semi-final, Monday at 1:30 pm. Other members of the Gaudet rink are Tyler MacKenzie, Tyler Harris, and Sean Clarey, while MacDonald’s teammates are Kevin Champion, Mark O’Rourke, and Andrew Robinson.
MacDonald’s opponent in the semi will be former Canadian Junior champion Brett Gallant, who eliminated Robert Campbell from the competition in this evening’s Page 3-4 game, scoring a single point with hammer in an extra end, to win by a 6-5 score. Playing with Gallant are defending PEI Tankard champion skip Eddie MacKenzie at third, along with Gallant’s long-time teammates Anson Carmody and Alex MacFadyen, with coach Al Ledgerwood. Completing the Campbell foursome were Philip Gorveatt, Eric Broderson, and Mike Dillon.
The final two qualifiers for the playoff round were selected Sunday afternoon, with Campbell scoring 3 points in an extra end to beat John Likely 10-7, and Gallant, aided by a second end triple, winning 8-6 over Jamie Newson. Rod MacDonald qualified first out of the triple knockout portion of the event on Friday, while Gaudet beat Gallant on Saturday to grab the second spot in the playoffs. All teams playing on Sunday were from the Charlottetown Curling Club. 12 teams were entered in the competition.
The PEI Tankard champion will advance to the Tim Hortons Brier, March 3-11 in Saskatoon.
The Mike Gaudet team, trailing 4-1 after seven ends of play, came from behind with a deuce in the eighth end, a steal of another two in nine, and a steal of one in the 10th to beat the Brett Gallant foursome by a 6-4 score Saturday night at the Cornwall Curling Club to advance to the PEI Tankard Page “1-2? game, Sunday at 1:30 pm, against the Rod MacDonald rink. The winner of that game will advance directly to the final, Monday evening at 6:30, with the loser squaring off against the winner of the Sunday evening’s Page “3-4? game in the semi-final at 1:30 Monday afternoon, and the winner of the semi then advancing to the final. All six teams continuing on in the 12 team event curl out of the Charlottetown Curling Club.
Other members of the Gaudet rink are third Tyler MacKenzie, second Tyler Harris and lead Sean Clarey, while third Kevin Champion, second Mark O’Rourke and lead Andrew Robinson round out the MacDonald foursome.
Gallant will now take on Jamie Newson, while Robert Campbell will play John Likely Sunday afternoon at 1:30, with the winners advancing to the Page “3-4? game 6:30 Sunday evening. On Saturday night Newson defeated the Silver Fox Curling Club’s Blair Jay 5-2, Likely edged Bill Hope from the Charlottetown and Cornwall clubs 6-5, and Campbell beat Peter MacDonald from the Charlottetown club 7-3.
The PEI Tankard winner will advance to the Tim Hortons Brier, March 3-11 in Saskatoon.
Tonight’s “main event” at the PEI Tankard, taking place at the Cornwall Curling Club, will be the battle for the second qualifying spot in the playoff round, between the Brett Gallant and Mike Gaudet rinks from the Charlottetown Curling Club. Rod MacDonald and his rink qualified first yesterday. Gallant, whose team includes defending champion skip Eddie MacKenzie at third, along with his longtime teamamtes Anson Carmody and Alex MacFadyen, advanced to the qualifier with a 5-4 win over the Bill Hope rink from Charlottetown and Cornwall in this afternoon’s draw, while Gaudet, who is playing with Tyler MacKenzie, Tyler Harris and Sean Clarey, was trailing 5-3 coming home, and pulled off a triple in the final end to win 6-5 over Charlottetown clubmate Robert Campbell.
Qualifiers 3 and 4 will be decided in the 1:30 Sunday draw, with the winners of tonight’s games between Robert Campbell, and Peter MacDonald, and between John Likely and Bill Hope competing for the third spot, and the winner of tonight’s match between Blair Jay of Summerside and Jamie Newson of Charlottetown taking on the loser of tonight’s Gallant vs Gaudet contest.
The four game championship round gets underway Sunday evening at 6:30, with the first two qualifiers facing off in the Page “1-2? game, and the remaining qualifers playing in the “3-4? game. The winner of the “1-2? game will advance directly to the final, Monday at 6:30 pm, while the loser will face the winner of the “3-4? game in the semi-final Monday at 1:30 pm, with the winner of that game advancing to the final.
The PEI Tankard winner will advance to the Tim Hortons Brier, March 3-11 in Saskatoon.
The KFC Age 12 and Under Provincial Curling Championships will be held February 26, 2012 at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. For less experienced/competitive curlers in the same age category, KFC is also sponsoring a Fun Tournament at the same club, on March 4. It is hoped that the two events will increase overall participation, while shortening the length of each event.
Entry deadline for both events is February 10, and registration fee for each event is $20 per player. Curlers are asked to choose one event only. The Provincials have separate boys and girls divisions and will play three six-end games, while the Fun Tournament will offer three four-end matches, and players on a team may be any combination of boys and/or girls. A point system will be used in each event to determine 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Each event also includes lunch and fun off-ice activities.
The Provincial Championship is intended for more experienced curlers who have curled for more than one year, while the Fun Tournament is open to first year curlers, with a maximum of two curlers with two or more years experience permitted on a team. Enter either event online at PEICurling.com. Payment may be made online or by cheque and must reach the PEICA by one week after the entry deadline.
Defending 12 and Under champions are the Donald DeWolfe rink from the Cornwall Curling Club and the Kaleigh MacKay team from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside.
Visit PEICurling.com/12andunder for live results from the Provincial 12 and Under event. The first three finishers from the Fun Tournament will also be announced on the website.
Click for photos from the opening day of the PEI Tankard right here at the Cornwall Curling Club.
Front (L-R): Club president Jamie Ballem, Cornwall Deputy Mayor Corey Frizzell, PEICA president George Koke
Back row: local MLA Ron McKinley, members of Cornwall’s Rob Young rink
Two draws have been completed at the PEI Tankard provincial men’s curling championship at the Cornwall Curliing Club. PEI’s The Dominion Curling Club Championship men’s team, skipped by Donald Clarey of Montague, are 2-0 after opening day play. Also unbeaten, at 1-0, are teams skipped by Brett Gallant, Robert Campbell, and Rod MacDonald, who all curl out of the Charlottetown club.
Photo (R-L): Donald Clarey, Larry Richards, David Rice, Steven MacLeod from the Montague Curling Club
In draw two action, Clarey, who picked up an 8-6 win over Rob Young and his host club rink in the opening draw, recorded a 9-3 victory over Charlottetown’s Mike Gaudet foursome, stealing the first four ends, and following up a 7th end deuce with a steal of another pair in eight.
The other draw two games were much closer, all decided by a single point, with a seventh end single steal being the deciding factor in a 7-6 Brett Gallant win over John Likely, and a fourth end steal of one giving Rod MacDonald the edge in an 8-7 victory over Jamie Newson, whose first draw ended early when Newson was about to draw for six in end eight against Blair Jay of the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club in Summerside, but Jay conceded before Newson threw the final stone, giving Newson a 5-4 win.
The final game in the evening draw saw Robert Campbell get by Peter MacDonald with a 7-6 score, aided by a triple in the seventh end. Peter MacDonald, Likely and Newson all sit at 1-1 going into Friday play.
Friday’s draws in this 12 team triple knockout event with a Page finish are at 9 am and 1:30 and 6:30 pm. The championship game is Monday at 6:30 pm.
The 2012 PEI Tankard winner will advance to the Tim Hortons Brier, March 3-11 in Saskatoon.
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