We are once again collecting non-perishable items for the food bank this year – we’ve already taken a couple of loads from the club already and they were greatly appreciated. We’ve been told there has been more need and fewer donations this year, so we are continuing to collect!
If you have any donations please bring them to the club and leave them in the box – we’ll be making another delivery on Monday.
Daytime Curlers’ Christmas Party
Monday, December 18th
Registration:
8:30am-9:00am for morning curlers
11:45am-12:00pm for afternoon stick curlers
Four three-end draws (each team plays two) in the morning: 9:00am, 9:45am, 10:30am, 11:15am
One six-end draw in the afternoon for stick curlers: 1:15pm, (2:15pm if needed)
Pizza, 50/50, bragging rights, friendship, and fun!
Cost: $10/person
Sign up at the Club!
NOTE: Snow date is Tuesday, December 19th
We are pleased to again be partnering with Curl PEI for a 10-week Learn to Curl program for youth ages 13-18.
The sessions will be on Fridays from December 15th through March 22nd from 4:30pm – 6:00pm at the Cornwall Curling Club (NOTE: Some Fridays will be skipped due to Club schedule).
Planned dates:
December 15, 22
January 5, 26
February 9, 23
March 1, 8, 15, 22
CurlPEI’s U18 Learn to Curl program is designed to introduce teens to the sport of curling. In this Learn to Curl program participants will learn the basics of the game with a huge emphasis on having fun. Our curriculum is based on Curling Canada’s long term curler development model and we provide a low instructor to participant ratio.
If you have any questions please reach out to Amy Duncan at Curl PEI (amy.duncan@peicurling.com or 902-368-4208)
Register today at: https://cornwall.curling.io/en/products/7352-u18-learn-to-curl-ages-13-18-2023-2024-season
The second round of the Thursday draw begins this Thursday, December 14th. Below are the teams and draw schedule.
The teams and draw schedule for the Monday Mixed League 2nd Round are below!
DOWNLOADABLE PDF: 23-24 Monday Night League (Round 2)
The 5th Annual Cornwall Cup is just around the corner on January 5th and 6th. Registrations are being accepted at the Club.
Cost is $30 per person/$60 per team
Qualifier rounds are Friday at 9am, 10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm, and 3pm (three games per team if we get a full 16 teams) with the top 8 teams advancing to the playoffs on Saturday starting at 10am.
Lunch is provided on Friday as well.
Sign up today and secure your spot in this fun event!
Our Rock’in Raffle draw, a fundraiser for new curling rocks, will be held between the first and second draw of the Wednesday Night Ladder League NEXT week…
To refresh your memory:
Each member paid $30 at the time of registration for raffle tickets – that they can enter for themselves or sell to others to recoup the $30.
It is EACH MEMBER’S responsibility to pick up your raffle tickets and RETURN your tickets – we still have quite a few that have NOT been picked up.
Cash Prizes are:
$1000 for First Place
$500 for Second
$250 for Third
Thanks for your help with this fundraiser, and good luck!!
Daytime Curlers’ Christmas Party
Monday, December 18th
Registration:
8:30am-9:00am for morning curlers
11:45am-12:00pm for afternoon stick curlers
Four three-end draws in the morning: 9:00am, 9:45am, 10:30am, 11:15am
One six-end draw in the afternoon for stick curlers: 1:15pm, (2:15pm if needed)
Pizza, door prizes, bragging rights, friendship, and fun!
Cost: $10/person
Sign up at the Club!
NOTE: Snow date is Tuesday, December 19th
Congratulations to the Morley Annear Ltd. Mixed Stick Champions, Ruth Stavert & Roy Coffin (with spare, Roddie MacLean) and the Finalists, Myrna and Barry Craswell.
The Annual Kenmac Energy Bonspiel will take place on Friday, January 12th and Saturday, January 13th at the Cornwall Curling Club.
The excitement starts on Friday with snacks, draw prizes, a 50/50, drink specials – and, of course, curling!
The fun continues Saturday with a continental breakfast, lunch, trivia, games, and more curling – all capped off with a delicious, plated, sit down banquet meal.
Awards and Prizes will be given as well!
Cost is $40 per curler. Single or team-entry is welcome.
We hope to have three draws (up to 24 teams) if there is enough interest – register by January 6th at the club or by sending the club manager an email.
A HUGE thank you to our sponsor, KENMAC ENERGY, for their continued support for our club and curling community.
Following 45 games the playoffs are set at the 2024 Morley Annear Ltd. Mixed Stick Curling Championship. The teams advancing are:
Pool A – A1: Craswell/Craswell, A2: Sanderson/Dunsford
Pool B – B1: Stavert/Coffin, B2: Owen/Smith
Pool C – C1: Barwise/Barwise (42pts), C2: Reid/Higginbotham (41pts)
7th Place: Pineau/Matheson (4-1, 39pts)
8th Place: Clarke/Keefe (3-2, 34pts)
The quarter-finals will begin at the Cornwall Curling Club at 9am with Sanderson/Dunsford facing Stavert/Coffin on ice 1; Owen/Smith against Barwise/Barwise on ice 2; Reid/Higginbotham playing Pineau/Matheson on ice 3; and Craswell/Craswell versus Clarke/Keefe on ice 4.
Live scoring can be found here: https://pe.curling.io/en/events/17911-2024-pei-mixed-stick-curling-championship/widget.
There are still a few slots open for Round 2 of the Thursday Night Mixed Draw which begins NEXT Thursday, December 14th.
The deadline to register for this round is FRIDAY, December 8th at 5pm – as the drawmaster will be preparing the teams and schedule this weekend!
If you are interested in playing please email the manager or call the club.
The 11th Annual Mixed Doubles Cashspiel is this weekend at the club and the draw schedule has been set.
We are looking forward to a great day of curling and fun.
Tom O’Rourke and Janette Fraser scored a six-ender today in the PEI Provincial Mixed Stick Curling Championship!
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Team Kneabone for winning the first draw of the Monday Night Mixed League.
Thanks to Enwave PEI Energy Systems for sponsoring the winning prize for the draw!!
Team Kneabone is made up of: Donna Musto, Mike McDonald, Chris MacDougall, and Danny Kneabone
Donna Musto, Mike McDonald, Chris MacDougall, and Danny Kneabone
The club would like to start a new Club Community Committee dedicated to planning and organizing social activities for our club members.
Do you have some great ways to build community in the club? Are you a planner? Are you a social butterfly?
Then we’d love to have you join this committee and help us grow the community in our club!
Some ideas that have been suggested are socials, trivia, maybe a craft fair, etc…
If you are interested, please reach out to the club manager!
Montague and Summerside will be hosting U13 Spiels over the next few weeks – be sure to check them out!
Cornwall’s annual U13 Funspiel is scheduled for February 10th – details to come out in early January.
The Murphy’s Ice Queens Funspiel was held this past Saturday, December 2nd at the club with thirty one ladies participating.
Thank you to all who made this event possible – including Shauna McGill and Sue Pollard who helped organize and the many volunteers who came out Saturday.
Winning the event with 44 points was Team Currie:
1st Place – Team Currie Karen Currie, Marg Stewart, Jean Anderson, and Nancy Fitzgerald
Being down a curler didn’t slow down Team Ebbett, who placed 2nd with 38 points:
2nd Place: Team Ebbett Shelley Ebbett, Sarah Doak, and Valerie Beer
Third place was Team Kennedy with 35 points:
3rd Place: Team Kennedy Carol Kennedy, Nicole Phillips, Karen Martell, and Donna Marie
Other prizes went to:
As always, we would like to thank the long-time sponsor of this event, Murphy’s Pharmacies for their continued support!
The Cornwall Curling Club is happy to be hosting the Morley Annear Mixed Stick Curling Championships from December 6th through 8th.
The club schedule will be affected in the following ways:
DAYTIME DROP-IN:
No daytime drop-in curling on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday this week
AFTERNOON STICK DROP-IN:
No afternoon stick drop-in on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday this week
JUNIOR PRACTICES:
No junior practices on Wednesday or Thursday this week.
Several members of the club are participating in the event so feel free to drop in and check out the action!
The schedule for the event is available here: https://peicurling.com/registration-and-results/#/events/17911/draws
or download a PDF version here: 2024 Mixed Stick Draw
What curler doesn’t love receiving curling gear under the tree?
Items in the pro shop (excluding already reduced items) are now 10% off until we close for the Christmas break on December 22nd!
Stop by today and pick up a new broom, a pair of gloves, a replacement headcover, or anything else in stock.
Don’t see something in stock you were wanting from BalancePlus, Goldline, Hardline, Asham, Olsen, or Acacia? We can order it for you as well!
We still have a few pairs of Asham and BalancePlus shoes in stock as well – in stock shoes are 30% retail until they are sold out.
Not sure what to buy them? We have Gift Certificates available as well.
Looking for a unique, long lasting gift for the curler in your life?
Why not sponsor a rock handle in their name!
We still have a handful of rock handles to sell before we can purchase our replacements – order yours today!
Click here to print a copy of the sponsorship form or see the club manager: Cornwall Rock Handle Fundraiser
We are happy to be partnering with Curl PEI once again to host two U18 Programs this season for teens ages 13-18.
The first is a FREE Try Curling event on Friday, December 1st from 4:30pm – 5:30pm. The session will introduce teens to the sport of curling and get them out on the ice throwing some rocks!
If they enjoy the Try Curling event, there is also an 10-week U18 Learn to Curl program from December 1st through March 15th on Fridays from 4:30pm – 6:00pm.
CurlPEI’s U18 Learn to Curl program is designed to introduce teens to the sport of curling. In this Learn to Curl program participants will learn the basics of the game with a huge emphasis on having fun. Our curriculum is based on Curling Canada’s long term curler development model and we provide a low instructor to participant ratio.
If you have any questions about either program, please reach out to Amy Duncan at Curl PEI (amy.duncan@peicurling.com or 902-368-4208)
Registration can be found at: cornwall.curling.io
Team Rousseau – Danny Bedard, John Mullin, Mark O’Rourke, and Peter Rousseau. Julie Scales also spared for the team in place of Phillip McInnis.
The club hosted the 11th Annual Masters Plus Funspiel this past Thursday and Friday with teams from our club and across the Maritimes!
Cornwall’s Team Rousseau pulled out a come from behind victory in their final game to secure a 4-0 record and a set of bridge passes for winning the event.
Team Hood from Halifax, was also undefeated but placed second based on the LSD tiebreaker. Don’t feel too bad for them, as they still walked away with four meal tickets to the Red Shores Casino and Racetrack to enjoy on next year’s visit to PEI!
Cornwall’s Team Berry placed third with a 3-1 record and Cornwall’s Team Smith rounded out the top four also with a 3-1 record.
Many thanks to Debbie Rhodenhizer, Linda Fairhurst, Gloria Turner, Paul Dorsey, and Ken Harrott – who stepped up to take over the event this year to ensure it will continue for many years to come.
We are already looking forward to the 12th Annual event next season!
We would also like to thank all of our prize sponsors!
The Murphy’s Ice Queens Funspiel will be held this Saturday, December 2nd at the club with eight teams.
This is always an exciting event and we look forward to another great time this year – both on and off the ice.
Teams and draw schedule are below:
Jeremy MacAulay takes a mock left hook from Robbie Doherty, at right, at the Cornwall Curling Club on Tuesday, Nov. 14 where the two were playing in the night’s competitive league action. The two are both heavily involved in the Grand Slam of Curling tour this season.
(Bill McGuire photo)
‘Cornwall Connections’ lead PEI’s impact on Grand Slam of Curling Tour this season
Bill McGuire
Publicity Chairman
Cornwall Curling Club
PEI sports fans enjoying the last two Grand Slam of Curling events on Sportsnet were thrilled with the strong Island flavour on the Canada-wide broadcasts.
Front and centre on each televised draw were the high-octane appearances of well-known PEI sports and entertainment personality Robbie Doherty of Charlottetown as he introduced teams on-ice for that draw and conducted interviews with curlers before, during and after games, plus trophy presentations.
Doherty, who curls out of the Cornwall Curling Club, is a dynamic young man with a number of career irons in the fire, both on PEI and farther afield.
Lauren Lenentine of Cornwall, who plays lead stone with Jennifer Jones’s team out of Winnipeg, got lots of attention as well. In late October at the opening GSOC event in Niagara Falls, Lenentine helped Jones capture the Tour Challenge event, defeating former teammate Kaitlyn Lawes in the women’s final.
Jennifer Jones, Karlee Burgess, Emily Zacharias and Lauren Lenentine celebrate with the HearingLife Tour Challenge trophy on Oct. 22, 2023. (Anil Mungal/GSOC)
Last week at the GSOC Kioti National event in Pictou, NS, with scores of PEI fans in the crowd – who made the short ferry ride across the Northumberland Strait – Jones rolled through the preliminary portion undefeated before dropping a disappointing quarterfinal match to Silvana Tirinzoni of Switzerland.
Meanwhile, Brett Gallant of Charlottetown, who played a key role for years as second stone with with multi-Brier winner Brad Gushue of St. John’s, NL, sparked his new Edmonton, AB team, skipped by Brendan Bottcher, to a pair of strong GSOC performances. In Niagara Falls, Bottcher lost in an extra end in the men’s final to Italy’s Joel Retornaz. The same two teams met in semifinal play in Pictou with the red-hot Italian team winning over Bottcher last Saturday night before claiming its second straight GSOC men’s title the next day.
But there’s even PEI involvement on the GSOC tour. Jeremy MacAulay was more behind the scenes, supporting the Sportsnet broadcast team anchored by Rob Faulds in both events. MacAulay, who has strong Souris connections and now curls out of Cornwall, led his Sports4TV team as it provided live technical curling information into the broadcast booth.
MacAulay’s company has developed computer technology that’s placed inside the handles of curling stones and sends various data to the broadcast crew, allowing them to relay to the viewer the speed of rocks, various split times, plus other information to show the likely result of delivered rocks.
He’s busy this week installing microchips into some handles at his home Cornwall club to test more options for the computer technology.
For Doherty, the Sportsnet job is a dream come true, rubbing elbows on a regular basis with the top men’s and women’s curling teams in the world. He already was the in-venue operations manager for the GSOC events.
“I’ve been working for them for eight years now,” said Doherty, as he sees his career take off in event management — entertaining and hosting sports and music events. “It’s kind of my real line of work.”
Doherty is a popular fixture with the Charlottetown Islanders as the energetic game-day host, plus his Old Home Week entertainment duties, other music, entertainment roles and charity events have made him a household name and popular attraction across the province.
His management team convinced Sportsnet that Doherty’s lively and animated style was just what “we need in curling” so the network brought him in last year, working on the microphone but not introducing the teams. The network liked what they saw and after working together over the summer, promoted him into an expanded role this season for all GSOC events.
Doherty’s schedule is busy. “I got the children’s show, I’ve got several different musical groups, I do 25 play-by-play games for the Islanders here, I do a lot of work for Universum Media — play-by-play for a lot of Atlantic University Sports — plus in-house games for the Charlottetown Islanders.”
Doherty enjoys the strong PEI connections he encounters when he works at national curling events. “I remember I was there when Lauren was playing her first Slam, and it was great to see the difference in her then and now in terms of confidence and success. It was pretty special to see her in her first event, but then in Niagara this year to see her get her first win was very special.”
He said the Lenentine family are great supporters. “We always meet up out there on tour and catch up and kind of jump around together.”
On the last Wednesday during the GSOC event in Pictou, “The night ended with 10 Islanders sitting at a table together. That was a shocker,” joked Doherty.
He knows most of the curlers on tour now, after playing with or against them, and traveling to events in recent years, so he’s not nervous interviewing them. “They’re all pretty good.”
He was more nervous going on live TV with the countdown “from 5 and we’re live. So that was tough.” But he’s carried it off with a high-powered delivery and no major, or even minor, flubs.
After the Kioti, Doherty is home for a few weeks until the WFG Masters event Dec. 12-17 in Saskatoon.
From: https://twitter.com/robbiedoherty
Doherty likes where his career is now. “It’s a great spot for me to work. The Grand Slam is a really great brand for the sport. It’s very forward thinking. We’re not trying to hold on to the old days, bagpipes and beef on a bun. You know, it’s new. We’re trying to bring new life to the sport, spotlight the top teams in the world and promote international teams who all really enjoy coming over to Canada.”
Doherty said the host cities and volunteers are always great to work with. “It’s really amazing.” He noted that the final weekend in Pictou was a sellout, helped by Island fans pouring across on the ferry.
“That adds a lot of fun, especially in the smaller towns . . . the whole town gets behind it and is really proud to host.”
Doherty says he’s often asked if the travel makes it tough on family life, “or when do you ever see your son at home.” But he had breakfast and lunch with his son every day while the tour was in Pictou. “So yeah, I’m away for a couple weeks here and there, but it also trades off and being able to spend a lot more time at home with my family.”
Sports4TV Happy With First Two Events
MacAulay said the first two events were a great learning experience. “They were two really great events. It was interesting being able to meet all the organizers and be able to understand a bit more about how the technology works and learn more on the business side.
Cornwall Curling Club member Jeremy MacAulay displaying curling rock handles that contain microchip technology to enhance curling broadcasts and sport training.
The rocks used by the GSOC tour are owned by Sportsnet so at the end of each event, the handles containing the computer technology are removed, and safely packed for shipping to the next event.
He said there were no glitches for the first two events, and “we’re very happy with how technology has been able to go forward. Each building comes with its own challenges. We usually get there on Sunday evening prior to the event starting on Tuesday, and then we’re live on TV on Thursdays.”
The Sports4TV crew has several days to understand the building and other factors involved “to make sure we’re ready to go live on Thursday.”
MacAulay and his team are in the arena watching both the action and the data as the games proceed. “Our data goes to our system and then we feed them that data. They’ll be able to see the data coming on their end and then they choose when or what they want to show. We’re monitoring the broadcast all the time.
“So, we have our monitor because it’s real time. There’s about a 30 to 45 second delay for TV that we’re watching too. So far, there’s been no issues.
His company has gotten a lot of on-air plugs from the Sportsnet crew “so that’s something we’re thankful for, obviously from a marketing perspective. They usually talk about us during the second end of the game . . .Talking about this and talking about what the viewer at home is supposed to be looking for.
“They’re doing a good job with it. We’ve had a couple of viewers through come up to us and talk about it and say, ‘hey, I really like that the technology and I’m able to watch and understand the game more.’”
The Sportsnet crew make a point not to overwhelm the viewer with too much technical data, while still enjoying all aspects of the game.
“The app itself is available for anybody at home so they can follow along with their phone. We had a lot of people in the stadium who were following along on the sheet that they were watching. So it didn’t have to be the sheet that was on TV.”
MacAulay said Sports4TV is constantly working on improving the product and data points.
“We did some testing this past week and we’d like to be able to introduce those new elements to the apps as well.”
MacAulay said there’s another Islander who makes a regular appearance on tour — Pierce Clarke from Kensington who leads the musical entertainment element at Apres Curl, the GSOC’s rebranded party zone between draws, featuring live music and trivia.
He said the technology has met everyone’s expectations thus far. “I know we’ve been very happy with it.”
MacAulay said his company is willing to work with any interested parties and would be open to talk if TSN is interested in the technology for its major Season of Champions broadcasts coming up in early February with the Scotties, Brier, junior and world events.
“The players themselves don’t have access to it during the game and that is pretty important to maintain the integrity of the game, and to make sure the technology doesn’t intrude into the on-ice product.
The coaches are certainly watching it and expanded data points would certainly make it a valuable practice and learning tool, said MacAulay.
MacAulay is now good friends with Doherty. “I see Robbie probably four or five times a day on tour. We’re always saying hi and always having a few laughs together. When we were in Niagara, a highlight of the week was Doherty’s uncanny, soaring rendition of ‘My Heart Will Go On,’ by Céline Dion. It was perfect. It was love. So, I took a video for very close friends. It was great.”
Can bootleg copies be far behind?
We are happy to be partnering with Curl PEI once again to host two U18 Programs this season for teens ages 13-18.
The first is a FREE Try Curling event on Friday, December 1st from 4:30pm – 5:30pm. The session will introduce teens to the sport of curling and get them out on the ice throwing some rocks!
If they enjoy the Try Curling event, there is also an 10-week U18 Learn to Curl program from December 1st through March 15th on Fridays from 4:30pm – 6:00pm.
CurlPEI’s U18 Learn to Curl program is designed to introduce teens to the sport of curling. In this Learn to Curl program participants will learn the basics of the game with a huge emphasis on having fun. Our curriculum is based on Curling Canada’s long term curler development model and we provide a low instructor to participant ratio.
If you have any questions about either program, please reach out to Amy Duncan at Curl PEI (amy.duncan@peicurling.com or 902-368-4208)
Registration can be found at: cornwall.curling.io
The club will be hosting the 11th Annual Masters Plus next Thursday and Friday and the draw has been set!
The 11th Annual Mixed Doubles Cashspiel will be hosted at the Club on Saturday, December 9th from 8:30am-5:00pm.
Lunch will be provided, there will be cash prizes and each team will play three 6-end games.
Sign up at the Club or email the club manager at manager@cornwallcuring.com
The Murphy’s Ice Queens Funspiel is back!
This year the event will be on Saturday, December 2nd from 9:00am – 3:30pm.
Each team will have three games and enjoy not only a fun time on the ice, but also a catered lunch, trivia, 50/50 and more.
Cost is $40 per person and you can register as a team or as an individual.
This event is open to women from ANY club – we just ask that each team have a maximum of two competitive curlers.
You can register at the Club on the sign up sheet or email the club manager at manager@cornwallcurling.com
We would like to say thank you to Murphy’s Pharmacy for once again sponsoring this fun event.
Some Cornwall Curling Club members are in Pictou County cheering on another Cornwall Curling Club member as she and her team pursue their second straight Grand Slam title!
The Club hosts quite a few events over the course of the curling season.
The Desjardin Stick Curling event on November 16th is already filled, we will host the O’Connor Glass Cornwall Classic U20 event on November 17th-19th, and the 11th Annual Masters Plus event is also filled.
However, over the next few months – in addition to our leagues, rentals, and provincial events – there are plenty of chances to participate in spiels at the Club.
We’ve created a little SAVE THE DATES graphic so everyone can plan ahead – we hope to see you at some of the events!
Registration for the Ice Queens and Mixed Doubles should be coming out very soon so keep an eye out for those – and as always, if you have any questions about upcoming events feel free to reach out to the club manager or one of our board members.
We have have sold 45 of our 64 rock handles – which colour will be the first to sell out all their handles?
There are only 10 yellow and 9 red handles not spoken for – be sure to get yours reserved today!
Reach out to the Club Manager, Debbie Rhodenhizer, or Bryan Sutherland if you would like to secure your rock handle!
The Board of Directors of the Cornwall Curling Club has approved a project to replace our aging curling rocks with a brand new set of rocks. This is an exciting initiative for our Club which will improve the quality of the curling experience for all of our members and guests for years to come! With a project of this magnitude comes a significant financial commitment. In addition to allocating a portion of our Building Fund to this expense, the Board is seeking additional sponsorship from members and others to offset a portion of the cost.
Introducing our Adopt – a – Rock Sponsorship Program
The Cornwall Curling Club is offering members and supporting businesses an opportunity to be part of the legacy of the curling club by sponsoring a rock handle. As a rock handle sponsor, you will have the opportunity to have your name, your family’s names, company name, or memorial message engraved on one or more rock handles.
The cost per rock handle will be $275 which includes the handle, engraving and delivery or you can adopt a pair of rocks for $500. We anticipate that these rock handles will remain in use at the club for the next ten years.
Requests for rock handle sponsorships will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis as there are only 64 rock handles available to be engraved. We would like to secure all rock sponsorships by December 1st so that the rock handles can be ordered, engraved, and installed as soon as possible.
If you would like to adopt a rock, simply fill out the information below and return it to the bar or Club Manager. If you are not interested in having your name on a rock but would like to support the rock replacement program, please feel free to note that below as well. We thank you for your support of this important initiative.
Name:
Contact Phone Number:
Number of rocks requested:
Cost of rocks:
$275 for one, $500 for two:
Rock Preference:
Red or Yellow:
Sheet #:
Rock #:
Inscription Text (max 18 characters per line x 2 lines):
I’m not interested in adopting a rock but would like to make a donation of $_______ to contribute to the Rock Replacement Program.
Download a printable copy of this in PDF form here: Cornwall Rock Handle Fundraiser
If you’ve been in the club this season you have likely noticed the two new signs and two new in-ice decals from our newest sponsor The Gahan House.
We appreciate their support of the Cornwall Curling Club and encourage our members and guests to take the trip into Charlottetown to see them at 126 Sydney Street.
You can check them out online at: https://charlottetown.gahan.ca/
Someone was telling me this weekend a teammate looked up and saw the sign and exclaimed, “now I’m hungry, guess I’ll have to swing by there on the way home!”
We are happy to be carrying several Gahan products in our cooler this year as well – be sure to try one the next time you are in the club.
We are happy to be partnering with Curl PEI once again to host two U18 Programs this season for teens ages 13-18.
The first is a FREE Try Curling event on Friday, December 1st from 4:30pm – 5:30pm. The session will introduce teens to the sport of curling and get them out on the ice throwing some rocks!
If they enjoy the Try Curling event, there is also an 10-week U18 Learn to Curl program from December 1st through March 15th on Fridays from 4:30pm – 6:00pm.
CurlPEI’s U18 Learn to Curl program is designed to introduce teens to the sport of curling. In this Learn to Curl program participants will learn the basics of the game with a huge emphasis on having fun. Our curriculum is based on Curling Canada’s long term curler development model and we provide a low instructor to participant ratio.
If you have any questions about either program, please reach out to Amy Duncan at Curl PEI (amy.duncan@peicurling.com or 902-368-4208)
Registration can be found at: cornwall.curling.io
It was an exciting weekend at the Club as we hosted the 1st Annual Village Green Club Curling Cashspiel – with teams from across the Island and beyond.
The semi-finals saw two Cornwall teams (Power & Rousseau),the Higgins team from Summerside, and the Phillips team from Nova Scotia.
Higgins and Phillips faced on in a close final, with Team Phillips taking home first place and a cheque for $1200!
Congratulations to Christine Keddy, Angela Pettipas, Heather Whiteway, and Tanya Phillips from the CFB Halifax Curling Club on being the first ever champions of the Village Green Club Curling Cashspiel.
Once again, special thanks to VILLAGE GREEN for sponsoring the event!
The U16 Junior Curling League (called the U16 Development League in the past) will take place Saturday mornings starting on November 25th – but it’s never too early to secure your team’s spot in the league!
There will be ten sessions over the course of the season (this includes some double headers).
This league is open to new teams and seasoned vets. There will be a focus on learning the rules and etiquette of the game. 8 end games (2-hour time limit) with coaching interactions.
This league will run the following Saturday mornings from 10:00am to 12:00pm:
November 25
December 16
January 27*
February 24*
March 16
March 23
March 30
*Indicates a double header
NOTE: This league is open to teams from any club – you don’t have to be a member at Cornwall Curling Club. However, ALL participants must be a member of a CurlPEI affiliated Club and have paid the annual CurlPEI fees to participate. If you aren’t currently a member at any CurlPEI Club you can register for a membership separately at our Club.
Register for this league: REGISTER ONLINE HERE
The spare list is available at the club between the bar and the pro shop.
However, if you would like to be added to an email list to receive a digital copy of the spare list whenever it is updated simply email the club manager at cornwallcurling@eastlink.ca and asked to be placed on the mailing list.
Thanks!
Hello to all PEI coaches and curlers!
I recently attended a Curling Canada meeting in Edmonton where our new High Performance director, David Murdoch, along with other members of Curling Canada’s High Performance team, presented some updated information regarding delivery, sweeping and analytics. It is their recommendation that this new information is used when teaching and training all of our curlers right across the country.
I will be holding an information session on Sunday, November 12, beginning at 1:00pm, at the Crapaud Curling Club to present these new concepts to all PEI coaches as well as any interested curlers.
These concepts can really simplify the training of our athletes by our coaches.
Therefore I feel it is very important that all coaches attend in order to stay informed and up to date.
Please register online here: https://pe.curling.io/en/products/7368-technical-update-with-peter-gallant.
See you on November 12!
Peter Gallant
Performance Director
The PEI Curling Hall of Fame and Museum held its 15th induction ceremony on November 3rd, 2023 at the Cornwall Civic Centre, upstairs from the Cornwall Curling Club, with inductees the Suzanne Gaudet junior team, who won the 2001 World Junior Women’s Curling Championship, along with Curler/Builder Arleen Harris, and curlers Sean Ledgerwood and Janice MacCallum.
2001 World Junior Champions behind portraits from artist Wayne Wright: (L-R) skip Suzanne Gaudet (now Birt), third Stefanie Richard (now Clark), second Robyn MacPhee, lead Kelly Higgins (now Steele), coach Paul Power. Alternate Carol Webb (now Whitaker) was unable to attend due to a curling commitment.
Inductees Suzanne (Gaudet) Birt and Paul Power
Inductee Arleen Harris
Board member Al Ledgerwood (left) and inductee Sean Ledgerwood
Janice MacCallum was unable to attend due to a family matter, so Al Ledgerwood spoke and Shelley Muzika accepted on her behalf.
Al Ledgerwood and Shelley Muzika with certificate for Janice MacCallum
Master of Ceremonies was Paul H. Schurman, with dignitaries present including Judy Herlihy from the Town of Cornwall, Curl PEI Secretary Travis Jones, and Cornwall Curling Club President Kim Nickerson.
Kim Nickerson
Travis Jones 
Judy Herlihy, with Paul H. Schurman in the background
The 1st Annual Village Green Club Curling CASHSPIEL will be this weekend at the Club!
We’ve attached the schedule above – spectators are welcomed and encouraged to attend and watch the games.
Good luck to each of the ten teams!
Thanks again to our sponsor Village Green for helping make this event possible!
As a reminder, due to the event the following Sunday programs will NOT proceed:
8:30am-10:00am Members Practice
Sunday Drop-in Curling
ParaSport
Little Rockers/Novice
The following Sunday programs WILL proceed:
Sunday Junior Curling
Adult Learn to Curl
6:00pm-7:00pm Members Practice
7:00pm-8:00pm Members Practice
The O’Connor Glass Cornwall Classic U20 will be returning to the Cornwall Curling Club from November 17-19, 2023.
If 1st stone is not in the rings a second player will also throw. Also, if
LSD covers the pin, a second stone must be thrown. Each team much choose a different
player each round robin game to throw the draw to the button. If all 4 stones miss the house, then hammer will be determined by coin toss.
The Special General Meeting to elect new board members and approve bylaw changes is now scheduled for WEDNESDAY, November 8, 2023 – between the first and second draws (approximately 8:15-8:30pm)
There we be two items on the meeting Agenda:
At a Board of Directors meeting on July 5, 2023 a motion was passed to update three of the Club bylaws. The recommended changes included in the motion are as follows.
DELETE: 2.1.8?No Director shall be eligible for election to more than two consecutive three-year terms.
AMEND: 4.1.5?Notice of the Annual Meeting shall be given by posting a notice on the Club web site and by advertising in the Charlottetown daily newspaper(s) at least two (2) weeks before the date of the meeting. The notice shall be advertised a second time one (1) week before the date of the meeting.
AMEND TO: Notice of the Annual Meeting shall be given by posting a notice on the Club web site and social media channel(s) at least two (2) weeks before the date of the meeting. The notice shall be advertised a second time one (1) week before the date of the meeting.
AMEND: 4.2.2?Notice of such a meeting shall be given by posting a notice on the Club web site and by advertising in the Charlottetown daily newspaper(s) at least one (1) week before the date of the meeting.
AMEND TO: Notice of such a meeting shall be given by posting a notice on the Club web site and social media channel(s) at least one (1) week before the date of the meeting.
If you have any questions, please email me at cornwallcurling@eastlink.ca for further information.
This is a friendly reminder to double-check your draw times for tonight’s draw – those who won their qualifiers are in the “A” Pool at 6:30, while those who are in the “B” curl at 8:30. Teams Whynot and Kamphuis have the byes tonight. The pools will then alternate draw times until the end of this round.
Here are the pools for Round One of the Wednesday Evening Ladder League, following Qualifier Night on Oct. 25 (please let us know if we have someone in the wrong pool!). There were some extremely close games on Qualifier Night, including one where the Kelly Watts team edged out the Paul Neima squad on the second draw to the button tiebreaker!
| A Pool | B Pool |
| A9-MacDonald | B9-Beaton |
| A7-Boswall | B7-Hanzell |
| A2-McInnis | B2-Callin |
| A4-Milligan | B4-Griffin |
| A1-Stewart | B1-Arsenault |
| A5-MacKenzie | B5-Younker |
| A6-Groves | B6-Bodner |
| A3-Watts | B3-Neima |
| A8-Whynot | B8-Kamphuis |
Notes:
The A Pool teams get the 6:30 pm early draw the first week, as they had the 8:30 pm late draw the last week of last season.
We will give teams MacDonald and Beaton their byes in Week 9, as they had byes on Qualifier Night.
Team Milligan requested a bye on November 8, so we will give them and Team Griffin their byes in Week 2.
Team Watts requested a bye on Nov. 15, so we will give them and Team Neima byes on that date.
A member of Team Groves requested a “November bye”, so we will give them and Team Bodner byes on Nov. 22.
Here is the draw and schedule for Round One:
| Ice 1 | Ice 2 | Ice 3 | Ice 4 | Bye | |
| Wk1: Nov. 1 6:30 A Pool | A4-Milligan v A1-Stewart | A2-McInnis v A9-MacDonald | A6-Groves vs A3-Watts | A5-MacKenzie v A7-Boswall | A8-Whynot |
| Wk1: Nov. 1 8:30 B Pool |
B4-Griffin v B1-Arsenault | B2-Callin v B9-Beaton | B6-Bodner v B3-Neima | B5-Younker v B7-Hanzell | B8-Kamphuis |
| Wk2: Nov. 8 6:30 B Pool |
B2-Callin v B5-Younker | B8-Kamphuis v B6-Bodner | B7-Hanzell v B1-Arsenault | B9-Beaton v B3-Neima | B4-Griffin |
| Wk2: Nov. 8 8:30 A Pool |
A2-McInnis v A5-MacKenzie | A8-Whynot v A6-Groves | A7-Boswall v A1-Stewart | A9-MacDonald v A3-Watts | A4-Milligan |
| Wk3: Nov. 15 6:30 A Pool |
A9-MacDonald v A7-Boswall | A5-MacKenzie v A4-Milligan | A8-Whynot A2-McInnis | A1-Stewart v A6-Groves | A3-Watts |
| Wk3: Nov. 15 8:30 B Pool |
B9-Beaton v B7-Hanzell | B5-Younker v B4-Griffin | B8-Kamphuis v B2-Callin | B1-Arsenault v B6-Bodner | B3-Neima |
| Wk4: Nov. 22 6:30 B Pool |
B1-Arsenault v B8-Kamphuis | B7-Hanzell v B3-Neima | B5-Younker v B9-Beaton | B2-Callin v B4-Griffin | B6-Bodner |
| Wk4: Nov. 22 8:30 A Pool |
A1-Stewart v A8-Whynot | A7-Boswall v A3-Watts | A5-MacKenzie v A9-MacDonald | A2-McInnis v A4-Milligan | A6-Groves |
| Wk5: Nov. 29 6:30 A Pool | A3-Watts v A2-McInnis | A9-MacDonald v A1-Stewart | A4-Milligan v A6-Groves | A8-Whynot v A5-MacKenzie | A7-Boswall |
| Wk5: Nov. 29 8:30 B Pool | B3-Neima v B2-Callin | B9-Beaton v B1-Arsenault | B4-Griffin v B6-Bodner | B8-Kamphuis v B5-Younker | B7-Hanzell |
| Wk6: Dec. 6 6:30 B Pool | B6-Bodner v B9-Beaton | B4-Griffin v B8-Kamphuis | B2-Callin v B7-Hanzell | B3-Neima v B1-Arsenault | B5-Younker |
| Wk6: Dec. 6 8:30 A Pool | A6-Groves v A9-MacDonald | A4-Milligan v A8-Whynot | A2-McInnis v A7-Boswall | A3-Watts v A1-Stewart | A5-MacKenzie |
| Wk7: Dec. 13 6:30 A Pool | A7-Boswall v A4-Milligan | A3-Watts v A5-MacKenzie | A9-MacDonald v A8-Whynot | A6-Groves v A2-McInnis | A1-Stewart |
| Wk7: Dec. 13 8:30 B Pool | B7-Hanzell v B4-Griffin | B3-Neima v B5-Younker | B9-Beaton v B8-Kamphuis | B6-Bodner v B2-Callin | B1-Arsenault |
| Wk8: Dec. 20 6:30 B Pool | B8-Kamphuis v B3-Neima | B6-Bodner v B7-Hanzell | B1-Arsenault v B5-Younker | B4-Griffin v B9-Beaton | B2-Callin |
| Wk8: Dec. 20 8:30 A Pool | A8-Whynot v A3-Watts | A6-Groves v A7-Boswall | A1-Stewart v A5-MacKenzie | A4-Milligan v A9-MacDonald | A2-McInnis |
| Wk9:Jan. 3 6:30 A Pool | A5-MacKenzie v A6-Groves | A1-Stewart v A2-McInnis | A3-Watts v A4-Milligan | A7-Boswall v A8-Whynot | A9-MacDonald |
| Wk9: Jan. 3 8:30 B Pool | B5-Younker v B6-Bodner | B1-Arsenault v B2-Callin | B3-Neima v B4-Griffin | B7-Hanzell v B8-Kamphuis | B9-Beaton |
(Drag to scroll left or right to view entire table on narrow touchscreens).
Click this link to download a printable version: Wed. eve Round One
Rosters:
We are happy to announce that the club WILL be bringing back doubles curling this season in the 8:15pm Friday time slot.
We currently have 5 teams but would love to see that number increase! If you and a doubles partner are interested in joining the league, let us know ASAP by emailing the club manager at cornwallcurling@eastlink.ca
The Club will be closing this evening at 6:00pm.
The 2001 World Junior Women’s Championship team, skipped by Suzanne Gaudet, will be inducted, along with Arleen Harris (Curler/Builder), Sean Ledgerwood (Curler), and Janice MacCallum (Curler).
“Recognizing the accomplishments of curlers and builders who have dedicated their time and energy to the sport of curling is an important component of our curling history”, says Jerry Muzika, Chairman of the PEI Curling Hall of Fame and Museum. He invites everyone to come out and honour the inductees.
The main objectives of the Curling Hall of Fame and Museum are to recognize, honour and pay tribute to individuals or teams on the basis of playing ability, as an amateur or a professional (“Curler” category), and to individuals who have given distinguished service and have made major contributions to the development of curling on Prince Edward Island (“Builder” category).
The event, with host Paul H. Schurman, gets underway at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $10.00 per person and will be available at the door.
This year’s ceremony is sponsored by Peter and Karen MacDonald, along with Peake & McInnis Ltd. Insurance Brokers, Beaton’s Wholesale Dry Goods Ltd., Phillips Agri Services, the Town of Cornwall, and Consolidated Credit Union Ltd., Summerside.
L-R (back row): Suzanne Gaudet (now Birt), Robyn MacPhee, Paul Power, Kelly Higgins (now Steele), Stefanie Richard (now Clark).
Front row: Carol Webb (now Whitaker) — Alternate
Suzanne Gaudet, along with Stefanie Richard, began curling with the Krista Cameron rink, winning silver at the Canada Winter Games in 1995. In 1998, Suzanne moved up to skip her own team, with Stefanie at third, Stephanie Pickett at second, and Kelly Higgins at lead. At an average age of fourteen and a half, they swept the provincial junior championships, and, despite being the youngest team at the Canadian juniors in Calgary, they won the bronze medal with a 9-4 record.
The following year, with the same team, they went to the national event held in Kelowna, BC, finishing with a 6-6 record.
In 2000, Robyn MacPhee joined the team, playing second stone, replacing Stephanie Pickett. They won their third Provincial title, and played in the Canadian Junior Women’s Championship held in Moncton. Their record was 10-3, finishing in second position, losing to Saskatchewan’s Stefanie Miller (now Lawton).
In 2001, winning their fourth Provincial title, they won the Canadian Junior Women’s Curling Championship held in St. Catharines Ontario. In a reversal of the previous year, they defeated Saskatchewan’s Miller 5-3 in the gold medal game. Stefanie Richard, known for her flamboyant style and emotion on the ice, sported a fluorescent red hair style with a silver streak during the competition.
They went on to curl at the World Junior Women’s Curling Championship held in Ogden, Utah, picking up Carol Webb as their fifth team member. Carol, from New Brunswick, played third for Sylvie Robichaud’s Moncton team. The Canadian Curling Association provided an assistant coach, Mary Gellard, from Markham, Ont. Mary’s daughter Kim Gellard competed in a number of Canadian Junior and Women’s championships and the 1994 World Juniors, with Mary coaching several of them. Mary’s experience assisted coach Paul Power and the team as she was familiar with most of the teams competing. The team manager was Suzanne’s father, Noel Gaudet.
PEI’s team won gold at the world championship event in Ogden, finishing round robin play in first place, with a record of 7—2. They beat Japan 11—3 in the semifinal. They played Sweden in the final, going into an extra end. With Sweden having the last rock advantage, the Swedish skip had an open draw to anywhere in the rings, but she was heavy, and slid through the house, The final score was 6-4 for Canada over Sweden. Kelly Higgins was named to the all-star team, and Stefanie Richard won the sportsmanship award.
In 2002, Stefanie Richard became ineligible due to age, and was replaced by Carol Webb, who played at second stone, and Robyn moved up to play at the third position. The rink won a record fifth consecutive Provincial title, going undefeated at 5-0.
They went on to curl at the Canadian Junior Curling Championship, held in Summerside. This was the first time in Canadian history that a defending women’s champion was trying to retain the title at her host club.
They curled at the Cahill Stadium hockey venue, where there was more than 1,800 people in attendance for most games. The Summerside foursome finished second in round robin play with a 10-2 record. They beat Saskatchewan in the semifinal, at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club (not at Cahill), and advanced to their third consecutive appearance in the Canadian junior women’s championship final, playing Jennifer Guzzwell of Newfoundland at Cahill Stadium, before 2,200 fans in the final game. They beat Jennifer 6-4, when she missed her take out with her last rock. Suzanne Gaudet received the first all-star skip honours, and third stone Robyn MacPhee received all-star third. They picked up Newfoundland’s third stone, Shelley Nichols, as their fifth player. Suzanne’s team would go to Kelowna B.C. to play in the World Junior Women’s Championship. They lost to the USA team, who went on to win the gold medal, in the semi-final round. The PEI team took the bronze medal, with a win over Italy, ending their junior championship career with another podium finish.
PEI’s Suzanne Gaudet’s Junior Women’s team won five consecutive Prince Edward Island Junior Women’s curling titles, starting in 1998 and finishing in 2002. They won two Canadian Junior Women’s titles, a World Junior Women’s Curling Championship, and a World Junior bronze medal.
We recognize their achievements by inducting the Suzanne Gaudet Junior team consisting of Suzanne M. Birt (Gaudet), Stefanie Clark (Richard), Robyn MacPhee, Kelly Steele (Higgins), Coach Paul Power, and alternate Carol Whitaker (Webb) into the PEI Curling Hall of Fame and Museum in the curler category.
Recent photos:
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| Suzanne Birt (Gaudet) | Stefanie Clark (Richard) | Robyn MacPhee |
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| Kelly Steele (Higgins) | Coach Paul Power | Alternate Carol Whitaker (Webb) |
Arleen Harris
Arleen started curling in 1964 at the Charlottetown Curling Club.
She won her first PEI championship in 1998, skipping her rink to victory in the PEI Senior Women’s Curling Championship. Playing third was Kaye MacFadyen, second was Joan Saulnier, and lead was Betty Matthews. They went on to curl in the Canadian Senior Women’s Curling Championship held in Sault Ste Marie Ont.
Her next championship win came in 2002 with Shirley Berry skipping, Sherren Morrison at third, Arleen at second, and Linda Fairhurst at lead, and representing the Cornwall Curling Club – the club’s first-ever adult provincial curling title.
In 2004, she won again with the same skip and lead, Arleen played third, with Karen McIntee at second.
In 2009, she won again with skip Shirley Berry, Arleen at third, second was Carol Sweetapple, and lead was Danielle Girard.
The team changed in 2010 to include Shirley Berry at skip, Sandy Hope at third, Shelley Ebbett at second, and Arleen at lead. This team won the senior women’s in 2010, 2012, and 2015. Arleen won her last senior women’s provincial title in 2018 with Shirley Berry skipping, Janice Murdoch at third, Arleen at second, and lead Kim Nicholson.
Arleen won eight PEI Women’s Master’s Curling Championships, playing second the first two years and at the lead position the last six years. In 2012 and 2014, Shirley Berry skipped the team, with Sandy Hope at third, Arleen at second, and lead was Evelyn Rogerson.
In 2015, the only change was Shelley Ebbett playing second and Arleen at lead position. In 2016, Sandy Hope skipped, Shelley Ebbett played third, Debbie Rhodenhizer was at second position, and Arleen was at lead. This same team won in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.
Arleen has worked as a volunteer in curling since the early 1980’s. She started her volunteer career with the CFB Summerside Curling Club as a Board of Directors member in 1982. She was a delegate to the PEI Curling Association, which led to her serving on the host committee of the 1984 Scott Tournament of Hearts, being responsible for pins and logos and products for sale.
Arleen started officiating in the mid-80s as a hog line official, working her first national event at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. This involved sitting at the hog line with a walkie talkie, and paired up with a partner on the opposite side of the sheet.
She achieved her officiating level 2 certification in 2002, and her level 3 in 2007. She is now fully certified to teach and conduct the level 1 and level 2 written exams. Arleen can also supervise those successful officials in their practical component.
She brings extensive experience and knowledge to all events in terms of officiating, including hog line official, on-ice observer, head official, umpire, and timer. She has officiated at many Canadian curling championships events held on the Island.
Arleen was an on-ice official at the Canada Games Mixed Doubles, which she notes was a completely different experience, with 3 officials for each draw for each sheet and tasked with three draws a day – a new experience but one she thoroughly enjoyed.
Championships that she has officiated at on PEI include the Canadian Juniors, Seniors, Mixed and Women’s events, plus many Island curling events as well.
Arleen has served on the Board of Directors of three curling clubs — CFB Summerside, the Charlottetown Curling Club and the Cornwall Curling Club. She was treasurer at the Cornwall Club and has served as a delegate to the PEI Curling Association for all three clubs.
Arleen served on the Board of Directors of the PEI Curling Association. She was a delegate from the Charlottetown Curling Club in 1990, and continued until 1992, when she was elected 3rd vice president of the PEI Curling Association. Arleen went on to serve as 2nd vice, 1st vice then president followed by completing her term on the board as past president in 1997.
Arleen served on the Board of Directors of the PEI Curling Hall of Fame and Museum for six years and served as recording secretary for six years.
Arleen has had a stellar career as a curler with eight Provincial Senior Women’s Curling Championships, eight Provincial Women’s Masters Championships, and also had a dedicated and wide-spanning officiating and volunteering career since the early 1980’s. Arleen will be inducted as a curler/builder into the PEI Curling Hall of Fame and Museum.
Sean Ledgerwood
Sean started curling at the Belvedere Golf and Winter Club in 1981. After coming runner-up in 3 consecutive provincial junior championships from 1986 to 1988, he won the 1989 title, skipping a team of Paul Power, Ian Power and Dean MacDonald. The team was coached at the national event by the late Kenneth MacDonald.
During those junior years, in 1987 he won the Canada Games Curling Championship for PEI, with skip Mike Callaghan, third Andrew Robinson, Sean at second and Morley Foy at lead. The late Gary Cudmore coached the team at the national event.
In 2004, Sean won his first Prince Edward Island Men’s Curling Championship, playing lead with skip Mike Gaudet, third Evan Sullivan, and second Craig Arsenault.
After taking several years off to spend time with a young family, he came back to curling and won the PEI Men’s Curling Championship in 2013, playing lead for the team of skip Eddie MacKenzie, third Anson Carmody, and second Alex MacFadyen.
Sean repeated as the PEI Men’s Curling Champion in 2014 with a similar team of skip Eddie MacKenzie, third Anson Carmody, second Tyler MacKenzie, with Sean at lead.
Switching to third stone, Sean was back in the winners’ circle again in 2017, winning the PEI Men’s Curling Championship, this time with skip Eddie MacKenzie, second Matthew Nabuurs and lead Robbie Doherty.
Another repeat PEI Men’s Curling Championship occurred in 2018 with skip Eddie MacKenzie, third Josh Barry, second Christopher Gallant and Sean at lead.
Sean won his first PEI Senior Men’s Curling Championship in 2020 with skip Phil Gorveatt, third Kevin Champion, Sean at second and lead Mike Dillon.
In 2021 Sean won two provincial championships — his sixth PEI Men’s and his second PEI Senior Men’s title. The men’s team consisted of skip Eddie MacKenzie, third Tyler Smith, Sean at second and lead Ryan Lowery.
The senior men’s team, which again included skip Phil Gorveatt, third Kevin Champion, Sean at second and lead Mike Dillon, also won in 2022 and 2023, making four Senior titles for the team.
Sean was also the Team PEI coach at the Tim Horton’s Brier in 2023 with the team consisting of skip Tyler Smith, third Adam Cocks, second Alex MacFadyen and lead Edward White.
Sean’s curling career has spanned 42 years, and has resulted in one PEI Canada Games, one PEI Junior title, six PEI Men’s championships (five of them with skip Eddie MacKenzie), and four PEI Senior Men’s championships (all with the same team, skipped by Phil Gorveatt).
Sean will be inducted into the PEI Curling Hall of Fame and Museum as a curler.
Janice MacCallum
In 1977, at the age of 11, Janice MacCallum started curling at the Charlottetown Curling Club, in the Queen Charlotte after-school curling program under the tutelage of coach Marilyn Sutherland. This was the start of a curling career that spanned over 30 years.
Janice made her first national appearance representing PEI at the Canada Winter Games in 1983 in Saguenay-Lac St. Jean, Quebec, playing third for Heather Madar; other teammates were Shelley Muzika and Karolyn Godfrey. The coach was Marilyn Sutherland.
In 1984, after a few runner-up finishes, Janice was successful in winning the provincial junior championship, and represented PEI at the Canadian Juniors in Fort St. John, BC, skipping her own team of Shelley Muzika, Karolyn Godfrey and Anne Partridge. The coach was Dr. Bob Johnston.
Stepping away from curling for a few years to focus on her university studies, Janice returned to PEI and to curling in 1989. In 1990, Janice represented PEI at her first of six Canadian Scott Tournament of Hearts appearances in Ottawa, playing lead for skip Kim Dolan, with Karen Jones at third and Shelley Muzika playing second.
Brandon, Manitoba in 1993 was the next Canadian Scott Tournament of Hearts event for Janice, representing PEI along with skip Angela Roberts, third Sara Gatchell, and Nancy Reid (Cameron) at lead. Their coach was Bill Gatchell.
In 1994, in Kitchener-Waterloo Ont., Janice had her most successful record to-date at her third national Scott appearance, playing second stone for skip Shelly Danks (Bradley), along with third Nancy Reid, and lead Shelley Muzika. Team PEI was at the top of the standings much of the week and finished the round robin with a 7 and 4 win-loss record, making it to the playoff tiebreaker round before losing to Newfoundland. Joan Butcher was the fifth player/coach.
In 2000, the national Scott was held in Prince George BC. This would be Janice’s fourth national Scott playing for Team PEI. She played third for skip Shelly Bradley, with Leslie Allan (now MacDougall) at second and Tricia MacGregor at lead, with coach Pat Reid.
That same team line up defended their provincial women’s title in 2001 and represented PEI at the Scott in Sudbury, Ontario. Much like 1994, Team PEI was again at the top of the standings all week and made it to the playoff tiebreaker round before losing to Ontario. Pat Reid was again the team’s coach.
The Canadian Mixed was held in Charlottetown in 1996, where Janice played third for Team PEI’s Blair Weeks, with Doug Weeks playing second and Shelley Muzika at lead.
Janice’s second trip to the Canadian Mixed Championships came in 2004, where she played third for skip John Likely. Other PEI team members at the event held in Timmins, Ontario were Mark Butler at second and Nancy Cameron at lead.
2004 was a busy curling year for Janice as she also represented PEI at her sixth Scott appearance this time in Red Deer, Alberta, playing second for skip Suzanne Gaudet. Third was Susan McInnis, with lead Tricia MacGregor and coach Paul Power.
Provincial runner-up finishes in both junior and women’s play are also part of Janice’s curling career, including:
1986 — runner-up in women’s provincial playdowns, playing second for skip Nancy Reid, third Joan Butcher and lead Shelley Muzika.
1995 — runner up in women’s provincial playdowns, playing second for skip Kim Dolan, third Nancy Reid and lead Shelley Muzika.
Janice’s impressive curling career has spanned over thirty years and has seen her win one provincial Canada Games, one provincial junior women’s, two provincial mixed and six provincial women’s championship titles.
Janice will be inducted into the PEI Curling Hall of Fame and Museum as a curler.
Here are the pools for Round One of the Wednesday Evening Ladder League, following Qualifier Night on Oct. 25 (please let us know if we have someone in the wrong pool!). There were some extremely close games on Qualifier Night, including one where the Kelly Watts team edged out the Paul Neima squad on the second draw to the button tiebreaker!
| A Pool | B Pool |
| A9-MacDonald | B9-Beaton |
| A7-Boswall | B7-Hanzell |
| A2-McInnis | B2-Callin |
| A4-Milligan | B4-Griffin |
| A1-Stewart | B1-Arsenault |
| A5-MacKenzie | B5-Younker |
| A6-Groves | B6-Bodner |
| A3-Watts | B3-Neima |
| A8-Whynot | B8-Kamphuis |
Notes:
The A Pool teams get the 6:30 pm early draw the first week, as they had the 8:30 pm late draw the last week of last season.
We will give teams MacDonald and Beaton their byes in Week 9, as they had byes on Qualifier Night.
Team Milligan requested a bye on November 8, so we will give them and Team Griffin their byes in Week 2.
Team Watts requested a bye on Nov. 15, so we will give them and Team Neima byes on that date.
A member of Team Groves requested a “November bye”, so we will give them and Team Bodner byes on Nov. 22.
Here is the draw and schedule for Round One:
| Ice 1 | Ice 2 | Ice 3 | Ice 4 | Bye | |
| Wk1: Nov. 1 6:30 A Pool | A4-Milligan v A1-Stewart | A2-McInnis v A9-MacDonald | A6-Groves vs A3-Watts | A5-MacKenzie v A7-Boswall | A8-Whynot |
| Wk1: Nov. 1 8:30 B Pool |
B4-Griffin v B1-Arsenault | B2-Callin v B9-Beaton | B6-Bodner v B3-Neima | B5-Younker v B7-Hanzell | B8-Kamphuis |
| Wk2: Nov. 8 6:30 B Pool |
B2-Callin v B5-Younker | B8-Kamphuis v B6-Bodner | B7-Hanzell v B1-Arsenault | B9-Beaton v B3-Neima | B4-Griffin |
| Wk2: Nov. 8 8:30 A Pool |
A2-McInnis v A5-MacKenzie | A8-Whynot v A6-Groves | A7-Boswall v A1-Stewart | A9-MacDonald v A3-Watts | A4-Milligan |
| Wk3: Nov. 15 6:30 A Pool |
A9-MacDonald v A7-Boswall | A5-MacKenzie v A4-Milligan | A8-Whynot A2-McInnis | A1-Stewart v A6-Groves | A3-Watts |
| Wk3: Nov. 15 8:30 B Pool |
B9-Beaton v B7-Hanzell | B5-Younker v B4-Griffin | B8-Kamphuis v B2-Callin | B1-Arsenault v B6-Bodner | B3-Neima |
| Wk4: Nov. 22 6:30 B Pool |
B1-Arsenault v B8-Kamphuis | B7-Hanzell v B3-Neima | B5-Younker v B9-Beaton | B2-Callin v B4-Griffin | B6-Bodner |
| Wk4: Nov. 22 8:30 A Pool |
A1-Stewart v A8-Whynot | A7-Boswall v A3-Watts | A5-MacKenzie v A9-MacDonald | A2-McInnis v A4-Milligan | A6-Groves |
| Wk5: Nov. 29 6:30 A Pool | A3-Watts v A2-McInnis | A9-MacDonald v A1-Stewart | A4-Milligan v A6-Groves | A8-Whynot v A5-MacKenzie | A7-Boswall |
| Wk5: Nov. 29 8:30 B Pool | B3-Neima v B2-Callin | B9-Beaton v B1-Arsenault | B4-Griffin v B6-Bodner | B8-Kamphuis v B5-Younker | B7-Hanzell |
| Wk6: Dec. 6 6:30 B Pool | B6-Bodner v B9-Beaton | B4-Griffin v B8-Kamphuis | B2-Callin v B7-Hanzell | B3-Neima v B1-Arsenault | B5-Younker |
| Wk6: Dec. 6 8:30 A Pool | A6-Groves v A9-MacDonald | A4-Milligan v A8-Whynot | A2-McInnis v A7-Boswall | A3-Watts v A1-Stewart | A5-MacKenzie |
| Wk7: Dec. 13 6:30 A Pool | A7-Boswall v A4-Milligan | A3-Watts v A5-MacKenzie | A9-MacDonald v A8-Whynot | A6-Groves v A2-McInnis | A1-Stewart |
| Wk7: Dec. 13 8:30 B Pool | B7-Hanzell v B4-Griffin | B3-Neima v B5-Younker | B9-Beaton v B8-Kamphuis | B6-Bodner v B2-Callin | B1-Arsenault |
| Wk8: Dec. 20 6:30 B Pool | B8-Kamphuis v B3-Neima | B6-Bodner v B7-Hanzell | B1-Arsenault v B5-Younker | B4-Griffin v B9-Beaton | B2-Callin |
| Wk8: Dec. 20 8:30 A Pool | A8-Whynot v A3-Watts | A6-Groves v A7-Boswall | A1-Stewart v A5-MacKenzie | A4-Milligan v A9-MacDonald | A2-McInnis |
| Wk9:Jan. 3 6:30 A Pool | A5-MacKenzie v A6-Groves | A1-Stewart v A2-McInnis | A3-Watts v A4-Milligan | A7-Boswall v A8-Whynot | A9-MacDonald |
| Wk9: Jan. 3 8:30 B Pool | B5-Younker v B6-Bodner | B1-Arsenault v B2-Callin | B3-Neima v B4-Griffin | B7-Hanzell v B8-Kamphuis | B9-Beaton |
(Drag to scroll left or right to view entire table on narrow touchscreens).
Click this link to download a printable version: Wed. eve Round One
Rosters:
With 11 teams we don’t have an exactly balanced draw setup, but it’ll still be a blast out on the ice!
Here’s the draw schedule for tomorrow’s Stick or Treat Minispiel
Here are the updated teams and draw schedule for the Thursday Night Mixed League.
