It’s been another great year at the Cornwall Curling Club with lots of winners and runners-up in provincial, regional, and national events. Here’s a list (let me know if I’m missing any).
Provincial Pepsi Junior Women’s champs (repeat winners):
(L-R): Veronica Smith, Chloe McCloskey, Sabrina Smith, Katie Fullerton, coach Bill Hope
Provincial Pepsi Junior Women’s Runners-up:
(L-R) Amanda MacLean, Jane DiCarlo, Emily Gray, Aleya Quilty, coach Lori Robinson
Pepsi Juniors coaching award: Butch McGee, coach of the Emily Keen women’s rink
Butch McGee (file photo)
Cornwall’s Meghan Ching and Emily Keen rinks both finished in a 3-way tie for first, with 2-1 win-loss records at the Future Scotties.
PEI Masters winner – the Shirley Berry rink
Shirley Berry rink (L-R): Shirley Berry, Sandy Hope, Arleen Harris, Evelyn Rogerson
PEI Masters women’s runners-up: the Diane MacKay rink, which included Valerie MacLean, Lynne Thiele and Donna Boulter
Photo: Open Division Stick Curling Champions Roddie MacLean (left) and John Dennis (right) with Shirley Lank, Curl PEI Past President (centre)
Photo: Women’s Division Stick Curling Champions Elaine Hughes (left) and Etta Reid (right), with Ernie Stavert from Stick Curl PEI.
Photo: Women’s Division Stick Curling runners-up Shirley Lank (left) and Mabel England, with Ernie Stavert from Stick Curl PEI.
Provincial Mixed runners-up, the Mark MacDonald rink
PEI Mixed Runners-up (L-R): Clair Sweet, Curl PEI representative from the Maple Leaf Curling Club, Mark MacDonald, Shirley Berry, Brad Gardiner, Karen Currie
Provincial Seniors Women’s runners-up, the Shirley Berry rink:
Runner-up Berry team (L-R): Shirley Berry, Sandy Hope, Shelley Ebbett, Arleen Harris, sponsor Marc LeClair.
Provincial Senior men’s runner-up rink includes Club member Mark O’Rourke
Runner-up MacDonald rink (L-R): George Koke from Curl PEI, Mark Victor, Mark O’Rourke, Kevin Champion, sponsor Marc LeClair. Missing from photo: Rod MacDonald
O’Connor Glass Under 18 women’s runners-up, the Meghan Ching rink:
Megan Ching rink – Women’s Runners-up (L-R): Connor MacPhee from Curl PEI, Meghan Ching, Rachel O’Connor, Lauren Lenentine, Breanne Burgoyne, David O’Connor from sponsor O’Connor Glass, coach Pat Quilty
O’Connor Glass Provincial Under 16 mens winners – the Donald DeWolfe rink:
Photo (L-R): Curl PEI representative Kevin Smith, Nick Johnston, Cameron Jenkins, Avery Wells, Donald DeWolfe, coach Aleya Quilty, sponsor David O’Connor
O’Connor Glass provincial U16 runners-up, the Lauren Lenentine team
Photo (L-R): Curl PEI representative Kevin Smith, Lauren Lenentine, Rachel O’Connor, Breanne Burgoyne, Elly Whitney-Coulter, coach Pat Quilty, sponsor David O’Connor
O’Connor Glass U16 Coaching Award winners: Aleya and Pat Quilty
(L-R): Aleya Quilty, David O’Connor from sponsor O’Connor Glass, Pat Quilty (Margaret O’Connor photo)
O’Connor Glass Provincial U16 men’s Fairplay award – Mitchell Schut
(L-R): David O’Connor from sponsor O’Connor glass, Mitchell Schut (Margaret O’Connor photo)
Provincial KFC Under 13 bronze medallists, the Mitchell Schut rink
Photo: Mitchell Schut rink
(L-R): Coach Butch McGee, Mitchell Schut, Liam Kelly, Chase MacMillan, Liam Barbrick, Kevin Smith (Curl PEI)
Butch McGee, coach of the Schut rink was the recipient of the U13 coaching award
Photo (L-R): Butch McGee, Kevin Smith from Curl PEI
The James Dalton rink, which includes Cornwall members Lauren Lenentine and Breanne Burgoyne, won the U21 division of the Advantage Communications Provincial Junior Mixed
Winning Team Photo (L-R): Kent MacPhee, representing sponsor Advantage Communications, James Dalton, Lauren Lenentine, Matthew MacDonald, Breanne Burgoyne, coach Kelly MacDonald
The Alan MacLean rink, which includes Cornwall’s Rachel and Noah O’Connor were the U21 runners-up.
U21 runners-up (L-R): Kent MacPhee, representing sponsor Advantage Communications, coach Glen MacLean, lead Ava Whitney-Coulter, 2nd Noah O’Connor, 3rd Rachel O’Connor, skip Alan MacLean
The Mitchell Schut rink from Cornwall and Crapaud were the runners-up in the U16 section
Curl PEI rep. Kevin Smith, Mitchell Schut rink, coach Dario Zannier
The Fair Play sportsmanship award in the Under 16 Division went to Mitchell Schut.
Curl PEI rep. Kevin Smith, Mitchell Schut
Cornwall’s Donald DeWolfe team scores eight-ender in Crapaud tourney
An eight-ender was scored by the Donald DeWolfe rink at the Harvey’s Open Cashspiel in early January at the Crapaud Community Curling Club.
Photo (L-R): Donald DeWolfe (skip), Avery Wells (mate), Riley Taweel (second) & Nick Johnson
(lead).
Cornwall team named SCORE! of the month winner
The team scored an eight-ender in the Harvey’s open cashspiel at the Crapaud Community Curling Club in early January.
Cornwall teams win both Maritime Stick Curling Ch’ship divisions
The women’s division was won by Clarke –Stavert when they defeated a team from Yarmouth by stealing a point in the final end of the game. This marks the 4th win by Clarke- Stavert team in the 5 year history of the women’s division. PEI women remain undefeated in the championship games as the remaining year was won by the Shirley Lank and Audrey Callaghan duo. As a rookie team in the event, Hughes –Reid finished with a respectable 2-3 record missing the playoffs when they lost a tie-breaker.
Cornwall’s Bill Hope fills in for Ted MacFadyen on Silver Fox rink in Maritime Masters Men’s Final
Shirley Barry rink wins Maritime Masters Women’s Division
The women’s champions are the Shirley Berry rink from the host Cornwall club, who had a 4-1 record. Their one loss came at the hands of the runner-up team, the Judy Burgess rink of Truro, by a 7-6 score, who finished at 3-2 Other members of the Berry foursome are Sandy Hope, Arleen Harris, and Evelyn Rogerson.
Cornwall curlers pick up most of the curling medals at the 55+ Games
Cornwall Curlers won 11 out of the 15 curling medals awarded at the 55+ Winter Games, hosted by Stratford, with the curling at the Charlottetown Curling Complex, winning EVERY medal in the men’s and women’s stick curling events, along with a Silver in Men’s Open curling, a gold and a bronze in 55+ Mixed division, and silver and bronze in the 65+ Mixed Division! Cornwall teams are marked with an asterisk in the winners list below.
Curling (Men’s Open Division- Medal Winners)
Gold: Paul Matheson (Skip), Douglas Waugh, Jim Evans, Ralph Yeo
*Silver: Andre Gauthier (Skip), Tom Dunn, David Hunt, Edgar Coffin
Bronze: Julien Gaudin (Skip), Leigh Crabbe, Reg Peters, Shoji Yamamoto
Curling (55+ Mixed Division- Medal Winners)
*Gold: Paul Durant (Skip), Carol Sweetapple, Eugene Murphy, Joanne Durant Silver:
Wayne Arsenault (Skip), Cathy Dillon, Bryon Sutcliffe, Claire Rogers
*Bronze: Bryan Sutherland (Skip), Elaine Hughes, Alva Clarey, Etta Reid
Curling (65+ Mixed Division- Medal Winners)
Gold: Raymond Thompson (Skip), Louise Andrews, Walter Andrews, Evelyn Rogers
*Silver: Kimball Blanchard (Skip), Eileen Blanchard, Vince Fisher, Karen Fisher
*Bronze: Paul Field (Skip), Bernie Field, Grant Crockett, Carolyn Crockett
Stick Curling (Men’s Division)
*Gold: Sterling Stratton/Barry Craswell
*Silver: Kimball Blanchard/Vince Fisher
*Bronze: Alva Clarey/Bryan Sutherland
Stick Curling (Women’s Division)
*Gold: Ruth Stavert/Gloria Clarke
*Silver: Etta Reid/Elaine Hughes
*Bronze: Shirley Lank/Mary Plamondon
UPEI Women finish with a win at Univ. Ch’ships, and pick up two awards (CCA/Curl PEI)
The UPEI Women’s Panthers finished play Saturday at the CIS/CCA Curling Championships in Regina in 7th place with a 2-5 record, but ended with a big win, and took home two awards. The team is skipped by Cornwall’s Veronica Smith, who turns 20 on Sunday. Smith made a runback double on her final shot Saturday to pick up her second win of the event – a 7-4 victory over the Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks.
At the awards ceremony following the final round robin draw, UPEI team member Jane DiCarlo took the women’s Fairplay/Sportsmanship award, while team coach Paul Smith won the coaching award for women’s teams. Memorial coach Jeff Thomas won the men’s teams coaching award.
Photo (L-R): Paul Smith, Jane DiCarlo
Cornwall’s Myrna Sanderson rink wins Montague Pink Ladies women’s funspiel
The annual Pink Ladies women’s funspiel wrapped up today at the Montague Curling Club, with ten teams taking part. The rink of Myrna Sanderson, Lorianne Davies, Pam Sweetapple, and Angela Sanderson from the Cornwall Curling Club were the event winners. The Bernie Field rink, also from Cornwall, were the runners-up.
Photo (L-R): Angela Sanderson, Pam Sweetapple, Myrna Sanderson, Lorianne Davies, Montague Curlng Club President Scott Annear
Neima rink wins annual Kenmac Energy Mixed Spiel
Twenty-four teams took part in the annual Kenmac Energy Bonspiel this past weekend. The team skipped by our Club President, Paul Neima, earned the most points and went home with the trophies. The 50/50 draw was won by Lance Lowther. The Hank Kamphuis team were the trivia winners. Thank you to all participants for making this a successful event. A huge thank you to Kenmac Energy for their continued sponsorship of this event.
Photo (L-R): Gordon Matthews from event sponsor Kenmac Energy, Paul Neima, Steve DeWolfe, Brad Gardiner, Stephanie O’Keefe
Blue teams win PEI Brewing Co. Closing Spiel
The top Blue team was the Lester Callbeck rink, which included Joe Callaghan, Ann Greyborn, and Dean MacEachern
Photo (L-R) Dean, Lester, Ann, Joe
The most successful Red winner all day was Lorianne Davies, who won the reverse draw for a free one-draw membership next year. Her husband Angus (Blue), along with Danielle Girard (Red) and Dean MacEachern (Blue) won Balance Plus brooms in the same draw.
Photo: MC Bob Fowler, Lorianne, Danielle, Dean, Angus
Cornwall curlers named UPEI Panther Athletes of the Week
(UPEI) UPEI Athletics and Recreation have announced that the Women’s Curling Team; skipped by Veronica Smith, and Brian Ofori, Men’s Basketball, are the UPEI Panther Athletes of the Week for the week of December 30 – January 5. UPEI Athletics and Recreation showcases these talented athletes to recognize their hard work and dedication to their respective sports throughout the season. UPEI Athletes of the Week are also nominated to Atlantic University Sport and Canadian Interuniversity Sport for possible recognition in the region and/or country.
Photo (L-R): Veronica Smith, Jane DiCarlo, Emily Gray, Aleya Quilty
The UPEI women’s curling team won the “B” pool final at the Atlantic University Curling Championships hosted by UNB on January 3–5. The Veronica Smith-skipped team earned the right to represent the Atlantic region at the CIS University Curling Championship in Regina, Saskatchewan on March 19–23. In the championship game, UPEI took two in the 9th and then stole one in the 10th for the win. The team finished with a 3–1 record. Team members include business student and skip Veronica Smith of Breadalbane; science student and third Jane DiCarlo of Charlottetown; science student and second Emily Gray of O’Leary, and science student and lead Aleya Quilty of Charlottetown. All members are enrolled in their second year of study at UPEI.
UPEI (and Cornwall’s) Veronica Smith steals win to advance to CIS/CCA nationals!
The Veronica Smith-skipped UPEI Women’s Panthers, who are all members of the Cornwall Curling Club, will be returning to the CIS/CCA curling nationals, following a come-from-behind win this afternoon in the B final at the Atlantic University Curling Championships at the Capital Winter Club in Fredericton New Brunswick. The UPEI team was trailing 7-5 after seven ends, after their opponents, the Sara Spafford team from SMU, picked up five points in the fourth end. Smith blanked the eighth, scored a deuce in the ninth to tie the game at 7, and stole a single in the final end for an 8-7 win.
Smith lost a close 4-2 decision to the Saint Mary’s team in their low-scoring opening game on Friday, which the UPEI team described as “a nail-biter ’til the last rock”. UPEI was scheduled to play against the loser of a game between UNB and DAL Saturday, but DAL withdrew from the tournament, and the Panthers were given a bye in that game, and advanced to the another nail-biter, the B semi-final game this morning against Acadia, skipped by Micayla Dorey, which UPEI came from behind to win on a measure in an extra end by a 7-6 score. Smith was trailing 4-2 after five, but took a single in six, and stole the next three ends to pull ahead. Dorey tied the game with a deuce in the tenth, and Smith won the game on the measure in the extra.
UNB, skipped by Jennifer Armstrong, won the “A” final Saturday evening, stealing five points in the 9th end in an 11-4 victory over SMU.
Photo: UPEI Women’s Panthers
The Panthers team includes third Jane DiCarlo, second Emily Gray, and lead Aleya Quilty, with coach Paul Smith. The UPEI and UNB women both advance to the CIS/CCA championships, March 19-23 in Regina.
Cornwall’s Chloé McCloskey and coach Bill Hope, along with Evan Kearley (NL) win Mixed Doubles silver medal at Canadian Juniors (CCA)
The pairing of Andrea Sinclair (Yukon) and Cameron de Jong (B.C.) won the gold medal on Sunday in the mixed doubles tournament at the 2014 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships.
Sinclair and de Jong, with Kevin Patterson of the Yukon serving as their coach, defeated Chloé McCloskey (P.E.I.) and Evan Kearley (Newfoundland/Labrador) 5-4 in the gold-medal game. Bill Hope (P.E.I.) coached the McCloskey/Kearley team.
Mixed doubles silver-medallists, from left, Evan Kearley, Chloé McCloskey and coach Bill Hope. (Photo, CCA/Michael Burns Photography/Mark O’Neill)
One winner from Cornwall at Sport PEI awards
The sport of curling was up for three awards tonight at the Sport PEI awards banquet, with Summerside’s Cliff Poirier a finalist for Official of the Year, and Cornwall stick curler Ruth Stavert a finalist for Masters Athlete of the Year. The only winner was Derek MacEwen, winner of ADL Administrator of the Year for his work with the Cornwall Curling Club and with Curl PEI.
Photo (L-R): Sport P.E.I. treasurer Ryan Innis, MacEwen and ADL rep Gail Ellis.