Executive, Committee Chairs
Posted Thursday, September 3, 2009 by derekm

Here are the new executive and committee chairs for the 2009-2010 curling season:

June 1st Minutes Available
Posted Thursday, September 3, 2009 by derekm
The minutes from the June 1 2009 meeting of the Cornwall Curling Club Board of Directors are now available in the Members section of cornwallcurling.com.
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Tremendous golf tourney turnout
Posted Monday, June 29, 2009 by derekm

It was a hot day as the combattants hit the links for the Cornwall Curling Club's annual golf tournament at the Countryview Golf Course. As part of Countryview's tenth anniversary celebrations, course owners Carl and Karen Currie had just opened two new holes, turning the best-ball tourney into an 11 hole event.

Golf Tourney Tee Times
Posted Tuesday, June 23, 2009 by derekm

Here are the tee-times for Saturday's Cornwall Curling Club Annual Golf Tournament at Countryview Golf Course, Route 19 in Fairview.

Golfers are asked to arrive 30 minutes before their assigned time. The event goes rain or shine, as we have a lot of hot dogs and hamburgers to eat!

We have room for a few more entries. If you want to be added (or subtracted!), get in touch with Bob Fowler, or email Ray Biagé at barbray@pei.sympatico.ca.

11:00 AM: KAREN CURRIE, LEONARD GOTELL,TRACY MACDONALD,RAY BIAGE                
11:07 AM: GORDON PETERS, MELODY BECK, BOB MACWILLIAMS, BARB DUNCAN-BIAGE                 
11:14 AM: TOM DUNN, LYNDA TURNBULL, ANGUS DAVIES, PAUL NEIMA
11:21 AM: JACK FAIRHURST, TONY TURNBULL, DONNA GREEN, BRAD GARDINER     
11:28 AM: PAUL DURANT, DEREK MACEWEN, LINDA FAIRHURST, VERNON CHOWAN                              
11:35 AM: ROB YOUNG, SHERRI BOUTILIER, DEAN FAIRHURST, CAROLYN ROSS     
11:42 AM: LESTER CALLBECK, DICK ST. JOHN, DEREK GALLANT, KAREN FISHER              
11:49 AM: RICK DOIRON, SUE DOIRON, CAROL SWEETAPPLE, VINCE FISHER
11:56 AM: DICK MACDONALD, HELEN ARSENAULT, GREG ST. JOHN, KRISTA  AFFLECK
12:03 PM: PAUL ARSENAULT, MARIE MACDONALD, FRANK LEGAULT, VIRGINIA MACDONALD   
12:10 PM: CARL CURRIE, REBECCA ROLFE, JOHN DELUCA, NEIL SMITH                 
12:17 PM: KIMBALL BLANCHARD, BOB TUCKER, LEW BLACK, MABEL ENGLAND
12:24 PM: BILL BROWN, EILEEN BLANCHARD, WINSTON TAYLOR, HELEN SMITH       
12:31 PM: PETER  MACNEIL, DOROTHY TAYLOR, DONALD WEEKS                              
12:38 PM: BOB FOWLER, MARY PLAMONDON, BEV (NUCKER) RICHARD

Club member named Canadian Chef of the Year!
Posted Tuesday, June 16, 2009 by derekm

[Hans curls in our Wednesday night ladder league. Congratulations!]

The Guardian

 Chef Hans Anderegg, a chef instructor at Holland College’s Culinary Institute of Canada, was named Canadian Chef of the Year by the National Conference of the Canadian Culinary Federation at the federation’s annual conference in Kelowna, B.C.
The award comes on the heels of the title of Atlantic Chef of the Year, which Anderegg garnered a couple of months ago. It is the first time that a chef from P.E.I. has been the recipient of both awards, says Chef Allan Williams, branch president of the P.E.I. Association of Chef and Cooks.
“We are very pleased that Chef Hans has been given this prestigious award, which is based not only on a chef’s culinary abilities, but on the body of their work over their entire career. Chef Hans is a well-respected, talented chef, and an exceptional educator,” Williams said.
Holland College president Dr. Brian McMillan said the entire college community was thrilled to hear about Hans’s award.
“Chef Hans is a wonderful example of the professionalism and commitment of the college’s staff, and we are very proud of his accomplishments. For many years, he has devoted a great deal of time and energy into ensuring that his students are well prepared for the culinary industry, it’s gratifying to see his dedication rewarded by his peers,” he said.
A celebration for Anderegg is being planned for later this month at Holland College’s Tourism and Culinary Centre.

Golf tourney - now with more holes!
Posted Monday, June 8, 2009 by derekm
Word is that this year's golf tournament (June 27th at Countryview) will now be an eleven hole event, as the golf club will be opening two new holes next week, and they'll be part of the deal. If you haven't signed up, give Ray Biagé a call at 675-2540 to get in on this fun event. Cost is only $25.
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Curling Club building to get $2M Reno
Posted Friday, June 5, 2009 by derekm

The Cornwall Civic Centre, which houses the Cornwall Curling Club, the Lions Club, a day care, and a 50 plus group, will be receiving two million dollars in renovation funding as part of $five million in infrastructure money for the Town, announced Thursday, and part of $100 million handed out across the Island.

Here's the story at the CBC's website.

Golf tourney reminder
Posted Tuesday, June 2, 2009 by derekm

June 27 is the date for our annual Club golf tournament at Countryview Golf Course, route 19 in Fairview.  Cost to participate is only $25.

This is a nine hole best ball event, which means that you don't have to have much (any) experience in order to participate. If you are less experienced, you will be put on a team with more experienced players. Following the golf, there will be a barbecue on the clubhouse deck, and a winners circle with prizes for lowest score, longest drive, closest to the pin, most "determined" team, etc., along with lots of door prizes (I don't think anyone went home empty-handed last year).

Note that all members will be called by June 15 to see if they are attending. You can also email your intentions to Ray Biagé at barbray@pei.sympatico.ca.

AGM Minutes now available
Posted Wednesday, May 13, 2009 by derekm

The draft minutes from the 2009 Cornwall Curling Club Annual General Meeting are now available in the password-protected Members section of CornwallCurling.com. These minutes will be approved at the 2010 AGM.

Please forward any errors or omissions to me at derek@derekmacewen.com as soon as possible.

- Derek MacEwen, Recording Secretary for 2009 AGM.

Golf Tourney date is June 27th
Posted Saturday, May 9, 2009 by derekm

June 27 is the date for our annual Club golf tournament at Countryview Golf Course, route 19 in Fairview.  This is a nine hole best ball event, which means that you don't have to have much (any) experience in order to participate. If you are less experienced, you will be put on a team with more experienced players. Following the golf, there will be a barbecue on the clubhouse deck, and a winners circle with prizes for lowest score, longest drive, closest to the pin, most "determined" team, etc., along with lots of door prizes (I don't think anyone went home empty-handed last year).

To signup, or for more info, get in touch with Bob Fowler (rwfowler43@hotmail.com), Ray Biagé (barbray@pei.sympatico.ca or 675-2540), or Carl Currie (675-2563 or countryviewgolf@hotmail.com)

Founders honoured at AGM
Posted Saturday, May 9, 2009 by derekm

The highlight of tonight's Annual General Meeting of the Cornwall Curling Club was the presentation of a plaque honouring the 13 founders of the Club.. Three of the founders (Rodney Walsh, Wylie Barrett, and Bill MacLaren) passed away in the last few years, and others are no longer living in the area, but six founders were on hand for the presentation. Don Gorveatt has been a member of the Club until recently, while Ernie Stavert, Roy Coffin, Rupert Sweetapple, Gordie Hermann, and Al MacCormac still curl regularly at the club, which opened in January 1982. Other Club founders were Robert Burns, David Burt, Robert Perrin, and Gary Cameron.

Photo: (L-R) Don Gorveatt, Ernie Stavert, Roy Coffin, Rupert Sweetapple, Gordie Hermann, and Al MacCormac

Click for larger version of the photo

As well, a plaque was presented to the Club with the names of all past club presidents.

In 2009 the Club is on much better financial ground than it was in 1982, when Board members personally put up $1000 guarantees to back the startup loan. 2009 saw the final payment on the curling rink loan, and a long-term lease with the Town of Cornwall for the clubhouse facility. The Town has been discussing with the Club the possibilility of major renovations or total replacement of the clubhouse area, perhaps before the start of the 2010 season.

The Club had a very successful 2008-2009 season, increasing its membership, events, and bar revenues slightly, while many clubs across the country are experiencing a decline. They also replaced the sound system, the computer, and 26 curling brooms,  and finished the season with a very small deficit, due mainly to increased costs for electricity and propane, which were up around $5000 and $700, respectively, over last year.

Leaving the Board of Directors due to the expiration of their term are Sherren Morrison, Norman Boswall, and Kevin Baillie, while Eileen Leahey is moving from the Cornwall Curling Club to the Cornwall Curling Centre in Ontario.

Joining the Board  are Jamie Ballem, Karen Currie, Paul Durant, Sean Ledgerwood, and Colleen Soltermann.

2008-2009 Winners List
Posted Thursday, April 30, 2009 by derekm

Here are the league winners for the 2008-2009 season- hope to see you all at the Reception, Annual Meeting and Awards night on May 8th to accept your prizes, provided by our generous draw sponsors. (Details on the May 8th event were sent previously)

Sunday Night Mixed League, sponsored by Chandler's Cabinets and Millwork

Sunday Night -Draw 1-  Rob Young, Ronalda  Baillie, Vicki Cotton,  Martin Vanderaa
Sunday Night-Draw 2-  Angus  Kennedy, Colleen Solterman,  Shirley Dowling,  Martin Vanderaa
Sunday Night  Draw 3-   Angus Kennedy, Vicki Cotton, Mike Lafontaine, Chris MacPherson

Monday Night Mixed League, sponsored by Cornwall Save Easy

Monday Night Draw 1-  Jack Fairhurst, Rick Doiron,  Geoff Scutt,  Virginia MacDonald
Monday Night Draw  2- John DeLuca,   A.J. Campbell, Cyndi Cunneyworth,  Dean Fairhurst
Monday Night Draw 3-   Ray Biagé, Cyndi Cunneyworth,  Frank Weiler, Neil Smith

Tuesday Night Competitive League, sponsored by KFC

Winner:      Sarah Fullerton,  Michelle McQuaid, Sara MacRae, Whitney Young
Runner-up:  Roddie MacLean, Ron Giggey, Edgar Coffin, George Younker

Pool "B" Winner:  Donna Butler, Marie Molyneaux, Melissa Andrews, Carolyn Coulson

Pool "C" Winner:  Kevin Baillie, Ronalda Baillie, Scott Stevenson, Michelle Mercer

Wednesday Night Ladder League, sponsored by Murphy's Cornwall Pharmacy, Howard Johnson Dutch Inn, Don Lowther Snow Removal

Round One
1st place: Jeff Taylor, Alex Sutherland, Sean Young, and Alex Jenkins
2nd place: Jim Farquharson, Roy Coffin, Bob MacWilliams, and John Berry. 

Round Two
1st place: Terry MacCormac, Ricky Milton, Nancy Milton, and Cindy MacCormac
2nd place: Bob Fowler, Tracy MacDonald, Gary Crosby and Linda Turnbull.

Round Three
1st place: Bob Fowler, Paul Durant, Gary Crosby and Linda Turnbull
2nd place: Jim Farquharson, Roy Coffin, Bob MacWilliams, John Berry

Round Four
1st place: Geoff Scutt, Sherren MacKinnon, Donald Weeks, Deb DelValle
2nd place: Jim Farquharson, Roy Coffin, Bob MacWilliams, John Berry.

B Pool first place in last round: Shirley Berry, Arleen Harris, Paul Arsenault and Derek Gallant

WEDNESDAY  DAYTIME LEAGUE, sponsored by Chandler’s Cabinets & Millwork.
Winners - Kimball Blanchard, Eileen Blanchard, Vince Fisher, Karen  Fisher

Thursday Night, sponsored by Abegweit Outfitters, Investor's Group, Quartermaster Marine

Draw 1 - 6.00 P.M.-  Jamie Ballem, Dick MacKinnon, Marjorie Matthews,  Maureen Cudmore
Draw 1 - 8.00P.M.     Alan MacCormac, Dave  Currie, Jennifer Runge, Russell Boyle

Draw  2 -6.00 P.M.    Diane MacKay,  Shawn Campbell, Marjorie Matthews, Cindy Nicholson
Draw 2 -  8.00 P.M.    Ray Biage,  Gordon Canfield,  Rebecca Rolfe

Draw  3-   6.00 P.M.    Joe MacMillan, Mary Plamondon,  Gregory Groves,  Cindy Ballem
Draw  3-   8.00 P.M.    Norman Boswall,  Terry MacAulay,  Neil  Smith, Debbie Pineau

HOPE TO  SEE  YOU  ALL  ON MAY 8TH!

Feb. 1st Minutes Available
Posted Monday, April 27, 2009 by derekm
The Minutes from the February 1st Board of Directors meeting are now available in the Members section of CornwallCurling.com.
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Countryview Golf Club opens on Saturday
Posted Friday, April 24, 2009 by derekm

Countryview Golf Club will open for the season on Saturday, April 25 at 9am. Dust off your golf clubs and come out for a round of 9 or 18. The weather is going to be just right for golf this weekend. See you soon!

- Countryview Staff

www.countryviewgolf.com

Fullerton foursome repeat as Atlantic 17 and Under winners
Posted Monday, April 13, 2009 by derekm

The Cornwall Curling Club foursome of skip Sarah Fullerton, third Michelle McQuaid, second Alexis Wright, and lead Sara MacRae, with coach Brenda MacMillan, went undefeated this weekend to win the junior women's section of the Atlantic 17 and Under Curling Championships in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. In the Sunday afternoon final, they shut out the Erica Trickett team from the host province by an 8-0 score, scoring a triple in the opening end, and then stealing singles in ends two through four and a deuce in the fifth to bring the game to a speedy conclusion.

The PEI junior men's team, from the Montague Curling Club, was  skipped by Kevin Rice, and finished round robin play with a 1-3 win-loss record. Other members of the Rice rink are Matthew Nabuurs at third, second stone Mark Nabuurs, and lead Keaghan Matheson, with coach Arny Nabuurs. In the junior men's final, the Josh Barry rink of New Brunswick edged the the Kyle Bonia team from  Newfoundland and Labrador by a 6-5 score.

Scutt team wins Ladder League A Pool in Round IV; Berry rink takes B pool
Posted Monday, April 6, 2009 by derekm

The Wednesday Night Ladder League, sponsored by Murphy's Cornwall Pharmacy (1st half of season) and the Howard Johnson Dutch Inn and Don Lowther Snow Removal (2nd half) wrapped up on April 1st. It was a great season, with no nights cancelled due to weather (although there were some close calls), giving us qualifier night plus three five week rounds and a six week draw at the end.

The A and B pool winners in the final round both went undefeated, with the rink of Geoff Scutt, Sherren MacKinnon, Donald Weeks, and Deb DelValle winning the A pool, and the team of Shirley Berry, Arleen Harris, Paul Arsenault and Derek Gallant taking the B (there is a prize for the B pool winner in the last round). Second place in the A pool went to the Jim Farquharson team, which had only one loss, and included Roy Coffin, Bob MacWilliams, and John Berry. The Farquharson foursome never came out in front all season, but managed to get into the prizes with second place finishes in three of the four rounds! Second place in the B pool in the final round (no prize for them) went to Ray Biagé, Rebecca Rolfe, Derek MacEwen, and Neil Smith, who lost only to the Berry team.

Here is the list of prize winners for the season:

Round One
1st place: Jeff Taylor, Alex Sutherland, Sean Young, and Alex Jenkins
2nd place: Jim Farquharson, Roy Coffin, Bob MacWilliams, and John Berry.

Round Two
1st place: Terry MacCormac, Ricky Milton, Nancy Milton, and Cindy MacCormac
2nd place: Bob Fowler, Tracy MacDonald, Gary Crosby and Linda Turnbull.

Round Three
1st place: Bob Fowler, Paul Durant, Gary Crosby and Linda Turnbull
2nd place: Jim Farquharson, Roy Coffin, Bob MacWilliams, John Berry

Round Four
1st place: Geoff Scutt, Sherren MacKinnon, Donald Weeks, Deb DelValle
2nd place: Jim Farquharson, Roy Coffin, Bob MacWilliams, John Berry.
B Pool first place: Shirley Berry, Arleen Harris, Paul Arsenault and Derek Gallant

Thanks to all twenty teams who participated this year. Our unique draw with six games of six ends and four of four ends each week worked out surprisingly well, giving everyone in the draw the opportunity to play every night.  See you in the fall!

- Derek MacEwen, Wednesday night drawmaster

Countryview Golf Closing Spiel Pictures
Posted Monday, April 6, 2009 by derekm

Barb has provided a great collection of photos from this year's Countryview Golf Course Closing Bonspiel.

Here they are!

Reds win Countryview Closing Spiel on final round
Posted Monday, April 6, 2009 by derekm

Once again, the Countryview Golf Course Closing Bonspiel came down to the last round - Blue could have pulled it out, but they couldn't get their act together during the final pressure games, so Red won again. Pictures will follow later and (apparently) explain all. Elmo and Cookie made a re-appearance, after being absent last year. The battle of the mascots was back on in full force!  Many are still nursing bruises today after a few scuffles broke out. It was like a game of Hoser Hockey, off the ice. Lots of fun once again. There was a big goodbye and a standing ovation for bartender Connie, who is leaving us this year. Thanks to Countryview Golf Course and other sponsors, to icemaker Lance, bartenders, volunteers, and participants.

Winning Red teams (no particular order):

J. DeLuca, P. Horne, D. Girard, H. Verhulp
K. Currie, L. Chisholm, M. Lafontaine, M. Gauthier
M. MacDonald, R. Waite, J. Hanus, C. Remley

Blues, with help from Rob's hat, pull into narrow lead at Countryview closing spiel
Posted Saturday, April 4, 2009 by derekm

A great time was had by all on Friday night at the Countryview Golf Closing Spiel - spinnin' tunes on the old record player. The winner of the "best interpretation of your hat" went to Rob Young from the BLUE team. From his "little boy" sailor hat - right down to his striped socks, swim shorts and thongs (the kind you wear on your feet!) - he was dressed for the event - all in "little boy" blue.  PICS to follow later (unless his lawyer intervenes!)
 
By the way, the BLUE team are now ahead  83-77 - but all that is needed is one RED win, with all ends to Red - and RED can be back on top!

Drop by the Club today and see all the fun! Don't forget the Karaoke this afternoon!
 
 

Red ahead!
Posted Friday, April 3, 2009 by derekm

After the first round of play at the Countryview Golf Course Closing Spiel, the red team are leading the blues by a score of 46 to 42.

Don't worry, Blue fans - there are still three rounds to go, and the Reds are looking tired, already!

Don't forget to drop into the Club tonight and bring your own vinyl records. Karaoke tomorrow!

Karaoke!
Posted Thursday, April 2, 2009 by derekm
We'll be having Karaoke at the Closing Spiel - Saturday Afternoon - with Peter Lamont. Everyone is invited to drop in and sing along!
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Good luck to the Fullerton rink!
Posted Thursday, April 2, 2009 by derekm

 
The Board, staff and members of the Cornwall Curling Club wish to  extend congratulations to Sarah Fullerton, Michelle McQuaid, Alexis Wright, and Sara MacRae, along with coach Brenda MacMillan on winning the 2009 Sylvan Learning Provincial 17 and Under curling champions.  We know you will be
great ambassadors for our club and for Prince Edward Island as you move to the Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships, April 10-13 in Cornerbrook NL.  We wish you Good Luck and Good Fun!

Left to right: Sarah Fullerton, Michelle McQuaid, Alexis Wright, Sara MacRae, coach Brenda MacMillan

CCA Technical Level 2 Workshop
Posted Thursday, April 2, 2009 by derekm

A CCA Technical Level 2 Workshop will be held at the Charlottetown Curling Club on April 13, 14 and 15, from 6 until 10 pm each evening. Cost is $110. Please make cheques payable to the PEI Curling Association. Registration deadline is Friday April 10th. Prerequisites: Level 1 Technical or Club Coach Workshop.
To register please contact Gayle Johnston at 368-1071 or email: gaylej@pei.sympatico.ca.

Closing Spiel - taking those old records off the shelf
Posted Thursday, April 2, 2009 by derekm
For Friday Nite at the Countryview Golf Closing Spiel - we are having an oldtime FLASHBACK - we will be playing oldtime VINYL on a RECORD PLAYER.... If you have any favorites you haven't heard in a long time  - bring them along - -we will have a turntable (AKA Record Player)   and we will Spin some tunes!!!!
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Countryview Golf Closing Spiel Opening Draw (Revised)
Posted Wednesday, April 1, 2009 by derekm

Countryview Cornwall Closing Spiel
Opening Draw (Revised)
Thursday, April 2, 2009 

6:00pm
Ice 2:
Blue - K. Blanchard, M. Hanus, L. Gotell, F. Legault
Red: T. Dunn, V. Chowan, G. Groves, F. Weiler

7:30pm
Ice 1:
Blue - G. Scutt, G. Crosby, V. Taylor, B. Vanderaa
Red - J. DeLuca, P. Horne, D. Girard, H. Verhulp
Ice2:
Blue- R. Young, D. Kneebone, M. Ellis, J. Durant
Red - K. Currie, L. Chisholm, M. Lafontaine, M. Gauthier
Ice 3:
Blue - B. Fowler, R. Doiron, D. Sigsworth, D. MacKinnon
Red - M. MacDonald, V. Acorn, J. Hanus, C. MacPherson
Ice 4:
Blue - R. Biagé, C. Sweetapple, K. Watts, G. St. John
Red - K. Baillie, D. MacLean, D. DelValle, S. Boutilier

9:00pm
Ice 1:
Blue - L. Callbeck, C. Currie, R. Baillie, M. Mercer
Red - P. MacNeil, M. Beck, D. St. John, D. Kneebone
Ice 2:
Blue - A. Acorn, D. Weeks, A. McCormick, D. Vanderaa
Red - L. Davis, B. MacWilliams, R. Rolfe, L. Callbeck
Ice 3:
Blue - P. Neima, B. Richards, G. Dykerman, M. Vanderaa
Red - P. Durant, C. Nicholson, B. Brown, D. Pineau
Ice 4:
Blue - A. Davies, D. Rhodenhizer, E. Richard, L. Lafontaine
Red - P. Arsenault, T. MacDonald, L. Turnbull, G. Canfield

Thanks from the Berry rink!
Posted Sunday, March 29, 2009 by derekm
The Berry team of Shirley Berry, Arleen Harris, Danielle Girard, and Carol Sweetapple would like to thank all  who came to our games to support us at the Nationals in Summerside  as well  as  all  who  gave us support by way of e-mails.  Thank-you.
Special  thanks to Marilyn Sutherland who came to all  our games as Coach in S'side and Butch McGee who coached us  at the Provincials.
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No Daytime Curling on Friday
Posted Thursday, March 26, 2009 by derekm
Daytime Curling (10am - 12 noon) is cancelled Friday, March 27th, due to the Club hosting the PEI Construction Association.
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Adam Casey and Cornwall's Sarah Clow drop University Ch'ship openers
Posted Wednesday, March 25, 2009 by derekm

The Adam Casey and Sarah Clow rinks from the University of Prince Edward Island lost their opening games at the CIS/CCA University Curling Championships in Montreal. Casey, playing with Anson Carmody, Nick van Ouwerkerk, and Jamie Danbrook lost 7-2 to Nova Scotia's St. FX  team, skipped by Dominic Daemon, with Islander Alex MacFadyen at second stone. MacFadyen is a former teammate of Casey, Carmody and van Ouwerkerk.  St. FX grabbed an early lead, following an end one deuce with single steals in ends two and three. UPEI got on the board with a single in the fourth, but the Antigonish squad followed a fifth end single with  a pair in the sixth to put the game out of reach.

The UPEI men are back on the ice against  Manitoba, at 10 pm Atlantic time.

Meanwhile, UPEI's Sarah Clow rink, which includes third Brielle Quilty, second Christina Hennessey, and lead Courtney Moore, lost their opener 9-3 to Concordia, skipped by Quebec Junior Champion Kristen Richard. Clow, who curls out of the Cornwall Curling Club, blanked the first two ends, but gave up a steal of two in the third, and a single in the fourth end. Clow got on the board with a deuce in the fifth, but a four-ender by the Concordia team in the sixth gave them a big 7-2 lead. The Quebec squad stole a single in the seventh, and the teams traded singles in ends eight and nine.

On Thursday the UPEI men have one game, against McGill at 2 pm Atlantic, while the women play Memorial at the same time, and Laurentian at 6 pm Atlantic.

The finals in this event, now in its second year, but the first for UPEI, go Sunday at 3 pm Atlantic, with the winners advancing to the 2010 Karuizawa International Curling Championships, which take place late February in Japan.

Countryview Golf Closing Spiel details
Posted Wednesday, March 25, 2009 by derekm

Sign-up now for the Countryview Golf Closing Bonspiel, April 2-4. Single-entry, red vs blue: all teams will have a colour. Points from all teams will be accumulated by colour, with the winning colour winning the prizes.

This year's theme is "Hats off to Curlers". Create yourself a wonderful costume based on your HAT of choice, making sure it reflects your team colour - red or blue!

For example, if your hat is a sombrero, come as a Mexican Senor/Senorita. If you wear an engineer's hat, come dressed as a train driver.

Use  your imagination!

Here's the tentative agenda:

Thursday evening (if enough teams): Curling, Munchies, Games

Friday: Curling, "Bedtime Snack", tickets go on sale for reverse-draw for a one night membership for next season

Saturday: day will start with morning treats. Lunch from noon-1 pm will be  from the barbecue (weather permitting).

Other entertainment will take place throughout the day, and a supper will be served (menu TBA).

Don't forget to wear your team colour proudly!

Live Results link for University Ch'ships
Posted Tuesday, March 24, 2009 by derekm

Here is the link to live results for the CIS/CCA University Championships (didn't work in last posting):

http://www.curling.ca/content/championships/2009universitydraw.asp

Clow rink in Montreal!
Posted Tuesday, March 24, 2009 by derekm

The Sarah Clow rink from the Cornwall Curling Club, UPEI's women's reps in the CIS/CCA University Curling Championships, arrived in Montreal last evening, after a one hour flight delay, and another delay when the car that was driving them to the hotel was cut off by another vehicle and suffered a fender-bender. Everyone is fine, as they await their first curling action on Wednesday, opening against Concordia at 1 pm Atlantic. The other teams in their pool are from Alberta, Manitoba, and from Laurentian University of Ontario.

Follow the action with end-by-end scores here

Event website

The Clow team includes skip Sarah Clow, third Brielle Quilty, second Christina Hennessey, and lead Courtney Moore, with coach Angela Hodgson and assistant coach Nancy Yeo.

Send emails to Berry rink
Posted Monday, March 23, 2009 by derekm

If you would like to send emails of encouragement/congratulation to the Shirley Berry team at the Seniors, you can go to www.curling.ca, and click on the

Scores and Results for the 2009 Canadian Senior Curling Championships link | Women, then click on Teams, and select the Fan Mail tab to send them an email.

Cornwall's Berry rink picks up win at Canadian Seniors
Posted Monday, March 23, 2009 by derekm

1-2 record heading into today’s draws

ERIC MCCARTHY
The Journal Pioneer
SUMMERSIDE — Shirley Berry and her Cornwall Curling Club team of Arleen Harris, Danielle Girard and Carol Sweetapple picked up the first win for the P.E.I. women at the Canadian Seniors Curling Championships here, an 8-4 decision over Saskatchewan’s Deb Thierman.

Click to read this story in the Journal-Pioneer

Good luck to the Clow rink in Montreal!
Posted Saturday, March 21, 2009 by derekm
The Board, staff and members of the Cornwall Curling Club wish to extend congratulations to the team of Sarah Clow, Brielle Quilty, Christina Hennessey, and Courtney Moore, along with coaches Angela Hodgson and Nancy Yeo on representing the University of Prince Edward Island in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport/Canadian Curling Association Curling Championship .  We know you will be great ambassadors for our club and for Prince Edward Island in Montreal, March 25-29.  We wish you Good Luck and Good Fun!
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Seniors Start Saturday at Summerside's Silver Fox
Posted Friday, March 20, 2009 by derekm

SUMMERSIDE, March 20, 2009 (CCA)…The 2009 Canadian senior men’s and women’s curling championships get underway tomorrow (Saturday) at the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club in Summerside, Prince Edward Island.

Twelve men’s and 12 women’s teams are set to compete in the national championships, slated for March 21-28.   At the conclusion of the round robin on Friday morning, the first place teams advance directly to Saturday’s finals, while the second and third place teams meet in semi-finals later on Friday. 

On the men’s side, the two finalists from last year’s championship in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan are ready to renew their rivalry.  Saskatchewan’s Eugene Hritzuk and his Humboldt Curling Club team of Kevin Kalthoff, Verne Anderson and Dave Folk have returned to defend their crown, as has New Brunswick’s Russ Howard, who lost to Hritzuk, 7-5 in last year’s final.  Howard, of course, is a two-time (1987, 1993) Brier and world champion and 2006 Olympic gold medallist.

Other men’s skips include Newfoundland/Labrador’s Bill Jenkins, a former Brier competitor who won the 1976 Canadian juniors and the 1977 world juniors, when representing Prince Edward Island.

The women’s line-up includes British Columbia skip Kathy Smiley of New Westminster, who has finished the runner-up at the Canadian Seniors on three occasions (2004, 2005, 2007), Saskatchewan’s Debbie Thierman, third place finisher in 2007 and Ontario’s Joyce Potter, who won the 2005 Canadian Senior women’s crown as skip but is now playing third for skip Cheryl McBain.

Prince Edward Island previously hosted the 1976 Canadian senior women’s and 1982 Canadian senior men’s, both in Charlottetown, before Summerside staged the 2006 Canadian Seniors at the Silver Fox, won that year by Ontario’s Anne Dunn and Northern Ontario’s Al Hackner, who then represented Canada at the 2007 world seniors in Edmonton, where both finished second.  

Manitoba has won a leading 10 Canadian senior men’s crowns since the event began in 1965 in Port Arthur, Ontario.   Prince Edward Island has three victories, all by skip Wen MacDonald.  

Ontario has won a leading 10 women’s titles since the inaugural championship in 1973 in Ottawa, while Prince Edward Island has yet to win.  The men’s and women’s events were held separately until being combined, beginning in 1985 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan.  

Skips Mel Bernard of the host club and Shirley Berry of Cornwall will carry 'the Islanders’ colours this year.

The 2009 Canadian Seniors champions will then represent Canada in the 2010 world seniors, at a site and date to be announced. 

Last year’s Canadian Seniors winners, Saskatchewan’s Eugene Hritzuk and British Columbia’s Pat Sanders, will carry Canada’s colours at the 2009 world seniors, April 24-May 3 in Dunedin, New Zealand.   The 2007 Canadian Senior champions, Alberta’s Pat Ryan and Diane Foster, won gold medals at the 2008 world seniors in Vierumäki, Finland.

Draw results for the 2009 Canadian Seniors will be instantly available at www.curling.ca. 

Cornwall's Sarah Clow rink off to Montreal to compete in University Ch'ships
Posted Thursday, March 19, 2009 by derekm

The University of Prince Edward Island is hoping to to make a big impression with their inaugural entries in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport/Canadian Curling Association Curling Championship, now in its second year. UPEI is sending a men's team which includes three members of this year's Canadian Junior championship and World Junior silver-medallist rink, along with the
Sarah Clow women's team, who curl regularly out of the Cornwall Curling Club, and finished in the top three in this year's provincial juniors.
 
This year's CIS/CCA Championship, sponsored by The Dominion General Insurance Company (The Dominion), will be held at the Royal Montreal and the Montreal West curling clubs from March 25-29.
 
Canadian junior champ Adam Casey will skip the men's team, with his regular teammates Anson Carmody at third, and Jamie Danbrook throwing lead stones. Business student Brett Gallant, who normally skips the rink, is sitting out this event. Nick van Ouwerkerk joins the team at second, with Jeff Wilson coaching.

Photo (L-R): Angela Hodgson (Coach), Sarah Clow, Brielle Quilty, Christina Hennessey, Courtney Moore

The Clow foursome includes Brielle Quilty at third, Christina Hennessey at second stone, and lead Courtney Moore. Angela Hodgson is head coach, assisted by Nancy Yeo.
 
Subject to sufficient interest, the University is planning to send the Trius Panther fan bus to the event. Cost would be $100 per person, assuming 40 people, and accommodations would be $90 per room for 2-3 people.
 
Round robin play gets underway at 8 am Wednesday morning, March 25, and wraps up with the noon draw on Saturday. Twelve teams, from the ten provinces, plus two additional Ontario teams, are taking part in both the men's and women's divisions,
The top teams from each of two men's and women's round robin pools will then play the second place team of the opposite pool in the semi-finals, which go Saturday at 4 pm (men's) and Sunday morning at 8:30 (women's). The semi-final winners will then square off in the gold medal games, Sunday at 2 pm. All times are Eastern.
 
The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, skipped by Mike Anderson and Holly Nicol, are the defending champions, winning both the men's and women's titles last year.
 
Live results will be available at universitysport.ca and PEICurling.com.
 
The winning teams from the Championship will advance to the 2010 Karuizawa International Curling Championships, which take place late February in Japan.
 

Berry rink bringing positive attitude, lots of practice into ch'ship
Posted Thursday, March 19, 2009 by derekm
ERIC MCCARTHY
The Journal Pioneer

SUMMERSIDE -- Arleen Harris has been playing third stone on Shirley Berry's senior women's curling team since 2002, and the skip admits she's a keeper.
"She has a very positive attitude," said Berry. 

Click to read this story about Cornwall's Berry rink in the Journal-Pioneer

Good luck to the Berry rink!
Posted Monday, March 16, 2009 by derekm
The Board, members and staff of the Cornwall Curling Club wish to  extend congratulations to Shirley Berry, Arleen Harris, Carol Sweetapple and Danielle Girard on
winning the 2009 PEI Credit Unions Provincial Seniors Curling Championship. We know you will be great ambassadors for our club and for Prince Edward Island as you move to the Canadian Seniors Curling Championship,  March 21-28 in Summerside, PE.  We wish you Good Luck and Good Curling!
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Ice for rent
Posted Monday, March 16, 2009 by derekm

Because we had to cancel the Greenspiel, there is ice for rent Friday evening March 20, and all day and evening Saturday, Mar 21.

Our rental rates are $60.00 per two hour game for one sheet of ice, or $150.00 for all 4 sheets for a two hour game.

Other rates are available. Call the Club at 566-4427 or email manager@cornwallcurling.com for more info.

Louis Walsh and Vanessa Hamming rinks win The Dominion
Posted Sunday, March 15, 2009 by derekm

Mar. 15-The Vanessa Hamming rink from the host Crapaud Community Curling Club, and the Louis Walsh foursome from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside are PEI's first The Dominion club champions, and will now advance to the 2009 national The Dominion Curling Club championship, November 24-29  at the St. George’s Golf and Country Club in Toronto Ontario.

The Hamming rink beat Summerside's Barb Currie team 7-5 in the final, getting off to a flying start by taking four points in the opening end. Other members of the winning Hamming foursome are Ruth Walsh, Lindsay Moore, and Heather MacRae, while Faith LeClair, Paula Baglole, and Flo Birch round out the runner-up Currie foursome.

In the men's division final, Cornwall's Brock Spence team drew first blood, taking a single with hammer in the first. Walsh took control in the second end, taking a deuce, and stealing singles in ends three through six to end the game early with a 6-1 final score. Doug Waugh, Walter Benson, and Ray Thompson play on the winning Louis Walsh team, while runner-up Brock Spence's teammates are Sean Ledgerwood, Chris Montigny, and Jay Carr.

The Hamming rink advanced directly to Sunday’s final by finishing atop the round robin standings with a 4-1 win-loss record, their only loss being to Currie on Saturday afternoon, when Currie grabbed four points in the first end and three in the third to win 9-5. Currie, and Rushell MacDonald of the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary both had 3-2 win-loss records. MacDonald received second place honours by virtue of her 7-6 extra-end win over the Silver Fox skip on Friday evening. In that game, Currie had the hammer in the extra, but MacDonald stole a single for the victory.

MacDonald and Currie then faced off in the semi-final, with the Summerside rink taking two points in an extra end to win 8-6 and advance to the gold medal game. Other members of the third-place Rushell MacDonald foursome are Suzanne Getson, Audrey Thomson, and Leah Harris.

Paula Creamer of Charlottetown and Gail Greene of Montague both finished play with 2-3 records, while Cornwall’s Lorianne Davies rink ended at 1-4.

There was a very tight race in the men’s round-robin, with four teams finishing with 4-2 win-loss records.   As no team beat all the others in round-robin play, draw to the button results had to be used to determine the first and second place teams. The Spence rink had the button in their pocket with results of only 67.5 inches, by far the best in the tournament, and come out in first place, advancing directly to Sunday’s final. Second place honours went to the Walsh foursome, with a distance of 123.5 inches.

As PEI Curling Association rules dictate that a team cannot be eliminated from a championship round solely by a draw to the button, a tiebreaker was required to determine the third place team. The two teams in the tiebreaker were skipped by Daryl MacDonald of the Maple Leaf, and Donald Clarey of Montague, with MacDonald scoring three points in an extra end to win 9-6. Clarey took the early lead in the game, scoring a single in the first and a triple in the second, but MacDonald fought back and pulled out the win.

In the semi-final, Walsh lead 3-1 after two, but MacDonald tied it up in the third, and led 5-4 after seven ends. Walsh took a deuce in the eighth end for a narrow 6-5 victory. Rounding out the third-place MacDonald team are Glen Betts, Lowell Morrison and Joey Ellsworth.

The Gordon Fall foursome from the host Crapaud club ended play at 3-3, while Leslie Hardy of the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton was 2-4, and the Robert Jenkins squad from Charlottetown finished at 0-6.

Club champions from all seven PEI curling clubs took part in this new event, which is designed to give regular club curlers across the country an opportunity to compete in provincial and national level competitions. Club curlers are those who enjoy the sport recreationally, supporting club leagues on a regular basis each curling season. These teams now have an opportunity to demonstrate their skill against other curling clubs in their province and country. Any profit generated from provincial or national Dominion Curling Club Championship events will be directed to charities including the Canadian Paraplegic Association, as well as developmental curling initiatives in communities across Canada.

During the opening ceremonies of the PEI event, it was announced that the  2010 national championships will be held on the Island, at the Charlottetown and Cornwall clubs.

Cornwall's Spence and Crapaud's Hamming advance to The Dominion finals
Posted Sunday, March 15, 2009 by derekm

Spence and Hamming advance to The Dominion finals

Round robin play wrapped up Saturday night at the inaugural The Dominion Provincial Curling Club Championships at the Crapaud Community Curling Club.

In the women's division, the rink of Vanessa Hamming, Ruth Walsh, Lindsay Moore and Heather MacRae from the host club advanced directly to Sunday's 5:30 pm final by finishing atop the round robin standings with a 4-1 win-loss record, their only loss being to Summerside's Barb Currie rink on Saturday afternoon, when Currie grabbed four points in the first end and three in the third to win 9-5. Currie, and Rushell MacDonald of the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O'Leary both had 3-2 win-loss records, but MacDonald receives second place honours by virtue of her 7-6 extra-end win over the Silver Fox skip on Friay evening. Currie had the hammer in the extra, but MacDonald stole a single for the victory.

MacDonald and Currie now face off in the semi-final, set for 1 pm Sunday, with the winner playing Hamming in the final. Other members of the Rushell MacDonald foursome are Suzanne Getson, Audrey Thomson, and Leah Harris, while Faith LeClair, Paula Baglole and Flo Birch round out the Currie team.

Paula Creamer of Charlottetown and Gail Greene of Montague both finished play with 2-3 records, while Cornwall's Lorianne Davies rink ended at 1-4.

There was a very tight race in the men's section, with four teams finishing with 4-2 win-loss records. As no team beat all the others in round-robin play, draw to the button results had to be used to determine the first and second place teams. Cornwall's Brock Spence rink had the button in their pocket with results of only 67.5 inches, by far the best in the tournament, and come out in first place, advancing directly to Sunday's 5:30 pm final. Second place went to the Louis Walsh foursome from the Silver Fox, with a distance of 123.5 inches. They will play the third place finisher in the semi-final at 1 pm, with the winner facing Spence in the final. Completing Team Spence are Sean Ledgerwood, Chris Montigny and Jay Carr, while Doug Walsh, Walter Benson, and Ray Thompson round out the Walsh foursome.

As PEI Curling Association rules dictate that a team cannot be eliminated from a championship round solely by a draw to the button, a tiebreaker, set for 10 am, is required to determine the third place team. The two teams in the tiebreaker are skipped by Daryl MacDonald of the Maple Leaf, and Donald Clarey of Montague. The winner of that game meets Walsh in the semi.

Playing with MacDonald are Glen Betts, Lowell Morrison and Joey Ellsworth, while Pat Birtwistle, David Rice, and Cameron Lerch are the other members of the Clarey rink.

The Gordon Fall foursome from the host Crapaud club ended play at 3-3, while Leslie Hardy of the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton was 2-4, and the Robert Jenkins squad from Charlottetown finished at 0-6.

The winning men's and women's teams will advance to the 2009 national The Dominion Curling Club championship at the St. George’s Golf and Country Club in Toronto Ontario November 24-29. The 2010 championships will be held on the Island, at the Charlottetown and Cornwall clubs.

This new event is designed to give regular club curlers across the country an opportunity to compete in provincial and national level competitions. Club curlers are those who enjoy the sport recreationally, supporting club leagues on a regular basis each curling season. Now, these teams will have an opportunity to demonstrate their skill against other curling clubs in their province and country. Any profit generated from provincial or national Dominion Curling Club Championship events will be directed to charities including the Canadian Paraplegic Association, as well as developmental curling initiatives in communities across Canada.

Greenspiel cancelled
Posted Saturday, March 14, 2009 by derekm
The Greenspiel which was to have taken place Saturday, March 21st has been cancelled due to lack of entries. A effort will be made again next year to hold this spiel which has the potential to bring in new members.
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Spence tied for men's lead, Davies 1-2 at The Dominion
Posted Saturday, March 14, 2009 by derekm

Going into day three of the inaugural The Dominion Provincial Club Curling Championship, Vanessa Hamming from the host Crapaud Community Curling Club is the only undefeated team, with a 3-0 win-loss record in the women's section. Close behind are Rushell MacDonald of O'Leary's Maple Leaf club, and Barb Currie of the Silver Fox, both with 2-1 records. The remaining women's rinks, skipped by Paula Creamer (Charlottetown), Lorianne Davies (Cornwall) and Gail Greene (Montague) all have 1-2 records in the round-robin competition.

In the men's section, two teams, skipped by Gordon Fall of the host club, and Brock Spence of Cornwall, are 3-1, while Louis Walsh of the Fox is 2-1. At an even 2-2 is the Montague team, skipped by Donald Clarey. The Daryl MacDonald rink from the Maple Leaf, and the Western Community Curling Club entry, skipped by Leslie Hardy are 1-2, while Robert Jenkins of Charlottetown is 0-3.

Round robin play wraps up Saturday, with men's draws at 9:30 am, and 2:30 and 8 pm. The women's division sees action at noon and 5:30 pm.

Tiebreakers, if needed, go Sunday morning at 10, with the semi-finals between the second and third place teams from the round robin going at 1 pm. The winners of the semis will face the first place teams in the 5:30 pm final, with the winners advancing to the 2009 national The Dominion Curling Club championship at the St. George’s Golf and Country Club in Toronto Ontario November 24-29. The 2010 championships will be held on the Island, at the Charlottetown and Cornwall clubs.

The Day the Women Won-Men vow revenge at Battle of the Sexes
Posted Friday, March 13, 2009 by derekm

Fun was had by all today as twelve teams, men vs women, went to battle in four-end games.  

The girls came out  of the hacks flying, winning two of the first three games in round one.

In the second round,  all three ices had to draw to the button - the pressure was really on with the guys all having  good draws in the house, but  the ladies  outdrew  them in  two of these three games.

During the final  round  the ladies  had to  be sharp as the men continued to keep the pressure on, but the women took 4 out of 6 games -one by  a draw to the button.

Club president  Sherren MacKinnon  had  the button in her pocket, and judged well by her  sweepers of Girard and England, she succeeded in both games. 

The women  won this year, but know the men will be back next year looking for revenge.   It was nice to get  a good turnout and thanks to all who participated!

Cornwall curler in running for Special Olympics award
Posted Friday, March 13, 2009 by derekm

Cornwall curler Greg St John is one of the nominees for the Special Olympics PEI male athlete of the year award to be presented March 26th at the Loyalist Country Inn in Summerside. Other nominees in the category are nordic skiers Michael Morris of Stratford and Rick Chan of Charlottetownn.

The Dominion opening day photos
Posted Friday, March 13, 2009 by derekm

Click for photos from opening  ceremonies and opening women's draw at The Dominion Curling Club  Championship.

Cornwall to co-host national The Dominion ch'ship in 2010
Posted Friday, March 13, 2009 by derekm

During the opening ceremonies for the inaugural The Dominion Provincial Club Championship taking place at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, Danny McInnis from Peake and McInnis Insurance, representing The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, announced that the 2010 national championship would be held on PEI, at the Charlottetown and Cornwall Curling Clubs in November 2010. This year's provincial championship teams will compete in the 2009 event, in Toronto from November 24-29.

This new event is designed to give regular club curlers across the country an opportunity to compete in provincial and national level competitions. Club curlers are those who enjoy the sport recreationally, supporting club leagues on a regular basis each curling season. The Dominion gives these curlers  an opportunity to demonstrate their skill against other curling clubs in their province and country.

One men's and one women's draw were played on opening day, with Brock Spence of Cornwall beating Leslie Hardy of the Western Community Club in Alberton by a 10-4 score, keeping Hardy off the scoreboard until the fifth end, and scoring four points in the seventh. Gordon Fall of the host Crapaud club beat Louis Walsh of the Silver Fox 7-1, keeping Walsh scoreless until the sixth end, while Donald Clarey of Montague beat Robert Jenkins of Charlottetown 6-2.

In women's play, Lorianne Davies of Cornwall lost a close 9-8 extra-end decision to Charlottetown's Paula Creamer. Davies led 6-1 after four ends, but Creamer opened the second half with a double and a stolen triple. The teams traded deuces in ends seven and eight, and Creamer stole a point in the extra for the win. In other games, the host club's Vanessa Hamming followed a four point third end with three stolen ends for an 8-3 win over Rushell MacDonald of the Maple Leaf club in O'Leary, while Barb Currie of Summerside beat Montague's Gail Greene by an 8-5 score

Round robin play continues on Friday and Saturday with men's draws at 9:30 am, and 2:30 and 8 pm and women's play at noon and 5:30 pm.

Semi-finals, between the second and third place teams from the round robin go Sunday at 1 pm, with the winners playing the first place teams in the men's and women's finals, Sunday at 5:30 pm.

Live scoring is available at peicurling.com/thedominion

Sexes to battle on Friday the 13th
Posted Thursday, March 12, 2009 by derekm

Cornwall Curling Club -Battle of the Sexes Draw Friday  Mar. 13th

9:30 a.m. John Berry, Grant Laird, Edmond Richard, Dick St.John 
 vs. Karen Currie, Myrna Sanderson, Jessie MacPhail, Joanne Durant
Ernie Stavert, Donald Weeks, Allison McCormick,  Frank Legault
 vs. Diane MacKay, Carol Sweetapple, Pat McCardle, Donna Barrett
Ray Biagé, Kimball Blanchard, Bill Brown, Ian Barrett
 vs. Shirley Berry, Ruth Stavert, Rebecca Rolfe, Edith MacPhail

10:30 a.m.
Vince Fisher, Paul Durant, Barry Craswell, Lew Black, Merrill Cronin
  vs. Deb Delvalle, Marg Stewart, Myrna Craswell, Louise Callbeck.
Geoff Scutt, Vern Chowan, Denis Dunne, Gordon Canfield
  vs.  Sherren MacKinnon, Karen Fisher, Danielle Girard, Mabel England
John DeLuca, Lester Callbeck, Don Graham, Bev Richards, Gord Harper
  vs. Karen Wood, Mary Plamondon, Eileen Blanchard, Kate Harper

Notice to Members of the Cornwall Curling Club
Posted Wednesday, March 11, 2009 by derekm

In December, 2008, the final mortgage payment was made to the Bank of  Montreal, and the account was closed.  This marks an end to an era that began twenty-eight years ago when a decision was made to build a curling rink in Cornwall.  Our thanks go out to those people who not only had the vision, and backed up that vision with countless volunteer hours, but who each made a personal guarantee to the Bank to back the initial operating loan for the start-up  money. Several of  these individuals are still curling at our club.

We have now moved from a mortgage to a rental agreement with the Town of  Cornwall, which will carry us through the next 10 years.
Plan to attend the Annual Meeting on Friday, May 8, 2009 when these founding members will be recognized by the presentation of a plaque to commemorate the realization of their vision and hard work that led to the  establishment of a curling club in Cornwall. 

Spence, Davies to represent Cornwall at The Dominion this weekend
Posted Tuesday, March 10, 2009 by derekm

The first "The Dominion Provincial Club Championship", sponsored by The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, will be held at the Crapaud Community Curling Club beginning on Thursday afternoon. The men's and women's winning teams from this event, between the club champions of PEI curling clubs, will compete at the national The Dominion Curling Club championship at the St. George’s Golf and Country Club in Etobicoke Ontario in November.

This new event is designed to give regular club curlers across the country an opportunity to compete in provincial and national level competitions.  Men's teams are entered from all seven PEI clubs, while all clubs except the Western Community club in Alberton have entered women's rinks.

The Dominion Provincial Club Championship will be a round robin with eight-end games, with the top three teams in the men's and women's divisions advancing to the playoff round on Sunday, where the second-place teams play the third-place rinks in the 1 pm semi-finals, and the semi-final winners then face the first-place teams in the finals at 5:30.

Any profit generated from provincial or national Dominion Curling Club Championship events will be directed to charities including the Canadian Paraplegic Association, as well as developmental curling initiatives in communities across Canada.

Live scoring for this event will be available at peicurling.com/thedominion.

Here are the team rosters (skip to lead-club):
Men's
Robert Jenkins, Don Sheidow, Mike Murray, Brendon Jenkins - Charlottetown
Brock Spence, Sean Ledgerwood, Chris Montigny, Jay Carr - Cornwall
Gordon Fall, Tony Quigley, John Holmes,  Dario Zannier - Crapaud Community
Daryl MacDonald, Glen Betts, Lowell Morrison, Joey Ellsworth - Maple Leaf
Donald Clarey, Pat Birtwistle, David Rice, Cameron Lerch - Montague
Louis Walsh, Doug Walsh, Walter Benson, Ray Thompson - Silver Fox
Leslie Hardy, Kent Noye, Kyle Hardy, Alan Hardy - Western

Women's
Paula Creamer, Jana Cheverie, Cindy MacLean, Debbie Youland - Charlottetown
Lorianne Davies, Paulette Richard, Karen Montgomery, Lynda Turnbull - Cornwall
Vanessa Hamming, Ruth Walsh, Lindsay Moore, Heather MacRae - Crapaud Community
Rushell MacDonald, Suzanne Getson, Audrey Thomson, Leah Harris  - Maple Leaf
Gail Greene, Darlene London, Janet Kemp, Joan Livingstone -  Montague
Barb Currie, Faith LeClair, Paula Baglole, Flo Birch  -  Silver Fox

Here is the men's round robin draw:

Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 5:30 pm:
Gordon Fall vs Louis Walsh, Robert Jenkins vs Donald Clarey, Brock Spence vs Leslie Hardy

Friday, March 13, 2009 at 9:30 am:
Donald Clarey vs Leslie Hardy, Brock Spence vs Daryl MacDonald, Robert Jenkins vs Gordon Fall

Friday, March 13, 2009 at 2:30 pm:
Brock Spence vs Louis Walsh, Gordon Fall vs Leslie Hardy, Daryl MacDonald vs Donald Clarey

Friday, March 13, 2009 at 8 pm:
Gordon Fall vs Daryl MacDonald, Donald Clarey vs Louis Walsh, Robert Jenkins vs Brock Spence.

Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 9:30 am:
Brock Spence vs Donald Clarey, Robert Jenkins vs Leslie Hardy, Daryl MacDonald vs Louis Walsh

Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 2:30 pm:
Louis Walsh vs Leslie Hardy, Brock Spence vs Gordon Fall, Robert Jenkins vs Daryl MacDonald

Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 8 pm:
Daryl MacDonald vs Leslie Hardy, Robert Jenkins vs Louis Walsh, Gordon Fall vs Donald Clarey

Here is the women's round robin draw:

Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 8 pm:
Paula Creamer vs Lorianne Davies, Vanessa Hamming vs Rushell MacDonald, Gail Greene vs Barb Currie

Friday, March 13, 2009 at 12 noon:
Vanessa Hamming vs Gail Greene, Paula Creamer vs Rushell MacDonald, Barb Currie vs Lorianne Davies

Friday, March 13, 2009 at 5:30 pm:
Rushell MacDonald vs Barb Currie, Lorianne Davies vs Gail Greene, Paula Creamer vs Vanessa Hamming

Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 12 noon:
Gail Greene vs Paula Creamer, Barb Currie vs Vanessa Hamming, Lorianne Davies vs Rushell MacDonald

Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 5:30 pm:
Lorianne Davies vs Vanessa Hamming, Barb Currie vs Paula Creamer, Rushell MacDonald vs Gail Greene

Cornwall's Tyler Smith rink repeats as KFC 12 and under boys champs
Posted Monday, March 9, 2009 by derekm

The Cornwall Curling Club team of Tyler Smith, Tony Nabuurs, Noah O’Connor and Tylson Smith, with coach Kevin Smith beat the Brooks Roche foursome from the host Montague Curling Club by a 10-2 score this afternoon to capture the KFC Provincial 12 and Under boys division. On Sunday, Smith had won the first game in the best of three by a 5-0 score. Other members of the runner-up Roche team are Dylan Lowery, Tristan Chatman, and John Ployer, with coaches Coady Dixon and Valerie Collings.

Smith finished round robin play with a 4-1 win-loss record. Three rinks were tied for second with 3-2 records, necessitating two tiebreaker rounds. Roche edged Owen Newson of Cornwall 5-4 in an extra end to win the first tiebreaker game, and, aided by a five-ender, beat Cameron Jenkins of Charlottetown by a 5-2 score in the second. Owen Collier of Montague and Devon Schut of Crapaud finished play with 1-4 records.

On Sunday, the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club rink of Jenny McLean, Rachael Gardiner, Lauren MacFadyen and Jessica Stewart, with assistant coach Meaghan MacDonald, and coach Don Vickerson, defeated the Maddy MacDonald foursome from the Montague Curling Club 4-3 and 10-0 to win the best-of-three girls finals two games straight in the girls section of event. Other members of the runner-up MacDonald rink are Danika Chapman, Gracyn MacLean, and Danielle Collings, with coaches Coady Dixon and Valerie Collings.

McLean went undefeated in the girls round-robin, while MacDonald’s record was 3-2. Charlottetown’s Kailey Koughan, Fallon Arsenault of the Silver Fox, and Kayla Schut of Crapaud all had 2 - 3 records, while Rachel O’Connor was 1-4.

The Coaching awards, as voted on by all the coaches, and the Fairplay awards, as voted on by the curlers, were handed out on Sunday.  Here are the award winners:

Coaching Award Boys - Robert Jenkins (Cameron Jenkins rink, Charlottetown)

Fairplay Award Boys - Brooks Roche (Montague skip)

Coaching Award Girls - Don Vickerson (Jenny McLean rink, Silver Fox)

Fairplay Award Girls - Jenny McLean (Silver Fox skip)

Six boys teams and an equal number of girls rinks began play on Friday in this annual event.

Jenny MacLean rink wins 12 and Under Girls. Defending champ Tyler Smith wins 1st game in boys best of 3 championship round
Posted Sunday, March 8, 2009 by derekm

The Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club rink of Jenny MacLean, Rachael Gardiner, Lauren MacFadyen and Jessica Stewart, with alternate Meaghan MacDonald, and coach Don Vickerson, defeated the Maddy MacDonald foursome from the Montague Curling Club 4-3 and 10-0 to win the best-of-three finals two games straight in the girls section of the KFC Provincial 12 and Under Curling Championship at the Montague Curling Club. Other members of the MacDonald rink are Danika Chapman, Gracyn MacLean, and Danielle Collings, with coaches Coady Dixon and Valeerie Collings.

In the boys division, defending champion Tyler Smith of the Cornwall Curling Club has won the first game of the best of three, beating Brooks Roche of Montague 5-0. The second game is set for 1 pm on Monday, with the third, if needed, Monday at 4. Playing with Smith are Tony Nabuurs, Noah O'Connor, and Tyson Smith, with coach Kevin Smith.  Dylan Lowery, Tristan Chatman, and John Ployer, with coaches Coady Dixon and Valeerie Collings round out the Roche squad.

Smith finished round robin play with a 4-1 win-loss record. Three rinks were tied for second with 3-2 records, necessitating two tiebreaker rounds. Roche edged Owen Newson of Cornwall 5-4 in an extra end to win the first tiebreaker game, and, aided by a five-ender, beat Cameron Jenkins of Charlottetown by a 5-2 score in the second. Owen Collier of Montague and Devon Schut of Crapaud finished play with 1-4 records.

MacLean went undefeated in the girls round-robin, while MacDonald's record was 3-2. Charlottetown's Kailey Koughan, Fallon Arsenault of the Silver Fox, and Kayla Schut of Crapaud all had 3-2 records, while Rachel O'Connor was 1-4.

Six boys teams and an equal number of girls rinks began play on Friday in this annual event.

It's playoff season in the Tuesday Competitive League
Posted Friday, March 6, 2009 by derekm

The Cornwall KFC Competitive League Round Robin has concluded for another year.  This draw was a
popular one with 20 teams competing on Monday and Tuesday evenings.  Congratulations to the Bob
Fowler foursome of Bob, Alan Acorn, Carl Currie and Angus Davies  for their impressive first place
finish with 16 wins and only 3 losses.  Way to go!

The teams now move into the playoffs.  This year there are 3 divisions:  Pool A consists of the top 4
teams, who will play a round robin format with a play off on the last night to determine this year's
winner.  The remaining 16 teams will make up  Pools B and C and will  use a win/lose format to
determine the winners of these divisions.

The top 4 teams in Pool A include:  Bob Fowler, Brock Spence, Sarah Fullerton, and Roddie MacLean.

Pool B Teams include:  Donna Butler, Rob Young, Peter Buchanan, John Deluca, Rupert Sweetapple,
Shirley Berry, Angus Kennedy and Darren MacLean.

Pool C Teams include:  Sherren  MacKinnon, Guy Arsenault, Jim Farquharson, Karren Currie, Sarah
Clow, Geoff Scutt, Dave Currie, and Kevin Baillie.

The draw for next week is as follows:

Monday, March 9  8:30

Ice 3:  S. MacKinnon vs K.Baillie
Ice 4:  B. Spence vs S. Fullerton

Tuesday, March 10
 6:30

Ice 1:  B.Fowler vs. R. MacLean
Ice 2:  G. Arsenault vs D. Currie
Ice 3:  J. Farquharson vs. G. Scutt
Ice 4:  K. Currie vs S. Clow

8:30

Ice 1:  D. Butler vs D. MacLean
Ice 2:  R. Young vs A. Kennedy
Ice 3:  P. Buchanan vs S. Berry
Ice 4:  J. Deluca vs R. Sweetapple

GREENSPIEL Invitational
Posted Friday, March 6, 2009 by derekm
As part of our “First End” Program to attract new participants to the sport of curling in Canada, we are inaugurating a mixed fun spiel which we hope to hold annually. We are calling it our “Greenspiel Invitational” and it will be held this year on Saturday March 21st. All members of the Cornwall Curling Club are invited to become skips or vice skips, and enter their own teams to take part in this non-competitive fun spiel. All participants must be “qualified” (See Rules).
The object of this spiel is to have fun. We will be playing three four-end games and will pretend that it is a real competition.  We are giving you plenty of time to coax other members of your family or neighbours, friends, co-workers, and other acquaintances to join you and come out and play their “First End” If you need skips for your qualified “Greens”, we’ll find them for you. Naturally, it being around St Patrick’s Day, we will be serving Irish stew with dumplings and we may have other theme surprises.
RULES:
1.      All teams must have at least two qualified “Greens”.
2.      You must have never curled before or have curled, but never been a member of a curling club, to qualify as a “Green”.
3.      If you are or were a member of a curling club and have curled at least 5 games, you qualify as a Skip or Vice-Skip.
4.      All skips will be responsible to introduce their “Greens” to the sport of curling and their very “first end”. That includes the dress code, footwear, safety features, and ethics of shaking hands and on the ice, and of course, their required responsibilities if they win a game.
GENERAL:
·         Cost for this spiel will be $60 per team.
·         Age restriction for 19 years and older.
·         There will be a time allotment between 9 and 10 am for skips to introduce their players to the ice.
We hope to have up to 16 teams in this competition, so we encourage you to start coaxing your team members now. Members can have more than one team with husband and wife playing on different teams. Brothers and sisters are good at this. Bring you cameras. Enter your names on the sign-up sheet as soon as possible.
GET THEM TO PLAY THEIR “FIRST END” HERE AT THE CORNWALL CURLING CLUB.
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Ch'town to host Provincial Competitions discussion meetings
Posted Wednesday, March 4, 2009 by derekm

The Charlottetown Curling Club will host two meetings to discuss all aspects of Provincial curling competitions on the Island.  The meeting on Tuesday March 10th at 7:00 will deal with seniors and mixed playdowns while on Tuesday March 24th at 7:00, mens and ladies playdowns will be discussed.

It is hoped that the curlers and the PEICA can come to a consensus on such issues as:

1.  A competitive committee for the PEICA which would determine the playdown format each year based on location number of teams.

2.  A Head Official appointed to all Island competitions.

3.  A designated provincial icemaker that works with each club to provide the best possible ice conditions.

4.  Any other concerns that you may have as well as concrete positive ideas that could be implemented for the 2009-2010 season.

Please forward your ideas and suggestions so we can set up a framework for the meetings to Bill Hope care of the Charlottetown Curling Club at ccclub@pei.aibn.com

Thanks,
Bill Hope

Cornwall's Tyler Smith rink looking to defend at KFC 12 and Under
Posted Monday, March 2, 2009 by derekm

The KFC Provincial age 12 and Under Curling Championships get underway Friday at the Montague Curling Club, with six boys teams, including the defending champion Tyler Smith rink from Cornwall, along with an equal number of girls teams, taking part.

Both divisions play round robin competitions, with girls draws at 10 am and 2 pm Friday, and 9 am and 1 and 5 pm on Saturday. The boys play at noon and 4 pm on Friday, and 11 am and 3 and 7 pm on Saturday. The top two teams from both divisions advance to best of three final rounds on Sunday and, if necessary, Monday. Draws Sunday are at 10 am, and 1 and 4 pm.  Monday draws, if needed, go at 1 and 4 pm. Games will move up if there are no tiebreakers, meaning that the best of three could start as early as 10 am Sunday.

Here are the team rosters (skip to lead, coach-club)
Boys
Tyler Smith, Tony Nabuurs, Noah O’Connor, Tyson Smith, coach Kevin Smith -Cornwall
Owen Collier, John Campbell, Dawson Chatman, Milo Ryan, coach Arnold Nabuurs - Montague
Brooks Roche, Dylan Lowery, Tristan Chatman, John Ployer, coach Arnold Nabuurs - Montague
Owen Newson, Donald DeWolfe, Reice Newson, Cameron Mackay, coach Geoff Scutt - Cornwall
Cameron Jenkins, Spencer Stetson, Jonathan Cann, Andrew Stetson, coach Robert Jenkins - Charlottetown
Devon Schut, Kegan Bernard, Kendell Bernard, Tanner McKenna, coaches Dario Zannier/Ron Matters/Phyllis Stretch - Crapaud

Girls
Kailey Koughan, Rachel Moore, Jessica Watts, Jenny Mutch, coach Margie Jardine - Charlottetown
Fallon Arsenault, Shalynn Buss, Brenna Sheppard, Emily Vanderstine, coach Sheila Compton - Silver Fox
Jenny MacLean, Rachael Gardiner, Lauren MacFadyen, Jessica Stewart, coach Don Vickerson - Silver Fox
Rachel O’Connor, Jennifer Moreside, Meaghan Ching, Ann Younker, coaches David Younker/Geoff Scutt- Cornwall
Maddy MacDonald, Danika Chapman, Gracyn MacLean, Danielle Collings, coach Helen Robbins - Montague
Kayla Schut, Laurel Parsons, Kaleigh Peters, Sarah Parsons, coaches Dario Zannier/Ron Matters/Phyllis Stretch - Crapaud

Here is the girls' round robin draw:
Friday, March 6, 2009
10 am: Kayla Schut (Crapaud) vs Rachel O'Connor (Cornwall), Maddy MacDonald (Montague) vs Kailey Koughan (Charlottetown), Jenny MacLean (Silver Fox) vs Fallon Arsenault (Silver Fox)
2 pm: MacDonald vs MacLean, Schut vs Koughan, Arsenault vs O'Connor

Saturday, March 7, 2009
9 am: Koughan vs Arsenault, O'Connor vs MacLean, Schut vs MacDonald
1 pm: MacLean vs Schut, Arsenault vs MacDonald, O'Connor vs Koughan
5 pm: O'Connor vs MacDonald, Arsenault vs Schut, Koughan vs MacLean

Here is the boys' round robin draw:
Friday, March 6, 2009
12 noon: Brooks Roche (Montague) vs Owen Newson (Cornwall), Cameron Jenkins (Charlottetown) vs Devon Schut (Crapaud), Tyler Smith (Cornwall) vs Owen Collier (Montague)
4 pm: Jenkins vs Smith, Roche vs Schut, Collier vs Newson

Saturday, March 7, 2009
11 am: Schut vs Collier, Newson vs Smith, Roche vs Jenkins
3 pm: Smith vs Roche, Collier vs Jenkins, Newson vs Schut
7 pm: Newson vs Jenkins, Collier vs Roche, Schut vs Smith

Live scoring will be available at peicurling.com/12andunder

JeffreyTaylor rink runner-up in 15 and Under
Posted Monday, March 2, 2009 by derekm

Teams skipped by Matthew MacLean and his sister Amanda,  from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O`Leary captured the M&M Meat Shops provincial 15-and-under curling championships, which wrapped up this afternoon in Montague.

In the boy's final, the defending champion Matthew MacLean team doubled Cornwall's Jeffrey Taylor foursome by a 6-3 score. taking a pair of deuces in ends 3 and four. Other members of the MacLean rink are Marshall Smallman, Kevin Gallant, and Alan MacLean. Glenn MacLean and Shannon Smallman share coaching duties. Alex Sutherland, Sean Young and Alex Jenkins round out the Taylor foursome, who are coached by Whitney Young and her father Trevor.

In the girl's game, Amanda MacLean trailed 7-3 after five ends, after the opposing skip, Leah Deveau of the host Montague Curling Club scored three points in end three, and stole another three in the fourth. MacLean took control in the final ends, following a deuce in the sixth end with triples in ends seven and eight to win 11-7.  Playing with MacLean, who was runner-up last year, were Kassinda Bulger,  Emily Gray, and Aleya Quilty, with coaches Shelley Gray and Glen MacLean.  This year`s runner-up Deveau rink includes Sarah MacPhee, Jessica Chapman, and Carolyn Rose, with coach Carol MacPhee.

Both MacLean rinks were undefeated in round robin play, while Taylor and Deveau each had one loss. Matthew MacLean then beat Tony Nabuurs of the host club 6-5, while his sister defeated Heather Drake of Montague 5-3, in the Page playoff  games between the first place teams in each pool, to advance directly to the finals.

Taylor beat Shawn Pitre of Alberton 5-3 in the 2nd place vs 2nd place  Page game, and then defeated Nabuurs 8-5 in the semi-final.  Deveau edged Veronica Smith of Cornwall 6-5 in the 2 vs 2, and scored two five-enders in a 14-2 victory over Drake in the semi.

Nine girls and eight boys teams took part in the championship.

55+ Games Curling Draw
Posted Monday, March 2, 2009 by derekm

Here is the draw for the 55 + Winter Games Curling event at the Cornwall Curling Club:

Tuesday, March 3

8:30 am Draw 1
B MacWilliams vs. P Durant, E. Birch vs. F Fall, R Sweetapple vs. S Stratton, C Morrison vs. G Hermann
 
11:30 am Draw 2
G Scutt vs. G MacDonald, R MacLean vs. T Dunn, E Stavert vs. W Nicholson
 
2:00 pm Draw 3
F Fall vs. R Sweetapple, C Morrison vs. J Deluca, P Durant vs. E Birch, B MacWilliams vs. S Stratton
 

Wednesday, March 4

8:30 am Draw 4
C Morrison vs. J Deluca, S Stratton vs. F Fall, B MacWilliams vs. E Birch, P Durant vs. R Sweetapple

11:30 am Draw 5
W Nicholson vs. S MacRae, L Hardy vs. E Stavert, G MacDonald vs. R MacLean, G Scutt vs. T Dunn

2:00 pm Draw 6
P Durant vs. F Fall, R Sweetapple vs. B MacWilliams, G Hermann vs. J Deluca, E Birch vs. S Stratton
 
Thursday, March 5 9:00 am Draw 7
E Birch vs. R Sweetapple, C Morrison vs. G Hermann, P Durant vs. S Stratton, S MacRae vs. L Hardy

11:30 am Draw 8
G Scutt vs. R MacLean, G MacDonald vs. T Dunn, B MacWilliams vs. F Fall
 
2:00 pm Draw 9
J Deluca vs. G Hermann, W Nicholson vs. L Hardy, E Stavert vs. S MacRae

Cornwall's Donna Butler on PEI Mixed Ch'ship Team
Posted Monday, March 2, 2009 by derekm

Kyle Stevenson rink wins M&M Meat Shops Mixed

Mar. 1: The Charlottetown Curling Club rink of Kyle Stevenson, Donna Butler, Doug MacGregor, and Tricia Affleck scored twelve points in three consecutive ends this morning to come back from a 5-2 deficit against Montague's Larry Dewar rink, and win the M&M Meat Shops Provincial Mixed curling Championship by a 14-5 score.

This morning's game was the B final of the double-knockout tournament being played at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O'Leary. As they had already won the A section, the Stevenson foursome won the event without playing the 2 pm championship game. Other members of the runner-up Dewar rink are Tammy Dewar, Larry Richards, and Gail Greene. The Kyle Stevenson rink will now advance to the 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championships, November 15-22, 2009 at the Burlington Golf and Country Club in Burlington Ontario.

Photo L-R: Kyle Stevenson, Donna Butler, Doug MacGregor, Tricia Affleck

Stevenson, who also won the event in 2007, got off to a slow start in this morning's game, giving up a steal of two to 2005 winner Dewar in the first end. He came back with his own deuce in the second to tie things up. Dewar blanked the third and regained the lead with a triple in the fourth. Stevenson took control in the fifth end, taking five points, which he followed with a steal of four in the sixth, and a stolen triple in the sixth to put the game out of reach

Photo L-R: Larry Dewar, Tammy Dewar, Larry Richards, Gail Greene

Dewar advanced to this morning’s B final with an exciting 10-9 extra-end win Saturday evening over the Adam Casey rink, which includes Anson Carmody, Casey’s teammate from this year’s Canadian Junior championship rink, at second, along with PEI Junior Women’s champs Geri-Lynn Ramsay at third, and Erin Carmody (Anson’s sister) at lead. The game started out with Dewar taking a triple, and Casey responding with one of his own. Dewar took a single, and Casey grabbed a 6-4 lead with another triple in end four. Dewar took singles in the next two ends to tie it up. The seventh was blanked, and Dewar took a single in eight and stole a deuce in the ninth for a  9-6 lead coming home. Casey took three in the 10th to bring the game to the extra end.

In the extra, the Dewar team had a biter lying at the back of the 12 foot circle. The Casey rink, without hammer, made several attempts to put up centre-line guards, but all were peeled by the Montague squad. Casey was forced to go into the rings without cover with his final shot, which Dewar took out for the win.

The other B division semi-final, between Stevenson and the Blair Jay rink from Summerside, was not nearly as close, with Stevenson blanking the first end, and recording four points in the second. Jay got on the board with a single in the third, but Stevenson ended the game early with a pair of deuces in ends four and five, to win with an 8-1 score.

Stevenson won the A final Saturday afternoon, with a 7-3 decision over Casey. Defending champion Bill Hope of Charlottetown was eliminated in that same draw, after ending up on the losing end of a high-scoring 14-8 shootout against Dewar, who scored three triples and a four-ender en route to the win.

Thirteen teams from six PEI curling clubs began play on Thursday in this event.

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Snowfest Open House set for Sunday
Posted Saturday, February 28, 2009 by derekm

The Town of Cornwall's 14th Annual Snowfest wraps up tomorrow.  As part of the festivities on the final day, Sunday, March 1st, the Cornwall Curling Club is holding an Open House from 2-4 pm. Everyone is invited. Activities will include a Draw to the Button contest and a four-end game. The Draw to the Button contest will consist of 3 tries for just a Toonie. The pot will be split on a 50/50 basis with half going to the winner and the rest going to a community service club. 

 

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Daytime curling (10am-noon) cancelled during 55+ Games
Posted Friday, February 27, 2009 by derekm
The curling event for the 55+ Games will be taking place at the Cornwall Curling Club March 3rd - March 5th. There will be no daytime curling (10am - 12 noon) Tuesday, March 3rd, Wednesday March 4th, or Thursday, March 5th. Daytime curling (10am - 12 noon) Monday, March 2nd and Friday, March 6th. will go as scheduled.
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Competitive League Makeup game ice
Posted Thursday, February 26, 2009 by derekm

Ice time is available Monday, March 2 at 8:30PM for Competitive League teams wishing to play make up games.

Please book in advance with Club.

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Date correction - Wednesday night draw last night
Posted Tuesday, February 24, 2009 by derekm
Please note that the date for the last night should be April 1st, not March 31st.
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Cornwall's Sarah Fullerton and Montague's Kevin Rice rinks win 17 and Under
Posted Monday, February 23, 2009 by derekm

The Sarah Fullerton rink from the Cornwall Curling Club, and the Kevin Rice foursome from Montague are the 2009 Sylvan Learning Provincial 17 and Under curling champions. Defending PEI and Atlantic champion Fullerton swept all three sections of the triple-knockout event at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, making a championship round unnecessary, while Rice, who won the A and B sections, only had to win one of the two championship round games, and succeeded the first time, edging defending champion Sam Ramsay from the host Western club by a 5-4 score, stealing singles in the last two ends.

Fullerton beat Summerside's Anita Casey rink 8-1 in the C final on Monday afternoon, taking two triples and stealing a deuce, after beating Amanda MacLean of O'Leary's Maple Leaf club 6-2 in the A final, and 9-1 in the B. Other members of the Fullerton rink are Michelle McQuaid, Alexis Wright, and Sara MacRae, with coach Brenda MacMillan.

Rice, with teammates Matthew and Mark Nabuurs,and Keagan Matheson, and coach Arny Nabuurs, beat Ramsay 5-3 in the A final, and Parker Clements of the Maple Leaf club 7-2 in the B. Ramsay beat Clements 8-1 in only four ends in the C final to advance to the championship round.

The Fullerton and Rice rinks will now advance to the Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships, April 10-13 in Cornerbrook NL.

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Curling as usual this evening (Monday)
Posted Monday, February 23, 2009 by derekm
As the storm warning has been called off, the evening draws will go as scheduled tonight.
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No daytime curling today (Monday)
Posted Monday, February 23, 2009 by derekm

Due to weather and road conditions the Cornwall Curling Club is closed for daytime curling.

Further announcements regarding evening draws will be made this afternoon.

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Fullerton Foursome wins A, B sections at 17 and Under
Posted Sunday, February 22, 2009 by derekm

Kevin Rice of Montague, and defending champion Sarah Fullerton of Cornwall, have each won both the A and B sections of the triple-knockout Sylvan Learning Provincial 17 and Under Curling Championship, being played at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton.  In the B finals this afternoon, Fullerton downed Amanda MacLean of the Maple Leaf 9-1, grabbing four points in the opening end, while Rice beat Parker Clements of the Maple Leaf club in O’Leary by a 7-2 score, taking four points in the seventh.

In the A finals on Saturday, Fullerton stole two in the seventh for an 8-4 win, also over MacLean, while Rice got by defending champion Sam Ramsay,  of the host Western club, by a 5-3 score, aided by a 4th end triple.

The C finals go Monday at 10 am (weather permitting, as another storm is in the forecast for tonight). In C division play this afternoon, Veronica Smith of Cornwall beat Tiffany Sweet of O’Leary 8-6 in a come-from-behind game. taking five points in the last three ends, while Anita Casey of the Silver Fox downed Lindsay Hughes of Charlottetown 8-2 in the junior women’s section.  In the junior men’s, Sam Ramsay stayed alive, beating Matthew MacLean of the Maple Leaf club 5-3, while Clements beat Colton Griffin of the host Western club by a 7-3 score. Smith now faces Fullerton, while Casey meets Amanda MacLean at 7 this evening, with the winners advancing to the 10 am Monday junior women’s C final. In the Junior men’s C final, also at  10 tomorrow, Clements awaits the winner of tonight’s 7 pm game between Ramsay and Rice.

If  either Fullerton or Rice win all three divisions, they become the champion without a championship round; otherwise, the two-game championship is scheduled for Monday at 2 and 6 pm. As Rice and Fulleton have both won two divisions, they will take the title if they win either of the two championship games.

The winning teams advance to the Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships,  April 10-13 in Cornerbrook NL.

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Fowler Finishes First in round three A Pool
Posted Friday, February 20, 2009 by derekm

Round three wrapped up Wednesday night in the Dutch Inn/Don Lowther Snow Removal ladder league.
Two teams, skipped by Bob Fowler and Jim Farquharson, finished atop the A pool with five wins. Since they didn't play each other in the round, we have to go to total points to determine the winner, and discover that Fowler finishes in first place by a ten point margin.

There was a log jam for third place, with four teams having two losses each. We won't bother to do the math on who beat whom, as there is no prize money on the line. The tied teams were skipped by Terry MacCormac, Gord Peters, Rupert Sweetapple, and Chris Hodgson.

One team, skipped by Kelly Watts, had no wins, and moves down the ladder to the B pool. That leaves three teams with only one win, only one of which survives in the A pool Since none of the teams beat the other two, we have to look at the points. The Geoff Scutt foursome beat out the Ray Biagé rink by a single point, and remains in the A pool for the final round, while Biagé and Ernie Diamond move down to the B pool.

Down in the B pool, two teams, skipped by Guy Arsenault and Joerg Soltermann, had only one loss, and move up the ladder to the A pool. For the record, Soltermann finished first, with more points than Arsenault (the teams didn't meet in the round).

Four teams had two losses, but the Kathy Reeves rink lost one by default, leaving three teams with 11 points. The Jeff Taylor rink beat both of the other two teams, skipped by Karen Currie and Shirley Berry, and joins Guy and Joerg in the upper division. Barb Duncan-Biagé had three losses, followed by Paul Neima, also with three losses, one by default. The Robert Waite rink picked up a win in the round, while the Colleen Soltermann team did not.

There are six weeks left in the season, so we'll finish up with a six week round. As well as prizes for the winner and runner-up in the A pool in the last round, there is also a prize for the winner of the B pool.

Here are the pools for Round Four, which runs Feb. 25, March 4, March 11, March 18, March 25 and March 31 (I know some of these rosters don't reflect current makeup, but I haven't been told differently)
Pool A
A1. Bob Fowler, Tracy MacDonald, Gary Crosby, Lynda Turnbull
A2. Jim Farquharson, Roy Coffin, Bob MacWilliams, John Berry
A3. Gordon Peters, Hank Kamphuis, Vernon Chowan, Pat MacInnis
A4. Terry MacCormac, Ricky Milton, Nancy Milton, Cindy MacCormac
A5. Rupert Sweetapple, Carol Sweetapple, Dick MacDonald, Marie MacDonald
A6. Chris Hodgson, Mitch Freeman, Joe MacKinnon, Lane Pineau
A7. Joerg Soltermann, Terry MacLeod, Hans Anderegg, Hans Wicki*
A8. Geoff Scutt, Sherren MacKinnon, Donald Weeks, Deb DelValle*
A9. Guy Arsenault, Heather Arsenault, Shawn Meyers, Haley Meyers
A10. Jeff Taylor, Alex Sutherland, Sean Young, Alex Jenkins
* Swapping Scutt and Soltermann so they will not be in same timeslots as last round.

Pool B
B1 Ray Biagé, Rebecca Rolfe, Derek MacEwen, Neil Smith
B2. Ernie Diamond, Marilyn Diamond, Shirley Lank, Gordie Lank**
B3. Kelly Watts, Wayne Goodwin, Cathy Handren, Cindy Nicholson **
B4. Shirley Berry, Arleen Harris, Paul Arsenault, Derek Gallant
B5. Karen Currie, Valerie Acorn, Mark Perry, Leonard Gotell
B6. Kathy Reeves, Nancy MacKinnon, Heather Pierce, Tammy Fahie
B7. Paul Neima, Gerry Curley, Mike Lafontaine, Eileen Leahey
B8. Barb Duncan-Biagé, Debby Sigsworth, Karen Montgomery, Vicki Cotton
B9. Robert Waite, Kathy Toole, Sharon Waite, Chester Remley
B10. Colleen Soltermann, Mary Beth MacLean, Sandra Williamson, Susan Carruthers
** Swapping and Diamond and Watts, so Diamond will not be in same timeslot as last round

Here is the game schedule for round four:

Feb. 25
6 pm (6 ends)
Ice 1: G Scutt, S. MacKinnon, D. Weeks, D. DelValle
vs J.Taylor, A. Sutherland, S.Young, A. Jenkins
Ice 2: B. Duncan-Biagé, D. Sigsworth, K. Montgomery, V. Cotton
vs C. Soltermann, MB MacLean, S. Williamson, S. Carruthers

6:30 (8 ends)
Ice 3: R. Biagé, R. Rolfe, D. MacEwen, N. Smith
vs E. Diamond, M. Diamond, S. Lank, G. Lank
Ice 4: B. Fowler, T. MacDonald, G. Crosby, L.Turnbull
vs J. Farquharson, R. Coffin, B. MacWilliams, J. Berry

7:30 (6 ends)
Ice 1: C. Hodgson, M. Freeman, J. MacKinnon, L. Pineau
vs G. Arsenault, H. Arsenault, S. Meyers, H. Meyers
Ice 2: K. Reeves, N. MacKinnon, H. Pierce, T. Fahie
vs R. Waite, K. Toole, S. Waite, C. Remley

8:30 (8 ends)
Ice 3: K. Watts, W. Goodwin, C. Handren, C. Nicholson
vs S. Berry, A. Harris, P. Arsenault, D. Gallant
Ice 4: G. Peters, H. Kamphuis, V. Chowan, P. MacInnis
vs T. MacCormac, R. Milton, N. Milton, C. MacCormac

9 pm (6 ends)
Ice 1: K. Currie, V. Acorn, M. Perry, L. Gotell
vs P. Neima, G. Curley, M. Lafontaine, E. Leahey
Ice 2: R. Sweetapple, C. Sweetapple, D. MacDonald, M. MacDonald
vs J. Soltermann, T. MacLeod, H. Anderegg, H. Wicki

March 4
6 pm (6 ends)
Ice 1: S. Berry, A. Harris, P. Arsenault, D. Gallant
vs R. Waite, K. Toole, S. Waite, C. Remley
Ice 2: T. MacCormac, R. Milton, N. Milton, C. MacCormac
vs G. Arsenault, H. Arsenault, S. Meyers, H. Meyers

6:30 pm (8 ends)
Ice 3: K. Currie, V. Acorn, M. Perry, L. Gotell
vs K. Reeves, N. MacKinnon, H. Pierce, T. Fahie
Ice 4: R. Sweetapple, C. Sweetapple, D. MacDonald, M. MacDonald
vs C. Hodgson, M. Freeman, J. MacKinnon, L. Pineau

7:30 (6 ends)
Ice 1: B. Fowler, T. MacDonald, G. Crosby, L.Turnbull
vs J. Taylor, A. Sutherland, S. Young, A. Jenkins
Ice 2: R. Biagé, R. Rolfe, D. MacEwen, N. Smith
vs C. Soltermann, MB MacLean, S. Williamson, S. Carruthers

8:30 pm (8 ends)
Ice 3: J. Soltermann, T. MacLeod, H. Anderegg, H. Wicki
vs G Scutt, S. MacKinnon, D. Weeks, D. DelValle
Ice 4: P. Neima, G. Curley, M. Lafontaine, E. Leahey
vs B. Duncan-Biagé, D. Sigsworth, K. Montgomery, V. Cotton

9 pm (6 ends)
Ice 1: E. Diamond, M. Diamond, S. Lank, G. Lank
vs K. Watts, W. Goodwin, C. Handren, C. Nicholson
Ice 2: J. Farquharson, R. Coffin, B. MacWilliams, J. Berry
vs G. Peters, H. Kamphuis, V. Chowan, P. MacInnis

March 11
6 pm (6 ends)
Ice 1: K. Currie, V. Acorn, M. Perry, L. Gotell
vs B. Duncan-Biagé, D. Sigsworth, K. Montgomery, V. Cotton
Ice 2: R. Sweetapple, C. Sweetapple, D. MacDonald, M. MacDonald
vs G Scutt, S. MacKinnon, D. Weeks, D. DelValle

6:30 pm (8 ends)
Ice 3: R. Waite, K. Toole, S. Waite, C. Remley
vs C. Soltermann, MB MacLean, S. Williamson, S. Carruthers
Ice 4: G. Arsenault, H. Arsenault, S. Meyers, H. Meyers
vs J.Taylor, A. Sutherland, S.Young, A. Jenkins

7:30 (6 ends)
Ice 1: E. Diamond, M. Diamond, S. Lank, G. Lank
vs P. Neima, G. Curley, M. Lafontaine, E. Leahey
Ice 2: J. Farquharson, R. Coffin, B. MacWilliams, J. Berry
vs J. Soltermann, T. MacLeod, H. Anderegg, H. Wicki

8:30 pm (8 ends)
Ice 3: R. Biagé, R. Rolfe, D. MacEwen, N. Smith
vs K. Watts, W. Goodwin, C. Handren, C. Nicholson
Ice 4: B. Fowler, T. MacDonald, G. Crosby, L.Turnbull
vs G. Peters, H. Kamphuis, V. Chowan, P. MacInnis

9 pm (6 ends)
Ice 1: S. Berry, A. Harris, P. Arsenault, D. Gallant
vs K. Reeves, N. MacKinnon, H. Pierce, T. Fahie
Ice 2: T. MacCormac, R. Milton, N. Milton, C. MacCormac
vs C. Hodgson, M. Freeman, J. MacKinnon, L. Pineau

March 18
6 pm (6 ends)
Ice 1: G. Peters, H. Kamphuis, V. Chowan, P. MacInnis
vs J. Soltermann, T. MacLeod, H. Anderegg, H. Wicki
Ice 2: K. Watts, W. Goodwin, C. Handren, C. Nicholson
vs P. Neima, G. Curley, M. Lafontaine, E. Leahey

6:30 pm (8 ends)
Ice 3: J. Farquharson, R. Coffin, B. MacWilliams, J. Berry
vs T. MacCormac, R. Milton, N. Milton, C. MacCormac
Ice 4: E. Diamond, M. Diamond, S. Lank, G. Lank
vs S. Berry, A. Harris, P. Arsenault, D. Gallant

7:30 (6 ends)
Ice 1: C. Hodgson, M. Freeman, J. MacKinnon, L. Pineau
vs G Scutt, S. MacKinnon, D. Weeks, D. DelValle
Ice 2: K. Reeves, N. MacKinnon, H. Pierce, T. Fahie
vs B. Duncan-Biagé, D. Sigsworth, K. Montgomery, V. Cotton

8:30 pm (8 ends)
Ice 3: R. Sweetapple, C. Sweetapple, D. MacDonald, M. MacDonald
vs J.Taylor, A. Sutherland, S.Young, A. Jenkins
Ice 4: K. Currie, V. Acorn, M. Perry, L. Gotell
vs C. Soltermann, MB MacLean, S. Williamson, S. Carruthers

9 pm (6 ends)
Ice 1: B. Fowler, T. MacDonald, G. Crosby, L.Turnbull
vs G. Arsenault, H. Arsenault, S. Meyers, H. Meyers
Ice 2: R. Biagé, R. Rolfe, D. MacEwen, N. Smith
vs R. Waite, K. Toole, S. Waite, C. Remley

March 25
6 pm (6 ends)
Ice 1: R. Biagé, R. Rolfe, D. MacEwen, N. Smith
vs S. Berry, A. Harris, P. Arsenault, D. Gallant
Ice 2: B. Fowler, T. MacDonald, G. Crosby, L.Turnbull
vs T. MacCormac, R. Milton, N. Milton, C. MacCormac

6:30 pm (8 ends)
Ice 3: C. Hodgson, M. Freeman, J. MacKinnon, L. Pineau
vs J. Soltermann, T. MacLeod, H. Anderegg, H. Wicki
Ice 4: K. Reeves, N. MacKinnon, H. Pierce, T. Fahie
vs P. Neima, G. Curley, M. Lafontaine, E. Leahey

7:30 (6 ends)
Ice 1: K. Watts, W. Goodwin, C. Handren, C. Nicholson
vs K. Currie, V. Acorn, M. Perry, L. Gotell
Ice 2: G. Peters, H. Kamphuis, V. Chowan, P. MacInnis
vs R. Sweetapple, C. Sweetapple, D. MacDonald, M. MacDonald

8:30 pm (8 ends)
Ice 3: G Scutt, S. MacKinnon, D. Weeks, D. DelValle
vs G. Arsenault, H. Arsenault, S. Meyers, H. Meyers
Ice 4: B. Duncan-Biagé, D. Sigsworth, K. Montgomery, V. Cotton
vs R. Waite, K. Toole, S. Waite, C. Remley

9 pm (6 ends)
Ice 1: E. Diamond, M. Diamond, S. Lank, G. Lank
vs C. Soltermann, MB MacLean, S. Williamson, S. Carruthers
Ice 2: J. Farquharson, R. Coffin, B. MacWilliams, J. Berry
vs J.Taylor, A. Sutherland, S.Young, A. Jenkins

March 31
6 pm (6 ends)
Ice 1: J. Farquharson, R. Coffin, B. MacWilliams, J. Berry
vs C. Hodgson, M. Freeman, J. MacKinnon, L. Pineau
Ice 2: E. Diamond, M. Diamond, S. Lank, G. Lank
vs K. Reeves, N. MacKinnon, H. Pierce, T. Fahie

6:30 pm (8 ends)
Ice 3: K. Watts, W. Goodwin, C. Handren, C. Nicholson
vs B. Duncan-Biagé, D. Sigsworth, K. Montgomery, V. Cotton
Ice 4: G. Peters, H. Kamphuis, V. Chowan, P. MacInnis
vs G Scutt, S. MacKinnon, D. Weeks, D. DelValle

7:30 (6 ends)
Ice 1: T. MacCormac, R. Milton, N. Milton, C. MacCormac
vs J.Taylor, A. Sutherland, S.Young, A. Jenkins
Ice 2: S. Berry, A. Harris, P. Arsenault, D. Gallant
vs C. Soltermann, MB MacLean, S. Williamson, S. Carruthers

8:30 pm (8 ends)
Ice 3: R. Biagé, R. Rolfe, D. MacEwen, N. Smith
vs P. Neima, G. Curley, M. Lafontaine, E. Leahey
Ice 4: B. Fowler, T. MacDonald, G. Crosby, L.Turnbull
vs J. Soltermann, T. MacLeod, H. Anderegg, H. Wicki

9 pm (6 ends)
Ice 1: R. Sweetapple, C. Sweetapple, D. MacDonald, M. MacDonald
vs G. Arsenault, H. Arsenault, S. Meyers, H. Meyers
Ice 2: K. Currie, V. Acorn, M. Perry, L. Gotell
vs R. Waite, K. Toole, S. Waite, C. Remley

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Western's Walter Callaghan and John Vincent defeat two-time champs for Stick title
Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2009 by derekm

The Western Community Curling Club rink of Walter Callaghan and John Vincent defeated the two-time defending champion duo of Ernie Stavert and Sterling Stratton from the host Cornwall Curling Club by a 4-2 score this afternoon to win the third annual Provincial Stick Curling Championships, sponsored by Ferguson Funeral Homes. The Alberton team stole the third and fourth ends of the six end game en route to the win.

The Stavert/Stratton duo beat Edwin Walker/Clifford Picketts of the Silver Fox 6-2 in the semi-final, getting off to a quick start with a triple in the first end. The Callaghan/Vincent team beat Western clubmates Rick Hardy and Bill Glydon in their semi, to setup the final against the Cornwall team.

Hardy beat Walker 5-3 in the Consolation final.

Stavert and Stratton finished round-robin play this morning with a perfect 8-0 win-loss record, while Callaghan's record was 6 and 1, tied with Rick Hardy in his pool, but ahead of him when the point system used in the event was used to break the tie.The Walker rink were second in Stavert's pool, with a 6-2 record.

Hardy had beaten Cornwall's Vernon Chowan/Grant Leard rink 7-2 in the quarter-final round, while Walker beat the rink of Kimball Blanchard and Vince Fisher from the host club by a 4-3 score. Chowan had a 5-3 win-loss record, while Blanchard was 5-2.

In stick curling there are two curlers per team, who deliver their rocks with delivery sticks, with each team member delivering from opposite ends. Sweeping is allowed only from the hog line to the back of the house at the playing end. Two curlers, one from each team, alternately deliver 6 stones each per end, while their teammate skips that end. The roles are then reversed, and the partners deliver the stones back. All games are six ends.

Seventeen teams took part in the championship.

Both the winning Callaghan and runner-up Stavert rinks have earned the right to compete in the Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship, April 3-5 in Winnipeg. 

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Stavert and Stratton only unbeaten team at Stick Ch'ships
Posted Tuesday, February 17, 2009 by derekm

With only two round robin draws left to go at the Ferguson Funeral Homes PEI Stick Curling Championships at the Cornwall Curling Club, the host club duo of Ernie Stavert and Sterling Stratton, who are the two-time defending champions, remain undefeated with a 7-0 win-loss record. This guarantees them first place in the nine-team A pool, as the second place team of Edwin Walker and Clifford Picketts of the Silver Fox are two games back, at 5-2, and have only one game remaining. Vernon Chowan and Grant Leard from the host club are tied with Gord MacDonald and Floyd Stewart of Montague at 4-3, while Roy Coffin and Paul Arsenault from Cornwall are 4-4.and Barry MacDonald and Malcolm Patterson are 3-4. At 2-5 are Basil Higginbotham/Brent Mutch from Montague, along with Mary Plamondon and Ruth Stavert from the host club. Eileen Blanchard and Karen Fisher from Cornwall are 1-6.

In the eight-team B pool, two teams from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, consisting of Walter Callaghan and John Vincent, and Rick Hardy and Bill Glydon are 5-1, followed by Kimball Blanchard and Vince Fisher from Cornwall, and Howard Kerwin and Bill Power from Montague, both at 4-2. At 2-4 are Joey Ellsworth and Glen Betts from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O'Leary, and Johnny and Frances Ellsworth from Western. Trailing the field at 1-5 are Philip Curley and Sterling Higginbotham of Montague, and Cornwall's Don Graham and Gordie Hermann.

In stick curling there are two curlers per team, who deliver their rocks with delivery sticks, with each team member delivering from opposite ends. Sweeping is allowed only from the hog line to the back of the house at the playing end. Two curlers, one from each team, alternately deliver 6 stones each per end, while their teammate skips that end.  The roles are then reversed, and the partners deliver the stones back. All games are six ends.

The final two round robin draws go Wednesday at 9 and 10:20 am. The 12:10 pm quarter-finals see the second place teams from one pool play the third place team in the other. The semi-finals at 1:40 pm pit the first place teams in each pool against the quarter-final winners.

The two semi-final winners play off in the final at 3:10 pm, with the losers of the semis meeting in the consolation final.

The winning and runner-up rinks earn the right to compete in the Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship, April 3-5 in Winnipeg.

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Defending champions unbeaten after day 1 at Stick Ch'ship
Posted Monday, February 16, 2009 by derekm

Day one is over at the Ferguson Funeral Homes Provincial Stick Curling Championships at the Cornwall Curling Club.  Stick curling has two players per team, who deliver their rocks with delivery sticks, with each team member delivering from opposite ends. All games are six ends. Seventeen teams are competing, with the winners and runners-up earning the right to compete in the Canadian championships, April 3-5 in Winnipeg.

Ernie Stavert and Sterling Stratton from the host club, who won this event in both previous years, are undefeated in the A pool with a 4-0 win-loss record. The duo of Rick Hardy and Bill Glydon from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton are 3-0 in the other pool.

Round robin play continues with seven draws on Tuesday, with the first draw at 9 am and the last at 4:30 pm. The event wraps up on Wednesday, with the final and consolation final set for 3:10 pm.

Live results are available at peicurling.com/stick

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Brock Spence rink joins Lorianne Davies team as Dominion Club Champions
Posted Sunday, February 15, 2009 by derekm

The rink of Brock Spence, Sean Ledgerwood, Chris Montigny, and Jay Carr edged out the John DeLuca foursome by a 3-2 score this afternoon to become the men's representatives for the Dominion Club Championship. They join the Lorianne Davies foursome, who  beat the Karen Currie team earlier this afternoon to win the women's section. Other members of the Davies rink are Paulette Richard, Karen Montgomery, and Lynda Turnbull. The Spence and Davies teams will now advance to the Provincial Dominion Championships, March 13-15 at the Crapaud Community Curling Club.

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Dominion: Davies wins women's, Deluca vs Spence in Men's final
Posted Sunday, February 15, 2009 by derekm

The Lorianne Davies foursome  beat the Karen Currie team this afternoon to win Cornwall's Dominion Club Championship. They will now advance to the Provincial Dominion Championships, March 13-15 at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. Congratulations to Lorianne, along with Paulette Richard, Karen Montgomery, and Lynda Turnbull!

Meanwhile, the John DeLuca and Brock Spence rinks have advanced to the men's final, which goes at 4 pm.

Rosters:

John Deluca, Bob MacWilliams, A.J. Campbell, Edmond Richard
Brock Spence, Sean Ledgerwood, Chris Montigny, Jay Carr

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Dominion Club Ch'ship wraps up this afternoon
Posted Sunday, February 15, 2009 by derekm

The semi-finals are set in the eight-team men's section at The Dominion Club championships, with Rob Young playing John DeLuca, and Ray Biagé taking on Brock Spence at 12:30 pm.

The winners will advance to the final at 4 pm.

Meanwhile, it down to one sudden-death game in the two-team women's division, with Lorianne Davies and Karen Currie, tied at one game each in the Best of Three, squaring off in the final at 12:30 pm.

The winning rinks will advance to the Provincial Dominion Championships, March 13-15 at the Crapaud Community Curling Club.

Come down to the Club this afternoon to cheer on our Club teams!

Rosters for remaining teams:

Brock Spence, Sean Ledgerwood Chris Montigny, Jay Carr
John Deluca, Bob Macwilliams, A.J. Campbell, Edmond Richard
Rob Young, Darren MacLean, Brad Gardiner, Joe Callaghan
Ray Biagé, Jim Farqharson, Gary Crosby, Bill Prowse

Women's
Lorianne Davies, Paulette Richard, Karen Montgomery, Lynda Turnbull
Karen Currie, Valerie Acorn, Tracy MacDonald, Rebecca Rolfe

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Dominion Club Ch'ship update
Posted Saturday, February 14, 2009 by derekm

After two games for every team the standings are as follows:
Womens:
Lorianne Davies 1 win, 1 loss
Karen Currie      1 win, 1 loss

Mens:
Pool "A"
Rob Young   2 wins, no losses
Brock Spence 1 win. 1 loss
Geoff Scutt, 1 win, 1 loss
 Bob Fowler, 2 losses

Pool "B"
Ray Biagé 2 wins. no losses
Terry MacCormac  1 win, 1 loss
John Deluca, 1 win, 1 loss
Roddie MacLean, 2 losses
 
Schedule for Sunday:

Women:
Play at 12:30 on Ice 3 in Sudden Death Final

Men:

9 am

Ice 1: Terry MacCormac vs John Deluca
Ice 2: Brock Spence vs Bob Fowler
Ice 3: Roddie MacLean vs Ray Biagé
Ice 4: Geoff Scutt vs Rob Young

12:30 pm

Ice 1: Winner A pool vs Runner-up B Pool
Ice 2: Winner B pool vs Runner-up A Pool

4 pm

Ice 3: Men's final

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Dominion club playdowns team rosters
Posted Friday, February 13, 2009 by derekm
Here are the team rosters for this weekend's playdowns for the Provincial Dominion Curling Championships.
Good luck to everyone!

Men's

Bob Fowler, Alan Acorn Carl Currie,Angus Davies
Roddie Maclean, Ron Giggey, Edgar Coffin Bev Richards
Brock Spence, Sean Ledgerwood Chris Montigny, Jay Carr
John Deluca, Bob Macwilliams, A.J. Campbell Edmond Richard
Rob Young, Darren MacLean, Brad Gardiner, Joe Callaghan
Geoff Scott, Kimball Blanchard, Vince Fisher Steve DeWolfe
Terry MacCormac, Mark MacDonald, Norman Boswall, R. Horton (Rick Milton?)
Ray Biagé, Jim Farqharson, Gary Crosby, Bill Prowse

Women's
Lorianne Davies, Paulette Richard, Karen Montgomery, Lynda Turnbull
Karen Currie, Valerie Acorn, Tracy MacDonald, Rebecca Rolfe
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Stick curlers begin play Monday morning, here in Cornwall
Posted Friday, February 13, 2009 by derekm

The sport of Stick Curling is growing by leaps and bounds on Prince Edward Island, with seventeen  teams signed up for the third annual Provincial Stick Curling Championship, sponsored by Ferguson Funeral Homes, which will be played February 16-18 at the Cornwall Curling Club. Stick curling differs from the traditional sport in that there are two, not four, curlers per team, who deliver their rocks with specially designed delivery sticks, rather than from a “hack” on the ice. This lets curlers lacking  the flexibility for a traditional delivery style remain in the game. In stick curling, the two team members deliver from opposite ends. Sweeping is allowed only from the hog line to the back of the house at the playing end. Two curlers, one from each team, alternately deliver 6 stones each per end, while their teammate skips that end.  The roles are then reversed, and the partners deliver the stones back. All games are six ends.  For more information on stick curling, including complete rules of play, visit www.stickcurling.ca.

This event was won the first two years by Cornwall’s Ernie Stavert and Sterling Stratton, who will have home ice advantage this time out, but will have to adapt their curling style to a new rule introduced this year, which is adding more excitement to the sport. With this new rule, which extends the “free guard zone” from the hogline to the backline of the house, no stone may be removed from play until the fourth stone of each end.
Stavert says that the new rule is a big improvement to the game, since there are many more rocks in play, resulting in higher scores and more interesting ends.

The seventeen teams have been divided into two pools, and will play a round robin format, beginning 9 am Monday with the second place team from each pool meeting the third place team in the other pool in the quarter-final round, Wednesday at 12:10 pm. The quarter-final winners meet the first place teams in the semi-final round at 1:30, with the two semi-final winners squaring off in the 3:10 pm final.

Results will be available at peicurling.com/stick

The first and second place teams will earn the right to compete in the 5th Annual Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship, April 3-5 in Winnipeg.

Team Rosters
Pool A
Edwin Walker, Clifford Picketts- Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club 
Basil Higginbotham, Brent Mutch-Montague Curling Club
Mary Plamondon, Ruth Stavert- Cornwall Curling Club
Eileen Blanchard, Karen Fisher-Cornwall Curl Club
Ernie Stavert, Sterling Stratton-Cornwall Curling Club
Gord MacDonald, Floyd Stewart-Montague Curling Club
Roy Coffin, Paul Arsenault-Cornwall Curling Club
Barry MacDonald, Malcolm Patterson-Montague Curling Club

Pool B
Philip Curley, Sterling Higginbotham - Montague Curling Club
Joey Ellsworth, Glenn Betts-Maple Leaf Curling Club
Kimball Blanchard, Vince Fisher- Cornwall Curling Club
Johnny Ellsworth, Frances Ellsworth- Western Community Curling Club
Howard Kerwin, Billy Power- Montague Curling Club
Don Graham, Gordon Hermann-Cornwall Curling Club
Walter Callaghan, John Vincent-Western Community Curling Club
Rick Hardy, Bill Glydon-Western Community Curling Club

Here is the round robin draw:
Monday, Feb. 16
9 am: E Walker vs B Higginbotham, M Plamondon vs E Blanchard, V Chowan vs E Stavert, G MacDonald vs R Coffin

10:20 am: P Curley vs Joey Ellsworth, K Blanchard vs Johnny Ellsworth, W Callaghan vs R Hardy

11:30 am: E Blanchard vs G MacDonald, E Stavert vs B MacDonald, E Walker vs R Coffin, B Higginbotham vs V Chowan

1 pm: D Graham vs R Hardy, H Kerwin vs W Callaghan, Joey Ellsworth vs Johnny Ellsworth, P Curley vs K Blanchard

2:10 pm: R Coffin vs B MacDonald, E Walker vs V Chowan, E Stavert vs B Higginbotham, M Plamondon vs G MacDonald
 
3:20 pm: H Kerwin vs Johnny Ellsworth, P Curley vs R Hardy, W Callaghan vs K Blanchard, Joey Ellsworth vs D Graham

4:30 pm B Higginbotham vs G MacDonald, E Blanchard vs B MacDonald, R Coffin vs M Plamondon, E Walker vs E Stavert

Tuesday, Feb. 17

9 am: M Plamondon vs V Chowan, E Stavert vs R Coffin, G MacDonald vs B MacDonald, B Higginbotham vs E Blanchard

10:20 am: K Blanchard vs D Graham, W Callaghan vs Joey Ellsworth, P Curley vs H Kerwin, R Hardy vs Johnny Ellsworth
 
11:30 am: B Higginbotham vs R Coffin, G MacDonald vs E Walker, E Blanchard vs V Chowan, M Plamondon vs B MacDonald
 
1 pm: W Callaghan vs P Curley, Johnnny Ellsworth vs D Graham, K Blanchard vs R Hardy, H Kerwin vs Joey Ellsworth
 
2:10 pm: E Stavert vs M Plamondon, V Chowan vs R Coffin, B Higginbotham vs B MacDonald, E Blanchard vs E Walker
 
3:20 pm: Joey Ellsworth vs K Blanchard, R Hardy vs H Kerwin, Johnny Ellsworth vs P Curley, D Graham vs W Callaghan

4:30 pm: E Blanchard vs R Coffin, E Stavert vs G MacDonald, M Plamondon vs E Walker, B MacDonald V Chowan              
 

Wednesday, Feb. 18

9 am: B MacDonald vs E Walker, B Higginbotham vs M Plamondon, V Chowan vs G MacDonald, E Stavert vs E Blanchard

10:20 am: Johnny Ellsworth vs W Callaghan, D Graham vs P Curley, Rick Hardy vs Joey Ellsworth, K Blanchard vs H Kerwin
 
12:10 pm: Quarter-Finals
1:40 pm: Semi-finals
3:10 pm Final and Consolation final

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Photos from Berry and MacKay reception
Posted Thursday, February 12, 2009 by derekm
Click here for a photo album from Wednesday's reception for Cornwall's Shirley Berry rink, Provincial Seniors Champions, and the Diane MacKay foursome, runners-up in the PEI Masters.
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Dominion club playdowns draw
Posted Thursday, February 12, 2009 by derekm

The Cornwall Curling Club's playdowns to decide our representatives at the Provincial Dominion Curling Championships are set for this Saturday and Sunday, with eight men's and two women's teams competing.

Here is the draw (Adobe PDF format)

 

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No daytime curling next Monday through Wednesday morning
Posted Wednesday, February 11, 2009 by derekm
There will be no daytime curling (10am - 12 noon)
Monday, Feb 16th, Tuesday, Feb 17th and Wednesday, Feb 18th, due to the Provincial Stick Curling Championship being hosted at the Cornwall Club.
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Reception for Berry and MacKay rinks Wed, noon
Posted Tuesday, February 10, 2009 by derekm

A reception will be held at noon on Wednesday February 11th, between the morning and afternoon daytime draws, for PEI Seniors champions the Shirley Berry rink, who will be going to the National Seniors in Summerside in March, and for the Diane MacKay foursome, who, as runners-up in the PEI Masters, will be competing in the Maritime Masters championships in Halifax, March 1-5.

Everyone is invited!

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Club to hold Snowfest Open House
Posted Monday, February 9, 2009 by derekm

The Town of Cornwall will be holding its 14th Annual Snowfest from February 27th to March 1st, 2009.  As part of the festivities on the final day, Sunday, March 1st, the Cornwall Curling Club is holding an Open House from 2-4 pm. Everyone is invited. Activities will include a Draw to the Button contest and a four-end game. The Draw to the Button contest will consist of 3 tries for just a Toonie. The pot will be split on a 50/50 basis with half going to the winner and the rest going to a community service club. If you would like to volunteer to help out with this event, please contact Hank Kamphuis by email at h_teahill@hotmail.com or call him at 569-1485 evenings or during the day at 368-2603.

Other Snowfest activities will includes a Much Music Video Dance, a Family Scavenger Hunt, aPizza Pool Party, a Kids Carnival, Bingo, a Pancake Breakfast, Sleigh Rides and much more!!! WATCH FOR THE SNOWFEST FLYER!!! IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR SNOWFEST, PLEASE CONTACT THE TOWN OF CORNWALL RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

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Rupert Sweetapple foursome wins 2009 Rodd/Greco Spiel A Division
Posted Sunday, February 8, 2009 by derekm

The 2009 Rodd Hotels and Resorts, Greco Pizza team-entry bonspiel wrapped up Saturday evening at the Cornwall Curling Club, with sixteen teams taking part, with half the teams picking up some great prizes, including nights at the Rodd Mill River resort, Greco pizza coupons, and gift certificates for other companies.

Here are the division winners and runners-up (pictured left to right unless noted otherwise):

A division winners (right to left): Rupert Sweetapple, Carol Sweetapple, George Younker, Carlene Peters

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A Division runners-up: Ray Biagé, Leita Chisholm, Valerie Taylor, Bev "Nucker" Richards

B Division winners (right to left): Tom Dunn, Chick Morrison, Frank Weiler

B Divison runners-up: Louise Andrews, Melissa Andrews (skip), Vanessa Andrews, David Axworthy

C Division winners (right to left): Lester Callbeck, Heather MacRae, Kenny Stewart, Walter Andrews

C Division runners-up: Angus Kennedy, Nancy Yeo, Missing from photo: Darren Hatfield, Martin Vanderaa

D Division winners: Jamie Ballem, Cindy Ballem, Bob MacWilliams (skip), Myrna Sanderson

D Division runners-up: Vince Fisher, Karen Fisher, Kimball Blanchard (skip), Eileen Blanchard

Curlers were also treated to great Greco pizza and a dance on Friday night, soup and sandwich bar Saturday noon, and KFC for supper Saturday evening. Thanks to Ray Biagé, Carol Sweetapple, Eileen Leahey, the many kitchen helpers, and everyone else who helped out with this annual event! We hope to see you again next year!

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Sweeping success-Roddie and Jim at the 100th Strathcona Cup (Guardian)
Posted Saturday, February 7, 2009 by derekm
Helping lead Canada past the Scots in the storied Strathcona Cup last month in Scotland is a thrill that will not be easily matched for Roddie MacLean.
“I just thought it was one of the greatest things that I ever accomplished in my life,’’ said MacLean, a member of the Cornwall Curling Club. “I’ve never been involved in anything to this magnitude.’’
Click to read this story in The Guardian
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Cornwall Curling Club and Charlottetown Curling Club Seniors Exchange draw
Posted Friday, February 6, 2009 by derekm
Cornwall Curling Club and Charlottetown Curling Club Senior Exchange
Tuesday, Feb 10th
9:00am
Ice 1: G. Rafuse, G. Laird, C. Rogers, M. MacDonald vs B. Acorn, P. Arsenault, D. Steeves, D. Graham
Ice 2: C. Morrison, V. Chowan, NL Storey, D. Green vs G. Herman, L. Crabbe, P. Durant, T. Acorn
Ice 3: K. Blanchard, S. Yamamoto, C. Sweetapple, P. Tweel  vs  P. MacNeil, L. MacGougan, M. Craswell, J. Durant
Ice 4: W. Arsenault, D. St. John, S. Rafuse, C. Johnston vs R. Peters, B. Craswell, B. Maloney
 
Tuesday, Feb 10th
10:30am
Ice 1: E. Cudmore, L. Black, E. Jay, J. Durant vs A. Hammond, A. O’Malley, F. Weiler, P. Connolly
Ice 2: W. Nicholson, D. Barrett, F. Walls, N. Richards vs V. Fisher, J. Baird, J. Anderson, C. Walton
Ice 3: M. Jardine, M. Plamondon, I. Barrett, E. Dunsford vs N. Boswall, B. Matthews, P. McCardle, E. MacDougall
Ice 4: R. MacLean, M. MacKenna, G. Younker, G. Harper vs R. Biagé, B. Sutcliffe, M. England, G. Harper
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Rodd/Greco Spiel opening draw
Posted Thursday, February 5, 2009 by derekm
Cornwall Curling Club
Rodd Greco Spiel
Friday 6:15pm (6 end games)
Ice 1: B. Fowler, R. Doiron, G. Crosby, D. Sigsworth vs J. Deluca, C. Nicholson, N. Boswall, D. Girard
Ice 2: E. Stavert, R. Stavert, P. Durant, J. Durant vs K. Blanchard, E. Blanchard, V. Fisher, K. Fisher
Ice 3: T. Dunn, C. Morrison, F. Weiler, TBA vs R. Sweetapple, C. Sweetapple, G. Younker, C. Peters
Ice 4: A. Kennedy, D. Hatfield, TBA, TBA vs D. DelValle, G. Scutt, G. Harper, K. Harper
 
Friday 8:00pm (6 end games)
Ice 1: R. Biagé, L. Chisholm, B. Richards, TBA vs L. Andrews, M. Andrews, TBA, TBA
Ice 2: L. Callbeck, H. MacRae, K. Stewart, W. Andrews vs B. MacWilliams,, M. Sanderson, TBA, TBA
Ice3: P. Neima, R. Rolfe, E. Leahey, TBA vs K. Currie, C. Currie, M. Perry, L. Gottell
Ice 4: L. Davies, R. Young, M. MacDonald, A. Davies vs H. Kamphuis, C. Solterman, G. Dykerman, P. MacInnis
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Reception for Shirley Berry and Diane Mackay
Posted Wednesday, February 4, 2009 by derekm
The reception for the Shirley Berry and the Diane MacKay teams which was to be held today, Wed. Feb 4 at 12 noon at the Cornwall Curling Club has been postponed to Wed. Feb 11 at 12 noon.
 
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Tuesday Feb. 3rd Evening Draw Cancelled
Posted Tuesday, February 3, 2009 by derekm
The KFC Tuesday night Competitive draw is canceled due to weather and road conditions. Tuesdays (Feb 3rd) games will be played at the end of the current schedule as the Monday evening portion of the draw games have been completed.
Beverly McCormick
Manager
Cornwall Curling Club
29 Cornwall Rd, Box 408
Cornwall PE C0A 1H0
www.cornwallcurling.com
902-566-4427
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Cornwall curlers help bring the Strathcona Cup back to Canada
Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 by derekm

Roddy MacLean and Jim Farquharson from the Cornwall Curling Club, the two Island members of Canada's contingent to Scotland for the 100th Anniverary of the Strathcona Cup, return home on Sunday. Canada beat the Scots by a score of 1459 to 1133. Congratulations to Jim and Roddy and the entire Canadian contingent!

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Corrected dates for Dominion Club Ch'ship/Cashspiel
Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 by derekm

[Editor's note - the dates provided to us previously were incorrect.  Correct version follows.]

Cornwall's Dominion Club Ch'ship/Cashspiel
Posted Tuesday, January 27, 2009 by derekm

CORNWALL CURLING CLUB DOMINION CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP - FEBRUARY 13-16, 2009
ENTRY FEE - $100 per team

The first annual Dominion Club Championship will be held at the Cornwall Curling Club February 13-16, 2009 to determine a men's and women's club champion.  The winning teams will be eligible to compete for the Provincial title, March 13-15 in Crapaud. Precise dates and times will depend on number of entries. The Provincial winners will then have the opportunity to compete at the National level in the Dominion Curling Club National Championship.  The first Championship will be held at St. George's Golf & Country Club, located in Etobicoke (just west of Toronto) the last week of November, 2009.

This event is formulated for recreational club curlers and is intended for the development of grass roots curling across Canada.  To be eligible to participate, curlers must meet the following eligibility rules:

1-Teams are to be made up from paid members from one PEI curling club. One women`s and one men`s team may be sent from each  PEI curling club. Clubs have sole responsibility for deciding how to choose their representatives.

2-Replacement players must come from the same club, can play any position but skip, and cannot play any position higher than the position being replaced.

3-Clubs are responsible to ensure that eligibility criteria are met.

4-The PEI Curling Association has the sole authority to accept or reject any entry. On the national level, The Dominion reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to exclude any team that violates the intent and spirit of the competition. The rules of the national event may differ slightly from the provincial rules, and will be in effect for the national event.

5-The PEI event is open to men`s and women`s teams of four curlers from the same curling club. Teams may include no more than one player who has competed in the final four of a PEI Curling Association Provincial Championship event in the current and previous two seasons, or has competed in a championship outside the province, in the current and previous two seasons, as a result of winning a PEICA championship event.

6. Curlers from the former Intermediate championship and the Stick curling championship, and from championships not conducted by the PEICA, may compete, regardless of placement in those events, and provided that all team members belong to the same curling club.

7. Each team will be allowed a maximum of 2 players between the ages of 15 and 20, as of December 31st of the year prior to the Canadian championship. Curlers under the age of 15 are not eligible to compete.

The Cornwall Curling Club has elected to have this event in the form of a cash spiel, with 50% of the entry fees being returned to the winners and runners-up in both the men's and women's divisions. The format of the spiel will be determined by the number of teams entered. If you wish to enter a  team in this event, please sign up at the Club, listing all members of your team, on or before February 5, 2009.

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Duffenais, Holmes win Masters
Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 by derekm

The PEI Masters Curling Championships, for curlers age 60 and over, wrapped up this afternoon at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary. Nine men's teams and four women's rinks took part in the event.

The Jeanne Duffenais rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club beat Cornwall’s Diane MacKay rink 7-1 in the women’s final, stealing the first four ends to capture her sixth straight Masters title. In this afternoon’s game, Duffenais stole a single in the first end when MacKay made a hit on the second stone, but left the shot rock. MacKay was short on a hit and roll in end two, to give up a deuce. MacKay was left with a difficult angle raise double in the third, and gave up another point. A heavy eight-foot draw by MacKay in the fourth gave Duffenais another point. MacKay drew for a deuce in the fifth, but came up short, to trail 5-1. MacKay conceded in the sixth after Duffenais picked up two. Both Duffenais, and her team of Marg Nowlan, Georgie Coulson and Pat Barret, and runner-up MacKay, whose teammates include Evelyn Rogerson, Eileen Blanchard, and Marilyn Diamond, now advance to the Maritime Masters, March 1-5 at the Halifax Mayflower Curling Club.

MacKay and Duffenais both finished the round robin with 2-1 records, but MacKay won first place honours and the bye to the final by virture of beating Duffenais in their round robin encounter. In this morning’s semi-final, Duffenais blanked third-place Wanda Collings of the Western Community Club in Alberton by an 8-0 score. Collings and Cornwall’s Myrna Sanderson both had 1-2 round robin records, and faced off in a tiebreaker on Tuesday, with Collings winning by a 6-3 score.

In the men’s division, John Holmes and his Silver Fox team of Steve Bent, Des Arsenault, and George Power beat their clubmates the Bob Maynard foursome, which includes Harry Williams, Bruce Montgomery, and Spike Martin, by a 7-4 score to take this afternoon’s B final and the championship. Since Holmes had already won the A final of this double-knockout competition on Tuesday, edging out defending champion Bob MacWilliams, and his Cornwall Curling Club team of Roy Coffin, Vern Chowan, and Geoff Scutt, by a 9-8 score, a championship game was not needed, and the title was decided today. Maynard defeated MacWilliams again this morning in the B section playdown, by an 8-4 score, to setup this afternoon’s contest.

In the final, Holmes had a chance for three with hammer in the opening end, but came up short and had to settle for the deuce. Maynard got on the board with a second end measure for one, and stole another in the third when Holmes was heavy on a tap-back. Another tap-back attempt in the fourth overcurled, giving Holmes a single and a 3-2 lead at the halfway point of the eight-end game. Holmes stole one in the fifth, capitalizing on a miss by Maynard, who made up for it with a draw for two in the sixth to tie the game at four points. A heavy draw by Maynard in the seventh gave Holmes a triple. Maynard ran out of rocks in the eighth, giving the 2009 Masters title to Holmes. Both the winning John Holmes rink and the runner-up Bob Maynard foursome have earned the right to compete in the 2009 Maritime Masters, March 1-5 at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax.

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LeBlanc rink wins CK Carpet Spiel
Posted Monday, January 26, 2009 by derekm

The annual CK Kleaning and Restoration Funspiel was held this past weekend. 10 teams were entered, with the 4 top teams winning prizes. Friday night, after curling. the participants were treated to mussels, Mary Vickers, and a rousing game of Deal or No Deal. Saturday brought more curling - and  lots of great food and laughter. Back that evening by popular demand was the Sleigh Ride at Potts Farm. Once again curlers joined together in great night under the stars - in temperatures fit only for Penguins. With help from a lot of blankets and a few warming liquid refreshments, everyone was able to keep warm. After that everyone went back to the club, for a few tunes, and another round of Deal or No Deal. Once again, a great time was had by all. Thanks to everyone who helped out.

Here are the winners:

First: Eric LeBlanc, Sherren MacKinnon, Deb Delvalle, Dick St-John

Second: Ernie Stavert, Hank Kamphuis, Rebecca Rolfe, Karen Montgomery

Third: Ray  Biagé, Angus Davies, Heather Pierce, Greg St-John
Fourth:  Joe MacKinnon, Bill Prowse, Brad Gardiner, Lynda Turnbull (no pic )

Here are some other photos from the event:

Rob

Greg

Sleigh 1

Sleigh 2

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Rodd/Greco Team Funspiel open to all clubs
Posted Monday, January 26, 2009 by derekm
The Annual Rodd Hotels and Resorts / Greco Pizzas and Subs Funspiel is set for Feb 6th - Feb 8th, 2009.
Entry fee $120.00 per team. This event is open to curlers from all clubs. All teams must have at least one member of the opposite sex.
Entry deadline is Feb 4th.
3 games guaranteed.
This event features Greco pizza on Friday evening, and lunch and supper on Saturday. Sunday will start with morning treats, followed by the event finals, and will wrap up with the prize presentations.
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CK Carpet draw
Posted Thursday, January 22, 2009 by derekm
Following is the opening Draw for the C K  Kleaning & Restoration Spiel at the Cornwall Curling Club
 
 
Friday, Jan 23, 2009
 6:30
 
ICE 2
 
E. LeBlanc,S. MacKinnon, D. Delvalle, D. St-John VS
G. Scutt, P. Richard, E. Leahey, T. Turnbull
 
ICE 3
P. Neima, M. Beck, N. MacKinnon, B.Doucette VS
B. Duncan-Biagé, G. Crosby, S.Montgomery, M.Gauthier
 
FRIDAY 8:30
 
ICE 1
 
 E. Stavert, H. Kamphuis, R. Rolfe, K. Montgomery
 L. Davies, R. Young, D. MacKinnon, spare
 
ICE 2
 
J. MacKinnon, B. Prowse, B. Gardiner, L. Turnbull
J. Deluca, B. Sigsworth, G. Canfield, S. Boutilier,
 
ICE 3
 
R. Biagé, A. Davies, H. Pierce, G. St-John
M. Macdonald, K. Reeves D. Sigsworth, C. Macpherson
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A message from President Sherren
Posted Thursday, January 22, 2009 by derekm

To the Members and Staff, Cornwall Curling Club

This past weekend twenty-three teams competed in the Provincial Seniors, which was hosted by the Cornwall Curling Club.  All weekend, from the opening draw on Thursday to the closing draw on Monday, there was nothing but positive comments and compliments about the hospitality of our club,  the great ice, the wonderful food and the well organized event.  This could not have happened without  the many hours of work and planning and the many volunteers who gave of their time and provided
food.  For all this, I thank you.  You made me proud to represent you as President of our club.

Special thanks to Dick St. John who headed the organizing committee, to Ray and Barb Biagé for masterminding the draw (three times!), to Lance for his tireless efforts with ice maintenance, and to Bevwho put in many extra hours keep us all on track.  Thank you also to the Daytime curlers, the
Thursday evening curlers and the Youth who had to give up their ice time for this event.  It was much appreciated.

Congratulations to Shirley Berry, Arleen Harris, Danielle Girard and Carol Sweetapple for winning the Senior Women's Division.  We are all so proud of you and want you to know we will be cheering you on at the Nationals which will be held at the Silver Fox in March.   Have fun, and Good Curling!

With much appreciation,
Sherren

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CK Carpet Spiel-please sign up today
Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 by derekm

We have 40 names for this weekend's CK Carpet Klean and Restoration Funspiel and Sleighride. We need at least 48 to run a major event like this.

Today is the sign-up deadline. Please call or visit the Club to signup today. You'll be glad you did!

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Cornwall's Shirley Berry and S'Side's Mel Bernard win Seniors
Posted Monday, January 19, 2009 by derekm

The Shirley Berry and Mel Bernard rinks are the 2009 Credit Unions of PEI Senior champions. Bernard, and his team of Blair Jay, Douglas Simmons, and Earle Proude from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club doubled the defending champion Ted MacFadyen rink by a 6-3 score this afternoon at the Cornwall Curling Club to take the Senior Men's title. The first half was low-scoring, with MacFadyen blanking the first two ends, and hitting and staying for a single in the third. Bernard blanked the fourth and tried to blank the fifth, but ended up taking one. He took the lead in the sixth with a steal of two, but gave up a pair in the seventh on a missed double. Bernard drew for a pair in the eighth. MacFadyen blanked the 9th to retain last rock advantage coming come. He ran into trouble in the 10th, needing a double with his first rock to stay alive, and then another double with his final shot, but Bernard took a single for the win. Other members of the runner-up Ted MacFadyen rink are Craig Mackie, Bill Hope (filling in for the injured Sandy Foy), and Mike Coady, with coach Al Ledgerwood. It's Bernard's second Seniors title, winning with the same team in 2007. MacFadyen has won the event six times.15 men's teams took part in the competition.

On Monday morning, MacFadyen edged Peter Gallant of Charlottetown, who has won the last two men's championships and was playing in his first Seniors, by a 7-6 score to win the B final in the double-knockout men's division. Bernard won the A final, also against Gallant, by an 8-4 score.olan came from behind to beat June Moyaert of Montague 12-10 in the semi-final to advance to the championship match against Berry. Dolan was trailing 10-6 after eight ends, but picked up four points in the ninth by executing an angle-raise takeout, and stole two more in the 10th for the win. Berry, who won the B section in the triple knockout competition edged A section winner Dolan 6-5 on Sunday in the Page A vs B game to earn a bye into today's final.

In the eight-team triple knockout women's Division, Shirley Berry has captured her third Seniors title, and her second at her home club, with a 6-5 win over Kim Dolan of Charlottetown. Dolan, an eight-time women's champion, was playing in her first Seniors championship. Other members of the Berry rink are Arleen Harris, Danielle Girard, and Carol Sweetapple, with coach Butch McGee. Playing with Dolan were Karen A. MacDonald, Yvonne Campbell, and Karen E. MacDonald. In today's final, Dolan blanked the first two ends and drew for two in the third when Berry's shot was heavy. Berry got on the board in the fourth with a draw for one. The fifth end was blanked and Dolan was forced to take one in the sixth. Berry tied things up at 3-all with a pair in the seventh when Dolan missed a takeout, and grabbed the lead with a stolen deuce in the eighth. Dolan tied it up again with a takeout in the ninth to score two, and called a time-out in the 10th, with each team having three rocks left. Berry's third, Arleen Harris placed a perfect guard, leaving Dolan with almost no shot. Berry picked up a single for the win.

Earlier on Monday, Dolan came from behind to beat June Moyaert of Montague 12-10 in the semi-final to advance to the championship match against Berry. Dolan was trailing 10-6 after eight ends, but picked up four points in the ninth by executing an angle-raise takeout, and stole two more in the 10th for the win. Berry, who won the B section in the triple knockout competition edged A section winner Dolan 6-5 on Sunday in the Page A vs B game to earn a bye into today's final.While Berry had home ice advantage for the PEI championship, Bernard will be at home for the Canadian Seniors, which take place at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside from March 21-28.

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MacFadyen and Dolan advance to Seniors finals
Posted Monday, January 19, 2009 by derekm

MacFadyen to play Bernard for Senior Men's Final

The Ted MacFadyen rink from the Charlottetown Curling Club defeated the Peter Gallant foursome by a 7-5 score to win the B section final and advance to the 3 pm men's championship game at the Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Seniors Curling Championship at the Cornwall Curling Club. Defending champion MacFadyen, who has won the Seniors six times, faces 2007 winner Mel Bernard in the final.

Game Story:

End 1: Narrow miss by Gallant left MacFadyen with an open draw for 2;

End 2: A delicate draw against three in the house gave Gallant one;

End 3: A hit and roll out Gallant's last shot left MacFadyen a draw for 2;

End 4: MacFadyen executed a pick and roll to sit three forcing, Gallant to tap back for 1

End 5: two well executed draws around the corner guard led MacFadyen to score 2, giving him a 6 - 2 lead at the 5th end break;

End 6: Gallant made a basic hit to score 2

End 7: A missed guard attempt by the Gallant team leads to a blank end;

End 8: Gallant threw a pistol of a draw to sit buried on the four foot to score one against three buried MacFadyen rocks;

End 9: MacFadyen makes a tremendous angle raise to score one

End 10: Gallant tries to force the tie with an angled tapback on a partly exposed rock to score two, but only got a partial raise, and counted for only one.

 Dolan scores six points in last two ends to advance to Senior women's final

Charlottetown's Kim Dolan, playing in her first Provincial Senior Women's Championship was trailing 10-6 going into the ninth end in the semi-final against June Moyaert of Montague today at the Cornwall Curling Club, after Moyaert took four points in the seventh. Unplussed, Dolan scored four points of her own in the ninth, and stole a deuce in the tenth for a come from behind 12-10 victory in an exciting game with lots of rocks in action.

Dolan will play two-time Seniors champ Shirley Berry from the host club in the 3 pm final.

Game Story:

End 1: A hit and stay by Dolan scored 2;

End 2: Moyaert makes a draw to the button to score 2;

End 3: A delicate corner freeze gave Dolan 2;

End 4: Moyaert executes a clean tap back takeout raise for 2;

End 5: Dolan is facing three blue counters, but makes hit and stay for 1 and a slim 5 -4 lead after 5 ends;

End 6: Moyaert makes a nice draw to score 2;

End 7: Dolan makes a very delicate draw through a narrow port to score and tie the game

End 8: Moyaert scores a four ender through excellent shot execution by all players;

End 9: Two picks on skip rocks created a chance for a narrow angle raise takeout to score 4 for Dolan ;

End 10: Dolan had two rocks buried on the button with guards in front, forcing Moyaert to attempt a very difficult triple raise take out to try to score one. Moyaert doesn't make it, and gives up the deuce

The winning men's and women's teams from the 3 pm finals will advance to the Canadian Seniors, March 21-26 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside.

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Hodgson foursome wins Moncton event
Posted Monday, January 19, 2009 by derekm

Congratulations to the Chris Hodgson rink, winners of the annual Kinsmen bonspiel, which took place over the weekend at the Beaver Curling Club in Moncton!

They curl weekly here in our Wednesday night Murphy's Cornwall Pharmacy Ladder League.

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Shirley Berry and Mel Bernard rinks win Seniors finals berths
Posted Sunday, January 18, 2009 by derekm

Bernard advances to Senior Men's final
MacFadyen and Gallant to play off in B final

The Mel Bernard rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht have advanced to the men's championship game at the Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Seniors Curling Championships, which wrap up on Monday at the Cornwall Curling Club. Sunday afternoon, Bernard, who won the event in 2007, took the A section final of the double-knockout tournament, doubling Charlottetown's Peter Gallant 8-4. A seventh-end triple was the main difference in a very close game. Other members of the Bernard rink are Blair Jay, Douglas Simmons and Earle Proude. Playing with Gallant, who is the two-time defending Labatt Tankard Provincial Men's champion, and is competing in his first Seniors, are Peter MacDonald, Tom Fetterly, and Rod MacDonald.

Bernard was not successful in earning a berth in the B final, losing his Sunday afternoon playoff game 9-5 to Charlottetown's Ted MacFadyen rink, which includes Craig Mackie at third, Bill Hope at second, filling in for Sandy Foy, who is on the injury list, and Mike Coady in the lead position. MacFadyen, a six-time Senior men's champ, stole three ends en route to the victory. The other B qualifier was between the Gallant rink, and Charlottetown's Matt Smith foursome, with Gallant coming out on top by an 8-2 score, following up a third-end deuce with a stolen single, and a sixth end pair with a stolen deuce in the seventh to put the game out of reach. MacFadyen and Gallant square off in the B final, Monday at 10 am, with the winner facing Bernard in the 3 pm final. Fifteen men's rinks took part in the PEI championship.

Shirley Berry rink advances to Senior Women's final
Dolan and Moyaert to play off in Semi

Meanwhile, the Shirley Berry rink have earned a berth in the Senior Women's final, also scheduled for 3 pm Monday. Berry, who is from the host Cornwall Curling Club club, and won the event in 2002 and 2004, edged Charlottetown's Kim Dolan foursome 6-5 Sunday afternoon in the A vs B Page playoff game to advance directly to the final. Other members of the Berry team are Arleen Harris, Danielle Girard and Carole Sweetapple, with coach Butch McGee. Playing with Dolan, who is competing in her first Seniors, are Karen A. and Karen E. MacDonald, and Yvonne Campbell.

In the final, Berry, who beat Charlottetown's Sandy Hope 11-2 on Saturday to win the B section of the triple knockout competition which preceeded the Page championship round, will face the winner of the semi-final, scheduled for 10 am Monday, between A section winner Dolan, and June Moyaert of Montague. With the Page playoff system, Dolan, as the loser of the A vs B game, gets a second chance in the semi, while Moyaert got there by winning the Page playoff game between the two C division winning teams, eliminating defending champion Barb Currie of Summerside by a 9-5 score. Dolan advanced to the Page round with a 12-4 win over Sandy Hope in the A section final on Friday, while Moyaert, whose team includes Kathy Clarey, Marj Campbell, and Cheryl Dickie, edged Diane MacKay of Cornwall 8-7 in the C1 final, and Currie beat Hope 8-2 in the C2.

Eight teams took part in the Senior Women's portion of the event.

Meanwhile, organizers are monitoring the weather conditions in advance of Monday's 10 am and 3 pm draws, and will make a decision by 7 am if any draw time adjustments are needed.

The winning Senior Men's and Women's rinks will advance to the Canadian Seniors, March 21-28 at the Silver Fox.

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Round three set for Wednesday Night Ladder League
Posted Sunday, January 18, 2009 by derekm

Round two is over in the Murphy's Cornwall Pharmacy Wednesday Night Ladder League.

Three teams had four wins in the A pool, but the rink of Terry MacCormac, Ricky Milton, Nancy Milton, and Cindy MacCormac grabbed first place honours when scores are added up, followed closely by the second place team of Bob Fowler, Tracy MacDonald, Gary Crosby and Linda Turnbull. Ernie Diamond, Marilyn Diamond, Shirley Lank, and Gordie Lank were close behind in third place.

Two teams, skipped by Gord Peters and Jim Farquharson, were next with three wins, while the Geoff Scutt foursome has a pair of victories.

There were four teams with 1 win, only one of whom gets to survive in the A pool. The skips were Karen Currie, Guy Arsenault, Ray Biagé, and Jeff Taylor. Their lone victories were all to one of the other 1 win teams, with both Currie and Arsenault beating Biagé, Biagé beating Taylor, and Taylor beating Currie. However, since no team was beat by the other three tied teams, it then becomes necessary to go to the score totals. Biagé ended up with the most points, 38, followed by Arsenault at 25, Taylor has 15 points plus between 0 and 10 for the unmarked last week score (opponent had 11), and Currie has 18. This means that the Ray Biagé rink retains their berth in the A pool, while the Guy Arsenault, Karen Currie and Jeff Taylor teams move down the ladder to the B pool.

Two teams, skipped by Rupert Sweetapple and Chris Hodgson, had perfect 5-0 records in the B pool. The two teams did not play each other in the round, so Sweetapple, who had a higher total score, finishes first.

Two teams, skipped by Kelly Watts, and Kathy Reeves, had two wins. Watts beat Reeves in their encounter and joins Sweetapple and Hodgson on the trip up the ladder to the A pool.

The Shirley Berry rink is next with 3 wins, followed by Paul Neima and Joerg Soltermann with a pair of victories. Barb Duncan-Biagé picked up a single win. while two teams, skipped by Colleen Soltermann and Robert Waite, did not pick up a win.

Here are the pools for Round Three, which runs Jan. 21, Jan. 28, Feb. 4, Feb. 11, and Feb. 18.

Pool A

A1. Terry MacCormac, Ricky Milton, Nancy Milton, Cindy MacCormac
A2. Bob Fowler, Tracy MacDonald, Gary Crosby, Lynda Turnbull
A3. Ernie Diamond, Marilyn Diamond, Shirley Lank, Gordie Lank
A4. Gordon Peters, Hank Kamphuis, Vernon Chowan, Pat MacInnis
A5. Jim Farquharson, Roy Coffin, Bob MacWilliams, John Berry
A6. Ray Biagé, Rebecca Rolfe, Derek MacEwen, Neil Smith**
A7. Geoff Scutt, Sherren MacKinnon, Donald Weeks, Deb DelValle**
A8. Rupert Sweetapple, Carol Sweetapple, Dick MacDonald, Marie MacDonald
A9. Chris Hodgson, Mitch Freeman, Joe MacKinnon, Lane Pineau
A10. Kelly Watts, Wayne Goodwin, Cathy Handren, Cindy Nicholson

Pool B

B1. Guy Arsenault, Heather Arsenault, Shawn Meyers, Haley Meyers
B2. Karen Currie, Valerie Acorn, Mark Perry, Leonard Gotell*
B3. Jeff Taylor, Alex Sutherland, Sean Young, Alex Jenkins*
B4. Kathy Reeves, Nancy MacKinnon, Heather Pierce, Tammy Fahie
B5. Shirley Berry, Arleen Harris, Linda Fairhurst, Derek Gallant
B6. Paul Neima, Gerry Curley, Mike Lafontaine, Eileen Leahey
B7. Barb Duncan-Biagé, Debby Sigsworth, Karen Montgomery, Vicki Cotton***
B8. Joerg Soltermann, Terry MacLeod, Gary Torraville, Hans Wicki***
B9. Colleen Soltermann, Mary Beth MacLean, Sandra Williamson, Susan Carruthers
B10. Robert Waite, Kathy Toole, Sharon Waite, Chester Remley

* Swapping slots as both rinks would have had same draw times as last time, as they had the same slots in the other pool.

** Swapping slots as Biagé would have had same draw times as last round, as he had same slot

*** Swapping slots, as Soltermann had same slot in other pool

Here is the draw quick reference for Round 3. Both A and B teams with same number play at same time.

Time (Ends)	Jan. 21	Jan. 28	Feb. 4	Feb. 11	Feb. 18
6 (6)	8 vs 10	4 vs 9	5 vs 8	3 vs 7	1 vs 4
6:30 (8)	1 vs 2	5 vs 6	9 vs 10	2 vs 4	6 vs 7
7:30 (6)	6 vs 9	1 vs 10	2 vs 7	6 vs 8	3 vs 5
8:30 (8)	3 vs 4	7 vs 8	1 vs 3	5 vs 10	8 vs 9
9 (6)	5 vs 7	2 vs 3	4 vs 6	1 vs 9	2 vs 10

Round Three Draw

January 21

6 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: R. Sweetapple, C. Sweetapple, D. MacDonald, M. MacDonald
vs K. Watts, W. Goodwin, C. Handren, C. Nicholson

Ice 2: J. Soltermann, T. MacLeod, G. Torraville, H. Wicki
vs R. Waite, K. Toole, S. Waite, C. Remley

6:30 pm (8 ends)

Ice 3: T. MacCormac, R. Milton, N. Milton, C. MacCormac
vs B. Fowler, T. MacDonald, G. Crosby, L. Turnbull

Ice 4: G. Arsenault, H. Arsenault, S. Meyers, H. Meyers
vs K. Currie, V. Acorn, M. Perry, L. Gotell

7:30 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: R. Biagé, R. Rolfe, D. MacEwen, N. Smith
vs C. Hodgson, M. Freeman, J. MacKinnon, L. Pineau

Ice 2: P. Neima, G. Curley, M. Lafontaine, E. Leahey
vs C.Soltermann, MB MacLean, S. Williamson, S. Carruthers

8:30 pm (8 ends)

Ice 3: E. Diamond, M. Diamond, S. Lank, G. Lank
vs G. Peters, H. Kamphuis, V. Chowan, P. MacInnis

Ice 4: J. Taylor, A. Sutherland, S. Young, A. Jenkins
vs K. Reeves, N. MacKinnon, H. Pierce, T. Fahie

9 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: J. Farquharson, R. Coffin, B. MacWilliams, J. Berry
vs G. Scutt, S. MacKinnon, D. Weeks, D. DelValle

Ice 2: S. Berry, A. Harris, L. Fairhurst, D. Gallant
vs B. Duncan-Biagé, D. Sigsworth, K. Montgomery, V. Cotton

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January 28

6 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: K. Reeves, N. MacKinnon, H. Pierce, T. Fahie
vs C.Soltermann, MB MacLean, S. Williamson, S. Carruthers

Ice 2: G. Peters, H. Kamphuis, V. Chowan, P. MacInnis
vs C. Hodgson, M. Freeman, J. MacKinnon, L. Pineau

6:30 pm (8 ends)

Ice 3: S. Berry, A. Harris, L. Fairhurst, D. Gallant
vs P. Neima, G. Curley, M. Lafontaine, E. Leahey

Ice 4: J. Farquharson, R. Coffin, B. MacWilliams, J. Berry
vs R. Biagé, R. Rolfe, D. MacEwen, N. Smith

7:30 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: G. Arsenault, H. Arsenault, S. Meyers, H. Meyers
vs R. Waite, K. Toole, S. Waite, C. Remley

Ice 2: T. MacCormac, R. Milton, N. Milton, C. MacCormac
vs K. Watts, W. Goodwin, C. Handren, C. Nicholson

8:30 pm (8 ends)

Ice 3: B. Duncan-Biagé, D. Sigsworth, K. Montgomery, V. Cotton
vs J. Soltermann, T. MacLeod, G. Torraville, H. Wicki

Ice 4: G. Scutt, S. MacKinnon, D. Weeks, D. DelValle
vs R. Sweetapple, C. Sweetapple, D. MacDonald, M. MacDonald

9 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: K. Currie, V. Acorn, M. Perry, L. Gotell
vs J. Taylor, A. Sutherland, S. Young, A. Jenkins

Ice 2: B. Fowler, T. MacDonald, G. Crosby, L. Turnbull
vs E. Diamond, M. Diamond, S. Lank, G. Lank

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February 4

6 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: J. Farquharson, R. Coffin, B. MacWilliams, J. Berry
vs R. Sweetapple, C. Sweetapple, D. MacDonald, M. MacDonald

Ice 2: S. Berry, A. Harris, L. Fairhurst, D. Gallant
vs J. Soltermann, T. MacLeod, G. Torraville, H. Wicki

6:30 pm (8 ends)

Ice 3: C. Hodgson, M. Freeman, J. MacKinnon, L. Pineau
vs K. Watts, W. Goodwin, C. Handren, C. Nicholson

Ice 4: C.Soltermann, MB MacLean, S. Williamson, S. Carruthers
vs R. Waite, K. Toole, S. Waite, C. Remley

7:30 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: B. Fowler, T. MacDonald, G. Crosby, L. Turnbull
vs G. Scutt, S. MacKinnon, D. Weeks, D. DelValle

Ice 2: K. Currie, V. Acorn, M. Perry, L. Gotell
vs B. Duncan-Biagé, D. Sigsworth, K. Montgomery, V. Cotton

8:30 pm (8 ends)

Ice 3: T. MacCormac, R. Milton, N. Milton, C. MacCormac
vs E. Diamond, M. Diamond, S. Lank, G. Lank

Ice 4: G. Arsenault, H. Arsenault, S. Meyers, H. Meyers
vs J. Taylor, A. Sutherland, S. Young, A. Jenkins

9 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: G. Peters, H. Kamphuis, V. Chowan, P. MacInnis
vs R. Biagé, R. Rolfe, D. MacEwen, N. Smith

Ice 2: K. Reeves, N. MacKinnon, H. Pierce, T. Fahie
vs P. Neima, G. Curley, M. Lafontaine, E. Leahey

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February 11

6 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: J. Taylor, A. Sutherland, S. Young, A. Jenkins
vs B. Duncan-Biagé, D. Sigsworth, K. Montgomery, V. Cotton

Ice 2: E. Diamond, M. Diamond, S. Lank, G. Lank
vs G. Scutt, S. MacKinnon, D. Weeks, D. DelValle

6:30 pm (8 ends)

Ice 3: K. Currie, V. Acorn, M. Perry, L. Gotell
vs K. Reeves, N. MacKinnon, H. Pierce, T. Fahie

Ice 4: B. Fowler, T. MacDonald, G. Crosby, L. Turnbull
vs G. Peters, H. Kamphuis, V. Chowan, P. MacInnis

7:30 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: P. Neima, G. Curley, M. Lafontaine, E. Leahey
vs J. Soltermann, T. MacLeod, G. Torraville, H. Wicki

Ice 2: R. Biagé, R. Rolfe, D. MacEwen, N. Smith
vs R. Sweetapple, C. Sweetapple, D. MacDonald, M. MacDonald

8:30 pm (8 ends)

Ice 3: S. Berry, A. Harris, L. Fairhurst, D. Gallant
vs R. Waite, K. Toole, S. Waite, C. Remley

Ice 4: J. Farquharson, R. Coffin, B. MacWilliams, J. Berry
vs K. Watts, W. Goodwin, C. Handren, C. Nicholson

9 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: G. Arsenault, H. Arsenault, S. Meyers, H. Meyers
vs C. Soltermann, MB MacLean, S. Williamson, S. Carruthers

Ice 2: T. MacCormac, R. Milton, N. Milton, C. MacCormac
vs C. Hodgson, M. Freeman, J. MacKinnon, L. Pineau

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February 18

6 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: T. MacCormac, R. Milton, N. Milton, C. MacCormac
vs G. Peters, H. Kamphuis, V. Chowan, P. MacInnis

Ice 2: G. Arsenault, H. Arsenault, S. Meyers, H. Meyers
vs K. Reeves, N. MacKinnon, H. Pierce, T. Fahie

6:30 pm (8 ends)

Ice 3: R. Biagé, R. Rolfe, D. MacEwen, N. Smith
vs G. Scutt, S. MacKinnon, D. Weeks, D. DelValle

Ice 4: P. Neima, G. Curley, M. Lafontaine, E. Leahey
vs B. Duncan-Biagé, D. Sigsworth, K. Montgomery, V. Cotton

7:30 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: E. Diamond, M. Diamond, S. Lank, G. Lank
vs J. Farquharson, R. Coffin, B. MacWilliams, J. Berry

Ice 2: J. Taylor, A. Sutherland, S. Young, A. Jenkins
vs S. Berry, A. Harris, L. Fairhurst, D. Gallant

8:30 pm (8 ends)

Ice 3: R. Sweetapple, C. Sweetapple, D. MacDonald, M. MacDonald
vs C. Hodgson, M. Freeman, J. MacKinnon, L. Pineau

Ice 4: J. Soltermann, T. MacLeod, G. Torraville, H. Wicki
vs C. Soltermann, MB MacLean, S. Williamson, S. Carruthers

9 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: B. Fowler, T. MacDonald, G. Crosby, L. Turnbull
vs K. Watts, W. Goodwin, C. Handren, C. Nicholson

Ice 2: K. Currie, V. Acorn, M. Perry, L. Gotell
vs R. Waite, K. Toole, S. Waite, C. Remley

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Sunday evening draw is ON this weekend
Posted Friday, January 16, 2009 by derekm
Although the Provincial Seniors Curling Championships are underway at the Cornwall Curling Club, they will NOT affect the 7 pm Sunday draw, as the final Seniors draw of the day will be over by then.
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Thurs. evening draws cancelled due to PEI Seniors
Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 by derekm
This is a reminder that 6 and 8 pm draws for Thursday Jan. 15 are cancelled, as we are hosting the Provincial Seniors Curling Championships. Since you are not curling, why not come down to the Club and watch some great curling action?
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Cornwall set to host Provincial Seniors
Posted Tuesday, January 13, 2009 by derekm
The 2009 Provincial Seniors Curling Championships, sponsored by Credit Unions of PEI, take place January 15-19 at the Cornwall Curling Club, with 15 men's teams and 8 women's rinks entered, including defending champions Ted MacFadyen from the Charlottetown Curling Club, and Barb Currie from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club, taking part.

MacFadyen has six seniors championships to his credit, in addition to five provincial men's titles MacFadyen's long-time teammate Sandy Foy is on the injury list, so Bill Hope is filling in at second for this event. Another favorite this year has to be Peter Gallant, winner of the last two Labatt Tankard men's championships as skip, along with seven others in the third or second position. He is joined by Peter MacDonald, Tom Fetterly, and Rod MacDonald as he makes the move to the Senior ranks.

Others to watch out for include 2003 Seniors champ Charlie Wilkinson of Charlottetown, who won the PEI Legion championship Monday night, and 2007  Seniors winner Mel Bernard.

Half of the eight women's teams have won the event before, with Currie winning it four times, Shirley Berry of Cornwall twice, and Diane MacKay of Cornwall and Paula Creamer of Charlottetown once each. Scotties Tournament of Hearts veteran Kim Dolan is entered in this event for the first time, and also has an entry in the Scotties thie year.

Play gets underway Thursday morning at 8, and wraps up with the finals Monday at 3 pm. The men will play a double-knockout format, while the women will be playing a new format that the PEI Curling Association is piloting with this event - a triple knockout with a Page playoff. This format, popular in cashspiels, will advance separate winners from A, B and two C divisions into a four game championship round, with the A and B winners playing off, and the winner going directly to the final, while the loser plays in the semi-final against the winner of a game between the two C division champs for the other spot in the final.

The winning teams from this event, for curlers age 50 and over, will advance to the Canadian Seniors, March 21-28 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside.

Here is the opening women's draw:

Thursday January 15th at 8 am

Diane MacKay (Cornwall) vs Shirley Berry (Cornwall), Sandy Hope (Ch'town) vs June Moyaert (Montague), Kim Dolan (Ch'town) vs Paula Creamer (Ch'town), Barb Currie (Silver Fox) vs Jeanne Duffenais (Cornwall)

Here are the opening men's draws

Thursday January 15th at 11:30 am
Dale Cannon (Silver Fox) vs Ted MacFadyen (Ch'town), Peter Gallant (Ch'town) vs John DeLuca (Cornwall), Clair Sweet (Maple Leaf) vs Geoff Scutt (Cornwall), Rupert Sweetapple (Cornwall) vs David Kassner (Ch'town)

Thursday January 15th at 7 pm

Mel Bernard (Silver Fox) vs John Holmes (Silver Fox), Charlie Wilkinson (Ch'town) vs Matt Smith (Ch'town), Gordon MacDonald (Ch'town) vs David MacFadyen (Ch'town)

Friday January 16th at 8 am

Louis Walsh (Silver Fox) vs winner Dale Cannon/Ted MacFadyen game (Thursday at 11:30)

Full draw and results available at peicurling.com/seniors

Team Rosters (Skip to lead, coach, club)

Senior Men

Ted MacFadyen, Craig Mackie, Bill Hope, Mike Coady, coach Al Ledgerwood, Charlottetown

Peter Gallant,Peter MacDonald, Tom Fetterly, Rod MacDonald, Silver Fox

Mel Bernard, Blair Jay, Douglas Simmons, Earle Proude, Silver Fox

Matt Smith, Bobby Hennessey, Dave Campbell, Allan Acorn, Charlottetown

John Deluca, Kimball Blanchard, Allan Campbell, Edmond Richard, Cornwall

Charlie Wilkinson, John Mullin, David Murphy, Bob Likely, Charlottetown

Gordon MacDonald, Al Stewart, Rick Richard, Fred Fitzpatrick, Charlottetown

David MacFadyen, Gary Pyke, Don Vickerson, Ralph Yeo, Silver Fox

Clair Sweet, Bob Matheson, Muncey Harris, Wayne Arsenault, Maple Leaf

John Holmes, Steve Bent, Des Arsenault, George Power, Silver Fox

Louis Walsh, Eldon Kilbride, Ralph Sonier, Charlie Curry, Silver Fox

Geoff Scutt, Donald Weeks, Wayne Cunneyworth, Greg Groves, Cornwall

Rupert Sweetapple, John Berry, Jamie Ballem, Richard MacDonald, Cornwall

David Kassner, André Gauthier, Bill McGuire, Bill Doherty, Charlottetown

Dale Cannon, Paul Matheson, Les Newman, Roland Richard, Silver Fox

Senior Women

Paula Creamer, Kay Atkinson, Cindy MacLean, Karen Hardy, Charlottetown

Kim Dolan, Karen A. MacDonald, Karen E. MacDonald, Yvonne Campbell, Charlottetown

Sandy Hope, Karen McIntee, Shelley Ebbett, Rosemary Scott, Charlottetown

Shirley Berry, Arleen Harris, Danielle Girard, Carol Sweetapple, coach Butch McGee, Cornwall

Barb Currie, Gloria Wood, Dawn MacFadyen, Helen MacDonald, Al Ledgerwood, Silver Fox

Diane Mackay, Ruth Stavert, Marie MacDonald, Deb Delvalle, Cornwall

Jeanne Duffenais, Sherren MacKinnon, Cindy Nicholson, Debbie Rhodenhizer, coach Rob Roberts, Cornwall

June Moyaert, Kathy Clarey, Mary Campbell, Cheryl Dickie, Montague

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No pets, please
Posted Monday, January 12, 2009 by derekm

This is a friendly reminder to Club members that this is a curling club for humans only, and pets are not permitted at the Club (guide animals excepted of course).

 

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Jim Farquharson heading back to PEI for father's funeral
Posted Sunday, January 11, 2009 by derekm

Club member Jim Farquharson is scheduled to arrive back from Scotland  at 7:22 this evening, for the Tuesday funeral of his father. He hopes to fly back to the old country on Thursday to rejoin the Strathcona Cup tour. Our sympathies to Jim and Diane. Rob Farquharson was 95, and mentally perfect until he failed to recover from emergency surgery Thursday night.

Rob's visiting hours are Monday, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., at MacLean's Funeral Home in Charlottetown.  The funeral is 11:00 a.m. Tuesday
at Zion Presbyterian Church.

Click for funeral announcement

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Nov. 30 Minutes now available
Posted Friday, January 9, 2009 by derekm
The minutes from the November 30, 2008 Board of Directors meeting are now available in the Members section of CornwallCurling.com.
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Good luck to Roddie and Jim in Scotland!
Posted Sunday, January 4, 2009 by derekm

Good luck to Roddie MacLean and Jim Farquharson, who are off to Scotland on Monday to compete in the 100th Canada vs Scotland Strathcona cup. Many of you will remember when the Scots came to our club back in 2003 on their last tour of Canada. Follow Canada's progress as they attempt to bring the cup back to Canada, by visiting the website www.strathconacup100.ca. Roddie and Jim will return on February 1st­.

History: The Strathcona Cup was presented in 1909 by Sir Donald Smith, Lord Strathcona, to recognize the winner of a curling tour between Canada and Scotland. The first tour was held in 1903 when Scotland sent a group of curlers to tour Canada and the northern United States. In 1909 the Canadians mounted a return tour to Scotland and this is when Lord Strathcona offered the trophy to commemorate the winning side. The Scots' second tour to Canada was held in 1912. This event continues today on a five year alternate tour schedule. The Scots last toured Canada in 2003, the 100th anniversary of the first Scottish curling tour. The next competition will be held in 2009 when Canada sends a group of curlers to tour Scotland marking the 100th anniversary of the first Canadian tour to Scotland. Each time the competition is held, the touring side produces a commemorative pin or badge to be presented to their opponents during their tour.

Photo: Scots at our club in 2003
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Family Funspiel report
Posted Friday, January 2, 2009 by derekm

Report on The Cornwall Family Funspiel from organizer Deb DelValle:

I'd just like to thank all those who attended last Sunday's Family Funspiel for once again making it such a great time.  I just love this event.  At least 14 families got on the ice at different times in different permutations  and all waifs and strays were adopted, in some cases, by more than one family.   Many had a hand in the 1000-piece puzzle which remains a work-in-progress opposite the bar.  I had suspected that Angus ("Anarchist") Davies was going to remove a piece or two to "make it more interesting" but he outfoxed me by ADDING a piece from another puzzle!

Oh yes, the Big Winners of the Event were all those who took part, and the Losers were those who couldn't make it.  But there's always next year!

ps Sorry I failed to organize any picture-taking this year, too busy having fun.

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No daytime curling today (Jan 2nd)
Posted Friday, January 2, 2009 by derekm
Due to weather and road conditions daytime curling is cancelled for today, Friday,Jan 2nd.

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Entry deadlines reminder
Posted Tuesday, December 30, 2008 by derekm

The entry deadline for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Provincial Women's Curling Championship is January 1st. Entry fee is $40 per player, plus a $25 per player CCA competitor's card fee. The championship takes place January 22-26 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside.

January 5th is the entry deadline for the men's and women's Provincial Masters Curling Championships, for curlers age 60 and over. Entry fee is $30 per player.  The Masters take place January 26-29 at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O'Leary.

The entry deadline for the Labatt Tankard Provincial Men's Curling Championship is January 8th. Entry fee is $40 per player, plus a $25 per player CCA competitor's card fee. The open entry portion of the Tankard takes place January 29 to February 3rd at the Western Community Curling Club in O'Leary, with the top eight teams from that event moving on to the Final Eight championship round, Feb. 10-15 at the Montague Curling Club.

 Entries for all events must be on an official PEICA entry form, available at all PEI curling clubs, or online at peicurling.com. Entries may also be submitted online at the same website.

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Sleigh Ride returns to CK Carpet Spiel!
Posted Monday, December 29, 2008 by derekm

After a couple of years off due to lack of snow, and bus rental difficulties, we are pleased to announce that the Sleigh Ride is back this year for the CK Carpet Fun Spiel (provided we get snow, of course)! This single-entry Club-members event goes January 23 and 24. Entry fee is $25 for the Fun Spiel, plus $10 for the Sleign Ride. If you don't have time to curl, you can join us for dinner and the sleigh ride for just $15. A $10 (non-refundable) deposit is required for registration. Please sign up at the bar.

For those that have never experienced (or can't remember!) the fun of a CK Carpet Spiel and Sleigh Ride, here are some pictures from the archives:

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Stay tuned -- More details of weekend events will follow.

This event is sponsored by CK Carpet Klean and Restoration.

 

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Cornwall well-represented at Pepsi Juniors
Posted Monday, December 29, 2008 by derekm

The Pepsi Junior Provincial Curling Championships, for curlers age 20 and under, takes place January 2-6 at the Charlottetown Curling Club.

Three-time defending champion Brett Gallant is back looking to defend his junior men's title, while Erin Carmody is looking for her third consecutive junior women's crown. Gallant has one lineup change this year, with Jamie Danbrook, from last year's British Columbia junior championship rink, and now attending school in PEI, stepping in to replace Alex MacFadyen, who is attending school in Nova Scotia. Darcy Birch joins the Carmody rink at lead, with Lisa Moeirke moving to the Katie Sharkey rink.

Other contenders in the nine-team junior men's section, include two-time 17 and under champions the Sam Ramsay rink of Summerside, and the Spencer Pitre rink of Alberton, last year's runners-up, along with Charlottetown teams skipped by Mitchell O'Shea, Patrick Shepherd, Nick van Ouwerkerk and Tyler Davies, the Matthew Nabuurs rink from Montague, and the Parker Clements foursome from the Maple Leaf club in O'Leary,

The junior women's side also has nine teams, and includes the Sarah Fullerton team, two-time 17 and Under winners, from Cornwall, along with their clubmates the Sarah Clow and Tricia Sanderson rinks. Katie Sharkey and Lindsay Hughes are skipping teams from Charlottetown, while Tiffany Sweet and Nikki Arsenault are the entries from the Maple Leaf. Besides Carmody, the Silver Fox is represented by the Anita Casey team.

Both the junior men's and junior women's divisions will play a triple-knockout draw, with the winners of the three sections advancing to a two game playoff round, unless the same team wins all three sections, in which case they will become the champion without the need for the playoffs.

Play gets underway in Charlottetown Friday morning at 8, with subsequent draws at 11:30 am, along with a 2 pm draw at the Cornwall Curling Club, and a 4 pm draw back at Charlottetown.

Saturday and Sunday draws are at 8, 11:30, 4, and 7:30. Monday draws are at 9:30 am and 2:30 pm, while the two game championship round (if needed), goes Tuesday, also at 9:30 am and 2:30 pm.

The winning junior men's and women's rinks will advance to the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors in Salmon Arm BC, Jan. 31-Feb. 8.

Team Rosters:

Junior Men's (skip to lead, coach, club)

Matthew Nabuurs, Kevin Rice, Mark Nabuurs, Keaghan Matheson, coach Arny Nabuurs, Montague Curling Club

Sam Ramsay, Justin Richard, Eric Pidgeon, Corey Miller, coach Peter Pidgeon, Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club

Spencer Pitre, Billie Lewis, Daniel McCarthy, Shawn Pitre, coach Roger Gavin, Western Community Curling Club (Alberton)

Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Anson Carmody, Jamie Danbrook, coaches Peter Gallant, Kathie Gallant, Charlottetown Curling Club

Parker Clements, Mitch Rowley, Brandon Clements, Mark Cousins, coaches Keith Rowley, Reggie Clements, Maple Leaf Curling Club (O'Leary)

Tyler Davies, Patrick Moore, Joey Farquhar, Jonathon Schut, coach Lorianne Davies, Charlottetown Curling Club

Nick van Ouwerkerk, Timothy Cullen, Brent Campbell, Patrick Callbeck, coach Robbie Roberts, Charlottetown Curling Club

Patrick Shepherd, Adam Kassner, Taylor McInnis, Kyle Hughes, coach Butch McGee, Charlottetown Curling Club

Mitchell O'Shea, Jonah MacDonald, Michael LeBlanc, Connor MacPhee, coach A.J. Campbell, Charlottetown Curling Club

Junior Women's (skip to lead, coach, club)

Sarah Fullerton, Michelle McQuaid, Whitney Young, Sara MacRae, coach Brenda MacMillan, Cornwall Curling Club

Katie Sharkey, Alexis Wright, Lisa Moerike, Martha MacIntyre, coaches Kathy O’Rourke and Pam Wright, Charlottetown Curling Club

Anita Casey, Madeline Campbell, Dannielle Chaisson, Bethany MacDonald coach Leo Stewart, Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club (Summerside)

Erin Carmody, Geri-Lynn Ramsay, Jessica van Ouwerkerk, Darcee Birch coach Al Ledgerwood, Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club (Summerside)

Sarah Clow, Brielle Quilty, Christina Hennessey, Courtney Moore, coaches Nancy Yeo, Angela Hodgson, Cornwall Curling Club

Tiffany Sweet, Chantal Clements, Kathleen O’Meara, Laura O’Meara, coach Ralph Sweet, Maple Leaf Curling Club (O'Leary)

Nikki Arsenault, Marlana Lockhart, Marissa McCarthy, Meaghan Henderson, coaches Connie Ellis, Eric McCarthy, Maple Leaf Curling Club

Lindsay Hughes, Christina Keen, Victoria Evans, Monica Leblanc, coach Gayle Johnston, Charlottetown Curling Club

Tricia Sanderson, Amanda Holm , Aleya Quilty, Krystal Peterson, 5th player Kelli-Lynn Younker, coach Pat Quilty, Cornwall Curling Club

Here are the opening draws:

 

Draw 1: Friday, January 2nd, 8 am at the Charlottetown Curling Club

Sarah Fullerton (Cornwall) vs Erin Carmody (Silver Fox)

Tricia Sanderson (Cornwall) vs Sarah Clow (Cornwall)

Anita Casey (Silver Fox) vs Katie Sharkey (Ch'town)

Tiffany Sweet (Maple Leaf) vs Nikki Arsenault (Maple Leaf)

Draw 2: Friday, January 2nd, 11:30 am at Charlottetown

Parker Clements (Maple Leaf) vs Nick van Ouwerkerk (Ch'town)

Patrick Shepherd (Ch'town) vs Brett Gallant (Ch'town)

Tyler Davies (Ch'town) vs Sam Ramsay (Silver Fox)

Mitchell O'Shea (Ch'town) vs Spencer Pitre (Western)

Draw 3: Friday, January 2nd, 2:00 pm at the Cornwall Curling Club

Lindsay Hughes (Ch'town) vs winner Fullerton/Carmody game at 8 am.

Draw 4: Friday, January 2nd, 4 pm at the Charlottetown Curling Club

Matthew Nabuurs (Montague) vs winner Clements/van Ouwerkerk game at 8 am

Complete draw, schedule, and end-by-end results at peicurling.com/juniors

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Reminder: FREE Curling Clinic
Posted Monday, December 29, 2008 by derekm

This is a reminder that there will be a curling clinic for all beginner and intermediate members interested in improving their skills of stone delivery, and to help in any other aspects of curling. The clinic will take place on Sunday January 4th, 2009 at 3 pm, and it will be free to club members. Please write your name on the sign-up sheet at the club as soon as possible so that we can have an idea of how many sheets we must reserve.

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Volunteers needed for Provincial Seniors
Posted Friday, December 19, 2008 by derekm

The Provincial Seniors Curling Championships, sponsored by Credit Unions of PEI will be held at the Cornwall Curling Club January 15th to 19th. 

Volunteers are needed to:

1) act as timers

2) serve a light lunch throughout the competition. 

Previous experience for either activity is not required as experienced people will be there as mentors.

A sign-up sheet has been posted on the PEICA Board at the Club. Dick St. John is coordinating this event, and is asking for interested club members to print their names and phone numbers on the sheet.  He will call them when he knows the time slots to be filled.

This is a great way to get involved with the Club and, as usual, many hands make light work, or something like that!

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And the winner is...
Posted Thursday, December 18, 2008 by derekm
The lucky winner of the Christmas Gift  Basket  drawn Thurs. evening Dec. 18th was  Club member Marjorie Matthews.Thanks to all who purchased tickets!
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Club members database updated
Posted Monday, December 15, 2008 by derekm

The club members database in the Members section of this website has now been updated with information on this season's membership.

It contains the following information: Last Name, First Name, Home Phone, Work Phone, and Email address, and can be searched by any of these fields. This info is available only to Club members, and is not used for any other purpose. Members find it very useful for locating spares. Please contact me if you do not want your information in this database, and I can either delete your entire record, or leave your name and blank out your phone number(s) and/or email address. The information is from the master database on the computer at the Club, and is normally updated only once or twice a season from that database. If your info is not correct, or incomplete, please let us know, and we will fix it on both databases.

To access this information, along with the Board of Directors meeting minutes also available in the Members section, you require a userid and password, available only to Club members. If you do not have one, or do not remember yours, please email me at derek@derekmacewen.com.

- Derek MacEwen
  Webmaster

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Family Funspiel
Posted Tuesday, December 9, 2008 by derekm

The sign-up sheet is now up for the Christmas Family Funspiel.

Building on the success of last year's inaugural Christmas Family Funspiel, this year we plan to make it even better than ever.

It's a day out of the house (and the kitchen!) during the holidays for the whole family.  Whether you are a reunited family of superstar curlers, or you're on a mission to convert all your relatives to curling, or even if you just want to get granny started on stick delivery, there'll be a match-up for you at this fun-filled event.  We'll even have some half-sheet games with little rocks, just to make it interesting.  And there'll be off-ice activities available for those who "gotta be there" to join in the family fun without putting a foot on the ice.  Something for everyone.  And if you're a single-person family, or a family of only two or three,  then put yourselves up for adoption on the sign-up sheet.

Ambitious?  You bet!  Come and help continue to build this into another "mustn't miss" annual event that our club can be really proud of.

Only $40 for a 4-person team (this includes lunch) plus $2.50 a head for additional team and entourage members who will be joining us for lunch.

When is it?  Sunday December 28th between 10.00a.m. and 4.00p.m. although we're bound to run a little late.  Practice sheets available at 9.00a.m. for the keenies division.

If you need more information or have any great ideas, just call Deb DelValle at 658-2329

All ages are welcome, but those under 12 must wear a helmet on the ice, and be under adult supervision.

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New Ford Hot Shots Online Game Offers Curling Fans Chances for Big Prizes
Posted Tuesday, December 9, 2008 by derekm
OTTAWA, December 9, 2008… The Canadian Curling Association (CCA) and Ford Motor Company of Canada are teaming up to bring curling fans an online version of the extremely popular Ford Hot Shots, the curling skills competition which has been conducted for the past 14 years at the Canadian men’s and women’s curling championships.

Now, participants will be able to experience the skill and excitement of the Ford Hot Shots online, simply by visiting a special website… hotshots.curling.ca. There, you’ll find out everything about the ground-breaking contest which begins on December 9, 2008 and concludes on March 31, 2009… how to register, the rules, the competition and the prizes.

It’s the first time that the CCA has unveiled an interactive skill-based game and the grand prize will be similar to what one of the curlers competing at the 2009 Scotties in Victoria will win… a two-year lease of a new 2009 Ford Flex SEL FWD, having an estimated retail value of $22,747.

The two finalists will be determined by the total score from their best 20 games. There is no restriction on the number of times you can enter the Ford Hot Shots Online Game.

Upon the contest closing date of March 31, 2009, the top two players (with the highest 20-game aggregate score) will be determined and then flown to Moncton, New Brunswick, site of the 2009 Ford world men’s curling championship, for a one-game online playoff on Friday, April 10.

In addition to the grand prize, the runner-up prize is a Nintendo Wii Console, Deca Sports Game Bundle and an autographed Mondetta Team Canada Jacket (approximate retail value $800).

There will also be a number of monthly prizes awarded during the next four months, consisting of Mondetta Team Canada Jackets (approximate retail value $500), Nintendo Wii Console and Deca Sports Game Bundle (approximate retail value $300) and $150 Gift Certificates, for use online only at http://eventmax.curling.ca, the official online store of the Canadian Curling Association’s Season of Champions.

The Ford Hot Shots OnLine Game is a mirror image of the on-ice skills competition, which has proven so popular at the Hearts and Brier with championship curlers such as past winners Kelley Law, Suzanne Gaudet, Colleen Jones, Jill Officer, Ed Werenich, Greg McAulay, Pat Ryan, Randy Ferbey, Mark Nichols and John Morris.

Participants must execute six basic curling shots… Hit and Stay, Draw the Button, Draw the Port, The Raise, Hit and Roll and Double Takeout. Points are awarded depending on the success of each shot, along with bonus points generated for curling over the Ford logo in this special online version. Upon completion of the game, which only takes about three minutes to complete, your total score will be recorded and registered.

Play the Ford Hot Shots Game Online, as often as you wish… now at hotshots.curling.ca.
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Have you got our correct email address?
Posted Tuesday, December 9, 2008 by derekm

Some of you may still be using our old email addresses, cornwallcurling@isn.net or curling@isn.net. If so, please take note that, after December 31, they will no longer work. If they are in your email system's address book, you may not even be aware that you are still using them. In the future, please use any of the following addresses: info@cornwallcurling.com, manager@cornwallcurling.com, or curlingclub@pei.aibn.com.

For those who are new here, ISN, or Island Services Network, was a small PEI Internet Service Provider owned by Cornwall's Kevin O'Brien (he lives in the gray house by the used car dealership - it's the house that recently had its front lawn expanded.) A while back, they sold out to Eastlink, and, after Eastlink endeavored to replace all the ISN email accounts on very short notice, there was a huge uproar from former ISN customers, who were then given until Dec. 31 to move their email and web hosting accounts.

 

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Dues due
Posted Sunday, December 7, 2008 by derekm

This is a friendly reminder that the final portion of your 2008-2009 Club dues is due by the 15th of December (if not already paid up).

The Club accepts cheques, debit, Visa/Mastercard, and even cash!

While the wallet is open, don't forget to check out the great curling supplies in the Pro Shop. If you can't decide what to buy your favorite curler for Christmas, ask for a gift certificate!

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Free curling clinic
Posted Saturday, December 6, 2008 by derekm

There will be a curling clinic for all beginner and intermediate members interested in improving their skills of stone delivery, and to help in any other aspects of curling. The clinic will take place on Sunday January 4th, 2009 at 3pm, and it will be free to club members. Please write your name on the sign-up sheet at the club as soon as possible so that we can have an idea of how many sheets we must reserve.

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Lorne MacPhail Memorial Seniors Spiel Winners
Posted Wednesday, December 3, 2008 by derekm
Congratulations to the winners of the Lorne MacPhail Memorial Seniors Spiel:
Division A winner: J. Fairhurst, C. Sweetapple, G. Younker, D. Weeks
Division A runner up: S. Stratton, R. Stavert, M. Plamondon, W. Taylor
Division B Winner: T. Dunn, , S. MacKinnon, G. Canfield, J. Gillis
Division B runner up: J. Farquharson, R. Giggy, E. Blanchard, J. MacPhail
Division C winner: R. Biagé, G. Laird, M. MacDonald, B. Richards
Division C runner up: B. Atkinson team
Division D winner: G. Scutt, D. Girard, E. Coffin, D. Graham
Division D runner up: Fred Fall team

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Ladder League Draw for Round Two
Posted Monday, December 1, 2008 by derekm

Here is the draw for Round Two of the Wednesday night Murphy`s Cornwall Pharmacy Ladder League:

Round Two Draw

December 3rd

6 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: G. Peters, H. Kamphuis, V. Chowan, P. MacInnis
vs T. MacCormac, R. Milton, N. Milton, C. MacCormac

Ice 2: K. Watts, W. Goodwin, C. Handren, C. Nicholson
vs C. Soltermann, MB MacLean, S. Williamson, S. Carruthers

6:30 pm (8 ends)

Ice 3: J. Farquharson, R. Coffin, B. MacWilliams, J. Berry
vs J. Taylor, A. Sutherland, S. Young, A. Jenkins

Ice 4: B. Duncan-Biagé, D. Sigsworth, K. Montgomery, V. Cotton
vs R. Sweetapple, C. Sweetapple, D. MacDonald, M. MacDonald

7:30 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: G. Arsenault, H. Arsenault, S. Meyers, H. Meyers
vs G. Scutt, S. MacKinnon, D. Weeks, D. DelValle

Ice 2: R. Waite, K. Toole, S. Waite, C. Remley
vs K. Reeves, N. MacKinnon, H. Pierce, T. Fahie

8:30 pm (8 ends)

Ice 3: K. Currie, V. Acorn, M. Perry, L. Gotell
vs B. Fowler, T. MacDonald, G. Crosby, L. Turnbull

Ice 4: P. Neima, H. LaPalme, G. Curley, E. Leahey
vs S. Berry, A. Harris, L. Fairhurst, D. Gallant

9 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: E. Diamond, M. Diamond, S. Lank, G. Lank
vs R. Biagé, R. Rolfe, D. MacEwen, N. Smith

Ice 2: C. Hodgson, M. Freeman, J. MacKinnon, L. Pineau
vs J. Soltermann, T. MacLeod, G. Torraville, H. Wicki

December 10th

6 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: S. Berry, A. Harris, L. Fairhurst, D. Gallant
vs K. Reeves, N. MacKinnon, H. Pierce, T. Fahie

Ice 2: B. Fowler, T. MacDonald, G. Crosby, L. Turnbull
vs G. Scutt, S. MacKinnon, D. Weeks, D. DelValle

6:30 pm (8 ends)

Ice 3: C. Hodgson, M. Freeman, J. MacKinnon, L. Pineau
vs R. Waite, K. Toole, S. Waite, C. Remley

Ice 4: E. Diamond, M. Diamond, S. Lank, G. Lank
vs G. Arsenault, H. Arsenault, S. Meyers, H. Meyers

7:30 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: B. Duncan-Biagé, D. Sigsworth, K. Montgomery, V. Cotton
vs C. Soltermann, MB MacLean, S. Williamson, S. Carruthers

Ice 2: J. Farquharson, R. Coffin, B. MacWilliams, J. Berry
vs T. MacCormac, R. Milton, N. Milton, C. MacCormac

8:30 pm (8 ends)

Ice 3: J. Soltermann, T. MacLeod, G. Torraville, H. Wicki
vs K. Watts, W. Goodwin, C. Handren, C. Nicholson

Ice 4: R. Biagé, R. Rolfe, D. MacEwen, N. Smith
vs G. Peters, H. Kamphuis, V. Chowan, P. MacInnis

9 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: R. Sweetapple, C. Sweetapple, D. MacDonald, M. MacDonald
vs P. Neima, H. LaPalme, G. Curley, E. Leahey

Ice 2: J. Taylor, A. Sutherland, S. Young, A. Jenkins
vs K. Currie, V. Acorn, M. Perry, L. Gotell

December 17th

6 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: E. Diamond, M. Diamond, S. Lank, G. Lank
vs G. Peters, H. Kamphuis, V. Chowan, P. MacInnis

Ice 2: C. Hodgson, M. Freeman, J. MacKinnon, L. Pineau
vs K. Watts, W. Goodwin, C. Handren, C. Nicholson

6:30 pm (8 ends)

Ice 3: G. Scutt, S. MacKinnon, D. Weeks, D. DelValle
vs T. MacCormac, R. Milton, N. Milton, C. MacCormac

Ice 4: K. Reeves, N. MacKinnon, H. Pierce, T. Fahie
vs C. Soltermann, MB MacLean, S. Williamson, S. Carruthers

7:30 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: J. Taylor, A. Sutherland, S. Young, A. Jenkins
vs R. Biagé, R. Rolfe, D. MacEwen, N. Smith

Ice 2: R. Sweetapple, C. Sweetapple, D. MacDonald, M. MacDonald
vs J. Soltermann, T. MacLeod, G. Torraville, H. Wicki

8:30 pm (8 ends)

Ice 3: J. Farquharson, R. Coffin, B. MacWilliams, J. Berry
vs K. Currie, V. Acorn, M. Perry, L. Gotell

Ice 4: B. Duncan-Biagé, D. Sigsworth, K. Montgomery, V. Cotton
vs P. Neima, H. LaPalme, G. Curley, E. Leahey

9 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: B. Fowler, T. MacDonald, G. Crosby, L. Turnbull
vs G. Arsenault, H. Arsenault, S. Meyers, H. Meyers

Ice 2: S. Berry, A. Harris, L. Fairhurst, D. Gallant
vs R. Waite, K. Toole, S. Waite, C. Remley

January 7th

6 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: P. Neima, H. LaPalme, G. Curley, E. Leahey
vs J. Soltermann, T. MacLeod, G. Torraville, H. Wicki

Ice 2: K. Currie, V. Acorn, M. Perry, L. Gotell
vs R. Biagé, R. Rolfe, D. MacEwen, N. Smith

6:30 pm (8 ends)

Ice 3: R. Sweetapple, C. Sweetapple, D. MacDonald, M. MacDonald
vs S. Berry, A. Harris, L. Fairhurst, D. Gallant

Ice 4: J. Taylor, A. Sutherland, S. Young, A. Jenkins
vs B. Fowler, T. MacDonald, G. Crosby, L. Turnbull

7:30 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: R. Waite, K. Toole, S. Waite, C. Remley
vs K. Watts, W. Goodwin, C. Handren, C. Nicholson

Ice 2: G. Arsenault, H. Arsenault, S. Meyers, H. Meyers
vs G. Peters, H. Kamphuis, V. Chowan, P. MacInnis

8:30 pm (8 ends)

Ice 3: C. Hodgson, M. Freeman, J. MacKinnon, L. Pineau
vs C. Soltermann, MB MacLean, S. Williamson, S. Carruthers

Ice 4: E. Diamond, M. Diamond, S. Lank, G. Lank
vs T. MacCormac, R. Milton, N. Milton, C. MacCormac

9 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: B. Duncan-Biagé, D. Sigsworth, K. Montgomery, V. Cotton
vs K. Reeves, N. MacKinnon, H. Pierce, T. Fahie

Ice 2: J. Farquharson, R. Coffin, B. MacWilliams, J. Berry
vs G. Scutt, S. MacKinnon, D. Weeks, D. DelValle

January 14th

6 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: J. Farquharson, R. Coffin, B. MacWilliams, J. Berry
vs B. Fowler, T. MacDonald, G. Crosby, L. Turnbull

Ice 2: B. Duncan-Biagé, D. Sigsworth, K. Montgomery, V. Cotton
vs S. Berry, A. Harris, L. Fairhurst, D. Gallant

6:30 pm (8 ends)

Ice 3: G. Arsenault, H. Arsenault, S. Meyers, H. Meyers
vs R. Biagé, R. Rolfe, D. MacEwen, N. Smith

Ice 4: R. Waite, K. Toole, S. Waite, C. Remley
vs J. Soltermann, T. MacLeod, G. Torraville, H. Wicki

7:30 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: K. Currie, V. Acorn, M. Perry, L. Gotell
vs E. Diamond, M. Diamond, S. Lank, G. Lank

Ice 2: P. Neima, H. LaPalme, G. Curley, E. Leahey
vs C. Hodgson, M. Freeman, J. MacKinnon, L. Pineau

8:30 pm (8 ends)

Ice 3: G. Peters, H. Kamphuis, V. Chowan, P. MacInnis
vs G. Scutt, S. MacKinnon, D. Weeks, D. DelValle

Ice 4: K. Watts, W. Goodwin, C. Handren, C. Nicholson
vs K. Reeves, N. MacKinnon, H. Pierce, T. Fahie

9 pm (6 ends)

Ice 1: J. Taylor, A. Sutherland, S. Young, A. Jenkins
vs T. MacCormac, R. Milton, N. Milton, C. MacCormac

Ice 2: R. Sweetapple, C. Sweetapple, D. MacDonald, M. MacDonald
vs Colleen Soltermann, Mary Beth MacLean, Sandra Williamson, Susan Carruthers

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Family Funspiel Dec. 28th
Posted Monday, December 1, 2008 by derekm

Hey Everybody!  Now that you've flipped the calendar over to December, it's time to mark on it

The Family Funspiel on Sunday December 28th

This is a daytime event designed to get all the family out of the house to have and watch fun on the ice.

Watch for more details and the sign-up sheet a little closer to the time.

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Draw for Lorne MacPhail Memorial Seniors Spiel
Posted Sunday, November 30, 2008 by derekm
Cornwall Curling Club
Lorne MacPhail Memorial Spiel
Tuesday, Dec 2nd
9:00 AM
Ice 1
J Deluca, D, St John, M Cronin, D Green vs S Lank, P Durant, A McCormick, K Fisher
Ice 2
T Dunn, S MacKinnon, G Canfield, J Gillis vs R Biagé, G Laird, M MacDonald, B Richards
Ice 3
P MacNeill, L Fairhurst, B Tucker, L Callbeck vs K Wood, V Fisher, D Delvalle, S Hayes
Ice 4
J Fairhurst, C Sweetapple, G Younker, D Weeks vs A Hammond, B Craswell, V Chowan, P McCardle
10:30 AM
Ice 1
R Coffin, L Callbeck, N Boswall, G Harper, M Craswell vs Fred Fall, TBA, TBA, TBA
Ice 2
E Stavert, R Giggey, E. Blanchard, J MacPhail vs B Atkinson, TBA, TBA, TBA
Ice 3
D. MacKay, B MacWilliams, G Groves, P Cole vs K Blanchard, B Prowse, R MacCormack, K Harper
Ice 4
S Stratton, R Stavert, M Plamondon, W Taylor vs G Scutt, D Girard, E Coffin, D Graham
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Stick curling ch'ship at Cornwall gets new dates, new rule
Posted Sunday, November 30, 2008 by derekm

Due to a conflict with the curling portion of the 55+ Games, the dates for the Provincial Stick Curling Championship at the Cornwall Curling Club have been advanced from early March to February 16-18. Entry deadline is Jan. 26, and entry fee is $60 per two-player team. This will be the third year for this event, which was won the first two years by the Cornwall duo of Ernie Stavert and Sterling Stratton.

In stick curling there are two curlers per team, who deliver their rocks with delivery sticks, with each team member delivering from opposite ends. Sweeping is allowed only from the hog line to the back of the house at the playing end. Two curlers, one from each team, alternately deliver 6 stones each per end, while their teammate skips that end.  The roles are then reversed, and the partners deliver the stones back. All games are six ends.

Stick curlers are excited about a new rule this year which extends the free guard zone from the hogline to the backline of the house. This means that no stone may be removed from play until the fourth stone of each end. Bob Leard is a stick curler and delivery stick manufacturer from Montague who has played under the new rule, and says that it makes for a much more exciting game, as there are always rocks in the house.

 For more information on stick curling, including complete rules of play, visit www.stickcurling.ca.

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Gallant still undefeated as money round set at Silver Fox Cashspiel
Posted Sunday, November 30, 2008 by derekm

The quarter-finals get underway Sunday at 9 am at the annual Silver Fox Curling Club Cashspiel in Summerside. Two teams, skipped by New Brunswick's Mark Armstrong and by Charlottetown's Brett Gallant, have advanced directly to the noon semi-finals, as a result of their round robin results. Gallant will play the winner of a quarter-final between Rick Perron of Moncton and Charlottetown's Kyle Stevenson, while Armstrong meets either Summerside's Mike Gaudet, or Danny Christianson of Halifax.

Gallant went through round-robin play undefeated, while Armstrong, Stevenson, Perron and Christianson had 4-1 win-loss records, and Gaudet went 3-2. Cornwall's Karen Currie rink, one of two women's teams entered, did not manage to record a win in the event.

The finals go at 3 pm, with $2000 going to the winning team, $1600 to the runner-up, $1200 for third and fourth place, and $800 going to the remaining quarter-finalists.

In play on Saturday, Perron scored five points in the third end for a 5-0 decision over Charlottetown's Tim Cullen, and scored four points in the final end to win 7-4 over Robbie Shaw. He beat Ted MacFadyen 6-1 in four ends in another Saturday game.

Bill Hope of Charlottetown handed Christianson his only loss by a 5-1 score, aided by a four point steal in the second end, earlier in the day, Christianson doubled Charlottetown's Tim Cullen 8-4, taking 4 in the fifth end, and stealing a 6th end single to end the game early.

Gaudet doubled Derek Ellard of Moncton 6-3, and beat Terry Piper 6-2. Gallant beat Charlottetown clubmate Kim Dolan 7-5 in an extra end, shaded Gaudet 7-6 by stealing two points in the final end, and beat Ellard 6-4, while Stevenson beat clubmate John Likely 8-3, taking four points in the 6th, and won 8-1 over Karen Currie of Cornwall.

Eighteen teams are taking part in this annual Atlantic Curling Tour event.

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Quarter-finals set at Sobeys Slam. Butler loses qualifier 6-5.
Posted Sunday, November 30, 2008 by derekm

Donna Butler’s Cinderella run concluded Saturday evening at the Sobeys Slam in New Glasgow NS, as Crystal Webster scored 4 in the sixth to take a 6-4 lead, then Butler blanked the seventh but was only able to get one with the hammer in eight to fall 6-5. Webster will face Stephanie Lawton in the quarter-finals, which begin Sunday morning at 8.

World Champion Jennifer Jones missed some opportunities early, and Cathy King took 4 in the sixth to take a 6-2 lead. But Jones replied with 3 of her own in the seventh, and was one down going home, without the hammer. King scored 2 in the eighth, and advanced to the quarter-finals, against Mary Anne Arsenault of Halifax, with an 8-5 victory.

Heather Strong and Marie France LaRouche went back and forth, until Larouche clinched the win with 2 in the eighth. Last year’s finalist now faces Team China in the quarters.

Heather Rankin survived a close call against Krista McCarville. She thought McCarville's stone was shot rock, but a measurement revealed otherwise for a 7-6 victory. Rankin now meets defending champion Sherry Middaugh.

The semifinals are scheduled for 11:30 am and the final goes at 3 pm.

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Butler still alive at Slam, Birt out
Posted Saturday, November 29, 2008 by derekm

Draw #11 at the Sobeys Slam in New Glasgow NS advanced two teams to the Quarter-Finals and sent six teams packing. It also marked the end of the week for the Bluenose Curling Club, with all further games to be played at John Brother MacDonald Stadium. The ‘B’ Event qualifying games featured Sherry Middaugh facing Heather Strong, and Stephanie Lawton taking on Heather Rankin. Both Heathers were defeated, but live to play at least one more, as they drop down to the ‘C’ Event qualifiers scheduled for 7:30pm.

In the ‘C’ Event, six games were played, to determine the 6 teams to join Strong and Rankin in the 7:30 games. The winning teams advanced, while the losing teams were knocked out. World Champion Jennifer Jones was too much for Julie Reddick, Cathy King went right to the final rock against PEI's Suzanne Birt, winning 4-3, last year’s Slam Finalist Marie France Larouche stayed alive with a win over Patti Lank, and regional qualifier Donna Butler of Cornwall PEI continued to impress with a 7-3 win over Karen Porritt.

Butler is now playing Crystal Webster in the Qualifer #7 game, which is being webcast live on CurlTV.

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Butler rink on CurlTV
Posted Saturday, November 29, 2008 by derekm
For CurlTV subscribers, the Donna Butler rink are playing Crystal Webster from Calgary at the Sobeys Slam beginning right now (7:30 pm) at www.curltv.com..
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Butler, Birt both lose in Saturday morning Slam play
Posted Saturday, November 29, 2008 by derekm

Charlottetown's Suzanne Birt rink and Cornwall's Donna Butler foursome move to a 3-2 win-loss record after Saturday morning play in the Sobeys Slam being played in New Glasgow NS.  Any further losses will put them out of this triple-knockout event. In this morning's action, Sherry Middaugh of Ontario scored 4 points in the fourth end after blanking the first three, in a 7-4 victory over Butler, while Stephanie Lawton of Saskatchewan kept the Birt rink scoreless through the first three ends, taking a deuce, then stealing a triple and another pair. They traded pairs through the next two ends, and ended early with a 9-2 final score.

Birt now plays Cathy King of Alberta at 4 pm, while Butler also plays at 4, against the winner of a noon contest between Karen Porrit of Manitoba and Karri-Lee Grant of Ontario.

The B-side qualifiers also go at 4 pm, with Lawton playing Heather Rankin of Alberta, and Middaugh facing Heather Strong of St. John's. Mary Anne Arsenault of Halifax, and Bingyu Wang of China have already qualified for the money round in the A section. The four C Division qualifiers go tonight at 7:30.

Quarter-finals are 8 am Sunday, with the semis at 11:30 am, and the final at 3 pm.

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Currie 0-2 at Silver Fox Cashspiel
Posted Saturday, November 29, 2008 by derekm

Cornwall's Karen Currie rink lost their first two games at the Silver Fox Cashspiel this weekend.

Click for Friday results from the Journal-Pioneer.

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Butler, Birt 3-1 at Slam. Kleinbrink eliminated.
Posted Friday, November 28, 2008 by derekm

The 4 pm Friday draw saw the first of the elimination games at the 2008 Sobeys Slam in New Glasgow NS, and in a bit of a shocker, Shannon Kleibrink was eliminated after losing 7-6 to Karen Porritt in an extra end. Kleibrink scored 3 in the eighth to force the extra, but Porritt took advantage of the hammer to get her single point and stay alive in the triple knockout event. Kleibrink lost in three straight, losing her opener to Cornwall's Donna Butler on Thursday, and her second game to Renee Sonnenberg of Alberta.

Second seed Jennifer Jones was also on her last legs, but had more luck, ousting the Nova Scotia rink skipped by Jill Mouzar 6-5. Nancy McConnery, also from Nova Scotia, was eliminated after a 6-3 loss to Cathy King, which was King’s first victory at the Sobeys Slam in two years of travel to Pictou County. Another rink with a Nova Scotia connection has been eliminated, as the Kelly Scott rink, skipped this week by Colleen Jones, fell to Amber Holland 5-4 to be eliminated.

Along with six elimination games in the seventh draw, there was one match in the ‘B’ Event, with Suzanne Birt of PEI sending Marie France Larouche of Quebec to the ‘C’ event after an 8-3 decision. Larouche, who made the final of last year’s Slam after qualifying from the ‘A’ Event, will now face Amber Holland in an elimination game Saturday morning. The PEI rink now sports a 3-1 win-loss record. Earlier on Friday, they beat Jill Mouzar of Halifax 9-4.

The first two Quarter-Finalists were determined in the 7:30 pm draw, with, Mary Anne Arsenault of Halifax beating Stephanie Lawton of Saskatoon 8-6 in one ‘A’ Event match, while Bingyu Wang shaded Sherry Middaugh 5-4 in the other. Lawton now plays Suzanne Birt Saturday morning at 8:30.

Cornwall's Donna Butler rink also moved to 3-1 with a decisive 9-2 win over Sylvie Robichaud of New Brunswick on Friday evening, picking up four points in the seventh end. Butler now faces Middaugh at 8:30 Saturday morning. Earlier on Friday, Butler beat Carrie Lindner of St. Catharines Ont. 7-5.

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Up to the Challenge (Butler photo on front page in New Glasgow)
Posted Friday, November 28, 2008 by derekm

Donna Butler of P.E.I. (shown here) beat Alberta’s Shannon Kleibrink in the matchup up of bottom-seeded versus top-seeded teams at the Sobeys Slam on Thursday at the Bluenose Curling Club. The top-seeded Kleibrink foursome lost their second game of the spiel later in the day. Action continues today at the Bluenose club and the John Brother MacDonald Stadium. Adam Richardson - The News

Image of front page

Click for photo from FRONT PAGE of the New Glasgow Daily News

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Butler Foursome Upsets Olympian (Guardian)
Posted Friday, November 28, 2008 by derekm

ADAM RICHARDSON
Transcontinental Media

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. — There wasn’t a bunch of hype surrounding Donna Butler’s rink from Cornwall, P.E.I., at the Sobeys Slam.

After all, the team needed a regional qualifier just to reach the main draw, and was pitted against top seed and Olympic bronze-medallist Shannon Kleibrink in the first game Thursday.

She flew in under the radar, but after that noon contest at the Bluenose Curling Club, Butler won’t sneak up on anybody else this week.
Click to read this story in today's Guardian

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Jeff Taylor rink wins Ladder League A Pool Round One
Posted Friday, November 28, 2008 by derekm

Round One is over in the Murphy's Cornwall Pharmacy Mix and Match Ladder League. The youngest team in the league, skipped by Jeff Taylor, with Alex Sutherland, Sean Young, and Alex Jenkins came out the winners in the A Pool, finishing the five week round with only one loss. The somewhat older Jim Farquharson foursome, with  Roy Coffin, Bob MacWilliams, and John Berry, also had only one loss, to Taylor, relegating them to the runner-up position. Four teams, skipped by Karen Currie, Bob Fowler, Ernie Diamond, and Guy Arsenault, all had two losses. Ray Biagé's team, who came up on the short end of an exciting battle with the Taylor rink the final week, were next with three losses.

Three teams, skipped by Barb Duncan-Biagé, Rupert Sweetapple, and Paul Neima, had only one win, and will be making their way down the ladder to the B pool for Round Two, which goes Dec. 3, 10, and 17, takes a two week break for Christmas and New Year's eves, resumes on Jan. 7, and wraps up on Jan. 14.

In the B pool, the Geoff Scutt squad, with President Sherren MacKinnon, Donald Weeks, and Deb DelValle, went undefeated to win the pool and a trip up the ladder to the A pool. They'll be joined in the A Pool by the Terry MacCormac and Gord Peters rinks,who finished the round with one loss each. For the record, MacCormac and Peters did not meet in the round, but Peters gets the nod for second place, as he had a higher total score in the round. Shirley Berry and Chris Hodgson each had a couple of losses, while the Joerg Soltermann and Robert Waite teams had three. Kelly Watts and Kathy Reeves each picked up a win, while Colleen Soltermann wasn't as fortunate!

So it's Neima, Duncan-Biagé and Sweetapple down, and Scutt, Peters and MacCormac up the ladder for round two.

We'll be fine-tuning the Round Two draw over the next few days, as a couple of teams got more than their fair share of late draws, and we want to make sure that this does not happen again, and particularly not to them! We'll let you know when it's ready.

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Butler and Birt both 1-1 after Day One of Sobeys Slam
Posted Thursday, November 27, 2008 by derekm

Cornwall’s Donna Butler rink,  and Charlottetown's Suzanne Birt foursome split their opening games Thursday at the Sobeys Slam in New Glasgow Nova Scotia, 

Butler, playing with Marie Molyneaux, Melissa Andrews, and Carolyn Coulson, doubled top-ranked Shannon Kleibrink of Calgary 6-3 in their opener, by stealing three points in the final end. Butler's evening game, against Calgary’s Crystal Webster, also ended in a 6-3 score, this time in favour of the opposition, who scored three of their points in the first end. Butler now plays Carrie Lindner of St. Catharines Ontario, Friday at noon. Islanders may know Lindner from the 2001 Canadian Junior Championships, where she lost to eventual winner Suzanne Gaudet in the semi-finals.

Meanwhile Gaudet, now Suzanne Birt, and her rink, which includes Shelly Bradley, Leslie MacDougall, and Stefanie Clark, lost her opening game, 5-3 to Amber Holland of Regina in the morning draw, but won a cliffhanger over Janet McGhee of Ontario 7-6 in the afternoon, after McGhee picked up four points in the seventh end to come back from a 4-2 deficit, and Birt responded with a triple in the final end to pull out the one-point victory. Birt now plays at 8:30 am Friday against Mary Anne Arsenault of Halifax.

In other Thursday action, eight teams are sporting 2-0 records, and have put themselves into excellent position to earn one of the quarter-final spots for Sunday morning. At 2-0 are: Heather Strong of Newfoundland/Labrador, Mary Anne Arsenault of Halifax, Alison Goring of Ontario, Stefanie Lawton of Sask., Crystal Webster of Calgary, Bingyu Wang of China, Cheryl Bernard of Calgary, and Sherry Middaugh of Ont.

In Draw 1, Heather Strong hit and rolled out in the eighth, blanking the end and sending it to an extra, but was then able to take advantage of the hammer to defeat Patti Lank 5-4. Lank’s fellow American rink, Aileen Sormunen also lost 8-2 in five ends to former World Champion Kelly Scott’s rink, being skipped this week by Colleen Jones.

Defending champion Sherry Middaugh assured herself a different path this year, with a convincing 9-2 victory over Sylvie Robichaud. In the 2007 Slam, Middaugh lost her first two before rattling off 7 straight must-win victories to claim the inaugural championship.

In draw 3, there was a battle of Nova Scotia teams, which saw Mary Anne Arsenault come out on top of a 6-3 decision with Jill Mouzar. An all Saskatchewan battle between Stephanie Lawton and Amber Holland ended 9-3 in favor of Lawton. And an all-Alberta match-up between Cathy King and Heather Rankin ended with Rankin scoring 2 in the eighth to win 7-5.

In draw 4, there was a very interesting match between Andrea Kelly and Bingyu Wang. After blanking the first three ends, Kelly was able to take 2 in the fourth, followed by Wang scoring 1 in the fifth and stealing 1 in the sixth. The seventh end saw multiple rocks sitting around the button, before Kelly was forced to take one. Wang scored a deuce in eight to get the victory.

Another all-Alberta matchup in the ‘B’ event saw Shannon Kleibrink and Renee Sonnenberg blank four of the first five ends before lots of rocks came into play in the sixth. Shannon Kleibrink took 2 in the sixth to take a 2-1 lead. Sonnenberg answered with a deuce of her own in seven to go up 3-2 coming home. A couple of unfortunate misses by the Kleibrink team set up a steal of 2 by Sonnenberg, to give her the 5-3 victory.

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Donna Butler answers questions at the Slam
Posted Thursday, November 27, 2008 by derekm

Going into the Sobeys Slam, Cornwall's Donna Butler sat down to answers some questions asked by event chair Jim Nix.

1.   So Donna, unlike many of the teams here, you had to earn your way into the Slam. What was that like and did you find yourself doing a bunch of “scoreboard watching”?

" We spent a little more time watching the other game and the results of other pool that we would normally not pay a lot of attention to other pools until time for crossovers. "

2.   Although most everyone in PEI and the Atlantic region is familiar with Donna Butler, many of our visitors may not be quite so familiar with your team. Tell us a little about how long the team has been together and how it came to be?

" Marie (3rd) and I have played together since 2001 except for one year while I was off having a baby. Carolyn (Lead) played with us for five of those years. Melissa joined Marie and me in 2006 and then in 2007 Carolyn can back to join us again. Last year we were very pleased with our results and really felt that we need to get a coach to join us. "

3.     I have heard that Kathie Gallant is coaching you. Obviously, she is well known in the curling community and has a great deal of experience at many levels. What has it meant to you team to have someone like her coaching you?

" Lucky for us Kathie and Peter decided it was time for Peter to coach their son Brett Gallant, and we asked Kathie to join us. She is really helping us and pushing us to the next level. The coach really takes a lot of pressure off me preparing for practice times. The coach always gets away with saying more to the team then players can say to each other. "

4.    There are not a lot of events in Atlantic Canada for teams, especially women to play in and even less where you can actually make enough to pay for the weekend away. What does the Team Butler schedule look like for 2008-09?

" We have played in Moncton, Charlottetown and now the Sobeys Slam. Had we not made the pool we would have played in the Summerside Men’s spiel. We would prefer Ladies spiels but if that does not work we will play in the men’s. We will be playing in only one more spiel before our Scotties play downs. We also curl two nights per week in the Charlottetown Super League and our home club competitive league. "

5.    You played in the Rodd Curling Classic last weekend where you ultimately qualified for the Sobeys Slam. With only four qualifiers, it was tough and although you did miss qualifying, you had a not too shabby 3-2 record that included wins over a couple of reigning provincial champs Suzanne Birt from PEI and Sylvie Robichaud of NB, along with knocking off fellow Slam qualifier Nancy McConnery. That has to leave you feeling pretty good about how your team is playing heading into the Sobeys and also about how the year is going?

" I struggled a little in a few of the games where we had some chances. I know the whole team learned a few things and we now have two week to practice and prepare for the Sobeys. "

6.    Most of the teams that will be attending the Sobeys will be flying in. Your choices are the ferry or the bridge. What will it be?

" We are going to pre book to catch the ferry. And we are hoping that it is not windy. "

7.   You are aware of the field that will be attending the Sobeys. Have you had the opportunity to play against this level of teams before and if not, how do you think your team will respond? Further to that, I know many of our local teams have not played in an arena. It is definitely different but I think quite exciting as well. Have your girls had the chance to play in an arena before and do you expect much difference from playing in a curling club?

" I have an opportunity to through a few rocks as a fifth player at the Scott but this will be new for the remainder of the team. We are really looking forward to the fast ice that always makes for more interesting games and great shots. I really think we are all going to really enjoy the experience. "

8.   Curling has changed a lot over the last number of years. What do you think has had the biggest impact on the game since you have been playing?

" Well I have been playing since I was in grade 7 at a time where you pushed as hard as you could just to make the other end. The fast Ice and free guard zone makes our game so great with such exciting shots. "

9.   As a World Curling Tour event and part of the Grand Slam series, the Sobeys Slam will be playing 8 ends. Are most of the spiels in the region going to 8 ends or have they remained at 10 and what are your thoughts and preferences?

" All our events so far this year have been 8 ends and to me this is great. I really think it is the perfect length I think it shortens the start and middle of the game. Making the game get going a litter quicker. "

10.   Your first game is against Shannon Kleibrink, the number 1 ranked team in the country right now – are you looking forward to playing Shannon?

" Yes, this is great. It puts the pressure on for game one and personally, I am a little nervous about it but once the game starts, I will settle in and just play. "

11.   Any final comments?

" Just that as a team, we are so pleased that the host committee has allowed for the opportunity to have two spots filled with Atlantic Canadian teams through a qualifying process. We would also like to thank all of the volunteers that have made this event happen for the Atlantic Canada region. "

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Teachers battle DVA to a draw in new Dream Team Challenge
Posted Thursday, November 27, 2008 by derekm
Today's matchup challenge by the DVA Group to the Bankers was altered when the latter group requested more time to prepare when they found out it was DVA. The Mariners who were supposed to fill in, were caught in heavy weather and couldn't make it (seasickness?). A Teachers group was quickly assembled and took up the challenge.
 
It was noted throughout the game that the Teachers may have waited to speak but it was clear they had done their homework. In the first end the Teachers' stone picked, causing it to roll out leaving DVA to steal one. In the second end, the multi-talented Teachers' skip drew for two. In the third end it was DVA's turn when their skip made an amazing draw for three. In the exciting fourth end, when the DVA's skip rock rolled out trying for a freeze, the Teachers' skip drew for four. A sweeping error was stated as being the cause of the roll out. DVA scored only one in the fifth end when another sweeping error caused their last stone to go through the house. Teachers scored two in the sixth with an awesome hit and stay on their last stone. Teachers now led 8 to 5. DVA only managed one point in the seventh when the skip's first stone went through the house caused by yet another sweeping error; however he made a tremendous draw to the button though a narrow port for his single. With DVA down two points in the last end, it looked as though the Teachers would walk away with the win. In the beginning of the eighth end, DVA made a beautiful tap up and a Teacher's rock took out one of their own, caused by a pick. In that final end, DVA's talented skip made an outstanding hit and roll behind cover, lying two, and the Teachers' skip last rock went too far, caused by, you guessed it, another sweeping error. DVA stole two in the last end for a tie game with both skips refusing to lose the game. A rematch will be requested.
 
The DVA Group was made up of Wayne Cunneyworth, Ray Biagé, Dick St. John and Gordon Harper.
The Teachers' Group included Danielle Girard, Vince Fisher, Nancy Fitzgerald and Kimball Blanchard.
There were still a few seats available for spectators, and great fun was had by all. Stay tuned for the next exciting challenge!
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Butler surprises Kleibrink, Birt splits openers at Sobeys Slam
Posted Thursday, November 27, 2008 by derekm

Cornwall's Donna Butler rink, which includes third Marie Molyneaux, second Melissa Andrews, and lead Carolyn Coulson, are off to a tremendous start at the Sobeys Slam in New Glasgow Nova Scotia,  doubling top-ranked Shannon Kleibrink of Calgary 6-3 in their opener, by stealing three points in the final end. Butler now plays Calgary's Crystal Webster at 7:30 pm.

Meanwhile, Charlottetown's Suzanne Birt rink, which includes Shelly Bradley, Leslie MacDougall, and Stefanie Clark, lost her opening game, 5-3 to Amber Holland of Regina in the morning draw, but won a cliffhanger over Janet McGhee of Ontario 7-6 in the afternoon, after McGhee picked up four points in the seventh end to come back from a 4-2 deficit, and Birt responded with a triple in the final end to pull out the one-point victory. Birt now plays at 8:30 am Friday against Mary Ann Arsenault of Halifax.

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New Dream Team challenge: DVAnts vs the Bankers
Posted Monday, November 24, 2008 by derekm

Attention Daytime Curlers:
We now have a new Dream Team challenge made by a retired DVA group made up of Gordon Harper, Wayne Cunneyworth, Dick St. John and Ray Biagé. They now challenge the Bankers who have earned first rights and in default, the Mariners stated they would be prepared to meet the challenge.

The game will take place Thursday morning Nov. 27 at 10 am. As usual, spectators will be admitted free on a first come first served basis, with friendly betting permitted for those over 18 years. Come and cheer for your favorites. Go DVA Go!

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For rent: great ice!
Posted Monday, November 24, 2008 by derekm

The Cornwall Curling Club has curling ice available for rent most Friday afternoons and evenings, Saturday (all day) and  Sunday afternoons during the month of December.

You can rent from one sheet through to all four, for your office Christmas party, for a grudge match with your friends or co-workers, or maybe for a family curling tournament.

We also have the lounge area available, with or without the bar, and we can arrange catering, or you can bring your own food (but not your own booze!) and use our kitchen facilities, or order in pizza or whatever you want.

Give Bev a call at 566-4427, or email manager@cornwallcurling.com for more details, or to reserve your ice.

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Sobeys Slam starts Thursday. Cornwall's Butler to play Kleibrink at noon
Posted Sunday, November 23, 2008 by derekm

The Sobeys Slam women's cashspiel gets underway Thursday and wraps up Sunday at the Bluenose Curling Club and the John Brother MacDonald Stadium in New Glasgow NS. Cornwall's Donna Butler rink, which includes Marie Molyneaux at third, Melissa Andrews at second, and Carolyn Coulson at lead, along with Charlottetown's Suzanne Birt rink, are PEI's entrants. Other entries in this star-studded event include Jennifer Jones, Shannon Kleibrink, Kelly Scott, Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Middaugh, Cheryl Bernard, Cathy King, Mary Anne Arsenault, two US teams, and the silver medallists in last year`s World championship, Team China (Bingyu Wang).

The Butler rink, who qualified as a result of their 3-2 finish at the Rodd Curling Classic in Charlottetown, will open against Shannon Kleibrink Thursday at noon.

Asked about the opportunity to play in the Slam and to face Kleibrink, Butler had this to say, “As a team, we are so pleased the host committee has allowed for two spots to be filled with Atlantic Canada teams through a qualifying process and we are very excited about the opportunity to play in the Sobeys Slam. It is such a great opportunity to play the best teams from across Canada. Playing Kleibrink in our first game does put pressure on us but it is great. I am a little nervous but once the game gets going, we’ll settle in and just play”.

A full schedule of events can be found at www.sobeysslam.ca.
Tickets can be purchased at the website, or at any Sobeys store in Atlantic Canada.

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Karen Currie rink to compete in Silver Fox Cashspiel
Posted Sunday, November 23, 2008 by derekm

Eighteen teams are set to compete in the annual Silver Fox Cashspiel, sponsored by Labatt, Superstore, Quality Inn and the Journal Pioneer, which gets underway Friday afternoon at the  Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside.  Defending champion and event organizer Rod MacDonald is in the event this year, playing on the Kevin Champion rink. Other contenders include Mike Gaudet, runner-up in the Moncton Hub City Shootout the previous weekend, three-time PEI Junior champ Brett Gallant, PEI Mixed champ Bill Hope, and former Labatt Tankard men's champions Ted MacFadyen and John Likely. Two women's rinks, skipped by Karen Currie of Cornwall, and Kim Dolan of Charlottetown, are among the entries.

Top prize is $2000, with $1600 for the runner-up, $1200 for third and fourth place, and $800 for fifth and sixth.

Opening draws are at 1, 2 and 3:30 pm Friday, with three games in each draw time. Quarter-finals go Sunday at 9 am, with the semis at noon, and the final at 3 pm.

Results will be available at PEICurling.com and the Silver Fox website.

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Marie Christianson and Chris MacRae rinks win Cornwall Junior Spiel
Posted Sunday, November 23, 2008 by derekm

A two-hour storm delay on Saturday caused scheduling problems for some of the teams at the annual Pizza Delight/Subway/Howard Johnson Dutch Inn Junior Cashspiel at the Cornwall Curling Club, causing the forfeiture of the junior women’s final and consolation final, which took place later on Sunday afternoon than originally scheduled. The reigning Nova Scotia junior champions, the Marie Christianson rink from Halifax, won the championship round by default over former New Brunswick champion Mary Jane McGuire of Fredericton, while Cornwall’s Sarah Fullerton rink took the consolation round, beating defending champion Erin Carmody, who curls out of Charlottetown, also by default.

In the junior men’s final, Chris MacRae defeated Halifax Mayflower clubmate Kendal Thompson 8-6, while PEI’s Sam Ramsay beat defending champion Brett Gallant of Charlottetown 8-6 in the consolation match.

In the junior women’s semi-finals, McGuire edged Carmody 5-4, and Christianson got by Sarah Fullerton by a 6-5 score. The junior men’s semis were also very close, with MacRae edging Gallant 7-6, and Thompson beating Ramsay 5-3.

Other members of the winning Marie Christianson team are Tania Hilliard, Jane Snyder, and Kaitlin Fralic, while Megan McGuire, Sarah Berthelot and Jocelyn Adams round out the runner-up McGuire rink.

Playing with consolation winner Sarah Fullerton were Michelle McQuaid, Whitney Young and Sara MacRae, while Geri-Lynn Ramsay, Darcy Birch and Jessica VanOuwerkerk round out the consolation runner-up Carmody foursome.

Travis Stone, Chris Baltzer, and Ben Mayhew complete the winning Chris MacRae rink, while runner-up Kendall Thompson’s teammates are Adam Berry, Mitch Cahill, Stuart Thomson and 5th Matt Dumaresque.

Completing the consolation-winning Sam Ramsay team are Justin Richard, Eric Pidgeon, and Corey Miller, while Adam Casey, Anson Carmody, and Jamie Danbrook are the other members of the Brett Gallant rink, runners-up in the consolation round.

Ten junior men’s teams and an equal number of junior women’s rinks took part in this annual event.

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Semifinals underway at Junior Cashspiel
Posted Sunday, November 23, 2008 by derekm

The semi-final round is underway at the annual Pizza Delight/Subway/Howard Johnston Dutch Inn Junior Cashspiel at the Cornwall Curling Club. Defending champions Erin Carmody and Brett Gallant have both advanced to the money round. Carmody is playing Mary Jane McGuire of New Brunswick, while Gallant faces Chris MacRae of Halifax. In the other semis, Sarah Fullerton from the host club plays Marie Christianson of Halifax, and Kevin Thompson of Halifax meets PEi's Sam Ramsay rink.

The finals in both the junior men's and junior women's sections go at 4 pm.

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Cornwall Cashspiel delays Saturday draws by 2 hrs. due to weather/roads
Posted Saturday, November 22, 2008 by derekm

The Saturday draw times for the annual Pizza Delight/Subway/Howard Johnson Dutch Inn junior cashspiel at the Cornwall Curling Club have been delayed two hours due to the weather and road conditions. First draw goes at 10 am.

Friday night junior women's winners were defending champion Erin Carmody, Sarah Fullerton of Cornwall, who won one and lost one, Anita Casey of Summerside, Nova Scotia Junior champ Marie Christianson, 2006 event winner Jaclyn Crandall of Fredericton, and former New Brunswick junior champion Mary Jane McGuire. Cornwall's Sarah Clow rink are at 0-2.

In the junior men's division, defending champ Brett Gallant of Charlottetown lost his opener, 8-1 to Kendal Thompson of Halifax. Travis Colter of CFB Halifax has a 1-1 win-loss record, while teams at 1-0 are Thompson, Chris MacRae and Mark Vezina of Halifax, Matthew Nabuurs of Montague and Paul Dexter of Antigonish.

The event wraps up on Sunday.

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Photo Album from Soirees and Shindiggs
Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 by derekm

Click to view an album of photos from the Soirees and Shindiggs women's bonspiel, which took place here Friday and Saturday (PDF, 400k).

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Carmody, Steele win Summerside Junior Cashspiel
Posted Sunday, November 16, 2008 by derekm

The Erin Carmody rink, who are originally from Summerside, and now curl out of Charlottetown, and the Colton Steele foursome from the Dartmouth Curling Club, won the $500 top prizes in the Maritime Junior Fall Cash Fling, which wrapped this afternoon at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. Other members of the Carmody rink are Geri-Lynn Ramsay, Jessica Van Ouwerkerk and Darcee Birch. Playing with Steele were Tony and Paul Weingartshofer, and Ben Creaser.

In the finals, Carmody beat the Brittani Jeans rink from the Gage Curling Club in Oromocto NB by a 6-4 score, while Steele recorded an 8-6 victory over Sam Ramsay, who is curling out of the Crapaud Community Curling Club. Other members of the Jeans rink are Leah Thompson, Samantha Robichaud, and Shelby Wilson, while Justin Richard, Eric Pidgeon, and Corey Miller round out the Ramsay squad. The Jeans and Ramsay rinks each go home with $250 for their second-place finishes.

In this morning’s junior women’s semi-finals, Jeans edged Mary Myketyn-Driscoll of the Dartmouth Curling Club 6-5 in one game, while Carmody beat defending champion Sarah Clow of Cornwall by an 8-5 score in the other.

In the junior men’s semis, Steele, trailing 9-6 after eight ends, recorded a deuce in the 9th, and stole the 10th end, and then the extra end to get by defending champion Steve Burgess of Fredericton NB by a 10-9 score. The Ramsay foursome scored a point in an extra end to edge out the Matthew Nabuurs team from Montague by a 7-6 score. 

Myketyn-Driscoll, Clow, Burgess, and Nabuurs each pocket $100 for making it to the semi-final round.

Round robin play wrapped up Saturday night. In the Junior women’s section, Jeans had a 5-0 win-loss record, and Carmody went 4-1 in one pool, while four teams finished at 3-2 in the other, with Clow and Myketyn-Driscoll advancing to the semi-final round. Emily Dwyer of Dartmouth and Lindsay Hughes of Charlottetown were the other teams at 3-2. In the junior men’s division, Steele went 5-0 while Nabuurs had a 4-1 record in one pool, while Ramsay also went 5-0, with Burgess finishing at 4-1 in the other.

24 teams, equally divided between junior men and women, took part in this annual cashspiel.

Many of the teams from this event will be participating in the Pizza Delight/Subway/Howard Johnston Junior Cashspiel, which gets underway Friday here at the Cornwall Curling Club, with 20 teams entered. Results will be available at CornwallCurling.com and PEICurling.com.

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Berry rink win Soirees and Shindiggs Women's Spiel A Division
Posted Sunday, November 16, 2008 by derekm

The Soirees and  Shindiggs Women's Bonspiel was held on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 14-15, with 14 teams from Cornwall and other clubs participating.
Fun was had by all, with lots of curling, and lots of food, capped off with a wonderful pot luck dinner Saturday evening.
Sherri Dixon-MacLeod and Lindsay Docherty, co-owners of Soirees and Shindiggs, were on hand for the banquet, and presented  the prizes afterwards.
They also donated a beautiful Christmas wreath, which was raffled off and won by Tanya MacKay.

Here are the divison winners:
Winner of A Division:  Shirley Berry, Linda Fairhurst, Evelyn Rogerson and Virginia MacDonald
Runner-Up of A:         Carol Sweetapple, Marie MacDonald, Danielle  Girard and Eileen Blanchard
Winner of B Division:   Diane MacKay, Sherren MacKinnon, Marilyn Diamond and Tanya MacKay
Runner-Up of B :          June Moyaert, Kathey Clarey, Janet Kemp and Joanie Livingstone
Winner of C Division:    Ruth Stavert, Mary Plamondon, Jean Anderson and Marg Stewart
Runner-Up of C:           Myrna Sanderson, Tracy MacDonald, Barb Duncan-Biage and  Cindy Ballem
Winner of D Division:    Faith LeClair, Jeanne Duffenais, Flo Birch and Michelle Weaver
Runner-Up of D:            Rebecca Rolfe, Jennifer Hanus, Marjorie Matthews and  Pat McCardle

For all your decorating needs, get in touch with Soirees and Shindiggs!

Website: www.soireesandshindiggs.com

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Defending champion Sarah Clow from Cornwall advances to semis at Silver Fox Jr. Cashspiel
Posted Sunday, November 16, 2008 by derekm

The semi-finals get underway at 9 this morning in the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club's annual Maritime Junior Fall Cash Fling. Defending champions Steve Burgess of Fredericton NB and Sarah Clow of Cornwall have both advanced to the money round. The Clow rink includes Brielle Quilty at third, Courtney Moore at second, and Christina Hennessey in the lead position, and is coached by Angela Hodgson and Nancy Yeo,.

In the junior women's division, Brittani Jeans of the Gage Curling Club in Oromocto plays Mary Myketyn-Driscoll of the Dartmouth Curling Club in one game, while Summerside's Erin Carmody, playing out of the Charlottetown Curling Club, takes on Cornwall's Clow rink in the other semi.

In the junior men's section, Colton Steele of the Dartmouth club meets Fredericton's Burgess, while the Sam Ramsay foursome, playing out of the Crapaud Community Curling Club, will face the Matthew Nabuurs team from Montague.

Round robin play wrapped up Saturday night. In the Junior women's section, Jeans had a 5-0 win-loss record, and Carmody went 4-1 in one pool, while four teams finished at 3-2 in the other, with Clow and Myketyn-Driscoll advancing to the semi-final round. Emily Dwyer of Dartmouth and Lindsay Hughes of Charlottetown were the other teams at 3-2. In the junior men's division, Steele went 5-0 while Nabuurs had a 4-1 record in one pool, while Ramsay also went 5-0, with Burgess finishing at 4-1 in the other.

Finals go at 1 this afternoon, with the winning teams receiving $500, the second place rinks pocketing $250, and the other semi-finalists going home with $100. 24 teams, equally divided between junior men and women, took part in this annual event.

Many of the teams from this event will also be participating in the Pizza Delight/Subway/Howard Johnston Junior Cashspiel, which gets underway Friday at the Cornwall Curling Club, with 20 teams entered.

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Bankers edge out Mariners in inaugural Dream Team competition
Posted Thursday, November 13, 2008 by derekm

The exciting competition which took place on Thursday morning on sheet 2 got off to a bad start for the Mariners when two of their crew couldn't find their brushes. They quickly made up for it in the first end by scoring three. The Bankers pirated the next three ends to even the score but the Mariners came back with two in the fifth. Mariners spilled a couple of rocks overboard and the Bankers took advantage by scoring three in the sixth. In the seventh, the Mariners tried to spill the rocks overboard again for a clean deck but were forced to take one. All tied up for a dramatic ending, the Mariners had a rock well-hidden behind cover for a steal but the Bankers' skip made a routine double raise wick to edge out the Mariners.

Spectators were given a good show for their money and good fun was had by all.
 
The Mariners team was made up of Winston Taylor, Don Graham, Roy Coffin and John De Luca. The Bankers team included Carol Sweetapple, Greg Groves, Shirley Berry who reinforced the Bankers by sparing for Jim Farquharson, and Roddie MacLean.
 
Who will now challenge the Bankers? Will it be a group from DVA, or the Oddballs who will form a new group. The Leftovers haven't spoken nor have the silent Teachers group. And now we hear there may be a group from the Airforce.

Stay tuned!

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SOIREES AND SHINDIGGS LADIES BONSPIEL Opening Draw
Posted Thursday, November 13, 2008 by derekm

Opening Draw Friday Nov. 14th
5.30 P.M.

Ice 1
Kathy  Reeves vs. Debbie Rhodenizer
Ice 2
Karen Wood  vs. Jackie Olafson
Ice 3
Arleen Harris vs. Diane MacKay
Ice 4
Carol Sweetapple vs. Valerie Acorn

7.00 P.M.
Ice 1
Leita Chisholm vs. Ruth Stavert
Ice 2
Faith LeClair vs. Shirley Berry
Ice 3
Myrna Sanderson vs. June Moyaert

Losers of 5.30 p.m.  draw play at 8:45 p.m.
Losers of 7.00 p.m. draw Ice 1 and Ice 2 play at 8:45 p.m.

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Cornwall's Butler rink to play in Sobeys Slam
Posted Wednesday, November 12, 2008 by derekm

The teams have been finalized for the Sobeys Slam women's cashspiel, Nov. 27-30 in New Glasgow, NS, and Cornwall's Donna Butler rink, which includes Marie Molyneaux at 3rd, Melissa Andrews at second, and Carolyn Coulson at lead, have grabbed the final spot in this star-studded event.

Along with defending Canadian and World Champion Jennifer Jones, and World Championship finalist Bingyu Wang, will be defending Sobeys Slam Champion Sherry Middaugh, and Nova Scotia curling icon Colleen Jones, who will be skipping the 2007 World Champion rink of Kelly Scott.

Other names synonymous with curling on the world's stage who will be in New Glasgow include Patti Lank, 1999 World Silver Medalist from New York, 2001 World Junior Champion Suzanne Birt (Gaudet) from PEI, World 2005 Junior Bronze Medalist Andrea Kelly from New Brunswick, 2004 World Junior Silver Medalist Jill Mouzar from Nova Scotia, and 2001 World Champion Mary-Anne Arsenault.

For more information on this event or to buy tickets online or by phone, visit: www.sobeysslam,ca. New Glasgow is only a few miles from the Caribou ferry, so why not zip over for a day or the weekend? You can get a day pass for just $25 plus tax. Kids 10 and under are free.

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Entry Deadline Approaches for Provincial Senior Mixed
Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 by derekm

The deadline for entries into the 2008-09 Senior Mixed (age 50 and over) Provincial Curling Championships is Thursday, November 20th. Please send all entries to the PEICA, Box 302, Ch’town C1A 7K7, or fill out the online form at www.peicurling.com. Cost per team is $120 and the event will be held at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton from December 11-14th.

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Lest we forget - Club closed until 6 pm on Remembrance Day
Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 by derekm
Due to Remembrance Day Tuesday, Nov 11th, daytime and junior curling are cancelled. The evening draws will go as scheduled at 6:30pm and 8:30pm. The club will open at 6:00pm.
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Currie steals win over Berry in all-female Kenmac final
Posted Sunday, November 9, 2008 by derekm

The championship game between the top two teams at the 2008 Kenmac Energy opening bonspiel was an exciting one, with the Karen Currie and Shirley Berry rinks tied going into the final end, where the Currie foursome, which includes Val Acorn, Cyndie Cunneyworth and Tracy MacDonald, had one rock in the house, well guarded by six rocks. With the final shot, Berry managed to get through the rock wall, but, after rubbing one of the guards on the way through, her stone ran out of steam and fell short of the rings, giving the victory to Currie. Other members of the runner-up rink are Arleen Harris, Danielle Girard, and Carol Sweetapple.

 

Photo: Tracy MacDonald, Valerie Acorn, Karen Currie, Gordon Matthews. Missing: Cyndie Cunneyworth

Photo: Shirley Berry, Arleen Harris, Danielle Girard, Gordon  Matthews. Missing: Carol Sweetapple 

 

 

On ice two, the Bob Fowler rink, still reeling from a crushing defeat by the Karen Currie team on Friday night, recovered long enough to pull out a win against the Angus Kennedy foursome. Playing with Bob were Alan Acorn, Carl Currie, and Dick MacKinnon, while Myrna Sanderson, Bob MacWilliams, and Marjorie Matthews rounded out the Kennedy squad.

Photo: Alan Acorn, Carl Currie, Dick MacKinnon, Bob Fowler, Gordon Matthews

 

Photo: Bob MacWilliams, Myrna Sanderson, Gordon Matthews, Marjorie Matthews, Angus Kennedy

 

Meanwhile, the excitement was building on ice three in the battle for fifth place. The game was in an extra end between John DeLuca and Jack Fairhurst, when, facing a pile of Fairhurst stones,  DeLuca attempted a difficult double angle raise. After furious sweeping, the promoted rock came to rest touching the four foot, and it was impossible to determine whether or not it was shot stone. Fairhurst was unable to get another rock in, and a measure was called for. The DeLuca rock won the measure, relegating Fairhurst to 6th place. Playing with DeLuca were Ray Biagé, Rebecca Rolfe, and Derek MacEwen, with Nancy Yeo substituting for MacEwen in games two and three, and Geoff Scutt filling in for Biagé in the opener. The Fairhurst foursome included Linda and Dean Fairhurst, along with Crapaud's Evelyn Rogerson.

Photo: Derek MacEwen, Rebecca Rolfe, John DeLuca, Ray Biagé, Gordon Matthews. Missing: players from earlier games Geoff Scutt and Nancy Yeo

Photo: Evelyn Rogerson, Dean Fairhurst, Linda Fairhurst, Jack Fairhurst, Gordon Matthews

 

The battle for seventh and eighth spot was between the rink of Rob Young, Lorianne and Angus Davies, and Sherri Boutelier, and the team of Barb Duncan-Biagé, Debby and Bill Sigsworth, and Gordon Canfield, with the Young rink coming out on top.

 

Photo: Lorianne Davies, Sherri Boutilier, Rob Young, Angus Davies, Gordon Matthews

Photo: Bill Sigsworth, Debby Sigsworth, Barb Duncan-Biagé, Gordon Matthews. Missing: Gordon Canfield

 

Gordon Matthews from longtime event sponsor Kenmac Energy, PEI's Petro Canada distributor, was in attendance to hand out gift certificates from Petro Canada, and from Mark's Work Wearhouse to all the winners (which included everyone!). Thanks to Gordon and to Kenmac for their continuing (and very generous) sponsorship, and don't let today's temperature fool you - it will get colder VERY SOON, so be sure to give them a call for your heating needs. 

www.kenmacenergy.com 

 

Besides the curling, partipants enjoyed mussels and fresh baked baguettes, and hands of poker on Friday night, with card sharks buying donated prizes from an auction with their winnings. Saturday's lunch included burgers and pasta salad, with the supper table including homemade lasagne and caesar salad, with Nanaimo bars and other squares for dessert.

Photo: Angus deals another hand as everyone puts on their best poker face  

 

Thanks to organizers Barb and Ray and everyone else who helped out, to Gordon and Kenmac Energy, to Lance and the ice crew, the bar staff, and everyone else involved in the event. See you next year!

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Sobeys Slam Draw Passes
Posted Friday, November 7, 2008 by derekm

The Cornwall Curling Club has received 5 draw passes to the women's World Curling Tour Grand Slam, held from Nov 27-Nov 30, 2008 at the John Brother MacDonald Stadium and the Bluenose Curling Club in New Glasgow, NS. These passes are courtesy of Sobeys and the NS Curling Assn.  If any Cornwall club members are attending and would like to have one of these passes please contact Bev at the office.

For more info on the Slam, visit sobeysslam.ca.

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Mariners to play Bankers in Dream Team challenge
Posted Friday, November 7, 2008 by derekm
You have all, no doubt, seen the curling challenge made by the Marine Dream Team to any other group. The challenge has now been met by the Bankers Dream Team. This match will now take place next Thursday morning (Nov. 13) at 10.00 am on Ice 2. Spectators will be allowed free entry and friendly betting will be permitted but you must be over 18 years. There are rumours of other groups taking up the challenge but the Teachers remain silent. The Marine Dream Team is made up of Lester Callbeck, Roy Coffin, Don Graham, Winston Taylor and John De Luca. The Bankers  dream Team is made up of Jim Farquharson, Carol Sweetapple, Greg Groves and Roddy MacLean.
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Soirees and Shindiggs Ladies Spiel goes Nov. 14-15
Posted Thursday, November 6, 2008 by derekm

Attention women curlers!

Be sure to attend Cornwall's annual women's spiel, sponsored by Cornwall's Soirees and Shindiggs.

This event goes Friday November 14, and Saturday the 15th, and is open to female curlers from all clubs. Contact the Cornwall Curling Club at 566-4427 or email manager@cornwallcurling.com to signup. Entry fee is $120 per team.

Visit www.soireesandshindiggs.com for more information on the Soirees and Shindiggs company, with event floral designers and decorating professionals Linday and Sherri.

 

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Events update
Posted Thursday, November 6, 2008 by derekm
The Soirees and Shindiggs Ladies Spiel takes place Nov 14 and 15. A few teams are still needed. The signup sheet is up at the Club.
The Lorne MacPhail Memorial Spiel for Seniors will go Dec 2nd and 3rd.
The CK Carpet spiel will be on the 23 and 24 of January.
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Kenmac Opening Spiel going this weekend
Posted Monday, November 3, 2008 by derekm

The Kenmac Energy Opening Spiel, sponsored by PEI's Petro-Canada distributor, will now take place this Friday and Saturday Nov. 7-8. The event is now team entry, with entry fee of $120 a team. Signup at the Club. If you don't have a team, signup on the "Free Agents" list, and a team will be found for you. Deadline to signup is Nov. 5th

 

www.kenmacenergy.com/

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Eight-ender scored!
Posted Wednesday, October 29, 2008 by derekm

An eight-ender was scored in the 6:30 pm Monday draw at the Cornwall Curling Club.  After 5 ends the score was tied 5-5,  but in the sixth end Peter Buchanan drew to the house with his last rock to complete an eight-ender.

Pictured left to right are Peter Buchanan (skip), Neil Smith (lead), Gordon Canfield (second), and Paul Horne (third).

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Ladder League pools set
Posted Thursday, October 23, 2008 by derekm

Following an intense Qualifier Night competition, here are the pools for the first round of the Murphy's Cornwall Pharmacy Wednesday Night Ladder League (Teams in no particular order). I will do up the draw when time permits. We are planning four five-game rounds this year, with three teams going up or down the ladder from each pool, so there will be lots of movement.

Pool A:

A1. Jeff Taylor, Alex Sutherland, Sean Young, Alex Jenkins
A2. Paul Neima, Hélène LaPalme, Gerry Curley, Eileen Leahey
A3. Barb Duncan-Biagé, Debby Sigsworth, Karen Montgomery, Vicki Cotton
A4. Ray Biagé, Rebecca Rolfe, Derek MacEwen, Neil Smith
A5. Karen Currie, Valerie Acorn, Mark Perry, Leonard Gotell
A6. Bob Fowler, Tracy MacDonald, Gary Crosby, Lynda Turnbull
A7. Guy Arsenault, Heather Arsenault, Shawn Meyers, Haley Meyers
A8. Rupert Sweetapple, Carol Sweetapple, Dick MacDonald, Marie MacDonald
A9. Jim Farquharson, Roy Coffin, Bob MacWilliams, John Berry
A10. Ernie Diamond, Marilyn Diamond, Shirley Lank, Gordie Lank

Pool B

B1. Gordon Peters, Hank Kamphuis, Vernon Chowan, Pat MacInnis
B2. Colleen Soltermann, Mary Beth MacLean, Sandra Williamson, Katherine Morrow
B3. Joerg Soltermann, Terry MacLeod, Steve McLaughlin, Hans Wicki
B4. Tammy Fahie, Kathy Reeves, Nancy MacKinnon, Heather Pierce
B5. Terry MacCormac, Ricky Milton, Nancy Milton, Cindy MacCormac
B6. Kelly Watts, TBA, Cathy Handren, Cindy Nicholson
B7. Chris Hodgson, Mitch Freeman, Joe MacKinnon, Lane Pineau
B8. Geoff Scutt, Sherren MacKinnon, Donald Weeks, Deb DelValle
B9. Shirley Berry, Arleen Harris, Linda Fairhurst, Derek Gallant
B10 Robert Waite, Kathy Toole, Sharon Waite, Chester Remley

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Pizza Delight/Subway/Howard Johnson Junior Cashspiel full
Posted Friday, October 10, 2008 by derekm

The organizers of the annual Pizza Delight/Subway/Howard Johnson Dutch Inn Junior Men's and Women's Curling Cashspiel are pleased to announce that they have filled the event, and are now taking waiting list entries only. This annual event takes place November 21-23 2008 at the Cornwall Curling Club. Defending champions are Erin Carmody and Brett Gallant of PEI. Entry fee is $150 per team. Mail entry and fee to BRENDA MACMILLAN, P.O. BOX 191, CORNWALL, P.E.I.  COA 1H0. Please make cheques payable to either Brenda MacMillan or Neil MacDonald.

For more info phone (902) 566-2620 or email brenda.macmillan@vac-acc.gc.ca.

Click for: poster, entry form

Visit the event website for more info and results

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Club Bonspiels and Events Schedule
Posted Friday, October 10, 2008 by derekm

Here is the tentative 2008-2009 bonspiels and events schedule for the Club. Check the Spiels/Events section of the website for changes and additions as the season progresses. Note that Cornwall is hosting two provincial championships this season, the PEI Credit Unions Seniors (50 & Over) in January, and the Stick Curling Championship in March.

October

Oct 8* Returning Members registration Night, 7-9 pm
Oct.12* Golf and Curling Transition Spiel Cancelled
Oct. 13* Seniors curling begins
Oct. 13-14* Junior Registration, 7-9 pm
Oct. 13-15** Free Curling School and Adult Registration, 7-9 pm
Oct. 16* Regular evening curling draws begin
Oct. 24-25 * Kenmac Energy Opening Bonspiel

November

Nov. 7-8 ** Ken MacDonald Memorial Funspiel
Nov. 14-15** Soirées and Shindiggs women's Fun Spiel
Nov 21-23** Pizza Delight/Subway/Howard Johnson Junior Men's and Women's Cash Spiel
Nov. 28** Senior Men's Cashspiel (evening)
Nov. 29** Senior Men's Cashspiel (daytime)

December

Dec. 6 *** (evening) Private Booking
TBA ** Lorne MacPhail Memorial Seniors Spiel
Dec. 24-26 Closed for Holidays
Dec. 27 Ice maintenance
Dec. 31 Closed for New Year's eve

January

Jan. 1 Closed for New Year's Day
Jan. 9 **Senior Men's Tour at 5:45 and 8:30 pm
Jan. 10 **Senior Men's Tour at 9:30 am and 12:30 pm
Jan. 15-19 ** Provincial Seniors Curling Ch'ship
Jan. 31 *** Media Spiel (Daytime)

TBA *CK Carpet club spiel

February

Feb. 5 *** Roadbuilders private Spiel (daytime)
Feb. 6-8** Rodd/Greco Fun Mixed Spiel
Feb. 16-18 Provincial Stick Curling Championship

March

Mar. 22 ** (8-4) Canada Games curling

April

Apr. 2-4 * Countryview Golf Closing Spiel 

May

TBA * Annual General Meeting, Dinner, Awards Night

June

TBA * Club Golf Tournament at Countryview

* Members events
** Open to curlers from other clubs
*** Private events
TBA= to be announced

2008-2009 Provincial Championships, Spiels outside our club

Please visit PEICurling.com for this information (Provincial Ch'ships are on the main page, while Funspiels, Cashspiels, etc. are on the Events page).

Ann Doucette is new Club Youth Instructor
Posted Wednesday, October 8, 2008 by derekm
The Board of Directors of the Cornwall Curling Club is very pleased to announce that Ann Doucette has kindly accepted the position of Youth Instructor for the upcoming year.  Ann brings a wealth of coaching knowledge to this position and we are confident that, with her instructional skills and Deb DelValle's administrative skills, the Youth Program is in capable hands.  We look forward to a successful year of Youth Curling.
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The ice is nice
Posted Wednesday, October 8, 2008 by derekm

While returning members were busy signing up for the new season on the warm side of the glass, head icemaker Lance Lowther, along with Roy Coffin, were busy putting the finishing touches to the ice surface on the other. Everything is in fine shape for curling to get underway this weekend. See you on the ice!

Photo: Lance and Roy putting final floods on the ice

Reminder: Returning Members Registration is tonight
Posted Wednesday, October 8, 2008 by derekm

This is a reminder that returning members registration night is Wednesday, Oct. 8th from 7-9 pm for adult curlers, and junior curlers who curl in the evening leagues. Returning members to the same draw receive priority on that draw if they register that night.
Other juniors (20 and under) register October 13 and 14 from 7-9 pm, while new adult members can register October 13, 14, and 15 during our Free Adult Curling School from 7-9 pm.

Half of your Adult registration fee is due when you sign up, with the rest due Dec. 15. Junior memberships are due in full at signup. Visa, Mastercard, Debit cards, cheques, and cash are accepted. Rates are unchanged from last year, with a one night adult registration just $180 plus GST.

Club member releases seventh sketch book
Posted Saturday, October 4, 2008 by derekm

Note: Sterling Stratton is a Cornwall Curling Club member, and half of PEI's two-time Stick Curling championship team.

(from today's Guardian)

Learning from P.E.I.'s historic buildings

If Buildings Could Talk . . . What Would They Say? Book One - Eastern P.E.I. is a new book by Island sketch artist Sterling Stratton 
 
By Dave Stewart,

Charlottetown pen and ink sketch artist Sterling Stratton has published a book for adults and students who may be somewhat reluctant to spend time reading about Island history.

Armed with his usual passion for history and the province, he created 24 stories about specific places of historic interest.

He has just published his seventh book of sketches - If Buildings Could Talk . . . What Would They Say? Book One - Eastern P.E.I. It is similar to Readers' Digest in that the articles are quite brief and independent from one another.

It is, perhaps, the most detailed book of illustrations he has produced.

Stratton says the educational goal of the book is to provide readers with the opportunity to gain and retain an understanding of Island history by exploring historic sites. And, he does so in a series of stories that don't involve sitting down for hours on end.

It was written for adults and students who are somewhat reluctant to spend time reading about Island history. For people not up on reading at all, there are breakout boxes with small anecdotes and, of course, sketches of everything he talks about.

And, Stratton has includes excerpts from newspapers with each story, showing what was making the news at the time these historic places on P.E.I. were built.

"Some students have difficulty grasping historical concepts and making a connection with past events. This program involves strategies to counter that tendency," Stratton says.

Rather than basing the study of history on a chronological order of events, a survey of thematic units or the accomplishments of selected personalities, If Buildings Could Talk provides learning activities relating to standing historic buildings in the province.

The book has already been embraced by the Department of Education. It's in every school library. Holland College's adult education program has two class sets.

The author certainly knows a thing or two about curriculum. Stratton retired from the educational system in 1993, having held positions as teacher, principal, guidance counsellor, curriculum consultant and superintendent.

There are quite a few interesting facts revealed in his book. Take the story around the McNichol-Best house, built in 1919 in Cardigan. It was home, at one time, to Dr. Charles Best, one half of the Banting and Best team that discovered insulin.

Stratton can be reached by e-mail at sterlingstratton@eastlink.ca or 566-4382.

Lease details released
Posted Friday, October 3, 2008 by derekm

A new lease agreement with the Town of Cornwall was drawn up after the annual meeting in May/08, and approved at the July 16/08 town council meeting. Past president Norman Boswall and the advisory committee formed to negotiate the agreement would like to thank the Town for quickly coming to a fair agreement which is supportive of maintaining the Curling Club within the community.

Club members can visit the Members section of the website for lease details.

Typo in mailout to current members
Posted Thursday, October 2, 2008 by derekm

There is a typo in the mailout to current members. Please note that our $180 adult rate gives you either one evening draw, or two daytime draws.

While we are at it, you might want to know that our low $180 rate lets you spare in any draw, enter Provincial Championships (upon payment of applicable entry fees), and book practice time, with the same priority as "full" members. Note that other clubs may not extend all the same privileges to their one or two draw members.

Learn to Curl for Free!
Posted Wednesday, October 1, 2008 by derekm

The Cornwall Curling Club's annual FREE no obligation adult curling school takes place on Oct. 13, 14, and 15 from 7-9 pm (adults only - juniors receive training as part of their program), with registration at 6:45 each evening. Come all three nights, or any one or two, as we will have a class each night that starts from the very beginning, and classes for those with some experience, or who have attended previous nights.

Wear loose or stretchy pants, a light jacket or sweater, and bring clean sneakers (slider and curling brush will be provided).

The full course takes three nights, and includes: learning to slide, learning to throw, the rules of curling, etc. On-ice, classroom and video instruction. This instruction is absolutely free. There is no obligation to join the Club, and no previous experience is required.

If you've ever thought about trying curling, now is your chance!

Evening draws start Oct. 16th
Posted Wednesday, October 1, 2008 by derekm
Evening curling action gets underway Thursday Oct. 16. Note that the 8:30 pm Monday draw has been changed to a single-entry mixed draw this year. As well, some sheets from that draw may be used as overflow for the Tuesday Competitive League (to eliminate byes) should the competitors agree (call Cindy Nicholson at 621-0232 before Oct. 8th if you have concerns) and the need exists.
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Registration nights
Posted Wednesday, October 1, 2008 by derekm

Returning members registration night is Wednesday, Oct. 8th from 7-9 pm for adult curlers, and junior curlers who curl in the evening leagues. Returning members to the same draw receive priority on that draw if they register that night.
Other juniors (20 and under) register October 13 and 14 from 7-9 pm, while new adult members can register October 13, 14, and 15 during our Free Adult Curling School from 7-9 pm.

Half of your Adult registration fee is due when you sign up, with the rest due Dec. 15. Junior memberships are due in full at signup. Visa, Mastercard, Debit cards, cheques, and cash are accepted. Rates are unchanged from last year, with a one night adult registration just $180 plus GST.

Daytime curling starts Oct. 13
Posted Wednesday, October 1, 2008 by derekm

Daytime "drop-in" curling gets underway on Thanksgiving day, Monday October 13, and runs Monday to Friday from 10 till noon. Draws are mixed, and teams are made up as players arrive. Walk-ons are accepted (pay the daily fee when you arrive). An afternoon competitive league, with team play, is also planned. Contact the Club for more info on daytime curling.

Golf and Curl the same day at our Transition Spiel
Posted Wednesday, October 1, 2008 by derekm
Returning, new, and prospective members are welcome to attend our annual Golf and Curling Transition Spiel, Sunday October 12th at Countryview Golf Course and the Cornwall Curling Club. Start your day on the links, and finish on the rink! Sign up at registration night, or call the Club. Watch for further details as they are made available.
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2008-2009 Club Executive/Committee Chairs
Posted Friday, September 19, 2008 by derekm

Here are the Executive and Committee Chairs for the upcoming season. Feel free to contact them should you wish more information about our Club and their responsibilities.

Executive:

President - Sherren MacKinnon
Past President - Norman Boswall
Vice President- John Deluca
Secretary - Cyndi Russell
Treasurer - Chris Montigny

Committee Chairs:
Membership - Cindy Nicholson
Publicity - Hank Kamphuis
Facility - John Deluca
Bonspiels & Social Events - Ray Biagé
Fund Raising - Carol Sweetapple
Seniors - Ray Biagé

Welcome to the 2008-2009 Curling Season!
Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008 by derekm

With the new curling season fast approaching, the Cornwall Curling Club Board of Directors has met recently, and wants to remind all returning members that registration for the upcoming season will be held at the Club on Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 from 7-9pm. The good news is that the rates have not changed from last year. Registration for Junior curlers (20 and under) will be held on Oct. 13th and 14th, also from 7-9 pm. As well, this is a quick reminder that there will a FREE no obligation adult curling school (juniors receive training as part of their program) on Oct. 13, 14 and 15 from 7-9 pm, with registration for this event at 6:45 each evening. Come all three nights, or any one or two, as there will be new classes starting up each night, as well as continuing classes.

If you know any family, friends or co-workers that might be interested in giving curling a try, be sure to tell them about our free curling school!

Putting contest decides 2008 Countryview Golf Tourney
Posted Saturday, June 14, 2008 by derekm

It was a cool, windy and drizzly day, but the real rain stayed away for the 2008 Cornwall Curling Club golf tournament at beautiful Countryview Golf Course. There were a few no-shows due to the weather, so organizer Bob Fowler divided the event into two divisions - one for three member teams, and one for four-person teams.

While the final teams were on the course, the teams from the earlier rounds discussed their play back at the clubhouse.

Photo: Warm and dry

Outside, Karen Currie (missing from photo while she went to the kitchen for more burgers), Ray Biagé, and Valerie Acorn cooked up a delicious burger, hot dog, salad and brownies meal to feed the hungry multitudes.

Photo: Ray and Valerie on the Q

On the course, the last two teams were wrapping up:

Photo: Looking good!

Photo: Job done!

Photo: No birdie for Bob!

Photo: Good game!

Oh no! Looks like we've got a tie between the four-member Kentucky Fried Chickens, and a three-member team, anchored by course-owner Carl Currie.

Bob decides to engage the two teams in a putting contest. A four-hole course is mapped out on the practice green, and the two teams play off for the coveted trophy.

Rick and Tracy from the Chickens think they have it aced, as they line up Tracy's shot:

Photo: Rick and Tracy looking for an ace

Photo: Carl looks on as Tracy just misses the mark

Head Chicken Angus Davies also misses a close one to give the lead to the other team:

Photo:  No cigar!

When it was all over, the hardware went to the three-person team of Marie MacDonald, Carl Currie, and Rupert Sweetapple.

Photo L-R: Organizer Bob Fowler, Marie MacDonald, Carl Currie, Rupert Sweetapple

The Kentucky Fried Chickens had to settle for second:

Photo L-R: Jean Anderson, Angus Davies, Tracy MacDonald, Rick Doiron

The prize for the team with the "most dedication" went to Chick Morrison, Greg St. John, and Daphne Crosby. Longest drive went to Gary Crosby (men) and Karen Currie (women) . Valerie Acorn took the honours for "closest to the line" (new event this year) on hole number one. Closest to the pin for the men was Donald Weeks, while no-one was able to hit the green to take the honours for the women.

Following the distribution of the main prizes, a large number of door prizes were drawn for.

Thanks to the many organizers, including Bob Fowler, Carl and Karen Currie from Countryview, Allan and Valerie Acorn, Ray Biagé and Barb Duncan-Biagé, and Rick Doiron for another successful Golf Tournament!

Have a good summer everyone, and we'll see everyone back at both Countryview Golf Course and the Cornwall Curling Club for the Golf and Curling Transition Spiel in mid-October!

Tee times for June 14 Golf Tourney (Final)
Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 by derekm
This is a reminder that the the Cornwall Curling Club's annual golf tournament takes place this Saturday, June 14th at Countryview Golf Course, Route 19 in Fairview.

This is  a 4 person scramble (will be modified if there are only 3 players on a team).  As well there will be prizes for closest to the line, closest to pins, long drives and door prizes.  A barbecue will follow after.  Registration is just $27.00, and includes golf, range balls, the meal winner's circle.

2nd Annual ADL Awards go Thursday June 12th
Posted Thursday, June 5, 2008 by derekm

The PEI Curling Association, in cooperation with Amalgamated Dairies Limited, will be holding its 2^nd annual awards night on Thursday, June 12^th at the Charlottetown Curling Club. The PEICA hope to make this one even better than last year. “We had a great turnout last spring and with the amount of nominations we received, it shuld be no diferent this year” says PEICA Executive Director Greg Lucas. “It is always great to showcase our best and brightest at the end of the season.” 

2007-08 PEICA President David Murphy agrees. “We have so many great curlers on PEI that is not very easy to pick one winner, however, we try to recognize who we feel is deserving  and spread the wealth across the province as best we can”. The committee selects three finalists from the nominations sent in and then selects the winner, to be announced on the 12^th. The nominations are as follows:

Junior Male – Tim Cullen, Spencer Pitre, Sam Ramsay

Junior Female – Sarah Fullerton, Michelle McQuaid, Sara MacRae

Adult Male – Ted MacFadyen, Bill Hope, Bob MacWilliams

Adult Female – Stefanie Clark, Sandy Hope, Barb Currie

Coach – Robbie Doherty, Al Ledgerwood, Roger Gavin

Official – Gloria Wood, Marilyn Sutherland, Helen Robbins

Volunteer – Ron Matters, Barry Pineau, Audrey Callaghan

Team – Sam Ramsay Rink, Bob MacWilliams Rink, Sarah Fullerton Rink

Honourary Lifetime Membership awards will be presented to Kaye MacFadyen, Brenda MacMillan and Barbara Currie.   

A reception at 6:30 pm will be followed by the Awards at 7:00pm. All are welcome. For more information, please contact Greg Lucas at 368-4986.

Golf Tourney only three weeks away - sign up today!
Posted Saturday, May 24, 2008 by derekm

This is a reminder that June 14 is the date for our annual Club golf tournament at Countryview Golf Course, route 19 in Fairview. Total price, including green fees, a barbecue, and the winners circle, with great prizes for lowest score, longest drive, closest to the pin, most "determined" team, etc., along with lots of door prizes, is only $27. This is a nine hole best ball event, which means that you don't have to have much (any) experience in order to participate. If you are less experienced, you will be put on a team with more experienced players. To signup, or for more info, give Bob Fowler a call at 675-4333.

Passing of former Club member Dave Darlington
Posted Friday, May 23, 2008 by derekm

The death occurred very peacefully on May 19th of Dave Darlington in his 66th year at his home in Halifax, N.S., surrounded by his loving family. Formerly from PEI and UK. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife Chris, son Paul(Lori), B.C., daughters Michelle (Dave Moore), N.S. and Tracy (Barry Furlotte), N.S. He will be greatly missed by his grandchildren Tonya, Siobhan, Cameron, Gabrielle, Alex, Brandon and Kristian. He is also survived by his brothers Paul and Neil and his sisters Gill and Barbara in UK. Resting at the Belvedere Funeral Home in Charlottetown, PEI. Visiting hours will be 2-4 & 7-9 on Monday, May 26th. There will be a private interment on Tuesday, May 27th at Argyle Shore Cemetery for family members. If so desired donations in Dave’s memory may be made to the Childrens’ Wish Foundation.

(www.belvederefh.com)

AGM Minutes highlight another successful season
Posted Sunday, May 11, 2008 by derekm

Approved minutes from last year's Annual General Meeting, and draft minutes for this year's meeting, held on Friday night, are now available in the Members section of CornwallCurling.com.

If you are a Club member and don't have access to the Members area (or forget your access userid and password), email me at derek.macewen@gmail.com.

Highlights from this year's draft minutes:

Final reminder: AGM, Dinner, Awards Friday night
Posted Thursday, May 8, 2008 by derekm
The Cornwall Curling Club Annual meeting will be held on Friday, May 09.  The reception will begin at 6:30pm, with a KFC dinner at 7 pm and the Annual General Meeting following at 8 pm at the Club, with the awards handed out after that.  The dinner will cost $10 per person, the same as last year.  The bar will be open for "cash" sales only (With no phone or internet access we will be unable to process debit or credit card transactions).  Please confirm your attendance at the dinner to Hélène LaPalme at lapalme_hl@sympatico.ca.

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Annual AGM, Dinner, Awards night is May 9
Posted Thursday, May 1, 2008 by derekm
The Cornwall Curling Club Annual meeting will be held on Friday, May 09.  The reception will begin at 6:30pm, with a KFC dinner at 7 pm and the Annual General Meeting following at 8 pm at the Club, with the awards handed out after that.  The dinner will cost $10 per person, the same as last year.  The bar will be open for "cash" sales only (With no phone or internet access we will be unable to process debit or credit card transactions).  Please confirm your attendance at the dinner to Hélène LaPalme at lapalme_hl@sympatico.ca.
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Golf season underway at Countryview!
Posted Thursday, April 17, 2008 by derekm

Hello golfing friends, Just wanted to let you know that we are opening for the season tomorrow, FRIDAY, APRIL 18 at 1 pm. Dust off the golf clubs and head on out for a quick round of 9 or 18. The golf course has wintered well and the greens are in excellent shape. Looking forward to having you spend some time with us again this year.

Don't forget to signup for the Cornwall Curling Club's golf tournament here on June 14th.

The Currie's
Countryview Golf Course

http://www.countryviewgolf.com/

RESERVATIONS - (902) 675-2800

EMAIL - countryviewgolf@hotmail.com

2008 Green Fees

May 1 - June 13

9 Holes- $22.00 18 Holes- $37.00

June 14 - September 7

9 Holes- $25.00 18 Holes- $40.00

September 8 - October 31

9 Holes- $22.00 18 Holes- $37.00

Drive Cars:

9 Holes - $15
18 Holes - $26

FREQUENT PLAYER CARDS:

10 Round pass of 9 holes - $200
20 Round pass of 9 holes - $360

2008 MEMBERSHIPS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!!!

*FULL MEMBERSHIPS – Full memberships include unlimited playing privileges, advanced teetime bookings, use of two practice areas and putting green, complimentary range pass. Members also receive a 15% discount off of regular priced merchandise.

Adult - $550
Couples – $925
Mon – Fri - $450
Family - $1050
Jr. - $275
Intermediate - $325
Students - $375

LIMITED MEMBERSHIPS – Limited memberships include unlimited playing privileges, advanced teetime bookings, use of putting green. Members also receive a 15% discount off regular priced merchandise.

Adult - $500
Couples - $850
Mon – Fri – $400
Family - $950
Jr. - $250
Intermediate - $300
Student - $350

ONE DAY A WEEKDAY MEMBERSHIP – Any 1 specified day Monday thru Friday play all day priveleges.
$250

ONE DAY WEEKEND MEMBERSHIP - Either Saturday or Sunday play all day playing privileges. $375

SHOULDER SEASONS PASS - Playing privileges from opening till June 30 and after September 1 till October 31. Also includes advanced teetime bookings, complimentary range pass and complimentary guest pass. $300


****All price are subject to applicable taxes and PEI Golf Association Dues.****

As an added bonus, those memberships paid in full by June 15, will receive a complimentary guest pass.

PEICA Open Round Table Discussions (new Ch'town date)
Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 by derekm

The PEI Curling Association will be holding round table discussions for anyone interested in curling to express their concerns and share their ideas
for the good of the sport. The first one will run Thursday, April 24th at the Charlottetown Curling Club, with the second one running Tuesday, April
29th at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club. Both of these sessions will start at 6:30pm.

 For more information please contact Greg Lucas at glucas@sportpei.pe.ca.

Blue wins closing spiel
Posted Thursday, April 10, 2008 by derekm

Well, the curling year at the Cornwall Curling Club ended with a bang - Blue Rocks beat Red Rocks in the Countryview Golf Course Closing Spiel. The spiel began with Red ahead on Thursday night, but Blue pulled out all the stops on Friday night to take the lead, and they held on until the end. Friday night - what a party!.  We were treated to fabulous food from the chefs at the Culinary Institute, and the music from Moovin' 'N Groovin' got everyone in the mood for a great flashback to the 50's and 60's.  Many Thanks to Karen and Carl Currie for their continued support of the club,  to the participants for joining us in the fun,  to all members who volunteered their time in any way to help us out, to Lance for the great ice (as always), and to the bartenders for putting up with all of  us. See you all next year!

Barb & Ray

Blue Teams

1	Geoff Scutt	Angus Davies	Steve Montgomery	Katherine Morrow
2	Ray Biagé	Jack Fairhurst	Hélène LaPalme	Spare
3	Ernie Stavert	Gary Crosby	Eileen Leahey	Karen Doucette
4	Paulette Richard	Bill Prowse	Donald Weeks	Dick MacKinnon
5	GordonPeters	Rick Doiron	Ronalda Baillee	Valerie Taylor
6	Eric LeBlanc	Vern Chowan	Tony Turnbull	Jean Anderson
7	Paul Neima	Debby Sigsworth	Vicki Cotton	Ann Doucette
8	Lester Callbeck	Jim Farquharson	Bev Richards	Debbie Rhodenhizer
9	Bob Fowler	Jeff Keefe	Anne Boswall	Marjorie Matthews
10	Rob Young	Joerg Soltermann	Laurie Smythe	Spare

Team Photos

Bob Fowler team

Eric LeBlanc rink

Ernie Stavert foursome

Team Geoff Scutt

Paulette Richard team

Paul Neima rink

Ray Biagé rink

Rob Young team

Ronalda Baillee

Missing: Lester Callbeck rink

Please use CornwallCurling.com, not www.isn.net/cornwallcurling to access this site
Posted Wednesday, April 9, 2008 by derekm
Since it inception in 2000, the Cornwall Curling Club website has been hosted at Island Services Network, a local company owned by Cornwall's Kevin O'Brien. The company has recently been sold to Halifax-based Eastlink, and websites hosted at ISN will have to be moved to other web hosts. In the near future, the Cornwall site will be hosted at iWeb.com in Montreal. To help make the transition go smoother, those of you who were accessing the site through the web address www.isn.net/cornwallcurling are advised to use CornwallCurling.com instead. Thank you for your patience as we move to the new host.
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Proposed bylaw and constitution amendments for May 9th AGM
Posted Wednesday, April 9, 2008 by derekm

Cornwall and Area 50+ Club to meet
Posted Wednesday, April 9, 2008 by derekm
The Cornwall and Area 50+ Club will hold a general meeting on Thursday, April 17 at 1:30 pm in the Club Room at the Cornwall Civic Centre. The guest speaker is John Carr who will speak on wills and other legal topics.
Also, the Club will be continuing to meet on Tuesdays at 1:30 until the end of May for auction, crib and bridge.
All are welcome.  For further information contact Ernie Stavert at 566-2467.
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Photos from closing spiel - 50's and 60's dance
Posted Monday, April 7, 2008 by derekm

Click to view photo album from Karen Montgomery

Minutes available
Posted Monday, April 7, 2008 by derekm
The minutes for the March 16th Board of Directors meeting are now available in the Members section.
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Cornwall's Dick St. John co-winner of Special Olympics Coach of the Year
Posted Saturday, April 5, 2008 by derekm

Special Olympics PEI's awards nights were held recently in Summerside. Debbie Metcalfe and Dick St. John were named coaches of the year. Dick, who curls out of our club, and recently organized a regional Special Olympics curling event here, coaches the curling program in the Charlottetown and Cornwall areas and, at the awards presentation was described as a coach who "makes the program fun". The Charlottetown Fitness Centre was named "Facility of the Year". The Cornwall Curling Club had won this award two years ago.

Congratulations Dick!

Too close to call in Wed. Ladder League
Posted Friday, April 4, 2008 by derekm

The Murphy's Cornwall Pharmacy Ladder League wrapped up on Wednesday evening.

In final night play in the A pool, the Kelly Watts foursome doubled the Bob Fowler team 8-4, while the Karen Currie rink, skipped by Valerie Acorn, as Karen is on vacation, lost to the Gordon Matthews rink (Matthew's only win of the round). This gave Watts, Currie and Fowler 4-1 win-loss records. Currie did not play Fowler or Watts in the abbreviated final round, so we cannot look at records against each other to determine first place.

Looking at the scoreboard points, both Fowler and Watts had 37, and it would appear that Currie has more, as she has 30 points before looking at her game against Ray Biagé, and the scoreboard shows that Ray had 7 points (I can't make out the other score), so this would give the first place finish to the Currie rink by at least a point. Second place would go to Watts, who beat Fowler in their final-night encounter.

The B pool is even more complicated, with some teams having byes, and some not. We give a prize to the winner of the B pool in the final round.

The Hank Kamphuis rink had four wins out of five games, while the Guy Arsenault team had three wins out of four matches. Kamphuis and Arsenault did not play each other in the round. Neither recorded their score the last night, so we cannot really compare their scores. As we did last time, I tried eliminating one of Kamphuis's games at random, but that just gave both teams 3-1 records. SO, I am going to declare a tie, and give both teams the prize (I hope our budget permits it!)

Here are the prize winners for the season. You will note that, as happened last year, we have managed to avoid one team winning more than one prize!

Round One

A Pool Winner: Bob MacWilliams, Myrna Sanderson, Jim Farquharson, Ruth Stavert
A Pool runner-up: Ray Biage, Lorianne Davies, Gordon Canfield, Angus Davies

Round Two

A Pool winner: Bob Fowler, Tracy MacDonald, Gary Crosby, Daphne Crosby
A Pool runner-up: Terry MacCormac, Rick Milton, Tara Rose, Cindy MacCormac

Round Three:

A Pool winner: Karen Currie, Alan Acorn, Valerie Acorn, Tom Morrison
A Pool runner-up: Kelly Watts, Cathy Handren, Darren MacLean, Cindy Nicholson

B Pool Winners: Hank Kamphuis, Gord Peters, Vern Chowan, Pat MacInnis
and Guy Arsenault, Shawn Meyers, Heather Romain, Hayley Meyers (tie)

Thanks to everyone who participated in the league. Hope you had fun, and please come back next year!

- Derek MacEwen,
  Wednesday evening drawmaster

Countryview Golf Closing Spiel Draw
Posted Wednesday, April 2, 2008 by derekm

Here is the opening draw for the Countryview Golf closing bonspiel. Good Curling!!

Signup now for our annual Golf Tourney
Posted Tuesday, April 1, 2008 by derekm

This is not an April Fools joke ... there is grass somewhere under all that snow!

June 14 is the date for our annual Club golf tournament at Countryview Golf Course. Ten bucks at the bar reserves your spot. Total price, including green fees, a barbecue, and the winners circle is only $27. This is a nine hole best ball event, which means that you don't have to have much (any) experience in order to participate. If you are less experienced, you will be put on a team with more experienced players.

Angus Kennedy rink win Tuesday night competitive league (correction)
Posted Monday, March 31, 2008 by derekm

[Another correction! The drawmaster was told the wrong Sarah as the winner of the B division (it wasn't marked on the scoreboard). In fact, it was the team of Sarah Clow, Breille Quilty, Whitney Young, and Christina Hennessey who won the B section. Here is the corrected version.]

Congratulations to the Angus Kennedy rink for their first place finish in the "A" pool play-offs. Tuesday's game was a close one against the John DeLuca rink, who finished second. Third Rob Young, second Norman Boswall and lead Mark MacDonald complete the Kennedy team, while DeLuca's team consists of Roddie MacLean at third, Peter Buchanan at second and Edgar Coffin as lead.
Sarah Clow, with team mates Brielle Quilty, Whitney Young, and Christina Hennessey were the winners of the 'B" pool.

A great season, everyone! Thanks for your participation!

The Tuesday Night Competitive league will wind up the season this Tuesday, April 1/08 with a skins game.  In order to win the skin of $5.00 per end, the team with the hammer must generate two points, while a steal of one will give the skin to the team without the hammer, A blanked end will result in a carry over of the skin. Eight teams have signed up for this event so please note the draw is at 7:00PM.
Ice 1:    Rob Young vs Brock Spence
Ice 2:    Chris Hodgson vs Sherren Morrison
Ice 3:    Sarah Clow vs Sarah Fullerton
Ice 4:    Chick Morrison vs Geoff Scutt

- Sherren Morrison
  Tuesday night drawmaster

Congratulations to our 2007-2008 Provincial and Atlantic Championship teams! (correction)
Posted Monday, March 31, 2008 by derekm

[Sorry! although I know better, I had promoted second Mark MacDonald to skip on the Rob Young rink. Here is a corrected version]

It was another successful season for Cornwall Curling Club teams, with six teams winning provincial championships, along with one Atlantic title, and two teams finishing as runners-up in major PEI championships. Here is the list of teams:

The Sarah Fullerton rink won the Atlantic Under 18 women's championships, along with their second Sylvan Learning Provincial 17 and Under women's title.

The Bob MacWilliams foursome upset five-time champion Lou Nowlan to win the Provincial Masters crown.

Ernie Stavert and Sterling Stratton are repeat (and the only) winners of the Provincial Stick Curling Championships.

The Tyler Smith, Katie Fullerton, and Jonathan Schut teams swept all three divisions at the KFC Provincial 12 and Under Championships

The Rob Young team, with Rob throwing skip rocks and Lorianne Davies playing third and calling the game  were the runners up at this year's Provincial Mixed, held right here at Cornwall.

The Shirley Berry foursome lost the Credit Unions of PEI Senior Women's final by a single point.

Congratulations to all our winners and runners-up!

Cornwall's Smith, Fullerton, Schut win 12 and Under Ch'ships
Posted Sunday, March 30, 2008 by derekm

The KFC Provincial 12 and Under Curling Championships wrapped up today at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, with teams from the Cornwall Curling Club sweeping all three divisions.

In the four team boys division, Tyler Smith of Cornwall edged Charlottetown's Kyle Hughes by a 5-4 score in the sudden-death final. Hughes had lead the round robin with a 5-1 record, while Smith, and Montague's Evan O'Brien were 3-3. Smith beat O'Brien 7-3 in the tiebreaker game, taking five points in the fourth end, to advance to the final. Other members of the winning Smith foursome are Parker O'Connor, Noah O'Connor and Tyson Smith, with coach Kevin Smith. The runner-up Hughes rink includes Tony Nabuurs, Keith Nabuurs, Kip Ready, and coach Robbie Doherty. Johnathan MacDonald, Chandler Matheson, Mark Morrison and coach Barry MacDonald round out the third place O'Brien foursome.

In the five team girls division, the Katie Fullerton rink from the Cornwall Curling Club went undefeated, winning all four round robin games, and winning the best of three final round against Heather Drake (3-1 win-loss) of Montague by 5-2 and 9-3 scores, making the third game unnecessary. A triple, followed by a steal of five and another steal of a single point in the second through fourth ends brought the second game to a quick close. Other members of the Fullerton foursome are Sabrina Smith, Chloe McCloskey, and Rachel O'Connor. Paul Smith is coach. Amy Purchase, Emma Nabuurs, Shana Morrison, and coach David Nabuurs complete the runner-up Drake rink. Three members of the Fullerton rink were on last year's winning Veronica Smith team, with O'Connor joining the rink at lead, and the other three members advancing one position.

Both the boys and girls divisions played six-end games throughout the event, while the seven-team third division, which included both boys and girls rinks, was for the younger, less experienced teams, and featured four end games.

The winner of that division was Cornwall's Jonathan Schut foursome, who finished round robin play with a perfect 6-0 record. The Chandos Ross girls rink from Charlottetown finished second at 5-1, and played the Schut team in the best of three final round. Ross took the first game 5-4, with Schutt winning the next two by 6-1 and 5-4 scores. Other members of the winning Jonathan Schut team are Owen Newson, Devin Schut and Cameron MacKay, with coaches Sarah Fullerton, Whitney Young and Sara MacRae. Playing on the runner-up Chandos Ross team were Alanna MacDonald, Desiree MacDonald and Hannah Koughan, with coach Victoria Evans.

Closing Spiel organizers release event details
Posted Thursday, March 27, 2008 by derekm

Excitement is building for the Countryview Golf Closing Bonspiel, which starts Thursday April 3rd at the Cornwall Curling Club. Over 50 club members have signed up already for this event, so hurry hard and avoid disappointment!

The event's itinerary was unveiled recently, and includes:

Curling, munchies and trivia on Thursday evening.

Curling, along with chili and chowder (the 3 c's!) on Friday, courtesy of our friends/club members from the Culinary Institute of Canada.

Following the Friday food, the Club will be rockin' to the sounds of Moovin' 'N Groovin', a PEI-based DJ service serving the Maritimes for over a decade, and operated by one of our newest Club members, Scott Jeffrey. Check out Scott's website at www.peidj.com. This will be a "Battle of the Decades" dance. Come dressed in the attire of your favorite decade, with music from the 50's and 60's, and prizes for best costume of each decade.

Saturday will start with morning treats, and lunch on the barbecue from noon to 1. There will be curling and other games throughout the day, and supper, too (menu TBA).

Don't forget to wear your team colour proudly throughout the weekend, for the epic battle of Red and Blue!

Summer junior curling camp set for Crapaud in August
Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 by derekm

The 2008 edition of the Spud Isle Summer Junior Curling camp goes August 11 and 12 at the Crapaud Community Curling Club.

Entry fee of $100.00 per person includes on ice training, video analysis, class room sessions, outdoor activities, meals, nutrition breaks, camp t-shirts, and more.

Registration deadline is Friday 30 May 2008. Entries will be processed on a first paid, first served basis.

This camp is open to curlers 11 to 16 years of age with at least one year curling experience.  Team and individual entries are accepted

Please forward registration and consent forms, with entry fees to:
Gayle Johnston
46 Kirkdale Rd. Box 3 Site 10
Charlottetown, PEI C1E 1N6
Tel: 368-1071      Email: gaylej@pei.sympatico.ca

Please make cheques payable to: Spud Isle Junior Curling Camp.

Entry form.  Consent Form  Poster

KFC 12 and Under starts Thursday in Crapaud
Posted Monday, March 24, 2008 by derekm

Cornwall's Sarah Fullerton and Summerside's Sam Ramsay rinks win Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships
Posted Sunday, March 23, 2008 by derekm

The Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships wrapped up this afternoon in Truro, with the PEI teams sweeping both sections.

In the junior men's championship, the Sam Ramsay rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside edged the defending champions, the Kendal Thompson foursome from the Lakeshore Curling Club in Nova Scotia, by a 6-5 score, scoring a triple in the third end and stealing another three in the fourth to build up a 6-3 win. Thompson came back with singles in five and six, but Ramsay blanked the next two ends to maintain his lead and pull out the win.

Playing with Ramsay are third Neil Gallant, second Brett Gallant, the PEI junior men's champion skip who now adds an Atlantic championship to his collection, and lead Eric Pidgeon. Peter Pidgeon is their coach.

The Sarah Fullerton foursome from the Cornwall Curling Club, with Michelle McQuaid at third, Madeline Campbell at second, and Sara MacRae playing lead, with coach Rebecca Jean MacPhee, trailed the Abbey Burgess rink from Fredericton's Capital Winter Club 3-0 after three ends in the junior women's final, but took control of the game with a pair in end four, another deuce in the fifth, and two more steals of a single point in ends six and seven to lead 6-3. New Brunswick grabbed a pair in the final end, but needed three to tie, and Fullerton won 6-5.

The Sam Ramsay rink led the junior men's round robin with a 3-1 win-loss record. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the host team were all 2-2, while Newfoundland/Labrador were 1-3.

New Brunswick were atop the junior women's round robin, with a 4-0 record, followed by PEI and Newfoundland/Labrador, both at 2-2. The host team and Nova Scotia were both 1-3.

Fullerton and Ramsay looking good at Atlantic U18
Posted Sunday, March 23, 2008 by derekm

PEi's Sam Ramsay rink is leading the pack in the junor men's section of the Atlantic Under 18 curling championships in Truro. The Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club foursome, which includes third Neil Gallant, second Brett Gallant, and lead Eric Pidgeon, finished round robin play last night with a 3-1 record, after a loss Thursday night to New Brunswick, and wins yesterday over Newfoundland/Labrador and the host team. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are 2-1, while the host team are 1-2 and the Newfoundland/Labrador squad are 0-3.

New Brunswick's Abbey Burgess of Fredericton lead the women's side at 4-0, and have earned a bye to the final game. PEI's Sarah Fullerton rink, which curls out of the Cornwall Curling Club and includes Michelle McQuaid at third, Madeline Campbell at second, and lead Sara MacRae, is next at 2-1, after losing 6-5 to New Brunswick in an extra end and edging Nova Scotia 8-7. Newfoundland/Labrador and the host team are 1-2, while Nova Scotia is 0-3.

Round robin play wraps up this morning with the 9 am draw, with Fullerton facing Newfoundland/Labrador. Tiebreakers go at noon, with the finals at 2.

Fullerton foursome win Atlantic U18 opener
Posted Friday, March 21, 2008 by derekm

PEI teams started off on a winning note at the 2008 Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships, which got underway this afternoon at the Truro Curling Club, with the provincial age 17 and under champions from the four Atlantic provinces, plus a host team, competing.

Results are available after each end at the following website: http://events.nscurl.com/u18atlantics/index.php

PEI is represented by its Sylvan Learning Provincial 17 and Under champions the Sarah Fullerton rink from Cornwall, and the Sam Ramsay foursome from the Silver Fox.

The Fullerton team, who has substituted Madeline Campbell for second Whitney Young in this event, defeated the host team 9-2 in their opener, while the Ramsay rink beat defending champion Kendal Thompson of Nova Scotia 10-4. 

Ramsay is playing Team New Brunswick, while Fullerton is playing Team Nova Scotia in the second draw, which got underway at 6:30.

Sign up now for the Countryview Golf Closing Spiel
Posted Monday, March 17, 2008 by derekm

End off the Curling season and get ready for the Golf Season with the Cornwall Curling Club Closing Spiel, sponsored by Countryview Golf Club.

The spiel runs Thursday evening April 3^rd, Friday evening April 4^th, and all day April 5^th

Sign up now at the Bar!

Win your Membership for 2008-2009 !

Registered participants in the closing spiel will be eligible to enter a draw for a one-night membership for the 2008-2009 season.

This will be a "reverse draw", where the last name drawn out will be the winner.

We will draw 10 names every hour until a winner is declared.

Every 10^th name drawn will win a prize as well. Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5.

Stay tuned for more info on the Closing Spiel as it becomes available!

Matthew MacLean, Tiffany Sweet rinks win 15 and Under
Posted Monday, March 10, 2008 by derekm

Matthew MacLean, Tiffany Sweet rinks win 15 and Under
Posted Monday, March 10, 2008 by derekm

The M&M Meat Shops Provincial 15 and Under Curling Championships wrapped up today at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. All four teams in the finals were from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O'Leary. In the boy's division, the Matthew MacLean rink beat last year's champion Parker Clements 8-5 in the final, while Tiffany Sweet stole a four point 6th end on the way to a 9-3 victory over Amanda MacLean in the girl's final.

Other members of the Matthew MacLean rink are Marshall Smallman, Kevin Gallant, and Alan MacLean, with coaches Glen MacLean and Shannon Smallman. Playing with runner-up Clements were Mitchell Rowley, Brandon Clements, and Mark Cousins, with coach Keith Rowley.

Rounding out the Tiffany Sweet foursome are Chantal Clements, Kathleen O'Meara, Vanessa Dennis, and coach Rushell MacDonald, while Kassinda Bulger, Emily Gray, and Stacey Gay played on the runner-up Amanda MacLean team, which is coached by Glen MacLean and Shelley Gray.

On Sunday, Sweet won the Page 1 vs 1 game, between the winners of the two round robin pools, by a 10-2 score over Maple Leaf clubmate Emma Cousins, to advance directly to today's final. MacLean defeated  Megan Davies of Charlottetown 6-1 in the 2 vs 2 game to advance to the semi-final game against Cousins. In the semi, MacLean defeated Cousins 7-3 to earn a berth in the championship game.

In the boy's division, the MacLean rink advanced to the final with a 6-3 win over the Patrick Shepherd team from Charottetown in the 1 vs 1 game. Clements scored five points in the last end to beat Jeffrey Taylor of Cornwall 9-2 in the 2 vs 2 game. In the semi, Clements earned his spot in the final by beating Shepherd 7-4.

Regular draws are going tonight
Posted Monday, March 10, 2008 by derekm

As the evening draw is not needed at the PEI Mixed, it's business as usual tonight at the Cornwall Curling Club, with regular evening draws taking place.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Mixed, either as players or volunteers!

Bill Hope rink win M&M Meat Shops PEI Mixed
Posted Monday, March 10, 2008 by derekm

The Bill Hope rink from the Charlottetown Curling Club will be going up north to Iqaluit as the winners of the M&M Meat Shops PEI Mixed Curling Championship this afternoon at the Cornwall Curling Club.

L-R: Angus Davies (Cornwall's PEI Curling Association representative), Shelley Ebbett, Jeff Gallant, Sandy Hope, Bill Hope, Greg Lucas (Executive Director, PEI Curling Association)

They defeated the Rob Young foursome from the host club by a 7-1 score in the B final of this double-knockout event. As Hope had previously won the A final 10-4 over defending champion Kyle Stevenson of Charlottetown, a final game between the A and B winners, scheduled for tonight, is not needed. In today's game, Hope lead 4-1 at the half, and picked up a triple in the sixth to lead 7-1 and bring the game to a speedy conclusion.

Hope advanced to the B final by beating Charlottetown clubmate and 1989 Canadian Mixed champion Robert Campbell 7-4 Sunday evening, while Young knocked out Stevenson with an 8-3 win.

Playing with Bill Hope are Sandy Hope, Jeff Gallant, and Shelley Ebbett, while Lorianne Davies, Mark MacDonald, and Melody Beck round out the runner-up Rob Young team. Sixteen teams began play on Friday in this event.

The Canadian Curling Association announced today that the 2009 Canadian Mixed will be held November 9-16, 2008, in Iqaluit, Nunavut. The CCA will be the first sport association to host a national championship (summer or winter) in Nunavut.

Today's PEI Mixed winner will go to Nunavut!
Posted Monday, March 10, 2008 by derekm

NUNAVUT TO HOST FIRST EVER NATIONAL SPORT CHAMPIONSHIP

March 10, 2008…A major development in the territory of Nunavut occurred
today when the *Canadian Curling Association* (CCA) announced that it will
be the first sport association to host a national championship (summer or
winter) in Nunavut.

The *2009 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, presented by First Air*, will
be held at the *Arniatok Arena in Iqaluit from November 9 – 16, 2008*.  This
will mark the 46th edition of the Canadian Mixed, a championship which began
in Toronto in 1964 and won a leading nine times by Alberta, including the
2008 edition played last November in Calgary.

"We are extremely pleased to have the opportunity to be a sport leader in
Nunavut and be able to showcase our great sport to Iqaluit and Nunavut,"
said *Greg Stremlaw, Chief Executive Officer of the CCA*.  "We want to work
closely with the communities of the north and have worked hard to create
this opportunity which will only help grow the sport in Nunavut and give
further opportunities for aboriginal peoples to participate.  Nunavut has
one of the highest per capita ratios of young Canadians in our country and
the hosting of this event will promote our product to an integral
demographic for our future."

*Hunter Tootoo, MLA Iqaluit Centre*, stated, "I would like to sincerely
thank the CCA for showing the leadership to select Iqualuit as the host for
the 2009 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship.  I know the city of Iqaluit
will put on a first-class event for this first national championship ever to
be held here in Nunavut.  This presents a chance to get our communities more
involved with curling, both recreationally and beyond."

*Elisapee Sheutiapik, the Mayor of Iqaluit,* echoed similar sentiments, "As
Mayor of the City of Iqaluit, I am ecstatic that the CCA wishes to host the
2009 Canadian Mixed in Iqaluit.  This would be the first event of its kind
in our city and the benefits to the city and its residents will be
tremendous. I am extremely excited about this opportunity."

*First Air *will be the presenting sponsor of the Mixed and was instrumental
in allowing the championship to be placed in Iqaluit.  The company's
significant assistance enabled the CCA to maintain its budget while being
fiscally prudent with its site selection.

"It does not take a big community to host a national championship – just a
community with a big heart…and Iqaluit certainly has that!" proclaimed *First
Air President, Jim Ballingall*.

Similar to last year, two members of the winning team will then represent
Canada at the 2009 world mixed doubles championship, slated for April 17-25
in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Skip Dean Ross and third Susan O'Connor, who teamed to win the 2008 Canadian
Mixed in Calgary last November, are currently representing Canada at the
inaugural world mixed doubles championship, taking place in Vierumäki,
Finland, March 8-16.

With today's announcement, the Championship curling events confirmed to date
for the 2008-09 season in Canada are as follows:

2009 Canadian Mixed, November 9-16, 2008, Iqaluit, Nunavut

2008 Continental Cup, December 18-21, Camrose, AB

2009 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, January 31-February 8, Salmon Arm, BC

2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, February 21-March 1, Victoria, BC

2009 World Juniors, March 5-15, Vancouver, BC

2009 Tim Hortons Brier, March 7-15, Calgary, AB

2009 Canada Cup, March 18-22, Yorkton, SK

2009 Ford World Men's, April 4-12, Moncton, NB

15 and Under Finals moved ahead to today
Posted Monday, March 10, 2008 by derekm

At the request of the players, the finals have been changed from Tuesday until this afternoon at 4:30 in the M&M Meat Shops Provincial 15 and Under Curling Championships.

All four teams in the finals are from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O'Leary.

On the girl's side, Tiffany Sweet won the Page 1 vs 1 game, between the winners of the two round robin pools, by a 10-2 score over Maple Leaf clubmate Emma Cousins, to advance directly to Monday's final. Amanda MacLean, also from the O'Leary club, defeated  Megan Davies of Charlottetown 6-1 in the 2 vs 2 game to advance to the Sunday semi-final game against Cousins. In the semi, MacLean defeated Cousins 7-3 to earn a berth in the championship game.

In the boy's division, the Matthew MacLean rink from the Maple Leaf advanced to the final with a 6-3 win over the Patrick Shepherd team from Charottetown in the 1 vs 1 game. Defending champion Parker Clements of the Maple Leaf club scored five points in the last end to beat Jeffrey Taylor of Cornwall 9-2 in the 2 vs 2 game. In the semi, Clements earned a spot in the final by beating Shepherd 7-4.

M&M Meat Shops 15 and Under Finals Set- All 4 teams are from the Maple Leaf club
Posted Sunday, March 9, 2008 by derekm

The finals are set for Tuesday at 5 pm in the M&M Meat Shops Provincial 15 and Under Curling Championships, with all four teams coming from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O'Leary. A power outage delayed Sunday's games at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, but the two draws were played after the delay.

On the girl's side, Tiffany Sweet won the Page 1 vs 1 game, between the winners of the two round robin pools, by a 10-2 score over Maple Leaf clubmate Emma Cousins, to advance directly to Tuesday's final. Amanda MacLean, also from the O'Leary club, defeated  Megan Davies of Charlottetown 6-1 in the 2 vs 2 game to advance to the semi-final game against Cousins. In the semi, MacLean defeated Cousins 7-3 to earn a berth in the championship game.

In the boy's division, the Matthew MacLean rink from the Maple Leaf advanced to the final with a 6-3 win over the Patrick Shepherd team from Charottetown in the 1 vs 1 game. Defending champion Parker Clements of the Maple Leaf club scored five points in the last end to beat Jeffrey Taylor of Cornwall 9-2 in the 2 vs 2 game. In the semi, Clements earned a spot in the final by beating Shepherd 7-4.

Faith LeClair and Daryl MacDonald rinks win PEI Intermediate Ch'ships
Posted Sunday, March 9, 2008 by derekm

After a one-week delay due to a storm last weekend, the PEI Intermediate Curling Championships have wrapped up at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O'Leary.

The Daryl MacDonald foursome from the host Maple Leaf club stole four points in the sixth end as they went on to defeat the Barry Cameron rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club by a 7-3 score in the men's final. MacDonald beat clubmate Clair Sweet 9-6 in the semi-final to advance to the final game against Cameron, who got there by beating Sweet 7-5 in the Page 1 vs 2 game earlier on Sunday. MacDonald got by Paul Matheson of the Fox 7-6 in the Page 3 vs 4 game to advance to the semi. Playing with MacDonald were Glen Betts, Lowell Morrison, and Joey Ellworth. Betts and Ellsworth had a busy week of curling, finishing in third place in the Provincial Stick Curling Championships, which wrapped up on Wednesday. Rounding out the runner-up Cameron team were Kevin Ellsworth, Steven Arsenault, and Andrew Windsor. Seven men's rinks took part in the event, created to give up-and-coming curlers experience in competitive curling. Cameron, MacDonald, and Sweet had 4-2 round-robin win-loss records, while Matheson was 3-3.

It was an all-Summerside women's final, with Faith LeClair doubling Silver Fox clubmate Sheila Compton by a 6-3 score, aided by a steal of three in the fourth end. Jennifer Compton, Cindy Howard, and Flo Birch complete the winning LeClair foursome, while Debbie MacMurdo, Paula Baglole, and Heather Bernard were the other members of the runner-up Compton team.

LeClair went undefeated in the four-team event, finishing round robin play with a 3-0 win-loss record, and beating Compton 10-3 in the Page 1 vs 2 game to advance to the final. Compton finished the round robin at 2-1, losing 10-2 to LeClair in their encounter. She then beat Page 3-4 winner Bev Shaw of the Maple Leaf club 7-2 in the semi-final to earn a berth in the final.

Cornwall's Rob Young rink advances to PEI Mixed Finals
Posted Sunday, March 9, 2008 by derekm

Wednesday 1 pm draw moved to Friday
Posted Friday, March 7, 2008 by derekm

The March 12/08, Wednesday 1 PM draw will be moved to Friday, March 14/08 at 1 PM.

This change is necessary as many of the curlers will be in Summerside competing in the 55+ games.

Cornwall's Stavert and Stratton repeat as PEI Stick Curling Champions
Posted Thursday, March 6, 2008 by derekm

The Cornwall Curling Club duo of Ernie Stavert and Sterling Stratton finished round robin play with an 8-1 win-loss record, losing only their opening game, as they repeated as PEI Stick Curling Champions, today at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. Two teams, Howard Kerwin and Bob Leard from Montague, and Glen Betts and Joey Ellsworth from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O'Leary, finished with 7-2 records. When points were compared, Kerwin and Leard finished in second place, while Betts and Ellsworth had to settle for third. Fourth place went to Basil Higginbotham and Gordie MacDonald of Montague with a 5-4 record. Ten teams took part in this event, now in its second year.

In stick curling there are two curlers per team, who deliver their rocks with delivery sticks, with each team member delivering from opposite ends. Sweeping is allowed only from the hog line to the back of the house at the playing end. The two delivering curlers (one from each team) alternately deliver 6 stones each per end, while their teammate skips that end.  Then roles are reversed, and the partners deliver the stones back. All games are six ends. For more information on stick curling, including complete rules of play, visit www.stickcurling.ca.

Ice rentals - end of season close-out!!
Posted Wednesday, March 5, 2008 by derekm
For rent: Up to four (4) sheets of the best curling ice on PEI - lights and refrigeration included!

Tuesday night competitive league playoffs starting
Posted Wednesday, March 5, 2008 by derekm

The Tuesday Night Competitive League wrapped up its round robin draw last evening.
Thank you to all the teams for a very successful season.  All teams showed up ready to curl and, for the most part, were able to complete their games in the 2-hour time allotted.  For those who were "buzzed" - thank you for your compliance!

Congratulations to the Bob MacWilliams foursome for their impressive first place finish, sporting 14 wins and only 2 losses!  Unfortunately Bob's team mates are off in all directions and his team will not be available to compete in the play-offs.

There was a three-way tie for second place.  Having a record of 12 wins and 4 losses are the teams of Donna Butler, John Deluca and Bob Fowler.  Rounding out the top 8 teams in the A-Pool are:  Angus Kennedy, Brock Spence, Chick Morrison, Sherren Morrison and Shirley Berry.

The remaining 8 teams will compete in the B-Pool play down.  These include:  Sarah Clow, Sarah Fullerton, Karen Currie, Perry Mohan, Geoff Scutt, Marty Donnelly, Alan Srevenson, and Chris Hodgson.

The play downs will take place over the next three Tuesday nights.  Please check the web page for the schedule.

Here is the draw for Tuesday March 11

6:30
Ice 1:  Sarah Clow vs Chris Hodgson
Ice 2:  Perry Mohan vs Marty Donnelly
Ice 3:  Karen Currie vs Geoff Scutt
Ice 4:  Sarah Fullerton vs Alan Stevenson

8:30
Ice 1:  Donna Butler vs Shirley Berry
Ice 2:  Angus Kennedy vs Chick Morrison
Ice 3:  Bob Fowler vs Brock Spence
Ice 4:  John Deluca vs Sherren Morrison

Revised Provincial Intermediate draw
Posted Monday, March 3, 2008 by derekm

The snow-delayed Provincial Intermediate playoff round goes Sunday, March 9th at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O'Leary. A tiebreaker game between Brock Spence of Cornwall and Paul Matheson of the Silver Fox will take place on Thursday March 6th at 6 pm at the Crapaud Community Curling Club.

Sundays games see Faith LeClair and Sheila Compton of the Silver Fox square off in the 1st place vs 2nd place women's game, and Bev Shaw and Stacy MacWilliams of the host Maple Leaf club play in the 3rd vs 4th place game. These games take place at 9 am.

At noon, the winner of the Spence/Matheson tiebreaker meets Daryl MacDonald of the host club in the 3rd vs 4th place men's game, while Barry Cameron of the Maple Leaf club and Clair Sweet of the Silver Fox play in the 1st vs 2nd place game.

Men's and women's semi-finals, with the winners of the 3-4 games playing the losers of the 1-2 games go at 3:30 pm.

The finals are at 7 pm, with the winners of the 1-2 games playing the winners of the semis.

Update on draw cancellations due to Provincial Mixed
Posted Monday, March 3, 2008 by derekm

The morning Seniors will take place, between 9:30 and 11:30 am, as will the Monday juniors, between 4 and 6 pm.

Fowler Foursome goes from B pool to A pool victory in Wed. Ladder League
Posted Sunday, March 2, 2008 by derekm

Remaining Provincial Intermediate draws to go next Sunday
Posted Sunday, March 2, 2008 by derekm

Draw cancellations due to Provincial Mixed
Posted Sunday, March 2, 2008 by derekm

The M&M Meat Shops Provincial Mixed Curling Championships get underway Friday morning at our Club.

Draws go Friday at 9 am, and 12:30 pm, 4:30 and 7:30 pm on Friday, Saturday at 10 am, and 2:30 and 7 pm, Sunday at 1:30 and 7 pm, and Monday at 1:30 and (if needed) 7 pm.

Any daytime practices or draws during this time would not go ahead.

This will result in the cancellation of next Sunday's 7 pm league draw. The Monday March 10th evening draws will likely be cancelled, too. In the event that the same team wins the A and B finals of this double-knockout event, the final game Monday night at 7:30 will not be required, and it would be possible for the Monday evening draws to go ahead. This would not be known until around 4 pm on Monday when the B final would be complete (unless the A winner is not in the B final, in which case the game is certain to go ahead). Check with your Monday night drawmaster to see what the plans are in the event that the Monday night Mixed game is not needed.

Four provincial curling ch'ships taking place this week
Posted Sunday, March 2, 2008 by derekm

The PEI curling championship season is rapidly coming to a close, with three of the four remaining provincial championships getting underway this week. As well, the Provincial Intermediate Curling Championships continue at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O'Leary, with Sunday draws carried over to Monday due to the inclement weather.

Stick

The second annual Provincial Stick Curling Championship takes place March 4-5 at the Western Community Curling in Alberton. Stick curling is an event with two curlers per team, who deliver their rocks with delivery sticks, with each team member delivering from opposite ends. Sweeping is allowed only from the hog line to the back of the house at the playing end. The two delivering curlers (one from each team) alternately deliver 6 stones each per end, while their teammate skips that end.  Then roles are reversed, and the partners deliver the stones back. All games are six ends. Inaugural champions Ernie Stavert and

The Ernie Stavert/Sterling Stratton duo from Cornwall are back to defend their title. Also participating are four rinks from the host club, one from the Maple Leaf club in O'Leary, and four from Montague. Round robin play gets underway Tuesday at 10 am, with eight draws going every 90 minutes on Tuesday, and seven draws going every 90 minutes on Wednesday, beginning at 9 am. There will be no playoff round, as win-loss records, backed up by a points system, will be used to determine the winner. Teams can be any combination of male and female players.

Here are the opening draws:

Tuesday at 10 am:
Ernie Stavert / Sterling Stratton vs Walter Callaghan / Edwin Walker (Western Community)
Francis Ellsworth / Johnny Ellsworth (Western Community) vs Sterling Higginbotham / Philip Curley (Montague)
Charlene Ashley / Joyce Matthews (Western Community) vs  Roger  Gavin / Shirley Murphy (Western)

Tuesday at 11:30 am:
Sterling Higginbotham / Philip Curley (Montague) vs C. Charlene Ashley / Joyce Matthews (Western Community)
Glen Betts / Joey Ellsworth (Maple Leaf) vs Carter Vaniderstine / Billy Power (Montague)
Howard Kerwin  / Bob Leard vs Basil Higginbotham /Gordie MacDonald (Montague)

M&M Meat Shops, Charlottetown, have taken on sponsorship of two events this season, the Provincial Mixed, and the age 15 and Under.

Mixed

The M&M Meat Shops Provincial Mixed takes place March 7-10 at the Cornwall Curling Club. Defending champion Kyle Stevenson of Charlottetown is back this

year, with Shelly Bradley joining the rink at 3rd, and Doug MacGregor and Tricia Affleck returning at second and lead. Sixteen rinks will play a doubke-

knockout format, with the winning team advancing to the Canadian Mixed in the fall. Opening draw is Friday at 9 am, with the final on Monday.

Here are the opening draws:

Friday March 7th at 9 am
Kevin Smith (Cornwall) vs Bill Hope (Ch'town)
Mitch O'Shea (Ch'town) vs Robert Campbell (Ch'town)
Donald Clarey (Montague) vs Geoff Scutt (Cornwall)
Jamie Newson (Ch'town) vs Jeff Nelson (Montague)

Friday March 7th at 12:30 pm
Kyle Stevenson (Ch'town) vs Jody Jackson (Ch'town)
Darren Higgins (Silver Fox) vs Larry Dewar (Montague)
Rob Young (Cornwall) vs Nick Fraser (Ch'town)
Sean Clarey (Ch'town) vs David C Murphy (Ch'town)

15 and Under

The M&M Meat Shops Provincial 15 and Under gets underway Thursday March 6th at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. Eight girls teams and nine boys rinks are taking part in this round robin event with a modified Page playoff format, in which the top teams from the 2 pools in the round robin will play off, with the winner advancing directly to the final and the loser going go to the Semi-final.  The two second-place teams will play off, with the winner advancing to the semi-final, and the winner of that match advancing to the final.  The defending girls champion Christina Keen/Anita Casey rink from the Silver Fox has graduated from the age category, but boys champion Parker Clements from the Maple Leaf club in O'Leary, will be back to defend his title.

The final will take place either Sunday at 6 pm, or next Tuesday at 5 pm, depending on the number of games played on Sunday, and other factors.

Here are the opening draws:

Boys
Thursday March 6th at 6 pm
Patrick Shepherd (Ch'town) vs Colton Griffin (Western Community)
Cody Dixon Montague vs Jeffrey Taylor (Cornwall)

Friday March 7th at 9 am
Adam Nabuurs (Montague) vs Kyle Hughes (Ch'town)
Parker Clements (Maple Leaf) vs Matthew MacLean (Maple Leaf)
Jeffrey Taylor (Cornwall) vs Patrick Shepherd (Ch'town)
Colton Griffin (Western Community) vs Daniel McCarthy (Western Community)

Girls
Friday March 7th, 12 noon
Tricia Sanderson (Cornwall) vs Megan Davies (Ch'town)
Kimberly Dunbar (Ch'town) vs Emma Cousins (Maple Leaf)
Amanda MacLean (Maple Leaf) vs Veronica Smith (Cornwall)
Leah Deveau (Montague) vs Tiffany Sweet (Maple Leaf)

The provincial championship season wraps up with a look at the future of curling with the KFC Provincial 12 and Under taking place at the Crapaud Community Curling Club from March 26 to 30. Entry deadline for this event is March 5th, and entry fee is $20 per player. Last year's winners were the Matthew MacLean rink from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O'Leary, and the Veronica Smith foursome from Cornwall.

Complete draw, team rosters, and results from all events are available at peicurling.com.

Club closed Sunday evening
Posted Sunday, March 2, 2008 by derekm

Cornwall Curling Club closed Sunday afternoon
Posted Sunday, March 2, 2008 by derekm

Dunn foursome wins Lorne MacPhail Memorial Seniors Spiel
Posted Thursday, February 28, 2008 by derekm

Here are the winners from this year's Lorne MacPhail Memorial Seniors Spiel. Thanks to everyone who took part!

1^st Place

Tom Dunn, Ruth Stavert, Denis Dunne, Grant Laird

2^nd Place

Shirley Lank, Roy Coffin, Neil Smith, Kimball Blanchard

3^rd Place

Sterling Stratton, Phyllis Cole, Donald Weeks, Carlene Peters

4^th Place

Bill Atkinson, Paula Creamer, David Murphy, Kay Atkinson

Timers Wanted
Posted Thursday, February 28, 2008 by derekm

Timers are needed for 31 games at the M&M Meatshops Provincial Mixed Curling Championship, March 7 - March 10 at the Cornwall Curling Club. The sign up sheet is at the club or you can call Bev at 566-4427 or email cornwallcurling@isn.net. The PEICA provides a "thank you" of $10.00 per game timed. If you have not had experience in timing but would like to learn, a training session can be put on before the first game.

Reminder: signup for Memorial Funspiel in support of cancer
Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 by derekm

This is a reminder that the signup sheet is up for the first annual J. Ken MacDonald Memorial Curling Funspiel will be held March 14-15 here at the Cornwall Curling Club. This event, sponsored by the Charlottetown Kinsmen with the support of BMO Bank of Montreal is a public fundraiser in support of cancer, and was inspired by former Kinsmen president MacDonald, who succumbed to cancer last year.

Entry fee for the event, which guarantees three six-end games, promises lots of fun and prizes, and includes breakfast Saturday morning, a Hot Shots Competition, and a Stick Shootout is $120 per team. Entry deadline is March 1st. First draw is 6 pm Friday. this is an "anything goes" event - any combo of men and/or women is allowed!

For more information, contact Chris Hodgson at 628-6475, or email curling@charlottetownkin.com.

[note to members: Chris, who curled on Cornwall's 1997 PEI Junior championship rink, is back at our club this year, and skips a team in the Tuesday night league]

Poster   Entry Form

Cornwall Curling Club - now with Free Delivery (instruction)!
Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 by derekm
John DeLuca is giving instruction on delivery to the Monday 6:30pm draw, immediately after the draw, on Monday March 3rd. He had a couple of people from that draw request help with their delivery and would like to let others know in case there is someone else who would like to join them. He would like to limit it to 6-8 people, about all he can instruct at one time. John has asked that curlers be notified on the web so they can plan to stay after the draw.

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PEI Team takes 1st Place in Atlantic Group-Air Force Assoc. of Canada Curling Bonspiel in Truro, NS
Posted Tuesday, February 26, 2008 by derekm

Peter MacNeil, Skip, who curls out of the Charlottetown Curling Club, along with Dave Currie, Third, Denis Dunne, second and Bob Tucker, Lead, all from the Cornwall Curling Club, took 1st Place in the Air Force Assoc. of Canada Atlantic Group 2008 Curling Bonspiel in Truro, N.S.  The team were representing # 201 Confederation Wing AFAC, Charlottetown in a pool of 12 Wing teams from the four Atlantic Provinces that played for the title over the Feb. 22th Weekend. The trophy they won will be on display at the Lorne MacPhail Memorial Seniors Bonspiel this week at the Cornwall Curling Club.

Provincial Intermediate Ch'ships start Thurs. in O'Leary
Posted Monday, February 25, 2008 by derekm

Sam Ramsay rink wins 17 and Under men's section
Posted Monday, February 25, 2008 by derekm

The Sam Ramsay foursome from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside are the 2008 Sylvan Learning PEI 17 and Under junior men's champions. This evening at the Montague Curling Club they defeated the Spencer Pitre rink from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton by a 4-2 score in the low-scoring final game. A Ramsay single in the third end was the only point in the first half of the eight-end contest. Ramsay took another point in the fifth for a 2-0 lead, but Pitre came up with a double in the next end to tie the score. The seventh end was blanked, and Ramsay took a pair in the final end for the win. The winning Ramsay rink includes third Neil Gallant, second Brett Gallant and lead Eric Pidgeon, with coach Peter Pidgeon. Brett Gallant is perhaps better known as the skip of PEI's reigning junior men's championship rink. The Ramsay squad (without Brett Gallant) also won the 17 and Under event last year.

The Pitre rink includes third Billie Lewis, second Daniel McCarthy, and lead Shawn Pitre, and is coached by Roger Gavin.

Pitre won the A final of the triple-knockout event, while Ramsay took the B, and David Parker won the C division. Pitre beat Parker 10-4 in the semi-final to advance to the final against Ramsay. Ramsay won the bye to the final by virture of playing in the most division finals.

On Sunday, the Sarah Fullerton rink from Cornwall defeated Anita Casey of the Silver Fox 6-3 to win the 17 and Under junior women's title.

The winning Ramsay and Fullerton rinks now advance to the Atlantic 17 and Under Championships, March 21-24 at the Truro Curling Club.

Cornwall's Fullerton rink wins 17 and Under Women's section
Posted Monday, February 25, 2008 by derekm

The Cornwall Curling Club rink of Sarah Fullerton, Michelle McQuaid, Whitney Young, and Sara McRae, with coach Stewart Mutch, are the 2008 Sylvan Learning Provincial 17 and Under women's champions. Sunday night at the Montague Curling Club, the Fullerton team, who were runners-up last year, and won in 2006, defeated the Anita Casey team from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club by a 6-3 score in the first of two scheduled playoff games. As Fullerton had won the A and B sections of the triple-knockout event, a win in either of the two playoffs against Casey would give her the title, so the final game was not needed. Madeleine Campbell, Dannielle Chiasson, and Bethany MacDonald, with coach Leo Stewart, round out the Casey foursome. The winning Fullerton rink now advance to the Atlantic 17 and Under championships, March 21-24 at the Truro Curling Club in Nova Scotia.

Lorne MacPhail Memorial Bonspiel Draw
Posted Sunday, February 24, 2008 by derekm

Here is the draw for the Lorne MacPhail Memorial Seniors Bonspiel at the Cornwall Curling Club:

Tuesday, February 26^th

9:00 AM

Ice 1

S. Lank, R. Coffin, N. Smith, K. Blanchard vs R. Biagé, M. Plamondon, G. Canfield, D. Graham

Ice 2

T. Dunn, R. Stavert, D. Dunne, TBA vs E. Stavert, L. Fairhurst, A. MacCormac, M. England

Ice 3

L. Callbeck, C. Sweetapple, B. Tucker, P. McCardle vs G. Scutt, G. Laird, E. Coffin, D. Dennis

10:30 AM

Ice 2

G. Hermann, B. Prowse, K. Fisher, B. MacWilliams vs J. Deluca, M. MacDonald, V. Chowan, J. Anderson

Ice 3

V. Fisher, D. DelValle, R. Giggey, J. Gillis vs Leslie Hardy team (Alberton)

Ice 4

S. Stratton, P. Cole, D. Weeks, C. Peters vs K. Atkinson team (Charlottetown)

Lorne MacPhail Memorial Spiel
Posted Saturday, February 23, 2008 by derekm

Here are the Cornwall teams for the Lorne MacPhail Memorial Spiel, Tuesday, Feb 26/08 and Wednesday, Feb 27/08. Schedule to be posted Monday, Feb 25/08.

Cost is $100.00 per team.

1-Shirley Lank, Roy Coffin, Neil Smith, Kimball Blanchard
2-Ray Biagé, Mary Plamondon, Gordon Canfield, Don Graham
3-Tom Dunn, Ruth Stavert, Denis Dunne, TBA
4-Ernie Stavert, Linda Fairhurst, Allison McCormick, Mable England
5-Lester Callbeck, Carol Sweetapple, Bob Tucker, Pat McCardle
6-Geoff Scutt, Grant Laird, Edgar Coffin, Dottie Dennis
7-Gordie Hermann, Bill Prowse, Karen Fisher, Bob MacWilliams
8-John DeLuca, Marie MacDonald, Vern Chowan, Jean Anderson
9-Vince Fisher, Deb DelValle, Ron Giggey, Jim Gillis
10-Sterling Stratton, Phyllis Cole, Donald Weeks, Carlene Peters

Spencer Pitre and Cornwall's Sarah Fullerton rinks win 17 and Under "A" Finals
Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 by derekm

The winners of the A sections of the triple-knockout Sylvan Learning Provincial 17 and Under Curling championship were decided Friday evening at the Montague Curling Club.

On the junior men's side, the rink of Spencer Pitre, Billie Lewis, Daniel McCarthy and Shawn Pitre, with coach Roger Gavin, from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, stole three points in the sixth end, and went on to defeat defending champion Sam Ramsay by a 7-2 score. The Ramsay foursome, who have PEI Junior Champ Brett Gallant on their team for this event, curl out of the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside.

To advance to the A final, Ramsay beat David Parker of Charlottetown 10-6 in the morning draw, while Pitre took a triple in the final end to defeat Isaac Shaw of Charlottetown 9-6.

In the junior women's section, the Sarah Fullerton rink from Cornwall, who won the event two years ago, and were runners-up last year, defeated Summerside's Anita Casey rink 9-1 to win the A section final. Playing with Fullerton are Michelle McQuaid, Whitney Young, and Sara MacRae, with coach Stewart Mutch. Earlier on Friday, the Fullerton foursome recorded a 12-2 win over Cornwall's Tricia Sanderson rink to advance to the section final, while Casey advanced Thursday night with a 5-4 win over Katie Sharkey of Charlottetown.

In other games on Friday, Jessica van Ouwerkerk of the Fox avenged her two losses on Thursday with a couple of lop-sided wins, 13-1 over Megan Davies of Charlottetown, and 8-0 over Rachael Collier of Montague. Sharkey picked up a 10-3 win over Leah Deveau of Montague.

Saturday play gets underway at 9:30 with the junior women. Defending champion Katie Sharkey will play Fullerton in that draw, while Anita Casey takes on Nikki Arsenault of the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O'Leary. The winners of those two games play in the B final.

At 12:30, the junior men take to the ice. In that draw, Pitre plays David Parker and Shaw faces Ramsay, with the winners advancing to the B final.

The B finals go Saturday at 4:30 (junior women) and 7:30 pm (junior men), while the C finals are Sunday afternoon at 2:30.

If a team were to win two of the three section finals, they would get to play in both championship games, set for Sunday evening at 7:30 and Monday afternoon at 5, and win the title if they take either. If a team happens to win all three section finals, they would win the championships without having to play a championship game. If there are three separate winners, the two game championship round would be played, with the team that plays in the most section finals getting the bye to the second game.

Eight junior men's teams and nine junior women's rinks are competing in this event, with the winning junior men's and women's rinks earning the right to compete in the Atlantic 17 and Under championships, March 21-24 at the Truro Curling Club in Nova Scotia.

Barb Currie edges Cornwall's Shirley Berry to win Seniors title
Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 by derekm

The Barb Currie rink from the host Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club edged Cornwall's Shirley Berry foursome by a 7-6 score this  afternoon to win the Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Women's Curling  Championship.  Playing with Currie were third Lana Simmons, second Jeanette Rivard, and lead Helen MacDonald, with coach Al Ledgerwood. Third Danielle Girard, second Arleen Harris, and lead Carol Sweetapple  round out the Berry foursome, who are coached by Butch McGee.

This is Currie's fourth Seniors title, winning previously in 2001, 2005, and 2006. Berry is a two-time Seniors champion.

In today's game, Currie opened the scoring with a first end deuce.  Berry tied it up with singles in the next two ends, but Currie scored another deuce in the fourth to grab the lead. They exchanged singles in five and six. Currie stole the next two ends to lead 7-3. Berry grabbed a 9th end pair to narrow the gap to two, and stole a deuce in the tenth, not enough to tie the game.

The Currie rink were first in the round robin, with a 6-1 win-loss record, their only loss being to the Berry team, who were second at 5-2..

Berry won the 1st place vs 2nd place Page playoff over Currie to advance directly to today's final, while the Summerside team had to get to the championship game by beating out third-place Joyce White of Charlottetown in the semi-final match.

On Monday, the Ted MacFadyen rink from the Charlottetown Curling Club beat the Peter MacDonald rink from the Fox by a 9-3 score to win the Men's title.

The Currie and MacFadyen rinks now advance to the Canadian Seniors, March 22-30 in Prince Albert Sask.

Ted MacFadyen wins sixth Seniors championship
Posted Monday, February 18, 2008 by derekm

The Ted MacFadyen rink from the Charlottetown Curling Club defeated the Peter MacDonald rink from the host Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club by a 9-3 score this afternoon, stealing deuces in the sixth and seventh ends, to win the Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Senior Men's Curling Championship. MacFadyen is now a six-time Seniors champion, and five-time Men's champ. Lead Mike Coady and second Sandy Foy have been playing on his team since the mid-seventies, while Craig Mackie has recently joined the rink at third. Rod MacDonald, Tom Fetterly and Doug MacEachern round out the MacDonald squad.

Photo (L-R): Ted MacFadyen, Craig Mackie, Sandy Foy, Mike Coady

MacDonald won the A side of the double-knockout event, while MacFadyen took the B side, with both teams beating Clair Sweet of O'Leary in the section finals.

The winning MacFadyen rink will advance to the Canadian Seniors, March 22-30 in Prince Albert Sask.

Cornwall's Shirley Berry to play Barb Currie for Senior Women's title
Posted Monday, February 18, 2008 by derekm

The Barb Currie rink from the host Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club defeated Charlottetown's Joyce White foursome 8-2 this afternoon in the semi-final of the Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Senior Women's Curling championships. The win puts Currie, and teammates Lana Simmons, Jeanette Rivard, and Helen MacDonald in Tuesday's 2 pm final against Cornwall's Shirley Berry rink. Currie has won the Seniors three times in the past, while Berry is a two-time champ.

Berry won the 1st place vs 2nd place Page playoff over Currie this morning by an 8-6 score to advance directly to the final. Other members of the Berry foursome are third Danielle Girard, second Arleen Harris, and lead Carol Sweetapple.

White beat Cornwall's Sherren Morrison in this morning's Page 3rd vs 4th game by a 9-3 score to advance to the semi-final against Currie.

Sweet, MacFadyen in Senior Men's B final, Currie, Berry in Women's 1 vs 2
Posted Sunday, February 17, 2008 by derekm
The playoff round is set at the Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Seniors Curling Championships at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club.

In the double-knockout men's division, Clair Sweet of O'Leary's Maple Leaf club and Ted MacFadyen of the Charlottetown Curling Club will square off in the B divison final Monday at 9 am, with the winner facing A divison winner Peter MacDonald of the host Silver Fox club in the 2 pm final.

Sweet advanced with a 6-4 win Sunday afternoon over Charlottetown's Charlie Wilkinson, while MacFadyen beat Peter MacDonald by an 8-6 score. On Sunday morning, MacFadyen eliminated John Deluca of Cornwall with a 10-3 win, while Wilkinson knocked out Lou Nowlan of the host club by an 8-3 score. MacDonald beat Sweet 5-2 in the A final on Saturday.

Round robin play wrapped up Sunday morning in the women's division. In the final round, Shirley Berry of Cornwall handed Barb Currie of Summerside her only loss of the round robin, by a 10-9 extra end score, giving Currie a 6-1 win-loss record and Berry a 5-2 tally, advancing both teams to the 1st place vs 2nd place Page playoff, now scheduled for 9 am on Monday.

Sherren Morrison of Cornwall, Joyce White of Charlottetown, and Karen A MacDonald of Charlottetown all finished with 4-3 win-loss records. Morrison had beaten both teams in round robin play, and was awarded third place, while White and MacDonald squared off in a Sunday afternoon tiebreaker, with White scoring four points in the final end to win 11-8 and grab the final playoff spot. Morrison and White now play in the Page 3rd place vs fourth place game Monday morning at 9.

Other round robin finishes: Diane MacKay of Cornwall was 3-4, Karen E MacDonald of Summerside was 2-5, while Silver Fox clubmate Nola Murphy was 0-7.

The winner of the Currie/Berry Page game will advance directly to the final, which will now take place Tuesday at 2 pm, due to a scheduling change.

The loser of that game will play in the semi-final, Monday at 2 pm, against the winner of the Morrison vs White Page contest, with the semi winner advancing to the Tuesday final.

The winning men's and women's rinks will advance to the Canadian Seniors, March 22-30 in Prince Albert Sask.

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Peter MacDonald rink wins Senior Men's A Final; Barb Currie undefeated in women's section
Posted Saturday, February 16, 2008 by derekm

The Peter MacDonald rink from the host Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club defeated the Clair Sweet foursome from the Maple Leaf club in O'Leary by a 5-2 score this afternoon to capture the A section final of the double knockout men's division of the Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Seniors Curling Championships. Playing with MacDonald are his brother Rod at third, Doug MacEachern at 2nd, and Tom Fetterley in the lead position. Other men's rinks still alive as of Saturday night are Charlie Wilkinson and Ted MacFadyen of Charlottetown, Lou Nowlan of Summerside, and John Deluca of Cornwall. At 9 am Sunday, Wilkinson plays Nowlan and MacFadyen faces Deluca, with the winners playing Sweet and MacDonald respectively at 2 pm. The winners of those games will square off in the B divison final Monday morning at 9. If MacDonald is in that final and wins it, he will take the championship; otherwise the final featuring the A and B section winners will go Monday at 5.

In the round robin women's divison, the Barb Currie rink from the host Silver Fox club continues to lead with a 6-0 win-loss record. Playing with Currie are Lana Simmons, Jeanette Rivard, and Helen MacDonald.

Joyce White from Charlottetown and Shirley Berry of Cornwall are next at 4-2, while Karen A. MacDonald of Charlottetown and Cornwall's Sherren Morrison and Diane MacKay rinks are 3-3. Karen A MacDonald of Summerside is 1-5, while Silver Fox clubmate Nola Murphy is 0-6.

The final round robin draw goes Sunday morning at 9, with tiebreakers, if needed, going Sunday at 2 and, if necessary 7 pm. If there are no 7 pm tiebreakers, the Page 1st place vs 2nd place and 3rd place vs 4th place playoff games will go then, otherwise they will go at 9 am Monday. Semi-finals between the loser of the 1 vs 2 game and the winner of the 3 vs 4 game go either 9 am or 2 pm Monday, depending on tiebreakers, and the final, between the winner of the 1 vs 2 game and the winner of the semi, go Monday at 2 or 7 pm.

Winning men's and women's rinks advance to the Canadian Seniors, March 22-30 in Prince Albert Saskatchewan.

Curling Cancelled tonight (Wednesday)
Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 by derekm

Due to the snow and and ice pellets predicted for this afternoon and evening, the possibility of freezing rain tonight before the changeover to rain, and the predicted high winds, we regret that we will have to cancel curling this evening. Draws in the current schedule will be moved ahead one week.

- Derek MacEwen
  Wednesday night drawmaster

Additional Club Coach workshop planned at Fox
Posted Sunday, February 10, 2008 by derekm

The PEI Curling Association is planning another CCA Technical Club Coach Workshop (Level 1), at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club on Saturday & Sunday March 1st and 2nd 2008.

Times:  Sat. 9:00 - 1:00   Sun. 8:30 - 4:30

Cost is $85.00, and registration deadline is Tuesday February 26.

For more information or to register please contact Gayle Johnston at 368-1071 or email: gaylej@pei.sympatico.ca.
Cheques are to be made payable to the PEI Curling Association and must be received by February 26.
Please mail cheques to Gayle Johnston, Box 10 Site 3 46 Kirkdale Rd. Charlottetown,  C1E 1N6

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Five Cornwall rinks to begin play Thurs. at PEI Seniors
Posted Sunday, February 10, 2008 by derekm
Seniors to follow Maritime Masters at Silver Fox
Posted Sunday, February 10, 2008 by derekm

The Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside is the host for the 2008 Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Seniors Curling Championships, for curlers age 50 and over. First draw is set for Thursday, February 14th, with the finals on Monday the 18th.

The eight-team women's division will play a round-robin with a Page playoff, while the 14-team men's section will play a double-knockout draw.

Among the talented field are five-time Men's and five-time Senior men's champion Ted MacFadyen, just off the ice from playing in the Labatt Tankard men's championship, where he made it to the Final Eight round. Defending champion Mel Bernard is not back this year, but Blair Jay from last year's team has moved up to skip a rink which includes two other members of the Bernard team. 2003 Senior champ Charlie Wilkinson is back, while five-time PEI Masters champ and 1999 Seniors champ Lou Nowlan from the host club will be very familiar with the ice, as he will be competing in the Maritime Masters championship at the same venue from Monday through Wednesday. Among the newcomers to the Senior ranks are the rink of Peter MacDonald, Rod MacDonald, Doug MacEachern, and Tom Fetterly. The MacDonald brothers have just finished competing in the Labatt Tankard, where their team made it to the final four. Fetterly was also in the Tankard, playing lead for the Robert Shaw rink, which made it to the Final Eight. He may be better known, for playing on two Canadian Mixed championship teams representing Nova Scotia. He also played on five Nova Scotia men's championship teams.

The MacDonald clan are also well-represented on the women's side, with Peter's wife Karen A. MacDonald skipping a Charlottetown team, and Rod's wife Karen E. MacDonald skipping a team from the host club. Other contenders include two-time Seniors champ Shirley Berry from Cornwall, and three-time champ Barbara Currie from Summerside. Defending champion Diane MacKay is back, with a new team out of the Cornwall Curling Club.

The winning men's and women's rinks advance to the Canadian Seniors, March 22-30 in Prince Albert Saskatchewan.

Here are the opening draws:

Opening women's draw - Thursday, Feb. 14 at 2 pm:
Barbara Currie (Silver Fox) vs Sherren Morrison (Cornwall)
Diane MacKay (Cornwall) vs Karen E MacDonald (Silver Fox)
Karen A MacDonald (Ch'town) vs Shirley Berry (Cornwall)
Nola Murphy (Silver Fox) vs Joyce White (Ch'town)

Opening men's games:

Thursday Feb. 14 at 8 pm:

Leo Stewart (Silver Fox) vs John Deluca (Cornwall)
Lou Nowlan (Silver Fox) vs Blair Jay (Silver Fox)

Friday Feb. 15 at 9 am:
John Holmes (Silver Fox) vs Clair Sweet (Maple Leaf)
Ted MacFadyen (Ch'town) vs Larry Dewar (Montague)
Peter MacDonald (Silver Fox) vs Louis Walsh (Silver Fox)
Charlie Wilkinson (Ch'town) vs Rupert Sweetapple (Cornwall)

Friday Feb. 15th at 4 pm:
Matt Smith (Charlottetown) vs winner Stewart/Deluca game from 8 pm Thursday.
Leslie Hardy (Western) vs winner Nowlan/Jay game from 8 pm Thursday.

Draw times: Thursday at 2 and 8 pm, Friday and Saturday at 9 am and 1, 4 and 7 pm, Sunday and Monday at 9 am, 2 and 7 pm.

Complete draw, full team rosters, and end-by-end results are available at peicurling.com/seniors.

Cornwall's MacWilliams and Morrison to compete in Maritime Masters, starting Monday
Posted Friday, February 8, 2008 by derekm

Defending champions Jeanne Duffenais and Lou Nowlan will be on home ice as the Maritime Masters Curling Championships, for curlers age 60 and over,  get underway Monday at Summerside's Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club. Duffenais won her fifth-straight PEI Masters title last month, while Nowlan, who was looking for his sixth-straight title, lost out to Cornwall's Bob MacWilliams in the final, but still gets to defend his Maritime title, as both winners and runners-up from the three Maritime provinces earn the right to compete in this annual event. Along with MacWilliams, Cornwall clubmate Chick Morrison, who came third in the PEI event, will also be at the Maritimes, substituting for the Nova Scotia runner-up rink, who are not attending. Summerside's Marg Nowlan, the runner-up PEI women's skip, is also in the event.

Click for team rosters.

First draw in the round robin is Monday at 10 am, with further draws at 2 pm, Tuesday at 10 and 2, and the final round robin draw Wednesday at 10 am. A draw to the button contest will be held Wednesday at noon if any tiebreaking is required to determine a winner after the round robin is complete.

Click for complete draw.

Results will be available at the Silver Fox website: www.silverfox-pei.com

Revised Warmup Spiel draw
Posted Friday, February 8, 2008 by derekm

Here is a revised draw for this weekend's Warmup Spiel for the Seniors and 17 and Under

The only changes are to Sunday's second draw time, and a few match-ups are altered 

Stick Curling Day in Cornwall
Posted Thursday, February 7, 2008 by derekm

The Cornwall Curling Club is holding a Stick Curling day on Thursday February 21 from 9:30 am to 3 pm. This is a team entry event for two-person stick curling teams, and is open to everyone. Entry fee is just $5 per person. Lunch is provided. Advance registration is preferred, but not necessary. For more information, or to register, contact Ernie Stavert at 566-2467, or email ernie.stavert@pei.sympatico.ca. For more information on Stick Curling visit www.stickcurling.ca.

Rodd/Greco winners (and recipes)
Posted Monday, February 4, 2008 by derekm

Another successful Rodd Hotels and Resorts/Greco Pizzas Fun Mixed bonspiel was held over the weekend, with lots of curling, food, and fun. Speaking of food, Ronalda says that you find the recipe for her delicious cream of potato and bacon soup at allrecipes.com.

Speaking of curling, here are the winners:

 Division A- 1st place-Angus Kennedy, Myrna Sanderson, Bob MacWilliams Al Vanderveeko

            A-2nd place-Terry MacCormac, Rick Milton, Tara Rose, Cindy MacCormac

 Division   B-1st place- Bob Fowler, Lorianne Davies, Angus Kennedy, Tracy MacDonald

           B- 2nd place - Karen Currie, Valerie Acorn, Carl Currie, Alan Acorn

Division     C- 1st place - Sterling Stratton, Karen Wood, Vern Chowan, Margaret Stewart

             C- 2nd place - John DeLuca, Danielle Girard, Helen Smith, Edmund Richard

Division   D- 1st place - Louise Andrews, Melissa Andrews, Vanessa Andrews, David Axworthy

             D- 2nd place - Lester Callbeck, Heather McRae, Kenny Stewart, Walter Andrews

Thanks to Ronalda Baillie and all the organizers for another great event!

Ch'town/Cornwall Exchange draw for Feb. 5th
Posted Sunday, February 3, 2008 by derekm

Charlottetown & Cornwall Exchange

Charlottetown Curling Club, Feb 5, 2008

9:30am Draw

Ice 1: M. Jardine, D. Dunn, E Dunsford, P. Durant vs K. Wood, P. Gallant, G. Laird, J. Lord

Ice 2: J. Mackarris, Pat McCardle, P.Taweel, J. Gillis vs R. Biagé, M MacKenna, B. Craswell, S. Rafuse

Ice 3: A. Gauthier, M. MacDonald, D. Dennis, C. Johnston vs C. Dillon, W. Harris, M. MacLean, TBA

Ice 4: E. Cudmore, G. Younker, T. Acorn, B. Arsenault vs R. MacLean., S. Yam, J. Durant, F. Legault

11:00am Draw

Ice 1: W. Arsenault, A. Wertwyn, M. Craswell, G. Stewart vs J. Berry, B. Matthews M. England, J. Stewart

Ice 2: B. Acorn, R. Stavert, E. Jay, E. Richard vs E. Stavert B. Johnson, H. Smith, P. Connolly

Ice 3: J. Baird, M. Stewart, D. Steeves, D. Green vs V. Fisher, H. Poole, W. MacPherson, A. Greyhorn

Ice 4: G. Rafuse, J. Anderson, NL Storey, D. Girard vs S. Berry, B. Sutcliffe, K. Blanchard, TBA

Kinsmen holding public funspiel here to raise money for cancer
Posted Saturday, February 2, 2008 by derekm

The first annual J. Ken MacDonald Memorial Curling Funspiel will be held March 14-15 here at the Cornwall Curling Club. This event, sponsored by the Charlottetown Kinsmen with the support of BMO Bank of Montreal is a public fundraiser in support of cancer, and was inspired by former Kinsmen president MacDonald, who succumbed to cancer last year.

Entry fee for the event, which guarantees three games, promises lots of fun and prizes, and includes breakfast Saturday morning, is $120 per team. Entry deadline is March 1st.

For more information, or to register, contact Chris Hodgson at 628-6475, or email curling@charlottetownkin.com.

[note to members: Chris, who curled on Cornwall's 1997 PEI Junior championship rink, is back at our club this year, and skips a team in the Tuesday night league]

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Opening draw for Rodd/Greco spiel
Posted Thursday, January 31, 2008 by derekm
Here is the opening draw for the Cornwall Curling Club's Rodd/Greco Funspiel

Friday, Feb 1/08

6:00 pm Draw

Ice 1: G. Scutt vs E Stavert

Ice 2:  C. Smith vs P. Mohan

Ice 3: C. Morrison vs S. Stratton

Ice 4: K. Currie vs K. Baillie

 
7:30 pm Draw

Ice 1: A. Kennedy vs B. Fowler

Ice 2: D. Dunne vs R. Sweetapple

Ice 3: L. Calbeck vs J. Deluca

Ice 4: G. Matthews vs T. MacCormac


9:00pm Draw

Ice 1: R. Biagé vs J. Solterman

Ice 2: H. Kampius vs M. Beck

Ice 3: L. Andrews vs H. LaPalme

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Rodd/Greco seeking two more teams
Posted Tuesday, January 29, 2008 by derekm

Entry deadline is Wednesday night for the Rodd Hotels and Resorts/Greco Pizza team-entry Mixed Bonspiel at the Cornwall Curling Club.

Organizers are looking for two more teams.

Details:

February 1st, 2nd and 3rd. This event is also open to curlers from other clubs. Entry fee is $120 per team. 3 Games Guaranteed. Teams must contain at least one member of the opposite sex.

See previous news item for event details.

Evening draws are ON at Cornwall Curling Club
Posted Tuesday, January 29, 2008 by derekm
The Club will definitely be open this evening for the Tuesday evening competitive league. Good curling!
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Daytime Curlers Exchange cancelled today
Posted Tuesday, January 29, 2008 by derekm
The Daytime Curlers exchange games between Cornwall and Charlottetown at the Charlottetown Curling Club are cancelled for today, and will be rescheduled for a later date.
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Monday night curling cancelled
Posted Monday, January 28, 2008 by derekm

Itinerary announced for this weekend's Rodd/Greco Spiel
Posted Sunday, January 27, 2008 by derekm

Here are some of the goings-on planned for the Rodd Hotels and Resorts/Greco Pizzas Mixed Team Entry bonspiel, February 1st, 2nd and 3rd. This event is also open to curlers from other clubs. Entry fee is $120 per team. 3 Games Guaranteed. Teams must contain at least one member of the opposite sex. Entry deadline is January 30th.

1st Place winners of Division A will receive one night's accommodation at the Rodd Mill River Resort .
Send entry with cheque to Cornwall Curling Club, PO Box 408 Cornwall PE C0A 1H0 or enter at club.
Entry limited to 24 teams
For more info, contact Ronalda Baillie at 626-3625.

Rodd/Greco

Weekend  Events

 Friday- Pizza and Games Night

                  Lots of Greco Pizza
                  Bob’s  Bingo

                  Texas Hold’em

                  Crokinole-(If anyone has a board please bring it along!)

                  Trivia

Saturday-Breakfast

                      -Lunch-soup and rolls

                      -Supper-Spaghetti  and meat sauce or Alfredo sauce

                       Garlic bread and cookies

After curling is done we will dance the night away with music from the 80’s

Sunday - Breakfast