The Curl PEI Provincial Masters Curling Championships, for curlers age 60 and over, take place from January 16-20 here at the Cornwall Curling Club. There is no admission charge for this event, and curling fans are invited to come out and watch. Defending champs are the Shirley Berry rink from the host club, and the Ted MacFadyen team from Summerside’s Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club. MacFadyen is not back this year, but his three teammates are, skipped by Mel Bernard. Three members of the Bernard rink won the Provincial Legion championship this past weekend (the fourth member of the Legion team, Blair Jay, is on the Dale Cannon rink).
The two-team Women’s Division will play a Best of Five series, while the ten-team Men’s section will play a modified triple knockout format, qualifying teams for a two game championship round. If one team wins all three of the triple knockout sections, the championship round will not be required. If a team wins two of the three sections, they will have a “double life” in the championship round, winning the event if they take either game, while their opponent would have to win both. If there are three separate winners, the team who played in the most qualifying teams will receive a bye to the second game. If teams are tied in qualifying games played, the team who qualified first gets the bye.
Draws go Friday at 9 AM and 1 PM, Saturday and Sunday at 9 AM, 12:30 PM and 4 PM, Monday at 9 AM and 1 PM and, if needed, Tuesday at 9 AM and 1 PM.
End by end results from the Provincial Masters will be available at curlatlantic.com/scoreboard/
Click for direct link to Masters Curlcast Results
Event website: http://peicurling.com/
Here is the Men’s draw:
Here is the event schedule (Women’s games are prefaced with “W”, Men’s games are prefaced with “M”)
Masters Men’s Team Rosters
| Skip | 3rd | 2nd | Lead | Alternate. | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Arsenault | Ron Giggey | Roy Coffin | Edgar Coffin | Lew Black | Cornwall Curling Club |
| Mel Bernard | Lou Nowlan | Earle Proude | Alan Montgomery | Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club | |
| Ray Biagé | Tom Dunn | Frank Weiler | Edmond Richard | Cornwall Curling Club | |
| Dale Cannon (1st) | Blair Jay (4th) | Des Arsenault | Jim Evans (2nd) | Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club | |
| Barry Craswell | Bryan Sutherland | Paul Field | Alva Clarey | Cornwall Curling Club | |
| Bill Hope | Craig Mackie | David Murphy | Bill Doherty | Charlottetown/ Cornwall | |
| Bob Maynard | Harry Williams | Bruce Montgomery | Spike Martin | Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club | |
| Matt Smith | Julien Gaudin | Shoji Yamamoto | Bill McGuire | Charlottetown Curling Complex | |
| Clair Sweet | Bob Matheson | Muncey Harris | Wayne Arsenault | Maple Leaf Curling Club | |
| Louis Walsh | Doug Waugh | Steven Bent | Walter Benson | Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club |
Masters Women’s Team rosters
| Skip | 3rd | 2nd | Lead | Coaches | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley Berry | Sandy Hope | Shelley Ebbett | Arleen Harris | Butch McGee, Bill Hope | Cornwall/ Charlottetown |
| Diane MacKay | Valerie MacLean | Debbie Rhodenhizer | Carlene Peters | Cornwall Curling Club |
Click for previous Masters championships
Opening men’s draws: Friday January 16
9 AM:
Ice 1: Dale Cannon (Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club) vs Louis Walsh (Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club)
Ice 2: Barry Craswell (Cornwall Curling Club) vs Bill Hope (Ch’town, Cornwall)
Ice 3: Ray Biagé (Cornwall Curling Club) vs Matt Smith (Ch’town Curling Complex)
Ice 4: Clair Sweet (Maple Leaf Curling Club) vs Paul Arsenault (Cornwall Curling Club)
1 PM:
Ice 1: Loser Craswell/Hope vs loser Sweet/Arsenault
Ice 2: Loser Cannon/Walsh vs loser Biagé/Smith
Ice 3: Bob Maynard (Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club) vs winner Cannon/Walsh
Ice 4: Mel Bernard (Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club) vs winner Craswell/Hope
Womens’ best of five series between Shirley Berry (Cornwall and Charlottetown) and Diane MacKay (Cornwall Curling Club): games go Saturday at 9 AM and 12:30 pm, Sunday at 9 am and, if necessary, 12:30 pm, and, if needed, Monday at 1 pm.
The men’s two game championship round, if required, goes Tuesday at 9 am and (if needed) 1 pm.
The Cornwall Curling Club will be selling soup and sandwiches at lunch-time Friday through Sunday, and will be conducting a 50X50 draw.
The men’s and women’s winners and runners-up (which will include both women’s teams this year) will earn the right to compete in the Maritime Masters Championships. Dates and venue for this event have not yet been announced. The winning teams, or the highest-finishing men’s and women’s rinks that choose to attend, are invited to participate in the 2015 NVA Hotel Divison Canadian Masters Championships, March 30 to Apr. 5 at the Whitehorse Curling Club in the Yukon.