Curl PEI has released the schedule for next season, and the Cornwall Curling Club is hosting the provincial Stick and Mixed (four person) curling championships.
The Tankard (men’s) and Scotties (women’s) championships, along with the Future Tankard and Scotties developmental junior events will be held at the same venue in the same timeframe. with the championships going Jan. 18-24 2017, and the Future events taking place Jan. 20-22. This is a one year trial, at the Silver Fox, of co-hosting the men’s and women’s championships in the same venue.
The Junior Mixed is no longer being held as a Curl PEI event. For the youngest curlers, a Little Rock Jamboree is in the planning stages.
Entries for all events are to be made online at PEICurling.com
Meanwhile, Curl PEI recently held a regular, and a special meeting, and made the following changes:
Regular meeting
- Curl PEI has adopted the Curling Canada Policy for Residency allowing one “Free Agent” per team for the Provincial Women’s and Men’s championships. (new wording will be added to Curl PEI Rules of Play)
- Curl PEI also adopted the Curling Canada Policy for Residency for all other events. It is essentially the same policy as the provincial body already had.New wording will be added to the Curl PEI Rules of Play to reflect these changes.
Special Meeting:
- Motion Carried changing the Annual General Meeting date to before October 15 of each calendar year.
- Provincial Championship Event Entry Fee changes: Fees for events leading to a Curling Canada national championship (Juniors, Scotties, Tankard, Seniors, Mixed and Mixed Doubles) increased $10 per team, while entry fees for all other Curling PEI championship events will go up by $5 per team. As well, the Curling Canada Competitor Fee, collected by Curl PEI on behalf of Curling Canada, increases from $36 to $39 per competitor, per event in the 2016/17 season.
- MRSB was appointed as Curl PEI’s auditors for the 2015/16 season financial review engagement.