Cornwall rinks finish second and third at 17 and Under
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The Tiffany Sweet rink from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary went undefeated to sweep all three triple-knockout sections to capture the women’s section of the Sylvan Learning Provincial age 17 and Under Curling Championships at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club. All three section finals were against the same team – the Veronica Smith foursome from the Cornwall Curling Club. Sweet won the A section Friday afternoon by a 6-3 score, the B section by a 5-4 score on Saturday morning, and the C final on Sunday morning, also by a 5-4 score, but in an extra end. Sweet, and teammates Chantal Clements, Kathleen O’Meara, and Laura O’Meara, with coaches Clair and Ralph Sweet now advance to the Atlantic 17 and Under Championships, April 2-4 at the Riverside Golf and Curling Club in Rothesay NB. Other members of the runner-up Smith rink are Katie Fullerton, Sabrina Smith, and Chloe McCloskey, with coaches Paul Smith and Sarah Fullerton.
Photo (L-R): Paul Smith (Coach), Veronica Smith (skip), Katie Fullerton (third), Sabrina Smith (second),
Chloe McCloskey (lead), Darrel Kirev (PEI Curling Assoc. Events Coordinator)
In the Junior Men’s section, Matthew MacLean of the Maple Leaf captured the C division final on Sunday morning, beating A final winner Kyle Hughes and his combined Montague/Charlottetown team by a 6-4 score. MacLean then took on B section winner Jeff Taylor of Cornwall in the first championship round game. Taylor lead 3-2 after four ends, when MacLean grabbed the lead with a triple in the fifth. Taylor took a deuce in six, and stole another pair in the sixth to tie the game, MacLean had hammer in the final end, and picked up a single for a 7-6 win. The MacLean team now face A finalist Hughes in the championship game, Monday at 3 pm. Playing with MacLean are Marshall Smallman, Kevin Gallant, and Alan MacLean, with coaches Glen MacLean and Shannon Smallman. Tony Nabuurs, Taylor McInnis and Chandler Matheson, with coach Arnold Nabuurs, round out the Hughes team, while Alex Sutherland, Alex Jenkins and Jonathan Schut, with coach A.J. Campbell complete the Taylor team.
Photo (L-R): A.J. Campbell, Jeff Taylor, Alex Sutherland, Alex Jenkins, Jonathan Schut
