The Dominion Curling Club Championship, for club curlers who have won their respective club championships, is now in its third year, and is being held at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, with men’s teams entered from all seven PEI curling clubs, and women’s rinks from five. The winning rinks will advance to the 2011 national The Dominion, November 21-26 in Richmond BC. PEI’s Charlottetown and Cornwall clubs hosted the 2010 nationals. Donald Clarey and Larry Richards from Montague are back from last year’s provincial men’s team. Cornwall is represented by the Brock Spence team this year.
Last year’s PEI women’s champions, the Jeanne Duffenais rink from the Silver Fox did not make it back, with the Nola Murphy rink representing the Fox this time. Other women’s entrants include the Lorianne Davies rink from Cornwall, who were runners-up last year.
Team Rosters
Men
| Skip | Vice-skip/Mate/Third | Second | Lead | Club |
| Donald Clarey | Larry Richards | David Rice | Stephen MacLeod | Montague |
| Blaine Hutt | Daryl MacDonald | Glen Adams | Eric McCarthy | Western Community (Alberton) |
| Alan Inman | Steven Thomson | Calvin Smith | Donald Whitehead | Crapaud Community |
| Brock Spence | Sean Ledgerwood | Chris Montigny | Jay Carr | Cornwall Curling Club |
| Clair Sweet | Dale Dennis | Arthur Lewis | Ricky Cooke | Maple Leaf (O’Leary) |
| Charlie Wilkinson | Don Sheidow | Robert Jenkins | Mike Murphy | Charlottetown |
| Barry Cameron | Corey Montgomery | Roland Richard | Jim Arsenault | Silver Fox (Summerside) |
Women
| Skip | Vice-skip/Mate/Third | Second | Lead | Club |
| Lorianne Davies | Melody Beck | Tracy MacDonald | Lynda Turnbull | Cornwall Curling Club |
| Kimberley Ellsworth | Sharon Horne | Wendy Fraser | Cheryl Bell | Western Community (Alberton) |
| Marie Ford | Julie Mutch | Vivian Holm | Heather MacRae | Crapaud Community |
| Val MacLean | Donna Marie | Cindy MacLean | Carol Kennedy | Charlottetown |
| Nola Murphy | Donna Arsenault | Christine Handrahan | Elspeth Carmody | Silver Fox (Summerside) |
Teams will play a round robin format, beginning with a men’s draw Thursday at 5:30 pm, and the opening women’s draw following at 8 pm. Friday and Saturday men’s games are at 9:30 am and 2:30 and 8 pm, with women’s draws at noon and 5:30 pm. Tiebreakers, if needed go Sunday morning at 10, with the second and third place teams in the men’s and women’s divisions squaring off in the semi-finals at 1 pm, with the winner taking on the first place team in the 1 pm final. Both Cornwall rinks have the bye on Thursday night, and begin play on Friday.
Opening draws:
Thursday March 17 at 5:30 pm (men)
Ice 1: Clair Sweet (Maple Leaf) vs Barry Cameron (Silver Fox),
Ice 2: Donald Clarey (Montague) vs Alan Inman (Crapaud)
Ice 3: Charlie Wilkinson (Charlottetown), Blaine Hutt (Western)
Thursday March 17 at 8 pm (women)
Ice 1: Kimberly Ellsworth (Western) vs Nola Murphy (Silver Fox)
Ice 2: Val MacLean (Ch’town) vs Marie Ford (Crapaud)
Opening games for teams with byes in first round (both from Cornwall)
Friday March 17 at 9:30 am (men)
Ice 2: Charlie Wilkinson (Charlottetown) vs Brock Spence (Cornwall)
Friday March 17 at 12 noon (women)
Ice 1: Val MacLean (Charlottetown) vs Lorianne Davies (Cornwall)
Complete round robin draw and end by end results at peicurling.com/thedominion
Any profits 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.