Smith advanced with an 8-2 win over Leslie Noye, and his combined Western, Silver Fox and Cornwall team, while Schut doubled Dylan Lowery and his Montague and Silver Fox team 6-3. Mackay doubled Cornwall’s Lauren Ferguson team 12-6, while Lenentine beat Cornwall clubmate Meghan Ching 7-4 to advance.
Also squaring off this morning are Cornwall’s young Alexis Burris and Lauren Ferguson rinks, who both have a win and a loss after yesterday’s action, with Ferguson scoring a pair of triples as she won against Burris by an 8-6 score, and Burris stealing the extra end for a 7-6 win over Cornwall’s Meghan Ching in a very closely fought battle. It looked like Burris had the game sewn up in the 10th end, but her final rock slid just out of the rings, to force the extra.
The men’s B event game this morning sees the Dylan Lowery team play the Leslie Noye rink, which includes Cornwall’s Donald DeWolfe.
With the “modified” triple knockout format, teams that win the A or B sections drop down to compete in the next sections, with the section winners advancing to a two-game championship round on Friday. If a team wins all three sections, they take the championship immediately. If a team wins two sections, they have a “double life” in the two game championship round on Thursday, and win the title if they take either game, while their opponent, the other section winner, would have to win both.
The “B” finals go Wednesday at 6:30 pm, with the C finals taking place Thursday at 3:30 pm.
Live end-by-end results at: peicurling.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/2185 and on the main page of PEICurling.com.
Visit PEICurling.com for photos from opening day.
Admission to watch the games: $3.00 per draw, or buy a Full Event Pass for $20.
The opening ceremonies took place between today’s two draws, with the teams marching in to bagpipe music, and Master of Ceremonies – Montague Club president Scott Annear introducing a number of guests, including representatives from the Town, Curl PEI, and area Member of Parliament Lawrence MacAulay.
This year’s winners advance to the 2017 Canadian Junior (Under 21) Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships, Jan. 21-29 at the Archie Browning Sports Centre in Esquimalt (a suburb of Victoria) BC, using the facility’s hockey arena and six-sheet curling rink to decide which teams will represent Canada at the 2017 World Junior Curling Championships in Pyeongchang, South Korea.