Round One of the Wednesday Evening Ladder League, with sponsors Charlottetown Bottle and Metal, and Sam’s Restaurant, wrapped up on Dec. 30.

Team Quilty

In the “A” Pool, the team of Aleya Quilty, Tyler MacKenzie, Eddy Bushev, and Alyssa Holliday went undefeated with a 7-0 win-loss record to win the round, followed by the Paul Neima rink at 6-1, and the Mark MacDonald foursome at 5-2. The young Brayden Snow team, who had a close game against Team Quilty on the final night, had four wins, and will also remain in the “A” pool for the second round, as will the Josh McInnis-skipped “Legion of Broom” team, who were tied with the Chris MacDougall squad, both with 2 victories. Because President MacDougall and his rink lost their game against the “Legion”, they will be descending the ladder to the B Pool, along with the Dave Younker and Greg Groves teams, both with one win. Younker picked up his win on the final night, 11-6 over Groves. 

Team Robertson

The “B” pool was won by the team of Greg Robertson, Kim Pippy, Jeff Arsenault, and Laura Arsenault, finishing with an impressive 6-1 win-loss record. They’ll be climbing the ladder to the “A” pool for the next round, along with the Clara Jack rink, who went 5-2, and the Joe Callaghan team, who had 4 wins and 3 losses.

The Hank Kamphuis team also went 4-3, but lost to Team Callaghan in their round robin encounter, and will remain in the “B” Pool. Also staying in “B” are the Firefighters, who will be a force to be reckoned with next round after picking up some new players and ending up with a total of three wins. Also staying put are the Kelly Watts team, who also had three victories, along with the Rob Gallant and Peter Joostema rinks who both had two.

Round Two “A” Pool Sponsor

Here are the pools for Round Two, starting on January 6, and sponsored by Wendys and the Belvedere Golf Course. The “A” pool gets the early draw the first week as they had the late draw the last week of Round One. We will run a full seven-week schedule, with any missed nights due to storms or other reasons not being played. The third round will be six weeks.

Here is the Round Two draw  and Schedule:

Jan. 6 (Week 1)
6:30 pm  Wendy’s/D.P. Murphy Inc. “A” Pool 
Ice 1: A4-Snow vs A7-Jack
Ice 2: A6-Robertson vs A3-MacDonald
Ice 3: A8-Callaghan vs A1-Quilty
Ice 4: A2-Neima vs A5-McInnis (Legion of Broom)

8:30 pm Belvedere Golf Club “B” Pool
Ice 1: B4-Kamphuis vs B7-Gallant
Ice 2: B6-Watts vs B3-Groves
Ice 3: B1-MacDougall vs B8-Joostema
Ice 4: B2-Younker vs B5-Firefighters

Jan. 13 (Week 2)
630 pm Belvedere Golf Club “B” Pool
Ice 1: B6-Watts vs B1-MacDougall
Ice 2: B4-Kamphuis vs  B5-Firefighters
Ice 3: B2-Younker vs B7-Gallant
Ice 4: B8-Joostema vs B3-Groves

8:30 pm Wendy’s/D.P. Murphy Inc. “A” Pool
Ice 1: A6-Robertson vs A1-Quilty
Ice 2: A4-Snow vs A5-McInnis (Legion of Broom)
Ice 3: A2-Neima vs A7-Jack
Ice 4: A8-Callaghan vs A3-MacDonald

Jan. 20 (Week 3)
6:30 pm Wendy’s/D.P. Murphy Inc. “A” Pool
Ice 1: A2-Neima vs A8-Callaghan
Ice 2: A7-Jack vs A1-Quilty
Ice 3: A5-McInnis (Legion of Broom) vs A3-MacDonald
Ice 4: A4-Snow vs A6-Robertson

8:30 pm Belvedere Golf Club “B” Pool
Ice 1: B2-Younker vs B8-Joostema
Ice 2: B7-Gallant vs B1-MacDougall
Ice 3: B5-Firefighters vs B3-Groves
Ice 4: B4-Kamphuis vs  B6-Watts

Jan. 27 (Week 4)
630 pm Belvedere Golf Club “B” Pool
Ice 1: B1-MacDougall vs B3-Groves
Ice 2: B2-Younker vs B4-Kamphuis
Ice 3: B6-Watts vs B8-Joostema
Ice 4: B5-Firefighters vs B7-Gallant

8:30 pm Wendy’s/D.P. Murphy Inc. “A” Pool
Ice 1: A1-Quilty vs A3-MacDonald
Ice 2: A2-Neima vs A4-Snow
Ice 3: A6-Robertson vs A8-Callaghan
Ice 4: A5-McInnis (Legion of Broom) vs A7-Jack

Feb. 3 (Week 5)
6:30 pm Wendy’s/D.P. Murphy Inc. “A” Pool
Ice 1: A4-Snow vs A8-Callaghan
Ice 2: A3-MacDonald vs A7-Jack
Ice 3: A1-Quilty vs A5-McInnis (Legion of Broom)
Ice 4: A2-Neima vs A6-Robertson

8:30 pm Belvedere Golf Club “B” Pool
Ice 1: B4-Kamphuis vs B8-Joostema
Ice 2: B3-Groves vs B7-Gallant
Ice 3: B1-MacDougall vs  B5-Firefighters
Ice 4: B2-Younker vs  B6-Watts

Feb. 10 (Week 6)
630 pm Belvedere Golf Club “B” Pool
Ice 1: B2-Younker vs B3-Groves
Ice 2: B5-Firefighters vs B8-Joostema
Ice 3: B6-Watts vs B7-Gallant
Ice 4: B1-MacDougall vs B4-Kamphuis

8:30 pm Wendy’s/D.P. Murphy Inc. “A” Pool
Ice 1: A2-Neima vs A3-MacDonald
Ice 2: A5-McInnis (Legion of Broom) vs A8-Callaghan
Ice 3: A6-Robertson vs A7-Jack
Ice 4: A1-Quilty vs A4-Snow

Feb. 17 (Week 7)
6:30 pm Wendy’s/D.P. Murphy Inc. “A” Pool
Ice 1: A5-McInnis (Legion of Broom) vs A6-Robertson
Ice 2: A1-Quilty vs A2-Neima
Ice 3: A3-MacDonald vs A4-Snow
Ice 4: A7-Jack vs A8-Callaghan

8:30 pm Belvedere Golf Club “B” Pool
Ice 1: B5-Firefighters vs  B6-Watts
Ice 2: B1-MacDougall vs B2-Younker
Ice 3: B3-Groves vs B4-Kamphuis
Ice 4: B7-Gallant vs B8-Joostema

At the end of the round, the bottom three “A” teams will drop to the “B” pool, while the top three “B” teams will ascend the ladder to the “A” pool for the final round of the season.

• Open semi-competitive league. Any player can play any position, and you can change from game to game.
• Following Qualifier Night where we only need to know who won, you will mark “W” for a win, “L” for a loss, or “LD” for a loss by default on the scoresheet, along with your team’s points scored, on the scoresheet on the draw board. In the case of a default, award point per end to the winning team. In the case of a tie, award an additional point for the draw to the button winner. If your score is not marked and you win, you will get one point more than the losing team. If you lose and didn’t mark, you will receive zero points.
• To break ties at the end of the round between teams with the same record, the tied teams are ranked by applying the following rules in order until one tie is broken. If a one or more ties remain, the rules are applied to each tie starting from rule 1. The process continues until all ties are broken and all teams are ranked.
  1. The teams are ranked using their head-to-head record against the other teams in the tie. A Loss will beat a Loss by Default.
  2. The teams are then ranked using the point differential for their games in the round against the other teams in the tie.
  3. The teams are then ranked using the point differential for all the games in the round against all teams.
  4. The teams are then ranked using their initial ranking in the round.
• Ties: Decided by skip’s rocks with sweeping permitted (by your team only – the other team cannot sweep your rock).
• Avoiding defaults/using spares: At least one regular team member (and three players in total) must be present for the game to count, or else a default is posted.  Spares should not play a higher position than the player replaced.
• Storms: Any games cancelled due to storms, etc. will usually not be played, unless it is the last week of the draw (drawmasters decision). All subsequent weeks will remain where they were, Any changes to this will be posted on CornwallCurling.com.
• Teams may reschedule games to a different date and /or time by mutual consent. but ice time is hard to find!
• The buzzer will be used to ensure the teams are off the ice within the 2-hour time period.  If the buzzer sounds, teams will complete the current end in play to finish the game. If tied, the standard draw to the button will then take place.

– Derek MacEwen

Wednesday Night Drawmaster

derek.macewen@gmail.com