The Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary is the venue for this weekend’s Curl PEI Provincial Under 16 Curling Championships, with boys and girls divisions for curlers under the age of 16, with three boys and four girls teams taking part. The boys teams will play a double round robin, with the top two teams then advancing to the final, while the girls rinks are playing a single round robin, with the 1st and 4th place teams from the round robin advancing to one semi-final, and the 2nd and 3rd place teams playing in the other. The winners of the semis them meet in the final.
There will be no tiebreaker games in this event – a points system will be used to break ties.
Points system:
5 points per win
1 point per end won
½ point per blank end
1 point score difference (max of 3 points)
Three of the seven teams are from Cornwall, with one team from Charlottetown and Cornwall, two from the Silver Fox in Summerside, and one from Crapaud.
Live results will be available at: CurlAtlantic.com/scoreboard
Event website: peicurling.com/under16-20142015
Here is the full event draw:
| SCHEDULE | ||||||
| Date | Time | Draw | Ice 1 | Ice 2 | Ice 3 | Ice 4 |
| Feb. 27 | 2 pm | 1 | Gallant vs DeWolfe | Moerike vs Doyle | ||
| 6 pm | 2 | Clyke vs Rogers | DeWolfe vs Schut | |||
| Feb. 28 | 10 am | 3 | Doyle vs Rogers | Gallant vs Schut | ||
| 2 pm | 4 | Gallant vs DeWolfe | Moerike vs Clyke | |||
| 6 pm | 5 | Moerike vs Rogers | DeWolfe vs Schut | Doyle vs Clyke | ||
| Mar. 1 | 10 am | 6 | SEMI Girls 1st/4th | Gallant vs Schut | SEMI Girls 2nd/3rd | |
| 2 pm | 7 | Final Girls | Final Boys (1st vs 2nd) | |||
| Double Round Robin (boys) | ||||||
| Round Robin with two semi finals (girls) | ||||||
| No tie breaker games will be played. A points system will be used to break ties. | ||||||
| Boys | Girls | |||||
| Gallant | Moerike | |||||
| DeWolfe | Doyle | |||||
| Schut | Clyke | |||||
| Rogers | ||||||
U16 Boys Team Rosters
| Skip | 3rd | 2nd | Lead | Coach(es) | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald DeWolfe | Jacob Wilkins | Logan Maker | Nick Johnston | Lori Robinson | Cornwall Curling Club |
| Alex Gallant | Connor Lilly | AJ Cahill | Luke Arsenault | Wendy Gallant, Rod MacDonald | Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club |
| Mitchell Schut | Colin MacKenzie | Michael MacEwen | Liam Kelly | Nancy Yeo | Cornwall Curling Club |
U16 Girls Team Rosters
| Skip | 3rd | 2nd | Lead | Coach | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Clyke | Lauren Ferguson | Taya Ray Crossman | Olivia Barbour | Susan Hubley | Crapaud Community Curling Club |
| Maria Doyle | Maddison Moore | Gabrielle Gallant | Abbie MacDonald | Don Vickerson | Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club |
| Lauren Moerike | Lauren Lenentine | Tati Kelly | Ashley Gallant | Kevin Moerike | Charlottetown/ Cornwall |
| Kristie Rogers | Ellie Coulter | Emily McQuaid | Olivia MacPhail | Brenda MacMillan | Cornwall Curling Club |
Last year’s champions were the Kaleigh Mackay rink from the Crapaud Community Curling Club and the Montague Curling Club, and the Donald DeWolfe foursome from the Cornwall Curling Club. The DeWolfe team is back this year, while the Mackay rink are competing in the Canada Games this week.