The second round is now complete in the Wednesday Evening Ladder League. The Greg Groves rink, which includes Don Weeks, Cynthia Livingstone, and Marjorie Matthews, made an impressive debut in the A pool, having only one loss, and will win the first place gift certificates courtesy of sponsor Griffin’s Auto Service. Three teams, skipped by Donald DeWolfe, Gord Peters, and Angus Kennedy, had two losses and will be remaining in the A pool, while two teams, skipped by round 1 winner Joe Callaghan, and by Greg Robertson, have only one win, and will be moving down the ladder to the B pool.
A final-week loss by previously-undefeated Ray Biagé to Kelly Watts made things complicated in the B pool, with these two rinks, plus the Lauren Ferguson team, all finishing with 4 and 1 win-loss records, and only two of them to move to the A pool. The head to head records couldn’t be used to determine the winner, as each of the three teams lost to one of the others: Biagé beat Ferguson 7-5, but lost 10-5 to Watts. Watts beat Biagé 10-5, but lost to 7-4 to Ferguson, and Ferguson beat Watts 7-4, but lost 7-5 to Biagé. According to the tiebreaking rules, we then have to look at score differences between the three tied teams. Biage and Ferguson each scored 12 points, and Watts scored 14, so Watts wins the round, and the gift certificates, courtesy of sponsor Cornwall Auto and Tire. We then had to return to the head to head records between Biagé and Ferguson, who were tied in score points. Since Biagé won their head to head game, they are awarded second place, and will be moving up to the A pool, while Ferguson will remain in B.
Here are the teams for round three (order juggled slightly to ensure that no team is in same slot as last round)
A1-Greg Groves, A2-Gord Peters, A3-Angus Kennedy, A4-Donald DeWolfe, A5-Kelly Watts, A6-Ray Biagé
B1-Joe Callaghan, B2-Greg Robertson, B3-Rachel MacLean, B4-Lauren Ferguson, B5-Dave Younker, B6-Rob Gallant
Team Ferguson is attending a Junior Development session with Adam Casey in Summerside next Wednesday evening and would like to play their game at another time, so we will schedule them against the other junior team, MacLean, in that game, and they can play it when time and ice permits over the next 5 weeks. The A pool will have the early timeslot the first week, as they had the late slot in the final game of round 2.
Here is the round three draw, with the A pool sponsored by Wally’s Pharmasave, and the B pool sponsored by Red Island Baked Potato.
Week One Jan. 11
6:30 pm (A pool)
Ice 1: A3-Angus Kennedy vs A4-Donald DeWolfe
Ice 2: A2-Gord Peters vs A5-Kelly Watts
Ice 3: A1-Greg Groves vs A6-Ray Biagé
8:30 pm (B pool)
Ice 1: B3-Rachel MacLean vs B4-Lauren Ferguson
Ice 2: B2-Greg Robertson vs B5-Dave Younker
Ice 3: B1-Joe Callaghan vs B6-Rob Gallant
Week Two Jan. 18
6:30 pm (B pool)
Ice 1: B2-Greg Robertson vs B3-Rachel MacLean
Ice 2: B4-Lauren Ferguson vs B6-Rob Gallant
Ice 3: B1-Joe Callaghan vs B5-Dave Younker
8:30 pm (A pool)
Ice 1: A2-Gord Peters vs A3-Angus Kennedy
Ice 2: A4-Donald DeWolfe vs A6-Ray Biagé
Ice 3: A1-Greg Groves vs A5-Kelly Watts
Week Three Jan. 25
6:30 pm (A pool)
Ice 1: A4-Donald DeWolfe vs A1-Greg Groves
Ice 2: A2-Gord Peters vs A6-Ray Biagé
Ice 3: A5-Kelly Watts vs A3-Angus Kennedy
8:30 pm (B pool)
Ice 1: B4-Lauren Ferguson vs B1-Joe Callaghan
Ice 2: B2-Greg Robertson vs B6-Rob Gallant
Ice 3: B5-Dave Younker vs B3-Rachel MacLean
Week Four Feb. 1
6:30 pm (B pool)
Ice 1: B5-Dave Younker vs B6-Rob Gallant
Ice 2: B1-Joe Callaghan vs B3-Rachel MacLean
Ice 3: B4-Lauren Ferguson vs B2-Greg Robertson
8:30 pm (A pool)
Ice 1: A5-Kelly Watts A6-Ray Biagé
Ice 2: A1-Greg Groves vs A3-Angus Kennedy
Ice 3: A4-Donald DeWolfe vs A2-Gord Peters
Week Five Feb. 8
6:30 pm (A pool)
Ice 1: A2-Gord Peters vs A1-Greg Groves
Ice 2: A3-Angus Kennedy vs A6-Ray Biagé
Ice 3: A4-Donald DeWolfe vs A5-Kelly Watts
830 pm (B pool)
Ice 1: B2-Greg Robertson vs B1-Joe Callaghan
Ice 2: B3-Rachel MacLean vs B6-Rob Gallant
Ice 3: B4-Lauren Ferguson vs B5-Dave Younker