Day 1 was a success at the Winter Jam Junior Bonspiel

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The annual U12 Funspiel will be held on Saturday, February 1st this year.

Door will open at 9:00am with the first games starting at 10:00am.

Each team will play two 4-end games.

Team or single-entry registration.

In addition to the curling we will have pizza and prizes as well!

Registration is limited to 16 teams (64 curlers) so register soon at manager@cornwallcurling.com or by signing up on the sheet at the club.

Cost is $15/curler. 

We are excited to be hosting the first annual Winter Jam Junior Bonspiel this weekend, January 17th-19th.

There are 13 teams from PEI, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick participating – eight in our U15 division, and five in the U20 division.

In addition to some great curling we are very excited about the Saturday evening social which will include $1 hot dogs, a trick shot competition and a talent show/karaoke.  Rumour has it the club manager may even participate.

Club members are encouraged to come out and support the teams!

At present the club is OPEN on our regular schedule for Wednesday, January 15th, but please use your own discretion based on travel conditions at your location.

We will update the website immediately if any changes or cancellations are made.

OOPS!

Somehow I looked right over Richard MacEwen’s name in the 50/50 yearly entries but he reminded me he had actually paid early on in the year for the season (he’s smart).  

Sure enough, looked at the list again and there his name was – maybe this is why we normally let the bartender do the 50/50 draw – LOL

CONGRATULATIONS to Richard for WINNING $256!!!!

Curl PEI is the provincial governing body for curling on the Island.  

Curl PEI hosts provincial events, coordinates development programs, fosters relationships between Island club and with regional and national curling organizations, amongst many other things!

Last Season Curl PEI had: 

• 1147 members
• 50 coaches
• 50 Officials
• 18 Championship Titles
• 144 teams (462 competitors) compete in provincial events

Last season, Curl PEI also started a Junior Development Program and helped Island junior curlers participate in the U15 RockFest regional events.

Through your Curl PEI membership, all Island registered curling club members have access to a comprehensive accident insurance coverage through the Sport PEI Insurance Package, which provides coverage for any injuries that occur while curling.

Amy Duncan, Curl PEI’s Executive Director, recently put out a Curl PEI Information Packet full of information about the organization, upcoming events (including links), and other resources and information.

I even learned new information in the packet! Did you know Curl PEI has an Equipment Borrowing Program? Check it out at: https://pe.curling.io/en/products/8593-equipment-borrowing-program

Download the informative packet in PDF form by clicking HERE

Curl PEI’s website can be found at: peicurling.com

Or follow their FB page at: www.facebook.com/peicurling

For the past 38 years Kenmac Energy has been sponsoring events at the Cornwall Curling Club and this year’s Kenmac Energy Bonspiel is scheduled for this weekend, January 10 & 11.

Below are the teams, draw schedule and rules:

At present the club is OPEN on our regular schedule for Sunday, January 5th, but please use your own discretion based on travel conditions at your location.

We will update the website immediately if any changes or cancellations are made.

The extremely-close first round of the Wednesday evening Ladder League wrapped up recently, with very well-matched teams, making it difficult to sort out the final rankings. We’ll take photos of the winning teams the first week of Round Two, on January 8^th.

In the “A” pool, teams Boswall, Callaghan, and MacDonald all finished with five wins, thanks to an upset win by Team Deziel, who picked up their first victory, by an impressive 8-0 score, in an abbreviated game over Team MacDonald in the final week. Looking at the head-to-head results, Team Boswall came out the round winner, beating both MacDonald and Callaghan, followed by Team MacDonald, who beat Team Callaghan, with Team Callaghan finishing third.

FIVE teams – Teams Callin, Watts, Hanzl, Milligan and Whynot, had four wins, followed by the Deziel team with their lone victory. Each of the five teams with four wins won two and lost two games against the other teams involved in the four-way tie. Team Deziel will be moving down the ladder to the B Pool along with two of the five teams. Using the tie-breaking rules,

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.

This doesn’t really work with five teams, all of whom won and lost two games against the other teams, so we look at the next rule:

1. The teams are then ranked using the point differential for their games in the round against the other teams in the tie.

4^th Place in A Pool: Watts (12 points in tie)

5^th Place in A Pool:  Whynot (6 pts in tie), who beat both Callin and Hanzl

6^th Place in A Pool: Hanzl (6 pts) in tie, who beat Callin

7^th Place in A Pool: Callin (6 pts in tie), who beat and has 1 more point than Milligan)

8^th Place in A Pool: Milligan (5 pts in tie)

9^th Place in A Pool: Deziel (1 win)

Teams Callin, Milligan, and Deziel will be descending the ladder to the B Pool for the next round.

Now on to the “B” Pool, where things are easier.
The Greg Groves rink finished in first place, tied with the Arsenault team at 6 points each.
The two teams played each other on December 11^th, with Team Arsenault looking like they would be the victors, doing a long raise to the four foot with their last shot. Team Groves didn’t let that happen, though, and pulled off almost the same shot, and ended up as shot rock to win the round, via the head-to-head result over Team Arsenault. Team Kamphuis, with 5 wins, finished third. Teams Groves, Arsenault, and Kamphuis will be moving up the ladder to the A Pool for Round Two. Four teams finished with four points. Since they’re not moving up, we’ll just list them in random order: Teams Pater (PEI’s new U18 Girls champs!), Neima, Bodner and Stewart. Team Beaton finished with 2 wins, while Team Griffin had one victory.

Here are the Round Two Pools:

Here is the draw and schedule for Round Two:

PLEASE NOTE: The “B” Pool gets the early draw the first week of Round Two, as they had the late draw the last week of Round One. IF you have changed pools, please take note of your Week One draw time as you will be playing at the same time as you did in the last week of Round One

January 8: Round 2, Week 1
January 15: Round 2, Week 2
January 22: Round 2, Week 3
January 29: Round 2, Week 4
February 5: Round 2, Week 5 
February 12: Round 2, Week 6 
February 19: Round 2, Week 7
February 26: Round 2, Week 8
March 5 – No League (Club is hosting the PEI Curling Club Championships)
March 12: Round 2, Week 9

A Pool

B Pool

(Drag table to scroll left or right to view entire table on narrow touchscreens).

Click this link to download a printable version (PDF): 

Ladder League Round Two January 2025

• Derek MacEwen, Ladder League Drawmaster

derek.macewen@gmail.com

The draw schedule for the 2nd round of the Upstreet Tuesday Competitive League was released today:

Congratulations to the 2025 PEI U18 Curling Champions!

A huge congratulations to Team Pater (Cornwall) – Girls’ Division and Team Dalton (Cornwall) – Boys’ Division on their incredible performances and for earning the title of 2025 PEI U18 Curling Champions! 

We also want to recognize our amazing finalists, Team Myers (Cornwall) – Girls’ Division and Team MacEwen (Cornwall) – Boys’ Division, for their hard work, determination, and exceptional sportsmanship throughout the competition.

Both games came down to the final shot, with lots of impressive shots from both teams throughout the games.

We are so proud of all the teams and wish our champions the best of luck as they represent the club and PEI at the 2025 Canadian U18 Curling Championships in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan! 

We would also like to congratulate Kolin Beaton for winning the True Sport Award for the event. 

Congratulations to Darren Gallant of Team Myers and Shaun MacArthur of Team Beaton for winning the Asham Coach Awards. 

The U15 Saturday Slam series event at Crapaud tomorrow has been cancelled due to anticipated storm conditions

Due to unforeseen circumstances we are in need of TWO curlers to join the Thursday Night Mixed League, if you are interested in helping fill out these spots please reach out to the club manager.

We have around 40 of the old red and blue rocks and each is available for a minimum donation to the club of $50.

If you are interested in getting one of these pieces of Cornwall Curling Club history please reach out to the club manager.

Teams Myers, Pater, and Beaton are at the Junior Christmas Spiel at the Gage Curling Club in Oromocto, NB this weekend and sent us this picture!

Happy curling!

The club is happy to be hosting an event with Bruce Densmore from the Canadian Stick Curling Association to train individuals to do training for new stick curlers on Saturday, December 14th.

The program will begin at 9am for the morning group, lunch will be served at noon, and the afternoon group session will begin at 1pm.

Congratulations to Maureen Cudmore, whose name was drawn this morning and, for the first time this season, she was actually signed in!

Maureen wins the total draw for the season so far, which totaled $957 – which is the most it’s been since I’ve been here at least.

Maureen was smart and signed in the for the year, if you would like to sign in for the rest of the year it’s $26 – see the bar staff and they will add your name to the list.

Not sure what to get your curler?

Not sure what size mittens they want, what kind of broom they prefer?

All is well, because we have GIFT CERTIFICATES in stock at the club!

The team of Donald Weeks, Garth Cudmore, Sharon Campbell and Sue Pollard won the first round of the Monday Mixed Draw.

Congratulations!

The 2025 Cornwall Cup will be held on Friday, January 3rd and Saturday, January 4th.

Registration is now open at the club (or via email).

The cost is $60/team or $30/person and includes:

• Three guaranteed games
• Potential to play in playoff round
• Lunch on Friday.
• Cash prizes for top three finishers.

This year the event will be the OFFICIAL Club Championship Event for stick curling at the club, meaning it is only open to current members of the Cornwall Curling Club.

Currently the draw times are planned for Friday at 9a, 10a, 11a, 1p, 2p, 3p with the playoff draws on Saturday at 10a, 11a, and 12p.

If more than 16 teams register we can accommodate, but will need to slightly adjust the event schedule (likely by extending the qualifying draws into Saturday morning and having playoff rounds on Saturday afternoon).

The Prince Edward Island Curling Hall of Fame, with the assistance of a number of generous donors, is proud to offer bursaries annually to junior curlers pursuing their post-secondary education. There were some unawarded bursaries in past years, and a larger number of applicants this year, so a decision was made to award $1000 bursaries to two female curlers, and $750 bursaries to four male applicants. Due to the postal strike, the bursary cheques will be available for pickup at the Cornwall Curling Club starting Wednesday evening December 11. Uncollected bursary cheques will be mailed out once the postal service resumes.

Here are the recipients and a summary of their curling and educational endeavors:

Female recipients are Madalyn Easter and Erica Pater

Madalyn Easter, from Richmond, is pursuing a Medical Sciences program of study at Dalhousie. She has curled out of the Summerside Curling Club, playing both skip and third stone, skipping the U16 provincial championship rink in 2023, and, at third stone, finishing as finalist in the U18 and U21 provincials in 2024. She also skipped the silver medal at the U18 provincials and Canada Games curling trials in 2023 and the U18 provincials in 2023. She is curling out of the Halifax Curling Club this season. Back at the Fox, she has helped with Adult Learn to Curl, Little Rockers curling, along with timing and statistics, and has coached a U13 team.

Cornwall’s Erika Pater is enrolled in the Law and Society program of study at Acadia University. She has curled out of both the Cornwall and the Summerside clubs, and will be curling at the Wolfville Curling Club while at Acadia. Past curling accomplishments, as a lead, include winning the U18 provincials in 2022 and 2023, as well as the 2022 Canada Winter Games Trials, going on to compete at the Canada Winter Games in 2023. She was also on the winning PEI Junior Women’s rink in 2023, as well at the PEI U18 and Junior Championship rinks in 2024. She has volunteered with the Learn to Curl program, and at the Canada Winter Games week two, after curling in week one.

Male recipients are Connor Bruce, Luke Butler, Jack MacFadyen, and Brayden Snow

Stratford’s Connor Bruce is pursuing a Computer Science degree at UPEI, and curls in Cornwall. His team has won the provincial U16 (2022) and U18 (2022, 2024) championships and made the U21 finals in 2024. He has volunteered with the Learn to Curl for Newcomers program at his club and completed a several Curling Canada technical programs.

Luke Butler, from Charlottetown, is in the Business Administration program at UPEI. He curls in both Cornwall and Summerside, and was on the 2024 Provincial Junior winning team, playing second on Team MacFadyen. Other wins include the 2022 Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel, along with finalist finishes in the2024 U18s, the 2023 Canada Games Trials, and the 2023 Fall Fling. He has taken training in Safe Sport as well as in Canada Games preparation.

Charlottetown’s Jack MacFadyen, who also received a bursary in 2023, and has also been the recipient of a Spirit of Sandra scholarship from the Sandra Schmirler Foundation, is continuing his business degree at UPEI, in addition to curling at the Cornwall and Summerside clubs.

His many curling accomplishments include:
PEI Junior Champions (2024)
PEI U18 Champions (2020, 2023)
PEI Canada Games trials winners (2023)
PEI U16 champs (2020)
Four-time PEI Junior and four- time PEI U18 Finalists
His volunteer duties have included being an ambassador for PEI as part of the Sandra Schmirler Foundation, as well a helping out at his club, including instructing Little Rocks curlers.

Summerside’s Brayden Snow is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Law & Public Policy, with a minor in Criminology, at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He is curling at the St. John’s Curling Club / RE/MAX Centre. Playing second/Vice-skip, his team won the 2024 National U18 Curling Championships after taking the provincial U18s, The team also finished second in the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial Juniors. Brayden also skipped the winning PEI U18 champs in 2020, the U18 finalist rink in 2022, and Junior finalist teams in 2022 and 2023. He has volunteered with Learn to Curl, coaching and mentoring young curlers.

The club hosted the 12th Annual Mixed Doubles Spiel this weekend with 14 teams participating.

The event came down to the last rock thrown with Brent Irving and Angela Sanderson gaining the victory going undefeated and scoring 47 points.

Connor MacEwen and Kacey Gauthier tied for second with Chris and Melissa Creighton with both teams scoring 38 points.  They also had the same number of  wins and ends won, with the 2nd place prize going to Team MacEwen/Gauthier thanks to the results of a coin toss.

Speaking of coins, we decided to start a new tradition (playing on another great Canadian sporting tradition) with the team(s) finishing in last place getting a Lucky Loonie in hopes they’ll have better luck in their next spiel.

As luck (and skill) would have it the club manager and his wife Emilie were the first “winners” of the Lucky Loonie – along with team Wood/Arsenault.

Congratulations to Amy Duncan and Calvin Smith (we know it was your answers Amy!) for their win in the mixed doubles trivia challenge.

The 2024 Cornwall Curling Club Holiday Auction ends this afternoon at 5pm. Don’t miss out, get your bids in!

Items available include:

• Old club rocks signed by GSOC curlers
• Items donated by the GSOC teams/curlers
• Golf passes to Countryview and Rustico
• Gift baskets and gift certificates from local businesses
• Several other items

To participate in the auction you simply go to: https://www.32auctions.com/cornwallcurlingclub

You will need to register for a profile on that site, but you can pay for won items at the club.

The next round of the Friday Fun League begins on Friday, December 13th.

The draw schedule is: