DAL women, with Cornwall’s Lauren Lenentine, and DAL men go undefeated to win AUS Curling Ch’ships

Posted on by February 10, 2019

The Dalhousie University team of skip Kaitlyn Jones, third and PEI native Lauren Lenentine, second Karlee Burgess and lead Kristin Clarke went undefeated with a 6-0 win-loss record to win the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) Women’s Curling Championship today at the RE/MAX Centre in St. John’s NL. They beat Mt. A 10-5 in the final. Summerside PEI’s Lauren MacFadyen played third stone on the St. FX team, who went 0-5 in the event.

Dalhousie women (Lauren Lenentine is 2nd from the left)

DAL, skipped by Matthew Manuel also went undefeated to win the men’s event, with an 8-3 win over Team UNB that went to handshakes after only seven of the scheduled 10 ends. Summerside’s Alex Gallant played lead on the UNB  team, skipped by Jack Smeltzer.

Dalhousie Men

UPEI did not send a team this year.

News Release:

Dalhousie Tigers claim AUS women’s and men’s curling championship banners

(St. John’s, N.L.) The Dalhousie Tigers will head back to Halifax with a pair of AUS Curling Championship banners, after their women and men’s curling teams both won their finals match on Sunday morning at the RE/MAX Centre St. John’s Curling Club. 

The Tigers men’s team was the first to claim their championship banner after defeating the UNB Reds 8-3 in seven ends. Dalhousie finishes the tournament with a 5-0 record and will now represent the AUS at the U SPORTS national championships next month in Fredericton, N.B. Members of the winning team include – Matthew Manuel (Skip), Owen Purcell, Jeffrey Meagher and Andrew Bauman.  

The UNB Reds had already qualified for the national championship as a host, which means the Memorial Sea-Hawks have also qualified, finishing the weekend as the third place team. 

The Tigers women’s curling team also went undefeated this weekend, finishing with a 6-0 record, after scoring a finals victory over the Mount Allison Mounties 10-5. Members of the winning team include Kaitlyn Jones (Skip), Lauren Lenentine, Karlee Burgess and Kristin Clarke. Dalhousie will now represent the AUS at U SPORTS national championships. The Mount Allison Mounties also qualify for finishing second, while UNB will also attend as host. 

WOMEN’S RESULTS – Feb. 10, 2019 

Draw 8 (FINAL) – 10 a.m.  
Dalhousie Tigers 10 – Mount Allison Mounties 5 (10 Ends) 

MEN’S RESULTS – Feb. 10, 2019 

Draw 8 (FINAL) – 10 a.m.  
Dalhousie Tigers 8 – UNB Reds 3 (7 Ends) 

Final Round Robin Standings  

Women 
Dalhousie Tigers: 5-0 
UNB Reds: 4–1 
Memorial Sea-Hawks: 2–3 
Mount Allison Mounties: 2–3 
Saint Mary’s Huskies: 1-4 
StFX X-Women: 0-5  

Men 
Dalhousie Tigers: 4-0 
Saint Mary’s Huskies: 2–2 
Memorial Sea-Hawks: 2–2 
UNB Reds: 2-2 
StFX X-Men: 0-4 


Source: Memorial Sea-Hawks Athletics Communications

 

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Cornwall’s Ebbett advances to 2 pm Monday PEI Seniors Final, Berry plays S’Side’s Aylward in 10 am semi

Posted on by February 10, 2019

Gorveatt and Aylward win final qualifiers for Monday PEI Seniors Ch’ship round

The Championship Round is set for 10 am and 2 pm (the men’s 2 pm draw may not be necessary) on Monday as the PEI Seniors Curling Championships. with Men’s and Women’s divisions for curlers age 50 and over wraps up on Monday at the Silver Fox in Summerside. Modified triple knockout play concluded Sunday afternoon, with the Philip Gorveatt rink from Charlottetown and the Kim Aylward foursome from the host club winning the final Qualifier matches.

Gorveatt

(L-R): Debbie Caissy, Donna Whelan, Kim Aylward

Gorveatt won both the men’s A and C qualifiers, and is now one game away from the Senior Men’s title, as he has a “double life” in the championship round and will win the championship if he takes either game, both against B section winner Dale Cannon from Summerside, while Cannon must win both games. Gorveatt scored a triple in the third end to win an otherwise low scoring contest by a 5-2 score against Cannon in the “C” final this afternoon,

There are three separate women’s section winners, with defending champion Shirley Berry from Cornwall winning the “A” Qualifier, her clubmate Shelley Ebbett winning the “B”, and Aylward taking the “C”, with a 7-5 victory over Ebbett this afternoon,  aided by a four-point fourth end.

The rules state that if there are three separate winners, the one who played in the most section qualifiers gets the bye to the 2 pm match. Ebbett played in all three and consequently will play the winner of the 10 am semi-final match between Berry and Aylward in the 2 pm final.

The event winners will advance to the 2019 Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championships, Mar. 23-28 at the new Chilliwack Curling Centre in Chilliwack BC.
Six men’s and six women’s teams took part in this provincial championship.

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2 pm C Qualifiers set at PEI Seniors

Posted on by February 10, 2019

The PEI Seniors Curling Championships at the Silver Fox Curling Club in Summerside, for curlers age 50+,  is down to two or three games in both the men’s and women’s sections.


Alan Montgomery (left) and Blair Jay watch their rock closely, as Dale Cannon directs it into the house

The Dale Cannon team from the host club edged Alberton’s Freddy Fraser rink by a 4-3 score, aided by a fifth end triple in a game that saw the first three ends blanked, in men’s “C” semi-final play this morning.

Philip Gorveatt watches as Mike Dillon (left) and Larry Richards sweep his rock

The Philip Gorveatt team from Charlottetown, who made it to the final last year, won the other semi by a 9-3 score over Alan Inman and his Crapaud rink, bringing the game to an early conclusion with a four-point sixth end. Cannon and Gorveatt now square off in the “C” final at 2 pm. Both teams have already won one of the modified triple knockout sections, so the winner of this game will have a “double life” in the Monday championship games at 10 am and, if needed, 2 pm, and will win the championship if they take either game, while their opponent, the loser of the C final, will have to win both to be declared the winner.

Kim Aylward

In this morning’s women’s “C” semifinal draw, Kim Aylward and her host club team downed defending champion Shirley Berry and her Cornwall rink by a 12-2 score, stealing 4 points in the first and stealing another triple in the 4th, leading 8-1 at the break, and sending the game to handshakes with a four point sixth end.

Kim Pippy (left) and Paulette Richard of Team Ebbett watch a rock delivered by Colleen Soltermann

The other “C” semi saw Cornwall’s Shelley Ebbett advance to her third section final with an 8-4 win over clubmate Debbie Rhodenhizer, in a game that was tied after 4 ends. Ebbett took singles in the fifth and sixth end and stole a deuce in the 7th for the win.

The women’s playoff scenarios look like this:
Regardless of whether Ebbett or Aylward win the “C” Qualifier game at 2 pm, Ebbett has earned a ticket to the final game at 2 pm Monday.

If Ebbett wins the “C”, she will have won both the B and C qualifiers, and play in both the 10 am and 2 pm Monday championship round games, winning the event if she takes either game, while her opponent, A section winner Shirley Berry, would have to win both games. 

If Ebbett loses the “C” qualifier, there would be three separate section winners – Berry (“A”), Ebbett (“B”), and Aylward “C”. The rules state that with three section winners, “the team that played in the most qualifying games” advances to the 2 pm game, while the other two teams would play off in the 10 am game, with the winner advancing to the 2 pm final. Ebbett is the only team to have played in all three qualifiers games, and would advance to the second game. 

The event winners will advance to the 2019 Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championships, Mar. 23-28 at the new Chilliwack Curling Centre in Chilliwack BC.
Six men’s and six women’s teams took part in this provincial championship.

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Cornwall’s Berry and Ebbett both advance to PEI Seniors ch’ship round

Posted on by February 9, 2019
 

It was a busy day at the PEI Seniors Curling Championships at the Silver Fox in Summerside, with three draws played, and the A and B section qualifiers out of the modified triple knockout draw determined for the Monday championship round, with two different section winners in both the Men’s and the Women’s championships. There are six men’s and an equal number of women’s teams taking part, and all teams were on the ice for two of the three Saturday draws.

The defending women’s champion and last year’s men’s finalist team took the “A” section, with the Philip Gorveatt rink from the Charlottetown Curling Complex winning the Men’s A Qualifier Saturday morning with an 8-1 victory over Crapaud’s Alan Inman foursome, while the Shirley Berry squad beat their Cornwall clubmates the Shelley Ebbett team 8-3.

A Qualifier winner Shirley Berry (left), B Qualifier winner Shelley Ebbett

Alan Inman (left), A Qualifier winner Philip Gorveatt (right)

Berry and Ebbett were back for the B qualifier, after Berry stole a deuce in the 7th and a single in the 8th end in a 7-6 comeback B semi-final win over clubmate Debbie Rhodenhizer, and Ebbett, leading 6-1 after three ends against Sharon Horne and her Western Community Curling Club team, finished with a 9-2 score in her B semi.

The results of the B qualifier were very different from the “A”. Berry got off to a fast start by stealing a first-end triple, but Ebbett took control of the scoreboard after that, with a tying triple, a single steal, and a triple steal for a 7-3 lead at the fourth end break. The teams exchanged singles, and Ebbett brought the game to a speedy conclusion by stealing her third triple in the seventh, to end the game with an 11-4 win.

In the men’s division, Inman advanced to his second qualifier by stealing the extra end for a 4-3 win over Freddy Fraser and his Western Community foursome. “A” winner Gorveatt’s B semi-final game, against the host club’s Dale Cannon rink, also went to an extra end, but Cannon had last rock and scored a single for a 4-3 win.

Dale Cannon, holding the broom

In the men’s “B” Qualifier, Inman lead 4-3 at the break, but a sixth-end triple gave the lead to Cannon, and the teams traded singles in the final ends for a 7-5 victory for Cannon.

There are two draws on Sunday, with the “C” semis at 10 am, and the “C” qualifier games at 2 pm. 
In the men’s semis, Gorveatt will again play Inman, while Fraser takes on Cannon. Team Berry takes on the Kim Aylward team from the host club in one women’s semi-final, while Ebbett will play clubmate Rhodenhizer in the other.

With two separate winners in both the men’s and women’s sections, this means that, as no team will win all three sections, there will be a championship round with the section winners on Monday in both divisions, at 10 am and, if needed, 2 pm. If any of the teams who won so far also wins the C qualifier, they would have a “double life” in the championship round and would win the event if they took either game against the other qualifier winner, while the other team would have to win both games.

The event winners will advance to the 2019 Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championships, Mar. 23-28 at the new Chilliwack Curling Centre in Chilliwack BC.

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Cornwall’s Berry and Ebbett face off in 10 am Saturday women’s “A” Qualifier game at PEI Seniors in S’Side

Posted on by February 8, 2019

Play got underway Friday afternoon at the Silver Fox curling club in Summerside in the PEI Seniors Curling Championships, with male and female divisions for curlers age 50 and over, following the postponement of the morning draw due to icy roads. A third draw has now been added on Saturday. The six men’s and an equal number of women’s teams are playing modified triple knockout draws, with the winner of each section dropping down to compete in subsequent sections. If a team wins all three sections, they will be champion without a playoff. Otherwise, the section winners advance to a two-game championship round on Monday. 

The “A section finalists have been determined after Friday play, with the Cornwall Curling Club’s Shelley Ebbett, and defending champion Shirley Berry teams squaring off in the women’s “A” qualifier, and the Alan Inman rink from the Crapaud Community Curling Club, and the Philip Gorveatt team from the Charlottetown Curling Complex, who made it to the championship game last year, meeting in the men’s “A” qualifier game. Both qualifier games go at 10 am Saturday.

Berry had a bye in the 2 pm draw, and doubled Crapaud’s Vivian Sherren foursome 12-6 to advance to the qualifier match. Sherren, aided by a seventh end triple, got by Cornwall’s Debbie Rhodenhizer squad 6-4 in the opening draw. The seventh end was also good for the Ebbett rink, who had a bye in the afternoon draw, but stole four in the 7th in the evening for a 9-4 win over the Kim Aylward team from the host club.

Aylward won her afternoon opener 9-3 over the Sharon Horne team from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton in a game that ended after six ends, with Aylward getting an early lead with a six-ender in the second.

In the men’s event both Inman and Gorveatt had first draw byes, with Inman, trailing after a fourth end triple steal by Summerside’s Dale Cannon, stealing the last three ends to pull out a 6-5 win. Gorveatt stole a deuce in the seventh end to break a tie in his game against the Freddy Fraser foursome from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, and won the game 7-5.

Cannon’s opening game against defending champion Bill Hope and his Cornwall and Silver Fox rink was tied 6-all after eight ends, but Cannon had hammer in the extra and pulled out a 7-6 victory. Fraser’s opener against Charlottetown’s David Kassner rink was the lowest-scoring of the day, with four blank ends, and no team taking more than a single point in an end, and finished with a 3-2 score in favour of Fraser.

Action continues Saturday afternoon at 2 pm with the “B” section semi-finals, followed by the “B” qualifier games at 6 pm.

The event winners will advance to the 2019 Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championships, Mar. 23-28 at the new Chilliwack Curling Centre in Chilliwack BC.

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Updated with pics: Cornwall teams win PEI Stick titles – Former Cdn. champs MacLean/Field win Open, Reid/Hughes repeat as Women’s champs

Posted on by February 9, 2019

The duo of Roddie MacLean and Paul Field, who knocked off the defending champions to win the Canadian Stick Curling Championship in their home Cornwall Curling Club back in 2013, will be getting a chance to do it again, earning a return engagement at the nationals in their home club, from March 31 to April 3rd. MacLean and Field won the 14-team Open (any combination of men or women on a team) division of the Ferguson-Logan Montague Funeral Home PEI Stick Curling Championship Thursday afternoon at the Montague Curling Rink by a score of 5-4 over clubmates Joe Gill and Doug Campbell in the final. Gill and Campbell had an early 3-0 lead in the game after stealing a second end deuce, and were up 4-3 coming come, but MacLean/Field scored a deuce in the final end to pull out the come-from-behind win.

PEI Stick Open Division winners Roddie MacLean (left) and Paul Field (right) with provincial stick curling co-ordinator Ernie Stavert


Open Division Finalists Doug Campbell (left) and Joe Gill

MacLean and Field advanced to the final with an 8-2 win over clubmates Vince Fisher and Paul Arsenault, while Gillis and Campbell edged Floyd Stewart and Gordon MacDonald from the host Montague club 4-3 in their semi-final match.

Provincial stick curling co-ordinator Ernie Stavert presents the women’s championship trophy to Elaine Hughes (left), and Etta Reid (right)

Women’s Division Finalists Myrna Craswell (left) and Myrna Sanderson

Meanwhile, the team of Etta Reid and Elaine Hughes beat their Cornwall clubmates Myrna Craswell and Myrna Sanderson 5-2 in the final to repeat as champs in the Women’s division, building up an early lead in the final with a deuce and a pair of steals to lead 4-0 after three, and kept their clubmates to singles in the rest of the game for the win.

Reid/Hughes had a bye to the championship final by virtue of finishing double round-robin play in the four-team field atop the standings with a 5-1 win-loss record, while the two Myrnas beat Cornwall clubmates Ruth Stavert and Gloria Clarke 7-3 in the semi-final to set up the final against the defending champions. Reid and Hughes will earn the right to compete in the Women’s division of the Canadian championship at their home club at the end of March.

In addition to the winners advancing to the Nationals, the top four Open division teams (MacLean/Field, Gillis/Campbell, Fisher/Arsenault, and Stewart/MacDonald), and the top two women’s division duos (Reid/Hughes and Craswell/Sanderson) from this event also advance to the Maritime Stick Curling Championships, also being held at the Cornwall Curling Club, the host club of five of these teams, from March 15-17.

File photo: MacLean (left) and Field at the 2013 Canadian Stick Curling Championships at the Cornwall Curling Club

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Annual Road Builders Curling and Steak Dinner went well thanks to organizers, volunteers, staff!

Posted on by February 8, 2019

The annual PEI Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association Curling and Steak dinner event was held at our Club on Thursday, February 7th.  Things went very smoothly, and the event ‘s success can be attributed to our wonderful volunteers.
Thank you to Ray Biagé, Jessie MacPhail, Marlene Proude, Carol Sweetapple, Karen Currie, Carlene Peters, Helen Smith, Carolyn Crockett, Bernie Field, Bryan Sutherland, Barb Duncan-Biagé, Ann Greyborn, Shelley Woods, Roy Coffin, Eugene Murphy, Derek MacEwen, and Grant Crockett for all of your hard work.
Thanks also to Bev McCormick, Al MacCormac, and Lance Lowther for keeping everything running smoothly downstairs!
Everyone’s efforts were most appreciated.

Paul and Joanne Durant

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Cornwall teams win PEI Stick titles: Former Cdn. champs MacLean/Field win Open Ch’ship, while Reid/Hughes repeat as Women’s champs

Posted on by February 7, 2019

The duo of Roddie MacLean and Paul Field, who knocked off the defending champions to win the Canadian Stick Curling Championship in their home Cornwall Curling Club back in 2013, will be getting a chance to do it again, earning a return engagement at the nationals in their home club, from March 31 to April 3rd. MacLean and Field won the 14-team Open (any combination of men or women on a team) division of the Ferguson-Logan Montague Funeral Home PEI Stick Curling Championship Thursday afternoon at the Montague Curling Rink by a score of 5-4 over clubmates Joe Gill and Doug Campbell in the final. Gill and Campbell had an early 3-0 lead in the game after stealing a second end deuce, and were up 4-3 coming come, but MacLean/Field scored a deuce in the final end to pull out the come-from-behind win.

Photos: MacLean (left), Field (right)

MacLean and Field advanced to the final with an 8-2 win over clubmates Vince Fisher and Paul Arsenault, while Gillis and Campbell edged Floyd Stewart and Gordon MacDonald from the host Montague club 4-3 in their semi-final match.

File photo from the 2018 event: Provincial stick curling co-ordinator Ernie Stavert prevents the women’s championship trophy to Etta Reid, left, and Elaine Hughes. Photo credit: Eric McCarthy, the Journal Pioneer

Meanwhile, the team of Etta Reid and Elaine Hughes beat their Cornwall clubmates Myrna Craswell and Myrna Sanderson 5-2 in the final to repeat as champs in the Women’s division, building up an early lead in the final with a deuce and a pair of steals to lead 4-0 after three, and kept their clubmates to singles in the rest of the game for the win.

Reid/Hughes had a bye to the championship final by virtue of finishing double round-robin play in the four-team field atop the standings with a 5-1 win-loss record, while the two Myrnas beat Cornwall clubmates Ruth Stavert and Gloria Clarke 7-3 in the semi-final to set up the final against the defending champions. Reid and Hughes will earn the right to compete in the Women’s division of the Canadian championship at their home club at the end of March.

In addition to the winners advancing to the Nationals, the top four Open division teams (MacLean/Field, Gillis/Campbell, Fisher/Arsenault, and Stewart/MacDonald), and the top two women’s division duos (Reid/Hughes and Craswell/Sanderson) from this event also advance to the Maritime Stick Curling Championships, also being held at the Cornwall Curling Club, the host club of five of these teams, from March 15-17.

File photo: MacLean (left) and Field at the 2013 Canadian Stick Curling Championships at the Cornwall Curling Club

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Afternoon Stick Curling League start time delays in February and March

Posted on by February 7, 2019

Attention Stick Curlers:

Delays for February & March

Due to Charlottetown Rural ice rentals, stick curling will be delayed one hour with a 1:30 pm start time on the following dates:

Monday, Feb 11th

Tuesday, Feb 19th

Friday, Mar 1st

Tuesday, Mar 5th

Thursday, Mar 7th

Thanks to the Club members who stick curl on these days for accepting this inconvenience

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Defending women’s champs advance to final as PEI Stick championships wrap up today in Montague

Posted on by February 7, 2019

Double round robin play is over in the four-team women’s division at the Ferguson-Logan Montague Funeral Home-sponsored PEI Stick Curling Championships at the Montague Curling Rink, with the defending champion due of Etta Reid and Elaine Hughes from the Cornwall Curling Club finishing at the top of the standings with a 5-1 win-loss record and earning a bye to Thursday’s 3:45 pm final.

They will take on the winner of the 2 pm semi-final, between two other Cornwall rinks, Myrna Craswell and Myrna Sanderson, who went 4-2, and Ruth Stavert and Gloria Clarke, with an even 3-3. Finishing out of the playoffs are Western Community’s Audrey Callaghan and Anne Barwise.

Two single round-robin draws, at 9:30 and 10:45 am, remain to be played in the two seven-team Open Division (any combination of male and/or female) pools, with the second and third place teams from each pool advancing to the quarter-final round at 12:30 pm, and the quarter-final winners taking on the first place teams in the 2 pm semis. The winners of the semis square off in the Open Division final at 3:45 pm.

With the 2 round-robin draws left, Cornwall’s Joe Gill and Doug Campbell have the morning off with a 4-2 record in the closely-fought “A” pool, while three rinks, Vince Fisher and Paul Arsenault, and John Dunsford and Alva Clarey, both from Cornwall, plus John Macdonald and Tom O’Rourke from the host club, are 3-2. John Vincent and Walter Callaghan from Western Community and Bill Glydon and Wayne MacPherson from Cornwall are also within playoff striking distance at 2-3.

Cornwall’s Roddie MacLean (left), and Western Community’s Roger Gavin in the house

It’s also a tight race for the 3 playoff spots in the “B” pool, with former Canadian champs Roddie MacLean and Paul Field from Cornwall wrapping up their round-robin play at 4-2, while four rinks sit at 3-2 and Sterling Stratton and Barry Craswell are 2-3. Only Montague’s Higginbotham rink are currently out of contention in this pool.

The tie-breaking scenarios for the playoffs  look like this: 1st by wins and losses by team, 2nd by head to head results, 3rd by points – 3 Pts for a win, 0 pts for a loss, 1 Point per end, ½ pt for a blank end, 3 pts (MAX.) difference of score.

The top four Open division teams and top two women’s division duos from this event advance to the Maritime Stick Curling Championships, at the Cornwall Curling Club, from March 15-17, while the winners of both divisions also earn the right to participate in the 2019 Canadian Open Stick Curling Championships, also at the Cornwall Curling Club, from March 31 to April 3rd, 2019

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Draw and Schedule for Feb. 12 Daytime Curlers Exchange with Charlottetown

Posted on by February 6, 2019

Here are the draw and schedule for the annual daytime curlers exchange with the Charlottetown Curling Complex on Feb. 12 here at Cornwall.

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PEI Senior (50+) Curling Ch’ships start Friday in Summerside. 4 of the 12 teams are from Cornwall

Posted on by February 6, 2019

The 2019 PEI Senior Curling Championships, with male and female divisions for curlers age 50 and over, are set for the Silver Fox curling club in Summerside, from February 8-12. Entries include the defending champion Bill Hope squad, from Cornwall and the host club, and last year’s finalist Philip Gorveatt team from the Charlottetown Curling Complex and the Montague Curling Rink, along with the defending women’s champion Shirley Berry foursome from the Cornwall Curling Club, and last year’s women’s finalist rink, skipped by Sharon Horne, out of the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. Other entries include last year’s PEI Women’s Travelers Curling Club Championship team,  skipped by Debbie Rhodenhizer, out of Cornwall.

The six men’s and an equal number of women’s teams will play modified triple knockout draws, with the winner of each section dropping down to compete in subsequent sections. If a team wins all three sections, they will be champion without a playoff. Otherwise, the section winners advance to a two-game championship round on Monday. 

The event winners will advance to the 2019 Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championships, Mar. 23-28 at the new Chilliwack Curling Centre in Chilliwack BC.

Click for Live End-by-End Scoring

Draw Tree

(modified triple knockout with two game qualifier round, unless a team wins all three section qualifier games)

(Draw tree will not be updated during event – refer to online scoring for draw progression)

 

Schedule

Men’s games have light green background
Women’s games have plum  background
Qualifier games have game number highlighted in yellow

Date Draw Time Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 Ice 5 Ice 6
Fri
Feb
8
 1 10 AM   1 2 B A  
2 2 PM   D C 3 4  
3 6 PM 7 6 5 E F G
Sat
Feb
9
 4 10 AM   H I 9 8  
5 2 PM 11 10 12 L J K
Sun
Feb 10
 6 10 AM   N M 13 14  
7 2 PM     15 O    
Mon
Feb 11
 8 10 AM     MA WA    
9 2 PM     WB MB    

Modified Triple Knockout Draw Playoff Scenarios

1. One team wins all three qualifiers: Championship Round is not required.

2. One team wins two qualifiers. They play in both X and Z (and win the event if they win either game), the other winner plays in Y (and has to win both games).

3. Three separate winners: the team that played in the most qualifying games* plays in Z and the other winners play off in X and Y. If there is a tie in number of qualifying games played, then the team that qualified earliest goes to Z and the other two teams play off in X and Y.

*Qualifying games have yellow game number background on the schedule

Team Rosters

(Click on Team Name for players)

Team Coach Affiliation Location
M – Team Cannon   Silver Fox Curling Club Summerside, PEI
M – Team Fraser   Western Community Curling Club Alberton, PEI
M – Team Gorveatt   Charlottetown CC & Montague CC Charlottetown, PEI & Montague, PEI
M – Team Hope   Cornwall CC/Summerside CC Cornwall, PEI & Summerside, PEI
M – Team Inman   Crapaud Community Curling Club Crapaud, PEI
M – Team Kassner   Charlottetown Curling Complex Charlottetown, PEI
W – Team Aylward Pat Aylward Silver Fox Curling Club Summerside, PEI
W – Team Berry   Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PEI
W – Team Ebbett   Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PEI
W – Team Horne   Western Community Curling Club Alberton, PEI
W – Team Rhodenhizer   Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PEI
W – Team Sherren   Crapaud Community Curling Club Crapaud, PEI

Click for last year’s event

Click for previous provincial seniors websites and winners.

 

 

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Three teams still undefeated after opening day play at PEI Stick Curling Ch’ships

Posted on by February 6, 2019
 

Six draws are in the books after opening day play at the PEI Stick Curling Championships at the Montague Curling Rink, presented by Ferguson-Logan Montague Funeral Home, and three teams – one in the Women’s division and one in each of the two Open Division (any combination of men and/or women) pools are still undefeated.

In the four-team double round-robin Women’s division, Myrna Craswell and Myrna Sanderson from the Cornwall Curling Club sit at 3-0 following wins over the other three teams. The second half of the double RR goes Wednesday at 11:15 am and 2 and 4:30 pm.

The Tom O’Rourke and John Macdonald duo from the host club lead the Open “A” pool with a 2-0 record. Cornwall’s Alva Clarey and John Dunsford also have two wins, with one loss, while the rest of the seven-team field has only one win each.

Montague also leads the seven-team “B” pool. with Howard Kerwin and Billy Power at 2-0, while former Canadian Stick Champions Roddie MacLean and Paul Field from Cornwall are 2-1, along with Floyd Stewart and Gordon MacDonald from Montague. Three of the four other teams have one win, while Montague’s Sterling and Bazil Higginbotham have yet to hit the winning column.

The four-team women’s double round robin concludes with the 4:30 pm Wednesday draw, while the Open division round-robin pools wrap up play with the 10:30 am Thursday draw.

The Open division quarter-finals go at 12:30 am, Thursday while the semis in both divisions take place at 2 pm, with the finals at 3:45.

 The top four Open division teams and top two women’s division duos from this event advance to the Maritime Stick Curling Championships, at the Cornwall Curling Club, from March 15-17, while the winners of the both divisions also earn the right to participate in the 2019 Canadian Open Stick Curling Championships, also at the Cornwall Curling Club, from March 31 to April 3rd, 2019

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Draw and Schedule for U13 Funspiel here this weekend

Posted on by February 5, 2019

The Cornwall Curling Club is hosting a Junior Funspiel on Saturday February 9 for curlers in the Under 13 age category. The event includes pizza, trivia, prizes, and guarantees two four-end games.

Here is the draw and schedule:

Draw Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4
10:00 am 3 vs 14 12 vs 5 7 vs 10 6 vs 9
11:15 am 1 vs 13 11 vs 4 8 vs 2  
Lunch        
1:15 pm 6 vs 5 10 vs 14 12 vs 9 7 vs 3
2:30 pm   8 vs 1 13 vs 11 2 vs 4

 

Everybody is requested to be at the Club  by 9:45, so the organizers can start and explain what the day will look like. Awards will be presented after the 2:30 Draw.

TEAMS:

  1. Ella Lenentine, Kacey, Erika Paynter, Ashlyn
  2. Sydney Carver, Michaela  MacLean, Hannah Hogan, Bryden Jackson
  3. Jorja McLean, Reed Hart, Brooke Lewis, Ashlyn MacNeil
  4. Isaih Dalton, Sheamus Herlihy, Connor Bruce, Nate MacRae
  5. Molly Shaw, Luke Butler, Kolbylynn Gallant, Ella Clow
  6. Lucy MacArther, Lia MacQuarrie, Lola Miller, Reaggan Shaw
  7. Nate Shaw, Sean P, Ashlyn MacDonald, Dean Hicken
  8. Veronica Paynter, Greta, Grace Myers, Cassidy Holmes
  9. Jonas MacLellan, Griffin Pickard, Asher Martin, Kolin Beaton
  10. Silverfox #1
  11. Silverfox #2
  12. Silverfox #3
  13. Natalya Gilroy, Madison Lowther, Alexis Holmes, Lily
  14. Silverfox #4

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9 Cornwall teams in PEI Stick Ch’ships starting today (Tues.) in Montague, hoping to advance to Maritimes and Nationals here in Cornwall

Posted on by February 5, 2019

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The 2019 Provincial 2-person Stick Curling Championships, sponsored by Ferguson-Logan Montague Funeral Home, with Open (any combination of men and/or women) and Women’s divisions, takes place February 5-7 at the Montague Curling Rink The top four Open division teams and top two women’s division duos from this event advance to the Maritime Stick Curling Championships, here at the Cornwall Curling Club, from March 15-17, while the winners of the both divisions also earn the right to participate in the 2019 Canadian Open Stick Curling Championships, also at the Cornwall Curling Club, from March 31 to April 3rd, 2019.

The defending PEI champions – the Barry Craswell and Sterling Stratton duo from the Cornwall Curling Club in the Open division, and the Elaine Hughes and Etta Reid team, also from the Cornwall Curling Club, are back looking to defend their titles and hope to advance to the Maritime and National championships at their home club.

The 14 Open Division teams (6 are from Cornwall) are divided into two pools, each playing a round robin, with the top three teams from each pool advancing to the playoff round. The four Women’s Division teams (3 are from Cornwall) will play a double round robin, with the second and third place teams advancing to a semi-final, with the winner facing the first place team in the final.

Live results: http://peicurling.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/4284

Event website: http://peicurling.com/stick20182019/

Draw and Schedule

Round Robin Round Robin Double Round Robin
Open Pool A (Round Robin) Open Pool B
(Round Robin)		 Women Pool C (Double Round Robin)
A Gill/
Campbell		 1 MacLean/ Field W1 Callaghan/
Barwise
B Callaghan/
Vincent		 2 Stratton/ Craswell W2 Stavert/
Clarke
C MacPherson/
Glydon		 3 Stewart/ MacDonald W3 Reid/
Hughes
D Dunsford/
Clarey		 4 Higginbotham W4 Craswell/
Sanderson
E O’Rourke/ 
MacDonald		 5 Hogan/ Hackett     Open Division Playoff Round is in Green
F Fisher/
Arsenault		 6 Gavin/ Bernard
G Harding/
MacDonald		 7 Kerwin/ Power
Date Time Draw # Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4
Tue.
FEB. 5		 10 AM 1 Maclean/Field-Stratton/Craswell Stewart/MacDonald-Higginbotham Hogan/Hackett-Gavin/Bernard Callaghan/Barwise-Stavert/Clarke
11:15 AM 2 Gill/Campbell-Callaghan/Vincent MacPherson/Glydon-Dunsford/Clarey O’Rourke/MacDonald-Fisher/Arsenault Reid/Hughes-Craswell/Sanderson
12:30 PM 3 Stavert/Clarke-Craswell/Sanderson Stratton/Craswell-Hogan/Hackett MacLean/Field-Stewart/MacDonald Higginbotham-Kerwin/Power
2 PM 4 Callaghan/Barwise-Reid/Hughes Callaghan/Vincent-O’Rourke/MacDonald Gill/Campbell-MacPherson/Glydon Dunsford/Clarey-Harding/MacDonald
3:15 PM 5 Stewart/MacDonald-Gavin/Bernard Maclean/Field-Higginbotham Callaghan/Barwise-Craswell/Sanderson Stratton/Craswell-Kerwin/Power
4:30 PM 6 MacPherson/Glydon-Fisher/Arsenault Gill/Campbell-Dunsford/Clarey Stavert/Clarke-Reid/Hughes Callaghan/Vincent-Harding/MacDonald
Wed.
FEB. 6		 10 AM 7 Callaghan/Barwise-Stavert/Clarke Hogan/Hackett-Kerwin/Power Maclean/Field-Gavin/Bernard Stratton/Craswell-Stewart/MacDonald
11:15 AM 8 Reid/Hughes-Craswell/Sanderson O’Rourke/MacDonald-Harding/MacDonald Gill/Campbell-Fisher/Arsenault Callaghan/Vincent-MacPherson/Glydon
12:30 PM 9 Maclean/Field-Kerwin/Power Stratton/Craswell-Gavin/Bernard Callaghan/Barwise-Reid/Hughes Higginbotham-Hogan/Hackett
2 PM 10 Gill/Campbell-Harding/MacDonald Callaghan/Vincent-Fisher/Arsenault Stavert/Clarke-Craswell/Sanderson Dunsford/Clarey-O’Rourke/MacDoanld
3:15 PM 11 Higginbotham-Gavin/Bernard Maclean/Field-Hogan/Hackett Stewart/MacDonald-Kerwin/Power Stavert/Clarke-Reid/Hughes
4:30 PM 12 Dunsford/Clarey-Fisher/Arsenault Gill/Campbell-O’Rourke/MacDonald MacPherson/Glydon-Harding/MacDonald Callaghan/Barwise-Craswell/Sanderson
Thu.
FEB. 7		 9:30AM 13 Stewart/MacDonald-Hogan/Hackett Gavin/Bernard-Kerwin/Power   Stratton/Craswell-Higginbotham
10:45 AM 14 MacPherson/Glydon-O’Rourke/MacDonald Fisher/Arsenault-Harding/MacDonald   Callaghan/Vincent-Dunsford/Clarey
12:30 PM 15   Q1 (O) Q2 (O)  
2 PM 16 SEMI (O) 2 SEMI W SEMI (O) 1  
3:45 PM 17   FINAL (O) FINAL W  

Open (any combination of men/women) Pools will play a single round robin and the Women’s Pool will play a double round robin

Open Division Playoff Round:
Q1(O) – 2 Place pool A vs 3rd place pool B
Q2(O) – 3rd place pool A vs 2nd place pool B
SEMI (O) 1 – winner of Q1(O) vs 1st place pool B
SEMI (O) 2 – winner Q2(O) vs 1st place pool A
Final (O) – winner SEMI (O) 1 vs winner of SEMI (O) 2

Women’s Division Playoff Round:
SEMI (W) – 2nd place vs 3rd place
FINAL (W) winner SEMI (W) vs 1st place

TIES
Games – Teams play an extra end with 3 rocks each

Playoffs – 1st by wins and losses by team, 2nd by head to head results, 3rd by points – 3 Pts for a win, 0 pts for a loss, 1 Point per end, ½ pt for a blank end, 3 pts (MAX.) difference of score

 Team Rosters

Open Division (any combination of male/female)

 
Team Affiliation Location
Walter Callaghan/
John Vincent		 Western Community Curling Club Alberton, PEI
John Dunsford/
Alva Clarey		 Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PEI
Vince Fisher/
Paul Arsenault		 Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PEI
Roger Gavin/
Eddie Bernard		 Western Community Curling Club Alberton, PEI
Joe Gill/
Doug Campbell		 Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PEI
Brian Harding/
Barry MacDonald		 Montague Curling Club Montague, PEI
Bazil & Sterling Higginbotham Montague Curling Club Montague, PEI
Victor Hogan/
Alvin Hackett		 Western Community Curling Club Alberton, PEI
Howard Kerwin/
Billy Power		 Montague Curling Club Montague, PEI
Wayne MacPherson/
Bill Glydon		 Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PEI
Roddie MacLean/
Paul Field		 Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PEI
Tom O’Rourke/
John MacDonald		 Montague Curling Club Montague, PEI
Floyd Stewart/
Gordon MacDonald		 Montague Curling Club Montague, PEI
Sterling Stratton /
Barry Craswell		 Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PEI

 
Women’s Division

Team Affiliation Location
W – Audrey Callaghan/ Anne Barwise Western Community Curling Club Alberton, PEI
W – Myrna Craswell/
Myrna Sanderson		 Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PEI
W – Etta Reid/
Elaine Hughes		 Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PEI
W – Ruth Stavert/
Gloria Clarke		 Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PEI

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Drop-In Curling will be held this Wed. morning as Daytime League Curling draw postponed this week

Posted on by February 4, 2019

Due to events that a number of players are participating in, this Wednesday’s “The Iceman” Daytime Curling League draw is being postponed until March. Because of this, the 10 am time slot on Wednesday will be available for Drop-In Curling.

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Trailing 6-0 after 5 ends, Cornwall’s Rachel O’Connor and Ryan Abraham come back to win PEI Mixed Doubles ch’ship

Posted on by February 4, 2019

After five ends of play at the Crapaud Community Curling Club it was looking like the PEI Mixed Doubles Curling Championship final would be going to a second game, with the Rachel O’Connor and Ryan Abraham duo from the Cornwall Curling Club trailing the Jamie Newson and Miranda Ellis team  from the Silver Fox in Summerside by a 6-0 score, with Newson/Ellis stealing a deuce in the third end and single points in the other four. The remaining three ends were a different story though, with O’Connor/Abraham taking a triple in end six, stealing a single in seven, and stealing a triple in the final end for a 7-6 win and a trip to the 2019 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, March 19-24 at the Willie O’Ree Place in Fredericton NB.

 Championship team: Rachel O’Connor (left) and Ryan Abraham

Finalist team: Miranda Ellis (left) and Jamie Newson

The O’Connor/Abraham duo advanced to the Monday championship round by winning the “A” and “C” qualifiers of the modified triple knockout draw, with Newson/Ellis taking the “B”. Double section winners O’Connor and Abraham would have taken the championship with a win in either the 12:45 or the 4 pm game, and did it on the first try, while Newson and Ellis would have had to win both.

In the Monday morning “C” Qualifier game, the Cornwall pair eliminated the defending champion Lauren Ferguson and Calvin Smith twosome from Cornwall and the host club with a 10-3 win, taking a triple in end three, and stealing deuces in end six and seven to put the game out of reach. 

O’Connor and Abraham finished the event with an 8-1 win-loss record, losing only to the Ferguson/Smith duo, while Newson and Ellis had four wins and three losses. Fifteen teams, up from eight last year, took part in this event for the relatively new doubles version of curling, which became an Olympic sport with its inclusion in the 2018 Winter Games in Korea.

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Cornwall’s Ferguson/Smith and O’Connor/Abraham teams advance to Mixed Doubles “C” Qualifier

Posted on by February 3, 2019
 

O’Connor and Abraham have a bye to the final game

It will be the defending champion Lauren Ferguson and Calvin Smith rink from the Cornwall and Crapaud  Community curling clubs taking on the Rachel O’Connor and Ryan Abraham duo from Cornwall in the last of the three section finals in the modified triple knockout draw, on Monday at 9:30 am on the final day of the PEI Mixed Doubles Championship at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, with the winner advancing to the championship round at 12:45 and, if necessary, 4 pm.

Rachel O’Connor (left) and Ryan Abraham

In the Sunday afternoon “C” semi-finals, the O’Connor/Abraham team, trailing 5-2 after six ends, took two points in the 7th end and stole a single for a 6-5 come-from-behind win, while the Ferguson/Smith team, down 6-4 after five ends in their game against Melissa Morrow and Kenny Stewart from the Silver Fox and Crapaud Community clubs, scored a triple in the sixth to take the lead. The teams exchanged singles in seven and eight with a final score of 8-7 for the defending champs.

Lauren Ferguson and Calvin Smith (file photo)

If O’Connor/Abraham, who won the “A” Qualifier, also win the “C”, they, as double section winners, will play in both championship games and have a “double life” in the championship round, winning the event if they take either game, while their opponent, who would be Jamie Newson and Miranda Ellis from the Silver Fox in Summerside, who won the “B” Qualifier, would have to win both sections.

If Ferguson/Smith were to win the “C” Qualifier, there would be three different section winners. The rules state that the team that played in the most section finals would have a bye to the second game. Since all three teams would have played in two section finals, the rules also state that if teams are tied in qualifier games played, the team that qualified first, which would be O’Connor/Abraham, who won the “A” section, would get the bye to the second game.

So, regardless of who wins the “C” Qualifier, O’Connor/Abraham will be in the final, and have either one or two chances to win the championship.

This year’s winning team will advance to the 2019 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, March 19-24 at the Willie O’Ree Place in Fredericton NB.

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Cornwall’s Lauren Ferguson and Calvin Smith still in playoff contention at PEI Mixed Doubles

Posted on by February 3, 2019
 
Four teams out of the 15 entered remain in play going into the 4 pm Sunday draw at the PEI Mixed Doubles Curling Championship at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. The Jamie Newson and Miranda Ellis team from the Silver Fox in Summerside took the second of three spots in the Monday championship round this afternoon, edging the defending champion Lauren Ferguson and Calvin Smith duo from Cornwall and the host club by a 7-6 score, aided by a four-point second end, in this afternoon’s “B” qualifier game. 

“B” Qualifier game winners Miranda Ellis (left) and Jamie Newson

In the other games, “A” section winners Rachel O’Connor and Ryan Abraham recorded three four-enders in a 14-6 victory over Jenny McLean and Edward White from the Fox, who scored five of their six points in the sixth end, while the other game saw Melissa Morrow and Kenny Stewart from the Silver Fox and the host club edge the Aleya Quilty and Tyler MacKenzie twosome from the Charlottetown Curling Complex 5-4 in a closely fought, low-scoring battle.

Coming up at 4 pm, Newson/Ellis play O’Connor/Abraham while Ferguson/Smith face Morrow/Stewart in the “C” semi-finals. The winners move on to the “C” qualifier match Monday at 9:30 am.

Kenny Stewart (left) and Melissa Morrow

If either “A” Pool winners O’Connor/Abraham or “B” pool victors  Newson/Ellis win the “C” qualifier, they will play in both of the championship games, on Monday at 12:45 and, if necessary 4 pm, and win the championship if they take either game, while their opponent would have to win both games to be declared champion. If another team wins the “C” final, the team that played in the most section qualifiers will earn a bye to the second game.

This year’s Mixed Doubles winning team will advance to the 2019 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, March 19-24 at the Willie O’Ree Place in Fredericton NB.

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9 Cornwall teams in PEI Stick Ch’ships starting Tues. in Montague, hoping to advance to Maritimes and Nationals here in Cornwall

Posted on by February 3, 2019

Ferguson FH

The 2019 Provincial 2-person Stick Curling Championships, sponsored by Ferguson-Logan Montague Funeral Home, with Open (any combination of men and/or women) and Women’s divisions, takes place February 5-7 at the Montague Curling Rink The top four Open division teams and top two women’s division duos from this event advance to the Maritime Stick Curling Championships, here at the Cornwall Curling Club, from March 15-17, while the winners of the both divisions also earn the right to participate in the 2019 Canadian Open Stick Curling Championships, also at the Cornwall Curling Club, from March 31 to April 3rd, 2019.

The defending PEI champions – the Barry Craswell and Sterling Stratton duo from the Cornwall Curling Club in the Open division, and the Elaine Hughes and Etta Reid team, also from the Cornwall Curling Club, are back looking to defend their titles and hope to advance to the Maritime and National championships at their home club.

The 14 Open Division teams (6 are from Cornwall) are divided into two pools, each playing a round robin, with the top three teams from each pool advancing to the playoff round. The four Women’s Division teams (3 are from Cornwall) will play a double round robin, with the second and third place teams advancing to a semi-final, with the winner facing the first place team in the final.

Live results: http://peicurling.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/4284

Event website: http://peicurling.com/stick20182019/

Draw and Schedule

Round Robin Round Robin Double Round Robin
Open Pool A (Round Robin) Open Pool B
(Round Robin)		 Women Pool C (Double Round Robin)
A Gill/
Campbell		 1 MacLean/ Field W1 Callaghan/
Barwise
B Callaghan/
Vincent		 2 Stratton/ Craswell W2 Stavert/
Clarke
C MacPherson/
Glydon		 3 Stewart/ MacDonald W3 Reid/
Hughes
D Dunsford/
Clarey		 4 Higginbotham W4 Craswell/
Sanderson
E O’Rourke/ 
MacDonald		 5 Hogan/ Hackett     Open Division Playoff Round is in Green
F Fisher/
Arsenault		 6 Gavin/ Bernard
G Harding/
MacDonald		 7 Kerwin/ Power
Date Time Draw # Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4
Tue.
FEB. 5		 10 AM 1 Maclean/Field-Stratton/Craswell Stewart/MacDonald-Higginbotham Hogan/Hackett-Gavin/Bernard Callaghan/Barwise-Stavert/Clarke
11:15 AM 2 Gill/Campbell-Callaghan/Vincent MacPherson/Glydon-Dunsford/Clarey O’Rourke/MacDonald-Fisher/Arsenault Reid/Hughes-Craswell/Sanderson
12:30 PM 3 Stavert/Clarke-Craswell/Sanderson Stratton/Craswell-Hogan/Hackett MacLean/Field-Stewart/MacDonald Higginbotham-Kerwin/Power
2 PM 4 Callaghan/Barwise-Reid/Hughes Callaghan/Vincent-O’Rourke/MacDonald Gill/Campbell-MacPherson/Glydon Dunsford/Clarey-Harding/MacDonald
3:15 PM 5 Stewart/MacDonald-Gavin/Bernard Maclean/Field-Higginbotham Callaghan/Barwise-Craswell/Sanderson Stratton/Craswell-Kerwin/Power
4:30 PM 6 MacPherson/Glydon-Fisher/Arsenault Gill/Campbell-Dunsford/Clarey Stavert/Clarke-Reid/Hughes Callaghan/Vincent-Harding/MacDonald
Wed.
FEB. 6		 10 AM 7 Callaghan/Barwise-Stavert/Clarke Hogan/Hackett-Kerwin/Power Maclean/Field-Gavin/Bernard Stratton/Craswell-Stewart/MacDonald
11:15 AM 8 Reid/Hughes-Craswell/Sanderson O’Rourke/MacDonald-Harding/MacDonald Gill/Campbell-Fisher/Arsenault Callaghan/Vincent-MacPherson/Glydon
12:30 PM 9 Maclean/Field-Kerwin/Power Stratton/Craswell-Gavin/Bernard Callaghan/Barwise-Reid/Hughes Higginbotham-Hogan/Hackett
2 PM 10 Gill/Campbell-Harding/MacDonald Callaghan/Vincent-Fisher/Arsenault Stavert/Clarke-Craswell/Sanderson Dunsford/Clarey-O’Rourke/MacDoanld
3:15 PM 11 Higginbotham-Gavin/Bernard Maclean/Field-Hogan/Hackett Stewart/MacDonald-Kerwin/Power Stavert/Clarke-Reid/Hughes
4:30 PM 12 Dunsford/Clarey-Fisher/Arsenault Gill/Campbell-O’Rourke/MacDonald MacPherson/Glydon-Harding/MacDonald Callaghan/Barwise-Craswell/Sanderson
Thu.
FEB. 7		 9:30AM 13 Stewart/MacDonald-Hogan/Hackett Gavin/Bernard-Kerwin/Power   Stratton/Craswell-Higginbotham
10:45 AM 14 MacPherson/Glydon-O’Rourke/MacDonald Fisher/Arsenault-Harding/MacDonald   Callaghan/Vincent-Dunsford/Clarey
12:30 PM 15   Q1 (O) Q2 (O)  
2 PM 16 SEMI (O) 2 SEMI W SEMI (O) 1  
3:45 PM 17   FINAL (O) FINAL W  

Open (any combination of men/women) Pools will play a single round robin and the Women’s Pool will play a double round robin

Open Division Playoff Round:
Q1(O) – 2 Place pool A vs 3rd place pool B
Q2(O) – 3rd place pool A vs 2nd place pool B
SEMI (O) 1 – winner of Q1(O) vs 1st place pool B
SEMI (O) 2 – winner Q2(O) vs 1st place pool A
Final (O) – winner SEMI (O) 1 vs winner of SEMI (O) 2

Women’s Division Playoff Round:
SEMI (W) – 2nd place vs 3rd place
FINAL (W) winner SEMI (W) vs 1st place

TIES
Games – Teams play an extra end with 3 rocks each

Playoffs – 1st by wins and losses by team, 2nd by head to head results, 3rd by points – 3 Pts for a win, 0 pts for a loss, 1 Point per end, ½ pt for a blank end, 3 pts (MAX.) difference of score

 Team Rosters

Open Division (any combination of male/female)

 
Team Affiliation Location
Walter Callaghan/
John Vincent		 Western Community Curling Club Alberton, PEI
John Dunsford/
Alva Clarey		 Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PEI
Vince Fisher/
Paul Arsenault		 Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PEI
Roger Gavin/
Eddie Bernard		 Western Community Curling Club Alberton, PEI
Joe Gill/
Doug Campbell		 Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PEI
Brian Harding/
Barry MacDonald		 Montague Curling Club Montague, PEI
Bazil & Sterling Higginbotham Montague Curling Club Montague, PEI
Victor Hogan/
Alvin Hackett		 Western Community Curling Club Alberton, PEI
Howard Kerwin/
Billy Power		 Montague Curling Club Montague, PEI
Wayne MacPherson/
Bill Glydon		 Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PEI
Roddie MacLean/
Paul Field		 Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PEI
Tom O’Rourke/
John MacDonald		 Montague Curling Club Montague, PEI
Floyd Stewart/
Gordon MacDonald		 Montague Curling Club Montague, PEI
Sterling Stratton /
Barry Craswell		 Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PEI

 
Women’s Division

Team Affiliation Location
W – Audrey Callaghan/ Anne Barwise Western Community Curling Club Alberton, PEI
W – Myrna Craswell/
Myrna Sanderson		 Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PEI
W – Etta Reid/
Elaine Hughes		 Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PEI
W – Ruth Stavert/
Gloria Clarke		 Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PEI

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Cornwall’s O’Connor/Abraham duo win PEI Mixed Doubles A qualifier, B semis go at 9:30 am Sunday

Posted on by February 2, 2019

The duo of Rachel O’Connor and Ryan Abraham from here at the Cornwall Curling Club have advanced to the Monday championship round at the PEI Mixed Doubles Championship at the Crapaud Community Curling Club after winning the A Section Qualifier Game of the modified triple knockout round by a 9-8 score over the team of Jamie Newson and Miranda Ellis from the Silver Fox curling club in Summerside on Saturday afternoon.

Photo: Rachel O’Connor (left) and Ryan Abraham

The O’Connor/Abraham team didn’t score often in the game, winning only two ends, but when they did, they scored big, picking up five points with hammer in the opening end, and four points in the fourth, building up a big 9-3 lead at the break. The scoring in the second half was all Newson and Ellis, who followed up a deuce with three single steals to come within a point of the winners. 

Photo: Miranda Ellis calls a timeout in the final end, as Jamie Newson looks for a path into the rings

The “B” semi-finals go Sunday morning at  9:30, and will see O’Connor and Abraham face the defending champion Lauren Ferguson and Calvin Smith rink from the Cornwall and Crapaud Community clubs, while Ellis and Newson play Charlottetown’s Aleya Quilty and Tyler MacKenzie. Ferguson/Smith advanced with an 11-5 win over the Colin MacKenzie and Alexis Burris team from Cornwall, kicking off the game with a five-ender, while Quilty and Tyler MacKenzie beat Summerside’s Jenny McLean and Edward White 8-5. The “B” Final follows at 12:45.

MacKenzie/Burris and McLean White are still alive in the competition, down in the “C” event, and will face Melissa Morrow/Kenny Stewart from the Silver Fox and Crapaud clubs and Lindsay Moore/Steven Thomson from the host club, respectively. at 9:30 am Sunday, with the losers going home. The “C” final is scheduled for 9:30 am Monday.

This year’s Mixed Doubles winning team will advance to the 2019 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, March 19-24 at the Willie O’Ree Place in Fredericton NB.

 

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Four teams including two from Cornwall, still unbeaten at PEI Mixed Doubles Ch’ship

Posted on by February 2, 2019
 

Four rinks out of 15 remain undefeated going into the second day of play at the PEI Mixed Doubles Curling championship at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. These teams will square off in the “A” semi-finals of the modified triple knockout draw, at 12:15 this afternoon, with Jamie Newson and Miranda Ellis from the Silver Fox in Summerside taking on the Colin MacKenzie/Alexis Burris team from Cornwall, who are members of the Canada Games teams that will be representing PEI in Red Deer Alberta later this month. Burris has recently returned from playing in the Canadian Juniors. The other semi sees the Jenny McLean/Edward White duo from the Silver Fox facing the Rachel O’Connor/Ryan Abraham rink from Cornwall. Abraham recently competed on the Tyler Smith team at the Canadian Juniors. The winners of the “A” semis will face off in the “A” Qualifier game at 3 pm, with the winning pair earning a spot in the Monday championship round. 

Four teams, all with one loss, see action in the “B” section at 12:15 this afternoon, with Lindsay Moore and StevenThomson from the host club taking on defending PEI Mixed Doubles champs Lauren Ferguson and Calvin Smith from Cornwall and Crapaud, and Jane DiCarlo and Kyle Holland from Charlottetown facing Aleya Quilty and Tyler MacKenzie from Charlottetown. The winners advance to the “B” semi-finals at 6 pm.

Seven rinks out of the 15 team field have two losses in the modified triple knockout draw, with six of them squaring off in a “must win” draw at 9:30 this morning, and the seventh playing at 3 pm.

This year’s winning team will advance to the 2019 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, March 19-24 at the Willie O’Ree Place in Fredericton NB.

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PEI Curling Ch’ships and events – remaining entry deadlines: U16 and Club Ch’ship deadlines are Friday

Posted on by January 28, 2019

Curlers are reminded of the following Curl PEI Provincial Championship and event entry deadlines coming up in February and early March.

The entry deadline for the PEI Curling Club Championships is Friday, February 1st. Entries are due by that date from the teams who have won their club championships. If clubs have not yet held their championships, they are to let Curl PEI know by that date if they will be sending a male and/or female team. The PEI Curling Club Championships will take place at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary from February 22-26. Entry fee is $145.

The entry deadline for the Provincial Under 16 Curling Championships is also February 1st. This event takes place Feb. 22-24 at the Silver Fox in Summerside, and entry fee is $105.

Entry deadline is Feb. 8 for the four person per team PEI Mixed Curling Championships, which take place from March 1-5 at the Montague Curling Rink. Entry fee is $190 + Participant Fees.

February 15 is the deadline to enter the PEI Under 18 Curling Championships, which take place at the Cornwall Curling Club from March 8-12. Entry fee is $125 + Participant Fees.

February 22 is the entry deadline for the PEI Under 13 Open (teams can be any combination of male and/or female) Curling Championship. which will be held at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton March 15-17. Entry fee is $105.

March 2 is the entry deadline for the PEI Youth Jamboree on March 23 in Charlottetown, with $40 entry fee.

For more info on any of these events, contact Amy Duncan at (902) 368-4208 or aduncan@sportpei.pe.ca

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Cornwall’s Sandy Hope rink repeats as PEI Masters Women’s champs

Posted on by February 8, 2019

The Sandy Hope team beat their Cornwall clubmates the Shirley Berry team by an 8-3 score on Monday morning to win the PEI Masters Women’s best of three championship 3 games to 1. Just like last year’s event, Hope won the first two games, with Berry taking the third and Hope winning game four.

Winning team photo (L-R): Debbie Rhodenhizer, Sandy Hope, Shelley Ebbett, Arleen Harris

The teams were tied 2-all after three ends in today’s game, with Hope stealing a single in the fourth and a double in the fifth end to take a 5-2 lead. Berry was kept to a single in the sixth, with a Hope triple in the seventh putting the game out of reach for the Berry foursome. Playing with the winning Hope team were third Shelley Ebbett, second Debbie Rhodenhizer, and lead Arleen Harris, while 3rd Linda Fairhurst, second Gloria Turner, and lead Marjorie Matthews round out the Shirley Berry team.

Finalist team photo (L-R): Marjorie Matthews, Gloria Turner, Linda Fairhurst, Shirley Berry

Both the winning Sandy Hope rink and the finalist Shirley Berry team earn the right to compete in the Maritime Masters, at the Riverside Country Club March 15-17, in Rothesay NB, while the Hope rink, or the Berry team if they are unable to attend, also earn the right to compete in the 2019 College Clean Restoration Canadian Masters Curling Championships, April 1-7 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon SK.

The finalist team in this event is the Clair Sweet team from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, who played in both the A and B finals. The other team members are Bob Matheson, Muncey Harris, and Wayne Arsenault.

Winning team photo (L-R): Craig Mackie, Vice President of Curl PEI, Vivien Sherren, President, Crapaud Community Curling Club, Lou Nowlan, David MacFadyen, Earle Proude, Alan Montgomery.

Finalist team photo not available.

Both the winning  Nowlan rink and the finalist Clair Sweet team earn the right to compete in the Maritime Masters, at the Riverside Country Club March 15-17, in Rothesay NB, while the Nowlan rink, or the Sweet team if they are unable to attend, also earn the right to compete in the 2019 College Clean Restoration Canadian Masters Curling Championships, April 1-7 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon SK.

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A record 15 teams, including 5 from Cornwall, to compete for PEI Mixed Doubles title starting Fri. in Crapaud

Posted on by January 28, 2019

Fifteen teams, up from eight last year, and including both last year’s championship duo of Calvin Smith and Lauren Ferguson,  and last year’s finalists, the Sydney Howatt and Nick Johnston team, both from the Cornwall Curling Club. are set to compete in the 2019 Curl PEI Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, February 1-4 at the Crapaud Community Curling Club.

Photo: Defending champions Lauren Ferguson (left) and Calvin Smith at the 2018 PEI Mixed Doubles Ch’ship

The teams will play a modified triple knockout format, advancing the section winners to a 2-game championship round on Monday February 4th. With the modified format, section winners drop down to compete in the next section. If a team wins all three sections, they will win the event without playing the championship round. If a team wins two sections, they will play in both championship games and win the event if they win either game, while their opponent, the winner of the other section, would have to win both.

This year’s winning team will advance to the 2019 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, March 19-24 at the Willie O’Ree Place in Fredericton NB.

Click for End by End Results

Draw Tree

Modified Triple Knockout Format.

 

Scenarios for Games A and B:
1. One team wins all three qualifiers: Championship Round is not required.

2. One team wins two qualifiers. They play in both X and Z (and win the event if they win either game), the other winner plays in Y (and has to win both games).

3. Three separate winners: the team that played in the most qualifying games* plays in Z and the other winners play off in X and Y. If there is a tie in number of qualifying games played, then the team that qualified earliest goes to Z and the other two teams play off in X and Y.

*Qualifying games have draw number in yellow on the schedule

Schedule

Date Time Draw Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4
Fri.
Feb.
1		 9 am 1 1 2 3 4
11:45 am 2 5 6 7  
2:30 pm 3 11 8 10 9
5:15 pm 4   13 12 14
8:15 pm 5 16 18 17 15
Sat.
Feb.
2		 9:30 am 6 20 19   21
12:15 pm 7 22 24 23 25
3 pm 8 28 26   27
6 pm 9 31 30 29 32
Sun.
Feb.
3		 9:30 am 10 33 35 36 34
12:45 pm 11 38   37 39
4 pm 12 41 40    
Mon.
Feb. 4		 9:30 am 13     42  
12:45 pm 14   A    
4 pm 15     B  

 

Team Rosters

 

 

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Cornwall member Lauren Lenentine, on Team NS, presented with 2nd All-Star Team honours at New Holland Juniors Awards Banquet (Curling Canada)

Posted on by January 28, 2019

Her teammate Karlee Burgess wins the Joan Mead Legacy Award.

PRINCE ALBERT, SASK. — The all-stars and other award winners at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors were announced on Sunday at the awards banquet.

ALL-STARS
(DETERMINED BY SHOOTING PERCENTAGES DURING THE ROUND ROBIN)

Women
First Team
(CLICK HERE for a photo of the winners, in order of, from left, skip, third, second, lead with Amy Nixon of the Curling Canada Board of Governors)
Skip — Mackenzie Zacharias, Manitoba (77 per cent)
Third — Katie Follett, Newfoundland & Labrador (79 per cent)
Second — Karlee Burgess, Nova Scotia (82 per cent)
Lead — Samantha McLaren, Host Team (82 per cent)

Second Team
(CLICK HERE or see above for a photo of the winners, in order of, from left, skip, third, second, lead with Amy Nixon of the Curling Canada Board of Governors)
Skip — Sara England, Saskatchewan (76 per cent)
Third — Lauren Lenentine, Nova Scotia (79 per cent)
Second — Emily Zacharias, Manitoba (81 per cent)
Lead — Keira McLaughlin, New Brunswick (80 per cent)

Men
First Team
(CLICK HERE for a photo of the winners, in order of, from left, skip, third, second, lead with Amy Nixon of the Curling Canada Board of Governors)
Skip — Tyler Tardi, British Columbia (86 per cent)
Third — Sterling Middleton, British Columbia (87 per cent)
Second — Matt Hall, British Columbia (90 per cent)
Lead — Alex Horvath, British Columbia (87 per cent)

Second Team
(CLICK HERE for a photo of the winners, in order of, from left, skip, third, second, lead with Amy Nixon of the Curling Canada Board of Governors)
Skip — Rylan Kleiter, Saskatchewan (80 per cent)
Third — Jacques Gauthier, Manitoba (84 per cent)
Second — Jordan Peters, Manitoba (85 per cent)
Lead — Bradley Lequin, Quebec (86 per cent)


* In the case of a percentage tie, the all-star position goes to the player with the highest plus/minus for the week (a player receives a +1 for every game in which he/she outcurls the positional opponent by five per cent or more). Should they still be tied, the pre-event draw to the button results are used to determine the all-star.

KEN WATSON SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDS
(VOTED BY THE PLAYERS)

(CLICK HERE for photo of the women’s winner with Amy Nixon of the Curling Canada Board of Governors)
(CLICK HERE for photo of the men’s winner with Amy Nixon of the Curling Canada Board of Governors)

Women — Mackenzie Zacharias, Manitoba
Men — JT Ryan, Manitoba

FAIR PLAY AWARDS
(SELECTED BY THE OFFICIALS)

(CLICK HERE for photo of winners with Curling Canada event umpires)

Men
Lead — Calvin Laforet, Nunavut
Second — Jacob Libbus, Alberta
Vice-skip — Dustin Mikush, Alberta
Skip — JT Ryan, Manitoba
Coach — Dean Kleiter, Saskatchewan

Women
Lead — Adrianna Hendrick, Northwest Territories
Second  — Sarah Hoag, Saskatchewan
Vice-skip — Pearl Gillis, Northwest Territories
Skip — Kira Brunton, Northern Ontario
Coach — Rodney Guy, Northern Ontario

ASHAM NATIONAL COACHING AWARDS
(VOTED BY THE COACHES)

(CLICK HERE for photo of the winners with New Holland Canadian Juniors Coaching Mentor Bill Tschirhart)

Women – Michel St-Georges, Quebec
Men – Dean Kleiter, Saskatchewan

JOAN MEAD LEGACY AWARD
(SELECTED BY THE EVENT OFFICIALS)
($500 SCHOLARSHIP)

(CLICK HERE or see above for photo of the winners with Amy Nixon of the Curling Canada Board of Governors)

Karlee Burgess, Nova Scotia

Click to read this story at Curling Canada.

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Nowlan rink goes undefeated to win PEI Masters men’s, Berry team win brings women’s to game 4

Posted on by February 8, 2019

Lou Nowlan and his team won five games in a row this weekend, sweeping all three sections of the five-team modified triple knockout draw to capture the PEI Masters Men’s Championship at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, edging out his Silver Fox clubmates the Blair Jay team by a 7-6 score in the “C” qualifier this afternoon and negating the need for a championship round. Nowlan, whose team today included third David MacFadyen, second Earle Proude, and lead Alan Montgomery played with just Proude and Montgomery on Saturday and with alternate Rod MacDonald playing third stone on Friday.

Nowlan and Proude have now been on the winning men’s team at this event for nine years in a row, including four years with skip Ted MacFadyen and four with Mel Bernard as skip. Montgomery has picked up his sixth consecutive Master’s men’s title. Nowlan also won this event in the skip position five times in a row, from 2003 to 2007, for a grand total of 14 Masters wins.

In today’s match, Jay had a 4-2 lead at the 4th end break, but Nowlan took the lead with a four point 5th end. Jay tied the game with singles in ends six and seven,  but Nowlan pulled out the win with a single in the final end.

The finalist team in this event is the Clair Sweet team from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, who played in both the A and B finals. The other team members are Bob Matheson, Muncey Harris, and Wayne Arsenault.

Winning team photo (L-R): Craig Mackie, Vice President of Curl PEI, Vivien Sherren, President, Crapaud Community Curling Club, Lou Nowlan, David MacFadyen, Earle Proude, Alan Montgomery.

Finalist team photo not available.

Both the winning  Nowlan rink and the finalist Clair Sweet team earn the right to compete in the Maritime Masters, at the Riverside Country Club March 15-17, in Rothesay NB, while the Nowlan rink, or the Sweet team if they are unable to attend, also earn the right to compete in the 2019 College Clean Restoration Canadian Masters Curling Championships, April 1-7 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon SK.

Masters curlers are age 60 and over.

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Cornwall’s Lenentine makes Canadian Juniors All-Star team

Posted on by January 27, 2019

Curling Canada announced the Canadian Junior Women’s All-Star team this afternoon, based on shooting percentages, with PEI’s Lauren Lenentine, who played on Team Nova Scotia, the silver medallists in the event, winning the second all-star team honours for thirds.

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Sandy Hope and Lou Nowlan rinks could wrap up PEI Masters events this afternoon

Posted on by January 27, 2019

Both the PEI Masters Women’s and Men’s events could be over this afternoon at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, or they could continue through up to two more games, on Monday.

Team Sandy Hope

The Sandy Hope rink, aided by a 5 point fourth end,  beat their Cornwall Curling clubmates the Shirley Berry team 10-7 Sunday morning to grab a 2-0 lead in their best of five series. A win at 2 pm would give Hope here third title in a row, while a Berry victory would bring them to game four, at 10 am Monday, with game five, if needed, following at 2 pm.

Team Jay

The Blair Jay rink from the Silver Fox in Summerside stole four consecutive ends to beat the Clair Sweet foursome from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary by a 7-2 score in the men’s “C” semi-final this morning, to advance them to the 2 pm “C” final against clubmate Lou Nowlan, who won the A and B sections. If Nowlan wins, it’s over, while a Jay victory would advance them to the first of two championship round games against Nowlan on Monday at 10  am and, if needed, 2 pm. Jay would have to win both those games to take the championship, while a Nowlan win in either game would give them the title.

The winning and finalist men’s teams and both women’s rinks earn the right to compete in the Maritime Masters, at the Riverside Country Club March 15-17, in Rothesay NB, while the men’s and women’s winning teams, or finalist teams if they are unable to attend, also earn the right to compete  in the 2019 College Clean Restoration Canadian Masters Curling Championships, April 1-7 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon SK. Masters curlers are age 60 and over.

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Lou Nowlan rink one win away from PEI Masters Men’s title, while Sandy Hope team wins Women’s opener

Posted on by January 26, 2019

Lou Nowlan and his team from the Silver Fox curling club in Summerside need a win in any of their next three games in the five-team men’s section at the PEI Masters Curling Championships, for curlers age 60 and over, being played at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, in order to be declared this year’s men’s champs.

Photo: Earle Proude (left) sweeps a rock while Alan Montgomery (centre) and Lou Nowlan keep an eye on the weight and line during draw 5 practice

Team Nowlan, which includes three members of the winning team the previous two years, won their second modified triple knockout section qualifier on Saturday afternoon, and have earned a berth in the “C” Qualifier at 2 pm Sunday. A win in that game or either of the two championship games slated for Monday at 10 am and 2 pm would give the team the title, while their opponent, the winner of the C semi-final at 10 am Sunday between Clair Sweet and his team from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, and the Blair Jay foursome from the Silver Fox, would have to win all three of those games to take the championship.

Clair Sweet

In Saturday morning play, Sweet beat Jay 8-2 to advance to the afternoon “B” Qualifier game against Nowlan. Sweet was in control in the first half of the game, following a stolen first-end deuce with steals of 1, 3, and 2 to lead 7-0 at the fourth end break. Jay was kept to singles in the next two ends, with Sweet taking one in the 7th for an 8-2 lead and handshakes. 

The Nowlan team, playing the game without their third, took deuces in the first two ends of the afternoon “B” qualifier against Sweet, with Sweet taking singles in the next two ends to trail 4-2 at the break. Nowlan took the next three ends, with a single in five, a stolen deuce in end six and a single steal in seven for an 8-2 win.

Blair Jay

The other afternoon men’s game saw Jay recovering from a 6-3 deficit after five ends, with a single in six, a stolen deuce in seven, and another steal in the 8th end for a 7-6 win over Bill Hope and his Cornwall and Silver Fox rink to advance to Sunday’s “C” semi. Team Hope stole the extra end to eliminate Cornwall’s Paul Arsenault rink 6-5 in the Saturday morning draw.

(L-R): Shirley Berry, and Team Hope members Arleen Harris, Sandy Hope, Debbie Rhodenhizer

Meanwhile, the two-team best of five Masters women’s championship between two Cornwall teams got underway at 2 pm on Saturday, with the defending champion Sandy Hope team coming from behind to take game one with an 11-9 win over the Shirley Berry rink. Berry was up 7-2 at the break, following steals in the first two ends and a five-point fourth end, but the second half was a different story, with Hope taking four points in the fifth, and stealing a triple in six and a deuce in end seven to lead  11-7 coming home. Barry came up with a deuce in the final end, but it wasn’t enough to pull out a win. Games 2 and 3 in the best of 5 go Sunday at 10 am and 2 pm. If needed, games 4 and 5 go Monday at 10 am and, if needed, 2 pm.

The winning and finalist men’s teams and both women’s rinks earn the right to compete in the Maritime Masters, at the Riverside Country Club March 15-17, in Rothesay NB, while the men’s and women’s winning teams, or the finalist teams if they are unable to attend, also earn the right to compete in the 2019 College Clean Restoration Canadian Masters Curling Championships, April 1-7 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon SK.

 

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BC women beat Team NS (with Cornwall’s Lauren Lenentine) to clinch spot in gold-medal game at New Holland Canadian Juniors (Curling Canada)

Posted on by January 26, 2019

PRINCE ALBERT, SASK. — Sarah Daniels of British Columbia once again capitalized on a big end to win an important game. This time, it secured her spot in the women’s final at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors.

Sarah Daniels of British Columbia and her team from the Delta Thistle Curling Club defeated defending national champion Kaitlyn Jones of Nova Scotia on Saturday afternoon. (Photo, Curling Canada/Michael Burns)

Daniels scored four in the third end, which helped propel her team from the Delta Thistle Curling Club in North Delta to victory. British Columbia defeated defending national and world champion Kaitlyn Jones from Nova Scotia’s Halifax Curling Club 9-7 at the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert, Sask.

After exchanging single points in the first two ends, British Columbia opened the game up in the third with a four-ender. Daniels punched a British Columbia rock into the pile of granite in the four-foot, resulting in a successful runback double to lay five counters. Nova Scotia responded with a double, but it left Daniels, vice-skip Kayla MacMillan, second Jessica Humphries, lead Sarah Loken and coach Katie Witt with a draw to the button for four and 5-1 lead.

“Getting that four was huge for us, settle our nerves and all that, it’s good,” said Daniels, a 19-year-old health sciences student at Simon Fraser University.

Down but not out, Nova Scotia cut into the lead in the fourth end. After missing her first draw to sit three, Jones had an opportunity to hit for two and capitalized, cutting into B.C.’s lead at 5-3. In the fifth, Daniels was left with a freeze for one, elevating British Columbia to a 6-3 lead at the fifth-end break.

Nova Scotia continued to press and fought back into the game. After taking one in the sixth end with hammer, Nova Scotia produced a steal in the seventh. Jones made a highlight-reel triple on all three of British Columbia’s shot stones. Daniels had a hit for one, but after the rock settled Nova Scotia was closest to the button and scored one to trail 6-5.

British Columbia scored two points in the eighth. Nova Scotia jammed a hit on its last which left Daniels with second and third shot in the back-12. Nova Scotia was shot stone and slightly behind cover, but B.C. picked it out to score and take the 8-5 lead.

Nova Scotia needed to produce at least a score of two in the ninth end and took advantage of a key miss to do so. British Columbia flashed its final hit attempt leaving Nova Scotia with a draw for two to trail 8-7 heading into the final end.

Nova Scotia’s Kaitlyn Jones, along with sweepers Karlee, at left, and Lindsey Burgess attempted a comeback in the semifinal against British Columbia, but it was dashed short in a 9-7 loss. (Photo, Curling Canada/Michael Burns)

But the comeback wasn’t in the cards for Jones, vice-skip Lauren Lenentine, second Karlee Burgess, lead Lindsey Burgess and coach Andrew Atherton. In the 10th, Jones nearly made a difficult double tap, but her counting stone rolled too far to the open side, leaving Daniels with a hit for one and 9-7 win.

“I’m really proud of (my teammates),” said Jones. “We battled right till to the end. If I’d made my last shot I think it would have been tough for her to make her draw because she hadn’t played a draw in a long time.”

British Columbia plays Alberta’s undefeated Selena Sturmay in the gold-medal game on Sunday at 12 noon (all times Atlantic). Daniels has played in two New Holland Canadian Junior finals before. She won silver in 2016 as skip in Stratford, Ont., and played second for Kalia Van Osch in 2014 at Liverpool, N.S. She’s seeking British Columbia’s first junior women’s title since Corryn Brown won in 2013.

“I think we feel pretty good, no different than we have all season. We’ve worked really hard to get here so we’ll just let our preparation carry us forward,” said Daniels.

The men’s semifinal is tonight at 9 p.m. Second-ranked Rylan Kleiter of Saskatchewan (Sutherland Curling Club, Saskatoon) takes on third-seed JT Ryan of Manitoba representing Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club. The winner gets the chance to win gold against British Columbia’s Tyler Tardi (Langley and Victoria Curling Clubs) who is seeking his third-straight Canadian junior title.

TSN/RDS2, the official broadcaster of Curling Canada’s Season of Champions, will provide live and exclusive coverage of the women?s and men?s semifinals on Saturday, Jan. 26, and finals on Sunday, Jan. 27. The same games also will be streamed live in the U.S. on ESPN3. CLICK HERE for streaming and broadcast information.

The winning teams Sunday will represent Canada at the 2019 World Junior Championships, Feb. 16-23 in Liverpool, N.S.

The full scoreboard can be viewed at www.curling.ca/scoreboard/

For event information, visit www.curling.ca/2019juniors.

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PEI curlers competing in Mixed Doubles competition at New Holland Juniors today

Posted on by January 26, 2019

Play has ended for the PEI teams in the New Holland Juniors in Prince Albert SK, but not for the individual team members, who pair up with a curler and coach from other teams who didn’t make the playoffs to compete in the Mixed Doubles competition.

Here are the team pairings:

Here is the draw schedule (PDF):

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Nowlan rink captures PEI Masters Men’s A Qualifier

Posted on by January 25, 2019

The Lou Nowlan rink from the Silver Fox curling club in Summerside beat the Clair Sweet foursome from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary by a 6-2 score Friday evening to capture the first of three section qualifiers in the five-team men’s division of the PEI Masters Curling Championships, for curlers age 60 and over, being played at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. The Nowlan squad, which includes three members of last year’s winning team, will face the winner of a 10 am Saturday game between Sweet and Summerside’s Blair Jay in the 2 pm Saturday “B” Qualifier game (with the modified triple knockout format, section winners drop down to compete in the next section, and can win more than one section). 

 

Lou Nowlan

In the “A” Qualifier, Nowlan had a 3-1 lead after four ends, but stole a deuce in the fifth and a single in the sixth for a big 6-1 lead. Sweet was kept to a single in seven and ran out of rocks in the eighth for a 6-2 final score. The Bill Hope rink from Cornwall and the Silver Fox and the Paul Arsenault squad from Cornwall are now in the “last chance” C event, and play in the 10 am Saturday draw with the loser being eliminated.

The “C Qualifying game goes Sunday at 2, with the two-game championship round going Monday at 10 am and, if necessary, 2 pm. If Nowlan were to win all three sections, the championship round would not be played. If a team wins 2 sections, they would advance to both championship games and win the title if they took either game, while their opponent, the other section winner, would have to win both,

The two team best of five women’s event between two Cornwall rinks, skipped by defending champion Sandy Hope, and by Shirley Berry, gets underway Saturday at 2 pm.

The winning and finalist men’s teams and both women’s rinks earn the right to compete in the Maritime Masters, at the Riverside Country Club March 15-17, in Rothesay NB, while the men’s and women’s winning teams, or finalist teams if they are unable to attend, also earn the right to compete  in the 2019 College Clean Restoration Canadian Masters Curling Championships, April 1-7 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon SK.

Photos

“A” Qualifier Game photos: http://peicurling.com/2019/01/25/photos-from-pei-masters-mens-a-qualifier-game/

Opening Draw Photos: http://peicurling.com/2019/01/25/pei-masters-mens-action-photo-gallery/

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Cornwall’s Lauren Lenentine and Team NS advance to Canadian Juniors Semi-final

Posted on by January 25, 2019
 
The defending champion Kaitlyn Jones rink from Halifax, which includes Cornwall Curling Club member Lauren Lenentine at third stone, has clinched a spot in the semi-finals at the New Holland Junior Curling Championship in Prince Albert SK and will play Team BC, skipped by Sarah Daniels, on TSN Saturday at 3 pm Atlantic Time. The winner will face Team Alberta, skipped by Selena Sturmay, in the final.

Team NS Women

Nova Scotia received a berth into the semifinal due to having the best Last Stone Draw distance while the other two teams needed to settle with the tiebreaker. Jones edged Team Quebec 9-8 to advance, while team BC got by Quebec 8-6 in the tiebreaker. Alberta, with a perfect 10-0 record. beat Sask. 9-4 to advance directly to the final at noon AT on Sunday.

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Lou Nowlan and Clair Sweet teams advance to 5:30 pm (revised time) “A” Qualifier at PEI Masters men’s ch’ship

Posted on by January 25, 2019

The “A” qualifying game for the championship round of the five-team modified triple knockout PEI Masters Men’s Championship, for curlers age 60 and over is set for 5:30 pm (revised time) at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, and will see Lou Nowlan and his Silver Fox team take on Clair Sweet and his rink from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary.

(L-R); Lou Nowlan, Earle Proude, Alan Montgomery

Nowlan doubled clubmate Blair Jay 6-3 in the morning draw, while Sweet beat Bill Hope and his Cornwall and Silver Fox rink, also by a 6-3 score. Sweet had a bye to the A final, while Nowlan took on Cornwall’s Paul Arsenault foursome, in a game that ended with a 10-2 score, after Nowlan took four points in the 7th end. Down in the B pool, Jay stole the last end to get by Hope by an 8-6 score in B event play.

The best of five Masters Women’s Championship, between Sandy Hope and Shirley Berry, both from the Cornwall Curling Club gets underway on Saturday at 2 pm.

 

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Photo: PEI Teams and Players at the Canadian Juniors

Posted on by January 25, 2019
 
The PEI teams and players at the New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championship took time out from their busy schedules to pose for this photograph.

Back row (L-R): Ryan Abraham, Tyler Smith, Robbie Doherty (Team PEI Men’s coach), Ryan Lowery, Alex MacFadyen, Alex Gallant (Team NB Men), David Murphy (Team PEI Women’s coach)

Front row (L-R): Lauren Lenentine (Team NS Women), Lauren Ferguson, Katie Shaw, Alexis Burris, Lexie Murray

Photo courtesy of Jennifer Lenentine.

 

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Smith (4-5), Cornwall’s Ferguson (2-7) end with wins in seeding pool, Lenentine and Team NS remain in playoff picture at Canadian Juniors (Curling Canada)

Posted on by January 25, 2019

PRINCE ALBERT, SASK. — Alberta’s Selena Sturmay has one more game to play in the Championship Pool at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors, but she knows one thing for sure: her team will play in this Sunday’s final for the opportunity to represent Canada at the World Junior Curling Championships.

Selena Sturmay of Alberta clinched a spot in Sunday’s women’s final after defeating Justine Comeau of New Brunswick at the New Holland Canadian Juniors on Thursday night. (Photo, Curling Canada/Melanie Johnson)

The team from the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton secured the spot with its 7-6 victory against New Brunswick’s Justine Comeau (Capital Winter Club, Fredericton) at the Prince Albert Golf and Country Club on Thursday night.

Heading into the final end and tied 6-6, Alberta sat one on the back of the button, forcing New Brunswick into a difficult double raise on Comeau’s last. The shot didn’t curl up enough, providing Alberta with the 7-6 victory and a perfect 9-0 record with one more game to play in the Championship Pool. New Brunswick dropped to 4-5 with the loss.

“All the teams here have been super great and you can’t take any teams light here,” Sturmay said. “We’re just happy to scathe through with no losses and super happy with the results that we have.”

New Brunswick limited Alberta to one in the opening end and blanked the second. This set up the first deuce of the game by New Brunswick in the third. Sturmay, a nursing student at the University of Alberta, had an opportune double to score four, but it clipped a stone in the back of the house, limiting her team to two and a 3-2 lead after four ends. Alberta increased the lead heading into the fifth-end break after forcing Comeau to play a double which she jammed to give up one.

With no guards in play early in the sixth end and a two-point lead Alberta opted to keep the sheet wide open by throwing hits and limiting New Brunswick’s chances of putting together a multi-point end. All that was left in the house on New Brunswick’s last was an Albertan stone. Comeau blanked the end, retaining the hammer and regained the lead in the seventh end. Alberta’s final freeze attempt wasn’t solid, providing Comeau with a hit to the inside for three and 5-4 lead.

Alberta took back the lead in the eighth end, but also missed out on an opportunity for more points. New Brunswick missed its final double attempt, setting Alberta up with a draw for three. But Sturmay pulled the string and the sweepers couldn’t get it to the house meaning Alberta had to settle for two and a 6-5 lead. Alberta regrouped in the ninth, forcing New Brunswick to one and providing Alberta with the hammer in the final frame.

“I think our patience helped us in this game. We had a couple misses early on, but we allowed ourselves to calm down, focus in and make some more shots,” Sturmay said.

Laurie St-Georges picked up a 9-4 victory against Kira Brunton of Northern Ontario at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors on Thursday night. (Photo, Curling Canada/Melanie Johnson)

Over at the Art Hauser Centre, Quebec’s Laurie St-Georges (Club de Curling Laval-sur-la-Lac) secured a 7-2 record after defeating Northern Ontario’s Kira Brunton (Curl Sudbury) 9-4. Her team was aided by a steal of three in the fourth end which set the tone for the remainder of the game.

“We played super well this end,” St-Georges said of the fourth. “All the game we were making some great shots and the intensity was there. We were so confident for this game, so yeah, love the result.”

Quebec will take on Nova Scotia’s Kaitlyn Jones (Halifax Curling Club) on Friday morning and a win will get her into the semifinal. Jones (6-3) won her game to remain in the playoff picture against Manitoba’s Mackenzie Zacharias (Elmwood Curling Club, Winnipeg) who now sits at 5-4. Jones needed all 10 ends to win this one, picking up a single in the final frame to win 7-6.

British Columbia’s Sarah Daniels (Delta Thistle Curling Club, North Delta) also has a 7-2 record and remains in the playoff picture, but had Thursday night off.

The men’s Championship Pool has two clear-cut contenders and a pile of teams still in the hunt for the final spot. The top three teams – British Columbia’s Tyler Tardi (Langley and Victoria Curling Clubs) and Saskatchewan’s Rylan Kleiter (Sutherland Curling Club, Saskatoon) with 8-1 records and Manitoba’s JT Ryan (Assiniboine Curling Club, Winnipeg) at 6-2 – all had the night off. Quebec’s Vincent Roberge (Club de Curling Etchemin) picked up an 8-3 win against Newfoundland and Labrador’s Greg Blyde (RE/MAX Centre, St. John’s Curling Club) that provides both teams with 5-4 records. Meanwhile, Northern Ontario’s Tanner Horgan (5-4) of Curl Sudbury remained in contention with a 9-6 victory against Alberta’s Desmond Young (4-5) of the Saville Community Sports Centre.

Those teams with five wins can be part of a tiebreaker scenario if they win on Friday morning and Manitoba loses.

The last of the Seeding Pool games at the New Holland Canadian Juniors were played on Thursday night.

In the women’s division Prince Edward Island’s Lauren Ferguson (Cornwall Curling Club) defeated Nunavut’s Sadie Pinksen (Iqaluit Curling Club) 17-4 to improve to 2-7. Nunavut finishes the New Holland Canadian Juniors with an 0-8 record.

Over in the men’s division, Jack Smeltzer of the Capital Winter Club defeated Nunavut’s Javen Komaksiutiksak (Iqaluit Curling Club) 15-4. New Brunswick ran the table in the Seeding Pool to finish with a 6-3 record. Nunavut finished the championship at 0-8. Prince Edward Island’s Tyler Smith (Charlottetown Curling Complex) ended with a 9-5 victory against Yukon’s Trygg Jensen. P.E.I. finishes at 4-5, while Yukon closes out at 1-7.

Action continues at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors on Friday at 9 a.m. and tiebreakers, if necessary, at 2 p.m. (all times Central).

Round-robin games at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors are being streamed live exclusively on Curling Canada’s Facebook page. TSN/RDS2, the official broadcaster of Curling Canada’s Season of Champions, will provide live and exclusive coverage of the women?s and men?s semifinals on Saturday, Jan. 26, and finals on Sunday, Jan. 27. The same games also will be streamed live in the U.S. on ESPN3. CLICK HERE for streaming and broadcast information.

The winning teams Sunday will represent Canada at the 2019 World Junior Championships, Feb. 16-23 in Liverpool, N.S.

The full scoreboard can be viewed at www.curling.ca/scoreboard/

For event information, visit www.curling.ca/2019juniors.

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PEI Masters (60+) Ch’ships start this morning in Crapaud. Four out of the seven teams entered are from Cornwall

Posted on by January 25, 2019

The 2019 PEI Masters Curling Championships, with male and female events for curlers age 60 and over, take place from January 25-28 at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, with five men’s and two women’s rinks taking part. Live results will be available at PEICurling.com.

Men’s

The Ted MacFadyen rink from the Silver Fox in Summerside were the men’s winners the last two years, but Ted is not back this year, although the other three members of the team are, with Lou Nowlan moving up to skip, and Leo Stewart joining the team at third stone. Second Earle Proude and lead Alan Montgomery are back, with Rod MacDonald joining the team as Alternate. Other entries include last year’s finalist Bill Hope rink from Cornwall and the Silver Fox, the Paul Arsenault foursome from Cornwall, and teams skipped by Blair Jay from the Fox, and Clair Sweet from the Maple Leaf club in O’Leary. Hope’s team has two new members this year this year, with Dario Zannier and Don Vickerson replacing Craig Mackie and David Murphy.

The five-team men’s division will play a modified triple knockout format, qualifying section winners for a two-game championship round. Section winners also drop down to compete in the next section. If a team wins all three sections, they will win the event with no championship round being played. If a team wins two sections, they will win the event if they win either championship round game, while their opponent would have to win both.

Women’s

There are two women’s entries again this year, with the Sandy Hope team from the Cornwall Curling Club looking for their third title in a row. They will again play a Best of Five series against their clubmates the Shirley Berry rink. Hope is back with last year’s team intact, while Gloria Turner will replace Marlene Proude on the Berry rink.

Next Steps

The winning and finalist men’s teams and both women’s rinks earn the right to compete in the Maritime Masters, at the Riverside Country Club March 15-17, in Rothesay NB, while the men’s and women’s winning teams, or finalist teams if they are unable to attend, also earn the right to compete  in the 2019 College Clean Restoration Canadian Masters Curling Championships, April 1-7 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon SK.

Schedule

Men’s Women’s
Date Time Draw Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4
Fri.
25
Jan.		 9
am		 1 1 2    
1:30 pm 2   3 4  
6
pm		 3     5 6
Sat.
26 Jan		 10
am		 4 7 8    
2
pm		 5 W1 9 10  
Sun.
27 Jan		 10
am		 6     W2 11
2
pm		 7   W3 12  
Mon.
28-Jan		 10
am		 8   MA* W4*  
2
pm		 9   W5* MB*  

 

  • *If needed

Explanation for MA/MB:

1. One team wins all three qualifiers: Championship Round is not required.

2. One team wins two qualifiers. They play in both X and Z (and win the event if they win either game), the other winner plays in Y (and has to win both games).

3. Three separate winners: the team that played in the most qualifying games* plays in Z and the other winners play off in X and Y. If there is a tie in number of qualifying games played, then the team that qualified earliest goes to Z and the other two teams play off in X and Y.

*Qualifying games have game number with yellow background on the schedule

Draw 

Men’s: Modified Triple Knockout with 2 game ch’ship round, if needed.
Women’s: Best of 5

 

Team Rosters

M – Team Arsenault
Cornwall Curling Club

Athlete Position
Arsenault, Paul Fourth
Giggey, Ron Third
Acorn, Allan Second
Coffin, Edgar Lead

M – Team B.Hope
Cornwall and Silver Fox curling clubs

Athlete Position
Hope, Bill Fourth
Murdoch, Peter Third
Vickerson, Donald Second
Zannier, Dario Lead

M – Team Jay
Silver Fox Curling Club

Athlete Position
Jay, Blair Fourth
Graves, Stuart Third
Cannon, Dale Second
Martin, Spike Lead

M – Team Nowlan
Silver Fox Curling Club

Athlete Position
Nowlan, Lou Fourth
Stewart, Leo Third
Proude, Earle Second
Montgomery, Alan Lead
MacDonald, Rod Alternate

M – Team Sweet
Maple Leaf Curling Club

Athlete Position
Sweet, Clair Fourth
Matheson, Bob Third
Harris, Muncey Second
Arsenault, Wayne Lead

W – Team Berry
Cornwall Curling Club

Athlete Position
Berry, Shirley Fourth
Fairhurst, Linda Third
Matthews, Marjorie Second
Turner, Gloria Lead

W – Team S.Hope
Cornwall Curling Club

Athlete Position
Hope, Sandra Fourth
Ebbett, Shelley Third
Rhodenhizer, Debbie Second
Harris, Arleen Lead
Bill Hope Coach

 

Click for previous Masters champions and websites.

 

 

 

 

 
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PEI’s Smith improves to 3-5, Ferguson drops to 1-7 in Canadian Juniors seeding pool play (Curling Canada)

Posted on by January 24, 2019

PRINCE ALBERT, SASK. — When curling teams look at an upcoming draw, it’s tempting to try and find the ‘free space’; the game on the board that could an easy win. Newfoundland and Labrador’s Greg Blyde arrived at the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert, Sask., determined to show the competition that his team wouldn’t be the free pass some of the opposition might think they were at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships.

Greg Blyde and his team from Newfoundland and Labrador have won three games in a row at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors after defeating Manitoba’s JT Ryan 9-5. (Photo, Curling Canada/Melanie Johnson)

Blyde and his team from the RE/MAX Centre, St. John’s Curling Club picked up a convincing 9-5 victory against Manitoba’s JT Ryan from the Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club in Winnipeg. Newfoundland and Labrador opened the game with five consecutive steals for a 7-0 lead over the first half of the game.

“I think this is the best team the province has had in a while,” Blyde said. “One of my personal goals is to say, you can’t look at the draw anymore and see Newfoundland and Labrador and say ‘okay, easy game’. Yeah Ontario and Alberta are in our pool, but there’s also Team N.L. We’re a team that can’t be looked over and I think we’ve proved that this week.”

Blyde, who skips but throws third stones, joined his teammates fourth Daniel Bruce, second Ryan McNeil Lamswood and lead Nathan King after last season. Blyde lost to that team at last year’s provincial junior final, led by Bruce, which finished 4-6 at the 2018 event in the Championship Pool. Blyde led a different team at the 2017 nationals, finishing 6-4 in the Seeding Pool.

“We kind of weren’t even friends,” Blyde joked about receiving the call from the Bruce team to join them as skip and throw third stones. “It’s a bit of a change from throwing fourth to third, but I think I’ve adapted well. The team is going better than I ever could have imagined going forward.”

JT Ryan was defeated by Newfoundland and Labrador during Draw 17 at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors. (Photo, Curling Canada/Melanie Johnson)

The move has paid off as Newfoundland and Labrador have put together three wins in a row and are very much alive in the playoff picture with a 5-3 record. The team is right behind Manitoba in the standings, now at 6-3 after the loss on Thursday afternoon.

A Newfoundland and Labrador men’s team has never finished with a winning record in the Championship Pool at the New Holland Canadian Juniors, which is something Blyde wants to change this year. The last time a team from Newfoundland and Labrador has won the national junior men’s title? You have to go back to 2001 when Brad Gushue claimed it, along with the world championship.

“Brad has had a huge impact on Newfoundland curling as a whole,” Blyde said. “Just from the Brier (victory in 2017) we’ve seen numbers in the junior program just skyrocket. He does a lot of good for curling in St. John’s.”

Gushue is the reason Blyde started curling. He was first hooked on the sport while watching Gushue claim the 2005 Canadian curling trials and 2006 Olympics.

“What are these people doing with these rocks and these brooms? I thought it was so strange,” Blyde recalled when first seeing the sport. “Ever since then I was hooked. I started watching all the Scotties and all the Briers.”

In other Championship Pool action, Saskatchewan’s Rylan Kleiter from the Sutherland Curling Club in Saskatoon won his fifth straight game with a 12-2 victory against Greame Weagle’s team from the Chester Curling Club in Nova Scotia. Scores of four in the first and fifth ends elevated Saskatchewan’s record to 8-1, while Nova Scotia dropped its second game of the day and sits at 4-5. British Columbia’s Tyler Tardi (Langley and Victoria Curling Clubs) maintained pace with Saskatchewan with an 8-1 record after defeating Quebec’s Vincent Roberge of Club de Curling Etchemin (4-4) 6-4.

In the men’s Seeding Pool, Prince Edward Island’s Tyler Smith (Charlottetown Curling Complex) ousted Nunavut’s Javen Komaksiutiksak (Iqaluit Curling Club) 16-2. P.E.I. is now 3-5, while Nunavut is 0-8.

Alberta’s Selena Sturmay (Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton) remained flawless at 8-0 after a 6-3 victory against Manitoba’s Mackenzie Zacharias of the Elmwood Curling Club in Winnipeg, who now sits at 5-3. Kaitlyn Jones from the Halifax Curling Club in Nova Scotia raised its record to 5-3 after an 8-4 win against Justine Comeau’s Capital Winter Club (Fredericton) team. Comeau is now even with a 4-4 record. British Colmbia’s Sarah Daniels (Delta Thistle Curling Club, North Deta) has sole possession of second place in the Championship Pool at 7-2 after a 9-7 victory against Saskatchewan’s Sara England (Callie Curling Club, Regina) who is now 5-3.

In the women’s Seeding Pool the Host Team, Skylar Ackerman from the Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre improved to 2-6 after defeating Prince Edward Island’s Lauren Ferguson from the Cornwall Curling Club 8-4. Ferguson’s team is now 1-7. The Newfoundland and Labrador women’s team – skipped by Mackenzie Glynn from the RE/MAX Centre, St. John’s Curling Club – is at the top of the Seeding Pool (5-4) after defeating Ontario’s Thea Coburn (Dundas Valley Golf & Curling Club) 7-4. Ontario is now 4-4.

Action continues at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors with one more draw on Thursday at 9 p.m. (Atlantic).

Round-robin games at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors are being streamed live exclusively on Curling Canada’s Facebook page. TSN/RDS2, the official broadcaster of Curling Canada’s Season of Champions, will provide live and exclusive coverage of the women?s and men?s semifinals on Saturday, Jan. 26, and finals on Sunday, Jan. 27. The same games also will be streamed live in the U.S. on ESPN3. CLICK HERE for streaming and broadcast information.

The winning teams Sunday will represent Canada at the 2019 World Junior Championships, Feb. 16-23 in Liverpool, N.S.

The full scoreboard can be viewed at www.curling.ca/scoreboard/

For event information, visit www.curling.ca/2019juniors.

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Curl P.E.I. (and the Cornwall Curling Club) offers new program to keep Island seniors active (CBC PEI)

Posted on by January 23, 2019

Curl P.E.I. is giving Island seniors a new way to get active this winter by getting out onto the ice. Several curling clubs across the Island are now offering a seniors Learn to Curl program.

Curl P.E.I. has launched a new program to keep seniors active throughout the winter — by getting out on the ice. The new Learn to Curl program is for beginners or those who may be looking to pick up the sport again. (Brittany Spencer/CBC)

The new program is funded by a New Horizons grant, which allowed Curl P.E.I. to purchase new equipment for each participating club. (Brittany Spencer/CBC)

 

Modified techniques, equipment

Amy Duncan, Executive Director of Curl P.E.I., said it’s the first time they have offered a seniors curling program and it’s already seen success in Cornwall, where the program initially started.

Gary O’Sullivan, president of the Cornwall Curling Club and an instructor for the program, said the club wanted to create more opportunities for seniors to socialize and get active during the winter. 

 

Gary O’Sullivan, president of the Cornwall Curling Club and an instructor of the program, says he teaches curlers modified techniques — like using a curling stick — to make the game safer and accessible to more seniors. (Brittany Spencer/CBC)

“It’s a good sport for curlers of any age,” O’Sullivan said. 

The new curling sticks make the sport more accessible to people who may have mobility issues or concerns about shooting the rock from their knees. (Brittany Spencer/CBC)

During their weekly practices, O’Sullivan said the curlers learn the rules and etiquette of the game, do drills and learn about different strategies. He said he teaches participants modified techniques — like using a curling stick — for those who have concerns about throwing the rock from their knees.

‘Still curl when you’re 90 years old’

For Allan Moore, the program is his first shot at curling. He said he and his wife joined because they wanted an activity they could learn together and the experience has been a great way to meet new people.

Allan Moore joined the program with his wife because they were looking for an activity to learn together. He says they both plan to continue curling once the program is over. (Brittany Spencer/CBC)

“I would say as people get older they’d probably be looking to go to the stick curling because you could probably still curl when you’re 90 years old … so it’s great that way.” 

While it’s coming to an end in Cornwall, the program is just getting started at other rinks across the Island. The 10-week program will now be running at the curling clubs in O’Leary, Montague and Charlottetown.

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Cornwall’s Lenentine and Team NS advance to ch’ship round but Smith (2-4), Cornwall’s Ferguson (1-5) go to seeding pool at New Holland Juniors (Curling Canada)

Posted on by January 23, 2019

The defending men’s champions, skipped by British Columbia’s Tyler Tardi, have been making it look effortless at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

Tardi, along with Sterling Middleton, Matthew Halland Alex Horvath, shut out the competition in the first round with a 6-0 record – no easy feat.

Tyler Tardi delivers a rock during the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors (Curling Canada/Melanie Johnson photo)

On paper, there’s no doubt this team is destined for success. Each player comes with a laundry list of curling accomplishments including Canadian championships, world championships and Youth Olympics Games gold medals, to name a few.

Though it’s a very similar line-up to past championship teams, Hall, originally from Ontario, is a welcome new addition to the squad. Tardi cites the team’s chemistry as the key to their success this week.

“It’s our team dynamics,” said Tardi. “We’re having a lot of fun out here. We’re staying upbeat and that’s been a big part of it.”

Team Tardi in action at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors (Curling Canada/Melanie Johnson photo)

Hall couldn’t agree more, and says that it shows in the team’s performance this week.

“We’ve really hit our stride,” said Hall. “We’ve been able to go out there and perform well in the first couple ends and get on top of our competition. We’re firing on all cylinders and it feels good.”

Tardi and company finished off the first round with a 9-6 win over Alberta’s Desmond Young, meanwhile, Saskatchewan’s Rylan Kleiter took down Yukon’s Trygg Jensen 10-2, and Greg Blyde’s Newfoundland and Labrador squad beat Nunavut’s Javen Komaksiutiksak 12-3.

In Pool B men’s play, Vincent Roberge from Quebec defeated Nova Scotia’s Graeme Weagle 9-3, Tanner Horgan representing Northern Ontario took down Manitoba’s JT Ryan 7-4, and New Brunwick’s Jack Smeltzer [with PEI’s Alex Gallant at lead stone] snuck out a 9-7 win over Tyler Smith from P.E.I.

The top four teams from each pool will move into the championship pool beginning Wednesday, while the other teams will play in seeding pool games to determine the final standings.

Advancing from Pool A to the championship pool are B.C. (6-0), Saskatchewan (5-1) and, by virtue of having the best Last Stone Draw (LSD) of the teams tied at 3-3, Newfoundland and Labrador.

In a tiebreaker for the fourth position are Ontario’s Sam Steep and Alberta’s Young. The loser of the tiebreaker will join Yukon (1-5) and Nunavut (0-6) in the seeding pool. The tiebreaker will be played at 9 a.m. Central and will be live-streamed on Curling Canada’s Facebook page.

Heading to the championship round for Pool B, all with 4-2 records, are Quebec, Northern Ontario, Nova Scotia and Manitoba. 

New Brunswick (3-3), P.E.I. (2-4) and Northwest Territories’ Sawyer Kaeser (0-6) will compete in the seeding pool.

On the women’s side in Pool A, the Nova Scotians, skipped by Kaitlyn Jones, secured their spot in the championship round with a 20-3 win over Nunavut’s Sadie Pinksen.

It was a must-win situation for both Ontario’s Thea Coburn and Northern Ontario’s Kira Brunton, as they faced off in the last game of the first round. With both teams sitting at 2-3 and a berth to the championship round on the line, it was Brunton who prevailed in a 6-3 decision.

In Pool B action, Justine Comeau’s team from New Brunswick locked up the 7-6 win over Manitoba’s Mackenzie Zacharias with a steal in end 10.

The teams advancing to the championship round from Pool A are Alberta’s Selena Sturmay (6-0), Sarah Daniels’ squad from British Columbia (5-1), Nova Scotia (4-2) and Northern Ontario (3-3).

Ontario (2-4), the Host team skipped by Skylar Ackerman (1-5) and Nunavut (0-6) all move into the seeding pool.

Advancing to the championship round from Pool B are Manitoba (5-1), Laurie St-Georges from Quebec (5-1), Saskatchewan’s Sara England (4-2) and New Brunswick (4-2).

Newfoundland and Labrador’s Mackenzie Glynn (2-4), Lauren Ferguson from P.E.I. (1-5) and Tyanna Bain representing Northwest Territories (0-6) will all compete in the seeding pool.

Action continues at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors with draws on Wednesday at 9 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. (all times Central).

Round-robin games at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors are being streamed live exclusively on Curling Canada’s Facebook page. TSN/RDS2, the official broadcaster of Curling Canada’s Season of Champions, will provide live and exclusive coverage of the women?s and men?s semifinals on Saturday, Jan. 26, and finals on Sunday, Jan. 27. The same games also will be streamed live in the U.S. on ESPN3. CLICK HERE for streaming and broadcast information.

The winning teams Sunday will represent Canada at the 2019 World Junior Championships, Feb. 16-23 in Liverpool, N.S.

The full scoreboard can be viewed at www.curling.ca/scoreboard/

For event information, visit www.curling.ca/2019juniors.

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Curling Canada to modify Junior age eligibility

Posted on by January 22, 2019

Junior curling teams will get a three-year grace period to adjust to new age eligibility guidelines that will take effect at the 2021 Canadian Junior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships, it was announced today by Curling Canada.

In October, Curling Canada announced that the dates of the Canadian Under-21 Championships would move from their current January timeslot to some time in spring, and that the winners of the 2021 championships would attend the following year’s World Junior Championships.

That move, along with a plan to expand the field for the Canadian Juniors, was made after extensive consultation with Member Associations and coaching experts, who identified it as a key element within Curling Canada’s Long-Term Athlete Development plans.

The moves will give more junior teams the chance to play for a national championship and, more importantly, will extend the seasons of junior teams. Under the current system, provincial and territorial championships take place in late December or early January, and seasons for the junior teams that don’t win are effectively over.

With the shift in dates of the national championships, junior teams will have a longer season, which will better prepare them for the demands of men’s and women’s competition. Additionally, the teams that win the Canadian championships will have more time to prepare for the World Juniors the following season.

With this change, current juniors born between Jan. 1 and the June 30 cutoff date (under World Curling Federation rules) would lose a season of junior eligibility, so Curling Canada has decided that for the 2021, 2022 and 2023 Canadian Junior Championships, junior teams can have one so-called “Over-age” player in the lineup for the national championship. That player would not be eligible to compete in the following year’s World Juniors (based on WCF junior age guidelines) and would need to be replaced by an eligible player, but Curling Canada will make every effort to ensure the over-age player is part of the world championship experience for Team Canada.

“We made these moves in consultation with experts in the field, looking to the long term for the best interests of curling in Canada, and we have every confidence that the moves will pay dividends for years to come,” said Curling Canada Chief Executive Officer Katherine Henderson. “At the same time, we know that the transition will have some effects and we want to make that period of transition as smooth as possible for as many junior-age players as possible.”

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Cornwall’s Ferguson rink wraps up round robin play at Canadian Juniors with 1-5 record after loss to unbeaten Manitoba (Curling Canada)

Posted on by January 22, 2019

It’s not often you get the chance to compete at the national level with not just one but two of your family members.

Mackenzie Zacharias delivering a rock at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors (Curling Canada/Melanie Johnson photo)

But that’s the case for Mackenzie Zacharias, who is skipping Manitoba’s women’s team at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors with her younger sister, Emily Zacharias, at second and her father, Sheldon Zacharias, on the coaching bench.

Curling is, indeed, a family sport — but pushing for a national title together is another matter entirely.

“Not many people get to say that they curl with their sister every day and have their dad coach, so that’s pretty awesome,” said Mackenzie. “To get to (compete at the nationals) together is just so special.”

Emily said it’s been a goal since the sisters began curling competitively together six years ago.

“Honestly it’s like living the dream,” said Emily. “We’ve played together for so long and I can almost read her mind on the ice.”

Mackenzie is quick to echo Emily’s thoughts.

“We’ve been teammates since I’ve been 12 years old. I think of (Emily) as a teammate and sister. We’ve really got a good balance with that. To be able to call her both is just great.”

What’s it like to coach your daughters at a national championship?

“All we wanted as parents and coach is to enjoy themselves,” said Sheldon. “I never expected that they would be playing at this level when they first started.”

Sheldon, Emily and Mackenzie Zacharias (Curling Canada/Danielle Inglis)

Coaching came about organically, as the curling facility in their hometown of the southern Manitoba community of Altona is run primarily by volunteers.

“Once the girls started getting interested (in curling), I stepped in to coach. I had just been a club-level curler before. It’s been a wonderful experience watching them grow as curlers and I’ve kind of stepped along with them, growing as a coach as well,” said Sheldon.

Mackenzie said her dad has the right personality and wisdom for the job.

“He gels really well with everyone we’ve ever played with. Having him as a coach has been great,” she said.

As for their most memorable moment together?

“We’ve had so many experiences together and represented Manitoba four times and they’ve all been amazing,” said Emily. “Winning the Optimist International U-18 in 2016 with my sister and dad would be the best.”

The Manitobans sit atop of the Pool B standings with a 5-0 record after defeating Prince Edward Island’s Lauren Ferguson 9-3 Tuesday morning.

Meanwhile, Northern Ontario’s Kira Brunton and British Columbia’s Sarah Daniels also collided on the morning draw. The game was close until Daniels stole one to grab a three-point lead going into the 10th. B.C. finally ran Northern Ontario out of rocks to improve to 5-1, while Northern Ontario fell to 2-3.

On the live-streamed featured sheet, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Mackenzie Glynn had a commanding 12-5 win over Tyanna Bain from the Northwest Territories. Glynn sits at 2-3 with Bain’s Iqaluit-based squad is still searching for a win.

On the men’s side, Tyler Tardi’s B.C. team was dominant from the start against Ontario’s Sam Steep. Tardi won 12-2 and remains undefeated at 5-0, while Ontario drops to 3-3. Alberta’s Desmond Young cruised to an 11-5 victory over Nunavut’s Javen Komaksiutiksak. Alberta improves to 3-2 while Nunavut drops to 0-5.

Action continues at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors with draws on Tuesday at 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. (AT).

Fourteen men’s and 14 women’s teams are competing, with two seven-team pools in each gender. Following Tuesday night’s games, the top four teams from each pool will move into the championship pools beginning Wednesday, while the other teams will play in seeding pool games to determine the final standings.

Round-robin games at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors are being streamed live exclusively on Curling Canada’s Facebook page. TSN/RDS2, the official broadcaster of Curling Canada’s Season of Champions, will provide live and exclusive coverage of the women?s and men?s semifinals on Saturday, Jan. 26, and finals on Sunday, Jan. 27. The same games also will be streamed live in the U.S. on ESPN3. CLICK HERE for streaming and broadcast information.

The winning teams Sunday will represent Canada at the 2019 World Junior Championships, Feb. 16-23 in Liverpool, N.S.

The full scoreboard can be viewed at www.curling.ca/scoreboard/.

For event information, visit www.curling.ca/2019juniors.

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Smith brings Canada Games experience to New Holland Juniors, Cornwall’s Ferguson hones skills for the Games. Both teams win last night (Curling Canada)

Posted on by January 22, 2019

Fifth time’s a charm? Tyler Smith from Prince Edward Island hopes it could be at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

Smith’s impressive curling career includes four previous appearances at the Canadian Juniors (2018, 2017, 2015, 2013), a trip to the 2017 Canadian Mixed, as well as two Canada Winter Games (CWG) appearances in 2011 and 2015.

Tyler Smith holding the broom during the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors (Curling Canada/Melanie Johnson photo)

Though Smith’s team has struggled out of the gate in Prince Albert losing three of the first four games, he feels they have turned a corner with a 13-4 win over Northwest Territories.

“We struggled big in the first few games while getting used to the big swing (in the ice),” said Smith. “(The ice) is not like at home, but we figured it out that game and played pretty well.”

We first interviewed Smith back in 2014 (read the full article here) when he was already making waves on the junior scene.

The two-time CWG appearances are particularly notable, as the event only occurs every four years. Smith attended his first event at age 11.

“It was quite the event,” reminisced Smith about his first CWG experience. “We didn’t know what to expect. We just went out there and had fun, made a couple shots, won a few games.”

“We made the playoffs in Prince George,” said Smith of his second CWG. “The experience of the first event really worked for the second one.”

There are over 10 athletes from the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors who have also qualified for the CWG this year.

Tyler Smith at the 2011 Canada Winter Games in Halifax (Photo courtesy T. Smith)

What advice would Smith offer the players heading to Red Deer?

“Stay loose. Some teams when they go to a junior national or Canada Winter Games for the first time they are way too tense and over-focused,” said Smith. “It’s a mini-Olympics (with multiple sports disciplines) and you’ve got to just embrace the experience. Stay focused and relaxed.”

Lauren Ferguson’s Prince Edward Island-based squad is one of the teams that will be heading to Red Deer next month. The team members are using this competition to hone their skills for arguably their biggest event of the season.

“We’re learning lots of new things and having fun,” said P.E.I. third Katie Shaw. “It’s been a really positive experience for us.”

Ferguson’s squad picked up its first win of the competition when they broke the game wide open with a steal of five in the sixth to cruise to an 11-5 win over Tyanna Bain from the Northwest Territories. The teams are now at 1-4 and 0-5 respectively.

Also in women’s action, British Columbia’s Sarah Daniels defeated the Host team skipped by Skylar Ackerman. Daniels sits at second place in Pool A with a 4-1 record, while Ackerman drops to 0-5.

Alberta’s Selena Sturmay posted a definitive 8-2 win over Thea Coburn’s Ontario team. Sturmay remains the lone undefeated team Pool A while Coburn stays in the middle of the pack with a 2-3 record.

Quebec’s Laurie St-Georges made the hit for the 7-5 win over Sara England from Saskatchewan. Quebec moves to 5-1 while Saskatchewan goes to 3-2.

It was a big win for the Quebec men, as they handed the two-time Canadian Junior silver-medallists from Northern Ontario their second loss of the competition. Both teams are now square at 2-2.

Sam Steep’s Ontario team picked up its second win of the day over Yukon’s Trygg Jensen. Steep improves to 3-2 with Yukon dropping to 1-4.

JT Ryan and his Manitoba squad continued to dominate with an 8-5 win over New Brunswick’s Jack Smeltzer. Manitoba is currently ranked first in Pool B with a 4-0 record while New Brunswick is tied for third at 2-2.

A tight game between Saskatchewan’s Rylan’s Kleiter and Newfoundland and Labador’s Greg Blyde saw Kleiter edge Blyde out for an 8-6 win. Saskatchewan is sitting in second place in Pool A with a 4-1 record while Blyde drops to 2-3.

Action continues at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors with draws on Tuesday at 9 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. (all times Central).

Fourteen men’s and 14 women’s teams are competing, with two seven-team pools in each gender. Following Tuesday night’s games, the top four teams from each pool will move into the championship pools beginning Wednesday, while the other teams will play in seeding pool games to determine the final standings.

Round-robin games at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors are being streamed live exclusively on Curling Canada’s Facebook page. TSN/RDS2, the official broadcaster of Curling Canada’s Season of Champions, will provide live and exclusive coverage of the women?s and men?s semifinals on Saturday, Jan. 26, and finals on Sunday, Jan. 27. The same games also will be streamed live in the U.S. on ESPN3. CLICK HERE for streaming and broadcast information.

The winning teams Sunday will represent Canada at the 2019 World Junior Championships, Feb. 16-23 in Liverpool, N.S.

The full scoreboard can be viewed at www.curling.ca/scoreboard/.

For event information, visit www.curling.ca/2019juniors.

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Monday evening 6:30 draw correction – Karen, not Bryan has the bye

Posted on by January 21, 2019

Here is a corrected version of tonight’s 6:30 pm draw:

Pizza Delight (Cornwall)

Monday Night Mixed League

Jan 21, 2019 at 6:30pm

Ice 1: B. Sutherland, B. Gardner, H. Pierce, A. MacIntosh vs G. Groves, S. O’Keefe, M. Davies, S. Campbell

Ice 2: D. Kneabone, F. Weiler, C.MacDonald, C. Peters vs L. Davies, D. Sigsworth, E. MacDonald, L. Gallant

Ice 3: F. Martin, D. Weeks, C. MacDougall, I. Marzari vs R. Biagé, C. Hodgson, R. Neumeyer, B. Lindsay

Ice 4: P. Neima, G. Turner, D. MacSwain, D. Campbell vs A. Davies, M. MacDonald, C. Soltermann, S. MacLean

Bye: K. Currie, K. Pippy, J. Hannan, D. Musto

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Watch Cornwall member Lauren Lenentine and Team NS take on Team BC live now on Facebook!

Posted on by January 21, 2019

Watch draw 7 of the @NHAgriculture Canadian Juniors featuring the @CurlBC vs. @NSCurl women live now on Curling Canada’s Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/curlingcanada 

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PEI rinks slip to 1-2, 0-4 win-loss records after Sunday late draw play at New Holland Juniors (Curling Canada)

Posted on by January 21, 2019

It’s all about the experience for Skylar Ackerman’s Saskatchewan-based squad at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors – an incredible opportunity that only comes around once in a blue moon.

 

Host team skip Skylar Ackerman watches the line during Draw 6 at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors (Curling Canada/Melanie Johnson photo)

When Yukon did not declare a team, the spot was allocated to the host province. As the runner-up at the Saskatchewan Junior Women’s Provincial, Ackerman, along with teammates Madison Johnson at third, second Chantel Hoag, lead Samantha McLaren and coach Patrick Ackerman, won the right to don the Host team uniform.

While the Ackerman women have not gotten off to the start they had hoped for, dropping their first three games, including a last rock 10-9 loss to Ontario’s Thea Coburn, the team is focusing on the bigger picture.

“We [formed this team] three years ago with the goal to get to the Canada Winter Games which we have done,” said Ackerman. “We’re hoping to gain some experience here to take to for the Canada Winter Games next month in Red Deer.”

Though the wins are not coming through yet, they’re taking every opportunity to learn and are putting it all into perspective.

“We’re improving each game and getting some extra experience on arena ice which is always good,” said Ackerman.

This is the second national championship experience for the Moose Jaw-based team, as they competed in the 2018 U-18 Canadian Championships in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick. That experience has been invaluable for the young team.

“It’s helped with our nerves. Going into New Brunswick we were super nervous because it was our first time at a national,” said Ackerman. “This time we took the approach that it’s like any other tournament and to just relax.”

What’s the key to the team’s longevity and success thus far?

Team Ackerman displaying their on-ice team chemistry (Curling Canada/Melanie Johnson photo)

“We just love each, we’re like sisters out there,” said Ackerman. “We know what each other needs and how to help each other through hard times.”

Also in action tonight on the women’s side, Saskatchewan’s Sara England improves to 2-1 with a 7-3 win over Lauren Ferguson’s team from Cornwall, P.E.I. Ferguson continues to search for a win in the competition. Team Alberta skipped by Selena Sturmay posted an 8-3 win over Sarah Daniels from North Delta, British Columbia.

In Draw 6 action on the men’s side, two-time Canadian Junior champion Tyler Tardi and his British Columbia squad captured their third win of the competition over Saskatchewan’s Rylan Kleiter. The live-streamed feature game saw New Brunswick’s Jack Smeltzer put on a dominant performance defeating two-time Canadian Junior silver-medallist Tanner Horgan 11-7.

The Quebec men skipped by Vincent Roberge picked up their first win over Northwest Territories’ Sawer Kaeser. Manitoba’s JT Ryan picked up a 7-3 win over P.E.I.’s Tyler Smith. Ryan moves to 3-0 while Smith drops to 1-2. Team Yukon, skipped by Trygg Jensen, picked up its first win of the tournament over Javen Komaksiutiksak from Iqaluit, Nunavut.

Action continues at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors with draws on Monday at 11 a.m., 4 p.m. and 9  p.m. (all times Atlantic). {Smith is playing NS at 11 am and NWT at 9 pm, while Ferguson has one game, also against NWT at 9 pm.]

[Draw 7 on Mon. Jan. 21 between NS Women (Lauren Lenentine 3rd) and BC at 11 am and
Draw 9 on Mon. Jan. 21 between PEI men (Tyler Smith) and the NWT  at 9 pm are scheduled to be on livestream today].

Fourteen men’s and 14 women’s teams are competing, with two seven-team pools in each gender. Following Tuesday night’s games, the top four teams from each pool will move into the championship pools beginning Wednesday, while the other teams will play in seeding pool games to determine the final standings.

Round-robin games at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors are being streamed live exclusively on Curling Canada’s Facebook page. TSN/RDS2, the official broadcaster of Curling Canada’s Season of Champions, will provide live and exclusive coverage of the women?s and men?s semifinals on Saturday, Jan. 26, and finals on Sunday, Jan. 27. The same games also will be streamed live in the U.S. on ESPN3. CLICK HERE for streaming and broadcast information.

The winning teams Sunday will represent Canada at the 2019 World Junior Championships, Feb. 16-23 in Liverpool, N.S.

The full scoreboard can be viewed at www.curling.ca/scoreboard/.

For event information, visit www.curling.ca/2019juniors.

Click to view this story on the Curling Canada website.

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Quebec women pick up win over PEI, Tyler Smith loses close game to N. Ont. at New Holland Juniors (Curling Canada)

Posted on by January 20, 2019

Just when you think that everything is rolling along according to plan, sometimes life throws a curveball.

This is exactly what happened to the Quebec women’s team on the first day of competition when coach Michel St-Georges unexpectedly had to have emergency surgery for a detached retina.

Laurie St-Georges calls line during the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors (Curling Canada/Melanie Johnson photo)

Michel called prior to the opening ceremony and the team’s second game to tell the team the news.

“Honestly I was crying and scared. It’s not just my coach, it’s my dad,” said skip Laurie St-Georges. “Every big championship my family has had losses and bad things happen, but we always get through it. It’s just life. We’re just trying to do our best.”

Luckily Josée Ricard, mother of Laurie and third Cynthia St-Georges, was able to step into the coaching role.

“I was supposed to be in the stands with my hat to cheer them on,” said Josée. “They’re doing great on their own. I’m just there to encourage [the team] and support them. [Michel] hopes to be back for the next game, so we’ll see.”

Coach Michel St-Georges is still smiling despite his situation (Curling Canada/Danielle Inglis photo)

A sign of a strong team is being able to adapt to challenging circumstances and this team has done that in spades.

“We’re missing our coach, but my mom is doing so great,” said Laurie. “My sister was also scared, but the other girls have been super supportive. They’re so sweet always asking ‘do you need a hug?’ I can’t ask for more.”

The team hasn’t let it slow their game down on the ice, as Quebec posted a 5-3 win over Prince Edward Island’s Lauren Ferguson to extend their undefeated streak to 3-0, while PEI slips to 0-3. But for the Quebec team, they’re already looking at the big picture.

“We had a talk before this event and we discussed that we have to try to go 6-0 in the first round because the other pool is so strong,” said Laurie. “We have to make key shots. We’re playing well and just have to stay concentrated.”

Draw five also saw New Brunswick’s Justine Comeau post a convincing 16-2 win over Northwest Territories’ Tyanna Bain while Kira Brunton representing Northern Ontario downed Nunavut’s Sadie Pinksen 18-2. The game featuring Newfoundland and Labrador and Manitoba came down to an eyeball measurement with Manitoba having the edge for an 8-7 win.

This draw saw several tight games on the men’s side with Saskatchewan’s Rylan Kleiter defeating Alberta’s Desmond Young in an extra end, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Greg Blyde improving to 2-1 with an 8-6 win over Ontario’s Sam Steep and Northern Ontario’s Tanner Horgan posting a 7-6 victory over Prince Edward Island’s Tyler Smith, who is now at 1-1.

In earlier action today on the women’s side, Alberta’s Selena Sturmay jumped out to a 2-0 start defeating Nunavut 14-2, Northern Ontario defeated the Host team skipped by Skylar Ackerman 7-1, and the defending champions from Nova Scotia skipped by Kaitlyn Jones beat Ontario’s Thea Coburn 8-5.

During the morning game on the men’s side, Newfoundland and Labrador had a convincing 11-4 win over Yukon’s Trygg Jensen, and Nova Scotia’s Graeme Weagle picked up his first win of the tournament with an 8-5 decision over New Brunswick’s Jack Smeltzer.

Action continues in the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors with the final draw of Sunday at 9 p.m. Atlantic.

Fourteen men’s and 14 women’s teams are competing, with two seven-team pools in each gender. Following Tuesday night’s games, the top four teams from each pool will move into the championship pools beginning Wednesday, while the other teams will play in seeding pool games to determine the final standings.

Round-robin games at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Juniors are being streamed live exclusively on Curling Canada’s Facebook page. TSN/RDS2, the official broadcaster of Curling Canada’s Season of Champions, will provide live and exclusive coverage of the women’s and men’s semifinals on Saturday, Jan. 26, and finals on Sunday, Jan. 27. The same games also will be streamed live in the U.S. on ESPN3. CLICK HERE for streaming and broadcast information.

The winning teams Sunday will represent Canada at the 2019 World Junior Championships, Feb. 16-23 in Liverpool, N.S.

The full scoreboard can be viewed at www.curling.ca/scoreboard/.

For event information, visit www.curling.ca/2019juniors.

Click to read this story on the Curling Canada website

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PEI Masters (60+) Ch’ships start Friday in Crapaud. Four out of the seven teams entered are from Cornwall

Posted on by January 20, 2019

The 2019 PEI Masters Curling Championships, with male and female events for curlers age 60 and over, take place from January 25-28 at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, with five men’s and two women’s rinks taking part. Live results will be available at PEICurling.com.

Men’s

The Ted MacFadyen rink from the Silver Fox in Summerside were the men’s winners the last two years, but Ted is not back this year, although the other three members of the team are, with Lou Nowlan moving up to skip, and Leo Stewart joining the team at third stone. Second Earle Proude and lead Alan Montgomery are back, with Rod MacDonald joining the team as Alternate. Other entries include last year’s finalist Bill Hope rink from Cornwall and the Silver Fox, the Paul Arsenault foursome from Cornwall, and teams skipped by Blair Jay from the Fox, and Clair Sweet from the Maple Leaf club in O’Leary. Hope’s team has two new members this year this year, with Dario Zannier and Don Vickerson replacing Craig Mackie and David Murphy.

The five-team men’s division will play a modified triple knockout format, qualifying section winners for a two-game championship round. Section winners also drop down to compete in the next section. If a team wins all three sections, they will win the event with no championship round being played. If a team wins two sections, they will win the event if they win either championship round game, while their opponent would have to win both.

Women’s

There are two women’s entries again this year, with the Sandy Hope team from the Cornwall Curling Club looking for their third title in a row. They will again play a Best of Five series against their clubmates the Shirley Berry rink. Hope is back with last year’s team intact, while Gloria Turner will replace Marlene Proude on the Berry rink.

Next Steps

The winning and finalist men’s teams and both women’s rinks earn the right to compete in the Maritime Masters, at the Riverside Country Club March 15-17, in Rothesay NB, while the men’s and women’s winning teams, or finalist teams if they are unable to attend, also earn the right to compete  in the 2019 College Clean Restoration Canadian Masters Curling Championships, April 1-7 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon SK.

Schedule

Men’s Women’s
Date Time Draw Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4
Fri.
25
Jan.		 9
am		 1 1 2    
1:30 pm 2   3 4  
6
pm		 3     5 6
Sat.
26 Jan		 10
am		 4 7 8    
2
pm		 5 W1 9 10  
Sun.
27 Jan		 10
am		 6     W2 11
2
pm		 7   W3 12  
Mon.
28-Jan		 10
am		 8   MA* W4*  
2
pm		 9   W5* MB*  

 

  • *If needed

Explanation for MA/MB:

1. One team wins all three qualifiers: Championship Round is not required.

2. One team wins two qualifiers. They play in both X and Z (and win the event if they win either game), the other winner plays in Y (and has to win both games).

3. Three separate winners: the team that played in the most qualifying games* plays in Z and the other winners play off in X and Y. If there is a tie in number of qualifying games played, then the team that qualified earliest goes to Z and the other two teams play off in X and Y.

*Qualifying games have game number with yellow background on the schedule

Draw 

Men’s: Modified Triple Knockout with 2 game ch’ship round, if needed.
Women’s: Best of 5

 

Team Rosters

M – Team Arsenault
Cornwall Curling Club

Athlete Position
Arsenault, Paul Fourth
Giggey, Ron Third
Acorn, Allan Second
Coffin, Edgar Lead

M – Team B.Hope
Cornwall and Silver Fox curling clubs

Athlete Position
Hope, Bill Fourth
Murdoch, Peter Third
Vickerson, Donald Second
Zannier, Dario Lead

M – Team Jay
Silver Fox Curling Club

Athlete Position
Jay, Blair Fourth
Graves, Stuart Third
Cannon, Dale Second
Martin, Spike Lead

M – Team Nowlan
Silver Fox Curling Club

Athlete Position
Nowlan, Lou Fourth
Stewart, Leo Third
Proude, Earle Second
Montgomery, Alan Lead
MacDonald, Rod Alternate

M – Team Sweet
Maple Leaf Curling Club

Athlete Position
Sweet, Clair Fourth
Matheson, Bob Third
Harris, Muncey Second
Arsenault, Wayne Lead

W – Team Berry
Cornwall Curling Club

Athlete Position
Berry, Shirley Fourth
Fairhurst, Linda Third
Matthews, Marjorie Second
Turner, Gloria Lead

W – Team S.Hope
Cornwall Curling Club

Athlete Position
Hope, Sandra Fourth
Ebbett, Shelley Third
Rhodenhizer, Debbie Second
Harris, Arleen Lead
Bill Hope Coach

 

Click for previous Masters champions and websites.

 

 

 

 

 
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