Cornwall Curling Club

Congratulations to the winners of the last round of the Monday evening single-entry Mixed league, sponsored by Leary’s, Your Independent Grocer, right here in Cornwall!

Right to left: Danny Kneabone (skip), Rob Gallant (3rd), Jeff Hannam (2nd). Missing from photo: Dena Farrell (lead)

Last week’s draw (March 22) was stormed-out and will NOT be played. 
This week’s draw will be the one that was originally scheduled for this week (March 29):

Play continues at the Everest Canadian Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships in Stratford Ontario, with two Cornwall Curling Club teams taking part. On the men’s side, Cornwall’s Bill Hope rink picked up its first win on Sunday, following three losses with a 7-5 win over Nova Scotia’s Alan O’Leary rink. PEI wraps up round-robin play against the Northwest Territories and Manitoba today. New Brunswick, Alberta, and Quebec are currently undefeated. Team Ontario, which includes Islanders Ian MacAulay and Morgan Currie, is 3-1.

The 2018 Everest Canadian Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships begin this morning at Stratford, Ontario. It’s the first time the city has hosted the Seniors but it staged the New Holland Canadian Juniors two years.

Fourteen men’s and 14 women’s teams (representing the 10 provinces plus Northern Ontario, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon) will compete in the Stratford Rotary Complex, which houses both the RBC and Molson Arenas.

The teams have been seeded into two pools per gender, based on last year’s results, and will first play a round robin within their pool through Monday.

The top four in each pool then advance to the Championship Pool for games against teams from the other pool, while the remaining teams go to the Seeding Pool. At the conclusion of the Championship Pool on Wednesday, the semifinals will be held Thursday, March 29 at 10 a.m., pairing 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3. The winners then advance to their respective gold medal finals at 2 p.m. while the losers meet in bronze medal games at the same time. All playoff games will be held in the RBC Arena.

This year’s renewal brings together not only the reigning Canadian senior men’s and women’s champions but also former champions as well. Many of the participants also have Brier or Scotties Tournament of Hearts experience.

In women’s, Saskatchewan’s Sherry Anderson, a former Scotties and Trials silver medallist who won last year’s seniors title at Fredericton, has returned to defend her title. New Brunswick’s Heidi Hanlon, another veteran Scotties competitor who won the 2011 Canadian and 2012 world senior crowns, has qualified again, as has 2015 Canadian Seniors champion Terri Loblaw of Alberta. Also in the field is two-time (1995, 1998) Canadian Mixed champion Mary Mattatall of Nova Scotia.

Skipping the host province will be Colleen Madonia of Thornhill, who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Seniors when playing second for Marilyn Bodogh. Rounding out the field are British Columbia’s Lynne Noble, Manitoba’s Kim Link, Newfoundland/Labrador’s Diane Roberts, Northern Ontario’s Peggy Taylor, Sharon Cormier of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut’s Geneva Chislett, Shirley Berry of Prince Edward Island, Quebec’s Odette Trudel and Yukon’s Sandra Mikkelsen.

[PEI’s Berry team begins play at 10:30 Atlantic this morning against Manitoba’s Link rink.]

Photo (L-R): Shirley Berry (skip), Janice Murdoch (3rd), Arleen Harris (2nd), Kim Nicholson (lead)

On the men’s side, Wade White of Alberta will try to successfully defend the title he won last year in Fredericton. But there will be some serious challengers, including Northern Ontario’s Al Hackner, the 1982 and 1985 Brier and world men’s champion, who is also a former Canadian Seniors winner (in 2006) and a world seniors silver medallist in 2007. In addition, he won last year’s Canadian Masters.

Ontario’s Bryan Cochrane, the 2016 Canadian Seniors champ and a silver medallist in the 2017 World Seniors is back, as is Nova Scotia’s Alan O’Leary, who won the 2014 Canadian title and was also a silver medallist in the 2015 World Seniors.

New Brunswick’s Terry Odishaw, winner of the 2007 Canadian Mixed, won a bronze medal at last year’s Canadian Seniors after going unbeaten until the semifinals.

Completing the field are British Columbia’s Craig Lepine, Manitoba’s Dave Boehmer, Newfoundland/Labrador’s Mike Ryan, Glen Hudy of the Northwest Territories, Peter Mackey of Nunavut, Prince Edward Island’s Bill Hope, Quebec’s Ted Butler, Saskatchewan’s Darrell McKee and Yukon’s Pat Paslawski.

[PEI’s Bill Hope rink opens play at 10:30 Atlantic this morning against BC’s Lepine. Island natives Ian MacAulay and Morgan Currie are on the Ontario team.]

Photo (L-R): Bill Hope (skip), Craig Mackie (3rd), Peter Murdoch (2nd), David Murphy (lead)

The Canadian Senior Men’s Championship began in 1965 at Port Arthur, Ont. Since then, Manitoba has won a leading 12 titles, Ontario is next with 11 while Alberta has nine.

The Canadian Senior Women’s Championship began in 1973 at Ottawa. Ontario has won a leading 10 crowns, followed by British Columbia with eight and Alberta and Saskatchewan with seven each. However, Ontario’s last victory was back in 2006 by four-time champion Anne Dunn.

The championships were conducted separately until being combined in 1985 at Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Ontario has hosted four Canadian Seniors since then, the latest in 2010 at Ottawa. Prior to amalgamation, the province staged four men’s and two women’s championship events.

This year’s winners will represent Canada in the 2019 World Seniors, at a site and date to be announced by the World Curling Federation.

The World Seniors officially began in 2002. Canada has won a leading nine men’s and 11 women’s titles. Since 2005, the winners of the Canadian Seniors have represented Canada in the following year’s World Seniors. Thus, last year’s winners – Alberta’s Wade White and Saskatchewan’s Sherry Anderson – will wear the maple leaf in the 2018 World Seniors, April 21-28 at Östersund, Sweden.

Draw results for the 2018 Everest Canadian Seniors will be available at www.curling.ca. For event information, visit www.curling.ca/2018seniors.

This is the fourth year of title sponsorship by Everest, the first nationwide funeral planning and concierge service.

For the first time, selected games from the 2018 Everest Canadian Seniors will be streamed live by CBC Sports. You can watch at cbcsports.ca or via the CBC Sports app for iOS and Android.

Live results are available at Curling.ca

Click to read at Curling Canada

For the past 5 years, the Sandra Schmirler Foundation has awarded $5,000 scholarships to 6 deserving junior curlers. Winners have included Brooks Roche from Montague (2015) and Veronica Smith (2014) from Cornwall PEI.

The Spirit of Sandra Junior Curling Scholarship is intended for young athletes who curl competitively while pursuing a post-secondary education. Recipients must be 20 years of age or under as of June 30, 2018 and therefore eligible to compete as a junior curler. 

In addition to financial support provided by these curling scholarships, successful applicants are mentored by champion curlers Pat Simmons and Cathy Overton-Clapham, who volunteer their time to help these young curlers throughout the season. The scholars get together with Pat and Cathy in the summer to discuss their goals and dreams, meet an Olympic champion or two and get to know one another.

The 2018 Spirit of Sandra Scholarship application information is now available on the Foundations’s website at: http://www.sandraschmirler.org/english/spirit-of-sandra/

This year’s scholars have continued to excel both with their curling and their studies. They hail from 5 different provinces (BC, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Newfoundland & Labrador) and have become good friends across the miles. Every month they share their experiences curling and studying, always encouraging one another and celebrating each other’s individual success.

2017 Scholars at summer camp in Winnipeg 
Kyle, Hayden, Megan, Emily, Derek & Karsten

“The Sandra Schmirler Foundation has not only allowed me to pursue my academic and curling careers but has also provided the amazing opportunity to bring my curling community closer together in support of an amazing cause. I will always treasure the connections and memories I have made with the Sandra Schmirler Foundation as they have changed my life for the better!”  
Megan Daniels – Delta, BC

“It is so rewarding to give back to the Foundation by organizing a fundraiser. To be part of more than just a Foundation – a legacy – is like standing on the shoulders of giants.”
Derek Leung – Toronto, ON

“The feeling of being named a Spirit of Sandra Scholar is absolutely amazing. This scholarship has given me opportunities, friendships and memories that will last a life time. Cathy and Pat have been incredible and have been great mentors, friends, and people who we, as scholars, aspire to be like one day. This scholarship has introduced me to a family who ensures that the legacy of Sandra will live on forever and that babies, too sick or too small, have a chance to grow up to be a Champion like Sandra was.” 
Kyle Barron – Stephenville, NL

“Being a Spirit of Sandra Scholar was such an honour and a privilege as I was able to be a part of an organization that saves so many babies lives across Canada. As a student and curler, it’s easy to get caught up in the chaos of everyday pressures. Being a part of the Sandra Schmirler Foundation allowed me to slow down and reflect on the value of helping others, and the fulfilling feeling of making a small difference in saving a life.
Emily Plett – Carstairs, AB

“Born premature myself, it has been a wonderful learning experience for me to see just how much goes into supporting babies born too soon or too small. I have made many lifelong friendships because of the Spirit of Sandra Scholarship. It’s an honour to be a part of such a great Foundation.”
Hayden Forrester – Winnipeg, MB

“The most significant thing I take away from my experience as a Spirit of Sandra Scholar is inspiration. My time spent with the Foundation has left me with a genuine desire to continue doing my part in ensuring the legacy of Sandra lives on, and a deep-seated faith that it will.”
Karsten Sturmay – Leduc, AB

Megan, Derek, Kyle, Emily, Hayden and Karsten. They are our 2017 Scholars and our future leaders. Spirit of Sandra Scholars develop life skills that are needed to succeed now and in the future.

Each year, the scholars volunteer to organize a fundraising event with the proceeds going to the Sandra Schmirler Foundation. In May, the scholars will review a number of grant requests for life-saving equipment from hospitals across Canada. Together, they will choose the recipient of this grant and nominate one of their group to phone the Development Officer at that Foundation to inform them that they have been chosen as the grant recipient by the Spirit of Sandra Scholars.

Congratulations to Evelyn Rogerson, winner of the Team Berry gift basket!

Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets in support of our trip to the Canadian Seniors!

Team Berry/PEI – Shirley, Janice, Arleen & Kim

The winner for the 50×50 Squares contest for the Bill Hope Masters Team who are going to the Nationals in BC has also been drawn, with Bill Adair collecting $250.

The Hope rink would like to thank Bill and everyone who bought a square for helping Team PEI get to BC for the Nationals.

There are also draws (tickets available at the bar or from team members) at the Club for our U18 teams going to their Nationals – a gift basket from Team Ferguson, and a draw for two three-day passes to the Cavendish Beach Music Festival for Team Schut. Also, Team Veronica Smith is selling tickets for a homemade ham Cold Plate, take out dinner, happening April 21, 2018. $12.00 per plate. Contact them for details and to place your order by April 8.

Thanks to everyone for supporting our teams!

The PEI men’s and women’s teams, skipped by Bill Hope and Shirley Berry from here at the Cornwall Curling Club. begin play Saturday morning at 9:30 Eastern, one at the RBC Arena, and the other at the Molson Arena, both part of the Stratford Ontario Rotary Complex, in the Everest Canadian Senior Championships, for curlers age 50 and over. The men’s and women’s divisions are both divided into two seven-team pools, and play a round-robin draw concluding Monday evening. At that point, the teams are split into championship and seeding pools for play on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the semi-finals and the medal games going on Thursday, March 29 at 10 am and 2 pm.

(As well as the pictures in The Guardian, the pictures, plus a full story, are in the Journal)
Congrats once again to the winners of the Provincial U13 here at our Club! We had a huge turnout for the games, and did very well on the 50×50 draw and sales of sandwiches, and of freshly-baked cookies donated by ADL Foods. 

The Provincial Under 13 Curling Championships wrapped up this afternoon at the Cornwall Curling Club, with the Cruz Pineau rink from the Silver Fox and Charlottetown curling clubs going undefeated in the event with a 4-0 record, and taking the “A” final. Their opponents, the Montague Curling Club team skipped by Nathaniel Shaw, played a much better game than the final score indicated, but the experienced Pineau and third Brayden Shaw, who were finalists last year as well, along with their front end for this event, Jack MacFadyen and Davis Nicholson, who normally play on the  Chase MacMillan Canada Games Training Team out of Charlottetown, recorded a convincing win, under the guidance of coach Cory Snow. The Shaw rink also included third Brody Quinn, second Sean Peric, and lead Dean Hicken, with alternate Samuel Shaw and coach Kyle MacDonald.

Photo: Team Pineau adding another brick to the wall of guards, to steal a deuce in end four.

A Division

U13 “A” Champions (L-R): Cruz Pineau, Brayden Snow, Davis Nicholson, Jack MacFadyen, Cory Snow (Coach)

U13 Nathaniel Shaw Finalist Rink: Samuel Shaw (Alternate), Dean Hicken, Sean Peric, Brody Quinn, Nathaniel Shaw, Kyle MacDonald (coach)

B Division

While her sister Lauren is getting ready to begin a new adventure in Halifax, curling on the World Junior Champion Kaitlyn Jones rink, Ella Lenentine, from the host club, stepped up to the PEI curling championship podium this weekend, skipping the B division championship rink with a high-scoring win over the Nate MacRae foursome from Charlottetown. Team Ella Lenentine includes third Ashlyn Shaw, second Erika Pater, and lead Kacey Gauthier. Robbie Lenentine is coaching. The Nate MacRae “B” finalist rink includes third Connor Bruce, second stone Koby-Lynn Gallant, and lead Ethan Smith, with coach Connor MacPhee. 

“B” Division Champion Ella Lenentine rink (L-R):  Ella Lenentine, Ashlyn Shaw, Erika Pater, Kacey Gauthier, Robbie Lenentine (Coach)

“B” Division Finalist Nate MacRae rink (L-R):  Connor Bruce, Ethan Smith,  Koby-Lynn Gallant, Nate MacRae, Connor MacPhee (coach)

C Division

The “C” division final was the closest of the three divisions, but Montague’s Sydney Carver team pulled off a stolen deuce and two single steals on the way to a six-point win over the Jorja McLellan squad from O’Leary’s Maple Leaf club. Team Carver also includes third Michaela MacLean, second Hannah Hogan, lead Brayden Jackson, alternate Katie MacLean, and coach Tyler Garnhum (Coach). Rounding out the McLellan foursome are third Bridget Wallace, second stone Reid Hart, and lead Brooke Lewis, with coach John Martin.

“C” Champion Sydney Carver rink: Sydney Carver, Michaela MacLean, Hannah Hogan, Brayden Jackson, Tyler Garnhum (Coach)

“C” Finalist McLellan rink (L-R):  Jorja McLellan, Reid Hart , Brooke Lewis, Bridget Wallace, John Martin (Coach)

Following the presentation of the medals to the winning and finalist teams, the Sportsmanship award, as voted on by the curlers in the event, and the Coaching award, as voted on by the event’s Head Official (Yvonne Barbour) were presented.

The Sportsmanship award went to Brooke Lewis, lead on the Jorja McLellan rink from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary. She had departed for O’Leary a few minutes earlier, so her three teammates collected the award for her.

Photo (L-R): Official Yvonne Barbour, with Jorja McLellan, Bridget Wallace, and Reid Hart, accepting the Sportsmanship award on behalf of Brooke Lewis

The Coaching award went to John Martin, coach of the McLellan team.

Photo (L-R): Event Official Yvonne Barbour, Coaching Award winner John Martin

This event concludes the PEI Provincial Curling Championships for the season.

P.E.I. curler Lauren Lenentine is joining the Canadian and world junior championship team from Nova Scotia for the upcoming curling season.

Lenentine, who curls out of the Cornwall Curling Club, will begin competing with the Kaitlyn Jones rink at the end of April when they travel to Calgary for the Champions Cup.

Lauren Lenentine, middle, accompanied Team Jones as an alternate at the world junior championships in early March, and will play for the team fulltime in 2018. (Team Jones/Twitter)

She will replace third Kristin Clarke, whose junior eligibility has expired.

I’m really excited, they’re clearly a really good team so to have this opportunity is amazing and I’m so excited to have a new adventure,” Lenentine said.

‘She’s very dedicated and we know that she’s a good person on and off the ice and she just brings that chemistry that we need for the team.’— Kaitlyn Jones

Lenentine said she wants to win a Canadian and world junior championship and, at 17, she’ll have three years to do it.

“That has always been my goal so I’m looking forward to trying to achieve it,” she said.

Lenentine accompanied Team Canada as an alternate at the world championships in Scotland earlier this month.

“We wanted to do it as a test run to see if she would work well with us next year and we thought she was a great fit,” Jones said.

Lenentine will be moving to Halifax in the fall to attend university and begin her “new adventure.”

Click for the full story at CBC PEI

The Nathaniel Shaw team from Montague picked up another big win today, eliminating the defending champion Clara Jack team from Cornwall and the Silver Fox with a 6-2 win in “A” semi-final action this afternoon at the Cornwall Curling Club, and earning a berth in the 1 pm Sunday “A” finals. They will be playing the winner of the other “A”  semi, at  9:30 am Sunday between two Silver Fox teams, skipped by Cruz Pineau, who was a finalist last year, and Andrew MacDougall, who both advanced to the A semis with lopsided wins this morning, finishing their round-robin pools with 2-0 records, the same as Jack and Shaw. Pineau has two players from Charlottetown’s Chase MacMillan team with him in this event.

Team Nathaniel Shaw

The key shot of the game between Shaw and Jack came in the third end when, tied 1-1, but facing six or seven Jack counters, plus guards out front, Shaw made a clutch draw to the edge of the four foot with his last shot, giving up one, but saving the game for the Shaw team. That stolen single was the last point for Jack, as Shaw came back with a triple, and, with the help of lots of guards, stole singles in ends five and six.

 Ella Lenentine

Meanwhile, there’s now another Team Lenentine in town – with Lauren’s sister Ella winning the first “B” semi, 7-4 over another hometown rink, skipped by Jacob Dalton. They’ll be joined in the 1 pm Sunday B final by one of two Charlottetown teams, skipped by Nate MacRae and Mollie Shaw, who square off in the other semi-final, at 9:30 am Sunday. All four rinks finished the round robin in second place in their division, with 1-1 records.

Sydney Carver team

 The Sydney Carver squad from Montague won the first Section “C” semi 6-3 over the Ella Gavin rink from the Maple Leaf club in O’Leary. The second semi, at 9:30 am Sunday, is a battle between two Maple Leaf teams, skipped by Mannix Martin and Jorja McLellan, with the winner facing Carver at 1 pm.

Live results at PEICurling.com

Two round robin draws have been played and one, at 9:30 am Sunday, remains to be played at the PEI Under 13 Curling Championship at the Cornwall Curling Club. Some of the 12 teams entered have now played both of their round robin games, and others have played just one. One rink, the Nathaniel Shaw team from Montague, has two wins in the “H” pool and is assured a first-place finish in that pool, and will advance to the “A” section semi-finals of the three section championship round, with their next game at 1 pm Saturday.

Photo: Nathaniel Shaw team (right, in light gray hoodies) guide a rock into the house.

Two teams, the Ella Lenentine rink from Cornwall, and the defending champion Clara Jack team from Cornwall and the Silver Fox, are tied at 1-0 atop the “S” pool, while the Anderson MacDougall squad from the Silver Fox are 1-0 in the “O” pool, and the Cruz Pineau foursome from the Silver Fox and the Charlottetown Curling Club are 1-0 in the “T” pool. The Pineau rink made it to the final last year, losing by a single point in a closely-fought battle.

In this event, all teams make it to the Championship Round, with the teams who come first in their pool going to the “A” section, the second place teams going to “B” and the third place to “C”. The semi-finals go at 1 pm Saturday and 9:30 am Sunday, with the finals in all three sections taking place at 1 pm Sunday. Games in this event are six ends.

Curling Canada has now announced that the 2018 national Travelers Curling Club Championship will be held at the Miramichi Curling Club in Miramichi New Brunswick, from November 19 to 24, 2018.

PEI will be represented by the Jamie Newson Men’s Team from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex, and the Debbie Rhodenhizer foursome from here at the Cornwall Curling Club, who won their respective PEI championships earlier this week.

2018 PEI Travelers Women’s Champions (L-R): Larry Richards (Montague Curling Rink representative), Cindy Nicholson (lead), Sandra Sobey (second), Nancy MacFadyen (third), Debbie Rhodenhizer (skip)

Photo (L-R) Winning Newson team: Larry Richards from the Montague Curling Rink, Jamie Newson (skip), Corey Miller (3rd), Patrick Ramsay (2nd), Adam Arsenault (lead)

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. – It’s quite a thing being the best in the world, even if you didn’t get to play.

That’s where New Dominion’s Lauren Lenentine stands after she was an alternate  with Canada’s junior women’s world championship rink from Nova Scotia.

The Canadian women’s team at the world junior curling championships in Aberdeen, Scotland, displays its trophy and gold medals after winning the world title. Left to right is alternate and New Dominion native Lauren Lenentine, lead Lindsay Burgess, second Karlee Burgess, coach Andrew Atherton, third Kristen Clarke and skip Kaitlyn Jones from the Halifax, N.S.-based rink. – Submitted

Lenentine, 17, said watching meant seeing the game from a different perspective, absorbing how other teams play and understanding how coaches approach curling.

“There are an infinite number of ways to play the game,” she said. “The experience is going to help me be a better curler.”

Next up for the soon-to-be Bluefield High School grad is a curling camp next month in Calgary, Alta., then playing in the Champions Cup where she’s attending as an alternate again with her world championship mates later in April, also in Calgary.

All that in hopes of another shot at the worlds, maybe this time representing P.E.I.

“That would be an added bonus,” said Lenentine. “I’m able to say the motivation to return is huge. I had such a good time I want to re-live it.”

Click for full story in the PEI Guardian

The Cornwall Curling Club team skipped by Debbie Rhodenhizer has won their fourth game in a row, forcing a 2 pm deciding game in the PEI Travelers Curling Club Championships at the Montague Curling Rink. On Tuesday morning they handed the Melissa Morrow rink from the Silver Fox their first loss in the event, by a 5-4 score in an extra end.

Photo: Melissa Morrow (left), Debbie Rhodenhizer

Morrow had a 3-2 lead after four ends, aided by a stolen third-end deuce, but single steals in ends six and seven gave the Cornwall team a 4-3 lead going into the eighth end.  Morrow was kept to a single in eight, forcing the extra end, where Rhodenhizer, with last rock advantage, stored the winning point. The rules state that Morrow, because she went through the round robin undefeated, has to be beaten twice, so a winner-take-all final goes at 2 pm. The winning women’s team goes to the national Travelers Curling Club Championship, with dates and venue yet to be announced.

They’ll be joined by the Jamie Newson rink from the Silver Fox, who won the men’s title on Monday afternoon, with a 5-3 win over Alan Inman and his Crapaud team. Click for more.

Live results are available at PEICurling.com/scoreboard

It was a long but successful 3 game day for the Debbie Rhodenhizer rink from the Cornwall Curling Club, but, with wins in two tiebreaker games, along with a five-point end in the semi-final, it got them to the women’s finals of the PEI Travelers Curling Club Championships at the Montague Curling Rink. And, they’ll have to win two more games to win the title and the trip to the nationals (venue, dates not yet announced), while their opponents, the Melissa Morrow foursome from the Silver Fox in Summerside, only need to win one, by virtue of going through round-robin play undefeated, requiring them to be beaten twice. These two teams met in the opening women’s round robin draw, with Morrow winning 6-4. The Morrow rink includes third Darcee Birch, second Lindsey Spencer, and lead stone Miranda Ellis. Morrow is a former national Travelers champ, playing second on the winning  Lisa Jackson rink from Cornwall in 2015.

The Jamie Newson foursome from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex in Summerside are the 2018 PEI men’s representatives for the national Travelers Curling Club Championship, following a 5-3 win over the Alan Inman squad from the  Crapaud Community Curling Club this afternoon in Montague. Dates and venue for the nationals have not yet been announced. Newson, who stole singles in three ends of the final, finished 5-1 in the round robin, tied with the Daryl MacDonald rink from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, but beat MacDonald in their round robin encounter, earning the bye to the final. MacDonald lost the semi-final this morning, 9-5 to Inman, who had a 4-2 third-place win-loss record in the seven-team round robin.

Photo (L-R) Winning Newson team: Larry Richards from the Montague Curling Rink, Jamie Newson (skip), Corey Miller (3rd), Patrick Ramsay (2nd), Adam Arsenault (lead)

Playing with Newson were third Corey Miller, second stone Patrick Ramsay, and lead Adam Arsenault, while third Calvin Smith, second Nathan Hardy, and lead Nick Blanchard complete the Inman team roster.

Photo (L-R) Inman Finalist team: Larry Richards from the Montague Curling Rink, Nathan Hardy (2nd), Nick Blanchard (lead), Alan Inman (skip), Calvin Smith (3rd)

In the women’s event, the Debbie Rhodenhizer rink from the Cornwall Curling Club won two tiebreakers today to advance to the six pm semi-final game against second-place Tammy Dewar and her Montague team. Rhodenhizer downed Western’s Sharon Horne rink 9-2 in her first tiebreaker, but the second one, against Crapaud’s Amanda Holm rink was a lot tougher. The game was tied 3-all at the fourth end break, but Holm took one in the fifth and stole a deuce in the sixth for a three-point lead with only two ends left. Rhodenhizer tied it up with a triple in end seven, and stole a single in the eighth to win 7-6 and advance to the semi.

File Photo (L-R): Alan Inman, Debbie Rhodenhizer, Melissa Morrow

Photo: Tammy Dewar

The winner of the 6 pm semi-final will face the undefeated Melissa Morrow rink from the Silver Fox on Tuesday, and would have to win two games – at 10 am and 2 pm, to take the championship, while a win in either game would give the title to Morrow, as the rules state that a team who goes through the round robin undefeated has to be beaten twice. The eventual winner will join the Newson team at the nationals.

Live results are available at PEICurling.com

When Janice Gillis got in a car accident four years ago, she found out she wouldn’t walk again.

Today, Janice uses a wheelchair to get around, but she says she wasn’t going to let her injury stop her from trying new things — or re-learning how to do the things she loves. 

So, she’s trying wheelchair curling.

Gillis says she loves the idea of having a regular wheelchair curling program because now that she’s throwing rocks again, she’d like to continue. (Brittany Spencer/CBC)

“I used to curl in high school, so I was quite an avid curler when I was younger,” Gillis said.

Wheelchair curling is a sport at the Paralympic games, and while some people do play on P.E.I., Gillis hopes more people will get involved.

(Brittany Spencer/CBC)

ParaSport and Recreation P.E.I. hosted a curling training event in partnership with Spinal Injury P.E.I. in Cornwall on Sunday, for Islanders who use wheelchairs and for those who are visually impaired. 

New techniques 

Sarah Fullerton is an occupational therapist and curling trainer who was showing participants how to throw their rocks. 

She said wheelchair or visually impaired curling is all about adapting the game to needs of each player. She added in some cases, this means putting brightly coloured markers on the target to help people aim or anchoring a wheelchair to the ice so a person can use their upper body strength to throw their rock down the ice. 

‘At the end of the day if people are just coming out and trying it and learning about the sport, that’s a big success,’ says Sarah Fullerton. (Brittany Spencer/CBC)

“We really focus on including people and not focusing on what they can’t do, but rather focusing on what they can do,” Fullerton added. 

“I think it would be great to someday be able to get four individuals together for a wheelchair curling team from P.E.I. or a visually impaired curling team,” Fullerton said. 

Click for the full story from CBC PEI

The six-team women’s round-robin wrapped up with the 4 pm Sunday draw at the provincial Travelers Curling Club Championships in Montague, with Melissa Morrow and her Silver Fox rink finishing undefeated with a perfect 5-0 record, beating the 2nd place Tammy Dewar rink from the host club by a 6-1 score in that draw. Dewar ‘s win-loss record is 3-2. There are three teams tied for third place with Crapaud,  Western, and Cornwall all at 2-3, necessitating a tiebreaker round on Monday to determine the final playoff spot. Charlottetown, at 1-4, is the only team to finish out of playoff contention.

Photo (L-R): Sandra Sobey, Debbie Rhodenhizer, Cindy Nicholson

Cornwall, skipped by Debbie Rhodenhizer, along with third Nancy MacFadyen, second Sandra Sobey, and lead Cindy Nicholson, takes on Sharon Horne and her Western rink in the first tiebreaker, at 10 am Monday, with the winner facing Crapaud, captained by Amanda Holm, at 2 pm. The winner of that game takes on second place Montague in the 2nd vs 3rd championship round match at 6 pm Monday.  The winner will play Morrow at 10 am on Tuesday. As Morrow went through the round robin undefeated, she has to be beaten twice, so if her team loses at 10 am, a deciding game will go at 2 pm on Tuesday. The eventual winner advances to the Canadian Travelers Curling Club Championship at a date and venue yet to be announced.

If you can’t make it to Montague, live results are available at PEICurling.com/scoreboard

Both the Men’s and Women’s teams from Summerside’s Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex are now one win away from a trip to the national Travelers Curling Club Championship. In the 4 pm Sunday provincial Travelers draw in Montague, the Melissa Morrow rink completed the women’s round robin with a perfect 5-0 record to advance to the women’s final, at 10 am Tuesday. If she loses that game, she’ll have another chance at 2 pm Tuesday, as she has to be beaten twice after her perfect round robin run. 

Jamie Newson

In the eight pm Sunday draw, the Jamie Newson team wrapped up the men’s round robin with a 5-1 record, the same as the Daryl MacDonald squad from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. Newson beat MacDonald 10-3 in their round robin encounter, and gets the ticket to the final at 2 pm Monday, while the Western team will play the third place Crapaud Community Curling Club team, skipped by Alan Inman, in the 10 am Monday semi-final. Unlike the women’s event, no tiebreakers are needed. The semi winner then plays Newson for the title, and the trip to the nationals, with the venue and dates yet to be announced.

MacDonald beat Montague’s Larry Richard rink 7-5 on Sunday evening, while Newson downed Cornwall’s Cornwall’s Garth Cudmore 9-5 in just six ends, after scoring 5 points in the fourth end and stealing a single in the 5th. Inman lost his last game, 8-6 to Bob Matheson and his team from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary — it was their first win of the event.

Melissa Morrow

Recapping the women’s event, Cornwall, skipped by Debbie Rhodenhizer, takes on Sharon Horne and her Western rink in the first of two tiebreakers, at 10 am Monday, with the winner facing Crapaud, captained by Amanda Holm, at 2 pm. The winner of that game takes on second place Montague in the 2nd vs 3rd semi-final at 6 pm Monday.  The winner will play Morrow at 10 am on Tuesday. As Morrow went through the round robin undefeated, she has to be beaten twice, so if her team loses at 10 am, a deciding game will go at 2 pm on Tuesday.

Live results at PEICurling.com/scoreboard

Cornwall’s Mitchell Schut team is selling tickets to win a pair of three-day passes to the Cavendish Beach Music Festival in July. All proceeds from this fundraiser go to help cover their travel, accommodation, and meal expenses at the Canadian Under 18 Curling Championships in April. Tickets are $10 each and available from team members and parents, and at the Cornwall Curling Club. You can also contact Mike Schut at:
Cell –  902-393-3687
Email – mixofsix@gmail.com

Draw date is April 6.

The 2018 Provincial Under 13 Curling Championship, for curlers a maximum of 12 years of age on June 30 2017, takes place March 16-18 right here at the Cornwall Curling Club. This is an Open event – teams can be all boys, all girls, or any combination of boys and girls. Games are six ends. The Clara Jack rink from Cornwall were last year’s winners over the Cruz Pineau team from Summerside in an exciting come-from-behind finish. Both teams are back this year.

The 12 teams entered are divided into four pools (S, H, O, and T) and will play the other two teams in their pool in round robin action. Placement for the playoff round will be determined first by win/loss, then head to head between tied teams, then cumulative Last Stone Delivery (draw to the button) and finally by points (5 Points per win, 1 point per end and 1 point for difference of score to a max of 3.

Following the round robin, all teams will advance to the playoff round, with the first-place teams from the round robin pools going to the A division, the second place teams going to the B, and the third place to the C. The S pool team will play the H,  and the O team will play the T pool teams within each division in the semi-finals, with the winners advancing to the division finals, at 1 pm Sunday.

Live results will be available at peicurling.com/scoreboard

Round Robin Pools

Schedule

Playoffs

Team Rosters

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Click for last year’s event.