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Cornwall Mixed Doubles Funspiel a big success and a lot of fun!

Posted on by February 18, 2018

Our Mixed Doubles funspiel, which gave a full draw of 32 curlers a chance to try out Canada’s new Olympic Gold Medal Sport, with each team playing two games, was a big success on Saturday afternoon. Here’s a report from organizer Myrna Sanderson:

It was so amazing to see curlers of every stage in their career playing on Saturday afternoon.  From the very new curlers to us not so new curlers.  Thank you, everyone, for jumping in and making this afternoon such a fun experience!

Overall winners were the team of the young Katelyn Burgoyne and her not-so-young partner Garth Cudmore.

Runner-up was the husband and wife team of Danny and Darlene Kneabone.
Must do it again soon.
 
(File photo)
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Tyler MacKenzie wins PEI Mixed “A” section, Cornwall’s Mitchell Schut vs Jamie Newson in “B” final

Posted on by February 17, 2018

Saturday was a busy day at the nine-team PEI Mixed (fours)  Curling Championship at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, with the “A” section winner decided, and the finalists set for the 10 am Sunday “B” final of the Modified Triple Knockout draw.

File photo: Tyler MacKenzie at last year’s PEI Mixed here at Cornwall

The competition will be going into Monday, as there will be separate “A” and “B” winners, meaning no team can capture three sections. The Tyler MacKenzie team from Charlottetown, which includes Aleya Quilty, Doug MacGregor, and Jodi Murphy, and were finalists in last year’s PEI mixed, won the “A” section on Saturday morning, with a 6-1 win over Jamie Newson and his Silver Fox and Charlottetown team, stealing three singles in a row in ends four through six, to bring the “A” final to a speedy conclusion. Newson has a second chance to qualify for the Monday championship round, advancing to the “B” final with a 10-3 victory over the host club’s Daryl MacDonald team on Saturday evening.

MacKenzie did not advance to the “B” final, losing a 5-4 decision to Mitchell Schut from Cornwall in the afternoon draw. MacKenzie was trailing 3-0 after five ends, but picked up 4 in the sixth to take the lead. Schut blanked the seventh and scored a deuce in the final end for the win. Schut advanced to the “B” semi with a 9-6 win over Corey Miller from the Fox in the morning draw.

Schut now plays Newson in the “B” final at 10 am Sunday. The “C” semis go at 2 pm Sunday, with the “C” final at 6.

The winners of the three sections will advance to the championship round on Monday at 10 am and, if needed, 2 pm, with the PEI Mixed Champions then advancing to the Canadian Mixed Curling Championships, November 5-10 2018 at the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Winnipeg.

Live results from the PEI event at PEICurling.com

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Newson, MacKenzie to meet in PEI Mixed “A” event final (Journal)

Posted on by February 16, 2018

ALBERTON-It will be Jamie Newson against Tyler MacKenzie in the “A” section final of the P.E.I. Provincial Mixed Fours Curling championship in Saturday’s 10 a.m. draw at the Western Community Curling Club

Newson and his Silver Fox and Charlottetown Curling Club team of Melissa Morrow, Andrew MacDougall and Miranda Ellis scored a pair of lopsided victories on the opening day of the modified triple knock-out championship Friday at the Western Community Club. They started off with a 6-1 victory over the Freddy Fraser rink from the host club in the afternoon draw and scored a 10-3 victory over the Mitchell Schut Cornwall rink in the evening draw.

Aleya Quilty, mate on the Tyler MacKenzie Charlottetown rink, calls a shot during the opening draw of the P.E.I. Provincial Mixed Curling Championship at Western Community Curling Club. Looking on are skip Calvin Smith and mate Lauren Ferguson from Crapaud and watching a shot on the adjacent ice, Iva Griffin and Glen Betts from the host Western club. – Eric McCarthy

MacKenzie took a slightly longer path to the “A” final as both of his games Friday went to an extra end. He scored two with hammer in the morning draw for a 9-7 win over Calvin Smith from Crapaud, and he fought back from a 5-1 deficit at the fourth end break and was up 6-5 on Daryl MacDonald from the host club after seven ends. MacDonald tied the game in the eighth but MacKenzie and his Charlottetown rink of Jodi Murphy (lead), Doug MacGregor and Aleya Quilty got the single in the extra for a 7-6 win.

There are draws scheduled Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. and, if necessary, Monday at 2 and 6 p.m.

Click for full story and scoreboard from Friday draws at the Journal Pioneer.

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Team Berry Fundraiser for 2018 Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championships

Posted on by February 16, 2018
The Shirley Berry Provincial Senior Women’s Champs are are holding a Gift Basket Raffle to support their trip to the Canadian Seniors in Stratford, Ontario, March 24-29, 2018.
 
 Photo (L-R): Shirley Berry, Janice Murdoch, Arleen Harris, Kim Nicholson
 
Tickets are $5 each, 3 for $10 or 7 for $20.  Available at the Cornwall Curling Club bar or from any team member.  E-transfers accepted at jpmurdoch@eastlink.ca
 
Draw date Tuesday, March 20.
 
Items include:
Countryview Golf Club – 2 green fees (18 holes)
COWS beach towel, water bottle, Cow Chips
Peter MacNeil Automotive – oil change
All About Golf – 2 rounds at Indoor Putting & Chipping Facility
Captain Morgan White Rum (1.14 L)
St-Rémy Brandy (1.14 L)
Rossignol Wine – High Bank Red & Little Sands White
Fleece blanket
Handknit mittens
Golf balls! Soap! Maple Syrup! Candy! Wine accessories! And more!
 
Thank you to all who donated prizes, and thanks to everyone for your support and well wishes!
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Round three of Monday night Single Entry Draw at 6:30

Posted on by February 15, 2018

Here is the final round Monday night Single Entry Mixed Draw at 6:30 pm, sponsored by Your Independent Grocer in Cornwall.

Cornwall Curling Club Monday Night

Early Draw Team Lists

 

Ref.# Skip Mate Second Lead
 

1

  

Angus Davies

  

Jean Sinclair

  

Heather Pierce

  

Chris MacDougall
 

2

  

Danny Kneabone

  

Rob Gallant

  

Jeff Hannam

  

Dena Farrell
 

3

  

TBD

  

Brad Gardiner

  

Debby Sigsworth

  

Lisa MacEachern
 

4

  

Bryan Sutherland

  

Donald Weeks

  

Stephanie O’Keefe

  

Byron Lindsay
 

5

  

Eric LeBlanc

  

Megan Davies

  

Stephen Armsworthy

  

Donna Musto
 

6

  

Frank Martin

  

Chris Hodgson

  

Elric MacDonald

  

Claude Shea
 

7

  

Lorianne Davies

  

Joe MacKinnon

  

Dean MacEachern

  

Colleen MacDonald
 

8

  

Ray Biagé

  

Alan Mason

  

Mike MacDonald

  

Tara Heustis
 

9

  

Greg Groves

  

Frank Weiler

  

Kimberly MacDonald

  

Sharon Campbell

 

Schedule

 

Wk.# Date Ice #1 vs. Ice #2 vs. Ice #3 vs. Ice #4 vs. Bye
 

1

  

12 Feb 2018

  

2-Kneabone

  

4-Sutherland

  

1-ADavies

  

6-Martin

  

3-TBD

  

8-Biagé

  

5-LeBlanc

  

9-Groves

  

7-LDavies
 

2

  

19 Feb 2018

  

9-Groves

  

7-LDavies

  

8-Biagé

  

5-LeBlanc

  

6-Martin

  

3-TBD

  

4-Sutherland

  

1-ADavies

  

2-Kneabone
 

3

  

26 Feb 2018

  

1-ADavies

  

2-Kneabone

  

3-TBD

  

4-Sutherland

  

5-LeBlanc

  

6-Martin

  

7-LDavies

  

8-Biagé

  

9-Groves
 

4

  

05 Mar 2018

  

8-Biagé

  

9-Groves

  

6-Martin

  

7-LDavies

  

4-Sutherland

  

5-LeBlanc

  

2-Kneabone

  

3-TBD

  

1-ADavies
 

5

  

12 Mar 2018

  

3-TBD

  

1-ADavies

  

5-LeBlanc

  

2-Kneabone

  

7-LDavies

  

4-Sutherland

  

9-Groves

  

6-Martin

  

8-Biagé
 

6

  

19 Mar 2018

  

6-Martin

  

8-Biagé

  

4-Sutherland

  

9-Groves

  

2-Kneabone

  

7-LDavies

  

1-ADavies

  

5-LeBlanc

  

3-TBD
 

7

  

26 Mar 2018

  

5-LeBlanc

  

3-TBD

  

7-LDavies

  

1-ADavies

  

9

  

2-Kneabone

  

8-Biagé

  

4-Sutherland

  

6-Martin
   

* Highlighted game is exhibition only and points will not contribute to these teams’ total score.

 

 

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Schut wins baseball award!

Posted on by February 16, 2018

Congrats to Baseball PEI Junior Official of the Year (and Cornwall Curling Club member) Mitchell Schut!

Kent Walker, left, (Supervisor of Officials, Baseball PEI), Shawn MacLean (ADL), 2nd from right and Janet Cameron, right (Director of Provincial Teams, Baseball PEI) present Mitchell Schut with the 2017 ADL/Sport PEI Junior Official of the Year Award at last week’s baseball awards night  (Sport PEI photo)

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Thursday evening draw – Round Three, sponsored by Griffin’s Service Centre

Posted on by February 14, 2018

Here is the final draw of the season for Thursday evening, sponsored by Griffin’s Auto Service Centre, 859 Bannockburn Rd, Clyde River, PE C0A Phone: (902) 675-2473

THURSDAY EVENING DRAW – February 15-March 29, 2018

 

DATE

  

ICE 1
(6:30 pm)

  

ICE 2
(6:30 pm)

  

ICE 3
(6:30 pm)

  

ICE 4
(6:30 pm)

  

ICE 5
(8:30 pm)

  

ICE 6
(8:30 pm)
 

Feb. 15

 Paul N

Vs

Allan M

 Frank M

Vs

Bryan S

 Frank W

Vs

Peter M

 

 Garth C

Vs

Hans W

 Eric L

Vs

Larry C

 

 Gordie M

Vs

Kim N
 

Feb. 22

 Frank W

Vs

Allan M

 Paul N

Vs

Gordie M

 Frank M

Vs

Hans W

 Eric L

Vs

Peter M

 Bryan S

Vs

Larry C

 Garth C

Vs

Kim N

 
 

March 01

 Bryan S

Vs

Eric L

 

 Larry C

Vs

Gordie M

 Kim N

Vs

Paul N

 

 Allan M

Vs

Garth C

 Hans W

Vs

Frank W

 Peter M

Vs

Frank M
 

March 08

 Kim N

Vs

Eric L

 Allan M

Vs

Bryan S

 Hans W

Vs

Peter M

 Larry C

Vs

Garth C

 Paul N

Vs

Frank W

 Gordie M

Vs

Frank M
 

March 15

 Bryan S

Vs

Kim N

 Eric L

Vs

Gordie M

    Frank M

         Vs

      Paul N

 Frank W

Vs

Garth C

 Hans W

Vs

Larry C

 Peter M

Vs

Allan M
 

March 22

 Frank W

Vs

Eric L

 Larry C

Vs

Frank M

 

 Paul N

Vs

Peter M

 

 Gordie M

Vs

Hans W

 

 Kim N

Vs

Allan M

 Garth C

Vs

Bryan S
 

March 29

 Kim N

Vs

Larry C

 Allan M

Vs

Gordie M

 Bryan S

Vs

Frank W

 Peter M

Vs

Garth C

 Hans W

Vs

Paul N

 

 Eric L

Vs

Frank M

 

Here are the team rosters: 

TEAM NUMBER SKIP MATE SECOND LEAD
 

1

  

Larry Cudmore

 Marjorie Matthews  

Morgan Wells

  

TBA
 

2

  

Eric LeBlanc

  

Lee Nickerson

  

Barb Arsenault

  

Katelyn Burgoyne
 

3

  

Frank Martin

  

Doug Kelly

  

Darlene Howlett

  

Steve Dimond
 

4

  

Frank Weiler

  

Gary O’Sullivan

  

Heather Diamond

  

Laurie Kelly
 

5

  

Garth Cudmore

  

Rick Neumeyer

  

Jennifer Lenentine

  

Len Cudmore
 

6

  

Paul Neima

  

Janice Murdoch

  

Monica MacKinnon

  

Scott MacLean
 

7

  

Gordie Matthews

  

Ryan Piercey

  

Patsy Piercey

  

Alex Rogers
 

     8

  

Kim Nicholson

  

George Piercey

  

Darren MacKinnon

  

Kristie Rogers

 
 

9

 

  

Allan Mason

  

Carlene Peters

  

Robbie Lenentine

  

Tara Woolaver
 

10

  

Hans Wicki

  

Kristen Casey

  

Chris MacDougall

 

  

Amanda MacIntosh
 

11

  

Peter Murdoch

  

Marlene Proude

  

Donnie Godfrey

  

Lacey Gallant
 

12

 Bryan Sutherland  

Steve DeGrace

  

Maureen Cudmore

  

Italo Marzari

 

 

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Mixed Doubles (Canada’s new Olympic Gold Medal sport!) funspiel draw for Saturday

Posted on by February 14, 2018

Here is the  Mixed Doubles funspiel draw for Saturday afternoon,  February 17, 2018.
We have a full complement of 16 teams!
Cost of  $40.00 per team includes 2 six-end games, and pizza served when curling finishes.

First Draw – 12:30 pm

Ice 1 – Chris MacDougall & Sharon Campbell  vs.  Danny Bernard & Karen Currie

Ice 2 –  Julie Scales & Mark O’Rourke vs. Mark MacDonald & Megan Davies

Ice 3 –  Frank Weiler & Lynda Fairhurst  vs.  Barry & Myrna Craswell

Ice 4 – Garth Cudmore & Katelyn Burgoyne vs. Angus Kennedy & Myrna Sanderson

Second Draw – 1:45 pm

Ice 1 – Lorianne & Angus Davies  vs.  Wade Deaken & Kristie Rogers

Ice 2 –  Paul & Joanne Durant vs. Ray Biagé & Barb Duncan-Biagé

Ice 3 –  Dean & Lisa MacEachern vs.  Danny & Darlene Kneabone

Ice 4 – Allan Mason & Tara Woolaver  vs.  Carlene Peters & Joe Callaghan

Draw 3 – 3:00 pm 
Highest points draw 1 play second highest 2 and down the line e.g. 3 vs 4,  5 vs 6,  7 vs 8

Draw 4 – 4:15  pm
Highest points draw 2 play second highest 2 and down the line e.g. 3 vs 4, 5 vs 6, 7 vs 8

Pizza and prizes at 5:30 pm – enjoy as this is all for fun and for more exposure to Canada’s new Olympic Gold Medal sport!

 

 

 

 

 

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Entry Deadline is Feb. 23 for U13, here at Cornwall

Posted on by February 14, 2018
 
 

 

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 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.
Entry fee is $105 per team, with entry deadline of February 23, 2018. Entries must be made online at PEICurling.com
 
Specific Rules of Play for the Provincial U13
1. Competitors will be a maximum of 12 years of age on June 30 of the year prior to the
competition.
2. Games will be six (6) ends.
3. This will be an open event.
4. All teams must have an adult coach or Chaperone on-site for each game. Minimum
certification is not required to access field of play.
5. The U13 will continue to be tied to the March Break. It will not be held either weekend of
the March break but the closest weekend prior to or after the March break that the Club is
able to host them.
6. There must be an official at all draws.
7. Time clocks will not be used.

Click for last year’s event.

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Sticking with the game of curling: delivery sticks extending curling career for some (Journal)

Posted on by February 14, 2018

Alberton–Hips and knees seem to be common talking points when stick curlers get together for bonspiels and championships.

 Harvey Holm calls a shot on one ice while fellow Alberton stick curler Audrey Callaghan watches as Cornwall curler Gloria Clarke calls a shot on an adjacent ice. Stick curlers, when they are playing skip, can sweep from their hog line in. Their teammates deliver their stones using a delivery stick. – Eric McCarthy
 

Etta Reid, who teamed up with fellow Cornwall stick curler Elaine Hughes last week in Alberton to win their second provincial women’s stick curling title in five years, says she’s just back in competition after taking last year off following hip replacement.They edged perennial women’s champions Gloria Clarke and Ruth Stavert, also from Cornwall, 5-4 in the championship final

Interestingly the only other time since 2010 that Stavert and Clarke didn’t win the provincial title was in 2014 when Reid and Hughes claimed the championship, in Reid’s first year of competition

Despite Clarke going through chemotherapy and Stavert hobbling on a new hip, the pair competed in 2014 and finished third. Stavert’s husband made her a special crutch so she could compete. A month later they rebounded to win the Maritime championship.

At 79 years of age, Sterling Stratton has just won his fifth stick curling title in the Open Division. The Cornwall curler had given up the traditional four-person sport at age 50 because of arthritic knees.

He was 60 when, at the urging of Ernie Stavert, he got back into curling. Stavert had just pioneered stick curling on P.E.I., in 1998, using a length of plumbing pipe with a 45-degree elbow fastened to the end of it as a delivery device.

Stratton’s first two provincial titles were with Stavert as his partner. His last three have been with Barry Craswell.

Stavert, the coordinator for this year’s stick provincials, is thrilled with the growth of the sport. ”It’s a very congenial game,” he said.

“It keeps people in curling who mightn’t otherwise be in it,” he said.

Clarke is thrilled with the stick game’s growth. “Stick curling is a great sport because you’re always involved in the game. You have to skip an end (call the game) and you have to throw an end, so you’re never idle and you’re always involved,” she explained. “It’s short. It’s an hour, so you don’t freeze to death. It’s great for people like us who are getting older and we have a bad knee or we have a hip replacement. It allows us to continue curling.”

Click for full story in the Journal Pioneer 

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Curl PEI keen to capitalize on mixed doubles after Olympic debut (CBC PEI)

Posted on by February 13, 2018

Note: Cornwall is holding a Mixed Doubles Funspiel Saturday, February 17  from 12:30 to 5:30 pm. Everybody is welcome to come out and watch!

Group planning to offer more league play, tournaments, and junior programming in response to ‘positive buzz’

By Steve Bruce, CBC News

 

Canada’s Kaitlyn Lawes, left, sweeps as John Morris shouts instructions during a mixed doubles match at the Olympics. (Aaron Favila/Associated Press)

The relatively new version of curling was featured at the Winter Olympics for the first time, with Canada winning gold on Tuesday morning. 

Curl P.E.I. president Andrew Robinson says throughout the week of Olympic coverage, Island curling clubs received plenty of calls from people keen to try the sport. 

“It’s gotten a lot of positive buzz,” Robinson said. “This is almost a brand new way of playing the sport with different strategy. It’s very fast, it’s very active, you’re sweeping your own rocks. It’s an exciting new way for people to experience the sport as participants and viewers.”

Andrew Robinson, president of Curl P.E.I., calls mixed doubles curling a ‘brand new way of playing the sport with a different strategy.’ (Stephanie Brown/CBC)

P.E.I. has held provincial championships in mixed doubles curling in each of the past four years. 

But Robinson said until this year, it’s been difficult to find participants. Just two teams entered last year, with one pulling out at the last minute. 

‘It’s an exciting new way for people to experience the sport as participants and viewers.’— Andrew Robinson, president, Curl P.E.I. 

At this year’s tournament in early February, however, eight teams signed up.  

Robinson credits January’s Canadian Olympic trials for the sudden jump in interest. That event was broadcast nationally, and saw Island curler Brett Gallant and his partner Jocelyn Peterman make it all the way to the semifinal. 

“With the Olympic curling trials on TV, leading to the Olympics,  a lot of curling fans and curlers themselves have gotten interested,” Robinson said. “We’ve now really got an opportunity to introduce [mixed doubles curling] across the spectrum.”

Island curler Brett Gallant’s strong performance at the Canadian Olympic trials helped generate more interest in mixed doubles curling across the province, Curl P.E.I. says. (The Canadian Press)

Curl P.E.I. plans to work with the Island’s seven curling clubs to set up more league play, tournaments and junior programming.  

Robinson said the timing is right to grow the sport, particularly at the junior level. Mixed doubles curling will be a part of the 2023 Canada Winter Games, which P.E.I. is hosting. 

Click to read at CBC PEI

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Mitchell Schut rink representing Cornwall in PEI Mixed, starting Friday in Alberton

Posted on by February 12, 2018

 

The Provincial Mixed (fours) Curling Championship takes place February 16-19 at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. This is the traditional four-person version of mixed curling, as opposed to the Mixed Doubles two person championship that was held this past weekend. 

Nine teams are entered, with curlers from all seven dedicated PEI curling facilities. This event has no age restrictions. The rink of Mitchell Schut, Sierra Clyke, Nick Johnston, and Sydney Howatt is entered from our Club.

The teams will play a modified triple knockout format, starting at 10 am Friday (Schut’s 1st game is at 2) with section winners dropping down to compete in the next section. The section winners will advance to a two-game championship round on Monday, unless a team wins all three sections, in which case they will immediately be declared champion. If a team wins two sections, they will take the title if they win either game, while their opponent would have to win both. 

The defending PEI champs, the rink of Dennis Watts, Jackie Reid, Erik Brodersen, and Alison Griffin from the Charlottetown and Western Community clubs, are not back this year, so there will be a new championship team. 

Winners advance to the Canadian Mixed Curling Championships, November 5-10 2018 at the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Winnipeg.

Click for Live End-by-End Results

Click for previous years’ Mixed websites and winners

Draw

(Modified Triple Knockout format with 2 game ch’ship round, if required.)

 

Schedule

Date Time Draw Ice 1  Ice 2 Ice 3
Fri.
Feb. 16		 10am 1 1 2 3
2pm 2 4 5 6
6pm 3 7 9 8
Sat.
Feb. 17		 10am 4 12 11 10
2pm 5 13 15 14
6pm 6 18 16 17
Sun.
Feb. 18		 10am 7 20 19 21
2pm 8 22   23
6pm 9   24  
Mon.
Feb. 19		 10am 10     P1
2pm 11   P2  

 

*Qualifying games for the championship round (P1 and P2) are in yellow on the schedule

Team Rosters 
(Click on link for players)

Team Affiliation Location
Team Betts Maple Leaf and Western Curling clubs O’Leary and Alberton PE
Team Fraser Western Community Curling Club Alberton, PE
Team MacDonald Western Community Curling Club Alberton, PE
Team MacKenzie Charlottetown Curling Complex Charlottetown, PE
Team Miller Silver Fox Summerside, PE
Team Morrison Montague Curling Rink Montague, PE
Team Newson Silver Fox/Charlottetown S’Side/Ch’town PE
Team Schut Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PE
Team Smith Crapaud Curling Club Crapaud, PE
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Parking for the Charlottetown / Cornwall exchange at Ch’town CC on Tues.

Posted on by February 12, 2018

Bryon Sutcliffe from the Charlottetown Curling Club would like to notify curlers participating in the Charlottetown/Cornwall Exchange tomorrow, Feb 13th, that the Hennessey Cutcliffe Charlottetown Funeral Home, 33 Longworth Avenue, has graciously offered to provide parking for the visiting curlers.

 

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Cornwall’s Bill Hope rink wins PEI Senior Men’s title

Posted on by February 12, 2018

The Bill Hope rink from the Cornwall Curling Club, which includes third Craig Mackie, second David Murphy, and lead Peter Murdoch are the new PEI Senior Men’s (age 50+) champs, unseating the defending champion Philip Gorveatt rink with a 7-4 win this morning at the Crapaud Community Curling Club.

 

Photo (L-R): Winning Bill Hope rink – David Murphy, Bill Hope, Craig Mackie, Peter Murdoch

The Hope foursome had won two sections of the modified triple knockout draw, giving them a “double life” in the two-game championship draw, but they won the first one, and the sudden-death game was not required. In the final, a fourth end triple, followed by stolen deuce in the fifth gave them a 6-3 lead. The teams then traded singles, and Gorveatt ran out of rocks in the last end.

Photo (L-R): Finalist Philip Gorveatt rink — Mark Victor, Mike Dillon, Kevin Champion, Philip Gorveatt

Rounding out the Gorveatt finalist rink are third Kevin Champion, second stone Mike Dillon, and lead Mark Victor. The Hope team, who also made it to the finals in the Master’s (age 60+) championships this year, had a 5-1 win-loss record in this event, losing only to Gorveatt.

On Sunday the Shirley Berry rink, also from here at the Cornwall Curling Club, went undefeated with a 5-0 win-loss record, sweeping all three modified triple knockout sections in the five-team Senior Women’s event, making a championship round unnecessary. 

Photo (L-R): Kevin Smith from the host Crapaud club, Shirley Berry, Janice Murdoch, Arleen Harris, Kim Nicholson

The Berry team, which includes skip Shirley Berry, third stone Janice Murdoch, second Arleen Harris, and lead Kim Nicholson, won the “A” section final 8-7 in an extra end over the Sharon Horne rink from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, coming from behind to take a triple in the eighth end and steal a single in the extra. They then took on Cornwall clubmate Debbie Rhodenhizer and her rink, winning 7-5, and captured their third section with a 10-8 victory over defending champion Shelly Ebbett and her Charlottetown team, stealing a deuce in the final end for the win.

The Horne rink, who won the “A” final, were the women’s event runners-up.

The Shirley Berry and Bill Hope teams now advance to the 2018 Everest Canadian Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championship,  March 24 to 29 at the Stratford Ontario Rotary Complex.

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Win a free Rocks and Rings tournament day for your PEI school!

Posted on by February 12, 2018

Curl PEI has teamed up with Rocks & Rings to give away a FREE tournament day for a PEI school. To win a day of this fun curling program click this link to visit the post on the PEI Curling News Facebook page, then LIKE and SHARE the post, and make sure you LIKE PEI Curling News and Egg Farmers Rocks & Rings presented by Curling Canada on Facebook.

For an extra entry, comment why you LOVE curling!
Learn more: www.rocksandrings.com

Contest is open February 12-16 and winner will be chosen February 17th. Winning school or group must be on Prince Edward Island. This contest is in no way endorsed or sponsored by Facebook.

 
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Hope, McInnis rinks win Ladder League round 2. Final round set to go

Posted on by February 12, 2018

The second round of the Wednesday evening Ladder League wrapped up last week, with the Bill Hope rink, with only 1 loss, winning the Water & Prince Corner Shop & Lobster Pound “A” Pool prizes, and the Josh McInnis rink, who are catching on to this sport fast, winning the prizes for the Lowther’s Snow Removal “B” Pool, with only 2 losses. The McInnis team were tied in games won with the Kim Nicholson rink, but beat them in their game on the last night. They were also tied in games with the Emily Sanderson team, who had one less point due to a defaulted game. 

McInnis, Nicholson, and Sanderson will move up the ladder to the A pool for the last round., while Ray Biagé and Rob Gallant, each with four losses, and  Gord Peters with five, will head down the ladder to the B pool.

Here are the  pools for round three:

A Pool

A1-Bill Hope
A2-Rachel MacLean
A3-Greg Groves
A4-Paul Neima
A5-Josh McInnis
A6-Kim Nicholson
A7-Emily Sanderson

B Pool

B1-Ray Biagé
B2-Rob Gallant
B3-Gord Peters
B4-Dave Younker
B5-Greg Robertson
B6-Kelly Watts
B7-Peter Joostema

Here are the dates for the third and final round. April 4 is a storm date – we will have curling only if we miss another week. Curlers are reminded that they will play a crossover game against the team from the other pool that is in the same slot as they are. That game will be at 6:30, regardless of what time the rest of your pool is playing that week. Pool A goes at 6:30 the first week, as they had the 8:30 game the final week of round two.

Dates: Feb 14, Feb 21, Feb 28
Mar 7, Mar 14, Mar 21, Mar 28
Apr 4 (storm date)

Here is the draw for round three.
Pool A – Sponsor is Wally’s Pharmasave
Pool B– Sponsor is New Glasgow Lobster Suppers, celebrating 60 years of business in 2018!

 

Feb. 14 (Week 1)
6:30 pm  Wally’s Pharmasave “A” Pool + Crossover Game
Ice 1: A4-Paul Neima vs A7-Emily Sanderson
Ice 2: A6-Kim Nicholson vs A3-Greg Groves
Ice 3: A1-Bill Hope vs B1-Ray Biagé (crossover)
Ice 4: A2-Rachel MacLean vs A5-Josh McInnis

8:30 pm New Glasgow Lobster Suppers “B” Pool
Ice 1: B4-Dave Younker vs B7-Peter Joostema
Ice 2: B6-Kelly Watts vs B3-Gord Peters
Ice 3: Team Practice
Ice 4: B2-Rob Gallant vs B5-Greg Robertson

Feb. 21 (Week 2)
630 pm New Glasgow Lobster Suppers “B” Pool + Crossover Game
Ice 1: B6-Kelly Watts vs B1-Ray Biagé
Ice 2: B4-Dave Younker vs  B5-Greg Robertson
Ice 3: B2-Rob Gallant vs B7-Peter Joostema
Ice 4: B3-Gord Peters vs A3-Greg Groves (crossover)

8:30 pm Wally’s Pharmasave “A” Pool 
Ice 1: A6-Kim Nicholson vs A1-Bill Hope
Ice 2: A4-Paul Neima vs A5-Josh McInnis
Ice 3: A2-Rachel MacLean vs A7-Emily Sanderson 
Ice 4: Team Practice

Feb. 28 (Week 3)
6:30 pm Wally’s Pharmasave “A” Pool + Crossover Game
Ice 1: A2-Rachel MacLean vs B2-Rob Gallant (crossover)
Ice 2: A7-Emily Sanderson vs A1-Bill Hope
Ice 3: A5-Josh McInnis vs A3-Greg Groves
Ice 4: A4-Paul Neima vs A6-Kim Nicholson

8:30 pm New Glasgow Lobster Suppers “B” Pool
Ice 1: Team Practice
Ice 2: B7-Peter Joostema vs B1-Ray Biagé
Ice 3: B5-Greg Robertson vs B3-Gord Peters
Ice 4: B4-Dave Younker vs  B6-Kelly Watts

Mar. 7  (Week 4)
630 pm New Glasgow Lobster Suppers “B” Pool + Crossover Game
Ice 1: B1-Ray Biagé vs B3-Gord Peters
Ice 2: B2-Rob Gallant vs B4-Dave Younker
Ice 3: B6-Kelly Watts vs A6-Kim Nicholson (crossover)
Ice 4: B5-Greg Robertson vs B7-Peter Joostema

8:30 pm Wally’s Pharmasave “A” Pool 
Ice 1: A1-Bill Hope vs A3-Greg Groves
Ice 2: A2-Rachel MacLean vs A4-Paul Neima 
Ice 3: Team Practice
Ice 4: A5-Josh McInnis vs A7-Emily Sanderson

Mar. 14 (Week 5)
6:30 pm Wally’s Pharmasave “A” Pool + Crossover Game
Ice 1: A4-Paul Neima vs B4 Rob Gallant (crossover)
Ice 2: A3-Greg Groves vs A7-Emily Sanderson
Ice 3: A1-Bill Hope vs A5-Josh McInnis
Ice 4: A2-Rachel MacLean vs A6-Kim Nicholson 

8:30 pm New Glasgow Lobster Suppers “B” Pool
Ice 1:  Team Practice
Ice 2: B3-Gord Peters vs B7-Peter Joostema
Ice 3: B1-Ray Biagé vs  B5-Greg Robertson
Ice 4: B2-Rob Gallant vs  B6-Kelly Watts

Mar. 21 (Week 6)
630 pm New Glasgow Lobster Suppers “B” Pool + Crossover Game
Ice 1: B2-Rob Gallant vs B3-Gord Peters
Ice 2: B5-Greg Robertson vs A5-Josh McInnis (crossover)
Ice 3: B6-Kelly Watts vs B7-Peter Joostema
Ice 4: B1-Ray Biagé vs B4-Dave Younker

8:30 pm Wally’s Pharmasave “A” Pool 
Ice 1: A2-Rachel MacLean vs A3-Greg Groves
Ice 2: Team Practice
Ice 3: A6-Kim Nicholson vs A7-Emily Sanderson
Ice 4: A1-Bill Hope vs A4-Paul Neima 

Mar. 28 (Week 7)
6:30 pm Wally’s Pharmasave “A” Pool + Crossover Game
Ice 1: A5-Josh McInnis vs A6-Kim Nicholson  
Ice 2: A1-Bill Hope vs A2-Rachel MacLean 
Ice 3: A3-Greg Groves vs A4-Paul Neima 
Ice 4: A7-Emily Sanderson vs B7-Peter Joostema (crossover)

8:30 pm New Glasgow Lobster Suppers “B” Pool
Ice 1: B5-Greg Robertson vs  B6-Kelly Watts
Ice 2: B1-Ray Biagé vs B2-Rob Gallant
Ice 3: B3-Gord Peters vs B4-Dave Younker
Ice 4: Team Practice

April 4 – No curling unless another night is postponed

 

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Cornwall’s Berry sweeps PEI Senior Women’s ch’ship. Hope has advantage in Monday Sr. Men’s Ch’ship round

Posted on by February 12, 2018

The PEI Senior Women’s Curling Championship wrapped up on Sunday at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, while the Senior Men’s will conclude on Monday with the 10 am or the 2 pm draw.

The Shirley Berry rink from the Cornwall Curling Club went undefeated with a 5-0 win-loss record, sweeping all three modified triple knockout sections in the five-team women’s event, making a championship round unnecessary. 

 

Photo (L-R): Kevin Smith from the host Crapaud club, Shirley Berry, Janice Murdoch, Arleen Harris, Kim Nicholson

The Berry team, which includes skip Shirley Berry, third stone Janice Murdoch, second Arleen Harris, and lead Kim Nicholson, won the “A” section final 8-7 in an extra end over the Sharon Horne rink from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, coming from behind to take a triple in the eighth end and steal a single in the extra. They then took on Cornwall clubmate Debbie Rhodenhizer and her rink, winning 7-5, and captured their third section with a 10-8 victory over defending champion Shelly Ebbett and her Charlottetown team, stealing a deuce in the final end for the win.

Photo (L-R): Bill Hope, David Murphy, Peter Murdoch. Missing from photo: Craig Mackie

Photo (L-R): Philip Gorveatt, Mike Dillon, Mark Victor. Missing from photo: Kevin Champion 

Bill Hope and his Cornwall team have won two of the three sections in the three-team men’s event, both over defending champion Philip Gorveatt and his Charlottetown foursome, who won the third section, and will have a “double life” in Monday’s championship round against Gorveatt at 10 am and 2 pm, winning the title if he takes either game, while Gorveatt would have to win both. The Hope squad, which includes third Craig Mackie, second David Murphy, and lead stone Peter Murdoch, won the “A” section final 6-2 and the “C” final 7-6, while Gorveatt, whose team includes third Kevin Champion, second Mike Dillon, and lead Mark Victor, won the “B” by a 7-2 score.

The Shirley Berry team and the men’s winner (either the Bill Hope or Philip Gorveatt rinks) advance to the 2018 Everest Canadian Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championship,  March 24 to 29 at the Stratford Ontario Rotary Complex.

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Smith/Ferguson duo wins PEI Mixed Doubles Championship (updated pictures)

Posted on by February 11, 2018

The Crapaud Community Curling Club duo of Calvin Smith and Lauren Ferguson beat Cornwall’s Sydney Howatt and Nick Johnston team 6-4 this afternoon to win the 2018 PEI Mixed Doubles Championship, the two person version of curling that is now an Olympic sport. Smith/Ferguson won two of the three modified triple knockout sections, which gave them a “double life” in the 2 game championship round, as a win in either game would have given them the championship, but they did it on the first try. In the final game, they built up a 4-0 lead after three ends, taking a single, and stealing another single and a double. Howatt/Johnston came back with a pair of singles, and the teams traded deuces in ends six and seven, but the Cornwall team ran out of rocks in the final end.

 

Winning team: Lauren Ferguson and Calvin Smith

 

Finalists Sydney Howatt and Nick Johnston

Eight teams took part in the Provincial Mixed Doubles championship.

The 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship takes place from March 29 to April 1 in Leduc Alberta. 

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Mount Allison edges UPEI Women’s Panthers in close semi-final game to advance to AUS final

Posted on by February 11, 2018

The women’s team from Mount Allison University in Sackville NB edged the Veronica Smith-skipped UPEI Women’s Panthers team by a 3-2 score this morning to advance to the Subway Atlantic University Sports final at 1 pm at Fredericton’s Capital Winter Club. Mt. A will be playing the Memorial University team, who got by Dalhousie 8-7 in an extra end. Dal and UNB face off in the Men’s final.

(L-R): Veronica Smith, Sabrina Smith, Chloe McCloskey, Meghan Ching, coach Paul Smith. 
Photo credit: James West

The two men’s and two women’s teams in the finals of this year’s event will represent the Atlantic conference at the 2018 U SPORTS / CCA Curling Championships hosted by the University of Alberta, March 24-28 in Leduc, AB.

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Smith/Ferguson wins Mixed Doubles “C” final over Cornwall’s Howatt/Johnston

Posted on by February 11, 2018

The Crapaud Community Curling Club pair of Calvin Smith and Lauren Ferguson edged Cornwall’s Sydney Howatt and Nick Johnston duo 5-4 this morning to win the “C” final of the PEI Mixed Doubles Curling Championship at the Charlottetown Curling Complex.

Calvin Smith and Lauren Ferguson

 

As they have won two modified triple knockout sections, a win in either championship round game, at 12:45 and 4 pm, would give them the title, while the Howatt/Johnston twosome, who won the other section, would have to win both games to be declared champions.

The winning team advances to the 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship from March 29 to April 1 in Leduc Alberta. 

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UPEI Women Panthers finish Round Robin tied for first, and advance to AUS Playoffs

Posted on by February 10, 2018

Round robin play wrapped up this evening at the Subway AUS Curling Championships at Fredericton’s Capital Winter Club, and the UPEI Women Panthers, skipped by Veronica Smith, finished with a 5-1 win-loss record, tied for first with Dal and Mt. A. Memorial finished fourth at 3-3 and joins the others in the playoff round on Sunday, with UPEI playing Mt. A and Dal facing Memorial in the 9 am semi-finals, with the winners advancing to the 1 pm final.

UPEI finished the round robin with a pair of wins on Saturday – 6-2 over Memorial, and 8-6 over St. FX. PEI’s only loss in the Round Robin was in their first game, to Mt. A, who suffered their first loss, 8-5 against Dal., on Saturday evening.

Photo (L-R): Sabrina Smith, Veronica Smith, Meghan Ching, Chloe McCloskey

The Panther team consists of the following players;

Veronica Smith (Skip) 5th year 

Sabrina Smith (Third) 2nd year

Chloe McCloskey (Second) 1st year 

Meghan Ching (First) 2nd Year

The 2018 U SPORTS/Curling Canada Curling Championships will be held in Leduc, Alta., hosted by the Alberta Golden Bears and Pandas.

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Cornwall’s Berry one win away from PEI Senior Women’s title, defending champ Gorveatt wins men’s “B” section

Posted on by February 10, 2018

The Shirley Berry rink from the Cornwall Curling Club has captured their second section of the modified triple knockout draw and needs just one win out of their next three games in order to become the PEI Senior Women’s champs. They beat their clubmates, the Debbie Rhodenhizer rink by a 7-5 score on Saturday evening at the Crapaud Community Curling Club to win the B section, after winning the “A” final over Sharon Horne of Alberton on Monday.

 

Shirley Berry

Berry now faces the winner of a 10 am Sunday game between Rhodenhizer and defending champion Shelley Ebbett of Charlottetown in the “C”  final at 2 pm Sunday.  If Berry wins that game, she takes the championship, having captured all three sections. If not, she advances to the two-game championship round against the “C” winner, on Monday at 10 am and 2 pm, and will take the title if she wins either game, while her opponent would have to win both.

 

Philip Gorveatt

There are separate “A” and “B” section winners on the men’s side, with Cornwall’s Bill Hope beating defending champ Phil Gorveatt of Charlottetown to take the “A” section on Friday, and Gorveatt returning the favour with a win over Hope in the “B” final on Saturday evening. Gorveatt has advanced to the 2 pm Sunday “C” final, and awaits the winner of a 10 am game between Hope and Crapaud’s Dario Zannier. If either the Hope or Gorveatt rink wins the “C” final, they will have a “double life” in the  two-game championship round against the other section winner on Monday at 10 am and 2 pm, and will take the title with a win either game, while their opponent would need to win both.

Three men’s and five women’s teams took part in the championship. The winners advance to the 2018 Everest Canadian Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championship,  March 24 to 29 at the Stratford Ontario Rotary Complex.

 

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Update: PEI Mixed Doubles down to only two teams heading into Sunday play

Posted on by February 10, 2018

The two teams that won the “A” and “B” pools in the modified triple knockout PEI Mixed Doubles Curling Championship have won their respective “C” semi-finals, and will meet in the “C” final at 9:30 am on Sunday.

Top photo (L-R): Sydney Howatt, Nick Johnston
Bottom photo (L-R): Lauren Ferguson, Calvin Smith

The Sydney Howatt/Nick Johnston duo from Cornwall who won the “A” final on Friday, edged the Louise Carota/Phillip McInnis twosome from the host Charlottetown Curling Complex 7-6, while the Calvin Smith/Lauren Ferguson team from Crapaud, who won the “B” final earlier this afternoon, won their “C” semi 5-3 over the Noah and Rachel O’Connor siblings.

After the “C” final, the same two teams will advance to the two-game championship round, at 12:45 and 4 pm. The winner of the “C” final will have an advantage in that round. As the winner of two sections, they will have a “double life” and will win the title if they take either game, while their opponent would have to win both.

Eight teams took part in this provincial championship for the Olympic sport of Mixed Doubles, for 2-person teams of one male and one female. The winning team advances to the 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship from March 29 to April 1 in Leduc Alberta. 

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Smith/Ferguson duo win “B” final at PEI Mixed Doubles

Posted on by February 10, 2018

The team of Calvin Smith and Lauren Ferguson from the Crapaud Community Curling Club (Lauren is also a Cornwall member) are the winners of the modified triple knockout “B” section in the PEI championship for the new Olympic sport of Mixed Doubles, being held at the Charlottetown Curling Complex, beating the host club team of Louise Carota and Phillip McInnis 10-4 this afternoon. The rink of Sydney Howatt and Nick Johnston from Cornwall won the “A” section on Friday.

Lauren Ferguson (left) and Calvin Smith

Smith/Ferguson advanced to the B final with a 6-4 win over Howatt/Johnston this morning. while Carota/McInnis advanced by shading the Annika and Liam Kelly siblings from Charlottetown and Cornwall 7-6. Kelly lost 8-4 to another sister and brother team – Rachel and Noah O’Connor, from Cornwall.  The Kellys, the Amanda Holm/BradyThomson rink from the host club, and the Colin MacKenzie/Meghan Sherren rink from Cornwall, who lost 9-8  this afternoon in a comeback win by Howatt/Johnston, who scored 5 points in the last two ends, are now out of the competition, along with Crapaud’s Nick Blanchard/Alexis Burris rink, who lost to MacKenzie/Sherren 9-7 in this morning’s draw.

The four remaining teams now square off in the “C” semi-finals at 4 pm, with Howatt/Johnston playing Carota/McInnis, and the O’Connors facing Smith and Ferguson. The winners play in the “C” final, Sunday at 9:30 am.

The winners of all three section finals advance to the 2-game championship round on Sunday at 12:45 and 4 pm. If either Howatt/Johnston or Smith/Ferguson were to win the “C” final, they would have a “double life” in the championship round, winning the title if they took either game, while their opponent would have to win both.

The event champions advance to the 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship from March 29 to April 1 in Leduc Alberta. 

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Cornwall’s Hope and Berry rinks win PEI Seniors “A” sections and ch’ship round berths

Posted on by February 10, 2018

The Bill Hope and Shirley Berry rinks from the Cornwall Curling Club have captured the first of three section finals, and berths in the championship round of the PEI Seniors Curling Championships, for curlers age 50 and over, at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. With the modified triple knockout format, they also drop down to compete in the next section. Three men’s and five women’s teams are in this year’s championships.

 

Bill Hope (left)

Hope beat Charlottetown’s Philip Gorveatt rink 6-2 to win the men’s “A”, while Berry got by the Sharon Horne foursome from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton 8-7 in an extra end in the women’s. Berry was trailing 7-4 going into the eighth end, but took a triple for the tie, and stole a single for the extra-end win.

Hope now plays the winner of the 2 pm “B” semi, between Gorveatt and Crapaud’s Dario Zannier, in the 6 pm “B” final. Dannier lost his opener 8-1 to Hope.

 

Shirley Berry (centre) lines up a shot

The women’s “B” semi at 2 pm sees Horne play Cornwall’s Debbie Rhodenhizer, who lost her opener to clubmate Berry, but then reeled off a  pair of wins, over Charlottetown’s Shelley Ebbett, and Crapaud’s Heather MacRae,  The winner faces Berry at 6 pm in the “B” final.

The “C” event goes Sunday at 2 and 6. The winners of the three sections advance to the Monday championship round.

If Hope or Berry were to win all of their three sections, that division’s Monday championship round would not be required. If a team wins two sections, they would win the event if they took either championship game, while their opponent would have to win both,

Three men’s and five women’s teams are competing.   Winners advance to the 2018 Everest Canadian Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championship, March 24 to 29 at the Stratford Ontario Rotary Complex.

Live results from the PEI Seniors are available at PEICurling.com.

 

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UPEI Women Panthers (all from Cornwall) pick up 2 wins today to improve to 3-1 at Subway AUS Ch’ships

Posted on by February 9, 2018
 
It was a big day for the UPEI team, skipped by Veronica Smith, at the Subway AUS Curling Championships at the Capital Winter Club in Fredericton NB. All four curlers are members of our Club. They moved into second place, tied with Dalhousie, with a 3-1 win-loss record, following an 8-1 routing of UNB, and a 4-2 doubling of Dal. Mount A, who UPEI lost to in their opener, is first at 3-0. UPEI finishes round robin play on Saturday, with a 9:30 am game against MUN, and a 7 pm match against St FX. The playoff round goes Sunday at 9 am and 1pm.

 

File photo: Veronica Smith

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Cornwall’s Howatt and Johnston duo win PEI Mixed Doubles “A” section

Posted on by February 9, 2018

The duo of Sydney Howatt and Nick Johnston from the Cornwall Curling Club downed the Louise Carota and Phillip McInnis team from the host Charlottetown Curling Complex by a 10-1 score in five ends on Saturday evening to capture the “A” section and a berth in the championship round of the PEI Mixed Doubles Ch’ships’s modified triple knockout draw, scoring two singles, a stolen four-ender, and another four-ender en route to the win. 

Photo (L-R): Sydney Howatt and Nick Johnston

Howatt also skips one of the two recently-chosen 2019 Canada Games girl’s training teams, while Johnston is third stone on one of the two boy’s teams. Howatt/Johnston beat their Canada Games training teammates Colin MacKenzie and Meghan Sherren 7-3 in their opener, while Carota/McInnis downed Crapaud’s Amanda Holm and Brady Thomson 10-3 in theirs. Howatt/Johnson then beat siblings Annika and Liam Kelly from Charlottetown and Cornwall 13-1 in six ends in game two, while Carota and McInnis beat the Crapaud duo of Calvin Smith and Lauren Ferguson 10-8. Liam Kelly is also on Johnston’s Canada Games training team, while Ferguson skips the other girl’s training team.

Both the Howatt/Johnston and Carota/McInnis rinks now drop down to compete in the “B” pool semi-finals at 9:30 am Saturday, against Smith/Ferguson and the Kellys, respectively, with the winners advancing to the 12:45 pm “B” pool final. If a team wins two sections, they will have a “double life” in the championship round. If Howatt/Johnston were to win all three sections, a championship round would not be required. The “C” pool finals are at 9:30 Sunday morning, with the championship round games scheduled for 12:45 and 4 pm Sunday.

Eight teams began play this morning in this provincial championship for the Olympic sport of Mixed Doubles, for 2-person teams of one male and one female, with the winning team advancing to the 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship from March 29 to April 1 in Leduc Alberta. 

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Stick curling draw time changes due to ice rentals

Posted on by February 9, 2018

Attention Stick Curlers:

Delays for February

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

Tuesday, Feb 13, Tuesday, Feb 20, Thursday, Feb 22, Friday, Feb 23, Monday, Feb 26, Tuesday, Feb 27

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

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Cornwall curlers in action at the PEI Mixed Doubles Ch’ship this weekend (photos)

Posted on by February 9, 2018

The provincial championship for the new Olympic sport of Mixed Doubles Curling got underway this morning at the Charlottetown Curling Complex, with eight teams, from the Charlottetown, Crapaud, and Cornwall curling clubs taking part, with the winning team advancing to the 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship from March 29 to April 1 in Leduc Alberta. 

Here is a photo gallery from the opening draw. Click on a picture to enlarge.

 

 

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Curlers wanted: three spots open on Thurs. eve for last round

Posted on by February 9, 2018

Most of our evening curling leagues start their final round of the season next week. Some curlers are heading south and not playing the final round. We have three single-entry spots open on the Thursday evening draw for the last round. Whether you are a current member, or just want to join for the rest of the season, we can add you to this draw for a pro-rated price. Please phone or email the Club if you are interested. The draw has four sheets going at 6:30, and two at 8:30, so you will have mostly early, and some late, draws.

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UPEI Panthers improve to 1-1 after draw two win

Posted on by February 8, 2018

The UPEI Women Panthers, skipped by Veronica Smith, avenged their opening draw loss to Mt. A with a convincing 8-1win over the UNB Varsity Reds this evening to improve to 1-1 (win-loss) at the 2018 Subway AUS Curling Championships in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The championships run through February 11. 

UPEI stole four points in the second end and a single in the third for a 5-0 lead after just three ends in this evening’s match.

Photo (L-R): Sabrina Smith, Veronica Smith, Meghan Ching, Chloe McCloskey

 

Bell Aliant will be webcasting some of the draws, the link can be found here.

The UPEI schedule is as follows:

Thursday

Draw #1, 1:30 pm: UPEI Panthers vs Mount Allison Mounties

Draw #2, 6:30 pm: UPEI Panthers vs. UNB Varsity Reds

Friday

Draw #4, 2:00 pm: UPEI Panthers vs. Dalhousie Tigers

Draw #5, 7:00 pm: UPEI Panthers vs. Saint Mary’s Huskies

Saturday

Draw #6, 9:30 am: UPEI Panthers vs. Memorial Seahawks

Draw #8, 12:30 pm: UPEI Panthers vs St.FX X-Women

The full schedule and live scoring can be found here.

 

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Thursday evening Draw 2 winners

Posted on by February 8, 2018

The winners of draw two on Thursday evening, sponsored by Mary!’s Cornwall Bakery are the team of  Kim Nicholson, Kristin Casey, Morgan Wells and (missing from photo) Alex Rogers.

L-R: Morgan, Kristen, Kim

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Cornwall teams in Seniors, Mixed Doubles ch’ships starting Fri. in Crapaud, Ch’town

Posted on by February 8, 2018

The provincial Seniors (age 50+) and Mixed Doubles (the new Olympic sport that’s on TV this week) curling championships both get underway Friday morning, at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, and the Charlottetown Curling Complex, respectively.

Seniors

The PEI Seniors Curling Championships, with men’s and women’s divisions for curlers age 50 and over, take place at the Crapaud Community Curling Club from February 9 to 12.  Winners advance to the 2018 Everest Canadian Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championship,  March 24 to 29 at the Stratford Ontario Rotary Complex, a facility that features two ice surfaces — RBC Arena and Molson Arena. 

Defending senior women’s champs are the Shelley Ebbett rink from the Charlottetown Curling Complex and the Cornwall Curling Club, who doubled Cornwall’s Shirley Berry foursome 6-3 in last year’s final.

The Phil Gorveatt rink from Charlottetown are the defending Senior Men’s champions, defeating the Robert Campbell team from Charlottetown and the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex 6-5 in an extra end in last year’s final.

Both rinks are back looking to defend their respective titles.

The three men’s and five 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. 

Click for Live End-by-End Scoring

Schedule

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

Day Time Draw Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4
Fri.
Feb. 9		 10 am 1 A   B  
2 pm 2   1 C D
6 pm 3 F E 2  
Sat.
Feb. 10		 2 pm 4 3 H   G
6 pm 5 J 4 I  
Sun.
Feb. 11		 10 am 6   K 5  
2 pm 7   6 L  
Mon.
Feb. 12		 10 am  8   WA MA  
2 pm 9   MB WB  

 

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

Draw

 

Team Rosters

(Click on Team Name for players)

Team Coach Affiliation Location
M-Team Gorveatt N/A Charlottetown Curling Complex Charlottetown, PE
M-Team Hope N/A Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PE
M-Team Zannier N/A Crapaud Curling Club Crapaud, PE
W-Team Berry N/A Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PE
W-Team Ebbett N/A Charlottetown and Cornwall curling clubs Charlottetown and Cornwall, PE
W-Team Horne N/A Western and Maple Leaf curling clubs Alberton and O’Leary, PE
W-Team MacRae N/A Crapaud Curling Club Crapaud, PE
W-Team Rhodenhizer Bill MacFadyen Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PE

 

Mixed Doubles

Eight teams, from three PEI curling facilities, are competing in the provincial championship for the new Olympic sport of Mixed Doubles curling, for 2-person teams of one male and one female, taking place at the Charlottetown Curling Complex from Feb. 9-11.  The winning team advances to the 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship from March 29 to April 1 in Leduc Alberta. 

The 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 Sunday afternoon.

 

Click for Live, End by End Results

Draw Tree

Modified Triple Knockout Format.

Schedule

Date Time Draw Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 Ice 5 
Fri.
Feb.
9		 11 am 1 1 2 3 4  
4 pm 2 8 6 7 5  
7:15 pm 3   10 11 9  
Sat.
Feb.
10		 9:30 am 4 15 13 14 12  
12:45 pm 5 17 16 18    
4 pm 6   20   19  
Sun.
Feb.
11		 9:30 am 7     21    
12:45 pm 8   P1      
4 pm 9       P2  

Scenarios for P1/P2:
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 are in yellow on the schedule

Team Rosters

(Click for team info)

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Cornwall teams beat defending champs to claim stick curling titles (Journal)

Posted on by February 8, 2018

ALBERTON – For the second time in their stick curling careers, Elaine Hughes and Etta Reid are the Ferguson-Logan Montague Funeral Home P.E.I. women’s stick curling champions.

 

Provincial stick curling co-ordinator Ernie Stavert prevents the women’s championship trophy to Etta Reid, left, and Elaine Hughes. They dethroned seven-time provincial champions Gloria Clarke and Ruth Stavert 5-4 in the final. Eric McCarthy photo.

The Cornwall team defeated clubmates and defending champions, Gloria Clarke and Ruth Stavert, 5-4 in the championship final at the Western Community Curling Club on Thursday afternoon.

Ernie Stavert, centre, co-ordinator for the P.E.I. provincial stick curling championships, presents the Open Division championship trophy to Barry Craswell, left, and Sterling Stratton. This is their third provincial title together. Stratton also has two provincial titles to his credit with Stavert. – Eric McCarthy

Another Cornwall team, Sterling Stratton and Barry Craswell, won the Open Division – their third win in four years. They defeated the Montague team of Floyd Stewart and Gordon MacDonald 8-0 in the final after knocking off the defending champions, Walter Callaghan and John Vincent, from the host club, 4-3 in the semifinal. It was the defending champs’ only loss of the three-day tournament.
Stewart and MacDonald also advanced to the final with a close 2-1 win over another Western team, Winston Keough and Harvey Holm, in a six-end game that featured four blanked ends.

The top four Open Division teams and top two Women’s Division teams advance to the Maritime stick curling championships, in Chester, N.S., from March 23 to 25. The winners of the Open Division also earn the right to participate in the 2018 Canadian Open stick curling championships in St. Albert, Alta.

Click for full story in the Journal Pioneer.

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Veronica Smith-skipped UPEI Panthers drop AUS Ch’ship opener

Posted on by February 8, 2018

The Subway Atlantic University Sports Curling Championships got underway today at the Capital Winter Club in Fredericton NB. The Veronica Smith-skipped UPEI Women’s Panthers lost their opener 8-3 to Mount A, and are back on the ice now against UNB. UPEI just stole 4 points in the  second end!

Scores at: http://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/3450

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Cornwall curlers visiting Charlottetown on Tuesday. Here is the draw

Posted on by February 8, 2018

It’s time for the annual Cornwall/ Charlottetown daytime curlers visitation!
This year, the Cornwall players are venturing to the Big City to play at the Charlottetown Curling Club. Teams are mixed between the two clubs. Here are the opening draws. Additional draws follow at 1:00pm and 2:15pm.

Tuesday, Feb 13, 2018

9:45am

Ice 1: Paul Field, Shelley Ebbett, Pat McCardle, Shirley Bee vs Cathy MacDougall, Bernie Field, Bob Hall, Jean Anderson

Ice 2: Sterling Stratton, John Baird, Don Crozier, Don Gillis vs Julien Gaudin, Elaine Hughes, Leigh Crabbe, Joanne Durant

Ice 3: Joe Gill, Shoji Yamamoto, Jacques Boisvert, Paul Taweel vs Bob Acorn, Myrna Craswell, Bryon Sutcliffe, Yvonne Barbour

Ice 4: Lester Callbeck, Don Sheen, Gerald MacLeod, Theresa Currie vs Val MacLean, Carlene Peters, Calvin MacMillan, David O’Hanley

Ice 5: Tom Dunn, Don Poole, Gene Murphy, Thelma Acorn vs Bill Bishop, Peter Heighton, Adele Jardine, Dick MacKinnon

11:00am

Ice 1: Barry Craswell, Art O’Malley, Bill Allen, Basil Kerwin vs Peter MacDonald, Myron MacKay, Mary MacKenna, Don Steves

Ice 2: Grant Laird, Bob Hennessey, Carolyn Crockett, Elwood Jay vs Rick Richard, Ruth Stavert, Ernie Dunsford, Ann Greyborn

Ice 3: Diane MacKay, Wayne Walsh, Gary O’Sullivan, Jake Bartlett vs Lorne MacGuigan, Janette Fraser, Lou Richard, Hanny MacLeod

Ice 4: Paul Arsenault, Woody Pauptit, Cliff Sentner, Joanne Cowan MacGuigan vs Bill Harper, Paul Durant, Bill Glydon, Karen Fisher

Ice 5: Frank Weiler, Cathy Dillon, Kimball Blanchard, Italo Marzari vs Wayne Arsenault, Vince Fisher, Etta Reid, John MacIntyre

 

 

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Provincial stick curling titles to be decided Thursday (Journal)

Posted on by February 8, 2018

(by Eric McCarthy)

ALBERTON – Teams in the Women’s Division of the Ferguson-Logan Montague Funeral Home P.E.I. stick curling championships at the Western Community Curling Club have one game to go in their double round-robin preliminary round.

 

Audrey Callaghan delivers a stone during the provincial stick curling championships in Alberton on Wednesday. – Eric McCarthy

There are four teams in the Women’s Division, and defending-champions Gloria Clarke and Ruth Stavert are tied for first place with Cornwall clubmates Etta Reid and Elaine Hughes after two days of play. Both teams have 4-1 (won-lost) records while Ann Barwise (Maple Leaf) and Audrey Callaghan (Western) have secured the third and final playoff spot at 2-3. They finish off round-robin play against the defending champions Thursday at 11:15 a.m.

The women’s double round-robin winner will earn a bye to Thursday’s championship final at 4 p.m. The second- and third-place teams will meet at 2 p.m. for the right to play the first-place winner in the final.

Open Division
After single round-robin pool play, teams from the host Western Community Curling Club captured four of the six playoff positions.
Defending-champions Walter Callaghan and John Vincent won Pool A with a 5-0 record, followed by Floyd Stewart and Gordon MacDonald from Montague at 4-1 and Western’s Victor and Dianne Hogan at 3-2.
In Pool B, Winston Keough and Harvey Holm from Western were awarded first place after going 4-1. Barry Craswell and Sterling Stratton from Cornwall took second, also with a 4-1 record, and Roger Gavin and Eddie Bernard from Western finished third with a 3-2 summary.
The men’s playoffs start at 10 a.m., with Pool B’s second-place team of Craswell and Stratton playing third in Pool A, the Hogans, and Pool B’s third-place team of Bernard and Gavin facing Pool A’s second-place team of Stewart and MacDonald. The first-place winners get a bye.
Callaghan and Vincent will play the winner of the Craswell/Stratton vs. Hogans in one semifinal, and Keough and Holm will play the other quarter-final winner in the 2 p.m. semifinals The championship game goes at 4 p.m.
Click for full story in the Journal Pioneer

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Signup by Feb. 16 for our Club’s Travelers playdowns

Posted on by February 7, 2018

The signup sheet is now up, with closing date of Feb. 16, for our Club playdowns for the Travelers Curling Club Championships, which take place the weekend of February 23-25. The winning men’s and women’s champions advance to the provincial Travelers, March 9-13 at the Montague Curling Club. The provincial winners go to the 2018 Travelers Curling Club Championship,  dates and venue TBA (usually in November).

Entry fee is $100.00 per team for our Club playdowns.
It’s a cashspiel with 50% of entry fees going to a prize pool

Here are the eligibility rules for the national Travelers event. Your team would have to meet them in order to play in the provincials and go to the nationals. 

Travelers Curling Club Championship Eligibility Requirements 
(subject to change – the latest info is at:  http://www.curling.ca/2017travelers/about/eligibility-requirements/

2017 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

We trust that all participants will respect the intent of this championship, which is for curling clubs to engage their members to participate in a club championship to declare a club champion to represent the curling club. The event is formulated for true club championship teams, not past or present elite. The objective is to support the development of curling across Canada. We keep this objective in mind as we set our eligibility requirements and on-ice rules, including the Curling Canada Rules of Curling for General Play. Curling Canada reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to exclude any team that violates this spirit and intent as it pertains to the rules below.

  1. The curling club, represented by the team, must be affiliated with its provincial/territorial curling association, and thereby its national curling association (CC), and all dues must be paid in full to both the provincial/territorial and national association(s). The players of any club champion team must be members in good standing of the affiliated curling club. Any player can be a member of more than one affiliated curling club, but shall declare one “home club” for this competition.
  2. Each club will declare a men’s team and women’s team of FOUR (4) players to represent their club through either their normal league or club championship process, or through a designated Travelers Curling Club Championship competition within the club. The declared teams, through either process, MUST have at least three players who have played together in a sanctioned club league during the current season. If a replacement fourth player is used, (i.e., a player who did not play regularly on that team throughout the season) that player MUST play lead. Players who play exclusively in a major/super league without playing in another sanctioned club league are ineligible to compete. Clubs that only have mixed or open leagues (i.e., no men’s and women’s leagues) must contact their association for approval to participate.
  1. Each team will be allowed only one player who has played in a Juniors’, Men’s (Brier), Women’s (Scotties) or Seniors’ provincial/territorial event in the current or previous four curling seasons or participated in a Grand Slam event in the current or previous four curling seasons (2012-2013, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-2017).* No player on the team can have played in a Canadian Juniors, Men’s, Women’s or Senior’s Canadian Championship for those years (i.e. national competitors are excluded as regular or replacement players on the team).* Exception – Provinces/Territories [including PEI] with an open provincial/territory event will be permitted 1 player who has placed top 25% in a Juniors’, Men’s (Brier), Women’s (Scotties) or Seniors’ provincial/territory event in the current or previous 4 curling seasons, or participated in a Grand Slam event in the current or previous 4 curling seasons.
  2. Players who competed in the 2016 Travelers Curling Club Championship national event are ineligible to compete in the 2017 play downs.
  3. All games will be 8 ends with ties being decided by a full extra end.
  4. Once a four person team has been declared a club champion, a maximum of 1 replacement/substitute player from the club can play lead. It is at the discretion of each curling club to determine their replacement/substitute rules throughout their process to declare their club champions.
  5. Each team must be comprised of 4 players aged 19 or over, as of November 1st, 2017. Provincial/Territorial curling associations may adopt a more restrictive age criteria if they choose.
  6. Curling Canada has the sole authority to grant exceptions to these rules in extraordinary circumstances. Before exercising this discretion, Curling Canada will consult with the relevant provincial/territorial curling association, and will notify the provincial/territorial association in writing of any decisions regarding exceptions that are granted.
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UPEI Panthers (all Cornwall members) set for AUS Championships in Fredericton (UPEI)

Posted on by February 8, 2018

By Marshall Mayne

UPEI will be sending familiar faces to compete at the 2018 Subway AUS Curling Championships this week in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The championships begin Thursday, February 8 and run through February 11. 

The 2018 UPEI Women’s Curling Panthers will be made up of a new foursome that has members who have seen AUS action within the last 6 years.

Following a year hiatus, skip Veronica Smith is back for the Panthers. Smith has attended four AUS Championships while qualifying for three U Sports Championships. Smith and the current Panthers are hoping to rekindle the success she had during her first three trips to the AUS Championships. Outside of UPEI Curling, Smith has also represented Prince Edward Island at the 2013, 2014, and 2015 Canadian Junior Championships.

 

Photo (L-R): Sabrina Smith, Veronica Smith, Meghan Ching, Chloe McCloskey

The 2018 edition of the Panthers is loaded with curling experience throughout the entire roster.

Last year’s UPEI skip at the AUS Championships Sabrina Smith, is back and will be throwing third for the Panthers this season. Smith has represented Prince Edward Island at the 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 Canadian Junior Championships, as well as the 2016 and 2017 Canadian Mixed Doubles Championships. The lone rookie on the team and playing second, Chloe McCloskey, will be getting her first taste of AUS Curling action in 2018. McCloskey, has enjoyed previous success by representing Prince Edward Island at the 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 Canadian Junior Championships. Meghan Ching will be back for the Panthers this season throwing lead stones. Ching competed at the 2017 AUS Championships as the mate for UPEI.

Skip Veronica Smith feels the curling experiences of the 2018 Panthers could lead to success for UPEI.

“With the experience, we bring to the tournament this year, I feel we have the ability to maintain focus throughout the entire round robin with hopes to qualify for Sunday, and bring an AUS banner home to UPEI.”

Paul Smith will return for his sixth stint as head coach of the UPEI Panthers.

Bell Aliant will be webcasting some of the draws, the link can be found here.

The UPEI schedule is as follows;

Thursday

Draw #1, 1:30 pm: UPEI Panthers vs Mount Allison Mounties

Draw #2, 6:30 pm: UPEI Panthers vs. UNB Varsity Reds

Friday

Draw #4, 2:00 pm: UPEI Panthers vs. Dalhousie Tigers

Draw #5, 7:00 pm: UPEI Panthers vs. Saint Mary’s Huskies

Saturday

Draw #6, 9:30 am: UPEI Panthers vs. Memorial Seahawks

Draw #8, 12:30 pm: UPEI Panthers vs St.FX X-Women

The full schedule can be found and live scoring can be found here.

Click to read this story at gopanthersgo.ca

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Wendy’s Junior Dev. League – Final version

Posted on by February 7, 2018

Here is the final version of the Wendy’s Junior Development League Saturday morning draw.

Junior Development League Cornwall Curling Club

Starting Oct 28/17, Draw time:  9:30 am

Draw Date ICE 1  ICE 2   ICE 3  ICE 4
# 1 Oct 28 Jack  vs  Pineau O’Grady  vs  Schut Gallant vs Sanderson Howatt  vs  Ferguson
# 2 Nov 4 O’Grady  vs  Sanderson Jack  vs  Ferguson Howatt vs Pineau Gallant vs Schut
# 3 Dec 16 Gallant vs Howatt Pineau  vs  Sanderson Ferguson  vs  Schut Jack  vs  O’Grady
# 4 Dec 23 Sanderson  vs  Schut Howatt  vs  Jack Gallant vs O’Grady Ferguson  vs  Pineau
# 5 Jan 13 Gallant vs Jack Schut  vs  Pineau Sanderson  vs  Ferguson O’Grady  vs  Howatt
# 6 Jan 27 Schut vs Howatt Gallant vs Ferguson Pineau vs  O’Grady

Pineau vs Schut

 Sanderson vs Jack
# 7 Feb 10 Ferguson/O’Grady (Mar 10) Sanderson/Howatt (Mar 10) Schut/Jack (Mar 10) Gallant vs Pineau (Played)

O’Grady/Gallant (Mar 10)
# 8 Feb 17

 

 Sanderson vs Gallant (Mar 10)

O’Grady vs  Pineau (Mar 10)

 Ferguson vs Pineau (Mar 10)

Schut vs Gallant (Mar 10)

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# 9 Mar 10 Sanderson vs Gallant (9:30)

O’Grady vs  Pineau (11:00)

 Ferguson  vs O’Grady (9:30)

Schut vs Gallant (11:00)

 Schut vs Jack (9:30)

O’Grady vs Gallant (1:00)

 Sanderson  vs  Howatt (11:00)

Ferguson vs Pineau (1:00)
# 10 Mar 24 Shut vs Gallant (Feb 17) Howatt vs Pineau (Played)

Schut vs Pineau (Played)

    

NOTES:  Changes to schedule makeup games as at Feb 6, 2018:

  1. Storm/alternate ice time: Feb 10 & 17: Cancelled; Mar 10: Scheduling all 8 makeup games, Mar 24 (Not Available)
  2. Teams are responsible for makeup games. These games could be played at another place and time that is mutually acceptable. If played other than scheduled here, please ensure the scores are tracked and reported to Club League Coordinator or Manager. Sunday afternoons might be available at the Cornwall Club and ice time is to be booked through Manager.

Team Rosters:                                                                                                                     

 No Skip Mate Second Lead Coach
1 Emily Sanderson Emma Coffin Kaylee Stewart Anna Maria MacDonald Edgar Coffin
2 Sydney Howatt Sierra Clyke Meghan Sherren Madelyn Cantwell AJ Campbell
3 Mitchell Schut Nick Johnston Liam Kelly Colin MacKenzie Bill Hope/Lori Robinson
4 Clara Jack Beth Walsh Aurora Ulvstal Darrah MacLeod Aleya Quilty
5 Lauren Ferguson Katie Shaw Alexis Burris Lexie Murray David Murphy
6 Bailey O’Grady Katelyn Burgoyne Meaghan Perry Amy Spence TBD
7 Cruz Pineau Brock Rochford Noah Gallant  Brayden Snow Shelley MacFadyen/Eric Pidgeon
8 Shianne Gallant  Mallory Rochford Madison Profit  Madison Adams Shelley MacFadyen

 

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Defending champs among the four undefeated rinks after PEI Stick opening day

Posted on by February 6, 2018

Six draws were played on Tuesday to open the PEI  2-person Stick Curling Championships, sponsored by Ferguson-Logan Montague Funeral home, at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. The defending champions — the Women’s Division duo of Ruth Stavert and Gloria Clarke from Cornwall, and the Open Division (any combination of male/female) pair of Walter Callaghan and John Vincent from the host club, remain unbeaten with a 2-0 win-loss records, along with Victor and Dianne Hogan from the host club, and, in the second Open Division pool, the team of Winston Keough and Harvey Holmes, also from the Western Community club, are 3-0.

Action resumes at 9 am Wednesday, this time with eight draws on the schedule, and wraps up on Thursday. Live scores are available at PEICurling.com

The 12 Open Division teams 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 are playing 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.

The top four Open division teams and top two women’s division duos advance to the Maritime Stick Curling Championships, in Chester, Nova Scotia from March 23-25, while the winners of the Open division also earn the right to participate in the 2018 Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship, April 2-5 at the St. Albert Curling Club in St. Albert Alberta.

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Curling coverage in today’s Journal!

Posted on by February 6, 2018

Pick up a copy of the Journal Pioneer today for pictures and story on the Canada Games curling trials, along with Seniors and Stick!

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Thanks to our Road Builders Volunteers!

Posted on by February 5, 2018

Another successful PEI Road Builders and Heavy Construction Assoc. bonspiel and steak dinner was held at the Cornwall Curling Club on Thursday, February 1. Many thanks go out to the following volunteers:

Jessie MacPhail, Marlene Proude, Myrna Sanderson, Carol Sweetapple, Carlene Peters, Bryan Sutherland, Etta Reid, Elaine Hughes, Helen Smith, Marg Stewart, Gloria Clarke, Ruth Stavert, Ernie Stavert, Roy Coffin, Eugene Murphy, and Derek MacEwen.

Special thanks to Bev, Al, Lance and Ray for ensuring everything runs smoothly.

Our club is truly fortunate to have so many wonderful, willing workers!

Coordinators: Paul and Joanne Durant

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Second Strathcona Cup curler from Cornwall

Posted on by February 5, 2018

Bob MacWilliams has pointed out that there was a second former Cornwall curler participating in the Strathcona Cup tour of Scotland, which wrapped up on Friday, with Canada capturing the Cup this time. Here’s his bio.

Hi, I’m Jeremy MacDonald.

I’m originally from Cornwall, PEI. I started curling at the Cornwall Curling Club at the age of 8 years old when my parents were founding members of the club. I curled competitively in juniors reaching the Provincial final in my last year of eligibility. I continued curling out of Cornwall until the age of 25 when I moved to Ontario for work. After moving to Ontario I curled out of the Winchester Curling Club until my current club the North Grenville Curling Club opened in 2005. I have won several club championships and in 2008 I won the Royal Victoria Jubilee, which is the Canadian Branch of the RCCC’s men’s championship.

A consummate volunteer, I have served on different curling club executives, help with ice making as a Level 2 Ice technician, and have helped with club junior programs. I am currently the President of the Kemptville Wildcats Little League organization and have served on the executive for over 5 years. I am also a Past President of the Canadian Branch of the Royal Caledonia Curling Club serving as President for 4 years.

I’ve been married to my wife Tracey for 18 years. I taught her to curl 22 years ago and she now curls and volunteers around the club as much as I do. We have an 18-year-old son Brandon that started curling when he was 7 and loves the sport as much as we do.

Professionally, I have worked as a Network Administrator at the Royal Canadian Mint since 2014. I have been working in the IT industry since moving to Ottawa in 1998. In my spare time when I have some, I enjoy golfing, coaching and umpiring baseball, playing with electronics, watching football (American NFL football!!!), and obviously CURLING.

I look forward to seeing some tourists from the Scottish 2013 Strathcona Cup tour when we come to Scotland. I had the pleasure of welcoming the tourists when they landed in Ottawa and hosted them at our club during their first week in Canada. I also attended the closing banquet and enjoyed getting to know that great group of tourists.

 

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Cornwall’s Schut, Ferguson, Howatt, Ch’town’s MacMillan are the Canada Games Training Teams

Posted on by February 4, 2018

The four Canada Games Training Teams – two boy’s and two girl’s, have been selected following Trials #1, which wrapped up this afternoon at the Silver Fox in Summerside. These teams will receive additional training and support in advance of Trials #2 in November at the Cornwall Curling Club, where the two teams that will represent PEI at the 2019 Canada Games in Red Deer AB, February 15 until March 3, 2019, will be selected.

The two boy’s teams are the Mitchell Schut team from Cornwall, and Charlottetown’s Chase MacMillan rink, while the Lauren Ferguson team from Cornwall, Crapaud, and Charlottetown, and the Sydney Howatt foursome from Cornwall are the girl’s Training Teams.

(Skip-lead L-R): Mitchell Schut, Nick Johnston, Liam Kelly, Colin MacKenzie, Bill Hope (coach)

(Skip-lead L-R): Chase MacMillan, Jack MacFadyen, Liam Barbrick, Davis Nicholson, Rob Roberts (coach)

Schut was the first to lock up a Training Team spot, winning his first three games in the three-team double round robin boy’s competition. He lost his fourth to MacMillan, who finished with a 2-1 record. A scheduled game between MacMillan and the Cruz Pineau team (0-3) was not required, as it would not have affected the outcome.

(Skip-lead L-R): Lauren Ferguson, Katie Shaw, Alexis Burris, Lexie Murray, David Murphy (coach)

(L-R): Sierra Clyke (third), Sydney Howatt (skip) Meghan Sherren (second), Madelyn Cantwell (lead), A.J. Campbell (coach)

Ferguson and Howatt both finished with 3-1 win-loss records, with Howatt losing her opener to Ferguson, and Ferguson losing to Cornwall’s Rachel MacLean, who finished at 2-2. Clubmates Howatt and MacLean were tied with 2-1 records going into the last round, where they played each other, with Howatt winning 7-3. The Clara Jack and Emily Sanderson teams from Cornwall both finished with 1-3 records.

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Charlottetown to host 2018 PEI Mixed Doubles Ch’ship, starting Friday

Posted on by February 4, 2018

 

Eight teams, from three PEI curling facilities, including six with at least one Cornwall member, are competing in the provincial championship for the new Olympic sport of Mixed Doubles curling, for 2-person teams of one male and one female, taking place at the Charlottetown Curling Complex from Feb. 9-11.  The winning team advances to the 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship from March 29 to April 1 in Leduc Alberta. 

The 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 Sunday afternoon.

Click for Live, End by End Results

Draw Tree

Modified Triple Knockout Format.

Schedule

Date Time Draw Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 Ice 5 
Fri.
Feb.
9		 11 am 1 1 2 3 4  
4 pm 2 8 6 7 5  
7:15 pm 3   10 11 9  
Sat.
Feb.
10		 9:30 am 4 15 13 14 12  
12:45 pm 5 17 16 18    
4 pm 6   20   19  
Sun.
Feb.
11		 9:30 am 7     21    
12:45 pm 8   P1      
4 pm 9       P2  

Scenarios for P1/P2:
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 are in yellow on the schedule

Team Rosters

(Click for team info)

 

 

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Ebbett rink from Cornwall and Ch’town looking to repeat as Seniors Ch’ships begin on Friday

Posted on by February 4, 2018

The PEI Seniors Curling Championships, with men’s and women’s divisions for curlers age 50 and over, take place at the Crapaud Community Curling Club from February 9 to 12.  Winners advance to the 2018 Everest Canadian Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championship,  March 24 to 29 at the Stratford Ontario Rotary Complex, a facility that features two ice surfaces — RBC Arena and Molson Arena. 

Photo (L-R): Sandy Hope, Karen Hardy, Kim Pippy, Shelley Ebbett

Defending senior women’s champs are the Shelley Ebbett rink from the Cornwall and Charlottetown curling clubs, who beat Cornwall’s Shirley Berry foursome in last year’s final. Both teams are back this year, plus the Debbie Rhodenhizer team from Cornwall, the Heather MacRae squad from Crapaud, and the Sharon Horne rink from the Western and Maple Leaf clubs.

The Phil Gorveatt rink from Charlottetown are the defending Senior Men’s champions, defeating the Robert Campbell team in last year’s final. Gorveatt is back this year, along with Cornwall’s Bill Hope team, and the Dario Zannier rink from the host club.

The three men’s and five 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. 

Click for Live End-by-End Scoring

Schedule

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

Day Time Draw Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4
Fri.
Feb. 9		 10 am 1 A   B  
2 pm 2   1 C D
6 pm 3 F E 2  
Sat.
Feb. 10		 2 pm 4 3 H   G
6 pm 5 J 4 I  
Sun.
Feb. 11		 10 am 6   K 5  
2 pm 7   6 L  
Mon.
Feb. 12		 10 am  8   WA MA  
2 pm 9   MB WB  

 

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

Draw

 

Team Rosters

(Click on Team Name for players)

Team Coach Affiliation Location
M-Team Gorveatt N/A Charlottetown Curling Complex Charlottetown, PE
M-Team Hope N/A Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PE
M-Team Zannier N/A Crapaud Curling Club Crapaud, PE
W-Team Berry N/A Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PE
W-Team Ebbett N/A Charlottetown and Cornwall curling clubs Charlottetown and Cornwall, PE
W-Team Horne N/A Western and Maple Leaf curling clubs Alberton and O’Leary, PE
W-Team MacRae N/A Crapaud Curling Club Crapaud, PE
W-Team Rhodenhizer Bill MacFadyen Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PE

 

Click for last year’s event

Click for previous provincial seniors websites and winners.

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Cornwall’s Ferguson and Schut both 2-0 after Canada Games Trials #1 opening day

Posted on by February 3, 2018
 

 

The PEI Canada Winter Games Trials #1, which will qualify two male and two female teams out of the five girl’s and three boy’s team entered, to be the Canada Winter Games Training Teams, got underway Saturday at the Silver Fox in Summerside The Training Teams will receive additional training opportunities and will advance to the Trials #2 at the Cornwall Curling Club in November. The boy’s teams are playing a double round robin, while the girl’s rinks are playing a single. The winning teams from Trials #2 will advance to the 2019 Canada Winter Games, which will take place from February 15 until March 3, 2019 in Red Deer, Alberta. 

Following opening day, the Lauren Ferguson girl’s team from Cornwall, Crapaud and Charlottetown, and the Mitchell Schut boy’s rink from the Cornwall Curling Club, are the only undefeated teams, both with 2-0 records. The Ferguson rink beat Cornwall’s Sydney Howatt and Clara Jack teams 8-3 and 7-1, respectively, while the Schut team recorded a 6-2 win over the Cruz Pineau team (0-2) from Summerside and a 7-1 victory over the Chase MacMillan squad (1-1) from Charlottetown.

Howatt and her Cornwall clubmate Rachel MacLean are both at 1-1, while Jack, and Emily Sanderson, also from Cornwall, sit at 1-2. Sanderson, following a pair of losses, had a big win in her third game, against MacLean, stealing five points in the first end, and three  more in the second, going on to win 10-3. 

Play continues Sunday at the Fox, with draws at 9 am, and 1:30 and 6 pm. If needed, a tiebreaker round will go Monday at 9 am. End-by-end results are available at PEICurling.com.

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Canada captures Strathcona Cup by 325 stones

Posted on by February 2, 2018

The 2018 Strathcona Cup Tour, with Canadians curling in Scotland, is over, with Team Canada winning by 325 stones, Three Prince Edward Islanders were on the tour – George Koke from the Montague Curling Club, Bill Jenkins, who skipped his Charlottetown rink to victory at the 1977 World Junior Curling Championships, and is now living in St. John’s NL, and Bob MacWilliams, who recently moved from Long Creek PEI to Sackville NB and was representing both the Sackville NB and Cornwall PEI curling clubs. Jenkinss and MacWilliams were teammates on the Tour.

Photo: Bob MacWilliams in his Maple Leaf tartan jacket, with the Strathcona Cup 

Photo (L-R): Teammates Dave Reid from Toronto, Bill Jenkins from St. John’s and Bob MacWilliams from Sackville NB. Jenkins and MacWilliams are originally from PEI

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Four Cornwall teams competing in PEI Stick Ch’ship, starting Tues. in Alberton

Posted on by February 2, 2018

The 2018 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 6-8 at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. Cornwall has two teams competing in each division. The top four Open division teams and top two women’s division duos from this event advance to the Maritime Stick Curling Championships, in Chester, Nova Scotia from March 23-25, while the winners of the Open division also earn the right to participate in the 2018 Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship, April 2-5 at the St. Albert Curling Club in St. Albert Alberta.

The defending champions – the Walter Callaghan and John Vincent duo from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton in the Open division, and the Gloria Clarke and Ruth Stavert team from here at the Cornwall  Curling Club are back looking to defend their titles.

The 12 Open Division teams 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 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.

Event website: peicurling.com/stick20172018/

Live results will be available at PEICurling.com

Draw and Schedule

Round Robin Round Robin Double Round Robin
Open Pool A Open Pool B Women Pool C
A Hogan 1 Smith/ Barwise W1 Foley/ Ellsworth
B Higginbotham 2 Keough/ Holmes W2 Reid/ Hughes
C Stewart/ MacDonald 3 Martin/  Jay W3 Barwise/ Callaghan
D Fisher/Stavert 4 Hackett W4 Stavert/ Clarke
E Callaghan/ Vincent 5 Bernard/ Gavin     Open Division Playoff Round is in Green
F Hardy/ Pendergast 6 Craswell/ Stratton
Date Time Draw # Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3
Tue
Feb. 6		 10:15am 1 Smith/ Barwise vs Keough/ Holmes Martin/  Jay vs Hackett Bernard/ Gavin vs Craswell/ Stratton
11:30am 2 Hogan vs Higginbotham Stewart/ MacDonald vs Fisher/ Stavert Callaghan/ Vincent vs Hardy/ Pendergast
12:45pm 3 Foley/ Ellsworth vs Reid/ Hughes Keough/ Holmes vs Craswell/ Stratton Barwise/ Callaghan vs Stavert/ Clarke
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3:15pm 4 Martin/  Jay vs Bernard/ Gavin Higginbotham vs Hardy/ Pendergast Smith/ Barwise vs Hackett
4:30pm 5 Stewart/ MacDonald vs Callaghan/ Vincent Smith / Barwise  vs Martin/  Jay Hogan vs Fisher/ Stavert
5:45pm 6 Reid/ Hughes vs Stavert/ Clarke Foley/ Ellsworth vs Barwise/ Callaghan Keough/ Holmes vs Bernard/ Gavin
Wed
Feb. 7		 9am 7 Hackett vs Craswell/ Stratton Hogan vs Stewart/ MacDonald Higginbotham vs Callaghan/ Vincent
10:15am 8 Fisher/ Stavert-Hardy/ Pendergast Foley/ Ellsworth vs Stavert/ Clarke Reid/ Hughes vs Barwise/ Callaghan
11:30am 9 Smith/ Barwise vs Bernard/ Gavin Keough/ Holmes vs Hackett Martin/  Jay vs Craswell/ Stratton
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2pm 10 Hogan vs Callaghan/ Vincent Higginbotham vs Fisher/ Stavert Stewart/ MacDonald vs Hardy/ Pendergast
3:15pm 11 Barwise/ Callaghan vs Stavert/ Clarke   Foley/ Ellsworth vs Reid/ Hughes
4:45pm 12 Smith/ Barwise vs Craswell/ Stratton Keough/ Holmes vs Martin/  Jay Hackett vs Bernard/ Gavin
6pm 13 Hogan vs Hardy/ Pendergast Higginbotham vs Stewart/ MacDonald Fisher/ Stavert vs Callaghan/ Vincent
7:15pm 14 Foley/ Ellsworth vs Barwise/ Callaghan Reid/ Hughes vs Stavert/ Clarke  
Thu
Feb. 8		 10am 15 Q1(O) Q2(O)  
11:15am 16   Reid/ Hughes vs Barwise/ Callaghan Foley/ Ellsworth vs Stavert/ Clarke
2pm 17 SEMI(W) SEMI(O)1 SEMI (O)2
4pm 18 FINAL (O) FINAL (W)  

 

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

(Click Team name for players)

Open Division (any combination of male/female)

Team Affiliation Location
Alvin/Janet Hackett Western Community Curling Club Alberton, PE
Bernard/Gavin Western Community Curling Club Alberton, PE
Callaghan/Vincent Western Community Curling Club Alberton, PE
Craswell/Stratton Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall PE
Fisher/Stavert Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PE
Hardy/Pendergast Western Community Curling Club Alberton, PE
Higginbotham Montague Curling Club Montague, PE
Keough/Holmes Western Community Curling Club Alberton, PE
Martin/Jay Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Summerside, PE
Smith/Barwise Maple Leaf Curling Club O’Leary, PE
Stewart/MacDonald Montague Curling Club Montague, PE
Victor/Dianne Hogan Western Community Curling Club Alberton
 
 

 
Women’s Division

W-Barwise/Callaghan Western/Maple Leaf Alberton and O’Leary, PEI
W-Foley/Ellsworth Western Community Curling Club Alberton, PE
W-Reid/Hughes Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PE
W-Stavert/Clarke Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PE
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