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Cornwall’s Veronica Smith set to skip Panthers at AUS Curling Ch’ships Feb. 8-11

Posted on by February 2, 2018
 
Veronica Smith is once again representing UPEI at the Subway Atlantic University Sport Curling Championships, February 8-11 in Fredericton, New Brunswick. UPEI has not entered a men’s team.

Photo: Veronica Smith

The UPEI Panthers curling team consists of a new foursome that has members who have seen AUS action within the last 6 years. The Women’s Panther team consists of the following players;

Veronica Smith (Skip) 5th year 

Sabrina Smith (Third) 2nd year

Chloé McCloskey (Second) 1st year 

Meghan Ching (First) 2nd Year

Live scoring will be provided by Curling Canada at the following links:

AUS Women: http://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/3450

AUS Men: http://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/3449

Web streaming will be provided by BellAliant. Games on sheets 2 and 3 will be covered, and the schedule will be listed next week at:

www.austv.ca

Here is the schedule:

Veronica Smith is once again representing UPEI at the Subway Atlantic University Sport Curling Championships, February 8-11 in Fredericton, New Brunswick. UPEI has not entered a men’s team.

UPEI Photo: Veronica Smith

The UPEI Panthers curling team consists of a new foursome that has members who have seen AUS action within the last 6 years. The Women’s 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

Live scoring will be provided by Curling Canada at the following links:

AUS Women: http://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/3450

AUS Men: http://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/3449

Web streaming will be provided by BellAliant. Games on sheets 2 and 3 will be covered, and the schedule will be listed next week at:

www.austv.ca

Here is the schedule:

    Capital Winter Club, Fredericton, NB  
  Draw Time Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 Ice 5  
Thursday, February 8th   * all athletes must provide a valid government or university photo ID before competing  
Draw #1 1:30 PM St. FX vs. DAL UNB vs. MUN DAL vs. ACADIA UPEI vs. Mount A   * teams listed first throw red rocks and practice first
Team Meeting 5:00 PM All teams must be present – Team Meeting with Chief Umpire
Opening Ceremony 5:15 PM All teams must be present – Opening Ceremony  
Draw #2 6:30 PM St. FX vs. MUN St. FX vs. SMU SMU vs. UNB UNB vs. UPEI MUN vs. Mount A * all games are 8 ends
Team Social 8:45 PM Team Social for all athletes and coaches at the Capital Winter Club  No background colour – Men’s games
Friday, February 9th     Purple – Women’s games
Draw #3 9:30 AM MUN vs. St. FX DAL vs. UNB Mount A vs. SMU SMU vs. ACADIA DAL vs. UNB  
Draw #4 2:00 PM   SMU vs. St. FX DAL vs. UPEI MUN vs. DAL    
Draw #5 7:00 PM SMU vs. UPEI MUN vs. DAL St. FX vs. UNB UNB vs. St. FX MUN vs. ACADIA  
Saturday, February 10th      
Draw #6 9:30 AM ACADIA vs. St. FX Mount A vs. UNB MUN vs. SMU SMU vs. DAL UPEI vs. MUN  
Draw #7 2:00 PM UNB vs. SMU UNB vs. MUN St. FX vs. DAL Mount A vs. St. FX    
Draw #8 7:00 PM DAL vs. Mount A UPEI vs. St. FX SMU vs. MUN DAL vs. SMU ACADIA vs.UNB  
Sunday, February 11th       
Semi-Finals 9:00 AM Women’s Semi-Final Men’s Semi-Final Women’s Semi-Final Men’s Semi-Final    
Championship Finals 1:00 PM   Women’s Final Men’s Final      
Closing Ceremony 3:15 PM    

 

(with info from UPEIPanthers.com)

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Mixed Doubles Fun Afternoon on Feb. 17

Posted on by February 2, 2018

After watching the Mixed Doubles competition (Feb. 8-13) at the Olympics, come and join us for a fun mixed doubles curling afternoon on Saturday, February 17  from 12:30 to 5:30 pm. Random draw to be made up at the Club at 12:15 pm.

Cost of  $40.00 per team includes 2  six-end games, and pizza served when curling finishes.

Accepting the first sixteen teams entered.

 

 

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Opening draw at Canada Games Trial #1 postponed until Sat. due to forecast flash freeze

Posted on by February 2, 2018

 

With the forecast flash freeze warning for this afternoon/evening, Curl PEI has decided to cancel the 6 pm Friday evening draw at the Silver Fox for the Canada Games Trial #1. 

Draw times on Saturday will remain the same, with 9 am becoming Draw 1, 1:30 pm becoming Draw 2,  etc.

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Cornwall well-represented at Canada Games Trials, starting Friday evening in Summerside

Posted on by January 30, 2018

The Canada Winter Games Trials #1, for curlers born after July 1, 2000, take place February 2-4, 2018 at the Silver Fox in Summerside, and will qualify two male and two female teams to be the Canada Winter Games Training Teams. These teams will receive additional training opportunities and will advance to Trials #2 at the Cornwall Curling Club in November. 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.

At the Trials #1, the three boy’s teams will play a double round robin format, while the five girl’s rinks will play a single round robin. All five girl’s teams have Cornwall Curling Club members, while the Mitchell Schut team will be representing our Club on the boy’s side.

Click for Live Results

Draw and Schedule

(Games are eight ends)

Boys: Double Round Robin format (Light Green background)
Girls: Single Round Robin format (Light Purple background)

Date Time Draw Ice
1		 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 Ice 5 Ice 6 BYE
Fri.
Feb. 2		 6 PM 1   Jack/
Sanderson		 Howatt/
Ferguson		 Pineau/
Schut		     E, 3
Sat.
Feb. 3		 9 AM 2     MacMillan
/Schut		 MacLean/
Jack		 Sanderson
/Howatt		   D, 2
1:30 PM 3   Pineau/
MacMillan		 Sanderson
/MacLean		   Jack/
Ferguson		   C, 1
6 PM 4   Ferguson
/MacLean		   Howatt
/Jack		 Pineau
/Schut		   B, 3
Sun.
Feb. 4		 9 AM 5   Schut/
MacMillan		   Ferguson/
Sanderson		 MacLean
/Howatt		   A, 2
1:30 PM 6   WTB* WTB* MacMillan
/Pineau		     1
6 PM 7     MTB* WTB*      
          *If needed
Notes:
1. The team listed first in the draw will have first practice, deliver red stones and the clockwise rotation while the second team listed will have second practice, deliver yellow stones and counter-clockwise rotation for the Last Stone Draw.2. This event will not determine a winner; instead, two male and two female teams will qualify from this event as the Canada Games Training Teams. These teams will advance to Trials #2 next season.
Boy’s   Team Girl’s  Team
1  Schut A Jack
2  Pineau B Sanderson
3  MacMillan C Howatt
     D Ferguson
E MacLean

 

Team Rosters
(Click for players)

Team Coach Affiliation Location
M – Team MacMillan Rob Roberts Charlottetown Curling Complex Charlottetown, PE
M – Team Pineau Shelly MacFadyen Silver Fox Curling Club Summerside, PE
M – Team Schut Bill Hope Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PE
W – Team Ferguson David Murphy Cornwall, Crapaud, Charlottetown Cornwall, Crapaud, Charlottetown PE
W – Team Howatt A.J. Campbell Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PE
W – Team Jack Aleya Quilty Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PE
W – Team MacLean Carl Nicholson Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PE
W – Team Sanderson Edgar Coffin Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PE

Curl PEI – 2019 CWG Trials
Tie Breaking Scenarios

If 2 teams are tied for FIRST: Both teams advance.  
If 2 teams are tied for SECOND:
1. Who beat whom determines placement
     a. 2 vs 3 to secure the second CWG Training Team spot		  
 If 3 teams are tied for FIRST:
1. Who beat whom determines placement; and then
2. Team Ranking System determines placement:
     a. 1 advances without a game
     b. 2 plays 3 for the second spot		  
 If 3 teams are tied for SECOND:
1. Who beat whom determines placement; and then
2. Team Ranking System determines placement:
    a. 2 advances to a final game
    b. 3 plays 4 for the second spot in the final game		  
 If 4 teams are tied for FIRST:
1. There will be two semi-finals.
    a. The records against the four teams; plus
    b. Team Ranking System determines placement:
        i. 1 vs 4
       ii. 2 vs 3		  
 If 4 teams are tied for SECOND:
1. The records against the four teams; plus
2. Team Ranking System determines placement:
    a. 2 vs 5
    b. 3 vs 4Winners play off for final spot		  
 If 5 teams are tied for FIRST:
1. The records against the four teams; plus
2. Team Ranking System determines placement:
    a. 4 vs 5, winner advances to play 1
    b. 2 vs 3, winner secures first CWG Training Team spot
       i. Winner of 4/5 vs 1, winner secures second CWG Training Team Spot		  
 If 5 teams are tied for SECOND:
1. The records against the four teams; plus
2. Team Ranking System determines placement:
    a. 5 vs 6, winner advances to play 2
    b. 3 vs 4, winner advances to play the winner of the 5/6 vs 2 game
       i. Winner of 5/6 vs 2
          1. Winner of 5/6-2 vs Winner of 3/4		  

 

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Wendy’s Sat. morning Junior Development League: Additional Revisions

Posted on by January 30, 2018

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 Sanderson vs Jack
# 7 Feb 10 Ferguson  vs O’Grady (9:30) Sanderson  vs  Howatt (9:30) Schut vs Jack (9:30) Gallant vs Pineau (Played)

O’Grady vs Gallant (11:00)
# 8 Feb 17 Sanderson vs Gallant (9:30)

O’Grady vs  Pineau (11:00)

 Ferguson vs Pineau (9:30)

Schut vs Gallant (11:00)

    
# 9 Mar 10 O’Grady vs Gallant (Feb 10) Schut vs Pineau (Played)    
# 10 Mar 24   Howatt vs Pineau (Played)    

 

NOTES:  Changes to schedule makeup games as at January 27, 2018:

  1. Storm/alternate ice time: Feb 17 (Scheduled), Mar 10 (Not available for 1 game), Mar 24 (Not Available/Game Played)
  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 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 Madilyn 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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Photo Gallery from today’s PEI Masters finals at Charlottetown

Posted on by January 29, 2018

The PEI Masters (age 60+) curling championships wrapped up today in Charlottetown, with Cornwall’s Sandy Hope rink winning the Women’s event during the 10 am draw, and Ted MacFadyen and his team from the Silver Fox winning the  Men’s in the afternoon. Here are pictures from both draws. Click on a picture to enlarge.

10 am Draw:

2 pm Draw:

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Ted MacFadyen beats Cornwall’s Bill Hope twice today to repeat as Master’s champ

Posted on by January 29, 2018

The Ted MacFadyen rink from the Silver Fox in Summerside are the repeat PEI Masters Men’s Champions, winning two games today over Cornwall’s Bill Hope rink by scores of 8-3 and 8-0. Hope had won two Modified Triple Knockout sections to MacFadyen’s one, meaning that a win in either game today would have  given him the title, but he gave up a triple in the fourth end of the first game to trail 5-1 going into the second half, and couldn’t get on the scoreboard at all in game two, calling it quits after just five ends, following a MacFadyen triple, single steal, and stolen triple in ends three through five. 

 

Photo: Winning Ted MacFadyen rink (L-R): Alan Montgomery, Earle Proude, Lou Nowlan, Ted MacFadyen

 

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

The winning MacFadyen rink includes  Lou Nowlan, who already has his name on the trophy a record 12 times, throwing fourth stones, with MacFadyen throwing third and calling the game, along with second Earle Proude and lead Alan Montgomery.  Rounding out the Hope foursome were third Craig Mackie, second stone David Murphy, and lead Peter Murdoch.

Both teams have earned the right to advance to the Maritime Masters Curling Championships, at the Bluenose Curling Club in New Glasgow Nova Scotia, March 16-18 2018.  The winning  MacFadyen team, or the Hope rink should they choose not to attend, also earn the right to compete in the 2018 Canadian Masters Curling Championships in BC, April 1-8 at Surrey’s Cloverdale Curling Club and White Rock’s Peace Arch Curling Club.

The two-team women’s Masters Championship was decided earlier on Monday with the Sandy Hope rink repeating as champions, taking the Best of Five competition three games to one over their Cornwall clubmates the Shirley Berry team. (Click for story)

 

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Cornwall’s Sandy Hope team wins PEI Masters women’s title, Ted MacFadyen rink forces sudden-death men’s final

Posted on by January 29, 2018
 
he Sandy Hope team from the Cornwall Curling Club beat their clubmates, the Shirley Berry rink, by a 7-4 score this morning to win the best of five PEI Master’s women’s championship at the Charlottetown Curling Club. It’s Hope’s third consecutive PEI Masters title. Hope won the first two and the fourth game in the series, so game five was unnecessary. In today’s match, Hope scored three in the fourth end to lead 4-2 and scored a deuce in the sixth, while keeping Berry to singles in ends five and seven. Hope had a guard behind cover in the final end, and Berry couldn’t get to it. In the closing ceremonies, Hope announced that they will be attending both the Maritime Masters at the Bluenose Curling Club in New Glasgow Nova Scotia, March 16-18 2018, as well as the 2018 Canadian Masters Curling Championships in BC, April 1-8 at Surrey’s Cloverdale Curling Club and White Rock’s Peace Arch Curling Club. The Berry foursome also earned a spot in the Maritime Championships. Other members of the Hope squad are third Shelley Ebbett, second stone Debbie Rhodenhizer, and lead Arleen Harris, with coach Bill Hope, while Linda Fairhurst, Marlene Proude, and Marjorie Matthews round out the Berry team.

 

Photo (L-R): PEI Masters Women’s Champs Arleen Harris, Debbie Rhodenhizer, Shelley Ebbett, Sandy Hope


Photo (L-R): Master’s Women’s finalists (L-R): Shirley Berry, Linda Fairhurst, Marlene Proude, Marjorie Matthews

On the men’s side, there will be a sudden-death final at 2 pm between the Bill Hope rink from Cornwall and the Ted MacFadyen foursome from the Silver Fox in Summerside. Hope had won two of the three Modified Triple Knockout sections, while MacFadyen took one, so Hope would have  taken the title with a win this morning, but MacFadyen, up 7-1 after five ends, forced the extra game with an 8-3 win in seven ends.

Master’s curlers are age 60 and over.

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Cornwall’s Hope rinks both one win away from Masters titles

Posted on by January 28, 2018

The rinks skipped by Bill and Sandy Hope will both have two chances to win the PEI Masters Championships, for curlers age 60 and over, on Monday at 10 am and 2 pm, at the Charlottetown Curling Club. Their opponents, the defending champion Ted MacFadyen men’s team, and the Shirley Berry women’s foursome would have to win both games to take the championship, while the Hopes each need to win only one game. The MacFadyen rink is from the Silver Fox, while the other three teams playing tomorrow are from Cornwall.

Photo: Shirley Berry (left) and Sandy Hope

The two-team Best of Five women’s event could have been over this afternoon, as two-time defending champion Sandy Hope had won the first two games, but Shirley Berry brought the  series to game four, with a 6-4 win this afternoon, stealing a deuce in the third end  and a single in the sixth, and running Hope out of rocks in the last end. 

 

Photo: Bill Hope

Bill Hope captured his second section in the four-team men’s Modified Triple Knockout draw with a 10-5 win over clubmate Paul Arsenault in the “C” final this afternoon, scoring three of those points in the first and, and four of them in the eighth. Hope also won the “A” section, while defending champion MacFadyen won the B. By winning two sections, Hope has a “double life” in Monday’s two-game championship round.

Winners and runners-up earn the right to advance to the Maritime Masters Curling Championships, at the Bluenose Curling Club in New Glasgow Nova Scotia, March 16-18 2018.  The winning Men’s and Women’s team, or the runners-up should they choose not to attend, also earn the right to compete in the 2018 Canadian Masters Curling Championships in BC, April 1-8 at Surrey’s Cloverdale Curling Club and White Rock’s Peace Arch Curling Club.

Live end-by-end results from the PEI Masters are available at PEICurling.com

 

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Cornwall’s Bill Hope, Paul Arsenault in 2 pm Masters “C” final, Sandy Hope could win women’s title in same draw

Posted on by January 28, 2018

It’s an all-Cornwall draw at the Charlottetown Curling Club at 2 pm in the PEI Masters Curling Championships, for curlers age 60+.

 

Photo: Sandy Hope

Sandy Hope could wrap up the Best of Five women’s event in that draw with a third win over Shirley Berry. In this morning’s game, Hope stole a single in the fifth end and a deuce in the sixth in a 9-6 win over Berry. The fourth and fifth games, if necessary, go Monday at 10 and 2.

Photo: Paul Arsenault

In the men’s event, Paul Arsenault, trailing 4-2 at the 4th end break this morning, staved off elimination with a 7-5 win over O’Leary’s Clair Sweet, scoring a triple in the fifth end and stealing a single in the sixth en route to the victory and a ticket to the 2 pm “C” final.

Arsenault will be facing the Bill Hope rink, trying to capture their second section final in the modified triple knockout draw. Hope was down 5-2 after 4 ends this morning against defending champion Ted MacFadyen and his squad from the Silver Fox, who had picked up four points in the fourth. Hope scored triples in the fifth and seventh, keeping MacFadyen to a single in the sixth, and stole the final end for a 9-6 win. 

If “A” section winner Hope wins the “C” final this afternoon, he would have a big advantage going into the 2 game Monday championship round against “B” section winner MacFadyen, as a win in either Monday game would give him the title, while MacFadyen would have to win both. If Arsenault wins, there would be three separate section winners, and both games would be needed.

Winners and runners-up earn the right to advance to the Maritime Masters Curling Championships, at the Bluenose Curling Club in New Glasgow Nova Scotia, March 16-18 2018.  The winning Men’s and Women’s team, or the runners-up should they choose not to attend, also earn the right to compete in the 2018 Canadian Masters Curling Championships in BC, April 1-8 at Surrey’s Cloverdale Curling Club and White Rock’s Peace Arch Curling Club.

Live end-by-end results from the PEI Masters are available at PEICurling.com

 

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Sandy Hope wins 1st PEI Masters Women’s Best of Five game, Ted MacFadyen wins Men’s B Final (link to story fixed)

Posted on by January 28, 2018

The defending champion Ted MacFadyen rink from the Silver Fox club in Summerside won the “B” section final this afternoon of the Men’s Modified Triple Knockout draw at the PEI Masters Championships, for curlers age 60 and over, taking place at the Charlottetown Curling Club. The Bill Hope rink won the “A” section on Friday. Since no team can now win all three sections, there will be a championship round on Monday. 

Photo: Ted MacFadyen directs his team’s rock into the house as Clair Sweet watches

MacFadyen downed the Clair Sweet team from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary (with Crapaud’s Dario Zannier subbing for injured second Mike Trudeau) by a 7-1 score this afternoon, with MacFadyen, who calls the game,  Lou Nowlan throwing last rocks, and Earle Proud and Alan Montgomery on front end keeping the  Sweet team off the scoreboard until after the fourth end break, taking a deuce and three consecutive single steals. Sweet was kept to a single in five, but a MacFadyen deuce in six brought the game to handshakes. 

Sweet had a high-scoring second half in an 8-2 come-from-behind win over “A” section champ Bill Hope from Cornwall in the morning “B” semi-finals, with Hope leading 2-1 after four ends. Sweet took charge after the break, scoring a triple, a single steal, and a stolen triple for the win.

MacFadyen handed Cornwall’s Paul Arsenault foursome his second loss in the other “B” semi, getting off to a good start with a four-point first end. Arsenault responded with a pair of deuces to tie the match up after three ends, but MacFadyen picked up a deuce for a 6-4 lead at the fourth end break. Arsenault was kept to singles in ends five and seven, while MacFadyen recorded a deuce in six, and had hammer coming home, but did not have to throw his final stone, winning 8-6.

Hope now plays MacFadyen while Arsenault faces Sweet in “C” semi-final games at 10 am Sunday, with the winners playing off in the “C” final at 2 pm. Hope, MacFadyen, and the winner of the “C” final advance to the championship round on Monday at 10 and 2. If either Hope or MacFadyen win the “C” event, they, as the winner of two sections, will have a “double life” in the Monday round, and win the title if they take either game, while their opponent would have to win both.

 

Photo: Shirley Berry (left), Sandy Hope

Meanwhile, the first game in the two-team, all-Cornwall women’s division Best of Five competition took place Saturday afternoon, with the defending champion Sandy Hope team beating the Shirley Berry rink 9-4. A couple of missed hits by Berry in the third end gave Hope a 3-1 lead. Hope then stole a single in the fourth to lead 4-1 at the half. Berry came back with a deuce and a stolen single in the next two ends, but a triple in seven and a stolen deuce in eight gave Hope the win.

The next two games in the Best of Five go at 10 and 2 on Sunday. If needed, the final two games are scheduled for Monday at 10 and 2.

Winners and runners-up earn the right to advance to the Maritime Masters Curling Championships, at the Bluenose Curling Club in New Glasgow Nova Scotia, March 16-18 2018.  The winning Men’s and Women’s team, or the runners-up should they choose not to attend, also earn the right to compete in the 2018 Canadian Masters Curling Championships in BC, April 1-8 at Surrey’s Cloverdale Curling Club and White Rock’s Peace Arch Curling Club.

Live end-by-end results from the PEI Masters are available at PEICurling.com

 

 

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Cornwall skip heading to World Junior Curling Championships (CBC PEI)

Posted on by January 28, 2018

Lauren Lenentine was asked to be an alternate for Team Canada at the event in Aberdeen, Scotland

 

Lauren Lenentine says her role at the world championships will be to support Team Canada and play if she’s called upon. (Submitted by Curling Canada)

A P.E.I. curler will be heading to the World Junior Curling Championships in Scotland as an alternate for Team Canada.

“Wearing the Canadian flag on your back is something that you always dream of. And this is one way that I didn’t expect it to happen,” Lauren Lenentine told CBC’s Island Morning.

She skipped the province’s team at the recent Canadian Junior Curling Championships where it went 5-5.

Lenentine was asked if she wanted to be the alternate for the Nova Scotia team that would be representing Canada at the world championships. 

“I’m just kind of there to support them, give them whatever they need and if anything was to happen, I am there to play.” said Lenentine

The world championships begin March 3 in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Click for full story at CBC PEI

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Video

PEI Masters: Draw Four Photos

Here are practice and game photos from draw four of the PEI Masters (60+) Curling Championship at the Charlottetown Curling Club. This is the first draw for the two women’s teams, skipped by Shirley Berry and Sandy Hope from the Cornwall Curling Club. Also in the draw is the Men’s “B” final, between theTed MacFadyen rink from the  Silver Fox, and the Clair Sweet team from the Maple Leaf Curling Club (with Dario Zannier from Crapaud replacing injured second Mike Trudeau).

Click on a picture to enlarge.

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Photos from the Masters men’s opening draw

Posted on by January 26, 2018

 

Here are photos from this morning’s PEI Masters men’s opening draw at the Charlottetown Curling Club, including the game between Cornwall’s Paul Arsenault and Bill Hope rinks. Click a picture to enlarge.

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Cornwall’s Bill Hope rink beats defending champ to win PEI Masters Men’s “A” final and ch’ship round berth

Posted on by January 26, 2018

The Bill Hope rink from the Cornwall Curling Club captured the first of three modified triple-knockout sections in the four-team men’s division of the PEI Masters Curling Championships this afternoon at the Charlottetown Curling Complex with a 7-4 win over defending champion Ted MacFadyen and his team from the Silver Fox in Summerside. MacFadyen led 3-2 at the 4th end break, and the teams exchanged singles in ends five and six, but Hope, and his team of  Craig Mackie, David Murphy, and Peter Murdoch scored four points in the seventh end, and ran the defending champs out of rocks in the eighth. Lou Nowlan is throwing final stones for the MacFadyen rink, but MacFadyen is calling the game. 

 

Photo: David Murphy (left) and Peter Murdoch prepare to sweep a Bill Hope stone

Hope advanced to the “A” final with an 8-6 win over Cornwall clubmate Paul Arsenault in the morning draw. Arsenault had a 2-1 lead after two ends, but gave up three in the third when, facing four Hope counters, he called for sweeping on his final stone, and the rock fell to the left, hitting the rock but rolling out of play.

 

Photo: Edgar Coffin (left) and Allan Acorn sweep Paul Arsenault’s rock

Arsenault picked up a single in the 4th, but Hope scored 4 points in the fifth for an 8-3 lead. Arsenault came back with a deuce in six and stole a single in the seventh, but ran out of rocks in the 8th.

Photo: Ted MacFadyen watches as his front end guides a Lou Nowlan rock into the house, while members of the Clair Sweet team look on

The other game in the morning draw wasn’t as close, with MacFadyen leading Clair Sweet and his team from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary 6-2 at the four end break, following a triple in the third end, and a stolen single in the 4th. MacFadyen stole another single in the fifth and a deuce in the sixth to bring the game to an early end, with a 9-2 score. Mike Trudeau, second on the Sweet team was unable to curl in this event due to an injury, so Alternate Dario Zannier from Crapaud is replacing him.

Winning the “A” final gives Hope a spot in the two-game championship round on Monday. In the “modified” triple knockout format, section winners also drop down to compete in the next section.

Hope now plays Sweet, with Arsenault facing MacFadyen in “B” section play Saturday morning at 10, with the winners squaring off in the “B” section final at 2 pm. The “C” event goes on Sunday. If the Hope rink were to win all three sections, the Monday championship round between the section winners, which is scheduled for 10 and 2, would not be needed. If a team were to win two sections, a win in the first championship game would give them the title.

The Best of 5 women’s event, featuring the defending champion Sandy Hope team and the Shirley Berry squad, both from Cornwall, starts on Saturday at 2 pm, with Games 2 and 3 on Sunday at 10 and 2. Games 4 and 5, if needed, are scheduled for Monday at 10 and 2.

Winners and runners-up earn the right to advance to the Maritime Masters Curling Championships, at the Bluenose Curling Club in New Glasgow Nova Scotia, March 16-18 2018.  The winning Men’s and Women’s team, or the runners-up should they choose not to attend, also earn the right to compete in the 2018 Canadian Masters Curling Championships in BC, April 1-8 at Surrey’s Cloverdale Curling Club and White Rock’s Peace Arch Curling Club.

Live end-by-end results from the PEI Masters are available at PEICurling.com

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PEI Mixed entries close today. U18 deadline Feb. 2, U16 due Feb. 9

Posted on by January 26, 2018

Curlers are reminded of the following entry deadlines for upcoming provincial championships.

Approved entries to-date may be viewed at PEICurling.com/scoreboard, under the Teams tab for the event. Entries must be made online at PEICurling.com

Mixed

The Provincial 4 person Mixed Curling Championships take place February 16-20 at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. Entry deadline is this Friday, January 26, and entry fee is $190 per team, plus a $42 per player Curling Canada participant fee. Winners advance to the Canadian Mixed Curling Championships, November 5-10 2018 at the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Winnipeg

Website: peicurling.com/mixed20172018/

PEI Credit Unions Under 18

The Provincial Under 18 Curling Championships, sponsored by PEI Credit Unions, with male and female divisions for curlers a maximum of 17 years of age on June 30, 2017, take place February 23-27, 2018 at the Silver Fox in Summerside, with entries due by February 2nd. Entry fee is $125 per team plus Curling Canada participant fees of $7.50 per player.

This year’s winning teams advance to the 2018 Canadian Under-18  Boys and Girls Curling Championship, April 9-14 in St. Andrews NB.

Website:  peicurling.com/under1820172018

 Provincial Under 16

The 2018 Provincial Under 16 Curling Championships, with boy’s and girl’s divisions for curlers a maximum of 15 years of age on June 30 2017, take place March 2-4 at the Montague Curling Club.

Entry deadline is February 9, and entry fee is $105 per team.
 
 
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Arsenault vs Hope in 10 am Men’s Masters opener. Winner to 2 pm “A” final

Posted on by January 26, 2018

The men’s portion of the Provincial Masters (age 60+) Curling Championships gets underway at 10 this morning at the Charlottetown Curling Club, with the two Cornwall teams battling it out in one match, and the other two teams in the event playing in the other. The winners will square off in the “A” final of the “Modified Triple Knockout” draw at 2 pm, for a spot in the championship round on Monday. 

The Cornwall teams playing off this morning are the rink of Bill Hope, Craig Mackie, Peter Murdoch, and David Murphy, who are facing Paul Arsenault, Ron Giggey, Allan Acorn, and Edgar Coffin. The other game features the defending champion Ted MacFadyen squad from the Silver Fox taking on the Clair Sweet foursome from O’Leary.

Come on out today and cheer on our men’s teams!

There are two teams in the all-Cornwall women’s division – the rink of Shirley Berry, Linda Fairhurst, Marlene Proud, and Marjorie Matthews, and the defending champion team of Sandy Hope, Shelley Ebbett, Debbie Rhodenhizer, and Arleen Harris. They play their first game of a Best of Five series Saturday at 2.

Winners and runners-up earn the right to advance to the Maritime Masters Curling Championships, at the Bluenose Curling Club in New Glasgow Nova Scotia, March 16-18 2018.  The winning Men’s and Women’s team, or the runners-up should they choose not to attend, also earn the right to compete in the 2018 Canadian Masters Curling Championships in BC, April 1-8 at Surrey’s Cloverdale Curling Club and White Rock’s Peace Arch Curling Club.

Click for Live Results from the PEI Masters

Draw 

Schedule

Women’s games in violet, men’s in green, men’s qualifiers in yellow

Date Time Draw Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 Ice 5 Explanation for MA/MB:
Fri
26-Jan		 10
AM		 1 1 2       1. One team wins all three qualifiers: Championship Round is not required.
2
PM		 2     3     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).
Sat
27-Jan		 10
AM		 3   5   4  
2
PM		 4     6 W1  
Sun
28-Jan		 10
AM		 5 7 W2   8   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.
2
PM		 6   9   W3  
Mon
29-Jan		 10
AM		 7   W4*   MA  
2
PM		 8   MB   W5*   *Qualifying games are in yellow on the schedule
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PEI Masters (60+) Curling Ch’ships start Friday in Ch’town

Posted on by January 23, 2018

The Provincial Masters Curling Championships, with men’s and women’s divisions for curlers age 60 and over, take place at the Charlottetown Curling Complex from January 26-29, 2018. Defending men’s champs are the Ted MacFadyen rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex, while the Sandy Hope team from the Cornwall Curling Club are the defending women’s champions. Both teams are back this year. The four men’s teams entered will play a modified triple knockout competition, while the 2 women’s teams will play in a best of five competition.

Both of the women’s teams are from Cornwall, so we’re guaranteed to be bringing back the trophy. As well, two of the four men’s teams are from our Club.

Event website: peicurling.com/masters20172018

Winners and runners-up earn the right to advance to the Maritime Masters Curling Championships, at the Bluenose Curling Club in New Glasgow Nova Scotia, March 16-18 2018.  The winning Men’s and Women’s team, or the runners-up should they choose not to attend, also earn the right to compete in the 2018 Canadian Masters Curling Championships in BC, April 1-8 at Surrey’s Cloverdale Curling Club and White Rock’s Peace Arch Curling Club.

Click for Live Results from the PEI Masters

Draw 

(Not updated during event – refer to online scoring for draw progression)

Schedule

Women’s games in violet, men’s in green, men’s qualifiers in yellow

Date Time Draw Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 Ice 5 Explanation for MA/MB:
Fri
26-Jan		 10
AM		 1 1 2       1. One team wins all three qualifiers: Championship Round is not required.
2
PM		 2     3     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).
Sat
27-Jan		 10
AM		 3   5   4  
2
PM		 4     6 W1  
Sun
28-Jan		 10
AM		 5 7 W2   8   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.
2
PM		 6   9   W3  
Mon
29-Jan		 10
AM		 7   W4*   MA  
2
PM		 8   MB   W5*   *Qualifying games are in yellow on the schedule

*if needed 

 

Teams – Click for rosters

Team Affiliation Location
M – Bill Hope Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PE
M – Clair Sweet Maple Leaf Curling Club O’Leary, PE
M – Paul Arsenault Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PE
M – Ted MacFadyen Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Summerside, PE
W – Sandy Hope Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PE
W – Shirley Berry Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PE

 

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Photo of the Day: Cornwall’s Lauren Lenentine with Team Jones

Posted on by January 23, 2018

As we mentioned Sunday night, Team Kaitlyn Jones from Nova Scotia, which includes Kristin Clarke, Karlee Burgess and Lindsay Burgess, are taking Cornwall’s Lauren Lenentine with them to the World Junior Championships (March 3-10 in Aberdeen Scotland) as Alternate. They posted this photo and message on their Twitter account @teamkjones yesterday:

Thank you to everyone who has sent us kind words and congratulations for our national win yesterday afternoon! ???? We can’t wait to represent Canada in Scotland!!! Huge shoutout to Lauren Lenentine from for agreeing to be our 5th player for Worlds! ??????????

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Durant rink wins successful Kenmac Energy Funspiel!

Posted on by January 22, 2018

The annual Kenmac Energy Mixed Funspiel, with a full roster of 24 teams, came to a finish Saturday evening with the rink skipped by Paul Durant finishing on top.

Teams played one six end game on Friday evening and two more on Saturday. Off-ice, on Friday night the curlers were treated to mussels supplied by MR Seafoods Inc, plus other snack food.  Then, back by great demand, TIP-ER-BACK got things hopping for the curlers to hit the dance floor and dance the night away!

Saturday morning started with freshly-brewed coffee, and muffins supplied by Country Style as well as a few snacks provided by our own members.  A selection of pizzas was delivered at lunch time from Pizza Delight in Cornwall. During the day, a couple of word games were played, 50/50 tickets were sold, with visitor Kristen Monkley walking away with $175.00  At the end of the spiel, curlers were treated to a piping hot turkey dinner with all the trimmings and dessert, catered by Alan Carmichael.

Zach Bell, and Darcy Murnaghan along with his son Mac, from Kenmac Energy presented eight teams with prizes of Mel’s Gift Cards prizes.  The winning Durant team, which also included mate Marg Stewart, 2nd Eugene Murphy and lead Joanne Durant, were presented the coveted Kenmac Energy plaque, as well as gift cards.

Photo (L-R): Zack Bell, Paul Durant, Marg Stewart, Eugene Murphy, Joanne Durant

The seven other winning teams (listed in order of most to least points) were skipped by Bob Fowler, Danny Kneabone, Bryan Sutherland, Ray Biagé, Kimball Blanchard, Kim Nicholson and Lorianne Davies.

Photo: Darcy and Mac Murnaghan, with Team Fowler

Photo: Darcy and Mac (look down!) Murnaghan with Team Kneabone

Photo: Mac and Darcy Murnaghan with Team Sutherland

Photo: Zack Bell, with Barb and Ray, from Team Biagé

Photo: Zack Bell (right), with Team Blanchard

Photo: Zack Bell (2nd from right), with Team Nicholson

Photo: Zack Bell (right) with Team Davies

We are very lucky to have Kenmac Energy as our sponsor for this annual event. Their
generosity is very much appreciated by all who participate!  A special thank-you goes out
to Gordon Matthews who is retired from the Kenmac Family but generously
agreed to coordinate. Thanks Gordon!  Remember Kenmac for all your home energy needs- oil, propane and furnace service too. Thanks again to Kenmac for another successful spiel!

Big thanks to many of our members for the help with lots of tasks such as making up the draws/scoresheets, taking registration, announcing, scorekeeping, selling tickets, providing games, providing/prepping food, kitchen duty, setting/cleaning up etc. Also thanks to Bev our club manager, Lance the “Ice Man” along with Jeff and Danny, Ray our custodian, our bartenders for the weekend Kelly, Al and Bev.  All these things help make the Kenmac Energy Mixed Funspiel a very successful event!

Thanks to everyone!

Darlene Howlett and Laurie Kelly, Bonspiels and Socials Committee

 

 

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Cornwall’s Lauren Lenentine heading to World Juniors as Team NS Alternate (Curling Canada)

Posted on by January 22, 2018

Nova Scotia’s Kaitlyn Jones won the women’s gold medal at the New Holland Canadian Juniors as her Halifax team defeated Quebec’s Laurie St-Georges 5-3 on Sunday.

Lauren Lenentine (Curling Canada photo)

The Jones team will bring P.E.I. skip Lauren Lenentine as its alternate for the World Juniors, March 3-11 in Aberdeen Scotland.

Read full story at Curling Canada

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Kenmac Energy Bonspiel photos

Posted on by January 20, 2018

Here is an album of photos that Laurie Kelly took at the Kenmac Energy Bonspiel, which took place Friday evening and Saturday. We’ll have a wrapup later!
Click on a photo to enlarge.

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MacFadyen finishes on a winning note at Cdn. Juniors (Journal)

Posted on by January 19, 2018

Lenentine completes play at Canadian juniors 5-5

SHAWINIGAN, Que. – The Alex MacFadyen rink from the Silver Fox in Summerside completed play in the 2018 New Holland Canadian junior curling championships on a winning note with an overall record of 4-5 (won-lost).

Alex MacFadyen and his rink from the Silver Fox in Summerside completed played in the 2018 New Holland Canadian junior curling championships on a winning note in Shawinigan, Que., on Friday afternoon. – Jason Simmonds

Two big ends proved to be key for MacFadyen against New Brunswick. The P.E.I. representative scored five in the third end to open up a 7-1 lead, and scored four in the seventh end for an 11-6 advantage.

Women

In women’s play, the Lauren Lenentine rink from the Cornwall Curling Club gave up a pair of three-enders in a 7-1 loss to Quebec’s Laurie St-Georges (8-2), and completed play with an overall mark of 5-5. 

Click for full story in the Journal Pioneer.

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Tough day for PEI teams at the Juniors. Lenentine finishes play this morning (Journal)

Posted on by January 19, 2018

SHAWINIGAN, Que. –  Thursday was a tough day for P.E.I. teams at the 2018 New Holland Canadian junior curling championships.

Lauren Lenentine’s rink from the Cornwall Curling Club dropped two games in the championship round, and the Alex MacFadyen squad from the Silver Fox in Summerside lost a high-scoring decision in its only game of the day in the seeding round.
Lenentine, after a 5-0 (won-lost) start, now has an overall record of 5-4 while MacFadyen is 3-5

Women

New Brunswick’s Justine Comeau rink took advantage of last-rock advantage against Lenentine in the morning draw. Comeau scored three deuces and one three-ender with the hammer en route to a 9-6 victory.
Lenentine then dropped a 9-4 decision to Alberta’s Kayla Skrlik (5-3). A four-ender in the third end gave Alberta a 5-2 lead, and they would not trail the rest of the way.

The P.E.I. women’s team faces Laurie St-Georges (7-2) of Quebec on Friday morning.

Men

Parker MacFadyen is the lead for Alex MacFadyen’s rink from the Silver Fox in Summerside. – Jason Simmonds

In men’s play, Saskatchewan’s Rylan Kleiter (4-5) stole deuces in the sixth and eighth ends en route to an 8-6 win over MacFadyen, who will face New Brunswick’s Liam Marin (4-4) on Friday afternoon. [Martin’s team includes PEI’s Tyler Smith].

Click for full story in the Journal Pioneer

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Kenmac Energy Funspiel – Opening Draw, Full Sched., rules

Posted on by January 18, 2018

Here are the opening draws on Friday January 19 for  the Kenmac Energy Funspiel, here at the Cornwall Curling Club, with a full draw of 24 teams. The full schedule, including Saturday, follows.

5:30PM

Ice 1

P Durant, M Stewart, E Murphy, J Durant  vs  G Clarke, E Stavert, R Stavert, A Clarke

Ice 2

G Groves, H Pierce, D Weeks, K Monaghan  vs  B Sutherland, E Reid, G O’Sullivan, D O’Hanley

Ice 3

B Craswell, M Craswell, J Gill, A MacKinnon  vs  B Fowler, C Peters, A Acorn, P McCardle

Ice 4

 R Piercey, P Piercy, G Piercey, M Piercey  vs  K Blanchard, C Sweetapple, V Fisher, K Fisher

 

7:00 PM

Ice 1

L Davies, A Davies, D MacEachern, L MacEachern  vs  G Matthews, K Handren, C Nicholson, D MacKinnon 

Ice 2

D Kneabone, J Scales, D Bernard, D Kneabone  vs  H Wicki, K Younker, W Deaken, A VanDenNieuwelaar

Ice 3

D Gallant, K Watts, P Ling, R Gallant vs  H Kamphius, D Sigsworth, G Peters, P MacInnis

Ice 4

K Nicholson, R Neumeyer, J Sinclair, D Farrell  vs  C Dawson, A  Casey, J. MacAulay,TBA

 

8:30 PM

Ice 1

R Biagé, M Beck, B Duncan-Biagé, J Hannam  vs   G Robertson, L Arsenault, L Matthews, J Arsenault

Ice 2

J Taylor, M Sanderson, G Younker, A MacIntosh vs  P Neima, H Diamond, J Callaghan, A Mason

Ice 3

G Cudmore, S Campbell, M MacDonald, C MacDougall   vs   P Murdoch, J Murdoch, D Mustow, L Gallant

Ice 4

T Dunn, L Kelly, F Weiler, D Kelly  vs J MacKinnon, L Fairhurst, J MacPhail, L Cudmore

Here is the full curling schedule and rosters with team numbers for both days

Schedule
  Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4
FRI 5:30 5-11 1-17 4-14 12-24
FRI 7:00 7-15 9-21 2-23 6-16
FRI 8:30 8-20 3-13 10-22 18-19
         
SAT 8:30 4-21 11-23 5-15 9-17
SAT 10:00 10-18 12-14 1-7 2-8
SAT 11:30 16-20 6-19 13-24 3-22
SAT 12:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
SAT 1:00 Lunch (11:30 curlers)

 &   Ice maintenance 

 Lunch (11:30 curlers)

 &   Ice maintenance 

 Lunch (11:30 curlers)

 &   Ice maintenance 

 Lunch (11:30 curlers)

 &   Ice maintenance 
SAT 1:30 1-23 17-18 2-21 4-10
SAT 3:00 15-22 8-16 6-12 7-19
SAT 4:30 14-24 5-20 3-9 11-13
Sat 6:30 Supper Supper Supper Supper

 

Kenmac Energy 2018
#1 Greg Groves

Heather Pierce

Donald Weeks

Ken Monaghan

 #7 Lorianne Davies

Angus Davies

Dean MacEachern

Lisa MacEachern
#2 Derek Gallant

Kelly Watts

Paula Ling

Rob Gallant

 #8 Ray Biagé

Melody Beck

Barb Duncan-Biagé

Jeff Hannam
#3 Jeff Taylor

Myrna Sanderson

George Younker

Amanda MacIntosh

 #9 Danny Kneabone

Julie Scales

Danny Bernard

Darlene Kneabone
#4 Barry Craswell

Myrna Craswell

Joe Gill

Archie MacKinnon

 #10 Garth Cudmore

Sharon Campbell

Mark MacDonald

Chris MacDougall
#5 Paul Durant

Marg Stewart

Eugene Murphy

Joanne Durant

 #11 Gloria Clarke

Ernie Stavert

Ruth Stavert

Adrian Clarke
#6 Kim Nicholson

Rick Neumeyer

Jean Sinclair

Deanna Farrell

 #12 Ryan Piercey

Patsy Piercy

George Piercey

Mallory Piercey

 

 

Kenmac Energy 2018
#13 Paul Neima

Heather Diamond

Joe Callaghan

Alan Mason

 #19 Joe MacKinnon

Linda Fairhurst

Jessie MacPhail

Leonard Cudmore
#14 Bob Fowler

Carlene Peters

Alan Acorn

Pat McCardle

 #20 Greg Robertson

Laura Arsenault

Linda Matthews

Jeff Arsenault
#15 Gordon Matthews

Kathy Handren

Cindy Nicholson

Darren MacKinnon

 #21 Hans Wicki

Kellie-Lynn Younker

Wade Deaken

Anne VanDenNieuwelaar
#16 Cody Dawson

Anita  Casey

Jeremy MacAulay

TBA

 #22 Peter Murdoch

Janice Murdoch

Donna Mustow

Lacey Gallant
#17 Brian Sutherland

Etta Reid

Gary O’Sullivan

David O’Hanley

 #23 Hank Kamphuis

Debby Sigsworth

Gord Peters

Pat MacInnis
#18 Tom Dunn

Laurie Kelly

Frank Weiler

Doug Kelly

 #24 Kimball Blanchard

Carol Sweetapple

Vince Fisher

Karen Fisher

 

Kenmac Spiel Rules

Scoring:       5 POINTS FOR A WIN (0 for a loss) plus

                      1 POINT PER END (0 for blank end) plus

                      Score differential (max 5 points)

 

Ties must be broken by Skips draw to the button (with sweepers)

 

Cumulative totals for all 3 games will be used to determine winners

 

Scores will be recorded but only used in the event of a tie in points (sum of 3 game scores for each team)

 

 

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Cornwall’s Lenentine drops first playoff game, Alex MacFadyen picks up seeding pool win (Journal)

Posted on by January 17, 2018

Steal of four in second end proves to be the key

SHAWINIGAN, Que. – One end proved to be the difference for P.E.I.’s Lauren Lenentine rink in the opening game of the championship round at the 2018 New Holland Canadian junior curling championships.

 

Lauren Lenentine during a game in the recent P.E.I. Scotties Tournament of Hearts final at the Cornwall Curling Club.

Nova Scotia’s Kaitlyn Jones rink stole four in the second end to open up a 5-0 lead, and never looked back en route to a 7-4 victory on Wednesday afternoon. Both teams entered the game with identical records of 5-1 (won-lost).
It was the lone game of the day for Lenentine, who plays New Brunswick’s Justine Comeau and Alberta’s Kayla Skrlik on Thursday. 

Men
In men’s play, the Alex MacFadyen foursome from the Silver Fox in Summerside opened play in the seeding round with a 9-5 win over the Yukon’s Joe Wallingham on Wednesday night.
MacFadyen jumped out to a 4-1 lead after four ends, but a three-ender in the fifth end by Yukon sent the teams into the break tied 4-4.

After a blank sixth end, MacFadyen counted three with hammer in the seventh end, and used last-rock advantage to score a deuce in the ninth end.

.MacFadyen, who went 2-4 in round-robin play, will also play Saskatchewan’s Rylan Kleiter on Thursday night, and New Brunswick’s Liam Marin [whiose team includes PEI’s Tyler Smith] on Friday afternoon.

Click for full story in the Journal Pioneer

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Kenmac Energy Spiel full, but Friday Evening Dance Open to All!

Posted on by January 17, 2018

We are pleased to report that our annual Kenmac Energy Funspiel, on Jan. 19 and 20, sold out again this year!

If you missed out, but want to join in the fun, EVERYONE is invited to our Friday evening dance with TIP-ER BACK, from 8:30 to 11:30. There is a $5 cover charge for the dance for those not in the Spiel – pay at the bar when you arrive.

Funspiel details:

January 19 & 20

Skip and Mate MUST be of opposite sex

Each team plays three 6-end games.

Registration is $30.00 per person

Friday night mussels after curling & dance with Tip’er Back playing!

Saturday morning coffee and muffins

Saturday lunch pizza

Saturday night banquet!

Sponsored by KENMAC ENERGY – locally-owned full-service oil and propane company with offices in Charlottetown and Montague. Kenmac Energy services all of P.E.I. with their partner company Noonan Petroleum looking after western P.E.I. oil consumers. They are the P.E.I. distributor for Petro-Canada products and the only P.E.I. propane company with a P.E.I. office.

 

 

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Beat the buzzer!

Posted on by January 17, 2018

Now that we’re into the second half of the season, it’s time to rerun one of our most popular posts from recent years.

The Cornwall Curling Club, like most curling facilities, tightly schedules its draws so that curlers don’t have to curl late at night, or right after work. Because of this, we allocate 15 minutes per end of curling, or 2 hours for a normal eight end draw. In order to ensure that this happens, we ring a buzzer 15 minutes before the end of the allotted time slot. At that time, we ask you to finish up the end you are on, and then take the rocks back to the home end if necessary. In other words, you have to be in the hack throwing your first rock in your last end by 15 minutes before the end of the allotted timeslot in order to get all the ends in. In order to keep things fair, we do this on the late evening draw as well as the early draw, to ensure that everyone is treated equally and you aren’t here too late at night. Whenever possible — i.e. there is a bartender on duty — the Board of Directors has voted to use the buzzer for all draws.

We realize that this can be annoying to some, particularly to those who are new to skipping, and/or need more time to decide shots, but fast play is an important skill to learn, particularly if you plan to participate in timed events like provincial championships. There are a number of techniques you can use to speed up play, including:

– start the game on time, or early if the ice and players are ready. If start time has passed and you are short a player, go anyway – they can join the team when they arrive.

– don’t waste time on easy-to-decide shots such as single hits. Save your strategy sessions for the tough shots with many rocks in play.

– the front end should set up the third and skip’s rocks in front of the hack so that the back end are ready to go after they decide the shot, and don’t have to take time getting their rocks in place.

— NEVER set up rocks for the other team. This is an old “courtesy” that is no longer practiced, as it can be dangerous if the rock is not where the member of the other team expects it to be, and can actually slow down the game, especially if they, for example, want to throw their rocks out of numerical order. Use your time instead to get out of the other team’s way as quickly as possible, so they can set up and deliver their rock.

– put the rocks away as quickly as possible after an end. It’s not necessary for you to put all the rocks in order, as the players can pick them out when they are about to deliver. As well, for the starting team each end, the lead should be in the hack with the first rock getting ready to deliver while the second and third are putting away the remaining rocks

– players should always be in the hack ready to deliver as soon as possible. A few seconds wasted by each player in each end can add up to minutes by the end of the match, and might cost you an end of play

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PEI’s Schedule for Ch’ship Pool (Lenentine), Seeding Pool (MacFadyen) at the Canadian Juniors

Posted on by January 17, 2018

Here is Team Lenentine’s schedule for the Championship Pool at the Canadian Juniors in Shawinigan. All times Atlantic.
Wednesday 3:00 PM – Nova Scotia
Thursday 10:30 AM – New Brunswick
Thursday 7:30 PM – Alberta
Friday 10:00 AM – Quebec

Here is Team MacFadyen’s schedule for the Seeding Pool.

Wednesday 7:30 PM – Yukon
Thursday 7:30 PM – Saskatchewan
Friday 2:00 PM – New Brunswick

The top four teams from each round-robin pool advanced into the championship pools, while the other teams will play in the seeding pool games to determine the final standings. 

TSN/RDS2, the official broadcaster of Curling Canada’s Season of Champions, will provide live and exclusive coverage of the women?s and men?s semifinals on Saturday, Jan. 20, and finals on Sunday, Jan. 21. 

The winning teams Sunday will represent Canada at the 2018 World Junior Championships, March 3-10 in Aberdeen, Scotland.

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

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Lenentine (5-1) advances to Ch’ship Pool round at Canadian Jrs (Curling Canada)

Posted on by January 17, 2018

SHAWINIGAN, Que. — You couldn’t blame Tanner Horgan if he considered Tuesday night’s showdown with Ontario’s Matthew Hall at the 2018 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships as a chance for revenge.

Tanner Horgan’s Northern Ontario champs won a battle of unbeaten teams on Tuesday night at the New Holland Canadian Juniors. (Photo, Curling Canada/Shawinigan Host Committee)

After all, it was Hall’s Ontario team from Kitchener that beat Horgan’s Northern Ontario team twice at last year’s Canadian Juniors in Victoria, including an extra-end victory in the semifinal.

And Hall carried a four-game win streak over Horgan heading into Tuesday night’s battle of unbeaten teams at the Aréna de Grand-Mère.

But moments after an emphatic 8-4 victory that clinched first place in men’s Pool for the 6-0 Northern Ontario champs from Copper Cliff, Horgan, 19, was underplaying the notion that it was some kind of payback game.

“It’s not so much on a personal level or anything; it’s more that they’re a good team, one of the teams you have to beat in order to do well here,” said Horgan, who won bronze at last year’s Canadian Juniors after taking silver the year before at Stratford, Ont. “It wasn’t a ‘get you back’ sort of thing. Although it is kind of nice to play well against a team we’d lost to a few times in a row. It’s nice to get over that hump and come out with a great game.”

Horgan, with younger brother Jake at vice-skip, Nick Bissonnette at second, Maxime Blais at lead and his dad Gerry as coach, took control of Tuesday night’s game with a fourth-end deuce (coming an end after Hall executed a beautiful split to score a game-tying two points) and a steal of three in the fifth.

“We got a little bit of a freebie the next end (after Hall’s nice shot in the third end, the Ontario skip missed an open hit to set up the Northern Ontario deuce), but the next couple ends, we really put together some nice ends, putting rocks where we wanted them,” said Horgan.

With the silver in 2016 and bronze last year, one might think the Northern Ontario team is looking to complete its set of medals with gold this year. But Horgan is refusing to take that bait.

“It’s a long way off, you know?” he said. “I kind of learned last year that if you put all your eggs in one basket, it can really ruin your season, and ruin your attitude towards curling. So I think this year, we’ve really put it on the back-burner. If it happens, it happens. We’ve been close so many times. We’ll see; if we’re lucky enough at the end of the week to be in the final, then, yeah, we’ll be shooting for it really hard.”

Northern Ontario, Ontario, Alberta’s Karsten Sturmay (3-3; Edmonton) and Newfoundland/Labrador’s Daniel Bruce (3-3; Corner Brook) all qualified out of Pool B for the Championship Pool.

In Pool A, defending champ Tyler Tardi of B.C. (5-1; Langley/New Westminster), Manitoba’s JT Ryan (5-1; Winnipeg), Quebec’s Alek Bédard (4-2; Lacolle) and Nova Scotia’s Matthew Manuel (3-3; Halifax) all reached the Championship Pool.

Newfoundland/Labrador skip Mackenzie Glynn calls instructions to her sweepers. (Photo, Curling Canada/Shawinigan Host Committee)

In other men’s games on Tuesday night, Sawer Kaeser of the Northwest Territories (1-5; Fort Smith) beat Javen Komaksiutiksak of Nunavut (0-6; Rankin Inlet) 17-2; Quebec stole one in an extra end for a 9-8 victory over New Brunswick’s Liam Marin (2-4; Saint John); and Saskatchewan’s Rylan Kleiter (1-5; Saskatoon) downed Nova Scotia 8-6.

In women’s play, Nova Scotia’s Kaitlyn Jones (5-1; Halifax) wrapped up first place in Pool A with a 10-4 win over Alberta’s Kayla Skrlik (4-2; Falher). Both teams advanced to the Championship Pool from Pool A, along with New Brunswick’s Justine Comeau (4-2; Fredericton) and Quebec’s Laurie St-George (4-2; Laval-sur-le-lac).

File photo: Lauren Lenentine (right) and Breanne Burgoyne at the PEI Scotties

In Pool B, Newfoundland/Labrador’s Mackenzie Glynn (5-1; St. John’s), Prince Edward Island’s Lauren Lenentine (5-1; Cornwall), Ontario’s Emma Wallingford (5-1; Ottawa) and Northern Ontario’s Hailey Beaudry (3-3; Thunder Bay) advanced to the Championship Pool.

In games Tuesday night, Glynn made a difficult draw through a port to the four-foot to score two in the 10th end for a 6-5 win over British Columbia’s Taylor Reese-Hansen (2-4; Victoria); Nova Scotia was a 10-4 winner over Alberta; and Northern Ontario rolled to a 12-2 win over Nunavut’s Sadie Pinksen (1-5; Iqaluit).

The teams that don’t reach the Championship Pool will continue playing in a Seeding Pool to determine the final standings.

Action continues in the 2018 Canadian Juniors with draws Wednesday at 2 p.m and 6:30 p.m. (all times Eastern).

TSN/RDS2, the official broadcaster of Curling Canada’s Season of Champions, will provide live and exclusive coverage of the women?s and men?s semifinals on Saturday, Jan. 20, and finals on Sunday, Jan. 21. The same games also will be streamed live in the U.S. on ESPN3. CLICK HERE for the broadcast schedule.

The winning teams Sunday will represent Canada at the 2018 World Junior Championships, March 3-10 in Aberdeen, Scotland.

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

Here is the updated draw with the Championship and Seeding pool games:

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Cornwall’s Team Lenentine ends round robin at 5-1 after extra-end loss to Team NL at Canadian Juniors

Posted on by January 17, 2018

There are now no undefeated junior women’s teams remaining going into the final round robin draw of the New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Shawinigan Quebec. It took an extra end for Team Newfoundland and Labrador, skipped by MacKenzie Glynn, to edge PEI’s Lauren Lenentine rink 7-6 this afternoon. PEI got off to a bad start giving up a triple in the first end, but fought back with singles to trail 4-3 at the fifth end break, and tie the game with a stolen sixth-end single. NL took one in the eighth, with PEI grabbing a one-point lead with a deuce in nine. NL forced the extra with a single in the 10th, and the winning single in the extra.

Lauren Lenentine (Curling Canada)

PEI and Ontario have both finished round robin play with 5-1 records in their pool, while NL, at 4-1 has one game left, against BC (2-3) at 7:30. Four teams from each round robin pool advance to the Championship Pool, so all three of these teams will be advancing, regardless of whether NL wins or loses their next game. The final spot in the pool will go to either BC or Northern Ontario, both at 2-3.

On the junior men’s side, PEI’s Alex MacFadyen rink finished round robin play with a 2-4 win-loss record, following a 9-4 win over the Northwest Territories last evening, and an 8-7 loss to Newfoundland and Labrador this morning. That win gave NL the last Championship Pool spot, with a 3-3 record, while PEI, at 2-4 finishes just out of the Pool with a 2-4 record, and would go to the Seeding Pool.

 The top team out of the junior women’s and men’s Championship  pools advance to their respective final on Sunday, Jan. 21, while the second- and third-place teams meet in a semifinal on Saturday, Jan. 20, to determine the other finalist.

TSN/RDS2 will carry complete live coverage of the semifinals (women at 1 p.m. [all times ET], men at 6 p.m.) on Jan. 20 and finals (women at 1 p.m., men at 6 p.m.), held at the Aréna de Grand Mère.

The winning teams will then represent Canada in the 2018 VolP Defender World Juniors, March 3-11 at Aberdeen, Scotland. Canada has won a leading 18 world junior men’s titles since 1975 and 11 women’s crowns since 1988.

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UPDATED: Cornwall’s Lenentine 5-0 at Cdn Jrs. after beating Ontario (Journal)

Posted on by January 15, 2018

MacFadyen 2-3 at Canadian junior championships

SHAWINIGAN, Que. – The Lauren Lenentine rink from the Cornwall Curling Club continued its strong performance at the 2018 New Holland Canadian junior curling championships on Monday.
Lenentine, third stone Kristie Rogers, second stone Breanne Burgoyne and lead Rachel O’Connor defeated the Northwest Territories, skipped by Tyanna Bain, 13-3 in the morning draw, and then outscored Ontario’s Emma Wallingford 9-4 in a clash of undefeated teams in evening action.
The Lenentine rink is now the only undefeated women’s team at 5-0 (won-lost). Ontario dropped to 4-1.

 

Lead Rachel O’Connor, left, and second stone Breanne Burgoyne prepare to sweep for their skip, Lauren Lenentine during the P.E.I. Pepsi junior curling championships last month in O’Leary. The team’s third stone is Kristie Rogers. They defended their 2017 provincial title, and are competing in their second New Holland Canadian junior curling championships this week in Shawinigan, Que. – Eric McCarthy

P.E.I.’s Alex MacFadyen rink from the Silver Fox in Summerside is 2-3 following Monday’s play.
After dropping a 7-3 decision to Alberta’s Karsten Sturmay in the afternoon draw, MacFadyen, third stone James Dalton, second stone Leslie Noye and lead Parker MacFadyen bounced back to record a 9-4 win against the Sewer Kaeser-skipped entry from the Northwest Territories on Monday night.

Click for full story in the Journal Pioneer

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Undefeated teams, including Cornwall PEI’s Lenentine rink, take over the top at Canadian Juniors (Curling Canada)

Posted on by January 15, 2018

Tanner Horgan and his Northern Ontario foursome from Sudbury kept their winning streak alive on Monday morning, stealing three ends on the way to an 11-3 victory over Daniel Bruce of Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2018 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships taking place in Shawinigan, Que.

Horgan is making his fifth consecutive appearance at the national championship and is looking to improve on his silver (2016) and bronze (2017) medals. The Curl Sudbury team is 3-0 and sits in second place in Pool B, one game behind Ontario’s Matt Hall (4-0). Hall scored five points in the first end against Nunavut’s Javen Komaksiutiksak on the way to a 13-1 victory.

In men’s Pool A action on the third day of the round robin, J.T. Ryan and his Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club foursome join Hall and Horgan in the undefeated category after stealing a deuce in the ninth end to take a 5-3 win over Saskatchewan’s Rylan Kleiter.

Matthew Manuel of Nova Scotia stole a single in the tenth end to defeat Liam Marin of New Brunswick [whose team includes PEI’s Tyler Smith] 8-5. With the win, Manuel improves to 3-1 and takes over second place in Pool A standings, right behind undefeated Manitoba.

On the women’s side, Shae Bevan (Manitoba) and Kayla Skrlik (Alberta) came into Draw 7 with matching 2-1 records. Skrlik stole both the eighth and ninth ends to secure a 9-7 win. Skrlik now sits tied with Quebec’s Laurie St-Georges at the top of the women’s Pool A standings with matching 3-1 records.

 

Lauren Lenentine, skip of Team PEI, in action at the 2018 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Shawinigan, Que. (Curling Canada photo)

Lauren Lenentine is making her second appearance at the national championship, and she remains undefeated in Pool B after a 13-3 win over Northwest Territories’ Tyanna Bain on Monday morning. Before coming to Shawinigan, Lenentine and her Cornwall Curling Club foursome were finalists in the P.E.I. Scotties playdowns, losing to repeat provincial champion Robyn MacPhee and just missing out on a chance to go to the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Penticton.

In other Pool B action, British Columbia’s Taylor Reese-Hansen notched her first win, a 9-2 victory over Nunavut’s Sadie Pinksen.

The round robin continues on Monday with games at 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., all times ET.

Fourteen men’s and 14 women’s teams will compete for Canadian titles, separated into two seven-team pools per gender for an initial round robin, followed by a Championship Round (top four in each pool) leading to the playoffs. The top team advances to its respective final on Sunday, Jan. 21, while the second- and third-place teams meet in a semifinal on Saturday, Jan. 20, to determine the other finalist.

TSN/RDS2 will carry complete live coverage of the semifinals (women at 1 p.m. [all times ET], men at 6 p.m.) on Jan. 20 and finals (women at 1 p.m., men at 6 p.m.), held at the Aréna de Grand Mère.

It’s the first year of event title sponsorship by New Holland, a world leader in the manufacturing and selling of agricultural and construction equipment.

For event information, visit www.curling.ca/2018juniors.

Click to read this story at Curling Canada.

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Update: Team Lenentine planning to livestream Monday morning game on their Facebook page

Posted on by January 14, 2018

For anyone interested, Team Lenentine will be attempting to broadcast their entire game against NWT at 10:30 Monday morning from the curling club venue LIVE on their Facebook page. Tune in! 

 

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Lenentine makes it 3 in a row at the Canadian Jrs. with come-from-behind win over BC

Posted on by January 14, 2018

The Lauren Lenentine rink from the Cornwall Curling Club remains undefeated with a 3-0 record at the New Holland Canadian Junior Championships in Shawinigan Quebec following an exciting 7-6 come-from-behind win over BC’s Taylor Reese-Hanson team this afternoon. BC drops to 0-3.

BC took singles in the first four ends, with PEI kept to a single in the fifth to trail 4-1 at the break. PEI stole the sixth, but a BC deuce in seven and a blank in eight gave the west-coasters a 6-2 lead with only 2 ends remaining. Lenentine responded with a triple in the seventh to trail 6-5 coming home without hammer, but she pulled out the win with a stolen deuce in the final end. PEI has two games on Monday, starting off at 10:30 against the Northwest Territories, who are winless in three starts. They finish off round-robin play against the other undefeated teams in their pool, both at 2-0: Ontario at 7:30 pm Monday, and Newfoundland and Labrador at 3 pm Tuesday.

Summerside’s Alex MacFadyen squad had the afternoon off, but take on Nunavut at 7:30 pm. Both rinks are 0-2.

 

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Cornwall’s Lenentine improves to 2-0; MacFadyen drops second straight (Journal)

Posted on by January 14, 2018
 
At Canadian junior curling championships

SHAWINIGAN, Que. – The Lauren Lenentine rink is off to a strong start at the 2018 New Holland Canadian junior curling championships.

 

Lauren Lenentine follows a shot during the recent P.E.I. junior curling championships in O’Leary. – Eric McCarthy

Lenentine, third stone Kristie Rogers, second stone Breanne Burgoyne and Rachel O’Connor defeated Nunavut’s Sadie Pinksen 12-3 in Sunday morning’s draw to improve to 2-0 (won-lost).
The P.E.I. representative is back on the ice against British Columbia’s Taylor Reese-Hansen on Sunday afternoon.

On Saturday, Lenentine opened with a 13-6 victory over Northern Ontario’s Hailey Beaudry. The turning point came in the fourth end, when Lenentine scored five to open up a 6-1 lead.

Men
In men’s play, the Alex MacFadyen team from the Silver Fox in Summerside is 0-2 after falling 8-4 to Northern Ontario’s Tanner Horgan on Sunday morning. 
MacFadyen dropped his opening game on Saturday 9-3 to Ontario’s Matthew Hall.

Click for full story in the  Journal Pioneer

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Lenentine 1-0, MacFadyen 0-1 going into Day Two of New Holland Juniors

Posted on by January 14, 2018

Cornwall’s Lauren Lenentine rink hopes to follow up yesterday’s big 13-6 win over Northern Ontario with two more victories today, playing Nunavut (0-1) at 10:30 am Atlantic at the New Holland Canadian Juniors in Shawinigan Quebec, and then BC (0-2) at 3 pm.

 National Anthem before Team Lenentine vs Northern Ont. game (Team Lenentine Facebook)

The Alex MacFadyen rink from the Silver Fox is 1-0 after opening day, following a 9-3 loss to Ontario on Saturday. They play Northern Ontario (1-0) at 10:30, and Nunavut (0-1) at 7:30.

New Brunswick’s Liam Marin squad, with PEI’s Tyler Smith, is 1-0 after opening day.

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Spot available for one curler on Thursday evening draw

Posted on by January 14, 2018
 We have a spot available for one curler on the Thursday evening draw. Contact Bev at (902) 566-4427 or cornwallcurling@eastlink.ca if interested. The draw goes at 6:30 pm, plus 2 sheets at 8:30.
 
 
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Cornwall’s Lenentine rink wins Canadian Juniors opener (Curling Canada)

Posted on by January 13, 2018

The 2018 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships kicked off on Saturday with men’s and women’s teams from across the country beginning the battle to determine who will represent Canada at the world championships in Aberdeen, Scotland.

On the men’s side, 2017 silver medallist Matt Hall and his Kitchener, Ont., team of Jeff Wanless, Joey Hart and David Hart started strong, stealing four ends on the way to an 8-2 victory over Sawer Kaeser of Yellowknife, N.T.

Alberta’s Karsten Sturmay, making his third appearance at the national championship in four years, held Nunavut’s Javen Komaksiutiksak off the scoreboard in a 16-0 win.

The game between Quebec’s Alek Bedard and Saskatchewan’s Rylan Kleiter was close, with Bedard scoring two in the final end to squeak out a 9-8 Quebec win.

 

Team Lenentine 

On the women’s side, Lauren Lenentine, who also represented Prince Edward Island at nationals in 2017, scored five points in the fourth end on the way to a 13-6 win over Northern Ontario’s Hailey Beaudry.

Shae Bevan and her Winnipeg, Man., foursome stole seven points in a 15-3 win over Yukon’s Kelsey Meger.

In other women’s games, British Columbia’s Taylor Reese-Hansen held a 3-2 lead over Ontario at the break, but Emma Wallingford stormed back to take the next four ends for a 7-3 Ontario win. Quebec’s Laurie St-Georges, playing with just three players after the fourth end, took an early 6-1 lead over Sara England of Saskatchewan and never looked back in a 9-3 victory.

Action continues on Saturday with draws at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m (all times ET).

Fourteen men’s and 14 women’s teams will compete for Canadian titles, separated into two seven-team pools per gender for an initial round robin, followed by a Championship Round (top four in each pool) leading to the playoffs. The top team advances to its respective final on Sunday, Jan. 21, while the second- and third-place teams meet in a semifinal on Saturday, Jan. 20, to determine the other finalist.

TSN/RDS2 will carry complete live coverage of the semifinals (women at 1 p.m. [all times ET], men at 6 p.m.) on Jan. 20 and finals (women at 1 p.m., men at 6 p.m.), held at the Aréna de Grand Mère.

It’s the first year of event title sponsorship by New Holland, a world leader in the manufacturing and selling of agricultural and construction equipment.

For event information, visit www.curling.ca/2018juniors.

Click to read this story at Curling Canada

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Lenentine, MacFadyen begin Canadian Juniors play on Saturday (Journal)

Posted on by January 12, 2018

(by Eric McCarthy) Team P.E.I.’s Alex MacFadyen rink from the Silver Fox in Summerside sees action in the opening men’s draw of the New Holland Canadian junior curling championships on Saturday. The MacFadyen rink captured the four-team provincial men’s triple-knockout championship in O’Leary on Dec. 29, taking the title in the minimum four games.

The Lauren Lenentine rink from Cornwall, which went 3-3 (won-lost) in the round robin at last year’s Canadian championship, repeated as provincial women’s champions with a 7-0 record.

 

Lauren Lenentine follows a shot during the recent P.E.I. junior curling championships in O’Leary.

Lenentine’s first game of the nationals is in Draw 2, 2 p.m. (all times Eastern), against the Emma Wallingford rink from Ottawa, which has two members of last year’s runner-up rink in the lineup.
Both the men’s and women’s championships are being played in Shawinigan, Que., from Jan. 13 to 21, with teams getting to experience both arena and club ice.

Following Saturday’s game against Wallingford, Team Lenentine faces Haailey Beaudry’s Northern Ontario rink on Sunday at 9:30 a.m., and they finish Day 2 against Sadie Pinksen and her Nunavut rink in Sunday’s 6:30 p.m. draw. Only their game against Northern Ontario will be played on arena ice.

Click for full story in the Journal Pioneer

 

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Registration open for Vogue Optical 55+ Games in Stratford, with Curling, Stick Curling in Ch’town

Posted on by January 12, 2018

Registration is now open for the Vogue Optical 2018 PEI 55+ Winter Games being hosted by the Town of Stratford, February 26 – March 3, 2018. Entry fees range from $5 to $20, depending on the event ($15 for curling or stick curling)

Events include: Curling (55+ Men’s and 55+ Mixed/Women’s divisions) and Stick Curling (Open and Women’s Open divisions) at the Charlottetown Curling Complex, Hockey at the Pownal Sports Centre and Belfast Rec Centre, Pickleball at the Stratford Town Hall Gym, 5 Pin Bowling at Murphy’s Community Centre  in Charlottetown, Auction 45s, Cribbage, and Contract Bridge at the Stratford Town Hall, Duplicate Bridge at the Charlottetown Bridge Club, Darts at the Winsloe Lions Club, Snowshoeing at Cotton Park Trail, Crokinole at the Cotton Centre in Stratford, and 8 Ball Pool at Dooly’s in Charlottetown.

There will also be a flag raising to open the Games and a Celebration Ceremony and Luncheon to close, at the Stratford Town Hall.

All seniors are encouraged to participate in this fun, friendly competition.

The registration deadline is February 15. Please remember to register on time. No late registrations will be accepted.

Over 400 past participants have been sent a copy in the mail. Other past participants with a valid e-mail should receive an electronic copy this week. You can also pick up a copy at your local Vogue Optical. Also look for them at PEI curling facilities, bowling alleys and seniors groups, or print off your own copy at the following link: Registration Form 2018 Winter Games.

Online registration is also available here.

Daily Schedule 2018 Winter Games

For more info, visit pei55plusgamessociety.ca
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Thanks from our Scotties/Tankard event chair!

Posted on by January 11, 2018

Dear Members:

Wow!  We did it again!  The Cornwall Curling Club has hosted another successful Provincial event — the Scotties Women’s Provincial Championship and the Tankard Men’s Provincial Championship, plus a banquet which also included the young Future Scotties and  Future Tankard curlers. As the chair of the event, let me tell you, I could not have done this without all of you.  It is the membership of the Cornwall Curling Club that made this event a success.  We have a membership that not only contributes time, experience, but also leadership that forms unity to set and accomplish goals successfully.  

Firstly, I’d like to thank Amy Duncan from Curling PEI for providing leadership to initiate this event, but I’d also like to thank Bev, as I continue to receive great support from her.  Bev is the lifeline that pulls everything together.  And Derek.  Well, he’s just an email away.  He keeps us all updated, has templates for my every wish, willing to say “I’ll do it” when I have a request, sets up sound systems, plus much more. 

I’d also like to thank Gary O’Sullivan, our President.  At the banquet, Gary warmly welcomed the curlers to our club, and as team leader for Admissions & 50/50, Gary and his team put in countless hours minding the door, and encouraging 50/50 purchases.  Between admission fees and 50/50, we collected $3,257, recovering our expenses, including the $700 riser rental to ensure optimum seating, and making always-needed profits for the Club, too.

Thank you to Karen Currie and her team for decorating the club, including upstairs for the banquet.  It was beautiful! Great work! Thank you to Bernie Field and her team for Hospitality.  This was a bit challenging, due to the draw schedule, but Bernie and her team pulled it off, by providing delicious sandwiches for purchase at the bar.  Thank you.

Thank you to Etta Reid, Volunteer Team Leader, and her committee.  This group of volunteers not only transitioned upstairs from a daycare to a banquet venue within minutes, but set tables, served meals, cleaned tables, and did a complete cleanup.  What an awesome job!  Thank you! Thanks also to the caterers for the delicious food!

To Kimball Blanchard, Team Leader for Timers, and his volunteers, I express genuine gratitude for your commitment to this challenging position.  I sincerely appreciate your dedication, flexibility, and concentration. The weather was challenging, and your team came together to make sure the timers were all in position and ready to roll.  Thank you for this!

We all love good ice!  Thanks to Lance, Danny, and Jeff, and Provincial Ice Maker Larry Richards, for ensuring ours was top quality. And to the staff behind the bar —  Al, Debby, and Kelly, thank you!  From the front door, the cleanliness of our club is noted, thank you Ray!  Your long hours do not go unwitnessed.  Thank you all.  Thank you to all members for giving up their icetime for the event, and also for donating the use of lockers. Thanks to the curlers, including our own Team Lenentine, finalists in the Scotties, who will be back to win it soon!

Thank you to Kay Atkinson, the Chief Umpire for Curl PEI.  It’s always nice to see Kay. Thank you to Andrew Robinson, President of Curl PEI, for his opening welcome at the banquet. Thank you to Amanda Bulger for keeping everyone at home updated on the live scores.

Due to the weather, the Opening Ceremony scheduled for January 4th was cancelled. I would like to take this time to thank the Town of Cornwall for lending a sound system for the event (even though we didn’t get to use it), and to Sarah Simpson, the piper scheduled (unfortunately we had to cancel).

Thank you all for your teamwork!

Kimberley MacDonald

Chair

 

 

 

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Congrats to the winners of the Team Lenentine fundraising draws!

Posted on by January 10, 2018
PEI”s Provincial Junior Women’s Champions (and Scotties women’s finalists) Team Lenentine would like to thank everyone who participated in their two fundraising draws at the Club, to help them cover expenses at the Canadian Juniors.

The winner of the 50/50 squares was Janice Murdoch.
The winner of the basket was Gloria Clarke.
 
We would like to take this opportunity to wish Team Lenentine the best of luck at the 2018 New Holland Canadian Junior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships which get underway Saturday at Shawinigan, Quebec!
 
 
 
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West River United Church holding Ernie Stavert roast

Posted on by January 10, 2018

The West River United Church (next door to us at 9 Cornwall Road) is hosting “The Ernie Stavert Roast” on Saturday Feb 10th, 2018 at 5:30 PM. Ernie has worn many hats within various organizations and there are many things you may or may not know about him! The evening includes a hot roast beef dinner and guaranteed entertainment. Tickets are $40/person (with a charitable tax receipt of $20). A limited number of tickets are available at the church office. For more information or to reserve/buy your tickets contact Martina at 902- 566-4052.

Photo: Ernie emceeing a Seniors event

As many of you know, Ernie Stavert and his wife Ruth are active, long-time members of the Cornwall Curling Club. In fact, Ernie was on the original planning committee for the Club way back in 1980, was on the Charter Board of Directors, which first met in 1981, and took over as President for the 1982-83 season.

Ernie is active with the Daytime Curlers, and was one of the initial supporters of Stick Curling on PEI, becoming the longtime president of Stick Curling PEI. This sport evolved to eventually have its own Maritime and Canadian Championships, with Cornwall hosting the national event in 2013. The event introduced a Women’s championship that year, with Ruth Stavert and Gloria Clarke winning it, and a Cornwall team (Roddie MacLean and Paul Field) winning the men’s event too! Both Staverts are frequently in the winner’s circle of both the provincial and maritime stick championships.

Club members are urged to come out and support this roast!

 

 

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Cornwall Junior members take part in Adam Casey clinic

Posted on by January 8, 2018

The 2018 Future Scotties & Future Tankard, open to junior women’s and junior men’s teams who may someday compete in the PEI Scotties or Tankard, wrapped up on the weekend. 

This year the event matched one junior team with one team playing in the Scotties and Tankard provincial championships for the opening banquet. The Future teams also participated in two camp-style days organized at the Charlottetown Curling Club by Adam Casey, a 3-time Newfoundland & Labrador and 2-time PEI Tankard champion, as well as a 5-time PEI junior champ, Canadian Junior winner and World Junior silver medallist.

Here are photos from the event:

Group photo

View of all sheets

Photo (Twitter): Adam Casey (centre) with PEI Junior Women’s finalists Team Ferguson. L-R Katie Shaw, Lauren Ferguson, Casey, Lexie Murray, Alexis Burris from Crapaud, Cornwall, & Charlottetown clubs

With Cornwall’s Team Sydney Howatt and some members of Team Ferguson

(L-R) Alec Huestis from Cornwall’s Team Devin Schut, Colin MacKenzie, Nick Johnston from Cornwall’s Mitchell Schut PEI Junior Men’s Provincial Finalist team

 

With Team Ferguson

Ice level photo of all sheets

 

 

 

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Robyn MacPhee and Eddie MacKenzie rinks repeat as PEI Scotties and Tankard champs

Posted on by January 7, 2018

It was a repeat win for both the Robyn MacPhee team, who won the PEI  Scotties Tournament of Hearts provincial women’s curling championships, and their Charlottetown Curling clubmates the Eddie MacKenzie foursome, who are once again PEI Tankard provincial men’s champions, following the first of two possible championship games for each, this afternoon at the Cornwall Curling Club. Team MacPhee now advances to the national Scotties Tournament of  Hearts, January 27 to February 4 in Penticton BC, while the MacKenzie rink will play in the Tim Hortons Brier, March 3-11 in Regina SK.

Photo (L-R): Robyn MacPhee, Sarah Fullerton, Meaghan Hughes, Michelle McQuaid, coach Mitch O’Shea

 

Photo (L-R): Eddie MacKenzie, Josh Barry, Chris Gallant, Sean Ledgerwood, coach Phil Gorveatt

MacPhee, with teammates Sarah Fullerton, Meaghan Hughes, and Michelle McQuaid, defeated PEI’s two-time reigning provincial Junior champions, the Lauren Lenentine rink from the host Cornwall club by a 6-2 score in nine ends, while MacKenzie, playing with Josh Barry, Chris Gallant, and Sean Ledgerwood  beat Cornwall and Charlottetown’s John LIkely team, also in nine ends, by a 12-4 score, after MacKenzie scored five points in the ninth.

Photo – Women’s finalists (R-L): Lauren Lenentine, Kristie Rogers, Breanne Burgoyne, Rachel O’Connor, with coach Pat Quilty, and Sandy Matheson, representing Curl PEI.

Photo (R-L): Men’s finalists John Likely, Robert Campbell, Matthew Nabuurs, Robbie Doherty

Both MacPhee and MacKenzie had two chances to defend their respective championships today, by virtue of having won two sections of their modified triple knockout draws, but won on the first try. Lenentine and Likely, who won one section, would have had to have won both games to take their respective titles. The Lenentine foursome will be participating in the 2018 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Jan. 13 – 21 in Shawinigan Quebec. 

Five women’s and five men’s teams took part in this year’s PEI Scotties and Tankard.

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Photo Gallery from Scotties and Tankard Ch’ship games and Closing Ceremonies

Posted on by January 7, 2018

The PEI Scotties Tournament of Hearts women’s championship, won by the Robyn MacPhee rink and the PEI Tankard men’s championship, won by the Eddie MacKenzie team, who both defended their titles from last year, wrapped up this afternoon here at the Cornwall Curling Club. Here is a gallery of photos from today’s championship games and the closing ceremonies. Click on a picture to enlarge.

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Photos from PEI Scotties/Tankard “C” finals. Ch’ship round starts at 2 pm

Posted on by January 7, 2018

Here is a gallery of photos from last evening’s “C” final at the PEI Tankard and Scotties championships here at the Cornwall Curling Club. Click on a photo to enlarge.

The Championship Round in both events goes today at 2 pm and, if needed, 7 pm, featuring Cornwall’s own Lauren Lenentine team and Charlottetown’s Robyn MacPhee rink in the Scotties championship, and Cornwall and Charlottetown’s John Likely squad against Charlottetown’s Eddie MacKenzie rink. Lenentine and Likely have to win both games to take the provincial titles, while a win in either game by MacPhee or MacKenzie would give them a repeat PEI championship.

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