Mixed Doubles Cashspiel: opening draw teams for Saturday

Posted on by November 22, 2017

Here is the opening draw teams schedule for the 5th Annual Mixed Doubles Cashspiel, on Saturday November 25 here at the Cornwall Curling Club.

MIXED DOUBLES DRAW – NOVEMBER 25, 2017

8:30 am teams

1.  Angus and Lorianne Davies

2.  Mark O’Rourke and Susan McInnis

3.  Edmond Richard and Danielle Girard

4.  Danny Kneabone and Carlene Peters

5.  Annika and Liam Kelly

6.  Angus Kennedy and Myrna Sanderson

7.  Peter and Janice Murdoch

8.  Kim Nicholson and Rick Neumeyer


9:30 am teams

9.  Danny Bernard and Karen Currie

10. Daniel and Nancy MacFadyen

11. Paul and Joanne Durant

12. Barry and Myrna Craswell

13. Noah and Rachel O’Connor

14. Wade Deaken and Samantha Morris

15. Chris and Melissa Creighton

16. Ray Biagé and Cathy Handren

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Curling 101: Free Intro to Curling session for the entire family

Posted on by November 21, 2017

PEI curling clubs are opening their doors Dec. 16/17 to offer a FREE on-ice “Introduction to Curling” session for both children and their parents/guardians. Register today!

A few things to bring with you the day of the event:
1. A clean pair of running shoes to wear on the ice.
2. A warm sweater or light jacket plus gloves or mitts.
3. A helmet designed for ice sports for all family members
going on the ice

 

How to register

Please call or email to let us know how many are in your party and
which time works best for you and we’ll confirm your registration.

Cornwall
When: Saturday, December 16, 2017
@ 1pm, 2pm or 3pm
Where: Cornwall Curling Club
29 Cornwall Rd.,
Cornwall, PE
For more information and to register*
email cornwallcurling@eastlink.ca
or call 902-566-4427

 

*Children must be 5 years old to participate.

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Call for volunteers to help out with our Junior Instruction Program

Posted on by November 21, 2017

Hello Everyone,

This note is to let you know the Junior Instruction Program is off to a great start.  The young curlers are enjoying their learning about the great sport of curling and are quickly catching on to the importance of safety, while having tons of fun.

While that is great news there is one need that isn’t being met just yet and that is the need for help on ice.   The program is being supported by some great on ice helpers now but there is a need for more , especially on Tuesdays between 4 – 5 o’clock.  The program is growing, and while that is really great, it is important that we provide the best learning experience we can.

The Little Rocks, ages 6 – 9 or so, are on ice on Sunday from 3:30 – 4:15 and the Novice between the ages of 9 – 12 are on the ice on Sunday 4:30 – 5:30 and on Tuesday 5 – 6 o’clock.  There’s about 15 instruction weeks left, depending on the weather and unforeseen schedule changes.

Individual junior curlers and teams have volunteered to work with the young curlers in the past and have received Community Service Bursaries at the rate of $5.00 an hour.  Here is the website where you can get more information on that benefit:  https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/workforce-and-advanced-learning/community-service-bursary

If you are available to help with the young curlers, please contact me using the information below.

Have a great year of curling!

Ann Doucette

Junior Instruction, Cornwall Curling Club

902-368-2911 (H) 902-393-1349 (C)

email: banda@pei.sympatico.ca

(Sat. morning league – Marci White photo)

 

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Club member inducted into motorsports Hall of Fame

Posted on by November 21, 2017

Congrats to club member Merrill Cronin on his induction into the Maritime Motorsports Hall of Fame on Saturday! (Guardian)

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Currie rink edges Berry team on overall game points to win Murphy’s Ice Queens Funspiel

Posted on by November 20, 2017

Murphy’s Ice Queens Funspiel was held November 17th & 18th, with 10 teams participating. We had two guest players, and the rest of the teams were from our own club.

A round-robin style schedule was used with each team playing 3 six-end games over the weekend. This lead up to an exciting finish with a tie in points between the Currie and the Berry teams. The tie was broken with a count of overall game points scored in all three games, leading to the 1st place victory for the Currie team consisting of Karen Currie, Marg Stewart, Pat McCardle and Jean Anderson. These ladies were presented with our Murphy’s Ice Queens Trophy and gift cards from our sponsor Murphy’s Pharmacies.

(L-R): Jean Anderson, Pat McCardle, Marg Stewart, Karen Currie

Second place gift cards were awarded to the Berry team consisting of Shirley Berry, Linda Fairhurst, Marjorie Matthews and Marlene Proude.

(L-R) Shirley Berry, Linda Fairhurst, Marlene Proude, Marjorie Matthews

The funspiel showed its true colors by awarding the lucky number 7th place team gift cards too. Recipients of this award went to Janette Fraser, Carolyn Crockett, Bernie Field and Ann Greyborn. This was a fun twist, showing that it’s not always about winning!

(L-R) Ann Greyborn, Janette Fraser, Carolyn Crockett, Bernie Field

Matos Winery in St. Catherines donated a beautiful basket with a bottle of Chardonnay, along with balsamic vinegar, and some other goodies. Tickets were sold for this, with the lucky winner being Karen Currie!

The ladies were treated to a closing banquet catered by Alan Carmichael who prepared a lovely turkey dinner with all the fixings. This was served to the ladies by club members Peter Murdoch, Gordon Matthews, Adrien Clarke and Paul Field, who all did a super job!

This event could not have been so successful without the generosity of our sponsor, Murphy’s Pharmacies. A big thank you to all those who helped out by providing food, volunteering in the kitchen, setting up, cleaning up, and doing many other jobs. As usual, a job well-done by all!!! 

Events at our club would not be so successful without the continued support of Bev our Club Manager, Lance the Iceman, Ray our Custodian and our bartenders, who for this spiel were Al and Debby.

 

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Desjardins Stick Curling Bonspiel – signup now!

Posted on by November 20, 2017

This annual bonspiel, sponsored by Desjardins Financial Security Independent Network, is open to any stick curler, and takes place on Dec. 2 here at the Cornwall Curling Club. Individual entry. A draw will be made where each person will play a minimum of 3 games with a different teammate each game. All games will be six ends. 

Scoring

Coin toss for choice of rock or hammer. No practice shots. One point awarded for each end scored, five  points for a win, and 2 1/2 points to each team for a tie, and score differential to a maximum of 3.

One hour time limit per game. First draw begins play at 9 am, 2nd at 10am.

Lunch will be provided with your entry fee.

Entry fee of $25 must be received by Nov. 28, 2017.
The 1st 32 paid entries accepted, with a waiting list in order of receipt created after that (for last-minute cancellations)

Make cheque payable to:

Etta Reid
822 Suffolk Road Route 222
Suffolk PE    C1C 0P8

For more info, phone (902) 629-1454

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Veronica Smith team hosting Warmup Spiel

Posted on by November 19, 2017

 

Looking for a few games before provincials? Join Team Smith in Cornwall December 8 & 9. Guaranteed 3 games! $125/team. Email vasmith@upei.ca to register

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Donovan edges Abraham in extra end, Kelly blanks Burris to win Fall Fling Jr. Cashspiel

Posted on by November 19, 2017

The 11th annual Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel, with a full draw of 24 teams representing all four Atlantic provinces, wrapped up this afternoon at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside.

In the junior men’s division, two “Mainland” teams, both with Island connections, went undefeated through the round robin and semi-final and met in the final, with the Michael Donovan foursome from Curl Moncton, which is coached by Summerside native Daryell Nowlan, and includes his sons Josh at third, and Jacob as alternate player, edging the Ryan Abraham squad from the Halifax Mayflower Curling Club, which includes third stone Brooks Roche from Montague, by a 10-9 score in an extra end.  The teams were tied at 3-3 going into the 5th end, where Donovan scored five points. Abraham fought back with deuces in ends six and eight, and single steals in nine and ten to tie the game, but Donovan had hammer in the final end, scoring the winning single. 

 

Photo: Organizer Sheila Compton (left) with winning Junior Men’s Team Donovan (L-R): Michael Donovan, Matthew Magee, Donovan Lanteigne, alternate Jacob Nowlan, Coach Daryell Nowlan. Missing: Josh Nowlan (he played in the round robin, while his younger brother Jacob replaced him in the playoffs). Photo credit: Denise Nowlan

Besides skip Abraham and third Roche, the runner-up Abraham team includes Jake Flemming and Thomas Mosher, with coach Paul Flemming.

File photo (L-R): Jr. Men’s runner-up Team Abraham (L-R): Ryan Abraham, Brooks Roche, Jake Flemming, Thomas Mosher

Team Abraham edged the Liam Marin foursome from the Thistle-St. Andrews club in Saint John 6-5 in their semi-final game. The Marin rink includes Crapaud’s Tyler Smith at third. Team Donovan stole a single in the 5th and a deuce in the final end in a 10-6 win over the Alex MacFadyen rink from the host Silver Fox club in the other semi.

In the women’s final, the Annika Kelly squad blanked their Charlottetown Curling Complex clubmates the Alexis Burris team, by a 9-0 score (some Burris members are also Cornwall members). A steal of five points in the sixth end brought the game to an early conclusion.  Lauren Ferguson was skipping Team Burris, as Burris was sidelined by an injury. 

(L-R) Organizer Sheila Compton with winning junior women’s Team Kelly: skip Annika Kelly, third Cynthia Pearson, second Tat Kelly, and lead Meghan Ching. Photo credit: Doug Kelly

Organizer Sheila Compton (left) with runner-up women’s Team Burris (Front row left to right): Lauren Ferguson, Katie Shaw, alternate Amy Spence, Lexie Murray. Back row: Coach David Murphy.

In the women’s semi-final round, Team Burris, who finished round robin play with a 3-2 record, handed the  Kaylee Nodding rink from the Bridgewater Curling Club their first loss in the event, by an 8-6 score, while Team Kelly, also 3-2, got by Team Brianne Batherson from the Lakeshore Curling Club in Lower Sackville NS,  who had only one round robin loss, by a score of 8-5.

End by end results from this event are available at:  http://peicurling.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/3339

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Ch’ship round set at Silver Fox Fall Fling

Posted on by November 19, 2017

Round robin play wrapped up Saturday night at the 11th annual Fall Fling junior cashspiel at the Silver Fox in Summerside, with the semi-finals going at 9 this morning, and the junior men’s and junior women’s finals following at 1 pm. 12 junior men’s and an equal number of junior women’s teams took part, with representatives from all four Atlantic provinces.  Sunday games are 10 ends in this event (Friday and Saturday games were eight).

Two junior men’s teams – the Michael Donovan foursome from Curl Moncton, which is coached by Summerside native Daryell Nowlan, and includes his son Josh at third, along with the Ryan Abraham squad from the Halifax Mayflower Curling Club, which includes third stone Brooks Roche from Montague, finished round robin play with a perfect 5-0 win-loss record in their respective pools, and earned two of the four semi-final spots. The other two teams in the semis had 4-1 records, with Abraham taking on Liam Marin of Saint John’s Thistle-St. Andrews club, whose rink includes Crapaud’s Tyler Smith, while Donovan faces the Alex MacFadyen rink from the host Silver Fox club.

There was only one undefeated team after round robin play on the junior women’s side – the Kaylee Nodding team from Bridgewater NS. They’ll be taking on Charlottetown’s Alexis Burris rink, who finished the round robin with a 3-2 record, in the 9 am semi-final round. Team Brianne Batherson from the Lakeshore Curling Club in Lower Sackville NS had only one loss in the round robin, and will face the Annika Kelly rink from Charlottetown, who had 3 wins and 2 losses in the round robin. Teams MacLean from Cornwall and Reeves from Berwick NS also had 3-2 records in the A pool, but Team Kelly got the spot in the money round after tiebreaking rules were used.

Live, end-by-end results from this event are available at http://peicurling.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/3339

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Cornwall’s Sydney Howatt rink undefeated after opening day play at Fox Fall Fling

Posted on by November 17, 2017

Two Junior Men’s, and two Junior Women’s draws are in the books following day one action at the 11th Annual Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel at the Silver Fox in Summerside. 12 Junior Men’s and an equal number of Junior Women’s teams are taking part in the event, which includes rinks from all four Atlantic Provinces, and seven teams from the Cornwall Curling Club.

There are only two undefeated teams in the Junior Women’s division, with the Sydney Howatt rink from Cornwall winning a close 5-3 game over the Alexis Burris team from Charlottetown, followed by a win against their Cornwall clubmates the Emily Sanderson rink. In the other round robin pool, the game that would determine the only other undefeated team went into an extra end between Kaylee Nodding from Bridgewater, and Annika Kelly from Charlottetown. Nodding scored 1 point with hammer for the 6-5 victory.

On the Junior Men’s side, four teams are still undefeated with 2-0 records: the Ryan Abraham rink from the Halifax Mayflower Curling Club, which includes Montague’s Brooks Roche at 3rd stone, the Alex MacFadyen squad from the host club, the Michael Donovan team from Curl Moncton, coached by Daryell Nowlan (son of Summerside’s Lou and Marg Nowlan), and the Liam Marin team from Saint John, which includes PEI Junior Champion skip Tyler Smith.

Round robin play wraps up on Saturday with junior men’s draws at 8 am and 1 and 6:30 pm, and junior women’s games at 10:30 am and 4 and 9 pm.  The semi-finals go Sunday at  9 am, with the finals at 1 pm.

Live, end-by-end results are available at  peicurling.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/3339

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5th Annual Masters Plus Bonspiel set for Cornwall on Nov. 23/24

Posted on by November 17, 2017

The Cornwall Curling Club is getting ready to host its 5th annual Masters Plus Bonspiel on Thursday November 23rd and Friday November 24th. Masters Plus teams include three curlers age 60 and over, and one who is at least 55. This year there is a full draw of 16 teams entered — representing six different curling clubs from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.  Off-Island teams are from Antigonish, CFB Halifax, and Sackville NS. Island teams are from Montague, Crapaud and Cornwall. Draws are 8:30, 11:00, 1:30 and 4:00 each day. The Judy Burgess rink from Truro, who won last year’s bonspiel, will not be back this year to defend their title, so there will be a new champion.

The Host Committee would really appreciate if anyone can voluntarily give up their locker for Thursday and Friday during the bonspiel and also want to thank the daytime, stick, and junior curlers at the Club for their cooperation as they will miss some regular curling draws and junior practices.

Curling fans are invited to take in the action as many of the teams have curlers who have won provincial titles. There is no charge to watch the curling.

Team Skips

  1. Shirley Berry            9. Anna Acton
  2. Sandy Hope              10. Leona Williams
  3. Bryan Sutherland      11. Helen Dickie
  4. Tom Dunn                 12. Ken Nicols
  5. Dario Zannier            13. Keith Bowser
  6. Ray Biagé                 14. Paul Embrett
  7. Barry Craswell          15. George Anderson
  8. Paul Durant               16. Bob Smith

                                                        

Draw (Thursday – November 23rd)                                                                                                                                                                                    

              Time                    Ice 1                    Ice 2                    Ice 3                    Ice 4

              8:30                     1×2                      3×4                      5×6                      7×8

              11:00                   9×10                    11×12                  13×14                  15×16

              1:30                     4×5                      2×7                      1×8                      3×6

              4:00                     12×13                  10×15                  9×16                    11×14

                                                         

Draw (Friday –November 24th)

              8:30                     4×12                    1×9                      2×10                    3×11

              11:00                   6×14                    5×13                    7×15                    8×16

              1:30                     3×9                      1×12                    2×11                    4×10

              4:00                     5×16                    6×15                    8×14                    7×13

 

There will be practice before the 8:30 and 11:00 games on Thursday only. Practice times are 8:15, 8:20, 10:45, and 10:50. If time permits, each player will throw one rock down and one rock back.  Last rock advantage in first end is determined by toss of a coin. Rock colours are assigned.

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Seven Cornwall rinks at Fall Fling Jr. Cashspiel this weekend in Summerside

Posted on by November 16, 2017

The eleventh annual Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel gets underway on Friday and wraps up Sunday at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, with a full draw of 12 junior men’s teams and an equal number of junior women’s rinks entered, from all four Atlantic provinces. Half of the teams are from the Island, and seven of them are from here at the Cornwall Curling Club.

Live results will be available on the sidebar menu of PEICurling.com, and at the following address:

peicurling.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/3339

Better still – take a trip to Summerside this weekend, and cheer our teams on to victory!

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Opening draw for Murphy’s Ice Queens spiel

Posted on by November 15, 2017
Here is the opening draw on Friday evening for the Ice Queen’s Ladies Spiel, sponsored by Murphy’s Pharmacies.

6:30

Ice 1 – Gloria Clarke vs Debbie Rhodenhizer
Ice 2 – Carol Sweetapple vs Paulette Richard
Ice 3 – Karen Currie vs Jean Sinclair
 
8:00
Ice 2 – Myrna Craswell vs Janette Fraser
Ice 3 – Samantha M vs Shirley Berry 
 
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Team Lenentine finishes at 1-3 at Oak Island Cashspiel

Posted on by November 13, 2017

There was no Oak Island “treasure” to bring home for Cornwall’s Lauren Lenentine rink following weekend play at the 22nd annual Atlantica Hotel and Marina Oak Island Junior Cashspiel at the Chester Curling Club. After winning their opener 7-4, they had three losses (the last one by a single point) and didn’t advance to the playoff round, where Cally Moore of Halifax and Samantha Crook of Oromocto NB met in the final. The men’s finalists were the Owen Purcell and Matthew Manuel rinks from Halifax. The Ryan Abraham rink which includes PEI’s Brooks Roche, lost to Team Manuel in the semis.

 

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Cornwall’s Team Lenentine in search of Oak Island “treasure” at weekend cashspiel

Posted on by November 10, 2017

The annual Oak Island Junior Women’s and Men’s Cashspiel got underway this morning at the Chester Curling Club in Nova Scotia, not far from the island where Captain Kidd’s treasure is rumoured to be buried. There’s only one PEI team entered  – the Lauren Lenentine foursome from Cornwall. On the men’s side, Montague’s Brooks Roche is playing third on the Ryan Abraham team out of Halifax. 

Lenentine’s first game is at 2:30 this afternooon. 

Live results are available at CurlingZone.com

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Murphy’s Ice Queens Women’s Funspiel entry deadline is Tues. Nov. 14

Posted on by November 9, 2017

Last call for entries in “Murphy’s Ice Queens” Women’s funspiel is Tuesday, November 14th at 5 pm. All team entries must be in by then!
The Cornwall Curling Club hosts “The Murphy’s Ice Queens” Women’s Funspiel, Friday evening November 17 and all day Saturday, November 18. The event is pleased to welcome sponsor Murphy’s Pharmacies.
This spiel is open to female curlers from all clubs. Team or single entry welcome. No competitive teams, please. Call (902) 566-4427 to signup, or sign the sheet at the Club.
Entry fee is just $30 per person. Entry is limited to 16 teams. The event will include great food, fun, curling, and prizes!
Snacks will be provided Friday evening, with a Saturday breakfast of biscuits, muffins, sweet breads and coffee. Lunch will be soup, with a closing awards supper at 5 pm. There will be Door Prizes and a draw for a gift basket from Matos Winery & Distillery.

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Sign up now for our 5th annual Mixed Doubles Cashspiel

Posted on by November 9, 2017

The Cornwall Curling Club’s fifth annual Mixed Doubles Cashspiel takes place Saturday November 25. Curlers from all PEI clubs are welcome. Last year’s overall winners were the team of Kim Nicholson and Alan Acorn.

Cost: $40 per 2 person mixed team guarantees 3 six-end games and includes lunch. Payout of $80 for winning team of each 4 team section. 1 reverse draw for $40 for 1 winning curler.

First 16 teams entered will be accepted. This event sold out last year.

Email entries to: cornwallcurling@eastlink.ca or signup at the Club

 

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Curl PEI event registration (new system) now open

Posted on by November 7, 2017
 

 

Registration is now open for 2017/2018 Curl PEI championships and events. 

To register, click on the  “Enter Online” button on the sidebar of PEICurling.com or visit the following link:  peicurling.com/eventschships/competitions/entry-form/.  All events are currently listed except the Canada Games Trials, which will be added soon.

Curl PEI, like a number of other curling associations, is now using Curling Canada’s “Curling I/O” system for event entry and payment. The instructions are on the entry page.  Please review them before you register as there is new information required.

Payment may be made online using your credit card, or debit cards that have a Visa or Mastercard logo. You may also send in a cheque (payable to “Curl PEI”), or drop off cash or cheques to Curl PEI at 40 Enman Cres., room 203, but please call ahead to ensure someone will be in the office (902-367-2250). Bank “e-transfers” are NOT accepted.

If you have any questions or are having trouble registering please feel free to contact:

Amy Duncan at 902-368-4208 or aduncan@sportpei.pe.ca

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Sunday morning PEI curling roundup

Posted on by November 5, 2017
In Saint John at the Thistle-St. Andrews Junior Spiel (Canada Winter Games-age division) the Mitchell Schut team finished in third place in the boys’ division, losing their first two games, but reeling off three consecutive wins including the 3 vs 4 playoff game. Their Cornwall clubmates, Team Sydney Howatt, made it to the girls’ 3 vs 4 match, but ended up in 4th place, after losing a very close game.
 
 
There will be no repeat win for the Robyn MacPhee rink this weekend at the triple-knockout Royal Lepage OVCA Fall Classic in Kemptville Ont. They started off with two wins,  but lost the A qualifier game 6-2 to Isabela Wrana from Sweden, and the B qualifier 7-3 to Mary-Anne Arsenault of Halifax. MacPhee scored 5 points in the 7th end in a 10-4 win over Erin Morrissey of Ottawa in the C semi-finals, but lost her C qualifier 6-2 to Kristen MacDiarmid of Halifax. The quarter-finals are underway now.
 

Live results at: http://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=4763&eventtypeid=82&view=Scores#1

 

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Murphy’s Ice Queens Ladies Funspiel

Posted on by November 3, 2017

The annual Ice Queens Ladies Funspiel helps kick off the curling season on November 17 & 18 2017 at the Cornwall Curling Club. It’s open to Non-competitive women’s teams — only two regular team members who are planning to enter the provincial playdowns are permitted. Single entry is available too.

Teams are welcome from all curling clubs.

 To enter, contact the Cornwall Curling Club at (902) 566-4427

Schedule

 Friday night – snacks after your game

Saturday:

— breakfast of muffins, sweet breads & coffee

— soup for lunch 

— Closing Awards Supper at 6:00 pm                    

There will be door prizes and 50/50, too.

Entry fee is $30 per person. Sign up soon!

A weekend of fun and laughs is guaranteed!

A BIG THANK-YOU TO OUR SPONSOR

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Wendy’s Saturday Morning Junior League – revised draw

Posted on by December 6, 2017

Here is the revised draw for Wendy’s Saturday Morning Junior Development League, removing the bye, and adding the eighth team.

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 Howtt  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 Sanderson  vs  Howatt Schut vs Jack Gallant vs Pineau**

 * Revised date due to Kenmac bonspiel date change

 NOTES:

1 Previously scheduled draws for November 11 & December 9 are cancelled.

  1. Storm/alternate dates available (for now): Feb 17, Mar 10, Mar 24
  2. Schedule changes (as at Nov 1):

* Games to be made up: Howatt & Schut are not available on Nov 4

** Game scheduled for Feb 10 will be played early in S’Side on Nov 4

  1. Spare: Nathan Farrell (902) 393-5563

 

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 Colin MacKenzie TBA Liam Kelly Bill Hope
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 Ann Doucette
7 Cruz Pineau Brock Rochford Noah Gallant  Brayden Snow Shelley MacFadyen
8 Shianne Gallant  Mallory Rochford Madison Profit   Sophie Shelley MacFadyen

 

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Home Hardware Road to the Roar Pre-Trials underway Monday in Summerside (Curling Canada)

Posted on by November 1, 2017

Some of Canada’s best curling teams will have a chance to take a significant step toward their gold-medal dreams when the 2017 Home Hardware Road to the Roar Pre-Trials gets underway Monday at Credit Union Place in Summerside, P.E.I.

Former Olympic medallists Shannon Kleibrink, left, and John Morris will be skipping teams at the 2017 Home Hardware Road to the Roar in Summerside, P.E.I. (Photos, Curling Canada/Andrew Klaver (left), Michael Burns (right)

Fourteen men’s and 14 women’s teams will be playing off in Summerside, pursuing the final two berths available to each gender into the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings, Dec. 2-10 in Ottawa.

That’s where Canada’s men’s and women’s four-player teams for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, will be decided — the teams that will attempt to defend the gold medals won by Team Jennifer Jones and Team Brad Jacobs at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.

The 2017 Home Hardware Road to the Roar kicks off with a two rounds of competition on Monday — at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. (all times Atlantic). Then, from Tuesday through Friday, it will be four round-robin draws per day — at 8 a.m., noon, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.

The Pre-Trials teams will be seeded one through 14 based on their 2016-17 CTRS rankings, and then split into two pools of seven for the round-robin competition.

The top three teams from each pool will advance to the playoffs beginning on Saturday, Nov. 11, with the first- and second-place teams crossing over to meet each other in the first round of the A-side. The winners will then meet for the first Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings berth.

The first-round losers, meanwhile, will drop to meet the third-place teams in each pool in the first round of the B-side. The winners of the two games will then meet, with the winner taking on the A-side final loser for the second Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings berth.

Two former Olympic medallists are in the field in Summerside. On the men’s side, John Morris, who won gold playing third for Kevin Martin in 2010 at Vancouver, is skipping his team from Vernon, B.C., while on the women’s side, Shannon Kleibrink of Okotoks, Alta., a bronze-medallist skip in 2006 at Torino, Italy, is looking for her fourth trip to the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings.

Morris also participated in the 2013 Road to the Roar, and along with Jacobs qualified for the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings in Winnipeg. Those teams would meet in the Roar of the Rings final, with Jacobs coming out on top.

Four-time world men’s champ Glenn Howard of Etobicoke, Ont., meanwhile, has had to make a late lineup change in advance of the Home Hardware Road to the Roar; knee problems forced vice-skip Richard Hart to step aside and assume coaching duties for the team, with Adam Spencer moving from the alternate to vice-skip slot.

Charlottetown’s Adam Casey is among the hopefuls at the 2017 Home Hardware Road to the Roar. (Photo, Curling Canada/Michael Burns)

There is a Prince Edward Island angle to the Home Hardware Road to the Roar as Charlottetown resident Adam Casey is skipping a team that’s based in Regina.

The men’s field is rounded out by Halifax’s Jamie Murphy, 2006 Tim Hortons Brier champ Jean-Michel Ménard of Saint-Romuald, Que., Greg Balsdon of Kingston, Ont., Mark Bice of Sarnia, Ont., Dayna Deruelle of Brampton, Ont., William Lyburn of Winnipeg, Pat Simmons of Winnipeg, Jason Gunnlaugson of Winnipeg, Colton Flasch of Saskatoon, two-time (2006, 2007) world junior men’s champ Charley Thomas of Edmonton and 2012 world junior men’s champ Brendan Bottcher of Edmonton.

On the women’s side, Kelsey Rocque of Edmonton, who won back-to-back world junior women’s championships in 2014 and 2015, will be among the contenders, as will Krista McCarville of Thunder Bay, Ont., who’s finished in the final four at the past two Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Also in the women’s field are teams skipped by Theresa Breen of Halifax, 2013 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings runner-up Sherry Middaugh of Coldwater, Ont., Julie Tippin of Woodstock, Ont., Jacqueline Harrison of Mississauga, Ont., Tracy Fleury of Sudbury, Ont., Briane Meilleur of Winnipeg, Darcy Robertson of Winnipeg, Shannon Birchard of Winnipeg, Kerri Einarson of East St. Paul, Man., Nadine Scotland of Calgary, and Karla Thompson of Kamloops, B.C.

For the complete list of qualified teams, and their lineups, CLICK HERE.

CLICK HERE to see the complete draw for the 2017 Home Hardware Road to the Roar.

Tickets are available for the Road to the Roar Pre-Trials. CLICK HERE for more information. Live scoring will be available at www.curling.ca/scoreboard/

TSN/RDS, Curling Canada’s longtime broadcast partner for Season of Champions events, will be providing wall-to-wall coverage of the closing weekend playoff draws in Summerside. CLICK HERE for the TSN/RDS broadcast schedule.

Click to read this story at Curling Canada

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Weekend wrapup: Annika Kelly rink wins Lakeshore U21, NS teams take Superspiel, Brothers, Dacey capture Dave Jones spiel

Posted on by October 29, 2017
 
The Charlottetown Curling Club rink of  Skip Annika Kelly, 3rd Cynthia Pearson, 2nd Tati Kelly, and lead Meghan Ching doubled the Isabel Reeves foursome from Berwick NS 4-2 this afternoon to win the Lakeshore Under 21 Junior Women’s Spiel in Lower Sackville NS. The Kelly team, three of whom are former Cornwall members, finished the event with a 5-1 win-loss record. the Owen Purcell rink from Halifax won the junior men’s event, defeating the Ryan Abraham rink, with Montague PEI native Brooks Roche playing third, by a 7-4 score in the championship match.

In Ottawa, Cornwall’s Lauren Lenentine finished play with a 2-3 win-loss record, after losing her C semi-final match Saturday night in the BrokerLink OVCA Junior Superspiel to Ottawa’s Emma Wallingford. The Liam Marin team from Saint John, with PEI’s Tyler Smith at third stone, also finished at 2-3. The event was won by two Nova Scotia rinks, with the Matthew Manuel team from Halifax edging the JT Ryan foursome from Winnipeg 4-3 in an extra end in the final, while the Kaitlyn Jones squad, also from Halifax, beat the Megan Smith team from Sudbury ON 7-2 in six ends.

Photo: Jill Brothers

In the Dave Jones Cashspiel at the Halifax Mayflower club, Cornwall’s Veronica Smith finished at 1-3. Team Jill Brothers, with PEI native Erin Carmody at third, beat Road to the Roar competitor Theresa Breen 7-4 in the championship game. The men’s side was won by Mark Dacey, 6-2 over Chad Stevens in an all-Halifax final.

 

In Grand Slam of Curling action in Lloydminster SK, Brad Gushue, with PEI native Brett Gallant, doubled defending champ Niklas Edin of Sweden 8-4 in the Masters men’s final Sunday to capture his ninth career Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling title. Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones captured her record eighth Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling Women’s championship, defeating Kerri Einarson of East St. Paul 6-5 in an all-Manitoba final Sunday at the Masters.

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Sunday morning curling wrapup: Lenentine out in C semis, Smith finishes at 1-3, Kelly 3-1 at Lakeshore

Posted on by October 29, 2017
 

In Ottawa, Cornwall’s Lauren Lenentine finished play with a 2-3 win-loss record, after losing her C semi-final match Saturday night in the OVCA Junior Superspiel to Ottawa’s Emma Wallingford. The Liam Marin team from Saint John, with PEI’s Tyler Smith at third stone, also finished at 2-3.

In the Dave Jones cashspiel at the Halifax Mayflower club, Cornwall’s Veronica Smith finished at 1-3 after losing Sat. evening, to Mary Mattatall, who plays Jill Brothers, with PEI native Erin Carmody at third, at 9 am in the quarter-finals. Mary-Anne Arsenault takes on Road to the Roar competitor Theresa Breen in the other quarter. Jennifer Armstrong and Mary Myketyn-Driscoll have already advanced to the noon semis.

In the Lakeshore Junior Women’s Spiel in Lower Sackville NS, Charlottetown’s Annika Kelly rink, which includes third Cynthia Pearson, 2nd Tati Kelly, and lead Meghan Ching, have 3 wins and only one loss, with their final round robin match going at noon vs Dartmouth’s Emma Bedard team. The event final is at 4 pm.

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Wednesday Ladder League Round One Draw/Schedule

Posted on by October 27, 2017

Following Qualifier Night, the A and B pools have been determined for the first round of the Wednesday evening Ladder League, sponsored by Lowther’s Snow Removal (A Pool) and Sam’s Cornwall Restaurant (B Pool). I put the teams in random order within each pool for the first round.

A Pool teams

  • A1-Rachel MacLean
  • A2-Paul Neima
  • A3-Emily Sanderson
  • A4-Bill Hope
  • A5-Greg Robertson
  • A6-Ray Biagé
  • A7-Kelly Watts

B Pool teams 

  • B1-Kim Nicholson
  • B2-Greg Groves
  • B3-Peter Joostema
  • B4-Rob Gallant
  • B5-Gord Peters
  • B6-David Younker
  • B7-Josh McInnis

As we have an odd number of teams (7) in each pool, we will have a crossover game each week against a team from the other pool, which will always be scheduled at 6:30 pm. It is very important that you pay attention to this, as your pool may have the 8:30 draw on a particular week, but you may be in the crossover game at 6:30 (and you don’t want to miss it!).

The “A” pool (plus the crossover game) gets the early draw the first week, as they had the late draw for the last week last season.

We will be using all four sheets and an 8 team, 4 sheet draw from Curling Canada (http://17962-presscdn-0-57.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Round-robin-draws-5-8.pdf) eliminating the game against “Team 8” at 8:30 (there will be one sheet available for rentals and practices), and pitting the team in the early draw that was to play “Team 8” against the late draw  team of the same number.

Here is the draw:

Nov. 1 (Week 1)
6:30 pm  Lowther’s Snow Removal “A” Pool + Crossover Game
Ice 1: A4-Bill Hope vs A7-Kelly Watts
Ice 2: A6-Ray Biagé vs A3-Emily Sanderson
Ice 3: A1-Rachel MacLean vs B1-Kim Nicholson (crossover)
Ice 4: A2-Paul Neima vs A5-Greg Robertson

8:30 pm Sam’s Cornwall Restaurant “B” Pool
Ice 1: B4-Rob Gallant vs B7-Josh McInnis
Ice 2: B6-David Younker vs B3-Peter Joostema
Ice 3: Not used for league
Ice 4: B2-Greg Groves vs B5-Gord Peters

Nov. 8 (Week 2)
630 pm Sam’s Cornwall Restaurant “B” Pool + Crossover Game
Ice 1: B6-David Younker vs B1-Kim Nicholson
Ice 2: B4-Rob Gallant vs  B5-Gord Peters
Ice 3: B2-Greg Groves vs B7-Josh McInnis
Ice 4: B3-Peter Joostema vs A3-Emily Sanderson (crossover)

8:30 pm Lowther’s Snow Removal “A” Pool 
Ice 1: A6-Ray Biagé vs A1-Rachel MacLean
Ice 2: A4-Bill Hope vs A5-Greg Robertson
Ice 3: A2-Paul Neima vs A7-Kelly Watts (crossover)
Ice 4: Not used for league

Nov. 15 (Week 3)
6:30 pm Lowther’s Snow Removal “A” Pool + Crossover Game
Ice 1: A2-Paul Neima vs B2-Greg Groves (crossover)
Ice 2: A7-Kelly Watts vs A1-Rachel MacLean
Ice 3: A5-Greg Robertson vs A3-Emily Sanderson
Ice 4: A4-Bill Hope vs A6-Ray Biagé

8:30 pm Sam’s Cornwall Restaurant “B” Pool
Ice 1: Not used for league
Ice 2: B7-Josh McInnis vs B1-Kim Nicholson
Ice 3: B5-Gord Peters vs B3-Peter Joostema
Ice 4: B4-Rob Gallant vs  B6-David Younker

Nov. 22 (Week 4)
630 pm Sam’s Cornwall Restaurant “B” Pool + Crossover Game
Ice 1: B1-Kim Nicholson vs B3-Peter Joostema
Ice 2: B2-Greg Groves vs B4-Rob Gallant
Ice 3: B6 vs A6-Ray Biagé (crossover)
Ice 4: B5-Gord Peters vs B7-Josh McInnis

8:30 pm Lowther’s Snow Removal “A” Pool 
Ice 1: A1-Rachel MacLean vs A3-Emily Sanderson
Ice 2: A2-Paul Neima vs A4-Bill Hope 
Ice 3: Not used for league
Ice 4: A5-Greg Robertson vs A7-Kelly Watts

Nov. 29 (Week 5)
6:30 pm Lowther’s Snow Removal “A” Pool + Crossover Game
Ice 1: A4-Bill Hope vs B4 (crossover)
Ice 2: A3-Emily Sanderson vs A7-Kelly Watts
Ice 3: A1-Rachel MacLean vs A5-Greg Robertson
Ice 4: A2-Paul Neima vs A6-Ray Biagé 

6:30 pm Sam’s Cornwall Restaurant “B” Pool
Ice 1:  Not used for league
Ice 2: B3-Peter Joostema vs B7-Josh McInnis
Ice 3: B1-Kim Nicholson vs  B5-Gord Peters
Ice 4: B2-Greg Groves vs  B6-David Younker

Dec. 6 (Week 6)
630 pm Sam’s Cornwall Restaurant “B” Pool + Crossover Game
Ice 1: B2-Greg Groves vs B3-Peter Joostema
Ice 2: B5-Gord Peters vs A5-Greg Robertson (crossover)
Ice 3: B6-David Younker vs B7-Josh McInnis
Ice 4: B1-Kim Nicholson vs vs B4-Rob Gallant

8:30 pm Lowther’s Snow Removal “A” Pool 
Ice 1: A2-Paul Neima vs A3-Emily Sanderson
Ice 2: Not used for league
Ice 3: A6-Ray Biagé vs A7-Kelly Watts
Ice 4: A1-Rachel MacLean vs A4-Bill Hope 

Dec. 13 (Week 7)
6:30 pm Lowther’s Snow Removal “A” Pool + Crossover Game
Ice 1: A5-Greg Robertson vs A6-Ray Biagé  
Ice 2: A1-Rachel MacLean vs A2-Paul Neima 
Ice 3: A3-Emily Sanderson vs A4-Bill Hope 
Ice 4: A7-Kelly Watts vs B7-Josh McInnis (crossover)

8:30 pm “B” Pool
Ice 1: B5-Gord Peters vs  B6-David Younker
Ice 2: B1-Kim Nicholson vs B2-Greg Groves
Ice 3: B3-Peter Joostema vs B4-Rob Gallant
Ice 4: Not used for league

At the end of the round, the bottom three “A” teams will drop to the “B” pool, while the top three “B” teams will ascend the ladder to the “A” pool.

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Wednesday “Iceman” Daytime League Draw Schedule and Team Rosters

Posted on by October 27, 2017

The Wednesday Daytime Team League, sponsored by Lance “The Iceman” Lowther, starts on November 1st, with draws at 10 am and 12:30 pm. We are pleased to announce that we have a full draw of 16 teams.

Here is the draw schedule through to Feb. 21.

November 1, 2017
10:00 am
Ice 1  S. Berry vs V. Fisher
Ice 2. L. Callbeck vs B. Craswell
Ice 3. C. Sweetapple vs B. Sutherland
Ice 4. D. Kneabone vs B. Stuckey
12:30 pm
Ice 1. F. Weiler vs V. Chowan
Ice 2. P. Arsenault vs B. Duncan-Biagé
Ice 3. P. Field vs P. Durant
Ice 4. D. MacKay vs R. Biagé

November 8, 2017
10:00 am
Ice 1. B. Sutherland vs F. Weiler
Ice 2. D. Kneabone vs C. Sweetapple
Ice 3. S. Berry vs B. Stuckey
Ice 4. L. Callbeck vs V. Fisher
12:30 pm
Ice 1. R. Biagé vs P.Durant
Ice 2. V. Chowan vs B. Craswell
Ice 3. D. MacKay vs P. Arsenault
Ice 4. B. Duncan-Biagé vs P. Field

November 15, 2017
10:00 am
Ice 1. C. Sweetapple vs D. MacKay
Ice 2. V. Chowan vs B. Stuckey
Ice 3. B. Craswell vs S. Berry
Ice 4. F. Weiler vs P. Arsenault
12:30 pm
Ice 1. B. Sutherland vs D. Kneabone
Ice 2. P. Field vs V. Fisher
Ice 3. B. Duncan-Biagé vs R. Biagé
Ice 4. L. Callbeck vs P. Durant

November 22, 2017
10:00 am
Ice 1. B. Craswell vs R. Biagé
Ice 2. B. Duncan-Biagé vs B. Sutherland
Ice 3. V. Fisher vs V. Chowan
Ice 4. D. Kneabone vs S. Berry
12:30 pm
Ice 1. P. Arsenault vs B. Stuckey
Ice 2. P. Durant vs C. Sweetapple
Ice 3. L. Callbeck vs F. Weiler
Ice 4. D. MacKay vs P. Field

November 29, 2017
10:00 am
Ice 1. P. Arsenault vs V. Chowan
Ice 2. F. Weiler vs P. Field
Ice 3. L. Callbeck vs B. Duncan-Biagé
Ice 4. B. Sutherland vs B. Stuckey
12:30 pm
Ice 1. V. Fisher vs C. Sweetapple
Ice 2. R. Biagé vs D. Kneabone
Ice 3. D. MacKay vs B. Craswell
Ice 4. S. Berry vs P. Durant

December 6, 2017
10:00 am
Ice 1. D. Kneabone vs L. Callbeck
Ice 2. P. Arsenault vs P. Durant
Ice 3. P. Field vs B. Stuckey
Ice 4. V. Chowan vs R. Biagé
12:30 pm
Ice 1. S. Berry vs B. Duncan-Biagé
Ice 2. F. Weiler vs D. MacKay
Ice 3. V. Fisher vs B. Sutherland
Ice 4. C. Sweetapple vs B. Craswell

December 13, 2017
10:00 am
Ice 1. B. Stuckey vs P. Durant
Ice 2. L. Callbeck vs B. Sutherland
Ice 3. F. Weiler vs R. Biagé
Ice 4. C. Sweetapple vs B. Duncan-Biagé
12:30 pm
Ice 1. B. Craswell vs P. Field
Ice 2. D. MacKay vs S. Berry
Ice 3. D. Kneabone vs V. Chowan
Ice 4. P. Arsenault vs V. Fisher
December 20, 2017
10:00 am
Ice 1. F. Weiler vs S. Berry
Ice 2. R. Biagé vs V. Fisher
Ice 3. P. Arsenault vs D. Kneabone
Ice 4. L. Callbeck vs B. Stuckey
12:30 pm
Ice 1. P. Durant vs B. Sutherland
Ice 2. B. Duncan-Biagé vs B. Craswell
Ice 3. C. Sweetapple vs P. Field
Ice 4. V. Chowan vs D. MacKay

December 27, 2017…… No curling
January 3, 2018……. No curling

January 10, 2018
10:00 am
Ice 1. R. Biagé vs C. Sweetapple
Ice 2. B. Stuckey vs B. Duncan-Biagé
Ice 3. B. Sutherland vs B. Craswell
Ice 4. P. Field vs L. Callbeck
12:30 pm
Ice 1. D. Kneabone vs F. Weiler
Ice 2. V. Chowan vs P. Durant
Ice 3. S. Berry vs P. Arsenault
Ice 4. V. Fisher vs D. MacKay

January 17, 2018
10:00 am
Ice 1. V. Chowan vs B. Duncan-Biagé
Ice 2. C. Sweetapple vs F. Weiler
Ice 3. P. Durant vs V. Fisher
Ice 4. P. Arsenault vs B. Craswell
12:30 pm
Ice 1. D. MacKay vs L. Callbeck
Ice 2. D. Kneabone vs P. Field
Ice 3. R. Biagé vs B. Stuckey
Ice 4. S. Berry vs B.  Sutherland

January 24, 2018
10:00 am
Ice 1. L. Callbeck vs P. Arsenault
Ice 2. B. Craswell vs D. Kneabone
Ice 3. V. Chowan vs P. Field
Ice 4. P. Durant vs F. Weiler
12:30 pm
Ice 1. B. Duncan-Biagé vs V. Fisher
Ice 2. S. Berry vs R. Biagé
Ice 3. B. Sutherland vs D. MacKay
Ice 4. C. Sweetapple vs B. Stuckey

January 31, 2018
10:00 am
Ice 1. P. Durant vs B. Craswell
Ice 2. B. Sutherland vs V. Chowan
Ice 3. R. Biagé vs L. Callbeck
Ice 4. P. FIeld vs S. Berry
12:30 pm
Ice 1. C. Sweetapple vs P. Arsenault
Ice 2. D. MacKay vs B. Stuckey
Ice 3. F. Weiler vs B. Duncan-Biagé
Ice 4. V. Fisher vs D. Kneabone

February 7, 2018
10:00 am
Ice 1. P. Field vs B. Sutherland
Ice 2. P. Durant vs D. MacKay
Ice 3. S. Berry vs C. Sweetapple
Ice 4. B. Duncan-Biagé vs D. Kneabone
12:30 pm
Ice 1. B. Stuckey vs B. Craswell
Ice 2. V. Fisher vs F. Weiler
Ice 3. V. Chowan vs L. Callbeck
Ice 4. R. Biagé vs P. Arsenault

February 14, 2018
10:00 am
Ice 1. V. Chowan vs S. Berry
Ice 2. P. Field vs P. Arsenault
Ice 3. B. Stuckey vs F. Weiler
Ice 4. B. Sutherland vs R. Biagé
12:30 pm
Ice 1. D. MacKay vs D. Kneabone
Ice 2. C. Sweetapple vs L. Callbeck
Ice 3. B. Craswell vs V. Fisher
Ice 4.  P. Durant vs B. Duncan-Biagé

February 21, 2018
10:00 am
Ice 1. V. Fisher vs B. Stuckey
Ice 2. S. Berry vs L. Callbeck
Ice 3. B. Duncan-Biagé vs D. MacKay
Ice 4. V. Chowan vs C. Sweetapple
12:30 pm
Ice 1. P. Field vs R. Biagé
Ice 2. B. Sutherland vs P. Arsenault
Ice 3. P. Durant vs D. Kneabone
Ice 4. B. Craswell vs F. Weiler

Here are the team rosters:

Wednesday Daytime Teams

1.Vern Chowan, Marg Stewart, Pat McCardle, Jean Anderson
2.Carol Sweetapple, Danielle Girard, Carlene Peters, Helen Smith
3.Paul Field, Myrna Craswell, Roy Coffin, Myrna Sanderson
4.Ray Biagé, Linda Fairhurst, Don Weeks, Don Graham
5.Barb Duncan-Biagé, Melody Beck, Janette Fraser, Ann Grayborn
6.Diane MacKay, Myron MacKay, Gary O’Sullivan, Don Steeves
7.Bryan Sutherland, Etta Reid, Elaine Hughes, Dick MacKinnon
8.Paul Arsenault, Ron Giggey, Al Acorn, Edgar Coffin
9.Shirley Berry, Janice Murdoch, Arleen Harris, Rebecca Rolfe
10.Lester Callbeck, Dave Murphy, Cliff Sentner, Dave O’ Hanley
11.Paul Durant, Eugene Murphy, Carolyn Crockett, Joanne Durant
12.Danny Kneabone, Karen Currie, Al MacCormac, Roger DesRoches
13.Vince Fisher, Kimball Blanchard, Hanny MacLeod, Karen Fisher
14.Busher Stuckey, Linda Stuckey, Irene Fraser, Cecil Fraser
15.Barry Craswell, Joe Gill, Ron Diamond, Archie MacKinnon
16.Frank Weiler, Tom Dunn, TBA, Italo Marzari

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No Wednesday morning Drop-in curling this season

Posted on by October 27, 2017

Please note that, for the first time ever, we have a full sixteen teams signed up for our Wednesday Daytime Team League, sponsored by The Iceman (Lance Lowther). Because of this, we will be using all four sheets at both 10 am and 12:30 pm. Consequently, the morning Daytime Drop-In draw, where teams are made up as players arrive, will be offered only on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

By the way, non-members are welcome to come out any of these four mornings — $10 drop-in fee, or $80 for 10 drop-ins.

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Road to the Roar tickets to be given to S’Side Remembrance Day service attendees (Journal)

Posted on by October 26, 2017

Remembrance Day Service set to begin at 10:40 a.m. and the moment of silence observed at 11 a.m.

SUMMERSIDE – Curling Canada, in partnership with the City of Summerside and the Summerside Remembrance Day Organizing Committee, is now preparing to pause and to pay respect to veterans by holding the annual Remembrance Day Service in the midst of hosting the Home Hardware Road to the Roar Canadian curling pre-trials event.

In honour of Canada’s veterans, attendees of this year’s Remembrance Day service will be invited to the draw that will follow the services. Tickets will be distributed as the public enters Credit Union Place’s Eastlink Arena for services on Saturday, Nov.11.

Click to read this story in the Journal Pioneer

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Wendy’s Saturday Morning Jr. Dev’t League Draw and Schedule

Posted on by October 26, 2017

Round Robin Draw 2017/18

Junior Development League Cornwall Curling Club: Starting Oct 28/17

Game dates: Oct 28, Nov 4, Nov 11, Dec 9, Dec 16, Dec 23 (TBD), Jan 20.

Draw Times: 9:30 am

Optional/additional dates (if draw continues): Jan 27, Feb 10, Feb 17, Mar 10, Mar 24

League Teams: 1. E. Coffin; 2.  S. Howatt; 3. M. Schut; 4. C. Clark; 5. A. Burris; 6. B. O’Grady; 7. C. Pineau; 8. S’Side TBD

NOTE:  The intent is that there be eight (8) teams registered.  In the meantime, until the 8th team is determined the scheduled opponent will have a “Bye”.  If that team doesn’t register the “Byes” will stand.  If the team does register the games will be made up by the teams at their earliest opportunity.

Eight Teams (One team TBD – will remain a Bye if only 7)

Date ICE 1  ICE 2   ICE 3  ICE 4
Oct 28 Clara Jack vs  Cruz Pineau Bailey O’Grady  vs  Mitchell Schut Bye vs Team Emma Coffin Sydney Howatt  vs  Alexis Burris
Nov 4 Bailey O’Grady  vs  Emma Coffin Clara Jack vs  Alexis Burris Sydney Howatt vs   Cruz Pineau Bye vs Team Mitchell Schut
Nov 11 Bye vs Team Sydney Howatt Cruz Pineau  vs  Emma Coffin Alexis Burris vs  Mitchell Schut Clara Jack  vs  Bailey O’Grady
Dec 9 Emma Coffin vs  Mitchell Schut Sydney Howatt vs  Clara Jack Bye vs Team Bailey O’Grady Alexis Burris  vs  Cruz Pineau
Dec 16 Bye vs Team Clara Jack Mitchell Schut  vs  Cruz Pineau Emma Coffin  vs  Alexis Burris Bailey O’Grady vs  Sydney Howatt
Dec 23 (TBD) Mitchell Schut vs Sydney Howatt Bye vs Team Alexis Burris Cruz Pineau vs  Bailey O’Grady Emma Coffin vs  Clara Jack
Jan 20 Alexis Burris  vs  Bailey O’Grady Emma Coffin vs  Sydney Howatt Mitchell Schut  vs  Clara Jack Bye vs Cruz Pineau
This draw may continue…….

Team Rosters:

 No Skip Mate Second Lead
1 Emma Coffin Emily Sanderson Kaylee Stewart Ann Marie MacDonald
2 Sydney Howatt Sierra Clyke Meghan Sherren Madelyn Cantwell
3 Mitchell Schut Colin MacKenzie Michael MacEwen Liam Kelly
4 Clara Jack Beth Walsh Aurora Ulvstal Darrah MacLeod
5 Alexis Burris Katie Shaw Lauren Ferguson Lexie Murray
6 Bailey O’Grady Katelyn Burgoyne Meaghan Perry Amy Spence
7 Cruz Pineau Brock Rochford Braydon Snow Noah Gallant
8 S’Side TBD      

Rules:

1. Round Robin format

2.  6 end games

  1. If eight teams or fewer, games will start at 9:30 Saturday Morning on the dates indicated. 
  2. Score will be tabulated as follows:  5 points for a win; 2.5 points each for a tie; 2 points for each end won; 1 point each for blank ends. 
  3. Teams are responsible for marking their score when they come off the ice. Players are strongly encouraged to play all 6 ends regardless of score.  If a team does decide to retire early the other team will be awarded 2 points for the remaining ends.
  4. Coaches / Chaperones can go out to the ice when they see an opportunity to teach their team. The spirit of the rule is to allow the coaches to help their teams think about different possibilities and learn, not just call the shots for the team. Other reasons may include helping their teams with etiquette, speeding up play or perhaps interpreting the rules.
  5. Have FUN and Good Curling!
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Cornwall’s Veronica Smith rink playing in Halifax cashspiel this weekend

Posted on by October 26, 2017
 
 
 

The Veronica Smith team from the Cornwall Curling Club is the only Island rink competing in the annual Dave Jones Cashspiel, which gets underway today and wraps up on Sunday at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, with 18 men’s and 15 women’s teams taking part. PEI native Erin Carmody is playing third for the Jill Brothers rink out of Halifax. Team Smith’s opening round robin game is at 5:30 pm on Friday.
Live results will be available at CurlingZone.com

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Team Lenentine in the OVCA Jr. Superspiel in Ottawa this weekend

Posted on by October 25, 2017

Cornwall’s Lauren Lenentine rink is heading to Ottawa tomorrow to participate in the  24th Annual Brokerlink OVCA Junior Superspiel. Their first game is Friday at 10 am Atlantic against MacKenzie Zacharias from Manitoba. Tyler Smith is also in the event, playing on New Brunswick’s Liam Marin team.

Website: superspiel.ca/
Live scoring at: http://www.superspiel.ca/index.php/scoring

(L-R): Lauren Lenentine, Kristie Rogers, Breanne Burgoyne, Rachel O’Connor

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MR Seafoods Tuesday Evening Competitive Draw and Rosters – Revised

Posted on by October 25, 2017

 
We had a last minute team entry for our MR Seafoods Tuesday evening competitive league draw, so we now have a full draw (with no byes) of 16 teams. We had to redo the draw, because putting their team in the previous “bye” slot would result in all their games being at 8:30. Also, there WILL be curling on Hallowe’en this year. If your team can’t curl that night, please let the other team know. We will have a night in February where you can play a makeup game if the teams are agreeable.

 

Here is the revised first round draw for the (now) 16 team Tuesday Evening Competitive League. Please note that there WILL be a draw on Hallowe’en this year.

(If viewing this on a phone, swipe with your fingers to view the entire table.)

Date:  Time: Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4
Oct. 24th 6:30 PM C. Creighton vs D. Schut V. Smith vs M. MacDonald S. Howatt vs B. Spence J. Taylor vs M. Schut
  8:30 PM S. Berry vs L. Lenentine M O’Rourke vs B. Hope P. Durant vs S. Hope S. MacInnis vs D. Rhodenhizer
           
Oct. 31st  6:30 PM P. Durant vs B. Spence J. Taylor vs D. Rhodenhizer L. Lenentine vs C. Creighton M O’Rourke vs M. MacDonald
  8:30 PM S. Howatt vs S. Hope S. MacInnis vs M. Schut S. Berry vs D. Schut B. Hope vs V. Smith
           
Nov. 7th 6:30 PM S. MacInnis vs S. Howatt M. Schut vs S. Berry D. Schut vs B. Hope V. Smith vs S. Hope
  8:30 PM J. Taylor vs P. Durant D. Rhodenhizer vs C. Creighton L. Lenentine vs M. MacDonald M O’Rourke vs B. Spence
           
Nov. 14th 6:30 PM L. Lenentine vs B. Hope S. Hope vs M O’Rourke S. MacInnis vs P. Durant S. Berry vs D. Rhodenhizer
  8:30 PM M. MacDonald vs D. Schut B. Spence vs V. Smith J. Taylor vs S. Howatt M. Schut vs  C. Creighton
           
Nov. 21st 6:30 PM M O’Rourke vs S. Berry B. Hope vs P. Durant S. Hope vs D. Rhodenhizer L. Lenentine vs S. MacInnis
  8:30 PM V. Smith vs C. Creighton S. Howatt vs M. MacDonald M. Schut vs B. Spence J. Taylor vs D. Schut
           
Nov. 28th  6:30 PM V. Smith vs J. Taylor S. Howatt vs C. Creighton M. MacDonald vs M. Schut B. Spence vs D. Schut
  8:30 PM M O’Rourke vs S. MacInnis S. Berry vs P. Durant B. Hope vs D. Rhodenhizer L. Lenentine vs S. Hope
           
Dec. 5th  6:30 PM M. Schut vs S. Hope S. MacInnis vs D. Schut V. Smith vs S. Berry B. Hope vs S. Howatt
  8:30 PM D. Rhodenhizer vs B. Spence L. Lenentine vs J. Taylor M O’Rourke vs C. Creighton P. Durant vs M. MacDonald
           
Dec. 12th  6:30 PM M. MacDonald vs D. Rhodenhizer L. Lenentine vs B. Spence J. Taylor vs M O’Rourke P. Durant vs C. Creighton
  8:30 PM B. Hope vs M. Schut S. Hope vs D. Schut S. MacInnis vs V. Smith S. Berry vs S. Howatt
           
Dec. 19th 6:30 PM S. Howatt vs M O’Rourke C. Creighton vs S. MacInnis S. Berry vs M. MacDonald M. Schut vs  P. Durant
  8:30 PM B. Spence vs B. Hope D. Schut vs D. Rhodenhizer V. Smith vs L. Lenentine S. Hope vs J. Taylor
           
Jan. 2th 6:30 PM J. Taylor vs B. Hope D. Rhodenhizer vs V. Smith C. Creighton vs S. Hope S. Howatt vs L. Lenentine
  8:30 PM M. Schut vs M O’Rourke M. MacDonald vs S. MacInnis D. Schut vs P. Durant B. Spence vs S. Berry
           
Jan. 16th  6:30 PM D. Schut vs L. Lenentine B. Spence vs S. Hope M O’Rourke vs V. Smith S. MacInnis vs J. Taylor
  8:30 PM C. Creighton vs S. Berry P. Durant vs S. Howatt M. MacDonald vs B. Hope D. Rhodenhizer vs M. Schut
           
Jan. 23rd   6:30 PM B. Spence vs C. Creighton M. MacDonald vs J. Taylor B. Hope vs S. MacInnis S. Hope vs S. Berry
  8:30 PM D. Schut vs S. Howatt V. Smith vs M. Schut D. Rhodenhizer vs M O’Rourke L. Lenentine vs P. Durant
           
Jan. 30th  6:30 PM S. Berry vs S. MacInnis P. Durant vs M O’Rourke M. Schut vs D. Schut M. MacDonald vs B. Spence
  8:30 PM L. Lenentine vs D. Rhodenhizer B. Hope vs S. Hope C. Creighton vs J. Taylor V. Smith vs S. Howatt
           
Feb. 6th 6:30 PM S. Hope vs M. MacDonald L. Lenentine vs M. Schut D. Rhodenhizer vs S. Howatt C. Creighton vs B. Hope
  8:30 PM P. Durant vs V. Smith J. Taylor vs S. Berry B. Spence vs S. MacInnis D. Schut vs M O’Rourke
           
Feb. 13th  6:30 PM D. Rhodenhizer vs P. Durant S. Berry vs B. Hope B. Spence vs J. Taylor D. Schut vs V. Smith
  8:30 PM S. Hope vs S. MacInnis L. Lenentine vs M O’Rourke S. Howatt vs M. Schut M. MacDonald vs C. Creighton
Feb.
20th		 Makeup night – sign up with Bev at the office.

Note:  Please call your opposition if you can not make a game.   

IMPORTANT!  Read the draw carefully as the times do not always alternate each week!

Here are the team rosters:

  Tuesday Night Draw            
1     2     3  
Skip Debbie Rhodenhizer   Skip Chris Crieghton   Skip Bill Hope
Third Cindy Nicholson   Third Mellissa Crieghton   Third Peter Murdoch
Second Nancy McFadyen   Second Carlene Peters   Second David Murphy
Lead Sandra Sobey   Lead Helen Smith   Lead Craig Mackie
               
4     5     6  
Skip Lauren Lenentine   Skip Paul Durant   Skip Mark O’Rourke
Third Kristie Rogers   Third Danny Kneabone   Third Karen Currie
Second Breanne Burgoyne   Second Al Acorn   Second Danny Bernard
Lead Rachel O’Connor   Lead Carl Currie   Lead Donna Pound-Bernard
               
7     8     9  
Skip Shirley Berry   Skip Veronica Smith   Skip Sandy Hope
Third Janice Murdoch   Third Jane DiCarlo   Third Shelly Ebbett
Second Rebbecca Rolfe   Second Sabrina Smith   Second Karen Hardy
Lead Linda Fairhurst   Lead Whitney Young   Lead Arlene Harris
               
10     11     12  
Skip Mark MacDonald   Skip Jeff Taylor   Skip Sydney Howatt
Third Brad Gardiner   Third Angus Kennedy   Third Sierra Clyke
Second Wayne Goodwin   Second Myrna Sanderson   Second Meghan Sherren
Lead Shawn Patterson   Lead Cody Dawson   Lead Madelyn Cantwell
               
13     14     15  
Skip Devon Schut   Skip Mitchell Schut   Skip Brock Spence
Third Alex Huestis   Third Colin MacKenzie   Third Jay Carr
Second Tyler Garnhum   Second Michael MacEwen   Second Chris Montigny
Lead Nick Johnston   Lead Liam Kelly   Lead Mike Montigny
               
16              
Skip  Susan McInnis            
Third Donna Butler            
Second  Julie Scales            
Lead  TBA            

Spares

Chloe McCloskey  (902)940-7442

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Thursday Draw – Opening round, sponsored by Pizza Delight

Posted on by October 24, 2017

Here is the first Thursday evening draw of the season, sponsored by Cornwall Pizza Delight. For the first time in several years, we’re also using ice (2 sheets) at 8:30 pm.

Pizza Delight

Thursday Oct 26, 2017

6:30PM Draw   

Ice 1: Garth C., Gary O., L. Kelly, Krista C., vs Gordon M., Wade D., Len C., Chris M.

Ice 2: Eric L., Janice M., George P., Amanda M. vs Paul N., Doug K., Heather D., Alex R.

Ice 3: Danny K., Marlene P., Anne V., Lacey G. vs Kim N., Stephen D., Darlene H., Scott M.

Ice 4: Peter M., Marjorie M., Patsy P.,Robbie L., vs Frank M., Donnie G., Maureen C., Italo M.

Pizza Delight

Thursday Oct 26, 2017

8:30PM Draw   

Ice 1: Bryan S., Lee N., Barb A., Monica M. vs Frank W., Rick N., Morgan W., TBA

Ice 2:  Larry C., Allan A., Jennifer L., Melissa M. vs Jim O., Carlene P., Kristin C., Darren M.

Here is  the full opening round draw.

THURSDAY EVENING DRAW – October 26-December 07, 2017

 

DATE

  

ICE 1 
at 6:30

  

ICE 2
at 6:30

  

ICE 3
at 6:30

  

ICE 4
at 6:30

  

ICE 5
at 8:30

  

ICE 6
at 8:30
 

Oct. 26

    Garth C

 vs

Gordon M

 Eric L.

Vs

Paul N

  

Danny K

Vs

Kim N

 

   Peter M

     Vs

  Frank M

  

Bryan S

Vs

Frank W

 

 Larry C

Vs

Jim O
 

Nov. 02

 Paul N

Vs

Bryan S

 Frank W

Vs

Larry C

 Jim Orr

Vs

Garth C

 Gordon M

Vs

Peter M

 Frank M

Vs

Danny K

  

Kim N

Vs

Eric L

 
 

Nov. 09

  

Danny K

Vs

Gordon M

 

 Garth C

Vs

Larry C

  

Eric L

Vs

Frank M

 

 Bryan S

Vs

Kim N

 Paul N

Vs

Frank W

 Peter M

Vs

Jim O
 

Nov. 16

 Jim O

Vs

Bryan S

 Gordon M

Vs

Paul N

 Frank M

Vs

Kim N

 Frank W

Vs

Peter M

 Garth C

Vs

Danny K

 Larry C

Vs

Eric L
 

Nov. 23

 Paul N

Vs

Jim O

 Bryan S

Vs

Larry C

   Eric L

     Vs

 Garth C

 Danny K

Vs

Peter M

 Frank M

Vs

Frank W

 Kim N

Vs

Gordon M
 

Nov. 30

 Danny K

Vs

Bryan S

  

Frank W

Vs

Eric L

 

  

Garth C

Vs

Kim N

 

   

Larry C

        Vs

   Frank M

 

 Jim O

Vs

Gordon M

 Peter M

Vs

Paul N
 

Dec. 07

 Jim O

Vs

Frank W

 Gordon M

       Vs

    Larry C

 Paul N

Vs

Danny K

 Kim N

Vs

Peter M

  

Frank M

Vs

Garth C

 

 Bryan S

Vs

Eric L

 

Note: Ice 5 and 6 games are at 8:30 pm (Ice 5 is on Sheet 1, while Ice 6 is on Sheet 2 at 8:30)

Here are the Team Rosters

TEAM NUMBER SKIP MATE SECOND LEAD
 

1

  

Frank Weiler

  

Rick Neumeyer

  

Morgan Wells

  

TBA
 

2

  

Bryan Sutherland

  

Lee Nickerson

  

Barb Arsenault

  

Monica MacKinnon
 

3

  

Eric LeBlanc

  

Janice Murdock

  

George Piercey

  

Amanda MacIntosh
 

4

  

Danny Kneabone

  

Marlene Proude

  

Anne Vandenieuwelaar

  

Lacey Gallant
 

5

  

Peter Murdock

  

Marjorie Matthews

  

Patsy Piercey

  

Robbie Lenentine
 

6

  

Garth Cudmore

  

Gary O’Sullivan

  

Laurie Kelly

  

Krista Cudmore
 

7

  

Larry Cudmore

  

Allan Acorn

  

Jennifer Lenentine

  

Melissa Myron
 

     8

  

Jim Orr

  

Carlene Peters

  

Kristin Casey

  

Darren MacKinnon
 

9

 

  

Gordon Matthews

  

Wade Deaken

  

Len Cudmore

  

Chris MacDougall
 

10

  

Frank Martin

  

Donnie Godfrey

  

Maureen Cudmore

  

Italo Marzari
 

11

  

Kim Nicholson

  

Stephen DeGrace

  

Darlene Howlett

  

Scott MacLean
 

12

  

Paul Neima

  

Doug Kelly

  

Heather Diamond

  

Alex Rogers

 

 

 

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Cornwall hosts PEI Curling Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Posted on by November 16, 2017
 
The eleventh annual PEI Curling Hall of Fame and Museum induction ceremony was held Monday evening before a packed house upstairs at the Cornwall Curling Club, with five inductees, who were at the forefront of PEI curling in the 1980’s and 1990’s, honoured, 

Photo (L-R): Robert Campbell, Mark Butler, Leanne Gallant (representing her husband, Peter), Kathy and Mark O’Rourke

Kathy O’Rourke won six PEI Women’s Curling Championships, three PEI Mixed Curling Championships, and one Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, along with a second place finish at the national women’s championship, only the second PEI skip to accomplish this feat. The four male inductees, Robert Campbell, Peter Gallant, Mark O’Rourke (a member of the Cornwall Curling Club), and Mark Butler, all played on the same team for PEI Tankard wins in 1991, ’93, ’95, ’97. and ’99, with each also having Tankard victories in other years with different team combinations, along with multiple PEI Mixed wins. Campbell also won the Canadian Mixed twice, with Gallant and O’Rourke also winning that event.

The evening, sponsored by PEI Ford Dealers, Beaton’s Wholesale Dry Goods, Phillips Feed Service, the Town of Cornwall, and the Consolidated Credit Union, started with the inductees, led by Hall of Fame chair Jerry Muzika. 

Entrance – Jerry Muzika, Mark Butler

Master of Ceremonies Paul H. Schurman then welcomed everyone to the event, and introduced a number  of dignitaries, including  who offered greetings to the attendees and the inductees, including Bush Dumville, MLA for District 15: West Royalty – Springvale, Cornwall Deputy Mayor Gary Ramsay, Curling Canada Governor Angela Hodgson, Curl PEI President Andrew Robinson, and Gary O’Sullivan, President of the Cornwall Curling Club. Robinson, who curled with and against the inductees, joked that his losses to them undoubtedly contributed to their Hall of Fame inductions. 

Andrew Robinson, Curl PEI Pres.

The five inductees were then called to the stage, where they were presented with pins and certificates by a Hall of Fame Board Member. followed by the unveiling of their portrait, drawn by Board Member Wayne Wright. Each inductee then took the opportunity to thank their families, their teammates, their coaches, their sponsors and everyone else involved with advancing their curling careers over the years. Peter Gallant, who coaches the Korean Women’s team, was unable to attend, with his wife Leanne collecting the awards, and his son, Christopher reading this thank-you message.

Wayne Wright (left) unveiling Mark Butler’s portrait.

Robert Campbell at the podium

Leeanne and Christopher Gallant

Board member Arleen Harris (left)  presenting certificate to Kathy O’Rourke.

Mark O’Rourke (left), unveiling portrait with Board member Al Ledgerwood

A reception followed the ceremony. 

Click to view a photo gallery from the event, at PEICurling.com.

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How to find our Draws schedules

Posted on by October 23, 2017

This is just a quick note about our draws schedules. You can find the latest schedules in the Draws section of CornwallCurling.com. We also send a daily schedule to The Guardian each evening for the Sports Notes section of the morning paper. We can’t guarantee it always gets published as we don’t pay for the service.

Whenever the draws change (after 7 weeks for most draws), we will send out the new draws via our News system to CornwallCurling.com, our emailing system, and to our Twitter and Facebook feeds, as well as putting them in the Draws section. And, of course, they are also up on the Draw Boards at the Club.

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Cornwall’s Veronica Smith rink are runners-up at Lady Monctonian

Posted on by October 22, 2017

Two Island rinks were in the playoffs at this weekend’s $9000 15-team Lady Monctonian Invitational Spiel, a World Curling Tour event at Curl Moncton, with Cornwall’s Veronica Smith rink making it to the final game, but losing 8-1 to the Theresa Breen foursome from Halifax in six ends. Smith got by previously-undefeated Robyn MacPhee and her Charlottetown team in an extra end in the quarter-final round, and kept on winning in the semis to advance to the championship match.  The runner-up  Smith rink includes third Jane DiCarlo, second Sabrina Smith, and lead Whitney Young.

 

Photo (Right to left): Veronica Smith, Jane DiCarlo, Sabrina Smith, Whitney Young

 

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Monday evening: Montana’s 6:30 Mixed draw, Commercial League

Posted on by October 21, 2017

Evening league play kicks off on Monday with the 6:30 pm Montana’s BBQ & Bar single-entry Mixed League, The Commercial League goes at 8:30, with the draws available at that time.

Here are the opening Mixed League draws:

Oct 23, 2017 at 6:30pm

Ice 1: R. Biagé, C. Hodgson, J. Hannam, B. Lindsay vs K. Currie, J. MacKinnon, S. Armsworthy, S. Campbell

Ice 2: A. Davies, A. Mason, E. MacDonald, D. Farrell vs B. Sutherland, B. Gardiner, D. MacEachern, D. Musto

Ice 3: G. Groves, J. Sinclair, M. MacDonald, T. Huestis vs D. Kneabone, D. Weeks, D. Sigsworth, C. MacDonald

Ice 4:  E. LeBlanc, F. Weiler, H. Pierce, C. Shea vs F. Martin, R. Gallant, S. O’Keefe, L. MacEachern

Bye: L. Davies, J. Orr, K. MacDonald, C. MacDougall

Monday Night Commercial League

Oct 23, 2017 at 8:30pm

Draw will be available at start of game.

Here is the full Round One draw for 6:30
If viewing on a smartphone, swipe  table to view all columns. If on a computer, use scrollbar on bottom of table.

Ice #1 vs. Ice #2 vs. Ice #3 vs. Ice #4 vs. Bye
23/10/17                
Ray Biagé Karen Currie Angus Davies Bryan Sutherland Greg Groves Danny Kneabone Eric LeBlanc Frank Martin Lorianne Davies
Chris Hodgson Joe MacKinnon Alan Mason Brad Gardiner Jean Sinclair Donald Weeks Frank Weiler Rob Gallant Jim Orr
Jeff Hannam Stephen Armsworthy Elric MacDonald Dean MacEachern Mike MacDonald Debbie Sigsworth Heather Pierce Stephanie O’Keefe Kimberly MacDonald
Byron Lindsay Sharon Campbell Dena Farrell Donna Musto Tara Huestis Colleen MacDonald Claude Shea Lisa MacEachern Chris MacDougall
30/10/17                
Frank Martin Lorianne Davies Danny Kneabone Eric LeBlanc Bryan Sutherland Greg Groves Karen Currie Angus Davies Ray Biagé
Rob Gallant Jim Orr Donald Weeks Frank Weiler Brad Gardiner Jean Sinclair Joe MacKinnon Alan Mason Chris Hodgson
Stephanie O’Keefe Kimberly MacDonald Debbie Sigsworth Heather Pierce Dean MacEachern Mike MacDonald Stephen Armsworthy Elric MacDonald Jeff Hannam
Lisa MacEachern Chris MacDougall Colleen MacDonald Claude Shea Donna Musto Tara Huestis Sharon Campbell Dena Farrell Byron Lindsay
06/11/17                
Angus Davies Ray Biagé Greg Groves Karen Currie Eric LeBlanc Bryan Sutherland Lorianne Davies Danny Kneabone Frank Martin
Alan Mason Chris Hodgson Jean Sinclair Joe MacKinnon Frank Weiler Brad Gardiner Jim Orr Donald Weeks Rob Gallant
Elric MacDonald Jeff Hannam Mike MacDonald Stephen Armsworthy Heather Pierce Dean MacEachern Kimberly MacDonald Debbie Sigsworth Stephanie O’Keefe
Dena Farrell Byron Lindsay Tara Huestis Sharon Campbell Claude Shea Donna Musto Chris MacDougall Colleen MacDonald Lisa MacEachern
13/11/17                
Danny Kneabone Frank Martin Bryan Sutherland Lorianne Davies Karen Currie Eric LeBlanc Ray Biagé Greg Groves Angus Davies
Donald Weeks Rob Gallant Brad Gardiner Jim Orr Joe MacKinnon Frank Weiler Chris Hodgson Jean Sinclair Alan Mason
Debbie Sigsworth Stephanie O’Keefe Dean MacEachern Kimberly MacDonald Stephen Armsworthy Heather Pierce Jeff Hannam Mike MacDonald Elric MacDonald
Colleen MacDonald Lisa MacEachern Donna Musto Chris MacDougall Sharon Campbell Claude Shea Byron Lindsay Tara Huestis Dena Farrell
20/11/17                
Greg Groves Angus Davies Eric LeBlanc Ray Biagé Lorianne Davies Karen Currie Frank Martin Bryan Sutherland Danny Kneabone
Jean Sinclair Alan Mason Frank Weiler Chris Hodgson Jim Orr Joe MacKinnon Rob Gallant Brad Gardiner Donald Weeks
Mike MacDonald Elric MacDonald Heather Pierce Jeff Hannam Kimberly MacDonald Stephen Armsworthy Stephanie O’Keefe Dean MacEachern Debbie Sigsworth
Tara Huestis Dena Farrell Claude Shea Byron Lindsay Chris MacDougall Sharon Campbell Lisa MacEachern Donna Musto Colleen MacDonald
27/11/17                
Bryan Sutherland Danny Kneabone Karen Currie Frank Martin Ray Biagé Lorianne Davies Angus Davies Eric LeBlanc Greg Groves
Brad Gardiner Donald Weeks Joe MacKinnon Rob Gallant Chris Hodgson Jim Orr Alan Mason Frank Weiler Jean Sinclair
Dean MacEachern Debbie Sigsworth Stephen Armsworthy Stephanie O’Keefe Jeff Hannam Kimberly MacDonald Elric MacDonald Heather Pierce Mike MacDonald
Donna Musto Colleen MacDonald Sharon Campbell Lisa MacEachern Byron Lindsay Chris MacDougall Dena Farrell Claude Shea Tara Huestis
04/12/17                
Eric LeBlanc Greg Groves Lorianne Davies Angus Davies Frank Martin Ray Biagé Danny Kneabone Karen Currie Bryan Sutherland
Frank Weiler Jean Sinclair Jim Orr Alan Mason Rob Gallant Chris Hodgson Donald Weeks Joe MacKinnon Brad Gardiner
Heather Pierce Mike MacDonald Kimberly MacDonald Elric MacDonald Stephanie O’Keefe Jeff Hannam Debbie Sigsworth Stephen Armsworthy Dean MacEachern
Claude Shea Tara Huestis Chris MacDougall Dena Farrell Lisa MacEachern Byron Lindsay Colleen MacDonald Sharon Campbell Donna Musto
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Draw Sponsors for 2017-2018 Season

Posted on by October 21, 2017

A big thanks to Kimberley MacDonald for going out and obtaining sponsors for all our draws, and to our generous sponsors, who donate prizes (mostly gift certificates) to our draw winners. Be sure to support their businesses whenever you can, and to thank them for their support. We endeavor to get the prizes to you as soon as possible at the end of each draw.

Monday Evening Single Entry:

Draw 1:  Montana’s BBQ & Bar
Draw 2: Cornwall Pizza Delight
Draw 3: Cornwall Independent Grocer

Tuesday Evening Competitive Team League: MR Seafood

Wednesday
Daytime Team League: The Iceman (Lance Lowther)
Evening Ladder League:
Draw 1: Pool A – Lowther’s Snow Removal
Draw 1: Pool B – Sam’s Cornwall Restaurant

Draw 2: Pool A – Water & Prince Corner Shop & Lobster Pound
Draw 2: Pool B- Lowther’s Snow Removal

Draw 3: Pool A- Wally’s Pharmasave
Draw 3: Pool B– New Glasgow Lobster Supper

Thursday Evening Single Entry League
Draw 1: Pizza Delight
Draw 2: Mary’s Cornwall Bake Shop
Draw 3: Griffin’s Auto Service Centre

Saturday Morning U16 Developmental League/Junior Program

Wendy’s Restaurants

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Wednesday evening Ladder League Teams, Qualifier Night Draw

Posted on by October 20, 2017

Fourteen teams have signed up for this season’s Wednesday evening (semi-competitive) Ladder League. Here are the rosters (if they don’t fit on your smartphone screen, swipe to scroll right and  left)

1     2     3  
Skip Paul Neima   Skip Greg Groves   Skip David Younker
Third Joe Callaghan   Third Donald Weeks   Third Gary O’Sullivan
Second Alan Mason   Second Marjorie Matthews   Second Des Nantes
Lead Jeff Hannam   Lead Ken Monaghan   Lead Ann Younker
               
4     5     6  
Skip Kim Nicholson   Skip Ray Biagé   Skip Gord Peters
Third Jean Sinclair   Third Derek Gallant   Third Hank Kamphuis
Second Darlene Howlett   Second Rebecca Rolfe   Second Gerald Dykerman
Lead Dena Farrell   Lead Derek MacEwen   Lead Pat MacInnis
               
7     8     9  
Skip Rob Gallant   Skip Emily Sanderson   Skip Bill Hope
Third Hans Wicki   Third Emma Coffin   Third Peter Murdoch
Second Kim MacDoanld   Second Kaylee Stewart   Second David Murphy
Lead Kellie-Lynn Younker   Lead Anna Maria MacDonald   Lead Craig Mackie
               
10     11     12  
Skip Kelly Watts   Skip Rachel MacLean   Skip Greg Robertson
Third Cathy Handren   Third Avery Nicholson   Third Laura Arsenault
Second Paula Ling   Second Jordan Dunphy-Condon   Second Jessica MacPherson
Lead Krista Affleck   Lead Olivia Barbour   Lead Jeff Arsenault
               
13     14        
Skip Josh McInnis   Skip Peter Joostema      
Third Jesse Kennedy   Third Stephen Hickey      
Second Mitch Dunphy   Second George Zafiris      
Lead Bob Deziel   Lead Bob Wakelin      

We will have two pools of seven teams each. The first evening, October 25, will be “Qualifier Night. We draw teams at random to play each other, with the winners going to the A pool and the losers going to the B.

Following Qualifier Night, we will then play three seven week rounds, with each team playing the other six teams in their pool, plus one crossover game, where they play a team from the other pool. The A and B pools will alternate between 6:30 and 8:30 pm draws times on sheets 1 through 3, with the crossover game always taking place on sheet 4 at 6:30. The A pool will get the early draw the first night, as they had the late draw the last game last season. The A and B pool winners from each round will receive prizes from our generous sponsors. At the end of each round, the bottom three teams from the A pool will drop down to B, while the top three teams from B will move on up to the the A pool, so there will be lots of movement between the pools.

Looking at the calendar, Draw One will go on Nov, 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, plus Dec. 6 and 13. Draw Two will run Dec. 20,  Jan. 3 (if no conflict with the Tankard and Scotties),  10, 17, 24, and 31, and Feb. 8. Round three will go Feb. 14, 21, and 28, March 7, 14, 21, and 28. April 5 is also available if Jan, 3 is not, otherwise it could be used as a storm makeup day..

Here we go with the Random Draw for Qualifier Night, using Random,org.

Random Sequence Generator

Here is your sequence:

 5   3
 6  12
14   1
 7  11
13   8
10   2
 4   9

Timestamp: 2017-10-21 00:29:21 UTC

Here is the Qualifier Night Draw for Oct. 25. 

6:30 pm
Ice 1: Ray Biagé vs David Younker
Ice 2: Gord Peters vs Greg Robertson
Ice 3: Peter Joostema vs Paul Neima
Ice 4: Rob Gallant vs Rachel MacLean

8:30 pm
Ice 1: Josh McInnis vs Emily Sanderson
Ice 2: Kelly Watts vs Greg Groves
Ice 3: Kim Nicholson vs Bill Hope

Rules (credit: some come from the Ottawa Curling Club’s Ladder League)

  • Open semi-competitive league. Any player can play any position, and you can change from game to game.
  • 3 game points for a win, 1 game point for a loss, 0 game points for a loss by default. Mark this and your team’s points scored (“score points”) on the scoresheet. In the case of a default, award one score point per end to the winning team. In the case of a tie, award an additional score point for the draw to the button winner. If your score is not marked and you win, you will get one score point more than the losing team. If you lose, you will receive zero score points.
  • In the event of a default, the non-defaulting team will receive one score point for each scheduled end.
  • To break ties at the end of the round between teams with the same record, the tied teams are ranked by applying the following rules in order until one tie is broken. If a one or more ties remain, the rules are applied to each tie starting from rule 1. The process continues until all ties are broken and all teams are ranked.
    1. The teams are ranked using their head-to-head record against the other teams in the tie.
    2. The teams are ranked using the point differential for their games in the round against the other teams in the tie.
    3. The teams are ranked using the point differential for all the games in the round against all teams.
    4. The teams are ranked using their initial ranking in the round.
  • Ties: Decided by skip’s rocks with sweeping (by your team only).
  • Avoiding defaults/using spares: At least one regular team member (and three players in total) must be present for the game to count, or else a default is posted.  Spares should not play a higher position than the player replaced.
  • Storms: Any games cancelled due to storms, etc. either be moved to the end of the draw, if time permits, or NOT played. All subsequent weeks will remain where they were, and any draws missed will be added to the end of the round, if there are enough spare weeks in the season to play them, or cancelled. Any changes to this will be posted on CornwallCurling.com.
  • Teams may reschedule games to a different date and /or time by mutual consent. but ice time is often hard to find.
  • The buzzer will be used to ensure the teams are off the ice within the 2-hour time period.  If the buzzer sounds, teams will complete the current end in play to finish  the game. If tied, the standard draw to the button will then take place.

– Derek MacEwen

Wednesday Night Drawmaster

derek@derekmacewen.com

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Wendy’s Sat. morning U16 league starts Oct. 28. Room for more teams

Posted on by October 19, 2017

The Saturday Morning Under 16 Junior Development League, sponsored by Wendy’s Restaurants, starts on October 28 at the Cornwall Curling Club. Teams from all Island curling facilities are welcome. Seven teams have signed up so far, and there is room for more. The league is designed for teams of age to compete in the 2019 Canada Winter Games i.e. born on July 1 2000 or later.

Please ensure your team and team contacts are listed on the Junior League sign in sheet.

The league will be playing a round robin format beginning Saturday, Oct 28th.

The tentative dates are:

Oct 28, Nov 4, Nov 11, Dec 9, Dec 16, Dec 23, Jan 20, Jan 27, Feb 10, Feb 17, Mar 10, Mar 24 (if needed)

Please let us know of potential conflicts with the above dates. Due to the busy schedule of some teams, it will be impossible to handle all requests, and some teams may need to schedule make-up games.

The entry fee per player is $40.00 + HST. (A $17 Curl PEI/Curling Canada  fee will also be collected if not already paid at a PEI club this season)

The complete schedule and score sheet will be available on the first day of play (Oct 28).

For more info, contact the Cornwall Curling Club at (902) 566-4427 or cornwallcurling@eastlink.ca

Rules:

1. Round Robin format

2.  6 end games

  1. If eight teams or fewer, games will start at 9:30 Saturday Morning on the dates indicated. If nine teams or more, there will be 9 and 10:30 am draws. The 10:30 draws will go on the first available sheets from the earlier draw.
  2. Score will be tabulated as follows:  5 points for a win; 2.5 points each for a tie; 2 points for each end won; 1 point each for blank ends. 
  3. Teams are responsible for marking their score when they come off the ice. Players are strongly encouraged to play all 6 ends regardless of score.  If a team does decide to retire early the other team will be awarded 2 points for the remaining ends.
  4. Coaches / Chaperones can go out to the ice when they see an opportunity to teach their team. The spirit of the rule is to allow the coaches to help their teams think about different possibilities and learn, not just call the shots for the team. Other reasons may include helping their teams with etiquette, speeding up play or perhaps interpreting the rules.
  5. Have FUN and Good Curling!

Here are photos from last year’s league, taken by Marci White.

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Still room for a few teams on Tue. and Wed. evenings

Posted on by October 18, 2017
We still have (limited) spots available for teams in the Tuesday and Wednesday evening team leagues. Contact the Club if interested (sorry – this picture is a bit outdated!).
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Attention email subscribers!

Posted on by October 16, 2017

We are having a number of problems with the system that we have been using since 2009 to email out copies of our website posts to our email subscribers. Because of this, we have replaced it with a new one, and converted our existing subscribers. Please bear with us as we fine tune it! 

By the way, you can also get our posts via Facebook by liking or following our page, and on Twitter @Cornwallcurling. 

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Daytime Curling, Jr. Practice, FREE Adult Curling School, Registration start today (Monday)!

Posted on by October 16, 2017

Curling is underway at the Cornwall Curling Club! We had our Cornfest Open House yesterday, and have a busy day today, with Daytime Curling getting underway at 10 am ($10 drop-ins/$80 for a pack of 10 are welcome, or pay your membership before you curl), where teams are made up as players arrive. Junior team practice takes place this afternoon, and our FREE, no-obligation Adult Curling School, Open House, and New Members Registration starts at 6:30 pm Monday thru Wed. Come any or all nights. If you always wanted to try curling, now’s your chance!

 

 

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Cornwall teams make the semi-finals in action on the mainland this past weekend

Posted on by October 16, 2017

On the Atlantic curling scene, Cornwall’s Veronica Smith team, with Jane DiCarlo at third, Sabrina Smith at second, and lead Whitney Young, lost in the semi-finals at  the Capital Cup in Fredericton NB. They’re busy the next two weekends, too, competing at the Lady Monctonian in Moncton, NB, followed by the Dave Jones Spiel in Halifax, 

In Junior action, 28 teams from five provinces, including seven from PEI, were taking part in the CCE Maritime Junior Spiel at Curl Moncton. There was only one age category, so many of the younger teams were there mainly to gain competitive curling experience. The PEI women’s rinks were skipped by Lauren Ferguson, PEI Junior champ Lauren Lenentine, and PEI U13 champ Clara Jack, all out of Cornwall, plus a new Charlottetown rink skipped by Annika Kelly, with New Brunswick’s Cynthia Pearson, attending school on PEI, playing third, Annika’s sister Tati Kelly at second, and Meghan Ching playing lead.

Photo: Action at the Maritime Junior spiel in Moncton on Sunday morning. Team Lenentine is in white on the left sheet, Team Schut is in red on the second sheet

The PEI  junior men’s rinks included the Mitchell Schut team out of Cornwall, the Chase MacMillan foursome from Charlottetown, and the Alex MacFadyen rink out of the Silver Fox in Summerside. Also at the event were reigning PEI Junior champ Tyler Smith, now playing third for the Liam Marin rink out of the Thistle St. Andrews club in Saint John NB, and Brooks Roche, who was on Tyler’s Junior championship team, and is now playing third for the Ryan Abraham rink out of the Halifax Mayflower club.

The Lenentine team went 3-0 in the round robin to advance to the semi-finals in the women’s division, losing a close 6-5 decision to Cally Moore of CFB Halifax, when Lenentine’s final rock was just a touch heavy. Lenentine  then played in the game to determine third and 4th place, again losing 6-5, to the Erica Cluff rink from the Woodstock and Thistle St. Andrews clubs in NB. Moore took on Kaitlyn Jones of Halifax in the championship game, with Jones winning 6-3.
PEI’s Kelly rink finished round robin play with a 2-1 record, losing their game against eventual winner Jones, and then took on Lenentine in the quarter-finals, losing 6-3.
Cornwall’s young Clara Jack team won their Consolation game 7-5 over Kate Paterson of the Carleton Curling Club in Saint John, to finish with a 1-3 win-loss record.
Their clubmates the Lauren Ferguson rink won two of their three round robin games, but lost 4-1 to Vanessa Roy of the host club  in their Consolation game to finish with an even 2-2 record.

The junior men’s event was won by the Owen Purcell rink from Chester NS, who defeated the Ryan Abraham foursome from the Halifax Mayflower club, which includes PEI’s Brooks Roche at third, by a 4-3 score in the championship game. The Marin rink, which includes Tyler Smith, lost 8-5 to Vincent Roberge from the Etchemin club in Quebec in their quarter-final game.

PEI’s MacFadyen rink beat the younger MacMillan team in their round robin encounter. Both teams recorded losses to event runner-up Abraham, and to third place finisher Roberge to go to their consolation games. MacFadyen won his 9-5 over Layton MacCabe from the host club. MacMillan lost his to Michael Donovan from Curl Moncton .
The Mitchell Schut team lost three fairly close round robin games, but went on to pick up a  7-1 win over Brennan LeBlanc of the host club in their consolation match.

Many of the teams of eligibility age for the 2019 Canada Winter Games will be competing in a warmup spiel this coming weekend at the Gage Curling Club in Oromocto NB. Also coming up is a U21 and Canada Games age spiel Nov. 3-5 in Saint John, and the Fall Fling U21 spiel in Summerside, Nov. 17-19.

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Club brochure updated for 2017-18 season

Posted on by October 16, 2017

Here’s our Club brochure, in Adobe PDF format, updated for the.new season. For best reading, print it out double-sided, and fold it in trifold style. Feel free to print it out and give it to your friends!

Click to download Club brochure

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Ice is ready – it’s time to curl!

Posted on by October 14, 2017

We’re happy to announce that our ice is ready to go! Thanks to Lance, Larry, and the ice crew for a job well done! Our first on-ice event is the Cornfest Open House on Sunday from 1-3. Morning daytime curling starts Monday at 10, with Free adult curling school Monday through Wednesday at 6:30 pm. Junior team practices can also start Monday. Good Curling everyone!

 

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Daytime Competitive League signup

Posted on by October 16, 2017

There will be a sign-up sheet at the club on Monday for team entries for the Wednesday daytime competitive league. We would like teams to sign up all four members, if possible.  There will be a space at the bottom for single entries who may not be members of a team, but would like to be.
Draw times will be at 12:30 pm, with 10:00 am games as well, depending on the number of teams.
Please sign up by Wednesday, Oct 25.  First draw will be Wednesday, Nov 1.
Joanne and Paul Durant – Daytime Competitive League Drawmasters

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2017-18 Board of Directors, Exec., Ctee Chairs

Posted on by October 16, 2017

EXECUTIVE

President: Gary O’Sullivan
Vice President: Greg Groves
Secretary: Kellie-Lynn Younker

Treasurer / Finance: Jean Sinclair

Past President (ex officio): Alan Mason

 

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Membership & Draws: Myrna Sanderson

Publicity: Kimberly MacDonald

Facilities: Chris Creighton

Bonspiels and Socials:  Darlene Howlett and Laurie Kelly

Juniors: Kellie-Lynn Younker

Fundraising: Kimberley MacDonald

Volunteers: Etta Reid

Daytime Curlers: Bryan Sutherland

Nominating: Alan Mason

By-Laws: Chris Creighton

 

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Cornwall to host Provincial Men’s, Women’s, and Under 13 Ch’ships this season

Posted on by October 13, 2017

The PEI championship curling schedule will be announced officially at this evening’s Curl PEI Annual General Meeting in Charlottetown, with Cornwall set to host both the Provincial Tankard Men’s Championship and the Scotties Women’s Championship, both running from January 3-9, 2018. This will be a busy time at our Club, with the two premier events happening at the same time, and will undoubtedly bring in some extra revenue. It will also require some regular draw cancellations, and LOTS of volunteers, so we will be calling on you for your support. 

We will also be the site where our youngest provincial champs will be selected, with the Under 13 event going from March 16-18, 2018. Cornwall’s Clara Jack rink are last year’s champs.

Here is the full championship schedule for this season:

Looking ahead, Cornwall is scheduled to host the Canada Winter Games selection finals (dates to be announced) in advance of the February 2019 Games, and the U18, Feb. 22-26, 2019. The 2018-2019 season schedule is still a draft, and subject to change.

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Cornwall to host PEI Curling Hall of Fame induction ceremony upstairs on Oct. 23

Posted on by October 14, 2017

Note: Mark O’Rourke has been curling in our Tuesday night league in recent years.


The Prince Edward Island Curling Hall of Fame and Museum is set to host its eleventh annual induction ceremony on Monday October 23, 2017 at the Cornwall Curling Club in Cornwall, PEI.

Five inductees from the Charlottetown Curling Club, Mark Butler, Robert Campbell, Peter Gallant, Mark O’Rourke and Kathy O’Rourke, are being honoured for their achievements and contributions to the sport of curling: 

Each of the inductees has excelled in their sport:

Mark Butler

Mark Butler has had a stellar career as a competitor with one provincial junior curling championship, six provincial men’s curling championships and eight PEI Mixed Curling Championships. Mark will be inducted into the PEI Curling Hall of Fame as a curler.

Robert Campbell

A curling career that began more than 35 years ago has seen Robert achieve one provincial Junior Men’s Curling Championship, eight provincial Men’s Curling Championships, three provincial Mixed and two Canadian Mixed Curling Championships, as well as several all-star awards at national events throughout the years — an impressive career worthy of induction into the Prince Edward Island Curling Hall of Fame as a curler.

Peter Gallant

Peter Gallant’s curling career has taken him from PEI and Canadian competitions to those on international ice. Outstanding as a curler and a coach, Peter has nine Provincial Men’s curling championships, four Provincial Mixed, a Canadian Mixed title where he posted an 11 -1 record; and one provincial Senior Men’s title, during a 28-year curling career.  At national events, he won several all-star awards as a curler. He has considerable coaching experience, having coached some of the best teams in the world, and his success coaching South Korea’s Team EunJung Kim as they prepare for the Olympics indicates that this part of his story is not over yet.  Peter will be inducted into the PEI Curling Hall of Fame as a curler/builder.

Kathy O’Rourke

Kathy O’Rourke has excelled as a curler in Women’s and Mixed competition.  In all, Kathy has six PEI Women’s Curling Championships, three PEI Mixed Curling Championships, and one Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. Two silver medal wins at Canadian Curling Championship events – one at the Scotties and one at the mixed – as well as nine provincial runners-up placings are also part of her incredible curling career. Kathy will be inducted into the PEI Curling Hall of Fame as a curler.

Mark O’Rourke

Mark O’Rourke been a strong competitor for more than 40 years, with an impressive tally of wins, with one provincial Junior Men’s Curling Championship, ten PEI Men’s Curling Championships, two provincial Senior Men’s, three provincial Mixed, and one Canadian Mixed curling title. Mark has shown that he is one of the most talented and most-winning curlers to come out of Prince Edward Island. Mark will be inducted into the PEI Curling Hall of Fame as a curler.

 “Recognizing the accomplishments of curlers and builders who have dedicated their time and energy to the sport of curling is important, not only to them and their families and friends, but it is also an important component of our curling history”, says Jerry Muzika, Chairman of the PEI Curling Hall of Fame and Museum. Muzika notes that this is the eleventh annual induction ceremony, and he invites everyone to come out and honour the inductees.

Curling Canada Board of Governors member Angela Hodgson says that she is very pleased that the PEI Curling Hall of Fame and Museum is continuing its work to recognize curlers and builders, and looks forward to attending the event.

The main objectives of the Curling Hall of Fame and Museum are to recognize, honour and pay tribute to individuals or teams on the basis of playing ability, as an amateur or a professional (“Curler” category), and to individuals who have given distinguished service and have made major contributions to the development of curling on Prince Edward Island (“Builder” category).

The event, with host Paul H. Schurman, gets underway at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10.00 and are available at the door.

This year’s ceremony is sponsored by PEI Ford Dealers, Beaton’s Wholesale Dry Goods, Consolidated Credit Union Ltd., and Phillips Feed Service, and the Town of Cornwall.

Here are the full biographies of the inductees:

Mark Butler

Photo: Mark Butler

Mark started to curl at the Charlottetown Curling Club at an early age and soon was active competing for provincial championship titles.  

In 1984, he won the Prince Edward Island Junior Men’s Curling Championship playing third with skip Alan Brown, second Mike Dillon, and lead Phillip Gorveatt.

Mark won six Prince Edward Island Men’s Curling Championships. The first was in 1991, with skip Robert Campbell, third Peter Gallant, second Mark O’Rourke, with Mark playing at lead stone.

With the same team lineup as in 1991, Mark won again in 1993, 1995, 1997, and 1999.

His last win was in 2001, playing lead for skip Peter MacDonald, third Peter Gallant, and second Mark O’Rourke.

He was runner-up in 2016.

Mark won eight Prince Edward Island Mixed Curling Championships, all with skip John Likely and third Susan McInnis, with Mark at the second stone position each time.  Gail MacNeil played lead twice in 1991, due to the change in the provincials play downs, and again in 1992, 1993 and 1996. In 1999, Nancy Cameron replaced Gail at lead.  In 2000, Krista Cameron replaced Nancy, but in 2001, Nancy Cameron came back to play the lead position.  

With a stellar career as a competitor with one provincial Junior curling championship, six provincial Men’s curling championships and eight PEI Mixed Curling Championships, Mark Butler will be inducted into the PEI Curling Hall of Fame as a curler.

Robert Campbell

Photo: Robert Campbell

Robert started his curling career at the Charlottetown Curling Club in 1980.  Soon after, he was competing at the provincial level.

Robert won the Prince Edward Island Junior Men’s Curling Championship in 1985 playing third for skip Kent Scales, with Andy MacDonald at second and Phillip Gorveatt at lead. The Scales foursome lost the final of the Canadian Junior Men’s Curling Championship to Kevin Martin, however all four members of the Prince Edward Island rink were named to the All-Star team. The Scales foursome was also named 1985 Sport PEI Team of the Year.

Robert won eight Prince Edward Island Men’s Curling Championships. His first trip to the Canadian Men’s Curling Championship was in 1991, skipping his team of third Peter Gallant, second Mark O’Rourke, and lead Mark Butler. As a rookie skip at the Brier, Robert and his team achieved a winning record of 6-5.

He won the provincial Men’s title in 1993, 1995, 1997, and in 1999 with the same team. Notably, in 1995, the team finished round robin play at the nationals with a 7-4 record.

Playing third for John Likely in 2002 brought another provincial men’s curling title to Robert. Erik Brodersen at second stone and Jeff Smith at lead rounded out the team.

In 2003 he picked up another Tankard win as he skipped his team of Kevin Champion at third, Phillip Gorveatt at second, and Mike Dillon at lead.

In 2007, Robert played lead for Peter Gallant when they won the Prince Edward Island Men’s Curling Championship. Playing third was Kevin Champion, and second was Mark O’Rourke.

Robert won the Prince Edward Island Mixed Curling Championship in 1989, skipping the team of third Angela Roberts, second Mark O’Rourke, and lead Kathy O’Rourke. They went on to win the 1989 Canadian Mixed Curling Championships in Brandon, Manitoba. Robert was named to the All-Star team (skip). The Campbell foursome was nominated for Sport PEI Team of the Year.

Twenty-one years later, in 2010, he again won the Prince Edward Island Mixed Curling Championship and went on to a second Canadian Mixed Curling Championship title at the 2011 Canadian Mixed Curling Championships held, again in Manitoba. Robert skipped his team of third Rebecca Jean MacDonald (née MacPhee), second Robbie Doherty, and lead Jackie Reid. Robert was again, named to the All-Star team (skip). The Campbell foursome was nominated for Sport PEI Team of the Year.

Robert and Rebecca Jean then represented Canada at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota where they went 4-3 before losing their second tie-breaker game.

In 2013, Robert won the Prince Edward Island Mixed Curling Championship and made a third trip to the Canadian Mixed Curling Championships, to Quebec in 2014, skipping the same team of Rebecca Jean MacDonald, Robbie Doherty and Jackie Reid.

He was runner up in the Prince Edward Island Men’s Curling Championship twice, once in 1990 (playing third for Peter Gallant) and again in 2010 (as skip).

In 1991 and 1992, he was runner up in the finals of the McCain SuperSpiel . Ed Werenich beat him in 1991, and Russ Howard beat him in 1992. The Campbell rink finally broke through in 1996, winning the McCain SuperSpiel East against Don Westphal.

Robert was fifth player at the Canadian Men’s Curling Championship twice, first in 2001 (with the Peter MacDonald rink) and again in 2015 (with the Adam Casey rink). 

In addition to Robert’s on-ice curling achievements, he has also served on the Board of Directors at the Charlottetown Curling Club. He has helped coach several teams over the years and has volunteered his time for many curling clinics that have been held at the club.

A curling career that began more than 35 years ago has seen Robert achieve one provincial Junior men’s, eight provincial men’s, three provincial mixed and two Canadian Mixed Curling Championships. It is interesting to note that Robert played all positions except second. 

Robert’s stellar career is certainly worthy of induction into the Prince Edward Island Curling Hall of Fame as a curler.

Peter Gallant

Photo: Peter Gallant

Peter started to curl at the Charlottetown Curling Club in 1971, while attending Birchwood Junior High School.  This was the beginning of a curling career that has taken him from local and Canadian competitions to those on international ice.

Peter won his first Prince Edward Island Men’s Curling Championship in 1982, playing second with skip Peter Jenkins, third Doug Weeks, and lead Roy Rodd.

His second win came in 1991 with skip Robert Campbell, Peter, at third, Mark O’Rourke at second, and Mark Butler as lead.

The same lineup won the provincial championship again in 1993, 1995, 1997, and 1999. At the 1995 Canadian Men’s Curling Championship in Halifax, Peter won the award for all-star third.

In 2001, again at the third position, Peter was in the winner’s circle with Peter MacDonald skipping, Mark O’ Rourke at second, and Mark Butler at lead.

His next win was in 2007, when he threw skip rocks for the team, with Kevin Champion at third, Mark O’Rourke at second, and lead Robert Campbell.

His ninth provincial men’s curling championship was won in 2008, skipping his own team of Kevin Champion at third, Mark O’Rourke at second and John Desrosiers at lead.

Peter won four Prince Edward Island Mixed Curling Championships. His first was in 1982 playing second for Bill Merklinger. Other team members were Kim McLeod at third, and lead Kathie Gallant. They finished third at the Canadian Mixed Championship in Timmins Ontario.

He won the Prince Edward Island Mixed Curling Championship in 1986, with Kathie Gallant at third, Barrie Stevenson at second, and lead Marion MacAulay.

In 1987, skipping his team of third Kathie Gallant, second Phillip Gorveatt, and lead Simone MacKenzie, he again won the Prince Edward Island Mixed Curling Championship.  The team went on to win the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship held in Summerside, posting an 11 and 1 record. Peter received the all-star skip award.

 His fourth Mixed win was in 1991, skipping the team, with Kathie Gallant at third, Phillip Gorveatt at second, and Leslie Allen at lead.

Peter also won a Provincial Senior Men’s Curling Championship in 2010, playing third for skip Rod MacDonald. Peter MacDonald was the second and Doug MacGregor played lead. Peter won the second team all-star third award at the Nationals.

As well as impressive curling accomplishments as a player, coaching has played a large part of Peter’s involvement with the game.

Peter coached his son Brett Gallant’s team, when they won the Prince Edward Island Junior Men’s Curling Championship in 2009 and 2010. In 2009, the team went on the win the Canadian Junior Men’s Curling Championship in Salmon Arm, B.C. They went on to be the Silver Medalists at the Worlds Junior Men’s Curling Championship in Vancouver.

Peter coached his son Christopher at the Canadian Junior Championship in Napanee, Ontario in 2012 after winning the PEI Junior Championship that year.

He coached Suzanne Birt’s team in 2013 and 2015 when they won the Prince Edward Island Women’s Curling Championship.

He also coached  Nova Scotia’s Heather Smith rink at the Canadian Women’s Curling Championship in Montreal in 2014.

Peter coached the Mike Gaudet team at the Canadian Men’s Curling Championship in 2012 and also coached the Brad Gushue team at the Brier in 2013 and 2014.

He coached the Tyler Smith rink, which included Peter’s son Christopher, to their championship win at the 2017 Prince Edward Island Junior Men’s Curling Championship in Montague.

In the winter of 2016, Peter joined Team EunJung Kim in South Korea as their coach.  Since then, the team has gone on to win the 2016 Korean National Championship, and the 2017 Pacific Asia Championship, which enabled them to play at the 2017 World Women’s Championship in Beijing. As well, the team was successful in winning the 2017 Korean National Championship, giving them the right to represent Korea at next year’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.  Peter is currently working with the team in preparation for the Olympic games in February.

Outstanding as a curler and a coach, Peter has won nine Provincial Men’s curling championships, four Provincial Mixed, a Canadian Mixed, and one Senior Men’s title during a 28-year curling career.  He has considerable coaching experience, having coached some of the best teams in the world and his success in South Korea indicates that this part of his story is not quite yet over.

Peter will be inducted into the PEI Curling Hall of Fame as a curler/builder.

Photo: Kathy and Mark O’Rourke

Kathy O’Rourke

Kathy started to curl in Summerside during her junior and senior high school years.  In 1987, she moved to Charlottetown and joined the Charlottetown Curling Club. This began a successful journey on the road to curling success, where she excelled as a curler in women’s and mixed competition. 

She won her first Prince Edward Island Women’s Curling Championship in 1989, playing second stone with skip Kathie Gallant, third Susan McInnis, and lead Beatrice Graham-MacDonald.

In 1991 Kathy won her second provincial title, playing third with skip Angela Roberts, second Susan McCurdy, and lead stone Beatrice Graham-MacDonald.

Her next win came in 1996, when Kathy played third for skip Susan McInnis.  Tricia MacGregor was at the second position, and the lead was Leslie MacDougall (née Allan).

In 1999, she again won, this time with a new team.  Playing second for skip Rebecca Jean MacPhee, with Kim Dolan at third, and Lou Ann Henry at lead.

Skipping her own team in 2002, Kathy again won the Prince Edward Island Ladies Championship with third Julie Scales, second Lori Robinson, and lead Bea Graham- MacDonald.    

In 2010, Kathy skipped her team of third Erin Carmody, second Geri-Lynn Ramsay, and lead Tricia Affleck (née MacGregor) to the final game of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Canadian Women’s Championship in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario, losing to Jennifer Jones in a close game.  Their silver medal win stands as the best showing of a team from Prince Edward Island at the Canadian Women’s Championship since Marie Toole placed second at the 1974 MacDonald Lassie in Victoria BC.

Kathy won her first Prince Edward Island Mixed Curling Championship in 1989, playing lead with skip Robert Campbell, third Angela Roberts, with her husband Mark at second.  They went on to win the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in Brandon Manitoba.

In 1999, playing third with her brother Peter MacDonald, husband Mark at second and lead Karen A. MacDonald, the team won the Silver medal at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship.

With Kathy playing third, the family group of her brother Rod MacDonald skipping the team, husband Mark at second, and Rod’s wife Karen E. MacDonald, at lead, they won the Prince Edward Island Mixed Curling Championship in 2013.

As well as the championship wins, Kathy amassed runners-up finishes in 1993, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, and 2015.

Kathy is the recipient of a number of prestigious awards including Curl PEI Senior Female Athlete of the Year in 2010 and Sport PEI Team of the Year member in 2010.

She served as the Treasurer of the Charlottetown Curling Club from 1994 to 1996; was a member of the Finance Committee for the 1999 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Canadian Women’s Curling Championship, held in Charlottetown; and provided CBC Live update reporting at the 2011 Canadian Scotties held in Charlottetown.  She is also a Certified Level 1 Coach.

In all, Kathy has to her credit: six PEI Women’s Curling Championships, three PEI Mixed Curling Championships, and one Canadian Mixed Curling Championship.

Kathy will be inducted into the PEI Curling Hall of Fame as a curler.

Mark O’Rourke

Mark started to curl when he was 12 years oldm in 1974 at the Charlottetown Curling Club. He has continued to be a strong competitor for more than 40 years.

In 1981, Mark, playing lead, won the Prince Edward Island Junior Men’s Curling Championship, with skip Doug Weeks, third Blair Weeks, and second Billy Dillon. 

Mark won ten Prince Edward Island Men’s Curling Championships, with the first in 1991, when he played second stone for skip Robert Campbell, with Peter Gallant at third, and Mark Butler filling the lead spot.

This same team won again in 1993,1995, 1997, and 1999.

Another win in 2001, brother-in-law Peter MacDonald skipped the team with Peter Gallant at third, Mark at second, and Mark Butler at lead.  

In 2007, with a different lineup of players, but still playing second, he won with skip Peter Gallant, third Kevin Champion, and Robert Campbell at lead. They repeated again in 2008, with the same team, except that John Desrosiers played lead instead of Robert Campbell.

In 2009, again with a slightly different roster, he won playing lead with skip Rod MacDonald, (another brother-in-law) third Kevin Champion, and second Andrew Robinson.

In 2010, Marj won with the same team, but returned to his familiar position as second stone, while Andrew played lead.

Mark was Tankard runner-up seven times, the first in 1990 and the last in 2016.

Mark won three Prince Edward Island Mixed Curling Championships. His first was in 1989, with skip Robert Campbell, third Angela Roberts, Mark at second, and his wife Kathy O’Rourke at lead. They went on to win the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship.

In 1998, the family team of skip Peter MacDonald, third Kathy O’Rourke, Mark at second, and lead Karen A. MacDonald won the provincial mixed title.

His most recent Prince Edward Island Mixed Curling Championship victory was in 2013, again with a family team of skip Rod MacDonald, third Kathy O’Rourke, Mark at second, and lead Karen E MacDonald.

Mark won the Prince Edward Island Senior Men’s Curling Championship in 2013, with skip Rod MacDonald, third John Likely, Mark at second, and lead Peter MacDonald.  At the Canadian event in Summerside, Mark was selected to the all-star team in the second position.

His second PEI Senior Men’s Curling Championship was won in 2016 with Rod MacDonald skipping, Kevin Champion at third, Mark at second and Mark Butler at lead.

Mark also had good success on the Atlantic Curling Tour. The highlight was winning the McCain SuperSpiel East in 1996 with Robert Campbell, Peter Gallant and Mark Butler, and going on to play in the TSN Skins Game.

As well as a stellar curling record, Mark served on the executive of the 1999 National Scott Tournament of Hearts Committee, held in Charlottetown, as Vice Chair. He was also vice president of the Charlottetown Curling Club in 1994, and president in 1995.

He was a member of the Rod MacDonald-skipped Curl PEI team of the year for the 2012/13 season.

Mark is a valued ten-year sponsor of the Prince Edward Island Curling Hall of Fame and Museum.

An impressive tally of wins, with one provincial Junior Men’s, ten provincial Men’s, two PEI Senior Men’s, three Mixed, and one Canadian Mixed title, Mark has shown that he is one of the most talented and most-winning curlers to come out of Prince Edward Island.

 Mark will be inducted into the PEI Curling Hall of Fame as a curler.

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