Cornwall Curling Club

Thanks to everyone who came out to our Returning Members’ Registration night on Wednesday. Apologies to anyone inconvenienced by the lineup at the “checkout”, but more and more people are using credit and debit cards these days instead of cheques and cash, and it wouldn’t be worth our while to rent more machines for just one night a year. If you are returning and didn’t make it to the Club last night, you can drop by and sign up. If you’re from out of town, call first, as we are in and out of the office this week as we make final preparations for full operation next week. Daytime curling starts on Monday morning, and these curlers often wait until their first morning to pay. Signup for our evening leagues is looking good! As for the ice, our ice lines and circles are on, we have a few more floods to do and decals to add, and we’re on track for ice availability for our Cornfest Open House on Sunday afternoon from 1-3.

Working on lines

It was a good weekend for PEI Junior curlers at the Under 21 Nautilus Slam at CFB Halifax. The Lauren Lenentine rink from the Cornwall Curling Club made it to the semi-final round, losing 5-3 to event winner Team Comeau from the Capital Winter Club in Fredericton NB, while Tyler Smith, playing third on the Marin rink out of the Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club in Saint John New Brunswick, bowed out in the quarter-finals, with a 7-4 loss to Team Purcell, who lost to Team Abraham in the  semi-final round. Team Manuel beat Abraham 9-3 in the final to win the event. Comeau scored three points  in the final end to shade Team Jones from the Halifax Curling Club 5-4 in a 5-4 come-from-behind women’s championship win.

Curling Canada photo (L-R): Lauren Lenentine, Kristie Rogers, coach Pat Quilty, Breanne Burgoyne, Rachel O’Connor

Marin finished first in men’s round robin play with a spotless 4-0 record, while Lenentine finished 2nd on the women’s side at 3-1.

Curling Canada photo: Tyler Smith

The finalists in the men’s and women’s sections earned an invitation to the Nautilus U21 Player’s Championship. 

Two Cornwall teams, both vying to represent PEI in the 2019 Canada Winter Games, had good finishes against their Nova Scotia peers at the Harvest Spiel, which wrapped up this afternoon at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax Nova Scotia. The Mitchell Schut boys’ team, which includes Colin MacKenzie, Michael MacEwen, and Liam Kelly, recorded three wins against two losses in the event, while the Sydney Howatt girl’s squad, which includes Meghan Sherren, Sierra Clyke, and Madelyn Cantwell, went 2-3. Nancy Yeo coached the Schut team at this spiel, while A.J. Campbell was coach for the Howatt rink. The two Cornwall teams were the only PEI entries in the event.

Photo: Sheet 4 – Meghan Sherren prepares to deliver  a rock, while Madelyn Cantwell (left) and Sierra Clyke get ready to sweep. Sheet 5 – Mitchell Schut (left) and  Colin MacKenzie keeping an eye on the play

CURLING at the Cornwall Curling Club begins on October 16^th for daytime curlers, and evening league play starts on October 23^rd. The Junior Program begins on October 29^th.

REGISTRATION / CURLING SCHOOL

Registration for returning members (including juniors) will be held on October 11^th at the Club from 6:30pm  – 8:30 pm. This is your chance to secure your individual or team placement in our various leagues.

For team entry leagues priority will be given to teams with at least 3 returning members. New adult teams will be given second priority to fill open vacancies.  Junior teams will be added as space available, oldest teams first.  All team members must be 13 years of age as of June 30/17, or older to play in the evening draws. Please  indicate which draw your team wants to join at registration.

New member and general registration, as well as our FREE, no-obligation adult curling school, will be held on October 16^th, 17^th, and 18^th at the club commencing at 6:30 P.M. Curling School attendees are welcome to come any or all nights – there will be both new and continuing sessions each night. Junior curlers receive instruction as part of their regular curling program.

CORNWALL CORNFEST

In conjunction with Cornwall Cornfest, the Cornwall Curling Club will have an open house Sunday, Oct 15^th from 1:00 -3:00 P.M.

RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS

If you know someone who would like to try curling, invite them to our free curling school on the evenings of October 16^th, 17^th and 18^th at 6:30 P.M. With each new adult curler you recruit to join the club, you will receive a $20 gift certificate from the Cornwall Curling Club. 

MONDAY COMMERCIAL LEAGUE

Our commercial league operates on Monday nights from 8:30 – 10:30 P.M.

A company may register a team in the league. Various players can participate week to week.

JUNIOR INSTRUCTION

For the 2017-2018 season – junior instruction will take place on Sundays from 3:30 – 5:30 P.M. and Tuesdays  from 5:00 – 6:00 P.M. The club welcomes Ann Doucette as our new junior instructor.  We will be continuing with our U16 junior development league on Saturday mornings.

2017-2018 MEMBERSHIP RATES

 All memberships give you the opportunity to play in members-only tournaments and compete in provincial championships (entry fees are additional). You may also book practice time on Sundays at no cost when ice is available, and spare in any scheduled league without additional cost.

Payment terms for adult memberships are as follows: 50% payable on registration night and the remaining 50% payable by December 1st. Youth memberships are due upon registration.

Memberships may be paid by debit, credit card, cheque or cash. HST is extra. A $15 Curl PEI fee plus a $2 Curl Canada fee will be added to all adult and youth Memberships.

ADULT MEMBERSHIP RATES:

• One Evening Draw per week $230
• Two Daytime sessions per week $230
• Adult Two Scheduled draws $340
• Adult Unlimited Daytime $310
• Adult Unlimited (Day and night) $370
• Couple Unlimited $640
• Commercial League $715
• Full-time Student (19+) unlimited $250

YOUTH MEMBERSHIPS:

• Little Rockers (ages 6-7)
• One session Oct-Dec or Jan-Mar $55
• For both sessions $95
• Novice (8-12) & Juniors (13-20) $140 (two days per week)
• Junior plus one evening draw $250*
• Junior Development League $40

OTHER:

• Social Memberships $50: attend club events, spare, curl club spiels (extra cost)
• Non-Members “walk-on” fee per draw
  • Junior $5
  • Daytime/Evening $10 or 10 passes for $80
• Locker Rentals $30 plus HST

SAVE THESE DATES!
(Special Events being held at our Club)

 Murphy’s Pharmacy Ladies Spiel: Nov. 17 & 18

 Masters Plus: Nov. 23 & 24

 Mixed Doubles: Nov. 25

Desjardins Stick Tournament: Dec. 2

 Curl PEI Tankard and Scotties: Jan. 3-9

 Kenmac Spiel: Jan. 12 & 13

 Club Travelers: Feb.23-26

 Curl PEI U13 Mar. 16-18

 Closing Spiel: Apr. 6 & 7

DRAWS & LEAGUES SCHEDULE

SUNDAY

• Members Practice 1:00-3:30
• Little Rocks (age 6-7) 3:30-4:15
• Novice (age 8-12) 4:30-5:30

MONDAY – FRIDAY

• Daytime Drop-In 10:00-12:00. It is a single entry draw with teams being made up each day.

MONDAY

• Stick Curling 12:30-2:30
• Junior Team Practice 3:30-6:00
• Mixed Draw 6:30-8:30.

This is a fun non-competitive draw. It is a single entry draw. Teams are made up by the draw-master and changed every six weeks.

• Commercial League 8:30-10:30. This is a fun non-competitive draw for company /organization sponsored teams. Players representing their company or organization can change or rotate from week to week.

TUESDAY

• Stick Curling 12:30 – 2:30
• Junior Team Practice 3:30-5:00
• Novice Junior instruction 5:00-6:00
• Evening Competitive League – 6:30-8:30 & 8:30-10:30

WEDNESDAY

• Daytime Drop-In 10:00-12:00 (as available) and Daytime Competitive League overflow
• Daytime Competitive League 12:30 – 2:30. This is a team entry draw for competitive daytime curlers.
• Junior Team Practice 3:30-6:00
• Ladder League 6:30-8:30 & 8:30-10:30. This is a team entry draw for semi-competitive teams.

 THURSDAY

• Stick Curling 12:30-2:30
• Junior Team Practice 3:30-5:30
• Mixed Draw 6:30-8:30. This is single entry league with teams being made up by the draw-master and changed every 6 weeks.

• Learn to Curl Part 2 8:30 to 10:30 P.M. and Mixed Draw overflow

FRIDAY

• Stick Curling 12:30-2:30
• Junior Team Practice 3:30-5:30

SATURDAY

• Saturday Morning Junior League 9:00 – 11:00 (selected dates)

FRIDAY EVENING & SATURDAY

• Open for ice rentals by individuals, groups, companies, organizations, etc. when not used for club events or provincial championships.

JUNIOR FUNDING

There is Kidsport and Jump Start funding available for qualifying families.  Contact the Club for details

VOLUNTEERS

The Club organizes events and spiels every year for the enjoyment of the membership. These spiels are organized completely by volunteers.

If interested in helping to volunteer for club events, please indicate on your registration form or speak to a board member at registration. The current list of board members can be found on the club website.

LOOKING FOR MORE INFO?

For Club operational hours and other information including upcoming events, ice rental, policies and constitution, please visit our website at CornwallCurling.com.

GOOD CURLING TO ALL!

Team Smith is having a Golf Tournament!

 The Veronica Smith-skipped team includes third Jane DiCarlo, second stone Sabrina Smith, and lead Whitney Young.

Countryview Golf Club has graciously offered to host a golf tournament with the team. 
Here is the information you need to know:

Here are Board members Gary O’Sullivan and Kimberley MacDonald, with Brett and the Brier Tankard trophy at the Brett Gallant Celebration Gala this evening at the Charlottetown Curling Complex.

You can meet Brett and get your own picture with the Brier Tankard on Sunday from 1-3 pm at the West Royalty Community Centre. Juniors are especially welcome!

There were rain showers in the forecast for this morning’s annual Cornwall Curling Club 9 hole best-ball golf tourney, at Countryview Golf Course. and a few warning sprinkles as play got underway for the eleven teams. Teams wasted no time on the final holes, as the skies darkened, but encountered only light rain until they made it back to the clubhouse. 

Here’s some action photos (click to enlarge) from the course, courtesy of organizer Gary O’Sullivan:

You may have noticed the unusual “Brownie broom” putter required to be used on hole number 9. Carlene Peters demonstrates the standard technique, which wasn’t meeting with much success from most of the golfers.

Joe Gill tried out a new method that seemed to work much better!

Nine holes completed, the golfing curlers headed to the luxurious Countryview clubhouse, where they took advantage of the bar service while the kitchen delivered their meal of burgers and fries.

Gary then wrapped up the event by mentioning the wide variety of scores from the tourney, without mentioning team names, except for one team – the winning foursome of  Brent Irving, George Younker, Pat McCardle, and Jim Orr, who posed for a picture with the trophy and the gift certificates they received from the Cornwall Curling Club.

Photo (L-R):  Brent Irving, Jim Orr, George Younker, Pat McCardle

The tremendous skill of the top team became evident when it was revealed that team members Pat McCardle and Jim Orr were also the winners of the women’s and men’s “Closest to the Pin” prizes.

The “Longest Drive” winners were Shelley Ebbett and Danny Kneabone.

(L-R):  Organizer Gary O’Sullivan, Shelley Ebbett

(L-R):  Organizer Gary O’Sullivan, Danny Kneabone

A draw was held for the remaining prizes on the prize table with almost everybody leaving with a prize.

In his closing remarks, Gary thanked everyone for participating, and offered a special thanks for the Countryview Golf management and staff, who have been hosting this event for 17 years.

Some of the Countryview staff, with co-owner Karen Currie on the right

Gary also issued a call for new curling club Board of Directors members, as we are down one or two, and mentioned that plans call for Cornwall to host the PEI Tankard and Scotties next season, so lots of volunteers will be needed.

Thanks to Gary and his helpers, to Countryview and to the sponsors who provided prizes for the event. Have a great summer, and we’ll see everyone back at the Cornwall Curling Club in the fall for returning members registration night on October 11, daytime curling startup Oct. 16, Saturday morning junior league beginning  Oct. 21, and evening league curling beginning Oct. 23.

By all accounts, another successful steak and lobster dinner (our 4th) for the PEI Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association was held at the Cornwall Curling Club on Thursday, June 8^th for 131 guests. 

Best of luck to the Association’s Executive Director Joe Murphy, with whom we have had a long and successful relationship on this event and on their winter bonspiel and steak dinner, on his retirement! 

Joe Murphy

Thanks to Admin. Assistant Melissa Paquet for answering our many questions, and a special thanks to one of the event sponsors, Acadia Crushed Stone, for helping ensure that bar receipts were above average!

An event of this size could not be undertaken without volunteers.  The Cornwall Curling Club Board of Directors, and the organizing committee, under the capable direction of Barry Craswell, would like to take this opportunity to express their deep appreciation for the numerous volunteers (too many to mention, but you know who you are) who gave so generously of their time. 

Unlike many volunteer-driven organizations, we are fortunate to have a large pool of extremely qualified volunteers for our events. We try to strike a balance between those who have helped out at many events, and those who are new, so that we can continue to grow our volunteer pool. Due to the timing of this off-season event, we did not have a signup sheet,  If you would have enjoyed being a volunteer at this event but were not able to or were not approached, don’t worry – we have lots of events, and will do our best to accommodate you in the future.

Thanks again! Our final event of the 2016-2017 season is our golf tourney on the 17th at Countryview. Have a great summer, and we hope to see everyone back in mid-October for our next season! 

The Trustees of the Joyce Myers Trust Fund, established under Curl Atlantic from profits from the 2003 Brier and the 2005 Roar of the Rings curling events in Atlantic Canada, have selected the 2017 recipients of its Student/Athlete Scholarships and Curling Club Capital Works grants. Please note that next year (2018) will be the final year for the Joyce Myers Trust Fund Grants.

Photo (Facebook): Breanne Burgoyne

The 2017 Joyce Myers Scholarship recipients will each receive $500. The successful applicants are:

• Prince Edward Island: Breanne Burgoyne, Alex MacFadyen, Brooks Roche, Veronica Smith
• Nova Scotia: Karlee Burgess, Alec Cameron, Matthew Manuel, Graeme Weagle
• Newfoundland and Labrador: Kyle Barron, Stephen Trickett
• New Brunswick: Julia Hunter, Jamie Ward

The 2017 Joyce Myers Capital Works Grant recipients will each receive $1500. The successful curling centres are:

• Miramichi Curling Club, NB
• Maple Leaf Curling Club, PE
• Strait Area Community Curling Club, NS
• Conception Bay South Arena, NL

Backgrounder:

The Joyce Myers Trust Fund is an Atlantic Canada initiative to foster the development and promotion of the sport of curling throughout Atlantic Canada.  The Trust Fund, which was established from profits from the 2003 Nokia Brier and 2005 Tim Horton’s Roar of the Rings, provides funding for the development of curling in Atlantic Canada through grant opportunities for Curling Club Capital Works projects, Student/Athlete Scholarships, and Atlantic Provincial Association Program Initiatives.

The trustees of the Joyce Myers Trust Fund announced plans for future investments in the sport of curling for Atlantic Canada and released its first grants during the 2009-2010 curling season.  Joyce Myers was inducted into both the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame and the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame as an athlete and a builder.  Joyce’s accomplishments as an athlete, administrator, coach and official made her one of the most versatile and iimpacting persons in Nova Scotia sports. Her passion for sport and the countless hours she contributed to many individuals and events has left a lasting impression. Joyce was a true inspiration and mentor to many.

Capital Acquisition Grants

The Trustees of the Joyce Myers Trust Fund created the Capital Acquisition Grants as a means to assist member curling clubs within Atlantic Canada with capital projects. Expenses that are of a special and/or extraordinary nature will be eligible for funding. In other words, programs and initiatives that are both unusual and occur infrequently; they are not part of the regular, day-to-day operation of the club. Listed below are a few possibilities:  The repair, replacement, purchase or construction of a curling facility or part of a curling facility. For example, the repair or replacement of a curling club roof; the repair, replacement or purchase of a plant asset or piece of equipment; the repair or replacement of ice making equipment; the purchase of special curling equipment; the purchase of little rocks for a junior curling program.  Exempt from funding are any expenses of an operational nature. For example, membership dues, utility and tax bills do not qualify.

Scholarships

The Trustees of the Joyce Myers Trust Fund implemented a scholarship to curlers who have enrolled in full time studies in a post-secondary institution. The intention of these awards is to allow talented athletes to devote primary sources of time and energy to training, rather than extensive employment in order to fund post-secondary education. Recipients will be expected to devote a full-time, shared commitment to sport and education exclusively. This award is not intended to reward past achievements but rather a means to pursue further achievements that surpass the current level of performance. Priority will be given to athletes attending Atlantic universities, colleges or vocational schools.

Curling clubs and other licensed establishments with liquor licenses and seating for 100+ people are being hit with huge cable TV increases of about $3,600 a year in order to continue to show TSN and Sportsnet  — channels which feature our favorite sport, curling. As a small, non-profit, volunteer-driven organization, we can’t afford these exorbitant fee hikes from cable and satellite providers such as Eastlink and Bell Aliant that are being passed down to them, effective May 1, 2017, from Bell, who owns TSN, and Rogers, who own Sportsnet.

Curling clubs are being put in the same category as big “for profit” sports bars and restaurants that charge high drink prices, and show many sports, all year round. It doesn’t make sense, we can’t afford it, and we need your help! Visit notasportsbar.ca for more detailed info on this serious issue.

We invite you to help out by sharing this message on Facebook, Twitter and other social media (use hashtag #NotaSportsBar and visit www.notasportsbar.ca/post-on-social-media.html for other tips on sharing on social media), and by emailing Bell and Rogers, and federal government representatives including your local MP, to ask them to remove this fee for curling facilities. You can find the relevant email addresses and a sample email at hwww.notasportsbar.ca/email-bell-and-rogers.html. 

If this fee hike continues, it is unlikely that our Club, and many others, will choose to continue with these channels, meaning that we won’t have them available for watching at the Club. Having curling on TV is very important for the atmosphere at a Club, and for promoting interest in the sport to our members and guests, and we want to continue to show our favourite sport on our TVs!

The Royal Canadian Air Force Associations’ first Golf Day and barbecue for summer 2017 will be held on Monday 26 June 2017. This day will be called the Lew Black Memorial Golf Day in memory of former President of 201 (Confederation) Wing Lew Black, who passed away on June 6, 2016.

Lew was also a very well-liked member of the Cornwall Curling Club, and was a member of its Board of Directors. A special invitation is extended to Club members who would like to take part in this RCAF Assoc. tourney.

The RCAF Assoc. will be collecting a $2.00 donation at the door and this, along with whatever the revenue created during this event, will be donated to the Mikinduri Children of Hope, which was a charity that was very near and dear to Lew’s heart.

     Golfing will take place at the Glen Afton Golf Course, located 20 minutes west of Charlottetown and on 4608 Route 19 in Nine Mile Creek with the first tee time beginning at 1000 hrs (10 am for those of us not in the military) The cost is $32.00 walking or $40.00 with cart and all golfers are to register with Sports Chair Paul Miller at the Golf Course prior to 1000hrs. If you have any questions, please contact Paul at paulmiller@bellaliant.net The bbqs are held after the golfers have finished and are at the home of Past President Dan Miller and his wife Phyllis, 249 Upton Road in Charlottetown beginning around 3:00.P lease bring your own beverages and whatever you would like to bbq, everything else is provided, including tea or coffee.

Soeaking of golf, Cornwall Curling Club members are also reminded of our 17th annual 9 hole, best ball annual Scurling club golf tourney on June 17 at beautiful Countryview Golf Club, route 19 in Fairview. $40 entry fee includes golf, lunch and a chance to win great prizes (almost nobody goes home empty-handed). The “best ball” scramble format makes it great for golfers of all experience levels (or lack thereof!). We try to match the teams as evenly as possible. 

The signup sheet will be up at the Annual General Meeting on May 26, or you can contact Gary O’Sullivan at bantamgary@gmail.com or 902-675-2280.

Our last curlers have returned from Canadian championships, and our own ice has been gone for about a month, as we bring another successful season to a close at the Cornwall Curling Club. Here are some of the highlights:

National level

Cornwall’s Pat Quilty wins Asham National Coaching award at Canadian Juniors. Team Lauren Laurentine finished with a 4-6 win-loss record.

Rachel O’Connor and Tati Kelly win Gold and Bronze, respectively, and the first Canadian Under 18 Mixed Doubles competition, held as part of the inaugural Canadian Under 18 Boys and Girls Curling Championships in Moncton.

Team Lauren Lenentine finished just out of the playoffs at the inaugural Canadian Under 18 Boys and Girls Curling Championships in Moncton with a 2-3 win-loss record, while the PEI boy’s team, skipped by Cornwall’s Donald DeWolfe, went 1-4.

Cornwall’s Sabrina Smith picked up a win against a very tough field at the Canadian Mixed Doubles in Saskatoon. 

Cornwall teams skipped by Bill and Sandy Hope competed in the Canadian Masters Curling Championships in Guelph, with Bill and his team losing the Bronze medal game to Saskatchewan in an extra end. Sandy and her team finished fifth, just out of the Women’s medal round, with a 6-3 win-loss record. 

Regional level

Cornwall’s Bill and Sandy Hope rinks won the Maritime Maritime Masters Curling Championships at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex in Summerside. Bill Hope went 4-0 to win the men’s round robin and the men’s title.

Cornwall’s Gloria Clarke and Ruth Stavert duo win another Maritime Women’s Stick Curling Championship, beating Cornwall’s Myrna Craswell and Elaine Hughes on the last rock.

Atlantic University Curling Ch’ships: UPEI’s Sabrina Smith rink with all four members from the Cornwall Curling Club, had 3-3 round robin records, but did not advance to the playoff round.

Five rinks competing in the Wendy’s U16 Saturday morning league here at Cornwall, competed in a tourney in Fredericton on arena ice. They all picked up wins and gained valuable experience on arena ice.

Five Cornwall rinks competed in the 2017 Canadian (Open) Stick Curling Championship in New Glasgow NS. Nova Scotia teams won the event.

Here are the winners from the annual Masters Plus bonspiel held at Cornwall, and attracting teams from around the Maritimes.
1st: Judy Burgess, Helen Brightman, Carolyn Kavanagh, Penny Neily (Truro Curling Club in NS)
2nd: Helen Dickie, Sheila Reyno, Sharon McIntyre, Judi McLellan (Sackville Curling Club in NB)
3rd: Des Arsenault, Blair Jay, Cliff Poirier, Earl MacLeod (Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Community Complex, Summerside PE)
4th: Shirley Berry, Arleen Harris, Linda Fairhurst, Hanny MacLeod (Cornwall Curling Club)

Provincial level

Seniors: The Shelley Ebbett rink from the host Charlottetown Curling Complex and the Cornwall Curling Club doubled Cornwall’s Shirley Berry foursome 6-3 to win the PEI Credit Unions Provincial Senior Women’s Curling Championship, while the Bill Hope rink from Cornwall and Charlottetown were the men’s runners-up.

Masters: The Sandy Hope rink were repeat winner’s in the women’s provincial Masters, with the Bill Hope team finishing as runners-up in the men’s. Both teams went on to represent PEI at both the Maritime (which they won) and Canadian Masters events.

Pepsi Juniors: Cornwall’s Lauren Lenentine rink went undefeated to win the Junior Women’s event. The Devin Schut rink were the Junior Men’s runners-up. Pat Quilty, coach of the Lenentine rink, won the Asham Coaching award for coaches of women’s teams. Sabrina Smith won the women’s Sportsmanship award.

Stick: Ernie Stavert and Vern Chowan were Open division runners-up, while Gloria Clarke and Ruth Stavert won the women’s division at the event, held here  at Cornwall.

Scotties (Women’s): There were no current Cornwall teams in the winner’s circle, but most of the members of the winning Robyn MacPhee and runner-up Veronica Smith teams are products of our fine junior program.

Mixed: Cornwall played host to the Provincial Mixed ch’ships, won by Charlottetown and Alberton’s Dennis Watts team. Cornwall’s only entry, skipped by Bill Hope, went 1-3.

Cornwall also hosted the 55+ Games, with both regular and stick curling divisions.

Under 18 winners: Lauren Lenentine (undefeated) from Cornwall, Donald Dewolfe (from Cornwall, Silver Fox, Western)
Under 18 runners-up: Rachel MacLean and Mitchell Schut teams from Cornwall.
Under 16 winners: Mitchell Schut (Cornwall) and Katie Shaw (from Charlottetown but competed in our U16 Developmental league) rinks
Under 16 runners-up: Alexis Burris and Chase MacMillan teams, both from Cornwall
Under 13 Winners: Clara Jack rink from Cornwall
Under 13 Runners-up: Cruz Pineau team (from Summerside but competed in our U16 Developmental league)

U18 Sportsmanship award: Lexie Murray, from the Shaw rink from Charlottetown.
U16 Coaching award: Carl Nicholson, coach of the MacLean rink
U16 Sportsmanship awards: Brayden Snow, from Summerside’s Pineau rink, and Beth Walsh, from the Clara Jack team. 
U13 Sportsmanship Award: Cornwall’s Ella Lenentine

Future Tankard/Scotties Developmental Event: Summerside’s Cruz Pineau team went undefeated at 3-0, while Cornwall’s Chase MacMillan, Rachel MacLean, Lauren Ferguson, and Alexis Burris rinks all finished tied for second, with 2-1 win-loss records.

ParaSport and Recreation PEI in partnership with Spinal Cord Injury PEI. held a successful funspiel on our accessible ice surface, with Cornwall juniors helping out. 

Donald DeWolfe, from the Cornwall and Silver Fox curling clubs, won the annual “One on One Tuff Spiel” at the Fox.

The Lauren Ferguson rink won the provincial Wendy’s Under 16 Developmental League, open to all Island U16 teams and held at our Club on selected Saturdays, edging the defending champion Mitchell Schut team on their last rock by drawing to the button against three Schut counters. The Bailey O’Grady rink won six ends in their final game to capture 3^rdplace overall. All three teams are from Cornwall. Rachel MacLean from Cornwall tied with Charlottetown’s Katie Shaw for 4th.

Club level

The Red team dominated at the closing spiel, sponsored by Leary’s Your Independent Grocer in Cornwall.

The Danny Kneabone rink won “The Iceman” Daytime League for the season.

The Debbie Rhodenhizer and Paul Arsenault rinks won our Club Travelers playdowns, with Kim Glydon and Joe Callaghan skipping the runner-up rinks.

Evening Draws (did not receive reports for Monday, Tuesday)

Wednesday Ladder League winners

Round One, sponsored by Lowther’s Snow Removal

A Pool 

Joe Callaghan, Alan Mason, Jeff Hannam, Shannon Fenelon

B Pool

Angus Kennedy, Jean Sinclair, Wade Deaken, Ken Monaghan

Round Two

Griffin’s Auto Service A Pool

Greg Groves, Don Weeks, Cynthia Livingston, Marjorie Matthews

Cornwall Auto and Tire B Pool

Kelly Watts, Cathy Handren, Paula Ling, Krista Affleck

Round Three

Wally’s Pharmasave A Pool

Greg Groves, Don Weeks, Cynthia Livingston, Marjorie Matthews

Red Island Baked Potato B Pool 

Lauren Ferguson, Emma Coffin, Sierra Clyke,  Emily Sanderson,

Round Four

MR Seafood A Pool

Kelly Watts, Cathy Handren, Paula Ling, Krista Affleck

Wendy’s B Pool

Joe Callaghan, Alan Mason, Jeff Hannam, Shannon Fenelon

Thursday evening single entry mixed league

Final round of the season, sponsored by New Glasgow Lobster Suppers: Peter Murdoch, Carlene Peters,  Steve Degrace and Maureen Cudmore

Round 2, sponsored by Sam’s Restaurant in Cornwall.  Danny Kneabone, Marlene Proude, Wade Deaken, Steve DeGrace. 

Round 1: Kim Glydon, Wade Deaken, Heather Diamond and Maureen Cudmore went through the entire seven weeks undefeated to win the first round, sponsored by Cornwall Pizza Delight.

Thanks everyone for making this another great season! We hope to see you at our AGM on May 26 and at our Golf Tourney June 17 at Countryview.

 

 

(Story by Cathlia Ward)

The final day of championship and seeding pool play wrapped up in Moncton, N.B. at the inaugural Canadian Under-18 Boys and Girls Curling Championships on Friday, determining the final four women’s and four men’s teams who are still in the hunt for the national crown.

[Both PEI rinks participated in the seeding pool on Friday, and both had 2-1 win-loss records]

On the women’s side, 18-year-old Kira Brunton of Northern Ontario is looking to capture her second national title, but first as a skip.

“We’re pretty excited,” said Brunton. “Our goal was to make playoffs and we are excited to be in this position. We are focusing on the same things we have been all week, get a good sleep and get ready to go for a big day. There’s a little bit of nerves of course, but I’ve been in this position before so we are going to lean on that.”

Action between Team Nova Scotia and Team Northern Ontario at the 2017 Canadian Under-18 Boys and Girls Curling Championship in Moncton, N.B. (Greg Watson/Curling Canada photo)

Northern Ontario has made playoffs in both the men’s and woman’s side and Kira says it would be a dream come true to bring home the title.

“It was exciting doing it for Ontario (with skip Megan Smith at the 2015 Canada Games) but to be able to do it for Northern Ontario, that’s just, wow. We are really looking forward to tomorrow.”

Northern Ontario women finished the Championship Round in second place and will face Nova Scotia’s Cally Moore in semifinal action Saturday afternoon.

The other semifinal will see the hometown team from New Brunswick taking on Quebec.

“Getting to stay home an extra night, using our own car, everything is more familiar playing at home,” said New Brunswick skip Justine Comeau. “I think being at home has helped a lot. I’m really, really proud of everyone this week. We have worked so hard all season and it feels like we are seeing it all pay off this week.”

“Being in this situation before (playoffs at Canada Games and 2015 Canadian Juniors) takes the pressure off a little, we just can focus on what we have been doing all week,” said Comeau, who finished the Championship Round in first place and will face Quebec’s Gabrielle Lavoie in Saturday’s semifinal. “Medalling would be nice, but I’m proud of our week no matter what. Bringing home the gold would be incredible. I’ve dreamed about being a Canadian Champion since I was a little girl and it would feel just…awesome. It’s what I’ve been working for my whole life.”

Men’s action will see reigning Canadian Junior champion Tyler Tardi of British Columbia in action against Northern Ontario’s Jacob Horgan after Northern Ontario held off Quebec in the final draw of the Championship Round. Tardi will look to add another national title to his already incredible season.

In the other semifinal, Saskatchewan’s Rylan Kleiter will face a red hot Nova Scotia team skipped by Rylan Abraham.

“Big game tonight and good to get the win. My heart’s still pounding for sure,” said Abraham after winning his final Championship Round game over Ontario’s Hazen Enman, 6-3. “We were solid throughout that last end. We were set up pretty good and he (Enman) made a pistol but we were lucky to have a shot at the end.”

“It means a lot,” he said about making it to playoffs in this inaugural Under-18 championship. “I’ve been to a few nationals and never made it this far, so it feels great. I’m very proud. We’re gonna rest up and play some board games and just stay loose. We are a bunch of goofs so it shouldn’t be too hard. Obviously nervous but I think we’ll be fine.”

Thinking of Saturday’s possible outcome and becoming a national champ, Abraham couldn’t help but smile.

“Oh that would mean the world. That would be just awesome to bring that home for Nova Scotia,” he said. “But we’ll see, one thing at a time first. Hopefully we can talk about it after the semi.”

All teams who aren’t competing in the playoff round will begin a one-day mixed doubles tournament in which players are paired with partners and coaches from another province to take a run at the first-ever Under-18 Mixed Doubles national title.

Semifinals get underway at 1 p.m. ADT on Saturday, with the final medal games taking place at 5 p.m. ADT.

Click to read at Curling Canada

Two round robin games, at 10 Thursday against the Northwest Territories, and at 2 pm against the host province, remain for PEI’s Lauren Lenentine-skipped girl’s team, while there’s one game left in the round robin for the Island’s Donald DeWolfe rink, at 2 pm Thursday against Newfoundland and Labrador at the inaugural Canadian Under 18 Boy’s and Girl’s Curling Championships in Moncton. Lenentine has one win so far against two losses, while DeWolfe has four losses.

Team PEI (Photo by Doug Kelly)

In Wednesday boy’s action, DeWolfe lost a 4-3 extra-end decision to Saskatchewan, and lost 6-1 to Northern Ontario. Saskatchewan and Northern Ontario have only one loss, tied with Nova Scotia at the top of their pool, while BC is undefeated in the other pool, and Quebec has only one loss.

In girl’s play, Lenentine had only one game Wednesday, losing 6-4 to Nova Scotia. New Brunswick’s Comeau rink is still undefeated in girl’s play, while Nova Scotia, Northern Ontario, and Alberta each have one loss.

The top three teams in each pool will move into a six-team championship pool, and from there, the top four teams will go into the semifinals Saturday at 1 p.m., with first playing fourth and second playing third.

The semifinal winners will then play for gold and silver, while the semifinal losers will play for bronze, at 5 p.m. Saturday.

Additionally, the teams that don’t make the playoffs will take part in a mixed doubles competition all day Saturday.

For information on team lineups, schedules and tickets, go to the event website: www.curling.ca/2017under18/.

The inaugural Canadian Under 18 Boy’s and Girl’s Curling Championships get underway this morning in Moncton, at the Superior Propane Centre arena and at Curl Moncton. PEI is represented by rinks skipped by Cornwall’s Lauren Lenentine and Donald DeWolfe.

Games on sheets B and D at the Superior Propane Centre will be webcast by Bell Aliant’s tv1 at: player.communitylive.ca/Player/Player/183.

Here is the event schedule: 

Event website: www.curling.ca/2017under18/

The Cornwall Curling Club’s provincial Under 18 girl’s champions, the Lauren Lenentine rink, three members of whom are also the PEI junior women’s champs, will be competing in the inaugural Canadian Under 18 Boy’s and Girl’s Curling Championships, starting Tuesday in Moncton, on arena ice at the Superior Propane Centre, and at Curl Moncton. Besides their Junior nationals experience, the team recently travelled to Fredericton for a practice on arena ice at Willie O’Ree place, host of this year’s Canadian Seniors.

Team Lenentine (L-R): Rachel O’Connor, Tati Kelly, Pat Quilty (coach), Kristie Rogers, Lauren Lenentine

The team, which went undefeated to sweep the provincial championships, includes skip Lauren Lenentine, third Kristie Rogers second Tatiana (Tati) Kelly, and lead Rachel O’Connor. Coach is Pat Quilty. Kelly replaces Breanne Burgoyne from their Junior team, who is aged out of this event.

The team also won the U18 provincials, and the Atlantic championships, no longer being held, the previous year.

Follow Team Lenentine on Twitter @TeamLenentine

Selected games during the championship will be live-streamed by Bell Aliant tv1 at http://player.communitylive.ca/Player/Player/183 

Event website: hwww.curling.ca/2017under18/

Club member Danielle Girard is on the front cover of PEI’s French language newspaper “La Voix Acadienne” this week, talking about her volunteer work with Ground Search and Rescue. You can read the article (in French) here: /www.lavoixacadienne.com/index.php/actualites/1760-recherche-et-sauvetage

With the help of Google Translate, you can get a pretty good English translation by clicking here: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lavoixacadienne.com%2Findex.php%2Factualites%2F1760-recherche-et-sauvetage&edit-text=

Joanne Courtney and Reid Carruthers claimed the 2017 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, earning a 9-6 extra-end win over Rachel Homan and John Morris in a star-studded gold-medal game. PEI’s entry of Sabrina Smith and Kyle Holland picked up one win,  6-5 over Jill Officer and  Pat Simmons, against six losses. 

Click to read at Curling Canada.

The PEI Men’s team, skipped by Bill Hope, have advanced to the 3 pm semi-finals at the Canadian Masters Curling Championships, for curlers age 60+, in Guelph. They finished round robin play in fourth place overall, and face first place Alberta.  Saskatchewan, and Northern Ontario’s Al Hackner are playing in the other semi, between the 2nd and third place teams. PEI has a 6-4 win-loss record — the other teams in the championship round went 8-2. The championship and bronze medal games go Sunday at 3.

PEI Men (L-R): Bill Hope, Craig Mackie, David Murphy, Bill Doherty

The PEI Women’s rink, skipped by Sandy Hope, finished in 5th place in their round robin, just out of the playoffs, with a 6-3 win-loss record. The four teams in the championship round went 7-2, with Ontario playing BC and Saskatchewan taking on Manitoba in the 3 pm semis. The final and bronze medal games go Sunday at 11 am.

Live results: ontcurl.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/2338

Round robin play has wrapped up at the Canadian Masters Curling Championships in Guelph, with both the Sandy Hope women’s team (3-2) and the Bill Hope men’s rink (4-2) finishing with two losses and advancing to their respective playoff rounds, which both feature the top eight rinks.

Photo: Shelley Ebbett, Sandy Hope

Sandy Hope recorded a couple of big wins in the women’s round robin – following up a four-ender with a steal of five in an 11-3 routing of Northern Ontario, and taking four in the first end in a 10-3 victory over the Yukon.

Al Hackner and Bill Hope

The Bill Hope squad handed Northern Ontario skip Al “The Iceman” Hackner his only round robin loss, by a 9-6 score.

The playoffs start at 4 PEI time this afternoon, and continue through Saturday morning. The semis go Saturday afternoon, with the women’s Bronze and Gold games going Sunday morning, and the men’s following in the afternoon.

Live results: ontcurl.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/2338/

The 2017 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship gets underway Wednesday at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon.

Olympic gold-medallists, world champions, Scotties and Tim Hortons Brier winners are competing in the five-day event, which is raising excitement levels for mixed doubles making its debut as a medal sport at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Thirty-two teams, seeded and divided into four Pools, will first play a round robin within their pool. The pool winners plus the next best eight teams based on w-l records regardless of pool then advance to the championship round.

For the first time, CBC Sports will be offering live streaming of the weekend games.You can watch all the weekend action starting Saturday at 8:30 a.m. (all times CST) at cbcsports.ca or via the CBC Sports app for iOS and Android.

For the playoffs, the four pool winners will be seeded and receive byes to the quarter-finals on Sunday, April 9, at 9 a.m. (all times MDT), while the eight other teams battle at 8 p.m. on Saturday to determine the other four quarter-finalists.

The quarter-final winners meet in semifinals Sunday at Noon, with the two winners advancing the final at 3 p.m.

The winning team will not only represent Canada at the 2017 World Mixed Doubles Championship, April 22-29 at Lethbridge, Alta. (held in conjunction with the World Seniors) but also earns $5,100 for the win.

In addition, the top three finishers will receive an entry into the 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials, Jan. 2-7 (at a site to be announced), which will determine Canada’s team for the Mixed Doubles competition in the 2018 Winter Olympics, should Canada qualify for the Olympics. The World Championship in Lethbridge will decide the seven countries that join host South Korea in PyeongChang

Pool A includes the top-seeded pair of Rachel Homan and John Morris. Homan, a three-time Scotties winner, recently skipped Canada to a gold medal in an undefeated record-setting performance at the CPT World Women’s in Beijing. Morris is a three-time Tim Hortons Brier champion, one-time world champion and 2010 Olympic gold medallist.

Also in Pool A are Marliese Kasner and Dustin Kalthoff, third-place finishers in last year’s Canadian Mixed Doubles, Kim and Wayne Tuck, the 2014 Canadian Mixed Doubles champions and 2014 Olympic gold medallist Jill Officer and two-time Brier winner Pat Simmons. Kasner and Kalthoff represented Canada at the 2016 World Mixed Doubles Championship in Sweden and placed fifth, and have already qualified for the 2018 Olympic Trials. Sabrina Smith and Kyle Holland are PEI’s representatives and are also in Pool A.

File photo: Kyle Holland, Sabrina Smith

Pool B is headed by Joanne Courtney and Reid Carruthers. Courtney played second for Homan when winning the World Women’s, while Carruthers won the 2011 Tim Hortons Brier and Ford Worlds as second for Jeff Stoughton and skipped his team to victory in the 2016 Home Hardware Canada Cup.

Pool B also includes the team of Kaitlyn Lawes and Ryan Fry, both 2014 Olympic gold-medallists when playing third for Jennifer Jones and Brad Jacobs, respectively. Brendan Bottcher, the 2012 Canadian and world junior champion who most recently skipped Alberta in the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier, is paired with Dana Ferguson, while 2004 Brier winner Mark Dacey teams with Jennifer Baxter.

Pool C includes Lisa Weagle (Homan’s lead), who is paired with John Epping; 2016 Scotties champ Chelsea Carey, paired with Colin Hodgson, and Tim Hortons Brier veteran Jim Cotter, who will team with daughter Jaelyn, as he did last year.

Finally, Pool D is headed by a couple of famous husband and wife tandems: five-time Scotties, one-time world and 2014 Olympic champion Jennifer Jones and three-time Brier and world champion Brent Laing and 2014 Olympic gold medallist Dawn McEwen and Mike McEwen, bronze-medallist at the recent Tim Hortons Brier. Kalynn Virtue and Charley Thomas, the 2015 Canadian Mixed Doubles champs, are the third-seeded team in the pool. Robert Desjardins, the 2013 Mixed Doubles winner, is also competing, this time with daughter Emilie. Virtue and Thomas recently qualified for the Olympic Mixed Doubles Trials by winning the 2017 Gryphin Mixed Doubles Classic in Brantford, Ont.

The format for Mixed Doubles is as follows: A team is composed of two players – one male and one female. The scoring shall be the same as in regular curling. The “positioned” stones that are placed before the beginning of each end are eligible to be counted in the scoring. Each game is scheduled for eight ends. Each team shall deliver five stones per end. The player delivering the team’s first stone of the end must also deliver the team’s last stone of that end. The other team member shall deliver the team’s second, third and fourth stones for that end. The player delivering the first stone can change from end to end.

You can find more information mixed doubles curling by CLICKING HERE.

The teams will practise on Wednesday (Pool A 9-10:15 a.m.; Pool B 10:15-11:30 a.m.; Pool C 1-2:15 p.m.; Pool D 2:15-3:30 p.m.). The first draw at 5:30 p.m. is for teams in Pools A & B while the second draw at 8:30 p.m. features the teams in Pools C & D. Draws continue Thursday and Friday at 8:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. There are two draws on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., followed by any required tiebreakers prior to the playoffs.

Last year’s winner and runner-up, Brett Gallant (with Jocelyn Peterman) and Geoff Walker (with Laura Crocker), respectively, as well as Mark Nichols (who teamed with Homan last year), are not participating in Mixed Doubles this year since they will be playing for Canada skip Brad Gushue in the Ford World Men’s, beginning April 1 at Edmonton, after winning the Tim Hortons Brier at St. John’s last month.

 Click to read at Curling Canada.