Close call for leader Ontario in game vs Cornwall’s Veronica Smith at Canadian Mixed (Curling Canada)

Posted on by November 16, 2016
Undefeated Saskatchewan and Ontario were forced to steal their way out of trouble on Tuesday night at the 2017 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in Yarmouth, N.S., as British Columbia’s Wes Craig and Prince Edward Island’s Veronica Smith threatened to end the top teams’ winning streak.

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Prince Edward Island skip Veronica Smith calls the line during action at the 2017 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in Yarmouth, N.S. (Curling Canada photo)

 

British Columbia second Miles Craig and lead Marike Van Osch sweep a rock down the ice at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth, N.S., during round robin action at the 2017 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship (Curling Canada photo)

Saskatchewan’s Brady Scharback trailed Craig and his young B.C. foursome after seven ends, and only managed to score a single in the eighth, forcing the teams to battle it out in an extra end. Scharback was able to steal a point for the 7-6 win and a 4-0 record, tied with Northern Ontario at the top of Pool B.

In another tense game, P.E.I.’s Smith – the only female skip at this year’s championship – threw a scare into Ontario’s Wayne Tuck. Smith is just a year out of juniors, and the other members of her team are still competing at the junior level. But that didn’t stop them from putting the pressure on the Pool A leaders.

Smith, with sister Sabrina at second, Tyler Smith (no relation) at third, and lead Dylan Lowery, stole the first end and led 4-2 after five ends. With the score tied after six, Tuck stole three points in the seventh and ran P.E.I. out of rocks for a 7-4 win, his fourth straight of the round robin.

[PEI picked up their first win, against Nova Scotia’s Paul Flemming rink, in the afternoon draw, scoring 3 points in the final end for a 6-5 come-from-behind victory. The Island squad, with a 1-3 win-loss record, wrap up round robin play today, against NL at 10 am, and the Yukon at 7 pm.]

Saskatchewan and Ontario, along with Northern Ontario’s Trevor Bonot, are the only remaining undefeated teams in the competition. Bonot scored a 7-4 win over Quebec’s Martin Ferland in Pool B action.

In other games on Tuesday night, New Brunswick’s Charlie Sullivan stole four points in the first two ends on the way to a 6-4 win over the Whitehorse Curling Club’s Robert Smallwood. Adam Boland, from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, scored five points in the fourth end and never trailed in an 11-8 win over Nova Scotia’s Paul Flemming.

Earlier in the day, another young gun – Braden Calvert of Manitoba, a two-time national junior champion – blasted through the opposition, defeating Nunavut 13-2 and British Columbia 7-2 to stay close to the leaders.

The round robin continues on Wednesday, with games at 10 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., Atlantic Time. Of particular interest will be the match-up between the undefeated Pool B leaders, Saskatchewan and Northern Ontario in the first draw of the day.

For event, team and draw information, visit www.curling.ca/2017mixed.

Draw scores/standings will be immediately available on Curling Canada’s website, www.curling.ca.

For event, team and draw information, visit www.curling.ca/2017mixed.

Draw scores/standings will be immediately available on Curling Canada’s website, www.curling.ca.

Click to read this story at the Curling Canada website

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Masters Plus Bonspiel set to go here at Cornwall: Draw, schedule, rosters, sponsors

Posted on by November 17, 2016

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The 4th annual Masters Plus Bonspiel gets underway Thursday morning here at the Cornwall Curling Club. Masters Plus teams have three curlers age 60 and over, and one curler who is at least 55. 16 teams from around the Maritimes are taking part.

Team Skips

  1. Paul Arsenault  (Cornwall)         9. Judy Burgess (Truro)
  2. Shirley Berry    (Cornwall)        10. Monique Taylor (Sackville/Curl Moncton)
  3. Bryan Sutherland   (Cornwall)   11. Leona Williams  (Highlander in Antigonish)
  4. Barry Craswell   (Cornwall)       12. Paul Embrett (CFB Halifax)
  5. Louis Walsh (Sil. Fox)                13. Des Arsenault (Sil. Fox)
  6. Ray Biagé  (Cornwall)                14.  Keith Bowser (Sackville)
  7. Tom Dunn    (Cornwall)              15. Helen Dickie (Sackville)
  8. Bob Smith   (Montague)             16. Paul Durant (Cornwall)    

                                                        

Draw (Thursday – November 17th)                                                                                                                                                                                    

              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 18th)

              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 8:10, 8:20, 10:40, and 10:50. If time permits each player will throw 1 rock down and 1 rock back.  The hammer is determined by toss of a coin. Rock colors are assigned.           

We would like to acknowledge and thank the following sponsors for their generous support: Holland College, Sherwood BMR, Fair Isle Ford, Super 8 Motel, Cornwall Quick Stop, Mr. Plumber, Honibe – Island Abbey Foods, Kenmac Energy, Cornwall Tire and Auto, Garden Isle Computer, Kent Building Supplies, Beaton’s Wholesale Dry Goods Ltd., Capital Honda, Experience  Hyundai, Rhonda’s Country Cuts, Hillside Motors, Reliable Motors, Peter McNeill Automotive, All Star Cresting, Wine Kitz, Centennial Nissan, Mary’s Cornwall Bakery, Ch’town Toyota, Markan Hardwood Plus Inc., Eagles Glenn Golf, Cows Ice Cream, Murphy’s Cornwall Pharmacy, Pharmasave Cornwall, Matos Winery, Water N Wine, Wine Experts, Ideal Tiles & Bathroom, DP Murphy Tim Hortons/Wendy’s, Leary’s  Independent Grocers, Browns Volkswagen, Biovectra Inc., Phytocultures Ltd., and Kays Wholesale.

We ask all curlers to please support our sponsors.

If a spare is needed, please check with one of the following: Ed Coffin, Ron Giggey, Ken Praught or Paul Arsenault

Masters Plus Bonspiel – Team Rosters

Cornwall                                                        Summerside

Skip – Bryan Sutherland                             Skip – Des Arsenault

Third – Myrna  Craswell                            Third – Blair Jay

Second – Myrna Sanderson                       Second – Cliff Poirier

Lead – Elaine Hughes                                  Lead – Earl MacLeod

 

Montague                                                     Cornwall

Skip – Bob Smith                                          Skip – Tom Dunn

Third – Ron Garrett                                     Third – Frank Weiler

Second – Alan Montgomery                      Second – Don Weeks

Lead – Paul MacDonald                             Lead – Russel Boyle

 

Cornwall                                                        Summerside

Skip – Barry Craswell                                  Skip –  Lou Walsh

Third – Roddie MacLean                             Third –Carl Delaney

Second – Jim Orr                                         Second – Ralph Yeo

Lead – Roger DesRoches                              Lead – Spike Martin

 

Moncton – Sackville                                    Antigonish

Skip – Monique Taylor                               Skip – Leona Williams

Third – Anna Acton                                     Third – Joyce Van Berkel

Second – Shirley Henry                              Second – Paulette Tate

Lead – Gloria Turner                                    Lead – Cathy MacDonald

 

Sackville                                                         CFB Halifax

Skip – Helen Dickie                                      Skip – Paul Embrett

Third – Sheila Reyno                                   Third – Lenny Jackson

Second – Sharon MacIntyre                      Second – Art Hood

Lead –   Judi McLellan                                  Lead – Norman Sanford

 

Cornwall                                                        Truro

Skip – Shirley Berry                                      Skip – Judy Burgess

Third – Arleen Harris                                   Third – Helen Brightman

Second – Linda Fairhurst                            Second – Carolyn Kavanagh

Lead – Hanny MacLeod                              Lead – Penny Neily

 

Cornwall                                                        Sackville

Skip – Ray Biagé                                        Skip – Keith Bowser

Third – Vince Fisher                                    Third – George Anderson

Second –Kimball Blanchard                       Second – Bud Trenholm

Lead –   George Younker                            Lead – Gerry Bartlett

 

Cornwall                                                        Cornwall

Skip – Paul Arsenault                                 Skip –  Paul Durant

Third – Ron Giggey                                      Third – Myron MacKay

Second – Ken Praught                                 Second – Roy Coffin

Lead – Ed Coffin                                          Lead – Joe Gill

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Cdn. Mixed underway in Yarmouth. Cornwall’s Veronica Smith rink on Eastlink this aft.

Posted on by November 14, 2016

The Canadian Mixed Curling Championship got underway Sunday evening at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth NS. Here’s Team PEI, skipped by Veronica  Smith out of the Cornwall Curling Club, and Team NB, skipped by Charlie Sullivan, at the opening ceremonies.

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These two teams square off at 2:30 this afternoon. It’ll be PEI’s first game, while NB lost a close 3-2 battle Sunday evening to Ontario’s Wayne Tuck, the 2009 runner-up at the event.

This afternoon’s game will be broadcast live on Eastlink TV on Cable 10 and 610. If you don’t have Eastlink, you can watch it here at the curling club.

PEI faces Alberta at 7 pm.

For event, team and draw information, visit www.curling.ca/2017mixed.

Draw scores/standings will be immediately available on Curling Canada’s website, www.curling.ca.

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Entries close Dec. 6 for Pepsi Juniors

Posted on by November 13, 2016

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The PEI Pepsi Juniors Curling Championships, with male and female divisions for curlers under 21, take place at the Montague Curling Club from Dec. 27-31 2016, with entry deadline of Dec. 6, 2016, and entry fee of $170 per team plus participant fees of $39 per player. Last year’s winners were the Katie Fullerton rink from Cornwall, and the Matthew MacLean foursome from the Maple Leaf and Cornwall clubs. This year’s winners advance to the 2017 Canadian Junior (Under 21) Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships, to be staged Jan. 21-29 at the Archie Browning Sports Centre in Esquimalt (a suburb of Victoria BC), using the facility’s hockey arena and six-sheet curling rink to decide which teams will represent Canada at the 2017 World Junior Curling Championships in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Junior Women’s Entries to-date:

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Junior Men’s Entries to-date:

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Book your holiday party now!

Posted on by November 11, 2016

It’s definitely not too early to plan your office holiday party. This might be a great opportunity to introduce your co-workers to the fun sport of curling. You might also want to rent our ice during the holiday season, especially between Christmas and New Year’s, for a family bonspiel or a get-together with your friends.

reserve_holiday_partyThe Cornwall Curling Club still has ice and/or hall options available, but our ice books up quickly, so contact us now to avoid disappointment. We can also arrange catering, or you can use our kitchen at no extra charge. The larger upstairs hall, which has a full kitchen, is also a possibility.

Here are our ice rental prices (HST will be added). Contact us for hall options or a different number of sheets or for rental times.

1 sheet for 2 hours: $70

4 sheets for 2 hours: $170

4 sheets for 4 hours: $275

4 sheets for 8 hours: $485

Call us at 902-566-4427 or email info@cornwallcurling.com to book, or for different sheet quantities, catering or additional hall options.

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Openings for teams in the Wednesday evening Ladder League

Posted on by November 11, 2016

Do you have a team that’s still looking to curl this year? We currently have ten teams, and have openings for 2, 4, or 6 more teams in our Wednesday evening Ladder League. This team-entry league is less competitive than our Tuesday evening league, and has two pools, with 2-3 teams from the A pool dropping down to the B pool after each round, while 2-3 teams from the B pool go up to the A pool. A less experienced team may be in the B pool the entire season, while a more experienced team could stay in the A pool, which helps keep the games closer.

Draw times are 6:30 and 8:30 pm, and you curl in BOTH timeslots on alternating nights in each round. Teams stay together all season. As many of our curlers curl only in this draw, we want to avoid byes, so, the odd numbered team in would be waitlisted until another team arrives. 

The next round starts on November 30. New teams would play another new team in a qualifier game on November 23, with the winner going to the A pool for round 2, and the runner-up going to the B pool. Teams can be all male, all female, or any combination, and juniors are welcome too. There are prizes for the A and B pool winners at the end of each round. Memberships would be pro-rated to your start date.

Teams are expected to show up each week, and find spares (we have a list) if players can’t make it. Only one original member, and three players in total, are required to avoid a default.

If you are interested or would like more info, call the Club at (902) 566-4427, or email cornwallcurling@eastlink.ca.

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Six Cornwall Junior teams set to play in Fall Fling Cashspiel, starting Nov. 18 in S’Side

Posted on by November 18, 2016

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Twelve junior women’s, and ten junior men’s teams from all three Maritime Provinces, including 4 junior women’s and 2 junior men’s rinks from here at the Cornwall Curling Club, are set to participate in the tenth annual “Fall Fling” cashspiel, sponsored by Quality Inn, at the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Community Complex in Summerside, from November 18 to 20. 

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The event, which alternates junior women’s and junior men’s round robin draws, begins with four draws on Friday, at 12 noon, 2:30, 5:30, and 8 pm. Round robin play continues on Saturday with games at 8 and 10:30 am, and 1, 4, 6:30, and 9 pm.  Semi-finals go Sunday at 9 am, with the finals at 1 pm. All round robin draws are 8 ends, while the Sunday championship round games are 10 ends. Extra ends will be played for ties.

Here are the team rosters and the draw schedule. The allocation of teams to draw slots will be done via a number pull on Friday.

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Canadian Mixed gets underway Sunday in Yarmouth. Cornwall’s Veronica Smith rink representing PEI (Curling Canada)

Posted on by November 10, 2016

The 54th edition of the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship gets underway Sunday at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth, N.S.

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Canada’s top mixed curling teams open play in the 2017 Canadian Mixed Championship at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth, N.S. (Photo, courtesy Rick Allwright)

The Mixed, which began in Toronto in 1964, has been won a leading 11 times by Alberta, while Nova Scotia has captured seven titles — by skips Mark Dacey (2002 and 2010), Paul Flemming (1999 and 2003), Steve Ogden (1995 and 1998) and Scott Saunders (1993).

It will mark the first time that Yarmouth has hosted a Curling Canada championship, but it will be the third time the Canadian Mixed has been staged in Nova Scotia, following the 1977 and 2002 editions, which were both held at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax.

Once again this year, the championship will feature 14 teams (10 provinces plus Northern Ontario, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon) seeded and separated into two pools of seven teams each (based on their won-lost records in last year’s Canadian Mixed at Toronto), who will first play a round robin within their pool.

At the conclusion of the round robin, the top four teams in each pool advance to the Championship Round, when the teams play the teams from the opposite pool, carrying forward their full won-lost records.

Meanwhile, the bottom three teams in each pool will go to the Seeding Round, where they will compete against the three teams from the opposite pool. These teams also carry forward their full won-lost records.

The Championship Round concludes on Friday and will be followed by two semifinals Saturday morning at 10 a.m. AT, pitting 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3. The two winners then advance to the final Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. while the two losing teams meet in the bronze-medal game at the same time.

Final results will determine seeding for next year’s Canadian Mixed at Swan River, Man.

All games throughout the competition are eight ends. Also, no tiebreaker games will be played at the conclusion of either round. Instead, any unsolvable ties for position after head-to-head results will be determined by accumulated Draw Shot results.

The winning team will then represent Canada at the 2017 World Mixed Curling Championship, Oct. 6-14 at Champéry, Switzerland. Last year’s winning Canadian Mixed team, skipped by Alberta’s Mick Lizmore, competed in last month’s World Mixed Curling Championship in Kazan, Russia. After winning its group with a 7-0 mark, then beating Czech Republic in the round of 16, Canada lost its quarter-final match to Scotland, 6-5 and was eliminated from medal contention.


image4Every province, plus Northern Ontario, has won at least one Canadian Mixed Curling Championship since 1964.

This year, Nova Scotia will be skipped by two-time (1999, 2003) Mixed champion and veteran Brier competitor Paul Flemming of Halifax. The lineup also includes several world junior champions — skips Braden Calvert of Manitoba (2015), who is also a two-time (2014, 2015) Canadian Junior champion, Evan Asmussen of Alberta (2012) and New Brunswick’s Charlie Sullivan (1988), another Brier veteran who was the silver medallist in 1990 to Ontario’s Ed Werenich at the Canadian men’s curling championship, when playing third for Jim Sullivan.

Also in the field is Ontario’s Wayne Tuck Jr. and his team from Ilderton, the runner-up at the 2009 Canadian Mixed, and Manitoba’s Kerri Einarson, playing third for Calvert, who will be skipping her own team at the 2016 Home Hardware Canada Cup at Brandon, Man., Nov. 30-Dec. 4.

Over the years, the Mixed has been won by other well-known skips such as Jeff Stoughton, Rick Folk, Rick Lang, Kevin Koe, Mark Nichols, Colleen Jones, Barry Fry, Jean-Michel Ménard, Robert Campbell and Shannon Kleibrink, who became the only female to win the Mixed as skip in 2004 at Schumacher (Timmins), Ont.

This year, Prince Edward Island’s Veronica Smith, a three-time provincial junior champion, will try to join Kleibrink as the second female skip to win the event. 

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Curl PEI photo (L-R): Veronica Smith, Tyler Smith, Sabrina Smith, Dylan Lowery

Saskatchewan’s Larry McGrath is the only three-time winning skip, having won the Mixed in 1967, 1968 and 1971.

For event, team and draw information, visit www.curling.ca/2017mixed.

Draw scores/standings will be immediately available on Curling Canada’s website, www.curling.ca.

Click to read at the Curling Canada website.

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Watch Cornwall’s Smith team at the Canadian Mixed live on Eastlink TV

Posted on by November 9, 2016

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The Canadian Mixed Curling Championships get underway on Sunday in Yarmouth NS. PEI is represented by the Cornwall Curling Club team of Veronica, Tyler, and Sabrina Smith, along with Dylan Lowery.

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Selected games (see schedule) from this event will be broadcast live on Eastlink TV, available to Eastlink subscribers on channel 10 and HD Channel 610. As well, the games will be available for viewing later via their Eastlink On Demand channels. If you don’t have Eastlink at home, you can watch here at the Club during our regular hours.

eastlinktv_logoFor more info on Eastlink TV, visit: my.eastlink.ca/eastlinktv/home.aspx

For live scoring and complete info on the Canadian Mixed, visit: www.curling.ca/2017mixed/

Broadcast schedule (subject to change)

  • Sunday, November 13th – 6:00pm
    Opening Ceremonies
  • Sunday, November 13th – 7:00pm
    Draw #1 – Saskatchewan vs. Quebec
  • Monday, Nov. 14th – 2:30pm
    Draw #2 – New Brunswick vs. Prince Edward Island
  • Monday, Nov. 14th – 7:00pm
    Draw #3 – Nova Scotia vs. Yukon Territory
  • Tuesday, Nov. 15th – 2:30pm
    Draw #5 – Northwest Territories vs. Saskatchewan
  • Tuesday, Nov. 15th – 7:00pm
    Draw #6 – Yukon Territory vs. New Brunswick
  • Wednesday, Nov. 16th – 2:30pm
    Draw #8 – Newfoundland and Labrador vs. Ontario
  • Wednesday, Nov. 16th – 7:00pm
    Draw #9 – Alberta vs. Nova Scotia
  • Thursday, Nov. 17th – 2:30pm
    Draw #11 – Teams TBD
  • Thursday, Nov. 17th – 7:00pm
    Draw #12 – Teams TBD
  • Friday, Nov. 18th – 2:30pm
    Draw #14 – Teams TBD
  • Friday, Nov. 18th – 7:00pm
    Draw #15 – Teams TBD
  • Saturday, November 19th- 2:00pm
    Gold Medal Game – Teams TBD
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Order a name tag, and let everybody know your name!

Posted on by November 8, 2016

The Daytime Curlers have taken the initiative to provide name tags for anyone in the Club that wants one. The signup sheet is on the bulletin board and the cost is $5.00 (taxes in). Name tags are very useful so that new members know who you are, and are also great when you are curling in bonspiels at other clubs.

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Canadian U18 Promo Video – with Cornwall’s Team Mitchell Schut!

Posted on by November 7, 2016

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Cornwall’s Mitchell Schut team were at Curl Moncton in September for a one-day curling event, and were asked to stick around for a few minutes to do a promo video for the inaugural Canadian Under 18 Curling Championships which will be held there and at the Superior Propane Centre April 18-22. Here’s the video:

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O’Connor Glass Quick Cashspiel here on Dec. 17-18

Posted on by November 7, 2016

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The O’Connor Glass “Quick Cashspiel” is set for December 17 and 18 at the Cornwall Curling Club.

Teams play three games:  Saturday at  5:30  and  8:00pm,  and Sunday at  9:30am.

Entry fee is $200 per team, with a payout of $100 per win.

This cashspiel is open to Men’s, Women’s and Junior teams.

They are accepting the first 8 paid teams.

To enter, or for more info, contact: 

Kevin Smith          (902) 218- 0737 or

David O’Connor    (902) 940- 4241

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Former Cornwall junior members winning on the World Curling Tour!

Posted on by November 7, 2016

We are pleased to report that former Cornwall junior members Sarah Fullerton, Meaghan Hughes, and Michelle McQuaid were winners this past weekend at a World Curling Tour event in Ontario. Another former Cornwall member, Kiri Campbell, who is A.J. Campbell’s daughter, is now living in Ottawa and playing lead for the Danielle Inglis rink. They made it to the semi-finals, where they lost to the rink from Japan that played the Robyn MacPhee rink in the final. A.J. is now helping to develop new junior curlers, coaching the Alexis Burris rink from our Club, who finished in the money at a Canada Games development spiel in Saint John on the weekend. It’s great to see the impact our junior program is having!

PEI’s Robyn MacPhee rink wins Royal LePage OVCA Women’s Fall Classic in Ontario

PEI’s Robyn MacPhee foursome defeated the Ayami Ogasawara team from Sapporo Japan by a 6-2 score this afternoon to win the final of the 11th anniversary Royal LePage OVCA Women’s Fall Classic, a World Curling Tour event, in Kemptville Ontario. Team MacPhee, which includes third Sarah Fullerton, second Meaghan Hughes, and lead Michelle McQuaid, goes home with $5,500, out of a total purse of $17,500 in the 24 team event.

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Photo (L-R): Robyn MacPhee, Sarah Fullerton, Meaghan Hughes, Michelle McQuaid

This is Michelle McQuaid’s 2nd victory in the OVCA Fall Classic, winning in 2013 with skip Susanne Birt, third Shelly Bradley, and lead Susan McInnis.

MacPhee knocked out 2011 event winner Sherry Middaugh of Coldwater ON with an 8-7 win in the quarter-finals, and then defeated Hollie Nichol of Ottawa 5-3 in the semis, while Ogasawara beat Ottawa’s Danielle Inglis squad, which includes PEI native Kiri Campbell at lead stone, by a 5-4 score in an extra end in her semi-final game.