Cornwall Curling Club

Three weeks remain in the Saturday morning Under 16 Junior Developmental League, sponsored by Wendy’s, here at the Cornwall Curling Club. It has been decided to move the last week from January 23rd to January 9, which is now available. This will also avoid conflict with the January Freeze junior cashspiel in Summerside Jan. 22-24.

Click for January freeze event details and application form.

Junior curlers are also reminded of the Christmas Classic, also in Summerside, during the Christmas holidays on Dec. 29, with cash prizes, and 16 and Under, and 13 and Under divisions.

Click for Christmas Classic event details and application form.

Here is the revised  Junior Development League schedule for the rest of the season.

Saturday Dec. 19, 2015, 09:30

Ice 1:   Chase MacMillan vs. Emma Coffin

Ice 2:   Rachel MacLean vs. Katie Shaw

Ice 3:   Alexis Burris vs. Beth Walsh

Bye: Mitchell Schut

Saturday Jan. 2, 2016, 09:30

Ice 2:   Chase MacMillan vs. Beth Walsh

Ice 3:   Mitchell Schut vs. Katie Shaw

Ice 4:   Alexis Burris vs. Emma Coffin

Bye: Rachel MacLean

Saturday Jan. 9, 2016, 09:30 (Note change in date)

Ice 1:   Alexis Burris vs. Katie Shaw

Ice 3:   Rachel MacLean vs. Beth Walsh

Ice 4: Mitchell Schut vs. Emma Coffin

Bye:  Chase MacMillan

The first round is over in the Wednesday Night Ladder League, with the Robert Thibodeau rink going undefeated to win the A pool, and the Bob Fowler team winning all their games to take the B. These teams have been given their prizes, provided by sponsor Lowther’s Snow Removal.

Three teams drop down from the A pool to the B, and two go up the ladder from B to A, so there will be six teams in A for round two, sponsored by Mary’s Cornwall Bakery and seven in the B (with a bye team each week) sponsored by Griffin’s Auto Service.

Dropping down will be the Jeff Taylor rink who had six losses, and the Ray Biagé team, with four.
Three teams, skipped by Mark MacDonald, Paul Neima, and Kelly Watts. had three losses.Neima beat both MacDonald and Watts, and Watts beat MacDonald, so the Mark MacDonald team will be the third rink to drop down to B.

Moving from B to A will be the undefeated Fowler rink, along with the David Younker team with two losses.

Here are the round two team rosters

A Pool

A1-Robert Thibodeau, Angus Kennedy, Wade Deaken, Ken Monaghan
A2-Donald DeWolfe, Avery Wells, Cameron Jenkins, Nick Johnston
A3-Paul Neima, Joe Callaghan, Alan Mason, Jeff Hannah
A4-Kelly Watts, Cathy Handren, Paula Ling, Pam Sweetapple
A5-Bob Fowler, Carl Currie, Thane Thompson, Danny Young
A6-Dave Younker, Bob MacWilliams, Joe MacMillan, Patsy Piercey

B Pool
B1-Mark MacDonald, Brad Gardiner, Shawn Patterson, Wayne Goodwin
B2-Ray Biagé, Derek Gallant, Rebecca Rolfe, Derek MacEwen
B3-Jeff Taylor, Dylan Sanderson, Cody Dawson, TBA
B4-Gord Peters, Hank Kamphuis, Gerald Dykerman, Pat MacInnis
B5-Valerie Acorn, Alan Acorn, Mark Perry, Len Gotell
B6-Greg Groves, Donald Weeks, Marjorie Matthews, Margaret Bond
B7-Lew Black, Hans Wicki, Hans Anderegg, Steve Hunter

Week 1 – Dec. 16

6:30 pm A Pool

Ice 1: A5-Bob Fowler vs A3-Paul Neima

Ice 2: A4-Kelly Watts vs A1-Robert Thibodeau

Ice 3: A6-David Younker vs A2-Donald DeWolfe

8:30 pm B Pool

Ice 1: B5-Valerie Acorn vs B3-Jeff Taylor

Ice 2: B7-Lew Black vs B1-Mark MacDonald

Ice 3: B6-Greg Groves vs B2-Ray Biagé

BYE: B4-Gord Peters
Week 2: Dec. 23

6:30 pm B Pool

Ice 2: B3-Jeff Taylor vs B7-Lew Black

Ice 3: B1-Mark MacDonald vs B2-Ray Biagé

Ice 4: B4-Gord Peters vs B6-Greg Groves

Bye:  B5-Valerie Acorn

8:30 pm A Pool

Ice 2: A1-Robert Thibodeau vs A6-David Younker

Ice 3: A3-Paul Neima vs A4-Kelly Watts

Ice 4: A2-Donald DeWolfe vs A5-Bob Fowler

Week 3: Jan. 6

6:30 pm A Pool

Ice 1: A6-David Younker vs A5-Bob Fowler

Ice 2: A1-Robert Thibodeau vs A4-Kelly Watts

Ice 3: A2-Donald DeWolfe vs A3-Paul Neima

8:30 pm B Pool

Ice 1: B4-Gord Peters vs B2-Ray Biagé

Ice 2: B7-Lew Black vs B6-Greg Groves

Ice 3: B5-Valerie Acorn vs B1-Mark MacDonald

BYE: B3-Jeff Taylor

Week 4: Jan. 13

6:30 pm B pool

Ice 2: B1-Mark MacDonald vs B4-Gord Peters

Ice 3: B2-Ray Biagé vs B3-Jeff Taylor

Ice 4: B5-Valerie Acorn vs B7-Lew Black

Bye: B6-Greg Groves

8:30 pm A Pool

Ice 2: A5-Bob Fowler vs A3-Paul Neima

Ice 3: A1-Robert Thibodeau vs A2-Donald DeWolfe

Ice 4: A4-Kelly Watts vs A6-David Younker

Week 5: Jan. 20

6:30 pm A Pool

Ice 1: A2-Donald DeWolfe vs A4-Kelly Watts

Ice 3: A6-David Younker vs A5-Bob Fowler

Ice 4: A3-Paul Neima vs A-Robert Thibodeau

8:30 pm B Pool

Ice 1: B7-Lew Black vs B4-Gord Peters

Ice 3: B6-Greg Groves vs B5-Valerie Acorn

Ice 4: B3-Jeff Taylor vs B1-Mark MacDonald

BYE: B2-Ray Biagé

Week 6: Jan. 27

6:30 pm B Pool

Ice 1: B1-Mark MacDonald vs B6-Greg Groves

Ice 2: B3-Jeff Taylor vs B4-Gord Peters

Ice 4: B2-Ray Biagé vs B5-Valerie Acorn

BYE: B7-Lew Black

8:30 pm A Pool

Ice 1: A4-Kelly Watts vs A2-Donald DeWolfe

Ice 2: A3-Paul Neima vs A6-David Younker

Ice 4: A5-Bob Fowler vs A1-Robert Thibodeau

Week 7: Feb. 3
6:30 pm A Pool

Ice 1: A6-David Younker vs A3-Paul Neima

Ice 2: A2-Donald DeWolfe vs A1-Robert Thibodeau

Ice 3: A5-Bob Fowler vs A4-Kelly Watts

8:30 pm B Pool

Ice 1: B6-Greg Groves vs B3-Jeff Taylor

Ice 2: B5-Valerie Acorn vs B4-Gord Peters

Ice 3: B7-Lew Black vs B2-Ray Biagé

BYE: B1-Mark MacDonald

Our sympathies to bartender and Club member Debby Sigsworth, and her husband, former Club member Bill Sigsworth, on the passing today of Bill’s father.

The Provincial Mixed Doubles Curling Championship is being held on December 12 and 13, 2015 at the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club, with two teams entered. This 2 person per team version of curling is now an Olympic sport, beginning with the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Defending PEI champ Kyle Holland from the Charlottetown Curling Complex is back this year, teamed up with Sabrina Smith, while Steven Thompson and Lyndsey Moore from Crapaud are the other duo in this year’s event. The winning team will move on to represent PEI at the National Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, March 31-April 3, 2016 in Saskatoon Sask.

Team Rosters

The two teams entered will be playing a best of five series.

Here is the schedule:

Saturday, Dec. 12 10 am – Sheet 2 – Game 1

Saturday Dec. 12 1 pm – Sheet 4 – Game 2

Saturday Dec. 12 4 pm – Sheet 3 – Game 3

Sunday Dec. 13 10 am – Sheet 2 – Game 4*

Sunday Dec. 13 1 pm – Sheet 3 – Game 5*

* if required

Event website: PEICurling.com/mixeddoubles

Live results: PEICurling.com/scoreboard

Kalynn Park, left, and Charley Thomas, in action at the 2015 World Mixed Doubles Championship earlier this year in Sochi, Russia. (Photo, World Curling Federation/Alina Pavlyuchik)

We love our sponsors – they provide prizes (mostly gift certificates) for the winners of each of our league draws. Please support them whenever possible!

Thanks also to Alan and Kimberly, who worked hard to get these sponsors!

Here’s the sponsor list for each draw:

Monday
Evening Draw #1        Leary’s Independent Grocer (Cornwall)
Evening Draw #2        Cornwall Pizza Delight
Evening Draw #3        DP Murphy Inc.(Tim Hortons, Wendy’s)

Tuesday
Competitive         KFC

Wednesday

Daytime League     Lance “The Iceman” Lowther

Evening Ladder League Draw #1 Pool A        Lowther’s Snow Removal
Evening Ladder League Draw #1 Pool B        Lowther’s Snow Removal

Evening Ladder League Draw #2 Pool A        Mary’s Cornwall Bakery
Evening Ladder League Draw #2 Pool B        Griffin’s Auto Service

Evening Ladder League Draw #3 Pool A        New Glasgow Lobster Suppers
Evening Ladder League Draw #3 Pool B        Sam’s Family Restaurant

Thursday
Evening Draw #1        Cornwall Pizza Delight
Evening Draw #2        Cornwall Tire and Auto
Evening Draw #3        Murphy’s Cornwall Pharmacy

During the round robin draw at the Travelers Curling Club Championship in Ottawa, the PEI women’s team, skipped by Lisa Jackson, were interviewed by Curling Canada. Of course, they went on to win the event.

Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador have their first ever Travelers Canadian Curling Club Championship titles. Lisa Jackson’s rink out of the Cornwall Curling Club in P.E.I defeated Ontario 5-3 in the women’s final. Andrew Symonds of St. John’s got past Manitoba 6-4 in the men’s final.

P.E.I. took control of the women’s final with a steal of one in the sixth end. Ontario came up light in the seventh end on a draw for two, putting P.E.I. in the driver’s seat coming home in the eighth.

“We just wanted to keep it open so we had a chance to win it and hopefully I had a shot,” Jackson said. “It feels amazing to be able to bring this banner back to the Island.”

National championships are not unfamiliar territory for Jackson’s team, but it was a first for all of them in curling. Lead Jodi Murphy and second Melissa Morrow have both represented the Island at national soccer championships while third Carolyn Coulson has been to a national bodybuilding championship.

“This ranks the top for all of us,” Jackson said of her team’s list of sports accomplishments.

This is the first Travelers title for P.E.I. after the province’s women’s team finished as silver medalists in Halifax at last year’s Travelers final.

2015 Travelers Curling Club Championship Women’s champions, Team Prince Edward Island: skip Lisa Jackson, third Carolyn Coulson, second Melissa Morrow, lead Jodi Murphy of the Cornwall Curling Club in Cornwall, P.E.I. (Curling Canada/Claudette Bockstael Photo)

History was also made in the men’s event.

For Newfoundland and Labrador, the win means everything to skip Andrew Symonds.

“Absolutely unbelievable. We played a pretty good game today as a team and Manitoba gave us a great match,” the skip said after receiving his gold medal.

Newfoundland and Labrador had the pressure on Tyler Drews and his Manitoba’s team for much of the game. Symonds scored a big three points in the third end but watched as his team’s advantage shrank in the fifth end thanks to a steal by Manitoba.

Symonds threw a big-weight double to force Manitoba into a lone point in the seventh end. Manitoba applied pressure in the eighth end, leaving Newfoundland and Labrador a quiet-weight inturn hit-and-stick for the win.

“I think it was the first time all week we had to play that kind of shot,” said Symonds. “We were a little nervous with the two (Manitoba) counters in the back.”

The St. John’s skip has curled with his third Mark Healy for the last decade. The two were joined by second Cory Ewart, who represented Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2006 Brier, four seasons ago. Keith Jewer started throwing lead stones for the Re/Max Centre team two years ago.

The week was filled with emotional moments for the men’s champions. Six days before winning his province’s first Travelers Curling Club Championship, Symonds says he was overwhelmed when he opened his hotel room door.

“Walking into the hotel to see this (jacket) with my name on it was a huge goosebumps moment. The event itself is so fantastic. When we go back home I’ll certainly be telling all the guys this is an event you want to get to,” the Newfoundland and Labrador skip said.

“This, for everyone here, was our Brier or our Scotties. It’s an incredible accomplishment just to get here, and to come here and win it is just surreal. I was pretty close to shedding some tears after that last shot.”

2015 Travelers Curling Club Championship Men’s champions, Team Newfoundland and Labrador: skip Andrew Symonds, third Mark Healy, second Cory Ewart, lead Keith Jewer of the Re/Max Centre St. John’s Curling Club in St. Johns, N.L. (Curling Canada/Claudette Bockstael Photo)

This is the first time Newfoundland and Labrador has brought home a championship banner from a Travelers Canadian Curling Club Championship.

In the bronze medal games it was Alberta’s Nanette DuPont rink who captured third place over Northern Ontario’s Kathie Jackson in women’s play. Team Quebec’s Stephane Lamy’s rink defeated Nova Scotia’s Mike Callaghan to win bronze in the men’s event.

This was the seventh edition of the Travelers Curling Club Championship. The teams completed a week-long round robin at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club offering up Canada’s top club curlers an elite national championship experience. Curling Canada’s 14 Member Association teams (from 10 provinces, three territories and Northern Ontario) battled to make the playoff rounds.

Each team is allowed only one player who has played in a provincial/territorial Juniors’, Men’s (Brier), Women’s (Scotties) or Seniors’ championship in the current or previous four curling seasons, or participated in a Grand Slam event in the current or previous four curling seasons.

As well, no player on the teams can have played in a Canadian Juniors, Men’s, Women’s or Seniors national championship in the current or previous four seasons.

Exception – Provinces/Territories with an open provincial/territory event will be permitted 1 player who has placed top 25% in a Juniors’, Men’s (Brier), Women’s (Scotties) or Seniors’ provincial/territory event in the current or previous 4 curling seasons, or participated in a Grand Slam event in the current or previous 4 curling seasons.

Click to read this story at the Curling Canada website

Hardline Curling’s icePAD brush is the top seller at our Pro Shop. These are, in our opinion, the best brushes on the market, and, as you likely have heard by now, there are concerns that they, along with some newer models from other manufacturers,  may actually be “too good” for championship play, making it easier to control the rock and to drag it further with less effort.

icePAD brushes at our Pro Shop

To address these concerns with a number of the newer brushes, including Hardline’s icePAD, Curling Canada came out with a statement today that affects the use of these brushes, and will be in place for all regional and provincial playdowns that lead to national and world championships. This would include Curl PEI provincial championship events like the Pepsi Juniors, Travelers, Seniors, Mixed, Mixed Doubles, Scotties, and Tankard, but would not include other Curl PEI championship events that don’t lead to a national championship.

To view Curling Canada’s playdowns brush-head moratorium, click here.

Under the moratorium, Hardline icePAD is approved for play at these events that lead to national and world championships, provided that the cover fabric is inverted, and the plastic insert is removed. This is an easy, less than 60 second modification, requiring no tools, and Hardline’s replacement cover installation video shows how to do it.

Also identified in the Curling Canada document as not being allowed are newer models of Balance Plus (likely the “LiteSpeed”) and Performance brushes (possibly using the textured “TX” pad). The Balance Plus “EQ” pad, which we sell, and the Goldline “Norway” pad are listed as acceptable. If you have a brush and are not sure of its suitability, contact rules@curling.ca. In most cases, replacing the brush pad with another model will make them compliant.

Unmodified Hardline icePADs can be used for regular club play and for other bonspiels and provincial championship events that don’t lead to a Curling Canada national championship.

We are big fans of the Hardline icePAD brushes, and are glad to hear that they can be continue to be used in all curling championships (with a simple modification for some events).

Eight-enders are extremely rare in championship curling, and Curling Canada, in a Tweet sent out this afternoon, confirms that the one scored Wednesday afternoon against Nunavut by the Lisa Jackson rink from the Cornwall Curling Club at the Travelers Curling Club Championship in Ottawa is the first one ever scored in a Canadian championship.

Photo (L-R): Lisa Jackson, Carolyn Coulson, Melissa Morrow, Jodi Murphy.

Team PEI then stole 6 in the second end, and went on to win the lopsided game 21-0 in six ends. The Island squad currently sit at 4-1 and are virtually assured of a playoff spot. They finish round robin play tonight in the 9:30 p.m AT draw when they take on Ontario, currently leading the pool at 4-0 and playing winless Nunavut this afternoon.

The 14 men’s and 14 women’s teams are split into two seven-team round-robin pools. After a single round-robin, the top three teams in each pool advance to the playoff round. The first-place teams will be seeded directly into the semifinals, Friday, Nov. 27, at 7:30 p.m. (all times Atlantic). The second- and third-place teams will meet in crossover quarter-finals Friday at 2:30 p.m, with the winners moving into the semis.

The gold and bronze-medal games are set for Saturday, Nov. 28, at 11 a.m.

Selected games from the 2015 Travelers Curling Club Championships will be live-streamed at www.curling.ca/2015travelers/

Scores and standings from the event will be available at www.curling.ca/scoreboard/.

For draw times, team lineups and other event info, go to: www.curling.ca/2015travelers/

Congrats @peicurling on scoring an 8-ender at the #TCCC2015! 1st time this has ever happened at a Cdn championship pic.twitter.com/SY3LzsDaUE

— Curling Canada (@CurlingCanada) November 26, 2015

The 3rd annual Masters Plus bonspiel gets underway at 8:30 this morning here at the Cornwall Curling Club. There are 16 teams competing, representing nine curling clubs — from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Masters Plus has three players 60 years of age or over, plus one player over 55 years of age. This event would not be possible without the support of great sponsors, including: Holland College, Red Shores Racetrack & Casino, Sherwood BMR, Fair Isle Ford, Super 8 Motel, Prestige Kitchens & Home Décor, Mr. Plumber, Honibe – Island Abbey Foods, KenMac Energy, Cornwall Auto, Garden Isle Computer, Kent Building Supplies, Beaton’s Wholesale Dry Goods Ltd., Capital Honda, Experience Hyundai, Rhonda’s Country Cuts, Hillside Motors, Canadian Tire, Paderno Cookware, All Star Cresting, Wine Kitz, Heckbert Studio, Mary’s Cornwall Bakery, and the Cornwall Curling Club.

Come on down to the Cornwall Curling Club Thursday and Friday morning and afternoon, and watch these highly experienced Maritime curlers, including a number of former provincial champions, in action!

Team Skips

1. Audrey Dorey
2. Ray Biagé
3. Monique Taylor
4. Judy Burgess
5. Bob Smith
6. Shirley Berry
7. Vince Fisher
8. Barry Craswell
9. Leona Williams
10. Harry Williams
11.  Ken Nichol
12. Diane MacKay
13. Gloria Clarke
14. Ted MacFadyen
15. David McIver
16. Bill Lutes

Draw (Thursday – November 19th)                                                                                                                                                                                   

              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 20th)

8:30                     10×12                  9×11                    13×15                  14×16

11:00                   2×4                      1×3                      6×8                      5×7

1:30                     9×13                    12×16                  10×14                  11×15

4:00                     1×5                      2×6                      3×7                      4×8

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 2 rocks down and 2 rocks back. The hammer is determined by toss of a coin. Rock colors are assigned.

As I’m sure many of you know by now, one of Cornwall’s long-time members, Bob MacWilliams, has sold his house in Long Creek, and is moving to Sackville New Brunswick. Bob will be greatly missed by our club for his many roles: a “super-spare” who could play any position, “Mr. Fix It”, who kept our electronic gadgets working, a great volunteer, one of our great ice-makers, and the butt of many Boomer Gallant curling jokes on Compass. He’s also a pretty good curler, in recent years skipping provincial championship teams in the Masters and Senior Mixed events, and winning medals at the 55+ games.

Here we see Bob (right) handing Monday night pebbling duties over to Danny Kneabone. We sure hope tonight’s “trainee” ice pebble was ok!

Good luck to Bob in his new endeavors, and drop in for a game whenever you’re in town!

The men’s and women’s finals go at 1 pm, as the 9th annual Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel wraps up at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. The all-PEI men’s final will see the Alex MacFadyen rink from the host club take on the Tyler Smith team from Montague, while the women’s championship game features Mary Fay from the Chester Curling Club in Nova Scotia facing Cornwall’s Lauren Lenentine foursome. Other members of the Lenentine team are third Kaleigh Mackay, second Breanne Burgoyne, and lead Rachel O’Connor, with coach Pat Quilty.

Live end-by-end results are available at PEICurling.com/scoreboard.

Mary Fay (Journal Pioneer photo by Jason Simmonds. Click for more)

The winning teams take home $600, with $300 going to the runners-up.

In semi-final play this morning, Smith beat Jack Smeltzer and his Fredericton Capital Winter Club squad 10-4, while MacFadyen got by the Leslie Noye foursome from Alberton’s Western Community Curling Club 7-5. On the women’s side, Fay stole a pair of triples in a 10-3 game win over Cornwall’s Lauren Moerike, while Lenentine beat Samantha Crook and her team from the Gage Curling Club in New Brunswick by an 8-6 score. The Smeltzer, Noye, Moerike, and Crook rinks each pocket $125 for their semi-final finishes.

The Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel wraps up today at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, with the men’s and women’s semi-finals going at 9 am, and the winners advancing to the 1 pm finals. The winning teams will go home with $600, with the runners-up grabbing $300, and the remaining semi-finalists receiving $125. Today’s games are ten ends in length. 12 men’s and an equal number of women’s teams from around the Maritimes began play Friday in this 9th annual event for curlers under 21. There is no admission charge to watch the event. End by end Curlcast results are available at PEICurling.com/scoreboard.

Journal Pioneer photo by Jason Simmonds

The  women’s semis see the Samantha Crook rink from the Gage Golf and Curling Association take on the Lauren Lenentine foursome from the Cornwall Curling Club, and Cornwall’s Lauren Moerike squad face the Mary Fay team from the Chester Curling Club in Nova Scotia. Crook and Fay both went through round robin play undefeated, while Lenentine and Moerike each had one loss.

In men’s play, the Tyler Smith rink from Montague was the only undefeated team in the round robin, while the host Club’s Alex MacFadyen team and the Leslie Noye foursome from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton each had only one loss. The Jack Smeltzer squad from Fredericton’s Capital Winter Club is the fourth team to advance to the 9 am semis, finishing round robin play with a 3-2 win-loss record. The semi matchups see MacFadyen play Noye, and Smith face Smeltzer.

Photos from round robin draw 2 (women’s) play, from Journal Pioneer Sports Editor Jason Simmonds are available on the Journal Pioneer website, at http://www.journalpioneer.com/Slideshow/12922/Fall-Fling-Curling/1

Your local Desjardins Financial Security Independent Network is promoting the sport of Stick Curling.

They are inviting regular members to come and try the 2 person stick curling game, either delivering with a stick or a slide delivery, but following the stick rules. Each time you try it (be sure to sign in), you will get a ballot for a drawing for $50 at the Daytime Christmas Closing. Stick curling goes every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoon from 12:30 to 2:30.

As well, their annual Stick Curling Bonspiel takes place at the Club on Dec. 5. The signup sheet is up now at the Club. Individual entry – open to any stick curler – you will play a minimum of 4 games, with a different partner each match. 2 divisions, 6-end games. There will be a cross over game which may have fewer ends.

$700 in cash and gift cards up for grabs, assuming full 32 team draw. $25 entry fee includes lunch. Details on scoring, registration, etc. are on the signup board. Entry deadline is Nov. 24. Entry fee must accompany registration. Send cash or cheque to: Etta Reid, 822 Suffolk Road, route 222, Suffolk PE C1C 0P8. Call (902) 629-1454 with your questions

The NEW Murphy’s Cornwall Pharmacy is now open! Check them out at 401 Trans Canada Highway, or just across the Cornwall Road from the curling club. They’re open from 8am-9pm today.