The final round robin draw goes at 9:30 this morning in the Advantage Communications / Curl PEI Provincial Junior Mixed curling championship at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside.  The Veronica Smith rink from Cornwall and Crapaud will be one of the two teams advancing to the 1pm championship game between the 1st and 2nd place teams. Other members of the Smith rink are third Tyler Smith, second Emily Gray, and lead Tyson Smith, with coach Paul Smith.

Smith, the only defeated team in the event, at 3-0, plays Owen Collier from Montague (0-3) in the final round robin draw, and will advance to the final with either a 4-0 or 3-1 record. Donald DeWolfe and his Crapaud and Cornwall team ended play Saturday with a 2-2 record, while defending champion James Dalton and his Silver Fox and Cornwall team sits at 2-1 and plays Mitchell Schut from Cornwall and Crapaud, who is at 1-2, this morning. If Schut wins, there will be a 3-way tie for the second spot in the final, between DeWolfe, Dalton, and Schut. If Dalton wins, he would advance to the final, with a 3-1 record.

Live results: http://curlatlantic.com/scoreboard/#/competitions/1511-2015-junior-mixed-curling-championship-pei/scoreboard/Sun-29

Event website: http://peicurling.com/juniormixed20142015/

Three draws are in the books after opening day action at the provincial Travelers Curling Club Championship at the Crapaud Community Curling Club.

In the men’s division, with representatives from all seven PEI dedicated curling facilities, the Alan Inman foursome from the host club and the John Desrosiers rink from the Charlottetown Curling Complex are 2-0, while the Barry Cameron team from the Silver Fox, the Freddy Fraser team from the Western Community club in Alberton, and the Donald Clarey team from Montague all have a 1-1 win-loss record. Cornwall’s Angus Kennedy squad and the Andy Morris rink from the Maple Leaf club in O’Leary are 0-2. Kennedy lost his opener 6-3 to Crapaud (Inman), and fought back from a 4-0 deficit after two ends, but lost his second match 7-6 to Charlottetown’s Desrosiers.

In the five team women’s event, Western’s Iva Griffin is 2-0, while Cornwall’s Lisa Jackson is 1-0, winning her opener 7-2 over Crapaud’s Vanessa Hamming. The other three teams, from Montague (Lynne Anne Brousseau), Crapaud (Vanessa Hamming), and the Silver Fox (Kim Aylward), are 0-1.

Round robin play continues Saturday and Sunday, with draws at 11 am and 3 and 7 pm both days, The championship round goes Monday with the second and third place teams from the round robin squaring off at 11 am. The winner will face the first place team from the round robin at 3 pm. In the event that a team goes through the round robin undefeated, and then loses the 3 pm game, an extra game will take place between the two finalists, at 7 pm.

Winning teams will advance to the national Travelers Curling Club Championship, November 23-28, 2015 at the Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club, in Ottawa Ontario.

Linescores at: http://curlatlantic.com/scoreboard/#/competitions/1512-2015-travelers-curling-club-championships-pei/scoreboard

Event website: http://peicurling.com/travelers20142015/

The Wednesday Evening Ladder League had another great season, thankfully missing last season’s weather problems, at least until the final round, when we missed two of the six weeks in the already-shortened round.

The A pool in the last round was won by the Paul Durant rink, who also won round two. This time, the Durant foursome won all four games played, the only team to do so.

The B pool was more complicated, with four teams, skipped by Mark MacDonald, Greg Groves, Paul Neima, and Ray Biagé, winning three of the four games. The MacDonald rink only managed to field two players for the final game (the rules require three players to avoid a default), which would give them zero instead of 1 points, so they would be eliminated from the results, leaving three teams (the MacDonald rink aren’t going home empty-handed, though, having won a previous round).

Looking at head to head results, Groves beat Biagé but lost to Neima. Neima beat Groves, but did not play Biagé. Biagé lost to Groves, and did not play Neima. Since the three teams did not all play each other we cannot look at the head to head results or the score differentials against each other, and have to go to total scores against all the teams they played.

Biagé total score: 29, Neima total score: 32, Groves total score: 32 (for the record, MacDonald had 28). It’s a points tie between the Groves and Neima rinks!  Since Neima beat Groves in their round robin encounter, we’re awarding the prize to the Neima rink.

Here are the sponsors and winning teams for all three rounds.

Round three A Pool, sponsored by New Glasgow Lobster Suppers (gift certificates not yet avail. – to be mailed out):
Paul Durant, Danny Kneabone, Alan Acorn, Aaron Campbell

Round three B Pool, sponsored by Royal Garden (Gift. cert.) and Gass’s General Store (ball caps) – prizes available – will be handed out at closing spiel.
Paul Neima, Joe Callaghan, Ankur Deshpande, Alan Mason

Round two A pool, sponsored by Murphys Cornwall Pharmacy (gift cards – already presented))
Paul Durant, Danny Kneabone, Alan Acorn, Aaron Campbell

Round two B pool, sponsored by Griffin’s Auto Service (gift certificates not yet available – will be mailed out):
Gord Peters, Hank Kamphuis, Gerald Dykerman, Pat MacInnis

Round One, both pools sponsored by Lowther Snow Removal. Prizes (Club gift certificates) have already been handed out.

A Pool:
Mark MacDonald, Brad Gardiner, Wayne Dalziel, Wayne Goodwin

B Pool:
Bob Fowler, Carl Currie, Thane Thompson, Danny Young

Thanks to our great sponsors, and to all 16 teams who took part this season. See you in the fall!

– Derek MacEwen, Wednesday night drawmaster

Here is the draw for this weekend’s PEI Brewing Company Closing Spiel

The Holland College Hurricanes scored a 7-6 extra-end win Wednesday to even their record after two games at the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association women’s curling championship.

The Hurricanes lost 12-11 in the opening game against the host Olds College in Alberta, but responded by beating Humber College in their final game of opening day.

© Submitted photo

The Holland College Hurricanes curling team, from left, are Kellie-Lynn Younker, Bethany Dauphinee, Sabrina Smith, Breanna Huntley and Jaylene Holmes-Tang.

The Hurricanes, who curled out of the Cornwall Curling Club this season, play three times Thursday, including games with MacEwan at 11:30 a.m., Augustana at 7:30 p.m. and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology at 11:30 p.m. All times are Atlantic.

Click for full story in The Guardian

The PEI Brewing Company closing spiel goes this Friday evening and all day Saturday. Due to draw cancellations, you may not have had a chance to sign up yet. The weather’s improved, so now’s your chance! Only $25 per person!

This event will use a Skins format (this basically means that you have to score two or steal one to win the end. Rules will be posted.

Registration includes:

When registering, you may indicate what your team color was in previous years.  If this is your first Closing Spiel, you will be assigned to a team color.  Spouses will be placed on opposite teams.

Remember, it’s more fun if you wear your team color — the best dressed curler will win a prize!

Daytime Curling Closing Spiel

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

9:00am draw:

Ice 1: Willie Nicholson, Jim Orr, Roger Desroches, Edmond Rochard vs Sterling Stratton, Paul Durant, Dick MacKinnon, TBA

Ice 2: TBA, Don Weeks, Joe Gill, Adrian Clarke vs Helene LaPalme, Carlene Peters, Clare Mullen, Phyllis Cole

Ice 3: Barry Craswell, Bob Fowler, Alan Craswell, Boyd Anderson vs Bernie Field, Marg Stewart, Ann Greyborn, Polly Batt

Ice 4: John Dunsford, Vern Chowan, Busher Stuckey, Clarke Johnston vs Carol Sweetapple, Lynn Thele, Joanne Durant, Jean Anderson

9:50am draw:

Ice 1: Ray Biage, Frank Weiler, George Younker, Don Graham vs Danielle Girard, Eileen Blanchard, Helen Smith, Linda Stuckey

Ice2: Paul Field, Grant Crocket, Kimball Blanchard, Cliff Sentner vs Myrna Sanderson, Myrna Craswell, Janette Fraser, Elise Lebrun

Ice 3: Lester Callbeck, Merrill Cronin, TBA, Don Steves vs TBA, Rebecca Rolfe, Elaine Hughes, Mabel England

Ice 4: Tom Dunn, Eugene Murphy, Don Crozier, Paul Arsenault vs Gloria Clarke, Ruth Stavery, Joyce Gauthier, Hanny MacLeod

10:45 draw:

Ice 1: TBA, Don Weeks, Joe Gill, Adrian Clarke vs Bernie Field, Marg Stewart, Ann Greyborn, Polly Batt

Ice 2: Willie Nicholson, Jim Orr, Roger Desroches, Edmond Rochard vs Carol Sweetapple, Lynn Thele, Joanne Durant, Jean Anderson

Ice 3: John Dunsford, Vern Chowan, Busher Stuckey, Clarke Johnston vs Sterling Stratton, Paul Durant, Dick MacKinnon, TBA

Ice 4: Barry Craswell, Bob Fowler, Alan Craswell, Boyd Anderson vs Helene LaPalme, Carlene Peters, Clare Mullen, Phyllis Cole

11:15 draw:

Ice 1: : Paul Field, Grant Crocket, Kimball Blanchard, Cliff Sentner vs TBA, Rebecca Rolfe, Elaine Hughes, Mabel England

Ice 2: Ray Biage, Frank Weiler, George Younker, Don Graham vs Gloria Clarke, Ruth Stavery, Joyce Gauthier, Hanny MacLeod

Ice 3: Tom Dunn, Eugene Murphy, Don Crozier, Paul Arsenault vs Danielle Girard, Eileen Blanchard, Helen Smith, Linda Stuckey

Ice 4: Lester Callbeck, Merrill Cronin, TBA, Don Steves vs Myrna Sanderson, Myrna Craswell, Janette Fraser, Elise Lebrun

Happy Birthday to  Ray Biagé! Ray keeps the Club looking sparkling clean, and skips a few teams, too! We’re not saying how old he is, but here are some pics from his surprise 65th birthday celebration a few years back.

Two of the three rinks with PEI players won their openers on Wednesday at the Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials in Ottawa. Adam Casey is playing with Marie Christianson of Nova Scotia, and won his opener 8-7, while Kyle Holland and Katie Fullerton from Charlottetown and Cornwall won their first game 10-9. The duo of Patty Wallingham from the Yukon, and PEI’s Robbie Doherty dropped their opening match 11-0.

(Curling Canada)

The winning team will represent Canada at the 2015 World Mixed Doubles Championship, April 18-25 in Sochi, Russia, at the same Ice Cube Curling Center that played host to the 2014 Winter OIympic and Paralympic curling competitions.

The Canadian Trials competition format consisst of 32 teams (each team consists of one male curler and one female curler) divided into four pools of eight, with the top two from each pool after the round robin plus the four teams with the next-best records advancing to a 12-team single elimination playoff.

The gold-medal game is scheduled for Sunday at 6:30 p.m. Atlantic

For the full list of competitors, click here. And for the full schedule, click here.

Thirteen Member Association champions are in the field, with 19 more teams coming from a call for entries with priority given to individual players based on their standing on the Order of Merit, which is based on Curling Canada’s Canadian Team Ranking System.

The World Curling Federation, with support from Curling Canada, is making its final preparations to pitch to the International Olympic Committee Program Commission later this year to have mixed doubles curling included in the Winter Olympics as soon as the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

North River Shell Mixed League

March 9, 2015 at 6:30pm

Ice 1: R. Biagé, D. Weeks, S. O’Keefe, B. Farrell vs A. Kennedy, B. Gardiner, J. Chisholm, D. Farrell

Ice 2: G. Groves, A. Davies, E. MacDonald, M. Matthews vs L. Black, B. Murphy, D. Godfrey, D. MacSwain

Ice 3: D. Kneabone, F. Weiler, Y Barbour, C. MacDonald vs F. Martin, C. MacDougall, L. Turnbull, D. Musto

Ice 4: L. Davies, M. Beck, P. Ling, L. McDearmid vs E. LeBlanc, J. Sinclair, S. Murphy, B. Lindsay

Bye: P. Neima, D. Sigsworth, K. MacDonald, C. Solterman

Monday Night Commercial League

Mar 9, 2015 at 8:30pm

Ice 1: KJL Meats vs PEI Inflatables

Ice 2: The Dutch vs Fair Isle Ford

Ice 3: Dykstra Farms vs Rustico Resort

As most of you know, we have an annual 9 hole, best ball, golf tourney and barbecue every year at Countryview Golf Club. Bob Fowler, who has been organizing it for many years, would like to step away from it, and let someone else do the organizing.
(no, this picture was NOT taken today!)

The good thing about organizing this is that the event has regular sponsors for most of the prizes, and  the golf course management and staff know the event and many of our club members well, and are willing to provide advice, too. If you could like to help out, get in touch with a Board of Directors member, or Bev our manager.

The CORNWALL ROCKS Fundraiser, held on Friday and Saturday, was a great success. Sixty three curlers participated in a great weekend of fun. The purpose of this fundraiser was to generate funds to assist with the cost associated with refurbishing our club stones. We are very pleased to announce that we were able to raise $2575 from this event. A very special thank you to all participants for supporting this great cause. We also would like to acknowledge all our sponsorship and members that supported the event.

The four division format results;

Cornwall Esso Division winners:

Darlene Kneabone

Danny Kneabone

Susan McInnis

Mary Beth McInnis

Cornwall Cooperators Division winners:

Bryan Sutherland

Colleen Soltermann

Wayne Dalziel

Dave’s Snowmobile Repair Division winners:

Jim Orr

Frank Weiler

Clare Mullen

Cindy Nicholson

Murphy’s Group of Restaurants Division winners:

Paul Neima

Paula Ling

Mike Lafontaine

Debbie Sigsworth

The overall championship came down to a tie in points between teams Paul Neima & Jim Orr. The skips decided to toss a coin to declare the winner. Congratulations to the Paul Neima team being the winners of the CORNWALL ROCKS 2015.

The weekend activities included;

3 games,

Meat and cheese & cracker trays

50/50 draws,

draw to the button contest,

snacks,

coffee & muffins,

Chicken Noodle soup & Clam Chowder with rolls & cake

Roast Turkey meal & dessert

26 door prizes (approx. $1100 value)

16 divisional awards ($400 value)

Overall winning trophies

Entertainment from 7-10…actually extended to 11pm

Friday night 50/50 winner:

Edmond Richard $113.00

Draw to the Button winner:

Margaret Stewart (covered the button) $100

Saturday night 50/50 winner:

Edmond Richard…yes the same winner as Friday. However Edmond graciously donated his $120 winnings back to the fundraiser.

In closing, we would like to thank everyone for their support! However we would also like to thank the following sponsors for their support and donations to make this event a success:

Murphy’s Group of Restaurants             Dave’s Snowmobile Repair

Cornwall Esso                                               Cornwall Cooperators

Murphy’s Cornwall Pharmacy                 Tim Horton’s

Cornwall Pizza Delight                               Cornwall Curling Club

Shamrock Truss                                          Olson Curling Supplies

Canadian Tire                                               Sears

Fair Isle Ford                                                KIA

Home Depot                                                Subway

Sobey’s                                                          Superstore

KFC                                                                 Sam’s Restaurant

MacSween Enterprises                             Nissan

Town of Cornwall                                       Cornwall Auto & Tire

Burnside Community Care                       Cornwall Veterinary Clinic

Dr. Donald Stewart                                     Bun’s & Things

Cornwall Independent Grocery Store    Robin’s Donuts

Mary’s Bakery                                              Humpty Dumpty

ADL

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the success of CORNWALL ROCKS!

Kimberley MacDonald

Alan Mason

The first day of play is over in the KFC Under 13 curling championships in Montague, and the Curl PEI Under 18 in Crapaud. Four of the 9 teams entered remain undefeated in the round robin U13 competition. The Mitchell Schut and Rachel MacLean teams from Cornwall are both 2-0, while the Katie Shaw team from Charlottetown and the Cruz Pineau rink from the Silver Fox are 1-0.

Photo: Team Schut

Schut won their opener 8-2 over Emily Sanderson from the host club, and then tripled the Jordan Dunphy-Condon foursome from the Fox 9-3 in draw two. MacLean stole three in the fifth end in a 7-2 win over Samuel Shaw from Montague, and shaded Cornwall clubmate Hayden Ford by a 4-3 score in draw two. Katie Shaw won her only game of the day by a 9-2 score over Ford.

The Cruz Pineau team from the Silver Fox, playing with three players, made an impressive debut in draw two, pulling out a 5-2 win over the Alexis Burris rink from Crapaud. Burris won her opener 8-2 over Dunphy-Condon and sits at 1-1 (win-loss).

U13 round robin play continues Saturday with draws at 1 and 4:30 pm, and wraps up Sunday morning at 10. The top two teams, based on a points system, in each of the two pools advances to the semi-finals at 1:30 pm Sunday.

Meanwhile, the men’s and women’s “A” section winners have been decided in the modified triple-knockout Under 18 event, with Leslie Noye from the Western Communuty Curling Club edging the Donald DeWolfe rink of Cornwall 5-4 in an extra end winning to win the men’s A qualifier, DeWolfe led 4-0 at the fourth end break, but Noye took singles in the next five ends for the win,

The women’s A section winner was Kaleigh Mackay and her Crapaud, Montague, and Charlottetown combined team. They were trailing Lauren Moerike of Charlottetown 3-2 after six ends, but scored a deuce in seven and stole a single in eight for the win.

The men’s B final, set for 2 pm Sunday, will see the winner of a 10 am Saturday game between DeWolfe and Summerside’s Alex MacFadyen take on Noye. MacFadyen lost his opener 6-5 to Noye, but won his second game 7-3 over Cornwall’s Devin Schut, who lost his opener 8-2 to DeWolfe.

Moerike, and Cornwall’s Lauren Lenentine square off in the women’s B semi-final at 10 am Saturday, with the winner facing Mackay at 2 pm. Lenentine lost her opener 8-4 to Mackay, but won her second game 7-4 over Alberton’s Emma Jean Griffin. Griffin lost her opener to Moerike by a 10-1 score.

The C finals go Sunday at 2, with the two game championship round, if needed, going Monday.

Live Curlcast Results from both events at: curlatlantic.com/scoreboard/

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Here are the schedule/draw and team rosters for Cornwall Rocks!, which gets underway Friday at 6:30 pm.
If you haven’s signed up yet, there are still a few individual spots open. Email Kimberley at kimberleym@eastlink.ca if you are interested!

Here are the teams:

Here is a revised version of the KFC Tuesday Night Competitive League Playoffs Draw:

The Vogue Optical 55+ Games wrapped up on Friday in the Charlottetown area. Here are the winners, all from the Cornwall Curling Club, of the Stick Curling competition, held at the Charlottetown Curling Complex:

Photo: Open Division Silver Medallist Barry Craswell in the house

Stick Curling

Open Division (any combination male and/or female)
GOLD- Bryan Sutherland & Alva Clarey
SILVER- Barry Craswell & Stirling Stratton
BRONZE- Roddy MacLean & Andre Gauthier

Women’s Division
GOLD- Gloria Clarke & Ruth Stavert
SILVER- Etta Reid & Myrna Craswell
BRONZE- Mary Plamondon & Cathy Clarey

Our Club playdowns for the provincial Travelers Curling Club championship were held on the weekend. Congratulations to our winners, the Lisa Jackson and Angus Kennedy rinks, and our runners-up, the Kelly Watts and Paul Neima teams! Good luck to the Kennedy and Jackson teams at the provincials, March 27-31 in Crapaud!

Winning women’s: Lisa Jackson, Carolyn Coulson, Melissa Morrow, Jodi Murphy

Winning men’s: Angus Kennedy, Jeff Taylor, Brent Irving, Angus Davies

Runner-up women’s: Kelly Watts, Cathy Handren, Paula Ling, Theresa Andrews

Runner-up men’s: Paul Neima, Joe Callaghan, Ankur Deshpande, Alan Mason

The Curl PEI Provincial Under 16 Curling Championship concluded this afternoon at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, with the Donald DeWolfe team from Cornwall repeating as champs in the three team boy’s division, while the Maria Doyle rink from the Silver Fox club in Summerside, who went 0-3 in the four team girl’s round robin, came on strong in the championship round to win the girl’s event.

DeWolfe who finished round robin play in first place, with a 3-1 win-loss record, beat the Alex Gallant rink from the Fox by an 8-3 score in the boy’s final, scoring a triple in the third end, and deuces in ends five and seven. Gallant and Cornwall’s Mitchell Schut  were tied at 1 win and two losses going into the morning draw, but a five point fifth end was a key factor Gallant’s  9-7 win over the young Schut team, and advanced them to the final.

Other members of the winning DeWolfe team are third Jacob Wilkins, second Logan Maker, and lead Nick Johnston, with Lori Robinson taking on the coaching duties. The Rod MacDonald and Wendy Gallant-coached Gallant squad includes third stone Connor Lilly, second AJ Cahill, and lead Luke Arsenault.

The girl’s semi-finals this morning saw the undefeated (3-0) first place team from Cornwall, skipped by Kristie Rogers, taking on the last place Doyle rink, with Doyle, down 5-1 after three, tying the game with deuces in ends four and five. The sixth was blanked, and the teams traded deuces to go into an extra end, which Doyle won by a single point for a 7-6 final. The other semi saw second place Lauren Moerike and her Charlottetown/Cornwall team (2-1) down Crapaud’s Sierra Clyke rink (1-2) by a 10-3 score, taking 5 points in the first end, then stealing 1 and 2 points to lead 8-0 in a game that lasted only until the fifth end.

This set up the Moerike vs Doyle final, with Moerike taking a first end deuce with hammer, but Doyle responding with a single and steals of 3 and 1 point to take a 5-2 lead at the 4th end break. Moerike then took the lead with four points in the fifth end, but Doyle took singles in the next three ends for an 8-6 victory.

Rounding out the winning Maria Doyle team are third Maddison Moore, 2nd Gabrielle Gallant, and lead Abbie MacDonald, with coach Don Vickerson.  Lauren Lenentine, Tati Kelly, and Rachel O’Connor, with coach Kevin Moerike, complete the runner-up Moerike foursome.

Cornwall Rocks is fast approaching. To date registration has been limited. The purpose of this fundspiel is to raise money to have our rocks refurbished. If you have not been at the club recently, team entry with skip/mate opposite gender is now an option for entry. Deadline for registration is Wednesday, March 4th at 5 pm. If you are unable to make it to the curling club, please email Kimberley MacDonald at kimberleym@eastlink.ca. Please support OUR club!

– KimberlyMacDonald\

The Vogue Optical 55+ Games are continuing at the Charlottetown Curling Complex with Stick Curling underway today.  Regular curling is now complete, with Cornwall winning all but one of the medals! Here’s the winners’ list from the Games website.

55+ Mixed Divison winners – the Paul Durant rink, in action

Men’s Division
GOLD- Paul Arsenault, Frank Weiler, Edgar Coffin, Ron Giggey
SILVER- Julien Gaudin, Leigh Crabbe, Art O’Malley, Shoji Yamamoto (Charlottetown)

55+ Mixed Division

GOLD- Paul Durant, Joanne Durant, Eugene Murphy, Carol Sweetapple
SILVER- Bob MacWilliams, Myrna Craswell, Myrna Sanderson, Lewis Black
BRONZE- Barry Craswell, Roger DesRoches, Danielle Girard, Helen Smith

65+ Mixed Division

GOLD- Vince Fisher, Karen Fisher, Kimball Blanchard, Eileen Blanchard
SILVER- Tom Dunn, Roddie MacLean, Hanny MacLeod, Miriam MacLean
BRONZE- Paul Field, Bernie Field, Carolyn Crockett, Grant Crockett

It has come to our attention that members appear to be more interested in a team registration format for Cornwall Rocks on March 6 & 7^th. In an effort to encourage members to participate in this important fundraiser, we will now accept team or single registration. As a result, we will extend registration until Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 5:00pm as the last possible deadline. If you have registered individually and wish to register as part of a team, please scratch your name off the single registration forms; however members who wish to remain as a single entry will be placed on a team. Anyone registered prior to Wednesday, Feb 25, will be given preference if we exceed total registration.