The For Love of Curling Scholarship Fundraiser Funspiel draw is set.
Doors will open around 8:15am on Saturday – there will be pizza for lunch, lots of baked goods for sale (you can swing by and get some baked goods Saturday even if you aren’t curling!), a 50/50, and of course lots of fun on and off the ice.
By Bill McGuire
Public Relations Chair
Cornwall Curling Club
The best curlers in the world, including Cornwall’s own Lauren Lenentine, are Prince Edward Island-bound as the Grand Slam of Curling is poised to take over Charlottetown this October.
Cornwall’s Lauren Lenentine speaks during a press conference Thursday (Feb. 29) at Charlottetown City Hall where it was announced that UPEI will play host to the Hearing Life Tour Challenge, the Grand Slam of Curling’s biggest event of the 2024-25 season, from Oct. 1-6, 2024.
The two adjoining ice surfaces at the Bell Aliant Centre on the campus of the University of Prince Edward Island will play host to the Hearing Life Tour Challenge, the Grand Slam of Curling’s biggest event of the 2024-25 season, from Oct. 1-6, 2024.
The 2024 Hearing Life Tour Challenge will feature the top 32 men’s and 32 women’s teams in the world, competing in a two-tier event at Bell Aliant Centre. The field will include Olympic medallists, world champions, and Canadian favourites. This is the first time a Grand Slam of Curling event has been held in Charlottetown, with Summerside having played host to two previous Slam events, the latest in 2014.
It is anticipated that the Cornwall Curling Club, and adjacent clubs like Montague and Crapaud, will assist the huge GSOC event which will attract over 250 top curlers from around the world, by providing their clubs for practice sessions and games.
The announcement was made today (Thursday, Feb. 29) at Charlottetown City Hall by Charlottetown Mayor Philip Brown. Other guests in attendance included Cory Deagle, Minister of Fisheries, Tourism, Sport and Culture; legendary curler and Olympic gold medallist Jennifer Jones; and Lenentine.
Canadian curling legend Jennifer Jones, left, answers a question during a press conference in Charlottetown Thursday. Feb. 29 where it was announced that UPEI will play host to the Hearing Life Tour Challenge, the Grand Slam of Curling’s biggest event of the 2024-25 season, from Oct. 1-6, 2024. Also in photo are event master of ceremonies Robbie Doherty, a member of the Cornwall Curling Club, and Jones’ teammate Lauren Lenentine of Cornwall.
Jones and Lenentine are fresh from a silver medal finish last Sunday at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Canadian women’s curling championships in Calgary.
“Welcoming all of these world-class curlers is an incredible opportunity for us to demonstrate just how well-suited we are to hosting major sporting events,” said Mayor Brown. “We’re excited to welcome athletes and their teams, as well as visitors, to beautiful Charlottetown and we plan to sweep them away with a rocking good time! Attracting events such as the Hearing Life Tour Challenge, the biggest event in the Grand Slam of Curling series, reflects our commitment to strategic economic growth through sport tourism.”
“This is a very exciting announcement for PEI and builds on our reputation as a top destination for high calibre sporting events,” said Minister Deagle. “We are proud to see Charlottetown picked as the host city for the Grand Slam of Curling’s Hearing Life Tour Challenge. Sport tourism is an exciting way to grow PEI as a four-season tourism destination. And for curling fans, it is thrilling to be able to watch the top curling teams in the world compete.”
More details, including 150 volunteer opportunities, qualified teams, and schedules will be announced later date.
Early bird full tournament passes are now on sale at www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/tickets. On sale dates for weekend passes and single draw tickets will be announced in the coming months.
Owned and operated by Sportsnet since 2012, the Grand Slam of Curling is an elite series of men’s and women’s curling events, featuring the best teams from across Canada and around the world. Awarding equal purses to both men’s and women’s teams since 2015, Grand Slam of Curling presents $2.1 million in total prize money each season.
More information about the upcoming Grand Slam season and the Hearing Life Tour Challenge please visit: www.thegrandslamofcurling.com
Charlottetown to host 2024 HearingLife Tour ChallengeThe Grand Slam of Curling will be heading to Charlottetown for the first time next season when the Bell Aliant Centre hosts the HearingLife Tour Challenge, Oct. 1-6.
The HearingLife Tour Challenge is the largest event in the series with 32 men’s teams and 32 women’s teams in action. Both divisions are split into two tiers with Tier 1 featuring the top teams from around the world and Tier 2 featuring the next-ranked teams looking to fast-track into the top flight. Winners of the Tier 2 will receive automatic berths into a future Grand Slam of Curling event.
Early bird tournament passes are now available! Visit tourchallenge.goigniter.com to purchase your pass today.
Sale dates for weekend passes and single draw tickets will be announced in the coming months.
More details, including volunteer opportunities, qualified teams and schedules will also be announced at a later date.
Team Retornaz (men’s) and Team Jones (women’s) captured the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 titles this season in Niagara Falls, Ontario, while Team Casper (men’s) and Team Kim (women’s) claimed the Tier 2 titles.
Our ParaSport Minispiel is scheduled for Saturday, March 16th with draws at 2pm and 4pm with a pizza social at 5:30pm.
This event is a partnership between ParaSport and Recreation PEI and our Club, in which para-athletes and Club members team up to play two four-person per team six-end games.
Besides the two games, your $10 entry fee includes a pizza dinner as well, plus a chance to win prizes too!
There are limited spots available, so signup NOW, in advance of the March 13th deadline to avoid missing out!
It’s hard to believe that it’s time to start registration for our annual closing event – the Red & Blue Bonspiel!
While sadly it marks the end of our curling season, the event is always a highlight of the calendar with loads of fun curling, eating great food, hanging out with other club members and, of course, the playful but intense competition between the Red and Blue teams!
For those who are new to the club or haven’t participated in the past – each member is assigned to either the Red team or, if you are lucky, you’ll be assigned to the Blue team.
We have events throughout the week with our juniors and stick curlers as well – and their points are counted toward the weekend scoring. On Friday and Saturday the games are played with a skins format and each team earns “money” toward their teams account.
The team with the highest scores at the end of the event are crowned the champions and get bragging rights for an entire year!
In addition to the curling there is a banquet on Saturday, trivia, and prizes for highest scoring teams and random door prizes!
Cost is $40 per curler and registration can be found on the bulletin board at the club.
If you want to attend the banquet only the cost is $20.
Team Lenentine and Team MacFadyen brought home the PEI Juniors Championships this weekend at the Montague Curling Club – with Team Dalton placing 2nd in the boys’ division as well!
Team Lenentine is made up of Ella Lenentine, Makiya Noonan, Reid Hart, Erika Pater and coach Robbie Lenentine.
Team MacFadyen is made up of Jack MacFadyen, Keegan Warnell, Luke Butler, Anderson MacDougall and coach David MacFadyen.
Team Dalton is made up of Isaiah Dalton, Connor Bruce, Sheamus Herlihy, Nate MacRae and coach Dennis Watts.
Teams Lenentine and MacFadyen will represent PEI at the 2024 New Holland Canadian Under-21 Curling Championships in Fort McMurray, Alberta from March 24 – 31, 2024.
For the second year in a row our club was so fortunate and proud to have a member of our club participate in the finals of the Scotties.
Lauren Lenentine, lead for Team Jones, played amazing this week in Calgary and we are so proud of her accomplishments and the way she represents the club on curling’s biggest stages!
The club TV will have all the Scotties Playoff action this weekend!
The club and bar will be open during all playoff games, with the schedule below:
Reminder that club member, Lauren Lenentine’s Team Jones is still alive and playing this afternoon in the Page 1-2 Qualifiers!
Page 1-2 Qualifier
• Alberta vs. Manitoba (Jones)
• Ontario (Homan) vs. Canada
Winners advance to the Page 1-2 playoff game. Losers advance to the Page 3-4 qualifiers.
Page 3-4 Qualifier
• Page 1-2 qualifier loser vs. Manitoba (Lawes)
• Page 1-2 qualifier loser vs. Manitoba (Cameron)
Winners advance to the Page 3-4 playoff game. Losers are eliminated.
Page 3-4 Playoff
• Teams TBD
Winner advances to the semifinal. Loser is eliminated.
Page 1-2 Playoff
• Teams TBD
Winner advances to the final. Loser advances to the semifinal.
Semifinal
• Teams TBD
Winner advances to the final. Loser is eliminated.
Finals
• Teams TBD
Everyone is invited to watch the finals together at the club. The game starts at 9:00pm but the club will be open if you want to come early.
Bring some snacks/desserts to share if you want.
The bar will be open and there will be lots of opinions from the crowd on what shot should be taken next!!
The club now has 2.5″ stickers in stock with the club logo on them!
One of our junior curlers, Sophie Gallant, and her friend run a small business called Sopley’s Art Market and one of their products is stickers.
We have purchased a first run of the stickers to gauge their popularity and will be selling them at the bar.
We currently are stocking 2.5″ stickers – which are the perfect size for broom handles, computers, notebooks, car windows, etc!
The PEI Retired Teachers’ Association is hosting a Bonspiel at the the club on Tuesday, March 12th.
You DO NOT have to be a member of the PEI RTA to participate!
Individual sign ups – teams will be made up.
Each team will play two 6-end games with draw times at 9:00am, 10:30am, 12:30pm, and 2:00pm.
Entry includes a hot lunch, snacks, trivia and prizes.
Cost is FREE to PEI RTA members, $15 for non-RTA members.
Sign up at the club on the Club News bulletin board or by emailing the manager.
Storm date is Thursday, March 14th.
Cornwall members attending almost any provincial event will have seen Amanda Bulger, who volunteers often as scorekeeper.
She has entered into a Curling Day in Canada contest and we want to support her.
While I shared this on our Facebook page over the weekend some people haven’t seen it since it wasn’t on the website.
From the Curling Day in Canada website:
I started into curling in my late teens first by watching and than volunteering with different events. When I was younger I didn’t have many friends in school and was very shy. I started curling of and on in my home community in parts of junior and high school in my home community of O’Leary eventually graduating and being home and always wanted to watch events. Few years after graduating moved to Summerside and didn’t curl first year but that first year I was around the club and the club had a couple national events that year and meant some great friends still today friends with. Next year starting curling and at one of the events was asked if I be interested in doing some livescoring for some events and this is where things started getting busy and loved doing it. From provincials to some national events cashspiels I would spend my free time going throughout province helping out even some outside PEI and still do it and loving and it’s brought to different events in the maritime and country with some help to watch. Sovereign meeting some many people I have been more confident and willing to help out wherever. Even though not curling more due to be busy with a job that many have helped me get took me awhile b3cause of some learning issues and being busy scoring and watching. Love the game and will continue to help out and go watch wherever. Thanks. Amanda Bulger Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Shoji Yamamoto and Etta Reid had a 6-Ender today during our afternoon drop-in stick curling – congratulations on this accomplishment!
Each year the For Love of Curling Scholarship Program provides 11 scholarships to curlers.
This year, Sophie Blades – who is attending UPEI and is a Cornwall Curling Club member this season – received one of these scholarships!
As part of the scholarship program, each scholarship recipient is required to do a fundraiser to support the For Love of Curling Scholarship Program as a way to give back.
Sophie has decided to host a Funspiel Fundraiser here at the Cornwall Curling Club for her fundraiser.
The event will be held on Saturday, March 2nd, with games starting at 9:00am. The cost for entry is $35/person or $140/team and includes lunch, two games, as well as door prizes.
We’ll also be having a 50/50 that day.
Proceeds from the event will go to the For Love of Curling Scholarship Program.
Registration is now open at the club on the bulletin board and is available to teams or single-entry (though preference will be given to teams so we can more easily fill in all the slots).
Limit of 16 teams – open to curlers from any club!
You can also register by emailing the club.
The For the Love of Curling Scholarship Program is intended for young Canadian athletes who excel in curling, maintain a good level of academic standing, and demonstrate a strong commitment to their community through leadership volunteer activities. The purpose is to give talented junior curling student athletes the support to pursue their curling and academic dreams.
It’s thanks to the generous support of the curling community across Canada, including the Governor General’s Curling Club Members, that we can play this collective role in supporting the next generation of passionate, talented, and caring curlers.
Each year, eleven scholarships, one of which is presented by the Governor General’s Curling Club, and each valued at $2,500, are awarded to student curling athletes who have been accepted into a post-secondary education program.
Congratulations to Team Spence who won the 2024 Cornwall Curling Club’s Men’s Club Championships with a 8-5 victory over Team Watts.
Team Spence is comprised of Brock Spence, Sean Ledgerwood, Chris Montigny, and Jay Carr.
2024 Men’s Club Champions, Team Spence
Team Watts- the other finalists, is made up of Dennis Watts, Erik Broderson, Shane MacDonald, Andrew MacDougall and spare Anderson MacDougall.
2024 Men’s Club Championship Finalists, Team Watts
Team Spence will represent Cornwall at the Provincial Club Championships at the new West Prince Curling Club from March 13-17th.
Good luck – we know we will be well represented!
The club is hosting the PEI Mixed Curling Championships this week.
Cornwall has three teams in the event – Blades, Creighton, and Schut – good luck to them!
As a reminder this will mean the following schedule changes:
THURSDAY:
FRIDAY:
SUNDAY:
Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs have nothing on Danny Kneabone, who has won back to back Monday Night Mixed Rounds – he’ll be going for the threepeat in the final draw which started this week.
Joining Danny on the winning team are Cody Whynot, Mike Wilson, and Theresa Finkle.
Round Three Winners: Mike Wilson, Danny Kneabone, Theresa Finkle, and Cody Whynot
Congratulations!
Huge shout out to Karen Currie and Countryview Golf Club for donating free rounds of golf as the prize for this round!
Club will reopen at 530PM
The Upstreet Tuesday Competitive League and Men’s Club Championship finals will proceed as scheduled this evening!
Thanks to all those who worked hard this afternoon to get the plant back online.
Plant Down – Club Currently Closed
The plant is down – we are working hard to get it fixed but at present ice conditions are not safe for curling
There is NO Novice today
We HOPE to have our evening draw but will make an official announcement by 530pm
The club hosted the 2024 PEI Stick Championships, with today being the playoffs of the event.
Cornwall Curling Club was well represented!
For the second year in a row (and 5th time overall) Etta Reid and Elaine Hughes claimed the Women’s Championship against fellow club members Marg Stewart and Bernie Field.
For the second year in a row – and 5th time overall – PEI Women’s Stick Champions, Elaine Hughes and Etta Reid.
Women’s and Men’s Finalist – Cornwall members Marg Stewart, Bernie Field, Bernard Keefe, and George Piercey
In the men’s division, club members Bernard Keefe and George Piercey fell in a very close game with now three time winners Bob Matheson and Clair Sweet from the West Prince club.
Men’s Champions Clair Sweet and Bob Matheson
Congratulations to everyone!
Special thanks to all the volunteers this week – from score keepers to those who provided food, it was a great event.
The PEI Seniors Championships were held this weekend at the Crapaud Curling Club with two Cornwall Teams pulling out victories!
On the men’s side Cornwall’s Team MacKenzie (Eddie MacKenzie, Kevin Champion, Sean Ledgerwood, Mike Dillon and alternate Philip Gorveatt) defeated Team Weeks of Montague (with Cornwall members Philip McInnis and John Mullin) in the finals.
One the women’s side Cornwall’s Team Bradley (Shelly Bradley, Susan McInnis, Tricia MacGregor, and Julie Scales) defended their title with a win over Team London.
Congratulations!
We had 52 junior curlers from Cornwall, Summerside, Montague, and Crapaud Curling Clubs this Saturday participate in our annual U13 Funspiel.
There was some great curling, great pizza from club sponsor Sam’s Restaurant, and ADL donated a ton of milk and water for the event!!
Our development coordinator, Sarah Doak, did an awesome job with the event.
She, and the club, would also like to thank all the coaches, volunteers, and parents who made the day a success – as well as our ice tech, Ron Matters for having the ice in top shape.
Congratulations to Team Power who won the 2024 Cornwall Curling Club’s Women’s Club Championships with a 10-3 victory over Team Creighton.
Team Power is comprised of Amanda Power, Sara Spafford, Emily Best, and Janique LeBlanc.
2024 Women’s Club Champions, Team Power
Team Creighton – the other finalists, is made up of Melissa Creighton, Jenine Bodner, Sharon Campbell, and Angela Sanderson.
Team Power will represent Cornwall at the Provincial Club Championships at the new West Prince Curling Club from March 13-17th.
Good luck – we know we will be well represented!
The club’s WiFi was upgraded today.
We now have double the speed and connections should be improved.
While the WiFi is still named Cornwall Curling and the password is the same (see bulletin board) – you’ll have to re-enter the password to connect since it’s new hardware.
The club had cable installed today so we can watch the upcoming Scotties and Brier!
Keep an eye out for some Watch Parties we’ll be planning – especially for PEI games and the finals.
And, of course, anytime Travis is here and the Canadiens are playing we can watch hockey 🙂
The annual U13 Funspiel is THIS Saturday, February 10th and we are excited to have 56 curlers registered for a fun day of curling!
Below are the teams and draw schedule:
The club is hosting the PEI Stick Championship this week (and Monday).
Over half the teams are from Cornwall – as are both men’s and women’s defending champions!
Good luck to all the teams involved.
NOTE: Due to the event there will be NO members practice time OR 4pm Junior practices this week OR on Monday afternoon. (5pm Junior practices are still ON)
The third round of our Thursday Mixed League begins this week.
Below are the teams and draw schedule.
Thanks once again to Jana Cheverie for taking on the drawmaster position!
Downloadable PDF’s
Due to the storm the finals of our Club Championships were postponed over the weekend.
The make up schedule for each division is:
Final: Tuesday, February 13th @ 6:30pm
2nd Final (if needed): Sunday, February 18th @ 7:00pm
Team Spence only needs to win one game, Team Watts would need to win both games
Final: Friday, February 9th @ 8:30pm
2nd Final (if needed): Sunday, February 11th @ 9:00am
Team Power only needs to win one game, Team Creighton would need to win both games.
Good luck to all the teams!
The club and its members would like to offer our condolences to the family of Cecil Fraser who passed away on Sunday. Cecil is a former member and his wife Irene still curls at the club.
Obituary of Cecil Fraser
“Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure, you are loved beyond words, and missed beyond measure”.
With broken hearts we announce the sudden passing in Stratford on Sunday, February 4, 2024 of John “Cecil” Fraser, age 76 years.
Born in Montague on January 15, 1948 to parents Lovat and Amanda (Deveau) Fraser. In 1973, he married his sweetheart, Barbara “Irene” Noonan of Albany, PEI.
Together, they were blessed with two beautiful sons, John “Tyler” and “Brad” Mitchell.
Left to mourn his passing are his wife Irene; sons Tyler (Jenny Cormier) Fraser and Brad (Sarah) Fraser; grandchildren Nash Fraser, Lily Fraser, and Savannah Cormier; sisters Velda (Frederick) Buell, Lorraine (Lorne) MacKenzie and brothers Lovat Fraser and Ivan (Debbie) Fraser; brother-in-law and sisters-in-law Vern (Evelyn) Noonan, Sybil Dunsmoor (Allison Jeffrey), Velda (Joseph) Jamieson and several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Predeceased by his parents Lovat and Amanda Fraser, brother Carl; sister Francoise Marie (Fran); parents-in-law Ambrose and Clara Noonan; brothers and sisters-in-law Reginald and Lucilla (Murphy) Noonan, Douglas Noonan and Orville Dunsmoor.
Resting at Hillsboro Funeral Home, Stratford. No visitation or funeral service by personal request. A graveside service with family and friends will take place later. Interment in St. Peter’s Parish Cemetery, Seven Mile Bay.
Memorial donations may be made online to the CNIB (PEI Division) or the Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation.
https://hillsborofh.ca/tribute/details/1067/Cecil-Fraser/obituary.html
We are aware that as Stick Curling has become more popular on the Island and in the Club that we are often faced with several days where our drop-in stick curling is going well beyond the 2 versus 2 game that stick curling is designed to be.
We are looking at some options for next season to ease this overcrowding.
One of those ideas is a regular stick curling league (much like our Wednesday Daytime League).
In order to see how this might work, gauge interest, and work out kinks for next season we have decided to implement a Tuesday Stick League for the remainder of the season. (Due to some club and outside conflicts a couple of the weeks will take place on Thursdays).
This will guarantee that, at least one day per week, we can guarantee traditional 2 versus 2 stick curling games.
At present, for this season, the league will be limited to the first 16 teams that reach out to me via email or in person.
The league will count as a daytime league – so if you have a two-day membership, it would simply be one of your days.
Again – this is just the first step in some plans we hope to implement in the coming season to help ensure more regular 2v2 stick curling is happening.
The finals for the 2024 Cornwall Curling Club’s Club Championship have been set!
On the women’s side we have undefeated Team Power facing off against Team Creighton, while on the men’s side we have undefeated Team Spence facing off against Team Watts.
In both divisions, if the undefeated team wins they will be crowned champions, but being a double elimination tournament, if they lose both teams will proceed to a winner-takes-all final for the championship.
At present the finals are set for 9:00am tomorrow morning – due to current and expected weather conditions an announcement will be made by 8:00am tomorrow morning regarding whether the games will proceed or whether there will be a postponement.
The Cornwall Curling Club’s 2024 Club Championships will take place this weekend with eight men’s and three women’s teams vying for the opportunity to represent the club at the Provincial Club Curling Championships at West Prince Curling Club in March.
Thank to Ryan Giddens who is once again heading up the event for us this year.
Good luck to all the teams!
2024 Cornwall Curling Club Championship – WOMEN
2024 Cornwall Curling Club Championship Bracket – MENS
The club would like to express our condolences to Shelley Ebbett and family at the passing of her mother, Elisabeth Ebbett.
I received the below from Shelley:
Just letting the curling world know of the passing of my wonderful mom, Elisabeth Maaike Ebbett, 97, very peacefully with the aid of the doctors with MAID. My sister Gwendolyn, her son Kyle and I were by her side as she went to have coffee with her husband and mom, and to pet her Bonnie Jean, Jan 30th, 2024.
We will lay her to rest February 1st at the Fairhaven Memorial Gardens, Salsbury, NB, beside her loving Ebbie.
The Cornwall Curling Club has been fortunate over the years to be supported by many great local individuals and businesses.
If you have been on the ice recently you’ll probably have noticed three new signs from new sponsors:
A&B Electric: https://www.abelectricpei.ca/
Jamie Fox: https://jamiefoxmalpeque.com/
PEI Mutual: https://www.peimutual.com/
Thank you SO MUCH to these individuals/businesses for their support!
The 2024 edition of the PEI Scotties and Tankard took place this past weekend and Cornwall was well represented!
While Cornwall didn’t have any teams officially representing the club in the Tankard, two of the teams had Cornwall members. Team Calvin Smith featured Cornwall members Calvin Smith and junior Anderson MacDougall while Team Tyler Harris – which made the B Qualifier – featured Cornwall members Tyler Harris and Tyler MacKenzie.
Team Tyler Smith of Crapaud Curling Club will be representing PEI at the Brier for the third year in a row.
On the women’s side, four of the eight teams were representing Cornwall (Teams Dewar, Blades, Ferguson, and Power) – with Team Power making the Championship playoff after winning both the B and C Qualifiers.
Team DiCarlo, who won the title after two very close games against Team Power in the playoffs, is skipped by Cornwall member Jane DiCarlo – who is our Friday Fun League drawmaster and leads our U18 Learn to Curl program, in addition to being the Curl PEI President.
Team DiCarlo will represent PEI at the Scotties this year.
Congrats to all involved for an excellent week of curling!
2024 PEI Scotties Champions, Team DiCarlo: L-R Jane DiCarlo, Veronica Mayne, Sabrina Smith, and Whitney Jenkins
2024 Scotties Finalist, Team Power representing Cornwall Curling Club: L-R Amanda Power, Sara Spafford, Emily Best, Shelly Bradley and Janique LeBlanc
With the wintery weather finally here we have been needing to salt the sidewalk more frequently.
This leads to quite the mess in the entry foyer, clubhouse, locker rooms, and even the ice rink.
We are asking everyone to please TAP YOUR SHOES on the outside entryway door frame to help knock off excessive salt in your treads AND use the large boot cleaner at the indoor entryway and the small boot cleaners right before going on the ice (in case your curling shoes picked up any salt/grime in the lobby)
This will significantly reduce the salt that gets tracked into the club and onto the playing surface.
We are also going to be ordering some boot trays for the clubhouse and locker rooms to make those available.
Thanks for your help!
We had a cancellation of the Wednesday League on January 10th due to weather.
The PEI Mixed Championship that the club is hosting in February isn’t starting at the club until Thursday, February 15th now – so we will be making up the missed January 10th games for the Wednesday Daytime League on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14th.
The Cornwall Curling Club was well represented at the 2024 Curl PEI Masters Curling Championships this weekend, with five of the nine teams being from or having members from Cornwall.
Both champions are Cornwall teams!
Team Rousseau defeated Team Weeks to win their second consecutive Masters Championship in the men’s division, while Team Berry won their fourth consecutive (and 7th overall) championship in the women’s division.
Congratulations and good luck at nationals!
2024 PEI Masters Champions – Team Rousseau: Peter Rousseau, Phillip McInnis, John Mullin, Bruce Wilkie, Mark O’Rourke (not pictured)
2024 PEI Masters Champions – Team Berry: Shirley Berry, Karen Currie, Gloria Turner, Sandra Sobey
The Cornwall Curling Club’s 2024 Club Championships will take place the weekend of February 2nd-4th with eight men’s and three women’s teams vying for the opportunity to represent the club at the Provincial Club Curling Championships at West Prince Curling Club in March.
Thank to Ryan Giddens who is once again heading up the event for us this year. Ryan will be reaching out to each of the skips this week with more detailed information regarding the event.
Good luck to all the teams!
2024 Cornwall Curling Club Championship – WOMEN
2024 Cornwall Curling Club Championship Bracket – MENS
We are pleased welcome the PEI Firefighters Curling Association to the club for the next few days for their 2024 Provincial Firefighters Curling Championship!
Based on current and expected conditions we have decided to proceed as scheduled with our Tuesday Upstreet Competitive league games this evening.
We understand everyone’s comfort levels, travel situations, etc. are varied so please make your own decisions on whether you feel comfortable venturing out.
If both teams decide they aren’t comfortable and want to make up a game during a member’s practice time please reach out to the club manager.
The winning ticket from Saturday at the Kenmac was announced at the banquet. The winning ticket was 993292 for a total of $140.
If this is your ticket reach out to the club manager ASAP!
The 2024 edition of the Kenmac Energy Bonspiel was a great success – the weekend saw 24 teams competing on the ice, playing trivia, eating pizza and turkey, and hanging out together in the club.
Thanks so much to all who made the event possible and a success – especially our many volunteers, Shauna McGill, Hogie Carmichael and crew, and our long-time title sponsor, Kenmac Energy.
1st Place: Team MacDonald – Mark MacDonald (not pictured), Chris MacDougall, Sharon Campbell, Garth Cudmore
2nd Place: Team Kneabone – Jeff Taylor, Karen Currie, Carl Currie, Danny Kneabone
3rd Place: Team Doiron – Helen Smith, Glennis Doiron, Elliot Doiron, Keith Doiron (not pictured)
4th Place (tie): Team Ebbett – Tom O’Rourke, Marlis O’Rourke, Shelley Ebbett, Frank Martin
4th Place (tie): Team Craswell – Ken Harrott, Roy Coffin, Annika Kelly (spare), Barry Craswell, Myrna Craswell (not pictured)
Spirit Award: Team Dunn – Bryon Sutcliffe, Brenda Morrison, Rick Sutherland (not pictured), Tom Dunn (not pictured)
Cornwall Curling Club’s U13 Funspiel is February 10th
Enjoy two 4-end games, pizza, and prizes!
64curlers/16 teams – single or team entry
Doors open 9am, first draw at 10am
Sign up at the club or by emailing manager@cornwallcurling.com
The first round has wrapped up in the Wednesday evening Ladder League, with Team Milligan winning the “A” Pool and Team Neima taking the “B”, both with only one loss in their respective pool.
“A” Pool Winners – Team Milligan (L-R): Gary Milligan, Ellen Milligan, Wanetta Whitmore, Scott Ellis
“B” Pool Winners – Team Neima (L-R): Paul Neima, Alan Mason, Jeff Hannam, Randy Goodman
Based on their win-loss records, teams McInnis, Boswall, and Stewart will drop down from Pool A to Pool B, while teams Callin, Arsenault, and Bodner all had five wins in the “B” pool, with room for only two of them (along with Team Neima) to advance to the “B”. Looking at their records against each other, teams Callin and Arsenault will be advancing, as Callin beat both of the other teams, while Arsenault lost to Callin but beat Bodner and will also advance. Team Bodner lost to both and will remain in the “B” pool.
Here are the pools for Round Two. The B Pool gets the early draw the first week, as they had the late draw the last week of Round One. Team Arsenault has requested a bye on January 31, while Team Watts has asked for one on Feb. 28th. We will honour those requests.
Teams are reminded to check the draw times the first week, as, if they changed pools, they will be curling at the same time they did last week.
| A Pool | B Pool |
| A1-Milligan | B1-McInnis |
| A2-MacDonald | B2-Boswall |
| A3-MacKenzie | B3-Stewart |
| A4-Groves | B4-Bodner |
| A5-Whynot | B5-Beaton |
| A6-Watts | B6-Griffin |
| A7-Neima | B7-Kamphuis |
| A8-Callin | B8-Hanzl |
| A9-Arsenault | B9-Younker |
| Ice 1 | Ice 2 | Ice 3 | Ice 4 | Bye | |
| Wk1: Jan 10 6:30 B Pool |
B4-Bodner v B1-McInnis | B2-Boswall v B9-Younker | B6-Griffin v B3-Stewart | B5-Beaton v B7-Kamphuis | B8-Hanzl |
| Wk1: Jan 10 8:30 A Pool | A4-Groves v A1-Milligan | A2-MacDonald v A9-Arsenault | A6-Watts vs A3-MacKenzie | A5-Whynot v A7-Neima | A8-Callin |
| Wk2: Jan 17 6:30 A Pool |
A2-MacDonald v A5-Whynot | A8-Callin v A6-Watts | A7-Neima v A1-Milligan | A9-Arsenault v A3-MacKenzie | A4-Groves |
| Wk2: Jan 17 8:30 B Pool |
B2-Boswall v B5-Beaton | B8-Hanzl v B6-Griffin | B7-Kamphuis v B1-McInnis | B9-Younker v B3-Stewart | B4-Bodner |
| Wk3: Jan 24 6:30 B Pool |
B9-Younker v B7-Kamphuis | B5-Beaton v B4-Bodner | B8-Hanzl v B2-Boswall | B1-McInnis v B6-Griffin | B3-Stewart |
| Wk3: Jan 24 8:30 A Pool |
A9-Arsenault v A7-Neima | A5-Whynot v A4-Groves | A8-Callin A2-MacDonald | A1-Milligan v A6-Watts | A3-MacKenzie |
| Wk4: Jan 31 6:30 A Pool |
A5-Whynot- v A6-Watts | A1-Milligan v A2-MacDonald | A3-MacKenzie vs A4-Groves | A7-Neima v A8-Callin | A9-Arsenault |
| Wk4: Jan 31 8:30 B Pool |
B5-Beaton v B6-Griffin | B1-McInnis v B2-Boswall | B3-Stewart vs B4-Bodner | B7-Kamphuis vs B8-Hanzl | B9-Younker |
| Wk5: Feb 7 6:30 B Pool | B3-Stewart v B2-Boswall | B9-Younker v B1-McInnis | B4-Bodner v B6-Griffin | B8-Hanzl v B5-Beaton | B7-Kamphuis |
| Wk5: Feb 7 8:30 A Pool | A3-MacKenzie v A2-MacDonald | A9-Arsenault v A1-Milligan | A4-Groves v A6-Watts | A8-Callin v A5-Whynot | A7-Neima |
| Wk6: Feb 14 6:30 A Pool | A6-Watts v A9-Arsenault | A4-Groves v A8-Callin | A2-MacDonald v A7-Neima | A3-MacKenzie v A1-Milligan | A5-Whynot |
| Wk6: Feb 14 8:30 B Pool | B6-Griffin v B9-Younker | B4-Bodner v B8-Hanzl | B2-Boswall v B7-Kamphuis | B3-Stewart v B1-McInnis | B5-Beaton |
| Wk7: Feb 21 6:30 B Pool | B7-Kamphuis v B4-Bodner | B3-Stewart v B5-Beaton | B9-Younker v B8-Hanzl | B6-Griffin v B2-Boswall | B1-McInnis |
| Wk7: Feb 21 8:30 A Pool | A7-Neima v A4-Groves | A3-MacKenzie v A5-Whynot | A9-Arsenault v A8-Callin | A6-Watts v A2-MacDonald | A1-Milligan |
| Wk8: Feb. 28 6:30 A Pool |
A1-Milligan v A8-Callin | A7-Neima v A3-MacKenzie | A5-Whynot v A9-Arsenault | A2-MacDonald v A4-Groves | A6-Watts |
| Wk8: Feb. 28 8:30 B Pool |
B1-McInnis v B8-Hanzl | B7-Kamphuis v B3-Stewart | B5-Beaton v B9-Younker | B2-Boswall v B4-Bodner | B6-Griffin |
| Wk9: Mar 6 6:30 B Pool | B8-Hanzl v B3-Stewart | B6-Griffin v B7-Kamphuis | B1-McInnis v B5-Beaton | B4-Bodner v B9-Younker | B2-Boswall |
| Wk9: Mar 6 8:30 A Pool | A8-Callin v A3-MacKenzie | A6-Watts v A7-Neima | A1-Milligan v A5-Whynot | A4-Groves v A9-Arsenault | A2-MacDonald |
(Drag to scroll left or right to view entire table on narrow touchscreens).
Click this link to download a printable version: Ladder League Round 2
Rosters:
The second round of the Upstreet Tuesday Competitive League will begin tomorrow night.
The 2024 Kenmac Energy Bonspiel is FULL!
Draw schedule and teams are posted below – we are looking forward to a wonderful weekend of fun with everyone.
You can pay your $40 registration fee (cash only please) before the first draw on Friday night at the door.
Teams are as follows:
Click her for a downloadable PDF of the draw schedule: 2024 Kenmac – draw
Team Lenentine from the Cornwall and Summerside Curling Clubs went undefeated in the double round robin and playoffs to win the PEI U18 Curling Championship.
Team Lenentine, made up of Ella Lenentine (skip), Makiya Noonan (3rd), Reid Hart (2nd), Erika Pater (lead) and Robbie Lenentine (coach), will be representing PEI at the 2024 Canadian Under-18 Curling Championships, February 4-10 at the RA Centre & Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club, Ottawa, ON.
Team Carver, made up of Sydney Carver (skip), Madalyn Easter (3rd), Michaela MacLean (2nd), Maddy MacDonald (lead) and Kent Easter/Larry Richards (coaches) from the Montague Curling Club are the finalists in the event.
The True Sport and Asham Coach awards were handed out at the presentation, with finalist skip, Sydney Carver winning the True Sport Award and David Murphy, coach of Team Pater, winning the Asham Coach Award.
Congratulations to all involved!
Team Dalton from the Cornwall Curling Club won the first three games in the best of five event to become the 2024 PEI U18 Champions.
Team Dalton competed against fellow Cornwall clubmates, Team Warnell, made up of Keegan Warnell, Luke Butler, Anderson MacDougall, Aidan Savill and coach, David MacFadyen.
The final game was a close one requiring an extra end.
Team Dalton, made up of Isaiah Dalton, Connor Bruce, Sheamus Herlihy, Nate MacRae and coach Dennis Watts will be representing PEI at the 2024 Canadian Under-18 Curling Championships, February 4-10 at the RA Centre & Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club, Ottawa, ON.
Luke Butler, third on the Team Warnell, was the winner of the True Sport Award, as voted on by all the male curlers in the event.
The 2024 U18 Asham Coach Award, for the boy’s division was also presented, with the award going to Dennis Watts, coach of Team Dalton.
Congratulations to all involved!
