I just took another look at the draw, and found that Joe MacKinnon had the bye last week, and would have had it again, so I have swapped the first week with the last week, so the DeWolfe rink, who did not have a bye last round, have the first week bye. Sorry for all the changes! Here is version 3.

Draw 3 is set to go at the Wednesday evening Ladder League

The  Karen Currie rink are the winners  from the A pool in Draw 2, as their 5-1 record gave them a .83 winning percentage, slightly better than the .8 percentage of the Bob MacWilliams and Greg Groves teams, who had 4 wins, a loss and a bye.

Several members of the MacWilliams team are  heading south, so they will sit out the final round, meaning no bye in the A pool. MacWilliams is sticking around though, and is available to spare.
The three teams to drop down the ladder to the B pool are Paul Neima and Hank Kamphuis, with one win, and Kim Glydon with no wins.

The Paul Durant team went undefeated to win the B pool. They and the other two teams who went down the ladder from A last round will go back up again for the final round. The other two teams moving back up are the Ray Biagé team with one loss and a bye and the Rick Doiron team with 2 losses and no bye. The rest of the teams have at least three losses.

The Kelly Watts team in the B pool requested a bye on March 19, which we will grant.

Here are the teams for the final round, which runs 6 weeks, from Feb. 26 through April 2.
Pool A (no byes)
A1-Karen Currie
A2-Greg Groves
A3-Bob Fowler
A4-Emily Keen
A5-Robert Thibodeau
A6-Paul Durant
A7-Ray Biagé
A8-Rick Doiron

Pool B (1 bye)
B1-Hank Kamphuis
B2-Paul Neima
B3-Kim Glydon
B4-Donald DeWolfe
B5-Kelly-Lynn Younker
B6-Joe MacKinnon
B7-Lew Black
B8-Kelly Watts
B9-Jim Orr

ROUND THREE DRAW

Week One – Feb. 26

6:30 pm B Pool
Bye: B4-Donald DeWolfe
Ice 1: B2-Paul Neima vs B3-Kim Glydon
Ice 2:B9-Jim Orr vs B5-Kelly-Lynn Younker
Ice 3: B7-Lew Black  vs B1-Hank Kamphuis
Ice 4: B8-Kelly Watts vs B6-Joe MacKinnon

8:30 pm A Pool
Ice 1: A2-Greg Groves vs A3-Bob Fowler
Ice 2: A4-Emily Keen vs A5-Robert Thibodeau
Ice 3: A7-Ray Biagé  vs A1-Karen Currie
Ice 4: A8-Rick Doiron vs A6-Paul Durant

Week Two-March 5

6:30 pm A Pool
Ice 1: A5-Robert Thibodeau vs A1-Karen Currie
Ice 2: A8-Rick Doiron vs A2-Greg Groves
Ice 3: A7-Ray Biagé vs A3-Bob Fowler
Ice 4: A6-Paul Durant vs A4-Emily Keen

8:30 pm B Pool
Bye: B9-Jim Orr
Ice 1: B5-Kelly-Lynn Younker vs B1-Hank Kamphuis
Ice 2: B8-Kelly Watts vs B2-Paul Neima
Ice 3: B7-Lew Black vs B3-Kim Glydon
Ice 4: B6-Joe MacKinnon vs B4-Donald DeWolfe

Week Three – March 12

6:30 pm B Pool
Bye: B2-Paul Neima
Ice 1: B7-Lew Black vs B5-Kelly-Lynn Younker
Ice 2:B1-Hank Kamphuis vs B6-Joe MacKinnon
Ice 3:B9-Jim Orr vs B3-Kim Glydon
Ice 4: B8-Kelly Watts vs B4-Donald DeWolfe

8:30 pm A Pool
Ice 1: A7-Ray Biagé vs A5-Robert Thibodeau
Ice 2: A1-Karen Currie vs A6-Paul Durant
Ice 3: A2-Greg Groves vs A3-Bob Fowler
Ice 4: A8-Rick Doiron vs A4-Emily Keen

Week Four – March 19

6:30 pm A Pool
Ice 1: A4-Emily Keen vs A5-Robert Thibodeau
Ice 2: A3-Bob Fowler vs A6-Paul Durant
Ice 3: A8-Rick Doiron vs A1-Karen Currie
Ice 4: A2-Greg Groves vs A7-Ray Biagé

8:30 pm B Pool
Bye: B8-Kelly Watts
Ice 1: B4-Donald DeWolfe vs B5-Kelly-Lynn Younker
Ice 2: B3-Kim Glydon vs B6-Joe MacKinnon
Ice 3:B9-Jim Orr vs B1-Hank Kamphuis
Ice 4: B2-Paul Neima vs B7-Lew Black

Week Five  – March 26

6:30 pm B Pool
Bye: B7-Lew Black
Ice 1: B6-Joe MacKinnon vs B2-Paul Neima
Ice 2: B5-Kelly-Lynn Younker vs B3-Kim Glydon
Ice 3: B8-Kelly Watts vs B9-Jim Orr
Ice 4:B1-Hank Kamphuis vs B4-Donald DeWolfe

8:30 pm A Pool
Ice 1: A6-Paul Durant vs A2-Greg Groves
Ice 2: A5-Robert Thibodeau vs A3-Bob Fowler
Ice 3: A8-Rick Doiron vs A7-Ray Biagé
Ice 4: A1-Karen Currie vs A4-Emily Keen

Week Six April 2

6:30 pm A Pool
Ice 1: A3-Bob Fowler vs A4-Emily Keen
Ice 2: A2-Greg Groves vs A5-Robert Thibodeau
Ice 3: A6-Paul Durant vs A7-Ray Biagé
Ice 4: A1-Karen Currie vs A8-Rick Doiron

8:30 pm B Pool
Bye: B6-Joe MacKinnon
Ice 1: B3-Kim Glydon vs B4-Donald DeWolfe
Ice 2: B2-Paul Neima vs B5-Kelly-Lynn Younker
Ice 3: B9-Jim Orr vs B7-Lew Black
Ice 4: B1-Hank Kamphuis vs B8-Kelly Watts

Sport PEI has announced the full list of finalists who will be recognized at the annual amateur sports awards banquet, to be held Wednesday April 9 in Charlottetown. Three members of the sport of curling are among the finalists – stick curler Ruth Stavert in the Masters Athlete Award category, Cliff Poirier for PEI Mutual Insurance Company Official of the Year, and Derek MacEwen for ADL Administrator of the year.

Celebrating the Island’s sporting achievements over the past year, contenders for the prestigious Senior Male Athlete Award will once again include champion sprinter Jared Connaughton, world champion paranordic biathlete Mark Arendz, and captain of Team Canada and national medal winner from softball, Jeff Ellsworth.

Heather Moyse will of course be in contention for the senior female honour for her exploits in both bobsleigh and rugby, but other athletes too enjoyed fine seasons, including world silver medal rower Emily Cameron, and wrestler Veronica Keefe, who had an outstanding year on the mat both nationally and internationally.

In addition to the listed finalists, presentations will also be made to the Sports Organization of the Year (Premier’s Award), long-time service to sport (President’s Award), and the top overall Island athlete (Lieutenant Governor’s Award). The board of Sport PEI will also determine if the prestigious Bill Halpenny Award for Outstanding International performance will also be presented.

Ticket details will be announced nearer the event. Emcees for the banquet will be CBC radio Island Morning host Matt Rainnie, and Joanne Holden.

For more information contact Nick Murray at 368-4547 or go to www.sportpei.pe.ca

The full list of finalists is:

Bell Aliant Senior Male Athlete of the Year: Mark Arendz (Paranordic Biathlon), Jared Connaughton (Athletics), Jeff Ellsworth (Softball)

Bell Aliant Senior Female Athlete of the Year: Emily Cameron (Rowing), Veronica Keefe (Wrestling), Heather Moyse (Bobsleigh and Rugby)

Rodd Hotels and Resorts Junior Male Athlete of the Year: Carsen Campbell (Biathlon), JP Stevenson (Baseball), Jeremy and Joel Watts (Wheelchair Basketball)

Rodd Hotels and Resorts Junior Female Athlete of the Year: Quincy Beck (Squash), Lorena Ellis (Wrestling), Hannah Taylor (Wrestling)

Intercollegiate Male Athlete of the Year: Andrew Costa (UNB, Volleyball), Cole MacMillan (UPEI, Soccer and Hockey), James Profit (Dalhousie, Swimming)

Intercollegiate Female Athlete of the Year: Jean Baker (SMU, Rugby), Emily VanDiepen (Mount Allison, Soccer and Hockey), Molly Wedge (Dalhousie, Swimming)

SCORE! Team of the Year: Holland College Men’s Basketball, Summerside Western Capitals (Hockey), Holland College Women’s Soccer

 Masters Athlete Award: Michael Gaudet (Long Distance Running), Ruth Stavert (Stick Curling), Paul Wright (Cross Country Skiing)

 PEI Mutual Insurance Company Official of the Year: Mike Jones (Rugby), Mandy Li (Taekwondo), Cliff Poirier (Curling)

PEI Mutual Insurance Company Coach of the Year: Colin MacDonald (Wrestling, Canada Games), Forbes MacPherson (Hockey, UPEI), Scott Morrison (Basketball, Lakehead University)

ADL Administrator of the Year: Derek MacEwen (Curling), Stephen Murray (Rowing), Gordon Rogers (Speed Skating)

The Jennifer Scott rink from the Montague Curling Club and the Ted MacFadyen team from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside both stole the last end of their games Sunday night at the Cornwall Curling Club to win by a single point to become the new PEI Credit Unions Provincial Seniors champions, and advance to the Canadian Seniors, March 22-30 at the Yellowknife Curling Centre, the first time the Canadian Curling Association has ever held a national championship in the Northwest Territories.

The Scott team, a reunion of their 1988 PEI women’s championship rink, were facing five-time Seniors champ Shirley Berry, from the host Cornwall Club and the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. Berry blanked the first end in the final to keep hammer, but was left with a difficult runback on the Scott shot stone in the second end, that didn’t quite work out, so Scott stole a single. Berry drew for one to tie the game in the third end. The fourth end proved disasterous for Berry, with Scott making a  double. Berry’s next shot went through the rings, and Scott drew for four to lead 5-1 at the half.

Berry narrowed the game to 5-3 in the fifth end. She was lying two with hammer, and drew for three, but bumped one of her rocks slightly and had to settle for two. Scott ran into difficulty in the sixth with Berry having three rocks behind cover. Scott tried a tap back, but was short, giving up three to trail 6-5. In the seventh, Scott bumped up one of her rocks to count two, Berry’s hit was a bit thin, but she cut Scott down for 1. Scott’s draw for a deuce came up short, so she ended with a single and a tie game coming home.

In the final end, Berry had one counter, but Scott tapped one of hers to the button to become shot rock. Berry’s third Sandy Hope flashed her attempted hit. Scott attempted a guard, but it didn’t make it to the hog line. Berry then drew for second stone. Scott’s next shot was wide, giving Berry the opportunity to draw past the Scott counter for the win. It was not to be however, with Berry’s shot stopping just short, and handing the win to Scott. Final score: Scott 7, Berry 6.

Photo: Berry’s final (red) rock comes up short of the (blue) Scott shot stone

Winning Scott rink (L-R):  Marc LeClair from PEI Credit Unions, Jennifer Scott, June Moyaert, Terri Thompson, Fran Whitlock, Curl PEI President George Koke

Runner-up Berry team (L-R): Shirley Berry, Sandy Hope, Shelley Ebbett, Arleen Harris, sponsor Marc LeClair.

Scott’s teammates are June Moyaert, Terry Thompson, and Fran Whitlock, while Berry’s team includes  Sandy Hope, Shelley Ebbett, and Arleen Harris, with coaches Butch McGee and Bill Hope.

The game between six-time Seniors winner MacFadyen, and defending champ Rod MacDonald from the Charlottetown Curling Complex was also close, and also won by a steal. MacFadyen and two other members of his team, Lou Nowlan and Earle Proude, are reigning Masters champs (for age 60 and over, while Seniors are 50 and over). Pat Aylward was added to the team for the Seniors. MacDonald, who said before the game that he was feeling under the weather, possibly from the flu, hit and stuck for one in the opening end. MacFadyen blanked the second end, and managed to get one with a hit into a mess of rocks in the third. In the fourth end, MacDonald hits and sticks for one, facing two, to lead 2-1 at half time.

Winning MacFadyen rink (L-R): sponsor Marc LeClair, Ted MacFadyen, Lou Nowlan, Pat Aylward, George Proude, George Koke from Curl PEI

Runner-up MacDonald rink (L-R): George Koke from Curl PEI, Mark Victor, Mark O’Rourke, Kevin Champion, sponsor Marc LeClair. Missing from photo: Rod MacDonald

In the fifth end, MacDonald was lying three. MacFadyen bumped up one of his rocks, but MacDonald ended up stealing three to lead 4-1. MacFadyen picked up a deuce in the sixth to trail 4-3. MacDonald blanked the seventh to have last rock advantage coming home, leading 4-3.

In the eighth end, MacFadyen had shot stone, and was lying another just inside the eight-foot, with a MacDonald rock also in the eight foot, about the same distance from the centre of the house. MacDonald drew with the last rock, which also ended up about the same distance from the centre (see photos – the shot stone has already been removed for the measure in the overhead sho)t, with MacFadyen’s blue rock and MacDonald’s two red rocks shown. MacDonald’s rock is 2nd from left. The measurement was done, with the lone blue rock emerging as shot stone, giving MacFadyen a 5-4 win.

Photo: MacDonald’s final shot is the top red one

Photo: overhead camera view of measurement following last shot of the game

Other members of the winning Ted MacFadyen rink are Lou Nowlan, Pat Aylward, and Earle Proude. Rounding out the runner-up MacDonald squad are Kevin Champion, Mark O’Rourke and Mark Victor.

Here are additional photos of the winning teams:

(L-R): MacFadyen, Nowlan, Aylward, Proude

(L-R): Scott, Moyaert, Thompson, Whitlock

Here are photos of the winning teams and the runners-up from the O’Connor Glass Provincial Under 18 Curling Championships, which wrapped up Sunday afternoon at the Charlottetown Curling Complex. Cornwall’s Meghan Ching rink are Women’s runners-up.

Alex MacFadyen rink – Men’s winners (L-R): Connor MacPhee from Curl PEI, David O’Connor from sponsor O’Connor Glass, Alex MacFadyen, James Dalton, Matthew MacDonald, Parker MacFadyen coach David MacFadyen

Jenny McLean rink repeat Women’s winners (L-R):  Connor MacPhee from Curl PEI, David O’Connor from sponsor O’Connor Glass, Jenny McLean, Lauren MacFadyen, Ava Whitney-Coulter, Emily Vaniderstine, coach Don Vickerson

Tyler Smith rink – Men’s Runners-up (L-R): Connor MacPhee from Curl PEI, Tyler Smith, Brooks Roche, Dylan Lowery, Ryan Lowery, coach Tammy Dewar, David O’Connor from sponsor O’Connor Glass

Megan Ching rink – Women’s Runners-up (L-R): Connor MacPhee from Curl PEI, Meghan Ching, Rachel O’Connor, Lauren Lenentine, Breanne Burgoyne,  David O’Connor from sponsor O’Connor Glass, coach Pat Quilty

The Jenny McLean rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club are repeat winners at the O’Connor Glass Provincial Under 18 Curling Championships, defeating Cornwall’s Meghan Ching rink 9-1 in five ends this afternoon, getting off to a fast start with a five point first end.

The Alex MacFadyen rink completed the Silver Fox sweep, with a 9-2 win over Tyler Smith and his Montague team, taking a triple in the fifth and a steal of four in the sixth to bring the game to an early end.

Ching edged Kaleigh MacKay and her combined Crapaud/Montague team 6-5 in the morning semi-final, while MacFadyen shaded Leslie Noye and his rink from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton 5-4 in the men’s semi.

Other members of the winning McLean rink are Lauren MacFadyen, Ava Whitney-Coulter, and Emily Vaniderstine, with coach Don Vickerson. Rounding out the runner-up Ching foursome are Rachen O’Connor, Lauren Lenentine, and Breanne Burgoyne, with coach Pat Quilty.

Completing the MacFadyen winning team are James Dalton, Matthew MacDonald, and Parker MacFadyen, with coach Dave MacFadyen. The other members of the runner-up Smith team are Brooks Roche, and Dylan and Ryan Lowery, with coaches Tammy Dewar and Kevin Smith.

The MacFadyen and McLean rinks will advance to the Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships, April 4-6 at the Gage Curling Club in Oromocto NB.

No tiebreakers were necessary in this weekend’s Provincial Seniors Curling Championships. This means that it will wrap up with the 7 pm Sunday draw, so no icetime will be required on Monday, so it’s curling as usual!

The players for the championship round have now been determined at the Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships at the Cornwall Curling Club, with the semi-finals set for Sunday at 2:30, and the finals going Sunday evening at 7. Three of the six teams in the championship round are from the host Cornwall club. (No tiebreakers are required, so draws at 10 am Sunday and 1:30 pm Monday will not take place)

Bill Hope

The men’s semi-final at 2:30 pm Sunday will see second place Bill Hope and his Cornwall/Silver Fox team take on six-time Seniors champ Ted MacFadyen and his rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, who grabbed the third and final spot in the championship round this evening with an 8-3 win over Charlottetown’s Blair Weeks foursome, stealing two deuces on the way to the win. Hope, who won the event in 2011, and was runner-up last year, finished round robin play Saturday afternoon with a 4-1 win-loss record, while MacFadyen went 3-2 to wrap up third place. Finishing out of the playoffs are the rinks skipped by Leo Stewart of Summerside (2-3), Weeks (1-4) and Blair Jay of the Silver Fox, who lost 8-3 Stewart in this evening’s other match, to finish at 0-5.

Photo (L-R) Mark O’Rourke, Rod MacDonald, Mark Victor

The winner of the semi-final will face the defending champion Rod MacDonald (5-0) rink, who went undefeated in tthe round robin, after handing the Hope team their first loss this afternoon, by a 9-2 score, after picking up a triple in the sixth end, and 4 points in the seventh.

Photo: Shirley Berry

The three teams for the women’s playoff round were set following their final round robin draw Saturday afternoon.  The Shirley Berry rink from the host Cornwall club and the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club finished the round robin with a perfect 4-0 win-loss record and was awarded first place and a bye to the final, Sunday at 7 pm. The Jennifer Scott rink from Montague, and the Karen Currie team from the host Cornwall club both finished with 2-2 win-loss records and have advanced to the 2:30 pm Sunday semi-final, between the 2nd and 3rd place teams, with the winner of the semis advancing to the final. Scott was awarded second place by virtue of her 8-7 extra-end win over Currie in this morning’s draw.

(L-R) Danielle Girard, Karen Currie, Helen Smith

In this afternoon’s draw, Berry beat Cornwall clubmate Carol Kennedy 7-4, while Currie beat Montague’s Kathy Clarey  5-2.  Both Clarey and Kennedy finished play with 1-3 records.

Live results are available at PEICurling.com/seniors

The winning men’s and women’s teams will advance to the Canadian Seniors, to be held March 22-30, 2014 at the Yellowknife Curling Centre, the first time the Canadian Curling Association has ever held a national championship in the Northwest Territories..

All three unbeaten teams, skipped by Bill Hope, Rod MacDonald, and Shirley Berry, picked up another win this morning at the Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Seniors Curling Championships at the Cornwall Curling Club, and are now assured playoff berths.

Hope edged Ted MacFadyen 5-4 this morning, stealing the final end for the win. MacDonald was trailing 5-3 after 4 ends to Summerside’s Leo Stewart, but came on strong in the second half, picking up a single and stealing a single and a double to lead 7-5 coming home. Stewart had lst rock advantage in the final end, but was left without a shot, and conceded the win. In the women’s division, Berry also came from behind, down 6-4 to Kathy Clarey of Montague after seven, but scored a triple in end eight for a 7-6 come-from-behind win.

The 2:30 draw this afternoon will feature a battle between the two undefeated men’s teams, with MacDonald and Hope squaring off. The other game will hand either the Blair Jay or the Blair Weeks men’s teams, both 0-3, their first win of the event. Ted MacFadyen (2-2) and Leo Stewart (1-3) have the draw off.

Carol Kennedy from Cornwall (1-2) will face Berry at 2:30 in the final women’s round robin draw, while Karen Currie of Cornwall and Clarey, also 1-2, will face off. Jennifer Scott has finished her round robin draw with a 2-2 record. Should Kennedy beat Berry in the draw, a tiebreaker will be required, as Kennedy, Scott, and either Currie or Clarey would all be at 2-2.

The top teams from the men’s and women’s round robins advance to their respective  finals, while the second and third place teams, following the round robin and any required tiebreakers, will face off in the semi-finals, with the winners advancing to the finals.

The final men’s round robin draw, and a women’s tiebreaker, if needed, go tonight.

The women’s semi and final go Sunday at 2:30 and 7, with the men’s either at the same time, or, only if two tiebreakers are needed, at 7 Sunday and 1:30 pm Monday.

The winning men’s and women’s teams will advance to the Canadian Seniors, to be held March 22-30, 2014 at the Yellowknife Curling Centre, the first time the Canadian Curling Association has ever held a national championship in the Northwest Territories..

Department of Highways dispatch  informed Curl PEI this morning that the government plows have been on the road since midnight salting and sanding and the contractor plows have been out since 4am, so the roads are reported as passable, although secondary routes will not be as good as primary roads.

Both the Credit Unions of PEI Seniors in Cornwall and the O’Connor Glass Under 18 in Charlottetown will go ahead as scheduled this morning.

Photo: Rod MacDonald

On the men’s side, defending champion Rod MacDonald from the Charlottetown Curling Complex, and last year’s runner-up and 2011 winner Bill Hope from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside and the Cornwall Curling Club, sport 3-0 win-loss records. The Shirley Berry rink from the Cornwall and Silver Fox clubs is 2-0 in the women’s event. Berry, who is the 2014 PEI Masters women’s champion, has won the Seniors five times, and was runner-up last year.

Photo: Bill Hope

Six time Seniors and reigning Masters men’s champ Ted MacFadyen from the Silver Fox, is 2-1, while his clubmate Leo Stewart is 1-2. Blair Weeks from Charlottetown, and Blair Jay from the Fox are 0-3. Cornwall’s Karen Currie and Montague’s Kathy Clarey are 1-1, while Carol Kennedy from Cornwall and Jennifer Scott from Montague are 1-2 on the women’s side.

In men’s action Friday, MacDonald beat Weeks 6-4 in the morning draw, and handed MacFadyen his first loss, by a 7-5 score, in the afternoon. Hope doubled Blair Jay 4-2 in the afternoon, and got by Leo Stewart by a 6-4 score, while MacFadyen rebounded with a 7-2 win over Jay in six ends.

Round robin play concludes on Saturday, with draws at 10 am, and 2:30 and 7 pm. The two undefeated men’s rinks, Hope and MacDonald, will face off in the 2:30 draw.

Live results are available at PEICurling.com/seniors

Admission to watch the seniors at the Cornwall Curling Club is free. Six men’s and five women’s rinks are in the event.

The winning men’s and women’s teams will advance to the Canadian Seniors, to be held March 22-30, 2014 at the Yellowknife Curling Centre, the first time the Canadian Curling Association has ever held a national championship in the Northwest Territories.

Two draws are in the books at the O’ Connor Glass Under 18 Curling Championships at the Charlottetown Curling Complex, team playing one game each.

Men’s winners today were the Leslie Noye team from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, the Spencer Stetson team from the Cornwall Curling Club, and Tyler Smith and his Montague team. Winners in the women’s division were defending champion Jenny McLean from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, along with Lauren Moerike from Charlottetown, and Meghan Chink from Cornwall.

Women’s scores: Ching over Kaleigh MacKay of Montague 6-5, Moerike over Jessice Watts of Cornwall 5-3, and McLean over Karlie Lewis of the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton 12-2.

Men’s: Noye over Justin Campbell of the Silver Fox 7-3. Smith beat Alex MacFadyen of Summerside 8-5, and Stetson beat Devin Schut of Cornwall 7-3.

Play continues Friday, with draws at 9:30 am and 2 and 6:30 pm. Seven men’s and an equal number of women’s teams are entered.

Live results at PEICurling.com/under18

The winning men’s and women’s rinks will advance to the Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships, April 4-6 at the Gage Curling Club in Oromocto NB.

Here are pictures of the winning Provincial Mixed team, skipped by Jamie Newson, from the Charlottetown Curling Complex, and of the runner-up Mark MacDonald rink from the Cornwall Curling Club. The Mixed wrapped up Tuesday at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary

PEI Mixed Champions (L-R): Clair Sweet, Curl PEI representative from the Maple Leaf Curling Club, Jamie Newson, Vanessa Hamming, Andrew Robinson, Michelle MacIntyre

PEI Mixed Runners-up  (L-R): Clair Sweet, Curl PEI representative from the Maple Leaf Curling Club, Mark MacDonald, Shirley Berry, Brad Gardiner, Karen Currie

It’s another busy week of PEI Curling championships, with the provincial Mixed wrapping up today, and the Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships and the O’Connor Glass Provincial Under 18 championships both starting Thursday.

The Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Seniors Curling Championships, for curlers age 50 and over, get underway with the opening ceremonies Thursday evening at 6:15, here at the Cornwall Curling Club, with opening draw following at 7 pm. Admission to watch the PEI Seniors is FREE – we will have a donation jar to help out our Junior program, and will be selling 50×50 tickets at each draw. The daytime curlers will be selling delicious food during the noon-hour on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

We will have piper Calum Brydon piping in the dignitaries and curlers for our opening ceremonies. He is a grade nine student at East Wiltshire Intermediate. Teachers will know him from the fine job he did in front of 1300 teachers at the annual teachers’ convention last October in Charlottetown. Calum will be selling tickets after the opening to help finance his trip to the World Pipe Band Championship in Scotland in August, with the College of Piping. First prize from the College’s draw is a trip for two to Scotland, accompanying the College of Piping bands. Click for more info on the College’s fundraiser.

Friday through Sunday draws go at 10 am, and 2:30 and 7 pm. Six men’s and five women’s rinks are taking part. The defending men’s champion Rod MacDonald rink is back, but last year’s women’s champs, the Nola Murphy rink, are not participating.

Cornwall is represented in this event by the Bill Hope rink on the men’s side, and the Shirley Berry, Karen Currie, and Carol Kennedy women’s teams. Hope won the event back in 2011, while Berry is a five time Seniors champ, winning her first Seniors title here at Cornwall back in 2002. Hope and Berry were last year’s runners-up.

Also in this year’s event is the Jennifer Scott team from Montague, which includes all four members of their 1988 provincial women’s championship team!

The women’s final is Sunday night at 7 pm. The men’s will also go at that time, if there are zero or one tiebreaker. If two are needed, the final will take place Monday the 24th at 1:30 pm.

The winning men’s and women’s teams will advance to the Canadian Seniors, to be held March 22-30, 2014 at the Yellowknife Curling Centre, the first time the Canadian Curling Association has ever held a national championship in the Northwest Territories.

Come on out this week and watch some great curling!

End by end results will be available at PEICurling.com/seniors

Thanks to Junior Coordinator Brenda MacMillan for organizing a successful Junior funspiel yesterday!
My son (in the photo, delivering the rock) and everyone else had a great time!

Two teams, both from the Montague Curling Club, remain undefeated after Curl PEI Provincial Mixed Curling Championship opening day action at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary.

Montague’s George Koke and Tammy Dewar rinks won both of their games today, while Cornwall’s Bill Hope and Mark MacDonald foursomes are 1-1, Jamie Newson and his Charlottetown team, and Larry Richards and his Montague squad are 0-1, while Clair Sweet and his host club team are 0-2. The defending champion Rod MacDonald team are not back this year, so there will be a new champion, from among the seven teams.

Curl PEI President Koke, teamed up with his wife Judy at lead, along with Darlene London and Paul Morrison, stole his way to two come-from-behind wins, stealing four points in the last end to beat Sweet 9-7, and then stole singles in ends seven and eight and a triple in an extra end to get by Montague clubmate Larry Richards by a 10-7 score.

2005 PEI Mixed champion Tammy Dewar stole a final end deuce to beat the Bill Hope rink from the Cornwall and Silver Fox clubs 6-4, and stole a couple of triples in a 9-3 win over Sweet in the nightcap. Dewar throws lead stones on her team, but calls the game, with Cody Dixon throwing last rocks, Amanda MacLean and Dennis Watts round out the team.

In other games, Cornwall’s MacDonald stole the last three ends, including an extra, to edge Charlottetown’s Newson 7-6. Hope beat MacDonald 6-4 in the evening draw.

Saturday and Sunday draws are at 10 am and 2:30 and 7 pm, with the championship game going on Monday.

The winning team will advance to the Canadian Mixed, November 8-15 at the North Bay Granite Curling Club, with the pre-qualifier event taking place Nov. 6-7

Full draw and live results from the PEI Mixed are available at PEICurling.com/mixed

Here is the Wednesday Daytime Competitive Curling Draw
for February 19 through March 26

Feb. 19
10 am
Ice 1 Lester Callbeck vs Vern Chowan
12:30 pm
Ice 1 Carol Sweetapple vs Ray Biage
Ice 2 Sterling Stratton vs Karen Wood
Ice 3 Gloria Clarke vs Bob MacWilliams
Ice 4 Diane MacKay vs Paul Durant

Feb. 26
10am
Ice 1 Gloria Clarke vs Carol Sweetapple
12:30pm
Ice 1 Lester Callbeck vs Sterling Stratton
Ice 2 Vern Chowan vs Diane MacKay
Ice 3 Sterling Stratton vs Paul Durant
Ice 4 Ray Biage vs Bob MacWilliams

March 5 : No competitive Draw because of 55+ Games

March 12
10am
Ice 1 Ray Biage vs Sterling Stratton
12:30 pm
Ice 1 Diane MacKay vs Bob MacWilliams
Ice 2 Lester Callbeck vs Paul Durant
Ice 3 Vern Chowan vs Carol Sweetapple
Ice 4 Karen Wood vs Gloria Clarke

March 19
10am
Ice 1 Diane MacKay vs Lester Callbeck
12:30pm
Ice 1 Sterling Stratton vs Carol Sweetapple
Ice 2 Ray Biage vs Gloria Clarke
Ice 3 Bob MacWilliams vs Karen Wood
Ice 4 Paul Durant vs Vern Chowan

March 26
10am
Ice 1 Paul Durant vs Gloria Clarke
12:30pm
Ice 1 Karen Wood vs Vern Chowan
Ice 2 Bob MacWilliams vs Carol Sweetapple
Ice 3 Ray Biage vs Lester Callbeck
Ice 4 Sterling Stratton vs Diane MacKay

Photo: Roddie MacLean (facing camera) and Bill Glydon shake hands following the Open Division championship game

Here is an album of photos from the semi-finals, finals, and award presentations at the Ferguson Funeral Homes/Curl PEI Provincial Stick Curling Championships, which wrapped up this afternoon at the Charlottetown Curling Complex.

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Things are shaping up for the Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Seniors (age 50 and over) Curling Championships, which start Thursday Feb. 20, here at the Cornwall Curling Club, with opening ceremonies at 6:15 pm, and opening draw at 7 pm. We have a piper and an anthem singer for the opening, and a number of dignitaries have been invited.

The event draw and schedule now available at the event website: PEICurling.com/seniors

Six men’s and five women’s teams are taking part, including the Bill Hope, Shirley Berry, Karen Currie, and Carol Kennedy teams from our Club. Defending champs are the Rod MacDonald and Nola Murphy rinks. Murphy is not back this year.

We still need volunteers – most games now have timers, but there are still some open spots on the signup sheet, which is up at the Club.

We need a person for each draw to mind the door/sell 50×50 tickets. There will be no admission charge, but we will have a voluntary donation jar at the door, as well as 50×50 tickets sold and programs available at the door. The 50×50 seller will also make a trip through the audience to sell tickets in advance of the drawing.

We also need a person each draw to update the website with the current scores. We have a new laptop dedicated for that purpose, and instructions will be provided.

The daytime curlers will be selling lunch at noon Friday through Sunday. There is a signup sheet for a committee to prepare the food, as well as signup for each draw to serve the food.

Your participation will help make this event a success!

–  Derek MacEwen
Event Chair

Three teams – the Bill Glydon/John Davis rink from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, the Sherrill Barwise/Orville Willis duo from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, and the Roddie MacLean/John Dunsford twosome from the Cornwall Curling Club, sport 3-0 win-loss records after opening day round robin play in the 15 team Open Division (any combination of men/women) at the Ferguson Funeral Homes/Curl PEI Provincial Stick Curling Championships being played at the Charlottetown Curling Complex. Defending champions Walter Callaghan and John Vincent from Western are 2-1.

Five rinks have 2-1 records in the eight team women’s division. They are the Elaine Hughes/Etta Reid, Joan Doiron/Jane Peters, Mary Plamondon/Karen Wood, and Shirley Lank/Mabel England, all from the Cornwall Curling Club, and Leah Harris/Ann Barwise from Maple Leaf. The four-time defending champion Ruth Stavert/Gloria Clarke rink from Cornwall are 1-2.

Wednesday draws go at 9:30 and 10:45 am, 12 noon, and 2:30, 3:45, 5, and 6:15 pm. The event wraps up on Thursday.

The top four open division teams, and the top two women’s rinks from this year’s event earn the right to compete in the Maritime Stick Curling Championships, March 18-20 at the Gage Curling Club in Oromocto NB. The Ruth Stavert/Gloria Clarke duo are the two-time defending Maritime Women’s champs, while the Paul Doucet and Dave MacDougal twosome from Yarmouth NS are the defending Open champs.

The top two Open division teams also earn the right to compete in the 2014 Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship, March 30-April 2 at the St. Albert Curling Club in St. Albert Alberta. This is an “open” event, but reserves entries for the top two teams from each of BC, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and PEI. Defending Canadian champions are the team of Roddie MacLean and Paul Field from the Cornwall Curling Club, the hosts of last year’s event. MacLean/Field were last year’s provincial runners-up, losing to Callaghan/Vincent after two extra ends of play. A Women’s division was added to last year’s event, with Cornwall’s Ruth Stavert and Eileen Blanchard winning.

In stick curling there are two curlers per team, who deliver their rocks with delivery sticks, with each team member delivering from opposite ends. Sweeping is allowed only from the hog line to the back of the house at the playing end. Two curlers, one from each team, alternately deliver 6 stones each per end, while their teammate skips that end. The roles are then reversed, and the partners deliver the stones back. No stone may be removed from play until the fourth stone of each end. Games are six ends and take about an hour to play. For more information on stick curling, including complete rules of play, visit www.stickcurling.ca.

Here are team photos of the winners of the PEI Masters Curling Championships, for curlers age 60 and over, held at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, from January 27-30.

Shirley Berry rink (L-R): Shirley Berry, Sandy Hope, Arleen Harris, Evelyn Rogerson

Ted MacFadyen rink (L-R): Ted MacFadyen, Lou Nowlan, Earle Proude, Alan Montgomery

The Crapaud Community Curling Club are this year’s hosts for the KFC Provincial Under 13 Funspiel, an open entry (any combination of boys and/or girls) team event, which is designed to be less competitive than the U13 Provincial Championships, and takes place March 16 at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. Games in the U13 funspiel are 4 ends, and winners are determined by a points system. This event is intended for beginning curlers, with a maximum of two curlers with two or more years experience on a team,

Entry fee is $80/team. Entry deadine is March 2. Entries must be made online at PEICurling.com. Entries to-date will be displayed online at PEICurling.com/under13

Meanwhile, the Cornwall Curling Club are this year’s hosts for the KFC Provincial Under 13 Curling Championships, with open entry teams (any combination of boys and/or girls), which takes March 6-10 (start and end dates may vary depending on number of entries). In last year’s event, which had separate boys and girls divisions, the rink of Mitchell Schut, Parker MacFadyen, Nick Johnston, and Draven Kowalski, with coaches Mike Schut and Butch McGee from the Cornwall club went undefeated to win the boys’ title, while the team of Tegan Corkum, Elly Whitney-Coulter, Maddison Moore, and Gabrielle Gallant, with coach Robert Corkum, from the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club in Summerside, also went undefeated to capture the girls’ division. Games in the U13 championships are 6 ends.

Entry fee is $120/team. Entry deadine is today – February 6. Entries must be made online at PEICurling.com. Entries to-date are displayed online at PEICurling.com/under13