The Bob Fowler rink won the fourth and final round, sponsored by Clyde River Golf Course, of the A pool of the Wednesday Night Ladder League, winning all their games in the  round. The Paul Neima rink were second, losing only to Bob’s team, by a 9-4 score on the final night. Both teams will receive prizes on May 11.

Three teams, skipped by Aaron Campbell, Ray Biagé, and Greg Groves, had three wins in the B pool, but Groves and Biagé had one more point, as the Campbell rink did not play one of their games. The Groves and Biagé rinks met on the last night, with Groves coming out on top of a very closely fought 9-8 battle, so they will win the round and the final prize.

It was also brought to my attention that I had the incorrect winner for round 3. I reported, incorrectly, that Karen Currie had beaten Gord Peters in their A pool encounter on Feb 8. I rechecked the result, and that was not the case – it was actually a 9-3 win for Peters, who will win the round (sorry Karen!), beating both second place teams, Currie and Bob MacWilliams, in their games.

Here is the complete winners list for the year (Team rosters as they were on the board. If they are not correct, let us know).

The winners of the A and B pools for each round, as well as the A pool runner-up in the final round, will receive prizes from our generous sponsors during our May 11 Annual General Meeting and Awards Night.

Round one, sponsored by Don Lowther Snow Removal, and Howard Johnson Dutch Inn.

A Pool winner: Paul Neima, Kevin Arsenault, Mike Lafontaine, Dwayne MacNeil

B Pool winner: Joerg Soltermann, Lew Black, Hans Wicki, Dan Delaney

Round two, sponsored by Murphy’s Cornwall Pharmacy

A Pool winner: Paul Neima, Kevin Arsenault, Mike Lafontaine, Dwayne MacNeil

B Pool winner: Bob MacWilliams, John Berry, Roy Coffin, Jim Farquharson

Round three, sponsored by Cornwall Pizza Delight

A Pool winner (corrected): Gordon Peters, Hank Kamphuis, Gerald Dykerman, Pat MacInnis

B Pool winner: Bob Fowler, Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, Alan Acorn

Round four, sponsored by Clyde River Golf Links

A pool winner: Bob Fowler, Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, Alan Acorn

A pool runner-up: Paul Neima, Kevin Arsenault, Mike Lafontaine, Dwayne MacNeil

B pool winner: Greg Groves, Winston Taylor, Donald Weeks, Frank Weiler

Thanks to everyone who participated in another great season of the Wednesday Evening Ladder League!

– Derek MacEwen
Wednesday evening draw master

After the first day of the playoffs between the Leafs and the Canadiens, taking place this year at the Cornwall Curling Club, the Leafs are leading the series 104.5 to 75.5. The Habs, though, have won the championship the last two years, and are not at all worried, as they always come on strong in the final games (and, besides, the Leafs haven’t won the Cup since 1967!). The Habs are also winning in off-ice activity for the coveted Stanley Cup, with the Danny Kneabone line taking the round two trivia contest for knowing the most about the two teams (didn’t find out who won round one, but I’m sure they were red as well!).

Action gets underway this morning at 9:30, with four rounds today, followed by the awards ceremony.

Click for photos from Friday night.

The Cornwall Curling Club daytime curlers held their closing event today, with chinese food on the menu, curling on the ice, and some old time rock ‘n roll in the lounge, with rock and roll legends Nucker on the tenor sax, Danny on bass guitar, Sterling on the skins, and Dave on lead guitar and vocals. Unfortunately there is no video, but here are a couple of pictures of this momentous occasion:

Countryview Closing Spiel

Cornwall Curling Club

Friday, April 13th, 2012

6:30 Draw Ice #1
Team#1 Red Tom Dunn, Larry Cudmore, Maureen Cudmore, Jean Anderson VS
Team#2 Blue Ray Biagé, Leita Chisholm, Roy Coffin, Elaine Hughes

Ice#2
Team#3 Red Barb Duncan-Biagé, Lew Black, Carlene Peters, Bernie Dykerman VS
Team#4 Blue Vern Chowan, Donald Weeks, Paula Ling, Frank Martin

Ice#3
Team#5 Red Gordon Matthews, Danielle Girard, Hans Wicki, Sherri Boutilier VS
Team#6 Blue Gord Peters, Rob Young, Ronalda Ballie, Vicki Cotton

Ice#4
Team#7 Red Hank Kamphuis, Mike Lafontaine, Rebecca Rolfe, Linda Matthews VS
Team#8 Blue Karen Currie, Jamie Ballem, Danny Young, Marjorie Matthews

8:30 Draw Ice#1
Team#9 Red Greg Groves, Charlie Campbell, Lynda Turnbull, Bernie Field VS
Team#10 Blue Angus Davies, Debby  Sigsworth, Bob MacWilliams, Marg Stewart

Ice#2
Team#11 Red Lorianne Davies, Bill Sigsworth, Val Tayler, Pauline Sewester VS
Team#12 Blue Paul Neima, Leonard Gotell, Mabel England, Helen Smith

Ice#3
Team#13 Red Danny Kneabone, Tracy MacDonald, Gloria Clarke, Derek MacEwen VS
Team# 14 Blue Debbie Rhodenizer, Mark Perry, Darlene Kneabone, Tony Turnbull

Ice#4
Team#15 Red Julie Scales, Carl Currie, Frank Weiler, Dave Hunt VS
Team#16 Blue Bob Fowler, Bev Richards, Shelly Murphy

Cornwall Curling Club

Golf Tournament

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Countryview Golf Club

The annual Club golf tournament will be held at Countryview Golf Club on Saturday, June 9^th starting at 11:00am.

Sign up at the Curling Club for a fun day full of friendly competition. Entry fee includes 9 holes of golf, a BBQ and prizes!

Both the PEI men’s rink, skipped by Matthew MacLean from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, and the Veronica Smith women’s team from the Cornwall Curling Club, finished as runners-up in this afternoon’s finals of the Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships at the Bluenose Curling Club in New Glasgow NS.

Photo: Cathlia Ward rink

The Veronica Smith team from the Cornwall Curling Club ended round robin play atop the women’s standings with a 3-1 record, with three teams finishing second at 2-2. The Cathlia Ward foursome from Fredericton advanced to the final, after tiebreaking rules were brought into play, and won the game by a 7-4 score over the Smith team, picking up three points in the seventh, and running them out of rocks in the eighth end.

Playing with Ward were third Jane DiCarlo, second Katie Forward, and lead Katelyn Kelly, with coach Mark Ward. Rounding out the Smith foursome were third Katie Fullerton, second Sabrina Smith, and lead Chloe McCloskey, with coach Paul Smith.

The other two teams at 2-2, the Krista Nix foursome from the host Bluenose club and the Hayley McCabe team from the Lakeshore Curling Club in Halifax, squared off in the consolation final, with the Nix team picking up five points in the seventh end on the way to a 6-2 win. The Sarah Hill team from St. John’s finished out of the playoffs at 1-3.

The MacLean foursome took a 4-0 undefeated win-loss record into the men’s final, against 2nd place Daniel Prest and his Bridgewater NS team, who finished round robin play at 3-1. The teams were tied at 4-4 after eight ends in the low-scoring championship game, but Prest stole a deuce in the extra end for a 6-4 win.

Photo: Daniel Prest team

Other members of the winning Prest team are third David MacNeil, second Ian Smith, and lead Matt Clahane, with coach Ken Smith. Third Marshall Smallman, second Kevin Gallant, and lead Alan MacLean, with coach Glen MacLean, round out the MacLean rink.

Stephen Trickett and his St. John’s NL team edged the Daniel Jessome foursome from Chester NS by a 6-5 score to win the men’s consolation. The fifth team in the men’s competition, PEI native Kyle Hughes and his Saint John NB team, did not pick up a win in the event, and finished out of the playoffs.

The Atlantic Under 18 championships feature the Atlantic provincial champions in the 18 and Under age category, plus a host team, in both men’s and women’s divisions, and is held annually, normally during Easter weekend, rotating between the four Atlantic provinces.

Full results are available at LiveCurling.com

PEI’s Matthew MacLean rink from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary is the only undefeated rink,  at 3-0, in the men’s section, while the Veronica Smith team from the Cornwall Curling Club is tied for the lead with a 2-1 record in the women’s division, following Saturday play at the Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships at the Bluenose Curling Club in New Glasgow, featuring the Atlantic provincial champions from the 18 and Under age category, plus a host team, in both men’s and women’s divisions.

Photo (L-R): Matthew MacLean, Marshall Smallman, Kevin Gallant, Alan MacLean, coach Glen MacLean

The MacLean rink, which includes third Marshall Smallman, second Kevin Gallant, and lead Alan MacLean, with coach Glen MacLean, won their only game today, against PEI native Kyle Hughes and his Saint John New Brunswick team, by a 6-2 score, grabbing the lead early with a steal of 4 points in the opening end.

PEI’s MacLean foursome finishes up round robin play against Newfoundland and Labrador’s Stephen Tricket rink at 9 am Sunday.

Photo (L-R): Veronica Smith, Katie Fullerton, coach Paul Smith, Sabrina Smith, Chloe McCloskey

In the women’s section, the PEI rink of Veronica Smith, third Katie Fullerton, second Sabrina Smith, and lead Chloe McCloskey, with coach Paul Smith, split their games today, losing 8-6  to the Cathlia Ward team from New Brunswick this morning, and beating the Sarah Hill team from Newfoundland and Labrador by a 9-3 score this aternoon. The Smith rink wraps up round robin action Sunday morning at 9 against Krista Nix and her team from the host Bluenose club. Nix and Smith currently share the lead at 2-1, while Ward is 2-2.

The finals and consolation finals go Sunday at 1 pm.

Results are available at LiveCurling.com

All our Little Rocks, Novice,  and Juniors are invited to an end of season pizza party and skate on our curling club ice on Sunday April 15, beginning at 1 pm.

Leafs Vs. Canadiens – The Rivalry Continues at the Cornwall Curling Club.

Join us for the annual Countryview Golf Closing Spiel on April 13th and 14th where Blue vs. Red will take on a whole new meaning this year!

Entry fee is only $25.00 and includes one 8 end game on Friday night and 2- 6 end games on Saturday along with meals, entertainment and prizes. So come out and support your team and wear your colours proudly for the final event at the curling club this year!

There will be an elimination draw held with the winner receiving a one night membership for the 2012-2013 curling season. As well, we will be drawing for the TV on Saturday, April 14th.

Sign up sheets are posted at the club. Hope to see everyone there!

The Alan Inman rink from the Crapaud Community Curling Club and the Nola Murphy foursome from Summerside’s Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club are the new “The Dominion” provincial curling club champions, winning their respective finals  this afternoon at the Montague Curling Club, and advancing to the national The Dominion Curling Club Championship, November 19-24 at the Scarboro Golf and Country Club in Scarborough Ont.

Both of this afternoon’s contests were close, with Inman and his rink of third Stephen Thomson, second Gordon Fall, and lead Tony Quigley edging the defending champion Donal Clarey team from the host club by a 6-5 score, and the Murphy team, with third Donna Arsenault, second Paulette Richard, and lead Elspeth Carmody, getting by last year’s runners-up, the Marie Ford team from Crapaud, by a 4-3 score.

Inman had a 5-2 lead after six ends, when Clarey tied it up with a triple in the seventh, but Inman had last rock advantage coming home and recorded a single for the win. The women’s game was low-scoring with three blank ends, with Murphy trailing 3-2 going into the final end, and scoring a deuce for the victory. Other members of the runner-up Ford team are Julie Mutch, Vivian Holm, and Heather MacRae, while Larry Richards, David Rice, and Steven MacLeod complete the Clarey foursome.

The Ford and Clarey teams earned byes to the finals by virtue of finishing round robin play Saturday in first place, with 4-1 and 5-0 records respectively, with the second and third place teams battling this morning to advance to the final. In the semis, Murphy eliminated the defending champion Lorianne Davies rink from Cornwall with an 8-1 win, opening with a three point first end and a single steal in the second end to build an early lead.  The men’s game was close in the first half, with Inman and his  team taking a 3-2 lead over Western’s Daryl MacDonald rink into the fifth end. The Crapaud squad took over the scoreboard in the second half, stealing a single in the fifth, a deuce in the sixth and another single in seven to win 7-2 and advance to the final.

In the round robin, which wrapped up on Saturday, the Inman rink placed second in the men’s section with a 4-1 record, while Western’s MacDonald foursome was third at 3-2.

Davies and Murphy both finished the round robin with 3-2 records. Murphy beat Davies 9-5 in their round robin encounter and was awarded second place.

Finishing out of the playoffs in the men’s section was Bob Fowler and his Cornwall rink at 2-3, Blair Jay and his Silver Fox team at 1-4, and the Pat Birtwistle team from Charlottetown, who did not manage to pick up a win in the event.

Gail Greene and her Montague rink and Rushell MacDonald and her Western team both ended play at 2-3 on the women’s side, with Cathy MacDougall of Charlottetown finishing at 1-4.

The championship round goes Sunday at The Dominion Curling Club Championship at the Montague Curling Club with the semi-finals at 10 am and the finals at 2 pm. Round robin play wrapped up Saturday evening, with the defending champion Donald Clarey rink from the host club finishing in first place in the men’s section with a perfect 5-0 win-loss record, and the Marie Ford team from the Crapaud Community Curling Club winning the women’s section with  a 4-1 win-loss record. These team now advance directly to their respective Sunday finals, against the winners of the morning semi-finals between the second and third place teams. Other members of the Clarey team are Larry Richards, David Rice, and Steven MacLeod, while Julie Mutch, Vivian Holm, and Heather MacRae round out the Ford foursome.

The Alan Inman rink from Crapaud placed second in the men’s section with a 4-1 record, while Western’s Daryl MacDonald foursome was third at 3-2. These rinks will play off in the semi-final on Sunday morning, with the winner advancing to the final.

Defending champion Lorianne Davies and her team from Cornwall, and the Nola Murphy rink from the Silver Fox in Summerside both finished with 3-2 records and a trip to the semis in the women’s section. Murphy beat Davies 9-5 in their round robin encounter and was awarded second place.

Finishing out of the playoffs in the men’s section was Bob Fowler and his Cornwall rink at 2-3, Blair Jay and his Silver Fox team at 1-4, and the Pat Birtwistle team from Charlottetown, who did not manage to pick up a win in the event.

Gail Greene and her Montague rink and Rushell MacDonald and her Western team both ended play at 2-3 on the women’s side, with Cathy MacDougall of Charlottetown finishing at 1-4.

In Saturday women’s play MacDonald edged Murphy 7-6, and Ford got by Greene 7-5 in the morning draw, Davies beat MacDonald 8-5, and MacDougall picked up her only win in impressive style, scoring two four enders in an 11-4 routing of Greene in the afternoon. The evening draw saw Davies score a point in the extra end to win 7-6 over MacDougall, and Murphy hand Ford her first loss, by a 7-4 score.

On the men’s side, MacDonald edged Jay 5-4, and Fowler shaded Birtwistle 7-6 in an extra end Saturday morning, MacDonald scored a triple in the final end to get by Fowler 6-5, and Clarey downed Birtwistle 8-1 in the afternoon draw, while Inman got by Jay 7-6 in the evening.

The men’s and women’s winners from Sunday afternoon’s finals advance to the national The Dominion, November 19-24 at the Scarboro Golf and Country Club in Scarborough Ont.

Two rinks, the defending champion Donald Clarey men’s team from the host Montague Curling Club, and last years’s women’s runner-up rink, the Marie Ford rink from the Crapaud Community Curling Club remain undefeated following Friday play at the PEI The Dominion Curling Club Championship. The Clarey team includes third Larry Richards, second David Rice, and lead Steven MacLeod, while Julie Mutch, Vivian Holm, and Heather MacRae complete the Ford rink.

In the Friday evening draw, Clarey scored three points in the final end to hand the Alan Inman team from Crapaud their first loss with a 6-5 come-from-behind win to sit at 4-0, with Inman at 3-1. Clarey led 3-0 after 5 ends, but Inman took a triple in the sixth and stole a deuce in seven to bring a two point lead into the last end, but Clarey came back with the triple for the win. The Bob Fowler rink from Cornwall, the Blair Jay squad from the Silver Fox, and the Daryl MacDonald team from the Western Community club in Alberton all have one win against two losses, while Charlottetown’s Pat Birtwistle rink are winless in three starts.

The Ford foursome won 9-5 this evening over Rushell MacDonald and her Western team to go to 3-0 in the women’s division. The defending champion Lorianne Davies rink from Cornwall came from behind with 4 points in the final end to pick up their first win, by a 9-7 score, and hand the Gail Greene team from the host club their first loss tonight. Greene is tied with Nola Murphy and her Silver Fox rink for second place with 2-1 records, after Murphy blanked Charlottetown’s Cathy MacDougall team 8-0 tonight. Davies and MacDonald are 1-2, while MacDougall is 0-3.

Round robin play wraps up on Saturday, with draws at 10 am and 2 and 6 pm. Tiebreakers, if needed, go Sunday at 10, with the semi-finals between the second and third place teams going that afternoon at 2, and the finals, between the semi winner and the first place team from the round robin, taking place Sunday at 6 pm. In the event that no tiebreakers are required, the semis will move to 10 am and the finals to 2 pm.

The winning rinks will advance to the national The Dominion, November 19-24 at the Scarboro Golf and Country Club in Scarborough Ont.

The Dominion Curling Club Championship got underway Thursday afternoon and wraps up on Sunday at the Montague Curling Club, with the men’s and women’s club champions from six of the seven PEI curling clubs taking part. Five rinks remain undefeated after Thursday play.

After opening day action in the men’s section, defending champion Donald Clarey of Montague and Crapaud’s Alan Inman foursome are 2-0, while the remaining four rinks sit at 0-1. Clarey won his opener 5-1 over Daryl MacDonald from Alberton’s Western Community club, and doubled Blair Jay and his Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club rink 6-3 in the evening draw, stealing 3 points in the 4th end en route to the victory. Inman stole a single in the second, and followed up a three point fifth end with a steal of another 3 in the sixth in an 8-2 win over Charlottetown’s Pat Birtwistle in the afternoon, and stole four points in the sixth end on the way to an 8-3 win over Cornwall’s Bob Fowler rink in the evening. Clarey and Inman will face each other in the 6 pm Friday draw.

In the women’s section, Crapaud’s Marie Ford rink, who were runners-up last year to the Lorianne Davies rink from Cornwall in a 9-1 final, beat the defending champions by a 7-1 score in the opening draw, following a fifth end single with a steal of two in the sixth. The other opening day games saw the Gail Greene rink of Montague rally for a deuce in the final frame to edge Nola Murphy and her Silver Fox team 6-5, and Rushell MacDonald and her Western team shade Cathy MacDougall and her Charlottetown rink 8-7.

Round robin play continues on Friday and Saturday with draws at 10 am, and 2 and 6 pm. Tiebreakers, if needed, go Sunday at 10 am, with the semi-finals following at 2 pm and the finals taking place at 6 pm. If there are no men’s and no women’s tiebreakers, the semis and the finals will advance to 10 am and 2 pm, respectively.

The winning rinks will advance to the national The Dominion, November 19-24 at the Scarboro Golf and Country Club in Scarborough Ont.

PEI’s Special Olympics curling team, who recently won gold medals at the Special Olympics Winter Games in St. Albert Alberta, were honoured with a celebration Sunday evening during their regular curling draw at the Cornwall Curling Club. The rink, who are also members of the Charlottetown Curling Club, and beat Nova Scotia on a measure by a 6-5 score in the gold medal game, is skipped by Greg St. John, and includes Phillip Chugg, John Anthony Laybolt, Monique Gauthier, and Chris MacPherson. They went through round robin play with a perfect 3-0 record. Team coaches are Dick St. John and Ann Doucette.

Click to view a photo album from Sunday’s celebration.

Round three of the Wednesday night ladder league, sponsored by Cornwall Pizza Delight, wrapped up last night, with round four, sponsored by Clyde River Golf Links, running March 14 through April 11.

Three teams, skipped by Gord Peters, Karen Currie, and Bob MacWilliams, finished with 3-2 win-loss records in the six team A pool, with the Currie rink beating both of the other teams in their round robin encounters, so they will win the round. Peters, who beat MacWilliams in their game, will come second. Two teams will move down the ladder to the B pool for the final round. Three teams had two wins, with the Greg Groves rink losing a game by default, and thus have one point less, so they will be one of the teams. The other two teams were skipped by Paul Neima and Kris Currie, with Neima beating Currie in their game, so Neima will remain in the A pool, while Kris Currie will drop to the B. While MacWilliams will remain in the A pool for the final round, the team is able to play only the first two games in the final round (MacWilliams himself is available to spare after that), so there will be a bye in the last three weeks for the A pool, which will contain eight teams in the final round.

The Bob Fowler rink finished in first place in the B pool, managing to eke out wins in all of their games. The Angus Kennedy rink lost only to Fowler, and are second. The Kelly Watts rink lost only to Kennedy (they didn’t play Fowler), and are in third place. These three teams will move up the ladder to the A pool for the final round, as will the fourth place team. Three teams, skipped by Ray Biagé, Aaron Campbell, and Joerg Soltermann all had two wins. In round robin play, Biagé beat Campbell, and Campbell beat Soltermann, but Soltermann did not play Biagé, so we had to go to total points. Biagé had 30, Campbell had 27, and Soltermann had 32, so Soltermann will be moving up.

Here are the pools for round four:

A Pool

A1-Karen Currie
A2-Gord Peters
A3-Bob MacWilliams
A4-Paul Neima
A5-Bob Fowler
A6-Angus Kennedy
A7-Kelly Watts
A8-Joerg Soltermann

B Pool
B1-Kris Currie
B2-Greg Groves
B3-Ray Biagé
B4-Aaron Campbell
B5-David Younker
B6-Colleen Soltermann

Here is the round four draw:

Mar. 14
6:30 pm (Pool A)

Ice 1: A6-Angus Kennedy vs A4-Paul Neima
Ice 2: A7-Kelly Watts vs A3-Bob MacWilliams
Ice 3: A5-Bob Fowler vs A1-Karen Currie
Ice 4: A2-Gord Peters vs A8-Joerg Soltermann

8:30 pm (Pool B)
Ice 1: B1-Kris Currie vs B2-Greg Groves
Ice 2: B3-Ray Biagé vs B6-Colleen Soltermann
Ice 3: B4-Aaron Campbell vs B5-David Younker

Mar 21
6:30 pm (Pool B)

Ice 1: B2-Greg Groves vs B6-Colleen Soltermann
Ice 2: B3-Ray Biagé vs B5-David Younker
Ice 3: B1-Kris Currie vs B4-Aaron Campbell

8:30 pm (Pool A)

Ice 1: A5-Bob Fowler vs A6-Angus Kennedy
Ice 2: A1-Karen Currie vs A2-Gord Peters
Ice 3: A3-Bob MacWilliams vs A8-Joerg Soltermann
Ice 4 A4-Paul Neima vs A7-Kelly Watts

Mar 28
6:30 pm (Pool A)

Ice 1: A2-Gord Peters has the bye
Ice 2: A4-Paul Neima vs A8-Joerg Soltermann
Ice 3: A7-Kelly Watts vs A5-Bob Fowler
Ice 4: A6-Angus Kennedy vs A1-Karen Currie

8:30 pm (Pool B)
Ice 1: B2-Greg Groves vs B4-Aaron Campbell
Ice 2: B1-Kris Currie vs B3-Ray Biagé
Ice 3: B5-David Younker vs B6-Colleen Soltermann

Apr 4
6:30 pm (Pool B)
Ice 1: B3-Ray Biagé vs B4-Aaron Campbell
Ice 2: B2-Greg Groves vs B5-David Younker
Ice 3: B1-Kris Currie vs B6-Colleen Soltermann

8:30 pm (Pool A)

Ice 1: A5-Bob Fowler vs A8-Joerg Soltermann
Ice 2:  A6-Angus Kennedy vs A7-Kelly Watts
Ice 3: A4-Paul Neima vs A2-Gord Peters
Ice 4: A1-Karen Currie has the bye

April 11

6:30 pm (Pool A)

Ice 1: A7-Kelly Watts vs A2-Gord Peters
Ice 2: A5-Bob Fowler, vs A4-Paul Neima
Ice 3: A6-Angus Kennedy has the bye
Ice 4: A1-Karen Currie vs A8-Joerg Soltermann

8:30 pm (Pool B)

Ice 1: B1-Kris Currie vs B5-David Younker
Ice 2: B4-Aaron Campbell vs B6-Colleen Soltermann
Ice 3: B2-Greg Groves vs B3-Ray Biagé

The Stick Curling competition, delayed from last week due to stormy weather, brought the Vogue Optical 55 Plus games to a close Monday at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, with the winning rinks coming from all three counties.

Here is the list of medallists for this event:

GOLD- Fr. Arthur Pendergast & Peter Larter (Alberton)

SILVER- Ruth Stavert & Gloria Clarke (Cornwall)

BRONZE- Stirling Higginbotham & Bazil Higginbotham (Montague)

Note that the regularly scheduled draw for the Daytime Competitive league will be played this week. Last week’s postponed draw will be moved to the end of the schedule (April 11)

The evening Ladder League draw is the one previously cancelled due to a storm, and the original times will stay. This means that the B pool will play at 6:30, and the A pool will follow at 8:30, same as last week. The B pool will have the first and last late draws in the next draw, which starts next week and runs through April 11.

Please note that there will be one less team for the last round in the Ladder League, as one of them is heading for points south. If there are any other teams who won’t be available for the final draw, which starts next week, please let me know.

– Derek MacEwen (derek@derekmacewen.com)

It took a measure, but Team PEI came out with the gold medal in their division of the Special Olympics Winter Games curling competition in St. Albert Alberta, with a 6-5 win over Nova Scotia.

The gold medal rink is skipped by Greg St. John, and includes Phillip Chugg, John Anthony Laybolt, Monique Gauthier, and Chris MacPherson. They went through round robin play with a perfect 3-0 record. Team coaches are Dick St. John and Ann Doucette.

Photo from pei55plusgamessociety.ca: Paul Durant (foreground) and others at the 55+ Games

Here is the  winner’s list from the 55+ games website:

The Paul Durant and Tom Dunn teams were listed as coming from Charlottetown, but I believe they are from Cornwall (so I have changed them), which means that five out of the 10 teams winning medals are from our Club!

The Stick Curling event was delayed due to stormy weather, and will wrap up on Monday March 5.

55+ Mixed Team

GOLD- Bob MacWilliams, Myrna Sanderson, Jim Farquharson, Ruth Stavert (Cornwall)
SILVER- Eldon Kilbride, Laurie McCabe, Roger Elliot, Ann Elliot (Silver Fox)
BRONZE- Paul Durant, Dawn MacFadyen, Ted MacFadyen, Joanne Durant (Cornwall/Charlottetown)

65+ Mixed Team

GOLD- Leslie Hardy, Shirley Murphy, Walter Callaghan, Audrey Callaghan (Alberton)
SILVER- Fred Fall, Evelyn Rogerson, Walter Andrews, Louise Andrews (Crapaud)
BRONZE- William Nicholson, Fairlie Wallace, Merrill Cronin, Adele Jardine (Cornwall)

55+ Men’s

GOLD- Don Duffenais, Ralph Yeo, Alan Montgomery, Jim Evans (Silver Fox)
SILVER- Tom Dunn, Dave Hunt, Frank Weiler, Bev Richards (Cornwall)

65+ Men’s

GOLD- Roddie MacLean, Edgar Coffin, Paul Arsenault, Myron MacKay (Cornwall)
SILVER- Bob Maynard, Harry Williams, Bruce Montgomery, Spike Martin (Silver Fox)

Photo from pei55plusgamessociety.ca: Frank Weiler

Teams participated in three six end games, scoring points for ends won in our first Doubles Team competition.  Coming in first was the team of Angus Kennedy and Myrna Sanderson, followed by Steven and Karen Montgomery,  with Bob Fowler and Tracy MacDonald coming in third.  Participants thought it was a lot of fun and a great way to sharpen your curling skills.  Off-ice games were provided by Angus Kennedy, and teams enjoyed watching the Scotties in our new lounge area.  

Rumours are that there may be another event soon – possibly in conjunction with the Brier

Here are some pictures from the doubles event:

As two members of  the men’s The Dominion team, skipped by Rob Young, that won our Club championship, will not be available during the Provincials, the second place team (with one substitution, which is permitted under the rules) of Bob Fowler, Jamie Ballem, Alan Acorn, and Angus Davies, will be going instead. They will be joining the Cornwall women’s winners, and defending PEI champions,  the rink of Lorianne Davies, Melody Beck, Tracy MacDonald, and Lynda Turnbull, at the Provincial The Dominion Curling Club Championships, March 22-25 at the Montague Curling Club, with the winning teams advancing to the national The Dominion, November 19-24 at the Scarboro Golf and Country Club in Scarborough, Ontario where the club will be celebrating its 100^th anniversary and The Dominion will be celebrating its 125^th anniversary.
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The 10 am Thursday semi-finalists have now been determined for the Ferguson Funeral Homes PEI Stick Curling Championships at the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club in Summerside, with the winners advancing to the championship game, and the losers playing for third and fourth place in the bronze medal game, both at noon.

The three-time defending champion duo of Walter Callaghan and John Vincent from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, and the only other team to ever win the men’s event, the Sterling Stratton and Ernie Stavert twosome from the Cornwall Curling Club, who won in 2007 and 2008, finished in first place in their respective pools, both with 4-1 records, and earned byes to tomorrow’s semis, where Stratton/Stavert will take on the Floyd Stewart/Gordon MacDonald team from Montague, and Callaghan/Vincent will play the Peter Larter/Eddie Bernard team duo from Alberton.

In today’s semi-finals between second and third place teams, Stewart/MacDonald (3-3) beat the Charlie Campbell/Barry Craswell (3-3) rink from Cornwall 7-2, and Larter/Bernard (4-2) edged the Bazil and Sterling Higginbotham team (3-3) from Montague by a 3-2 score.

There is one draw remaining, at 10 am Thursday, in the women’s double round robin, but it’s not really required, as the defending champion Ruth Stavert/Gloria Clarke rink from the Cornwall Curling Club have already won the championship, as they currently have a spotless 5-0 record, with the next best team,  Audrey Callaghan of the Western Community club, and Ann Barwise of the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, at 3-2, set to finish as runners-up. Even if Stavert/Clarke were to lose and Callaghan/Barwise were to win their remaining games, the defending champs would still be ahead, and be declared the winners, as the rules specify that the noon final game would be played only in the event that two teams are tied for first. The other two women’s teams, the Shirley Lank/Mary Plamondon team and the Karen Fisher/Elaine Hughes team, both from Cornwall are currently at 1-4, and cannot catch Callaghan/Barwise for the runner-up spot.

The top four men’s teams and the top two women’s rinks from this competition earn the right to compete in the Maritime Stick Curling Championships, March 13-15 at the Amherst Curling Club in Nova Scotia. The top two men’s teams may also compete at the 2012 Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship, April 3-5 at the Highland Curling Club in Regina.

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.

Photo (L-R): David O’Connor (Sponsor), Veronica Smith, Katie Fullerton, Sabrina Smith, Chloe McCloskey, Paul Smith (Coach)

The Veronica Smith rink from the Cornwall Curling Club went undefeated with a 7-0 win-loss record to win the women’s title today at the O’Connor Glass Provincial 17 and Under Curling Championships at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. The Jenny McLean rink from the host club, with a 4-3 record, are the runners-up, with Smith beating them in the best two out of three final round by 5-4 and 10-1 scores today to take the championship.

Other members of the winning Smith rink are Katie Fullerton, who holds the broom for the skip, but throws first stones, along with second Sabrina Smith, and Chloe McCloskey, who throws third stones. The rink is coached by Paul Smith. The runner-up McLean team includes third Aleya Quilty (a Cornwall club member), second stone Lauren MacFadyen, lead Ava Whitney-Coulter, and coaches Pat Quilty and Sheila Compton. The Smith team now advances to the Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships, April 6-8 at the Bluenose Curling Club in New Glasgow NS.

The Carolyn Rose rink from Montague finished third with a 3-2 round-robin win-loss record, followed by Emily Keen and her Charlottetown/Crapaud team at 2-3, Cornwall’s Rachel O’Connor foursome at 1-4, and the Emily Hennessey rink from Charlottetown at 0-5.

Two teams, skipped by Matthew MacLean of the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, and Tony Nabuurs of the Montague Curling Club finished the men’s double round robin with 5-1 win loss records, and advance to the men’s final, Monday at 10 am, with the winner moving on to the Atlantics in New Glasgow NS. The two teams split their round robin encounters, with Nabuurs winning the first 6-4, and MacLean taking the second 6-1.

The MacLean rink includes third Marshall Smallman, second Kevin Gallant and lead Allan MacLean, with coach Glen MacLean, while Nabuurs skips his rink but throws third stones, Parker O’Connor throws fourth rocks, Noah O’Connor plays second, and Tyler Smith is in the lead position. Arnold Nabuurs is the coach.

The other two teams in the men’s section, skipped by Alex MacFadyen of the Silver Fox, and Brooks Roche of Montague, finished at 1-5.

End-by-end results from Monday’s men’s final will be available at LiveCurling.com.