Cornwall Curling Club

The Angus Kennedy rink has dropped out of the Tuesday evening competitive league, leaving 16 teams. The team that originally had the bye for a particular week will now play the rink that was to play Kennedy. The schedule in the Draws section of CornwallCurling.com has been adjusted to reflect this. At the end of the season, win percentages will be used to determine rankings, based on number of games scheduled per team, so that those who already had a bye will not be penalized.  If the team that originally had the bye cannot make the game on a given night (due to previously-made plans), they should try and play the game in another available time.  If not able to play the game then the team scheduled to play the Kennedy team in the original draw will record the win.

(by Marcel Vander Wier)

Make it three in a row.

Sarah Fullerton’s rink, based out of Charlottetown-Cornwall, will represent P.E.I. for the third straight year at the national junior curling championship this February.

The team won the 2012 Pepsi provincial junior championship Monday at the Charlottetown Curling Club.

Fullerton defeated Amanda MacLean’s Cornwall-Maple Leaf rink 7-4 in the junior women’s single-game final with a thrilling come-from-behind victory.

Joining the junior women at the nationals for the first time will be Alex Matters’ Charlottetown-based rink.

The 16-year-old Matters led his team to two straight victories over Sam Ramsay’s rink, also from Charlottetown, to sweep the best-of-three final, 7-6 and 5-3.

The M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors will be held in Napanee, Ont., Feb. 4 to 12.

The viewing galleries at the curling club were jam-packed to watch the two provincial finals, which started at 10 a.m.

Click for full story in today’s Guardian.

The Cornwall Curling Club will get a chance to showcase its new clubhouse at the Atlantic University Curling Championships, which get underway on Friday January 13, with team practices at 5, 6:15, and 7:30 pm. The double-knockout event, with five men’s and an equal number of women’s teams entered from Atlantic Canada universities, will qualify two men’s and two women’s teams for the CIS/CCA Curling Championships, March 14-18 in Welland Ontario.  Play gets underway on Saturday the 14th, with draws at 9 am and 2 and 7 pm, and wraps up on Sunday the 15th, with the A finals at 9 am and the B finals at 2 pm.

UPEI is represented by Cornwall’s own Sarah Fullerton rink, with third Michelle McQuaid, second Hillary Thompson, lead Whitney Young, and coach Angela Hodgson, along with the Brett Gallant foursome, which includes Alex MacFadyen, Sam Ramsay, and Cornwall native Connor MacPhee, with coach Kathie Gallant. There are PEI connections on the other teams, too, including Seven Mile Bay ‘s Anita Casey,  third on Sarah Rhyno’s defending champion St. Mary’s team, and Anita’s brother Adam, skipping the rink from Dalhousie. 1977 World Junior champion and PEI native Alan Mayhew is coaching the Robert Mayhew rink from Acadia, and my nephew Spencer Wicks is lead on the Colin Thomas rink from Memorial, who were last year’s national CIS/CCA men’s champs. The other entries are skipped by Lindsay Doucet of Acadia, Tara O’Brien of Memorial, Taylor Clarke of St. Fx, and Colten Steele of St. Mary’s.

Find complete team rosters, draw and schedule, and the latest info on the event at peicurling.com/aucc, including links to live results at LiveCurling.com.

We have an available evening night at the club and would like to get people out to enjoy our new facility, so…we are going to have a Friday night spiel on January 6th beginning at 5:30 pm.  This is a single entry event, with  teams made up from the entries, and players guaranteed two four end games. Signup at the Club. Entry fee is $5 (for munchies and food) and a wrapped $15 gift for the Chinese gift exchange (also known as a “Yankee gift swap”).  For those who may be unfamiliar with this, read about it here: http://www.ehow.com/facts_5568471_rules-chinese-gift-exchange.html

It all takes place on Friday night.  As well, we will have some board games for people to play when they are not curling.

We would like to also invite anyone who does not wish to curl to come out and enjoy watching the curling from our new lounge area.

The Pepsi Provincial Junior Curling Championships, for curlers age 20 and under, get underway Thursday morning December 29 at the Charlottetown Curling Club, with six junior men’s and four junior women’s teams from five Island curling clubs taking part, including Charlottetown and Cornwall’s Sarah Fullerton rink, two-time defending champions in the women’s event. Spencer Pitre, last year’s men’s champion skip, is now out of the age category, but Matthew Nabuurs and Connor MacPhee from that team are playing this year on the Sam Ramsay rink from the host club.

Here are the team rosters (skip to lead, coach, club):

JUNIOR MEN

Cody Dixon,  Brooks Roche, Dylan Lowery, Owen Newson, Tammy Dewar  (coach), Montague Curling Club.

Alex MacFadyen,  James Dalton, Matthew MacDonald, Parker MacFadyen,   David MacFadyen (coach), Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club (Summerside)

Matthew MacLean,   Marshall Smallman, Kevin Gallant, Alan MacLean, Glen MacLean  (coach), Maple Leaf Curling Club (O’Leary)

Alex Matters (throws 3rd stones),  Chris Gallant (throws 4th rocks),  Kyle Holland, Andrew Cameron,  Peter Gallant and Derrick Cameron (coaches), Charlottetown Curling Club

Sam Ramsay,  Matthew Nabuurs, Connor MacPhee, Shawn Pitre, Rob Roberts (coach),   Charlottetown Curling Club.

Jeffrey Taylor,  Alex Sutherland, Alex Jenkins, Jonathan Schut, Taylor McInnis (alternate), Allan Campbell and Bryan Sutherland (coaches), Cornwall Curling Club

JUNIOR WOMEN

Sarah Fullerton, Michelle McQuaid, Sara MacRae, Hillary Thompson, Angela Hodgson (coach),  Charlottetown and Cornwall curling clubs

Emily Keen,  Jessica Watts,  Holly Predinchuk , Jenny Mutch, David Ross (coach),        Charlottetown Curling Club

Amanda MacLean, Kassinda Bulger, Emily Gray, Aleya Quilty, Glen MacLean and     Shelley Gray (coaches),  Cornwall Curling Club

Veronica Smith,  Katie Fullerton, Sabrina Smith, Jenny McLean, Paul Smith (coach), Cornwall Curling Club

The junior men will play a round robin, with the top two teams advancing to a best of three final round.

The junior women will play a double round robin, with the top two teams going to the sudden death final. In the event that one team goes through the double round robin undefeated, they will be declared the winner, without playing the one game final.

The junior women’s championship game, if required, goes Monday January 2 at 10 am, while the first junior men’s final goes Saturday at 10 am or 2:30 pm, or Sunday at 1 pm, depending on tiebreakers. The second men’s best of three game goes Monday at 10 am, with the third, if needed, taking place at 2:30 pm Monday.

Here is the opening draw for Thursday December 29 at 10 am:

Ice 1 (jr. women): Amanda MacLean (Cornwall) vs Veronica Smith (Cornwall)

Ice 2 (jr. men): Alex Matters (Charlottetown) vs Cody Dixon (Montague)

Ice 3 (jr. women): Emily Keen (Charlottetown) vs Sarah Fullerton (Charlottetown/Cornwall)

Ice 4 (jr. men): Matthew MacLean (Maple Leaf) vs Alex MacFadyen (Silver Fox)

Ice 5 (jr. men): Jeffrey Taylor (Cornwall) vs Sam Ramsay (Charlottetown)

Complete draw and live end-by-end results are available at peicurling.com/juniors and at livecurling.com.

The junior men’s and women’s champions will advance to the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, February 4-12, 2012, in Napanee Ontario.

Another team has been added. Here is the new draw for the Wednesday daytime draw, sponsored by “The Iceman”.  An extra draw time has been added, at 10 am on Ice 4.

December 21:

10:00 a.m.

Ice 4 Lester Callbeck vs Karen Currie:

1:00 p.m.

Ice 1 Frank Weiler vs Sterling Stratton;
Ice 2 Diane MacKay vs Carol Sweetapple
Ice 3 Roddie MacLean vs Vern Chowan;
Ice 4 John DeLuca vs Ray Biage;

January 4:

10:00 a.m.
Ice 4 Ray Biage vs Karen Currie:
1:00 p.m.
Ice 1 Diane MacKay vs Lester Callbeck;
Ice 2 John DeLuca vs Frank Weiler;
Ice 3 Sterling Stratton vs Vern Chowan;
Ice 4 Roddie MacLean vs Carol Sweetapple;

January 11:

 10:00 a.m.

  Ice 4 Frank Weiler vs Karen Currie

1:00 p.m.

 Ice 1 Sterling Stratton vs Carol Sweetapple;
Ice 2 Roddie MacLean vs Lester Callbeck;
Ice 3 Diane MacKay vs John DeLuca;
Ice 4 Vern Chowan vs Ray Biage;

January 18:

 10:00 a.m.

Ice 4 Roddie MacLean vs Karen Currie

1:00 p.m.

Ice 1 Diane MacKay vs Ray Biage;
Ice 2 John DeLuca vs Carol Sweetapple;
Ice 3 Vern Chowan vs Frank Weiler;
Ice 4 Lester Callbeck vs Sterling Stratton;

January 25:

10:00 a.m.

Ice 4 Sterling Stratton vs Karen Currie

1:00 p.m.

 Ice 1  Vern Chowan vs Diane MacKay;
Ice 2 John DeLuca vs Roddie MacLean;
Ice 3  Carol Sweetapple vs Lester Callbeck;
Ice 4 Ray Baige vs Frank Weiler;

February 1:

10:00 am

Ice 4 Diane MacKay vs Karen Currie

1:00 p.m. 

Ice 1  Carol Sweetapple vs Frank Weiler;
Ice 2 Vern Chowan vs Lester Callbeck;
Ice 3 Ray Biage vs Roddie MacLean;
Ice 4 John DeLuca vs Sterling Stratton;

A new league, sponsored by Peake & McInnis Ltd. Insurance Brokers is being set up to run Sundays at 5 and 7 pm from  December 18^th to January 22nd.  Note that there is no additional charge for paid-up Cornwall Curling Club members to participate in this league.  Note also that this is just another opportunity to prepare for the club playdowns for The Dominion. If you already have a team in another league that you plan to enter into the playdowns, they don’t have to join this league, too (but they can!).

This league is designed to offer our club curlers not already playing as a team in another league draw an opportunity to play as a team in a league event to meet the eligibility requirements of the Dominion Club playoffs being held February 3, 4, and 5, 2012. The league is open to the first 12 teams.  Teams registering for this league must play a minimum of four (4) of the draw times to be deemed having met the requirements for our 2012 Dominion Club.

To register a team or for more information, contact Bev at 566-4427 or Karen at 675-2563.  Deadline for registration has been extended to December 15^th.

The Dominion Curls National  Rules for Eligibility  2012:

We trust that all participants will respect the intent of this championship. The event is formulated for true club curlers, not elite, past or present. The objective is to support ordinary curlers and the development of curling across Canada. We keep this objective in mind as we set our eligibility requirements and on-ice rules, including the CCA Rules of Curling for General Play. The Dominion reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to exclude any team that violates this spirit and intent.

1. The curling club represented by the team must be affiliated with its Provincial/Territory Association.

2. Each club will declare a men’s team and women’s team of 4 players that played together regularly, in a sanctioned club league in the most recent season, excluding major/super leagues, to represent the club as the men’s and women’s club champions.

3. Each team will be allowed only 1 player who has played in a Juniors’, Men’s, Women’s or Seniors’ provincial/territory event in the current or previous 4 years, or participated in a Grand Slam event in the current or previous 4 years.*

4. All games will be 8 ends with ties being decided by a full extra end.

5. A maximum of 1 replacement player from the club can play lead.

6. Each team will be allowed a maximum of 2 players under the age of 20, as of December 31st of the year prior to the championship (minimum age of 15 as of December 31st).**

7. The Dominion has the sole authority to grant exceptions to these rules in extraordinary circumstances.

*Provinces/Territories with open provincials/territories will be permitted 1 player who has placed top four in a Juniors’, Men’s, Women’s or Seniors’ provincial/territory event in the current or previous 4 years, or participated in a Grand Slam event in the current or previous 4 years.

**Individual curling associations may adopt more restrictive criteria if they choose.

NOTE:  ***On PEI and in Alberta, Rule 6 has been changed to allow 2 players who have reached the age of 19 prior to the start of the National Championship.

Here is the schedule for the Monday night Commercial League at 8:30 pm:

Dec. 5th

Ice 1: KJL Meats vs Dutch                Ice 2:  Southern Breeze vs Dykstra          Ice 3:  Rustico Resort vs YoungCo MFG

Dec. 12th

Ice 1:  Dykstra vs YoungCo MFG       Ice 2: Rustico Resort vs Dutch                Ice 3:  Southern Breeze vs KJL Meats

Dec. 19th

Ice 1:  Dutch vs Southern Breeze     Ice 2: YoungCo MFG vs KJL Meats        Ice 3:  Dykstra vs Southern Breeze

Jan. 2nd

Ice 1: Rustico Resort vs KJL Meats Ice 2: Dykstra vs Dutch Ice 3: YoungCo MFG vs Southern Breeze

(League not exactly as pictured!)

A new league, sponsored by Peake & McInnis Ltd. Insurance Brokers is being set up to run Sundays at 5 and 7 pm from  December 11^th to January 22nd.

This league is designed to offer our club curlers not already playing as a team in another league draw an opportunity to play as a team in a league event to meet the eligibility requirements of the Dominion Club playoffs being held February 3, 4, and 5, 2012. The league is open to the first 12 teams.  Teams registering for this league must play in four (4) of the draw times to be deemed having met the requirements.

To register a team or for more information  contact Bev at 566-4427 or Karen at 675-2563.  Deadline for registration is December 8^th.

The Dominion Curls National  Rules for Eligibility  2012:

We trust that all participants will respect the intent of this championship. The event is formulated for true club curlers, not elite, past or present. The objective is to support ordinary curlers and the development of curling across Canada. We keep this objective in mind as we set our eligibility requirements and on-ice rules, including the CCA Rules of Curling for General Play. The Dominion reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to exclude any team that violates this spirit and intent.

1. The curling club represented by the team must be affiliated with its Provincial/Territory Association.

2. Each club will declare a men’s team and women’s team of 4 players that played together regularly, in a sanctioned club league in the most recent season, excluding major/super leagues, to represent the club as the men’s and women’s club champions.

3. Each team will be allowed only 1 player who has played in a Juniors’, Men’s, Women’s or Seniors’ provincial/territory event in the current or previous 4 years, or participated in a Grand Slam event in the current or previous 4 years.*

4. All games will be 8 ends with ties being decided by a full extra end.

5. A maximum of 1 replacement player from the club can play lead.

6. Each team will be allowed a maximum of 2 players under the age of 20, as of December 31st of the year prior to the championship (minimum age of 15 as of December 31st).**

7. The Dominion has the sole authority to grant exceptions to these rules in extraordinary circumstances.

*Provinces/Territories with open provincials/territories will be permitted 1 player who has placed top four in a Juniors’, Men’s, Women’s or Seniors’ provincial/territory event in the current or previous 4 years, or participated in a Grand Slam event in the current or previous 4 years.

**Individual curling associations may adopt more restrictive criteria if they choose.

NOTE:  ***On PEI and in Alberta, Rule 6 has been changed to allow 2 players who have reached the age of 19 prior to the start of the National Championship.

Here is the Wednesday afternoon Senior’s League draw, which goes at 1:00 p.m.

The full draw is always available in the Draws section of CornwallCurling.com, and the weekly draw will be in the Wednesday Guardian.

 November 30: 

Ice 1 Carol Sweetapple vs Vern Chowan;

Ice 2 Lester Callbeck vs Ray Biagé;

Ice 3 Frank Weiler vs Roddie MacLean;

 Ice 4 Sterling Stratton vs Diane MacKay;

 Bye: John DeLuca

December 7:

Ice 1 Roddie MacLean vs Diane MacKay;
Ice 2 John DeLuca vs Vern Chowan;
Ice 3 Ray Biagé vs Sterling Stratton;
Ice 4 Lester Callbeck vs Frank Weiler
Bye: Carol Sweetapple

December 14:

 Ice 1 John DeLuca vs Lester Callbeck;
Ice 2 Carol Sweetapple vs Ray Biagé;
Ice 3 Frank Weiler vs Diane MacKay;
Ice 4 Roddie MacLean vs Sterling Stratton
Bye: Vern Chowan

December 21:

Ice 1 Frank Weiler vs Sterling Stratton;
Ice 2 Diane MacKay vs Carol Sweetapple
Ice 3 Roddie MacLean vs Vern Chowan;
Ice 4 John DeLuca vs Ray Biagé;
Bye: Lester Callbeck

 January 4:

Ice 1 Diane MacKay vs Lester Callbeck;
Ice 2 John DeLuca vs Frank Weiler;
Ice 3 Sterling Stratton vs Vern Chowan;
Ice 4 Roddie MacLean vs Carol Sweetapple;
Bye: Ray Biagé

January 11:

Ice 1 Sterling Stratton vs Carol Sweetapple;
Ice 2 Roddie MacLean vs Lester Callbeck;
Ice 3 Diane MacKay vs John DeLuca;
Ice 4 Vern Chowan vs Ray Biagé;
Bye: Frank Weiler

 January 18:

 Ice 1 Diane MacKay vs Ray Biagé;
Ice 2 John DeLuca vs Carol Sweetapple;
Ice 3 Vern Chowan vs Frank Weiler;
Ice 4 Lester Callbeck vs Sterling Stratton;
Bye: Roddie MacLean

 January 25:
Ice 1  Vern Chowan vs Diane MacKay;
Ice 2 John DeLuca vs Roddie MacLean;
Ice 3  Carol Sweetapple vs Lester Callbeck;
Ice 4 Ray Biagé vs Frank Weiler;
Bye Sterling Stratton

February 1:
Carol Sweetapple vs Frank Weiler;
Ice 2 Vern Chowan vs Lester Callbeck;
Ice 3 Ray Biagé vs Roddie MacLean;
Ice 4 John DeLuca vs Sterling Stratton;
Bye Diane MacKay

(CCA) When the dust settled, the scene was set for just one tie-breaker game in the women’s field at The Dominion Curling Club Championship in Richmond, B.C.

A log-jam at the top of the leaderboard was broken when Ontario defeated Saskatchewan in Draw 13 action.

Ontario front end Kelly Williams and Jeni Mah carry skip Jodi McCutcheon’s rock down the ice in a crucial 7-5 win over Saskatchewan (Photo Yadranka Thompson and The Dominion)

Saskatchewan (4-2) had a chance to prevent any tie-breakers with a victory over Ontario, but High Park skip Jodi McCutcheon stole two in the eighth end to win 7-5 and clinch first place with a 6-0 record.  Saskatchewan skip Patricia Yeske of Hillcrest Curling Club didn’t even have a chance to win with her final shot—the best she could have done was make an angle double-takeout for a blank and force an extra end.  Her shot sailed wide, giving Ontario the win, and a berth in Sunday morning’s semi-final (9 AM PST).

Saskatchewan will play Quebec tonight at 8 PM PST in the tie-breaker to determine the second playoff team in the “Blue” pool.

Sylvye Turgeon and her Quebec squad, sitting with a 4-2 record, stayed alive with a 6-5 win over Frankie Amos and her foursome from the Mayflower in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

In the “Grey” pool there are no tie-breakers.  Manitoba’s Meghan Armit clinched first place with a decisive 7-2 win over Alberta, knocking Kendra Nakagama out of the playoffs.  Manitoba (5-1) will face Northern Ontario (5-1) in the Sunday’s semi-final, after Melanie Patry of Coniston Curling Club beat B.C. 10-2.  The Manitoba win eliminated New Brunswick (4-2) from playoff contention, despite Shannon Tatlock’s 8-2 win over Northwest Territories, which included a 7-ender in the fourth end.

In the other game in Draw 13, Newfoundland and Labrador beat PEI 6-5 when the foursome from the Remax Centre in St. John’s was able to blank the eighth and run Cornwall Curling Club’s Lorianne Davies out of rocks. Davies ends play with a 1-5 record.

Click for full story at the CCA website.

It doesn’t look like Cornwall’s Lorianne Davies rink or Montague’s Donald Clarey foursome will advance to the playoff round at The Dominion in Richmond BC. Going into their final round robin games today against Newfoundland and Labrador, Davies is at 1-4, while Clarey sits at 2-3.

Stories from yesterday (CCA):

New Brunswick’s women played ‘giant killers’ in Draw 10 of The Dominion Curling Club Championship in Richmond, B.C. Shannon Tatlock’s squad from the Beausejour Curling Club knocked off previously unbeaten Manitoba 6-2.

Team New Brunswick at The Dominion Curling Club Championship

Tatlock made a perfect for two in the 5th, then broke the game open in the 7th, executing a perfect board-weight hit through a port to score three. “The port was staggered, so I had to throw quiet weight to make that shot.” New Brunswick improves their record to 2 and 2. Manitoba falls to 4 and 1, but they’re still in first place in the “Grey” pool.

Ontario’s Jodi McCutcheon is the only undefeated team left in the women’s division, at 4-0 in the “Blue” pool after a Draw 10 bye.

In other games, Northern Ontario kept their “Grey” pool playoff hopes alive with a 9-3 win over Northwest Territories to improve their record to 3 and 1. British Columbia (2-2) bounced back from a heartbreaking loss Wednesday night to beat The Yukon 10-1.

Saskatchewan is now at 4 and 1 in the “Blue” pool, needing an extra end to beat Newfoundland 6-4. Pam Osborne of St. John’s had a chance to win it in the 8th, but her tap attempt came up inches short, forcing an extra end. Quebec (3-1) is also in the playoff hunt in the “Blue” pool after a 10-1 win over Nunavut.

Nova Scotia won their first game after four losses, beating PEI 5-4 in an extra end.

In men’s play from Thursday morning, Newfoundland and Labrador knocked Saskatchewan from the ranks of the unbeaten men’s teams with a 7-4 win over Saskatchewan’s Brad Bibby.

Newfoundland and Labrador is now 3 and 1 in the “Blue” pool, while Saskatchewan falls to 4-1. Ontario had the bye, and remains 4-0. There was also a big upset in the “Grey” pool, as TheYukon stole 2 in the 8th end to beat B.C. 6-4. The Yukon is now 3 and 2, while B.C. falls to 2 and 2.

Manitoba leads the “Grey” pool at 4 and 1 after a 7-4 win over New Brunswick. Nova Scotia picked up their first win, upsetting PEI 7-4, Nunavut scored 5 in the first on their way to a 12-4 win over Quebec, and Northern Ontario beat Northwest Territories 7-4.

PEI men and women wrap up round robin play on Friday against Newfoundland and Labrador.

Click for full story at the CCA website.

(CCA, by Dave Komosky)
Can anybody stop the Ontario’s red-hot Greg Balsdon team at the Dominion Curling Club Championship in Richmond, B.C.?

So far five teams have tried, and all of them have come away bloodied and beaten.

Balsdon’s crackerjack unit from Richmond Hill remained the only unbeaten team in the national club championship Thursday afternoon after defeating Donald Clarey’s Prince Edward Island outfit 5-3 to remain atop the Blue Pool and secure at least a tie-breaker position in the race for Saturday’s playoffs. Balsdon has one game left to play and knows the worst that can happen is a tiebreaker.

The top two teams in each pool advance to the playoffs.

The loss effectively knocked Clarey out of the playoff hunt with his third loss of the competition.

Click for full story at the CCA website.

Cornwall’s Lorianne Davies rink picked up their 1st win this afternoon at The Dominion Curling Club Championship – a 9-3 victory over Nunavut. The Island rink, now 1-1, took a triple in the 5th end, and followed it with a stolen single and deuce in the next two ends. PEI’s men’s rink, skipped by Donald Clarey of Montague, are 1-0, and are on the ice now against the Nunavut men’s team.

The Island rinks will play Saskatchewan later today.

Photo (L-R): Lynda Turnbull (lead),  Tracy MacDonald (2nd), Melody Beck (3rd), Lorianne Davies (skip)

PEI rinks had the opening round bye at The Dominion Curling Club Championship in Richmond BC, but saw action against the Quebec teams in round two, with Montague’s Donald Clarey foursome stealing the last two ends to edge the Quebecers 6-5, while Cornwall’s Lorianne Davies rink fell victim to a stolen deuce in end seven, losing their game by a 6-4 score. The PEI teams play Nunavut and Saskatchewan today. Sask. are 2-0 in the men’s section.

Here’s the highlight reel from the Tuesday opening ceremonies:

At the opening ceremonies, Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie joined an all-star lineup of curlers for the throwing of the official “first rock”. Paralympic and Canadian Wheelchair champion Daryl Neighbour threw the rock, with The
Dominion Branding Coordinator Leigh Armstrong holding the broom.

Visit www.youtube.com/user/TheDominionCurls for more video, including post-game interviews with some of the skips.

By Nancy MacPhee.

SUMMERSIDE – It was a nail-biting comeback for the Sarah Fullerton rink.

Due to the plant breakdown last week, we had to postpone the week 2 draw.

We will be moving it to the end of the draw, Dec. 14, and will keep the other draws as originally scheduled. We started this last year, so that people can plan ahead — the schedule stays the same for the round, and the missed draw either goes to the end, or is cancelled. We will be short a week at the end now, and will have to determine what will happen in March, but not yet!

Here are the team rosters (please send me corrections):

1 Gordon Peters, Hank Kamphuis, Gerald Dykerman, Pat MacInnis

2 Ray Biagé, Rebecca Rolfe, Bob Wellman, Derek MacEwen

3 Paul Neima, Kevin Arsenault, Mike Lafontaine, Dwayne MacNeil

4 Bob MacWilliams, John Berry, Roy Coffin, Jim Farqhuarson

5 Karen Currie, Valerie Acorn, Mark Perry, Leonard Gotell

6 Angus Kennedy, Linda Matthews, TBA, TBA

7 Bob Fowler, Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, Alan Acorn

8 Colleen Soltermann, Susan Carruthers, Sandie Williamson, Theresa Finkle

9 Kelly Watts, Cathy Handren, Krista Affleck, TBA

10 Joerg Soltermann, Lew Black, Hans Wicki, Dan Delaney

11 Greg Groves, Winston Bryan, Donald Weeks, Frank Weiler

12 David Younker, David Hunt, Ann Younker, Kellie-Lynn Younker

Here is the first round (draws will appear in the Draws section of CornwallCurling.com, and in the Wednesday Guardian)

Week 1: November 9 at 6:30 pm (Pool A) (already played)

Ice 1: A1-Angus Kennedy
vs A2-Bob MacWilliams

Ice 2:  A3-Karen Currie
vs A6-Bob Fowler

Ice 3: A4-Gord Peters
vs A5-Paul Neima

Week 1: November 9 at 8:30 pm (Pool B) ) (already played)

Ice 1: B1-Ray Biagé
vs B2-Joerg Soltermann

Ice 2:  Exhibition Game B3- Colleen Soltermann vs Lorianne Davies (Dominion
team)

Ice 3: B4-Kelly Watts
vs B5-Greg Groves

Week 2 Nov. 16 No curling due to ice plant problems. Draw moved to Week 6.

Week 3: November 23 at 6:30 (Pool A)

Ice 1: A1-Angus Kennedy
vs A5-Paul Neima

Ice 2: A4-Gord Peters
vs A6-Bob Fowler

Ice 3: A2-Bob MacWilliams
vs A3-Karen Currie

November 23 at 8:30 (Pool B)

Ice 1: B1-Ray Biagé
vs B5-Greg Groves

Ice 2: B4-Kelly Watts
vs B6-David Younker

Ice 3: B2-Joerg Soltermann
vs B3- Colleen Soltermann

Week 4: November 30 at 6:30 (Pool B)

Ice 1: B2-Joerg Soltermann vs B6-David Younker

Ice 2: B3- Colleen Soltermann
vs B5-Greg Groves

Ice 3: B1-Ray Biagé
vs B4-Kelly Watts

November 30 at 8:30 (Pool A)

Ice 1: A2-Bob MacWilliams
vs A6-Bob Fowler

Ice 2: A3-Karen Currie
vs A5-Paul Neima

Ice 3: A1-Angus Kennedy
vs A4-Gord Peters

Week 5: December 7 at 6:30 (Pool A)

Ice 1: A2-Bob MacWilliams
vs A4-Gord Peters

Ice 2: A1-Angus Kennedy
vs A3-Karen Currie

Ice 3: A5-Paul Neima
vs A6-Bob Fowler

December 7 at 8:30 (Pool B)

Ice 1: B2-Joerg Soltermann
vs B4-Kelly Watts

Ice 2: B1-Ray Biagé
vs B3- Colleen Soltermann

Ice 3: B5-Greg Groves vs B6-David Younker

December 14

Week 6: December 14 at 6:30 (Pool B)

Ice 1: B1 Ray Biagé vs B6-David Younker

Ice 2: B2-Joerg Soltermann  vs B5-Greg Groves

Ice 3: Kelly Watts vs Colleen Soltermann

Week 6: December 14 at 8:30 (Pool A)

Ice 1: A3-Karen Currie
vs A4-Gord Peters

Ice 2: A2-Bob MacWilliams
vs A5-Paul Neima

Ice 3: A1-Angus Kennedy
vs A6-Bob Fowler

Stephen Turner is a former Cornwall Curling Club member who passed away when his car left the road in New Brunswick in April 2010. He was 27, and it was determined that he died of natural causes. At the time, he was Executive Assistant to Education Minister Doug Currie.  A memorial fund/scholarship is being set up in his honour, and is being launched with a wine and cheese fundraiser on Monday Nov. 21 from 5-7 pm at Simple Pleasures Catering, Grafton Street location. Tickets are $20 and are available at the door, or by emailing Jamie MacPhail at jxmacphail@gov.pe.ca.

The scholarship will be awarded annually to a PEI post-secondary student who has shown interest within, and commitment to the political process and community organizations on the Island.

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The Prince Edward Island teams departing for the Richmond BC Curling Club this weekend to compete in the national The Dominion Curling Club Championship are not new to the event, as men’s team skip Donald Clarey and third Larry Richards from Montague also represented the Island last year. The Lorianne Davies women’s rink from Cornwall were also involved, as volunteers at their curling club, one of the two venues for last year’s national championship.

The Dominion Curling Club Championship, now in its third season, is an annual event for men’s and women’s curling teams who have won their respective local club championships and their provincial “The Dominion” event. Teams come from all 10 provinces and 3 territories, plus a separate entry for Northern Ontario.

The event, fully funded by The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company (The Dominion), is the ultimate experience for club curlers.  Provincial and territorial champions receive travel, hotel, accommodations, meals, on-ice jackets and shirts as well as a championship banner to hang  in their home club – all courtesy of The Dominion.  As well, the event raises money for the Canadian Paraplegic Association. Last year in PEI, $30,000 was raised for the CPA. For more information on the event, visit thedominioncurls.ca.

Teams will be arriving in Richmond over the weekend, with the opening draw Tuesday Nov. 22 at 10 am BC time. Round robin play ends Friday with the 12:30 pm draw, and the final goes Saturday the 26th at 2 pm Pacific time.

Click for full draw (PDF)

Here are profiles of the PEI teams:

Photo (L-R): Donald Clarey (skip), Larry Richards (3rd), David Rice (2nd), Steven MacLeod (lead)

The Men’s Prince Edward Island Team for The Dominion Curling Club Championship hails from The Montague Curling Club. It consists of Donald Clarey, Skip; Larry Richards, Third; David Rice, Second; and Steven MacLeod, Lead.

This team is no stranger to The Dominion Curling Club Championship, as Richards (third) and Clarey (Skip) travelled to Charlottetown and Cornwall last year as members of the PEI team. While the team didn’t have far to go in 2010, travelling just over 50km to reach the championship, this year will be quite different. The team is thrilled to be travelling to Richmond, BC together; for most team members, this will be their first trip to western Canada.

Both Richards and Clarey welcomed their two new team members for this year, and were excited with the prospect of showing their new teammates success. As Clarey said:

“We have a new front end (Rice and MacLeod) and really the best part of winning the Island and getting to B.C. was their pure joy and excitement. That was something I will never forget.”

The PEI team usually plays in their home club once a week. Before their club championship and provincial play downs, they spent more time working on their curling – entering a few extra games and getting together for more practices. The men are also involved in their club behind the scenes: Donald has held many positions over the years at The Montague Curling Club, including the role of President twice, and Larry is the Club manager for the current season, and has been the Ice Tech at the club for 8 years. He is touted as one of the best Ice Techs in the Maritimes.

The team is looking forward to seeing friends they met at the 2010 The Dominion Curling Club Championships, and meeting their competitors, the volunteers, and The Dominion employees involved. As Richards said, “Curling is such a social sport that you have time to get to meet and make new friends.” They are looking forward to inviting their new friends to join them in their post-game tradition, a cold drink.

Photo (L-R): Lynda Turnbull (lead),  Tracy MacDonald (2nd), Melody Beck (3rd), Lorianne Davies (skip)

The Women’s Prince Edward Island Team (Team Davies) for The Dominion Curling Club Championship hails from the Cornwall Curling Club. It consists of Lorianne Davies, Skip; Melody Beck, Third; Tracy MacDonald, Second; and Lynda Turnbull, Lead.

The four friends formed a team two years ago with the intention of having fun together both on and off the ice. Team Davies not only enjoyed each others’ company, but also found almost instant success as competitors. The team came incredibly close to playing in the 2010 Championship, but was defeated in last year’s provincial final. In 2011, the ladies came back with the goal of winning the Provincial Playdowns – and were successful.

Not only have the four women won two club championships, but Lynda (Lead) and Lorianne (Skip) are three-time Cornwall Curling Club champions with back-to-back wins starting in 2009.

Before each match, the women have a pre-game powwow where they bump fists and say to each other “good game, girls”.

Individually, the team members are involved with a number of community organizations ranging from coaching curling, to local community theatre, environmental groups, chairing the board of a national historic site and helping out with the P.E.I. Special Olympics.

Last year, the whole team saw The Dominion Curling Club Championship from the volunteer side of the glass when the tournament was held in Charlottetown and Cornwall. They are eager to participate as players this year.

Team Davies is most looking forward to walking out on the ice at the opening ceremonies holding their PEI flag and wearing the provincial jackets – a dream they thought might never come true.

“Before The Dominion Curling Club Championship was created, playing at a national was a dream we did not expect to realize.”

We now have six teams in both the A and B pools for the Wednesday night Ladder League. David Younker and his junior team will be joining the B pool, and the teams who had the bye will now play this team instead. Also, this week, the Colleen Soltermann team are out of the province and have to default. The Kelly Watts team, who they were to play, will be awarded a win, but will play the Lorianne Davies team in an exhibition game at the same time instead. The Davies rink are heading to Richmond BC from Nov. 21-26 to participate in the national The Dominion Curling Club Championship.

Here is the revised Wednesday night draw for the rest of Round One (no change to A pool)

Here is the revised draw for the remainer of the first round (draws will appear in the Draws section of CornwallCurling.com, and in the Wednesday Guardian). There is no change to the A pool draw. At the end of the round, the bottom two A pool teams will move down the ladder to the B pool, while the top two B pool will ascend the ladder to the A pool.

Week 2: November 16 at 6:30 (Pool B)

Ice 1: B1 Ray Biagé
vs B6-David Younker

Ice 2: B2-Joerg Soltermann
vs B5-Greg Groves

Ice 3: Exhibition Game: Kelly Watts vs Lorianne Davies (Dominion team). The
Colleen Soltermann team are all out of the province this week, and have to
default, so Kelly will get a win, no matter what happens.

Week 2: November 16 at 8:30 (Pool A)

Ice 1: A3-Karen Currie
vs A4-Gord Peters

Ice 2: A2-Bob MacWilliams
vs A5-Paul Neima

Ice 3: A1-Angus Kennedy
vs A6-Bob Fowler

Week 3: November 23 at 6:30 (Pool A)

Ice 1: A1-Angus Kennedy
vs A5-Paul Neima

Ice 2: A4-Gord Peters
vs A6-Bob Fowler

Ice 3: A2-Bob MacWilliams
vs A3-Karen Currie

November 23 at 8:30 (Pool B)

Ice 1: B1-Ray Biagé
vs B5-Greg Groves

Ice 2: B4-Kelly Watts
vs B6-David Younker

Ice 3: B2-Joerg Soltermann
vs B3- Colleen Soltermann

Week 4: November 30 at 6:30 (Pool B)

Ice 1: B2-Joerg Soltermann
vs B6-David Younker

Ice 2: B3- Colleen Soltermann
vs B5-Greg Groves

Ice 3: B1-Ray Biagé
vs B4-Kelly Watts

November 30 at 8:30 (Pool A)

Ice 1: A2-Bob MacWilliams
vs A6-Bob Fowler

Ice 2: A3-Karen Currie
vs A5-Paul Neima

Ice 3: A1-Angus Kennedy
vs A4-Gord Peters

December 7 at 6:30 (Pool A)

Ice 1: A2-Bob MacWilliams
vs A4-Gord Peters

Ice 2: A1-Angus Kennedy
vs A3-Karen Currie

Ice 3: A5-Paul Neima
vs A6-Bob Fowler

December 7 at 8:30 (Pool B)

Ice 1: B2-Joerg Soltermann
vs B4-Kelly Watts

Ice 2: B1-Ray Biagé
vs B3- Colleen Soltermann

Ice 3: B5-Greg Groves
vs B6-David Younker

Guardian photo: Pat McCardle throws a stone as Ruth Stavert prepares to sweep, as the season gets underway at the Cornwall Curling Club Thursday. (Saturday’s Guardian)

Here is the draw for the Tuesday Night Competitive League.  This draw will be available in the Draws section of CornwallCurling.com, and the weekly draw will be in the Tuesday Guardian.

There are 17 teams, so each week one team will get a bye.  Please use the bye team for spares, if possible.  The league will play a  full round-robin, which will leave March 20 open for make up games due to inclement weather or other club commitments.  The rules will remain the same as they have been for past years. Contact Karen Currie at countryviewgolf@hotmail.com if you see any errors, or have any questions.

COMPETITIVE LEAGUE SCHEDULE 2011-2012

Will normally appear in Draws section of CornwallCurling.com and in the Thursday Guardian.

Cornwall Curling Club

Thursday, November 10th @6:00pm

 Ice 1: G. Groves, L. Black, M. Cudmore, S. Boutilier
vs E. LeBlanc, G. Canfield, L. Cudmore, H. Larkin

Ice 2: G. Matthews, C. Nicholson. A. Doucette, R. MacKinnon
vs R. Young, M. Plamondon, V. Taylor, L. Smythe

Ice 3: D. MacKay, H. Wicki, B. Arsenault, A. Robichaud 
vs M. MacKay, K. Reeves, B. Trainor, S. Ferguson

Ice 4: R. Rolfe, D. Fairhurst, M.Matthews, M. Proude
vs D. Peters, D. Younker, J. Ferguson, F. Martin

Cornwall Curling Club

Thursday, November 10th @8:00pm

 Ice 1: L. Chisholm, M Holmes, G. Weeks, K. Brown
vs R. Rolfe, D. Crozier, J. Hanus, M. Boudreau

Ice 2: M. Beck, M. Hanus, D. Godfrey, H. Verhulp
vs P. MacNeil, R. Boyle, S. DeGrace, TBA

Ice 3: C. Downey, F. Weiler, K. McCaffrey, TBA
vs Lorianne Davies team

Here is the season’s first Wednesday evening Ladder League draw for the Cornwall Curling Club. The draw is always available in the Draws section of our website, and each Wednesday in the Guardian.

November 9

6:30 pm (A Pool)

Ice 1: Angus Kennedy, Linda Matthews, TBA
vs Bob MacWilliams, John Berry, Roy Coffin, Jim Farqhuarson

Ice 2:  Karen Currie, Valerie Acorn, Mark Perry, Leonard Gotel
vs Bob Fowler, Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, Alan Acorn

Ice 3: Gord Peters, Hank Kamphuis, Gerald Dykerman, Pat MacInnis
vs Paul Neima, Brad Gardiner, Mike Lafontaine, Dwayne MacNeil

8:30 pm (B Pool)

Ice 1: Ray Biagé, Rebecca Rolfe, Bob Wellman, Derek MacEwen
vs Joerg Soltermann, Lew Black, Hans Wicki, Dan Delaney

Ice 2:  Exhibition Game-Colleen Soltermann, Susan Carruthers, Sandie Williamson, Theresa Finkle (team with bye)
vs Lorianne Davies’ “The Dominion” Team

Ice 3: Kelly Watts, Cathy Handren, Krista Affleck, TBA
vs Greg Groves, Winston Bryan, Donald Weeks, Frank Weiler

We`re back for another season of the Wednesday Evening Ladder League, starting THIS Wednesday, Nov. 9. There`s a drop in the number of teams from last year, and an odd number (11), which means there will be one bye each week. If another team (or three!) would like to sign up, please do, so that everyone can play every week!

Here are the team rosters (please send me corrections):

1 Gordon Peters, Hank Kamphuis, Gerald Dykerman, Pat MacInnis

2 Ray Biagé, Rebecca Rolfe, Bob Wellman, Derek MacEwen

3 Paul Neima, Brad Gardiner, Mike Lafontaine, Dwayne MacNeil

4 Bob MacWilliams, John Berry, Roy Coffin, Jim Farqhuarson

5 Karen Currie, Valerie Acorn, Mark Perry, Leonard Gotell

6 Angus Kennedy, Linda Matthews, TBA, TBA

7 Bob Fowler, Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, Alan Acorn

8 Colleen Soltermann, Susan Carruthers, Sandie Williamson, Theresa Finkle

9 Kelly Watts, Cathy Handren, Krista Affleck, TBA

10 Joerg Soltermann, Lew Black, Hans Wicki, Dan Delaney

11 Greg Groves, Winston Bryan, Donald Weeks, Frank Weiler

Looking at the calendar, between now and the end of March, I count 20 weeks, after excluding the week between Christmas and New Years. Since we will have two pools, of six and five teams, this means that it takes five weeks to run a round, so we will have four rounds of five weeks this season. We will start with the A pool having six teams, and the B pool five. At the end of each round, one team from the five-team pool will move up (if in B) or down (if in A) the ladder to the other pool, while two teams will move from the six team pool, so the A and B pools will alternate having five or six teams (unless, of course, another team arrives). In order to fit in all the weeks, and since all teams but one are returning teams, I have decided to forgo Qualifier Night, and have divided the teams by having all the teams who won a prize last year for finishing at the top of their pool go into the A pool, while those who didn’t will go to the B, so the first round robin will commence on November 9th. Like we did last year, the A and B pools will alternate draw slot times. We will use sheets one through three only, and one of the 3 sheets will be empty each night when the five team pool plays. Shorthanded teams from both pools are expected to use players from the Bye team if at all possible.

Here are the rounds.

Round One: Nov 9, 16, 23, 30, Dec 7

Round Two: Dec 14, 21, Jan 4, 11, 18

Round Three: January  25, February 1, 8, 15, 22

Round Four: Feb 29, March 7, 14, 21, 28

Here are the pools for round one:

A Pool

A1-Angus Kennedy

A2-Bob MacWilliams

A3-Karen Currie

A4-Gord Peters

A5-Paul Neima

A6-Bob Fowler

B Pool

B1-Ray Biagé

B2-Joerg Soltermann

B3- Colleen Soltermann

B4-Kelly Watts

B5-Greg Groves

B6-Bye position (no team)

A and B pool teams with same number will play same sheet at opposing times.

Here is the first round (draws will appear in the Draws section of CornwallCurling.com, and in the Wednesday Guardian)

Week 1: November 9 at 6:30 pm (Pool A)

Ice 1: A1-Angus Kennedy
vs A2-Bob MacWilliams

Ice 2:  A3-Karen Currie
vs A6-Bob Fowler

Ice 3: A4-Gord Peters
vs A5-Paul Neima

Week 1: November 9 at 8:30 pm (Pool B)

Ice 1: B1-Ray Biagé
vs B2-Joerg Soltermann

Ice 2:  No Game: B3- Colleen Soltermann has bye

Ice 3: B4-Kelly Watts
vs B5-Greg Groves

Week 2: November 16 at 6:30 (Pool B)

Ice 1: B3- Colleen Soltermann
vs B4-Kelly Watts

Ice 2: B2-Joerg Soltermann
vs B5-Greg Groves

Ice 3: No Game: B1-Ray Biagé has bye

Week 2: November 16 at 8:30 (Pool A)

Ice 1: A3-Karen Currie
vs A4-Gord Peters

Ice 2: A2-Bob MacWilliams
vs A5-Paul Neima

Ice 3: A1-Angus Kennedy
vs A6-Bob Fowler

Week 3: November 23 at 6:30 (Pool A)

Ice 1: A1-Angus Kennedy
vs A5-Paul Neima

Ice 2: A4-Gord Peters
vs A6-Bob Fowler

Ice 3: A2-Bob MacWilliams
vs A3-Karen Currie

November 23 at 8:30 (Pool B)

Ice 1: B1-Ray Biagé
vs B5-Greg Groves

Ice 2: No Game: B4-Kelly Watts has bye

Ice 3: B2-Joerg Soltermann
vs B3- Colleen Soltermann

Week 4: November 30 at 6:30 (Pool B)

Ice 1: No Game: B2-Joerg Soltermann has bye

Ice 2: B3- Colleen Soltermann
vs B5-Greg Groves

Ice 3: B1-Ray Biagé
vs B4-Kelly Watts

November 30 at 8:30 (Pool A)

Ice 1: A2-Bob MacWilliams
vs A6-Bob Fowler

Ice 2: A3-Karen Currie
vs A5-Paul Neima

Ice 3: A1-Angus Kennedy
vs A4-Gord Peters

December 7 at 6:30 (Pool A)

Ice 1: A2-Bob MacWilliams
vs A4-Gord Peters

Ice 2: A1-Angus Kennedy
vs A3-Karen Currie

Ice 3: A5-Paul Neima
vs A6-Bob Fowler

December 7 at 8:30 (Pool B)

Ice 1: B2-Joerg Soltermann
vs B4-Kelly Watts

Ice 2: B1-Ray Biagé
vs B3- Colleen Soltermann

Ice 3: No Game: B5-Greg Groves has bye

Good curling!

– Derek MacEwen
Wednesday Night Ladder League Drawmaster

Email: derek@derekmacewen.com