Cornwall Curling Club

It was the DEMOLITION DERBY – and curlers came out in appropriate attire. There were hard hats, tool belts, and even a little dynamite on the ice. Facing off for the last time in our old club, Blue conquered the Red to win back the title! The Blue teams led going into Saturday’s contest by a margin of only 4 points, and after the second round, Red was ahead by 8, but Blue rallied in the end, and took control of the final round, and the WIN.

Off the ice, Friday night there was music by DJs Matt Hammond & Kyle Gallagher www.charlottetownrefinery.ca .mailto:recording@charlottetownrefinery.ca

A big Thank You goes out to Confederation Cove www.confederationcove.com, and two local mussel farmers (Karen and Paul MacInnis from Hampshire) who donated the mussels for the evening. The mussels were delicious, so be sure to check out their products for your next get-together.

Saturday activities included some off-ice games, burgers on the barbie with salads, and prizes all afternoon for the reverse draw for a 1-night membership for next year. Following the last round of curling, a fantastic meal consisting of roast pork loin, home made baked beans, mashed potatoes, salds, rolls, and dessert was enjoyed by everyone.

The draw for the TV was made during supper, with Clubmate Cindy Nicholson taking home the TV, second prize (Balance Plus broom) went to Debby Sigsworth. The reverse draw also came to a close, with Sherri Boutilier as the winner of a one-night membership for next year.

Many thanks once again to our wonderful sponsors – CountryView Golf Club www.countryviewgolf.com who have partnered with the curling club for over 10 years in the closing spiel, as well as the annual golf tournament which will be held at their beautiful course on June 18th. The Curries were well represented this year, with a couple of them taking home the hardware! Thanks to everyone who helped out in any way to make the weekend a success. It was a great ending to a very good year at the club, and we look forward to coming back in the fall to a newly renovated space, which can only make our curling experience better.

-Submitted by Barb Duncan-Biagé

Oh, wait – it’s Lance himself! Looks like the ice is going away for another season! Stay tuned for pictures from the past weekend’s closing spiel, along with details on the Annual General Meeting and Awards Night, and the annual golf tournament at Countryview, as soon as they become available! Thanks for a great season, and hope to see everyone back in a totally renovated curling club in the fall!

The Angus Kennedy and Joe MacKinnon rinks, respectively, won the A and B pools in the third and final round of this season’s Wednesday night ladder league. The runner-up in the A pool, the Bob MacWilliams foursome, will also receive a prize in the final round. Kennedy went undefeated, while MacWilliams and MacKinnon had one loss each.

Amazingly, there were no duplicate winners in the three rounds. Congratulations to all the winners! Prizes will be awarded at the Annual General Meeting and Awards night (date TBA). Thanks again to all the sponsors and players for another great season! See you in the fall!

Here is a recap of the winners, and the sponsors for each round.

Round Three, sponsored by Clyde River Golf Links:

A Division Winners, sponsored by Murphy`s Cornwall Pharmacy

Angus Kennedy, Cindy Nicholson, Terry Wiseman, Linda Matthews

A Division Runners-up, sponsored by Clyde River Golf Links

Bob MacWilliams, John Berry, Roy Coffin, Jim Farquharson

B Division Winners, sponsored by Clyde River Golf Links

Joe MacKinnon, Derrick Cameron, Mitch Freeman, Darrin MacKinnon

Round Two, Sponsored by Cornwall Pizza Delight

A Pool winners – Karen Currie, Valerie Acorn, Mark Perry, Len Gotell

B Pool winners – Gord Peters, Hank Kamphuis, Gerald Dykerman, Pat MacInnis

Round One

A Pool

Sponsored by Don Lowther Snow Removal

Paul Neima, Brad Gardiner, Mike Lafontaine, Dwayne McNeill

B Pool

Sponsored by Howard Johnson Dutch Inn

Bob Fowler, Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, Allen Acorn

There are a few last-minute cancellations for this weekend’s Countryview Golf closing bonspiel, so if you missed out on signing up, you have a second chance! Call the Club at 566-4427, or Ray Biagé at 675-2540.

Here  is the Cornwall Curling Club Seniors Curling Party Draw for Thursday March 24

9:30 am

Ice 1: Charlie Campbell, Joanne Durant, Dick MacKinnon
vs Barry Craswell, Ruth Stavert, Phyllis Cole, Joan Larkin

Ice 2: Lester Callbeck, Kimball Blanchard, Helen Smith
vs Merrill Cronin, Allison McCormick, Jean Anderson, Bob Hawkins

Ice 3: Ernie Stavert, Myrna Craswell, Roy Mills
vs Grant Laird, Paul Durant, Fidele Richard

Ice 4: Tom Dunn, Clarence Mallard, June Holmes
vs Karen Wood, Bev Richards, Gordon Canfield, Joan Enman

10:00 am

Ice 1: Vince Fisher, Mary Plamondon, Adrian Clarke
vs Vern Chowan, Elaine Highes, Lew Black

Ice 2: Sterling Stratton, Bob Tucker, Marjorie Matthews
vs Shirley Lank, Bryan Sutherland, Charlie Walton

Ice 3: Ray Biage, George Younker, Stella Lamoureux
vs Carol Sweetapple, Dick St.John, Karen Fisher

Ice 4: John DeLuca, Don Graham, Gloria Clarke
vs Bob MacWilliams, Helene LaPalme, Mabel England

Photo (L-R): Derrick Cameron (coach), Christopher Gallant, Emily Keen, Andrew Cameron, Emma Matheson, Peter Gallant (coach)

The Charlottetown rink of Christopher Gallant, Emily Keen, Andrew Cameron, and Emma Matheson, with coaches Derrick Cameron and Peter Gallant edged the Tyler Smith foursome from the Charlottetown, Maple Leaf, and Silver Fox clubs by an 8-7 score to capture the PEI Junior Mixed championship, for curlers age 20 and Under, this afternoon at the Cornwall Curling Club. The 15 and Under division was not held this year due to insufficient numbers. Other members of the runner-up Smith rink are Jenny McLean, Eric Pidgeon, and Emily Gray, with coach Peter Pidgeon.

The Smith team got by the Cody Dixon rink from the Montague Curling Club, also by an 8-7 score, in the semi-final, earlier this afternoon, to advance to the final game against the Gallant foursome.

The eight teams in the event played a round robin, with two four-team pools. Gallant, Smith, and Shawn Pitre and his host Cornwall team were tied at 2-1 after round robin play in the A pool. Gallant was awarded first place through draw to the button results, while Pitre and Smith played off in a tiebreaker for second place, with Smith coming from behind to score a triple in the seventh end and win 5-4. In the B pool, both Dixon, and Marshall Smallman and his Cornwall/Maple Leaf rink, finished round robin play with 2-1 records. Dixon was awarded first place by virtue of his 7-2 victory over Smallman in the round robin.

The teams then played a modifed Page playoff format, with Gallant scoring a four-ender and a triple in a 10-2 win over Dixon in the match between the two first place teams, and Smith stealing a triple in the seventh in another come-from behind win, 7-6 over Smallman.

Gallant, the winner of the 1st place vs 1st place Page game, advanced directly to the final, while Dixon and Smith played off in the semi, with the loser eliminated and the winner advancing to the championship game.

The other teams in the event were the Carolyn Rose rink from Cornwall and Montague, and the Spencer Pitre team from Cornwall and Charlottetown, who both finished with 1-2 win-loss records, and the Matthew MacLean rink from the Cornwall and Maple Leaf clubs who ended play at 0-3.

It will be the Cody Dixon rink from Montague against the Tyler Smith foursome from the Charlottetown, Silver Fox, and Maple Leaf clubs in this morning’s 11 am semi-final of the PEI Junior Mixed Curling Championships at the Cornwall Curling Club, with the winner facing Charlottetown’s Christopher Gallant team in the final, this afternoon at 3.

The eight teams in the event, for curlers age 20 and under (there were insufficient entries for a 15 and under event this year), played a round robin, with two four-team pools. Gallant, Smith, and Shawn Pitre and his host Cornwall team were tied at 2-1 after round robin play in the A pool. Gallant was awarded first place through draw to the button results, while Pitre and Smith played off in a tiebreaker for second place, with Smith coming from behind to score a triple in the seventh end and win 5-4. In the B pool, both Dixon, and Marshall Smallman and his Cornwall/Maple Leaf rink finished round robin play with 2-1 records. Dixon was awarded first place by virtue of his 7-2 victory over Smallman in the round robin.

The teams then played a modifed Page playoff format, with Gallant scoring a four-ender and a triple in a 10-2 win over Dixon in the match between the two first place teams, and Smith stealing a triple in the seventh in another come-from behind win, 7-6 over Smallman.

Gallant, the winner of the 1st place vs 1st place Page game, advanced directly to the final, where he awaits the winner of the semi-final, between the loser of the 1 vs 1 (Dixon) and the winner of the 2 vs 2 (Smith).

The other teams in the event were the Carolyn Rose rink from Cornwall and Montague, and the Spencer Pitre team from Cornwall and Charlottetown, who both finished with 1-2 win-loss records, and the Matthew MacLean rink from the Cornwall and Maple Leaf clubs who ended play at 0-3.

The Christopher Gallant rink from the Charlottetown Curling Club are the only unbeaten rink after opening day play at the eight team PEI Junior Mixed Curling Championships, for curlers age 20 and under, being played at the Cornwall Curling Club. Gallant, with teammates Emily Keen, Andrew Cameron, and Emma Matheson, and coaches Derrick Cameron and Peter Gallant, doubled the Tyler Smith rink, which has members from the Charlottetown, Silver Fox, and Maple Leaf clubs, by a 6-3 score in the opening draw, and got by the Matthew MacLean foursome from the Maple Leaf and Cornwall clubs, 5-3 in the evening round. The Gallant squad won the 15 and Under division of this event last year. That division is not being held this year, due to insufficient numbers.

The eight teams in this year’s 20 and Under event are divided into two round robin pools of four teams. Gallant is 2-0 in the A pool, with Smith, and Shawn Pitre and his host club team both 1-1, while MacLean is 0-2. In the B pool, all four teams, skipped by Carolyn Rose (Cornwall/Montague), Spencer Pitre (Charlottetown/Cornwall), Marshall Smallman (Cornwall/Maple Leaf), and Cody Dixon (Montague) are knotted at 1-1.

The round robin wraps up with the 11 am Saturday draw. Tie breakers, if needed, go at 3 pm, and, if required, 7 pm. The Page game between the 1st place team in each pool goes at either 3 or 7 pm, while the Page game between the two second place teams will go at 3 pm Saturday if no tiebreakers, 7 pm if one tiebreaker round, or 8 am Sunday if two tiebreaker rounds are required.

The winner of the Page 1 vs 1 game advances directly to the 3 pm Sunday final, while the 2 vs 2 winner plays the loser of the 1 vs 1 game in the semi-final at 11 am Sunday, with the semi-final winner going to the final.

Games in this event are eight ends.

Here’s the details:

The Countryview Golf Course Closing Bonspiel will be held April 1st and 2nd. Entry fee is $30 per person, and entry is limited to the first 96 to signup. Non-members are welcome, too. The signup sheet is now up at the Club, and filling fast (there were over 20 names when I left last night).

“Demolition Derby” is this year’s theme, as it is the last event before club demolition/renovations start, so come prepared!

Friday April 1

 There will be curling, treats and entertainment, with tickets being sold on a reverse draw to win a one night membership for next season.

Saturday April 2

(start time depends on number of entries).  The day will start with morning treats, and lunch (noon-1 pm ) will be from the barbecue. Besides curling, there will be other entertainment throughout the day. Supper will be provided, too (menu to follow later). 

Don’t forget to wear your team colour proudly, as we will continue our classic Closing Spiel “Red vs Blue” battle.

Here’s the poster:

The Dominion Curling Club Championship, for club curlers who have won their respective club championships, is now in its third year, and is being held at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, with men’s teams entered from all seven PEI curling clubs, and women’s rinks from five. The winning rinks will advance to the 2011 national The Dominion, November 21-26 in Richmond BC. PEI’s Charlottetown and Cornwall clubs hosted the 2010 nationals. Donald Clarey and Larry Richards from Montague are back from last year’s provincial men’s team. Cornwall is represented by the Brock Spence team this year.

Last year’s PEI women’s champions,  the Jeanne Duffenais rink from the Silver Fox did not make it back, with the Nola Murphy rink representing the Fox this time.  Other women’s entrants include the Lorianne Davies rink from Cornwall, who were runners-up last year.

Team Rosters

Men

Teams will play a round robin format, beginning with a men’s draw Thursday at 5:30 pm, and the opening women’s draw following at 8 pm. Friday and Saturday men’s games are at 9:30 am and 2:30 and 8 pm, with women’s draws at noon and 5:30 pm. Tiebreakers, if needed go Sunday morning at 10, with the second and third place teams in the men’s and women’s divisions squaring off in the semi-finals at 1 pm, with the winner taking on the first place team in the 1 pm final. Both Cornwall rinks have the bye on Thursday night, and begin play on Friday.

Opening draws:
Thursday March 17 at 5:30 pm (men)
Ice 1: Clair Sweet (Maple Leaf) vs Barry Cameron (Silver Fox),
Ice 2: Donald Clarey (Montague) vs Alan Inman (Crapaud)
Ice 3: Charlie Wilkinson (Charlottetown), Blaine Hutt (Western)

Thursday March 17 at 8 pm (women)
Ice 1: Kimberly Ellsworth (Western) vs Nola Murphy (Silver Fox)
Ice 2: Val MacLean (Ch’town) vs Marie Ford (Crapaud)

Opening games for teams with byes in first round (both from Cornwall)
Friday March 17 at 9:30 am (men)

Ice 2: Charlie Wilkinson (Charlottetown) vs Brock Spence (Cornwall)

Friday March 17 at 12 noon (women)

Ice 1: Val MacLean (Charlottetown) vs Lorianne Davies (Cornwall)

Complete round robin draw and end by end results at peicurling.com/thedominion

Any profits generated from provincial or national Dominion Curling Club Championship events will be directed to charities including the Canadian Paraplegic Association, as well as developmental curling initiatives in communities across Canada.

A crowd of Club members, friends, and family were on hand last evening at the Club for a surprise 65th birthday party for Ray Biagé. Ray arrived at the Club from a birthday dinner in a hurry, as he was called there to cleanup a huge “flood”, but when he ran through the door, quickly discovered that there was no flood, just a surprise party! (By the way, his “real” birthdate is today).

Here is a photo of his “Habby Birthday” cake in honour of his beloved Montreal Canadiens.

Click for an album of photos from the event.

Cornwall – Charlottetown Curling Clubs Exchange Draw Tuesday, March 8.

9:30 am

Ice 1-Margie Jardine, Kimball Blanchard, George Younker, TBA vs Bill Bishop, Carlene Peters, Louise Egan, TBA

Ice 2 – Karen Wood, Leigh Crabbe, Paul Taweel, Fidele Richard vs Willie Nicholson, Eileen Blanchard, Ernie Dunsford, Fairlee Wallace.

Ice 3 – Allison McCormick, Paul Gallant, Mary Dunne, Mable England vs Vern Chowan, Adele Jardine, Bob Maloney, Everett MacDougall

Ice 4 – Ernie Stavert, Lorne MacGuigan, Donna Beer Green, Bryan Sutherland vs Chick Morrison, Jesse MacPhail, Bryon Sutcliffe

10:45 am

Ice 1 – Vince Fisher, John Dunne, Thelma Acorn, TBA vs Diane MacKay, John Baird, Karen Fisher

Ice 2 – Lew Black, Mary Plamondon, Shoji Yamamotto, Phyllis Cole vs Eunice Cudmore, Barry Craswell, Elwood Jay, TBA

Ice 3 – Charlie Campbell, Betty Matthews, Eugene Murphy, Jean Anderson vs Andre Gauthier, Myrna Craswell, Don Graham, Phyllis Connolly

Ice 4 – Grant Laird, Art O’Malley, Elaine Hughes, Charlie Walton vs Wayne Arsenault, Helene LaPalme, Dick MacKinnon, Joyce Gauthier

12:30 pm

Bill Bishop vs Vern Chowan, Margie Jardine vs Ernie Stavert, Karen Wood vs Allison McCormick, Willie Nicholson vs Chick Morrison

1:45

Diane MacKay vs Eunice Cudmore, Vince Fisher vs Wayne Arsenault, Lew Black vs Andre Gauthier, Charlie Campbell vs Grant Laird

The KFC provincial age 12 and Under curling championships wrapped up this afternoon at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, with Cornwall’s Donald DeWolfe rink winning the boys section, and the Kaleigh MacKay team from the host club taking  the girls.

Photo (L-R): Donald DeWolfe, Carter Worth, Avery Wells, Jack Robinson, Deb DelValle (coach)

DeWolfe and his team of Carter Worth, Avery Wells, and Jack Robinson, with alternate Cameron MacKay, and coaches Deb DelValle and Geoff Scutt, edged the Cameron Jenkins rink of Charlottetown 3-2 in the low-scoring boys final, aided by a second end steal.  Jenkins finished round robin play in first place with a 3-1 win-loss record, while DeWolfe was tied with two Montague teams. skipped by Marshall Ryan and John Campbell, at 2-2. forcing tiebreakers, with Ryan beating Campbell 6-4, and DeWolfe stealing four points in two separate ends in an 11-2 win over Ryan to advance to the final.  Other members of the runner-up Jenkins team are Spencer Stetson, Jonathan Cann, and Andrew Stetson, with coach Robert Jenkins.

Photo (L-R): Kaleigh MacKay, Madelaine Arsenault, Alyssa Wright, Abbie MacFadyen, Shelley MacFadyen (coach)

In the girl’s section, the Sarah Parsons rink from Crapaud finished first in the round robin with a 5-1 win-loss record to advance to the final game. The Kaleigh MacKay team from the host Silver Fox club, and the Katie Reid team from Charlottetown finished with identical 3-3 win-loss records, and squared off in a tiebreaker, with MacKay winning 8-7 in an extra end to advance to the final, where they beat the Parsons team 5-3, stealing a deuce in end three and a single in the final (sixth) end en route to the win. Other members of the winning MacKay team are Madelaine Arsenault, Alyssa Wright, and Abbie MacFadyen, with coach Shelley MacFadyen. Rounding out the runner-up Sarah Parsons team are Kaleigh Peters, Laurel Parsons, and Sierra Clyke, with coaches Dario Zannier and Phyllis Stretch.

Four girls and five boys teams took part in the championship.

9:30 am

Ice 1-Margie Jardine, Kimball Blanchard, George Younker, TBA vs Bill Bishop, Carlene Peters, Louise Egan, TBA

Ice 2 – Karen Wood, Leigh Crabbe, Paul Taweel, Fidele Richard vs Willie Nicholson, Eileen Blanchard, Ernie Dunsford, Fairlee Wallace.

Ice 3 – Allison McCormick, Paul Gallant, Mary Dunne, Mable England vs Vern Chowan, Adele Jardine, Bob Maloney, Everett MacDougall

Ice 4 – Ernie Stavert, Lorne MacGuigan, Donna Beer Green, TBA vs Chick Morrison, Jesse MacPhail, Bryon Sutcliffe

10:45 am

Ice 1 – Vince Fisher, John Dunne, Thelma Acorn, TBA vs Diane MacKay, John Baird, Karen Fisher

Ice 2 – Lew Black, Mary Plamondon, Shoji Yamamotto, Phyllis Cole vs Eunice Cudmore, Barry Craswell, Elwood Jay, TBA

Ice 3 – Charlie Campbell, Betty Matthews, Eugene Murphy, Jean Anderson vs Andre Gauthier, Myrna Craswell, Don Graham, Phyllis Connolly

Ice 4 – Grant Laird, Art O’Malley, Elaine Hughes, Charlie Walton vs Wayne Arsenault, Helene LaPalme, Dick MacKinnon, Joyce Gauthier

12:30 pm

Bill Bishop vs Vern Chowan, Margie Jardine vs Ernie Stavert, Karen Wood vs Allison McCormick, Willie Nicholson vs Chick Morrison

1:45

Diane MacKay vs Eunice Cudmore, Vince Fisher vs Wayne Arsenault, Lew Black vs Andre Gauthier, Charlie Campbell vs Grant Laird

Join us this Sunday, March 6th from 2:00-4:00  for Come out and Curl as part of the Town of Cornwall’s Snowfest. 
Bring a friend, neighbor or family…anyone who is interested in learning more about curling.  Participants will have the chance to try curling, learn more about our club and enjoy some treats.  Please bring clean sneakers for on the ice and a helmet for children ages 12 and under.   We hope to see you there!

Any club members who are interested in volunteering for this event please sign up at the club!

Things got a little confusing in round two of the Wednesday night ladder league, sponsored by Cornwall Pizza Delight, due to storms, partial storms and the Scotties causing missed draws and some missed games.

It looks like the Karen Currie team, with only one loss, won the A pool, followed closely by the Bob MacWilliams rink, who won all their games, but have one not played, while the Currie rink had one loss (against MacWilliams) but have all games played. The rules state that points are used first and games played but lost receive a point, while games not played do not.

This round is sponsored by Clyde River Golf Links.
Here are the pools for the third and final round, which will run the month of March (5 weeks only).

Pool A

A1-Karen Currie, Valerie Acorn, Mark Perry, Len Gotell

A2-Bob MacWilliams, John Berry, Roy Coffin, Jim Farquharson

A3-Paul Neima, Brad Gardiner, Mike Lafontaine, Dwayne McNeill

A4-Angus Kennedy, Cindy Nicholson, Terry Wiseman, Linda Matthews

A5-Bob Fowler, Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, Allan Acorn

A6-Gordon Peters, Hank Kamphuis, Gerald Dykerman, Pat MacInnis

A7-John DeLuca, Greg Groves, Peter Buchanan, Edmond Richard

A8-Joerg Soltermann, Lew Black, Hans Wicki, Dan Delaney

Pool B

B1-Veronica Smith, Katie Fullerton, Sabrina Smith, Chloe McCloskey

B2-Kelly Watts, Derek Gallant, Wayne Goodwin, Cathy Handren

B3-Colleen Soltermann, Susan Carruthers, Sandie Williamson, Theresa Finkle

B4-Joe MacKinnon, Derrick Cameron, Mitch Freeman, Darrin MacKinnon

B5-Karen Montgomery, Ronalda Baillie, Vicki Cotton, Cyndi Russell

B6-Kathy Reeves, Nancy MacKinnon, Heather Pierce, TBA

B7-Ray Biagé, Rebecca Rolfe, Barb Duncan-Biagé, Derek MacEwen

B8-Martin Vanderaa, Bill Vanderaa, Darren Vanderaa

Here are the games for Round Three. We will start the A pool with the early draw first week, as they played the late draw the last week of the last round.

Mar. 2

6:30 pm Pool A

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

8:30 pm Pool B
Ice 1: B5-Karen Montgomery vs B6-Kathy Reeves
Ice 2: B1-Veronica Smith vs B2-Kelly Watts
Ice 3: B3-Colleen Soltermann vs B8-Martin Vanderaa
Ice 4 B4-Joe MacKinnon vs B7-Ray Biagé

Mar. 9

6:30 pm Pool B

Ice 1: B2-Kelly Watts vs B3-Colleen Soltermann
Ice 2: B8-Martin Vanderaa vs B4-Joe MacKinnon
Ice 3: B1-Veronica Smith vs B6-Kathy Reeves
Ice 4: B7-Ray Biagé vs B5-Karen Montgomery

8:30 pm Pool A
Ice 1: A2-Bob MacWilliams vs A3-Paul Neima
Ice 2: A8-Joerg Soltermann vs A4-Angus Kennedy
Ice 3: A1-Karen Currie vs A6-Gordon Peters
Ice 4: A7-John DeLuca vs A5-Bob Fowler

Mar 16

6:30 pm Pool A

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

8:30 pm Pool B

Ice 1: B1-Veronica Smith vs B7-Ray Biagé
Ice 2: B6-Kathy Reeves vs B8-Martin Vanderaa
Ice 3: B2-Kelly Watts vs B5-Karen Montgomery
Ice 4: B3-Colleen Soltermann vs B4-Joe MacKinnon

Mar. 23

6:30 pm Pool B

Ice 1: B5-Karen Montgomery vs B1-Veronica Smith
Ice 2: B6-Kathy Reeves vs B4-Joe MacKinnon
Ice 3: B7-Ray Biagé vs B3-Colleen Soltermann
Ice 4: B8-Martin Vanderaa vs B2-Kelly Watts

8:30 pm Pool A
Ice 1: A5-Bob Fowler vs A1-Karen Currie
Ice 2: A6-Gordon Peters vs A4-Angus Kennedy
Ice 3: A7-John DeLuca vs A3-Paul Neima
Ice 4: A8-Joerg Soltermann vs A2-Bob MacWilliams

Mar 30

6:30 pm Pool A

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

8:30 pm Pool B

Ice 1: B5-Karen Montgomery vs B3-Colleen Soltermann
Ice 2: B7-Ray Biagé vs B8-Martin Vanderaa
Ice 3: B6-Kathy Reeves vs B2-Kelly Watts
Ice 4: B1-Veronica Smith vs B4-Kathy Reeves

The women’s Club championship playoffs finally wrapped up at the Cornwall Curling Club today,  after storm and scheduling delays.

In the Women’s category, after the Round Robin, the second place finisher – Debbie Rhodenhizer played the third place finisher – Karen Currie.  Currie won, and  took on  first place finisher Lorianne Davies in the final, with the Davies rink, which includes third Melody Beck, second Tracy MacDonald, and lead Lynda Turnbull, emerging as the winners.
Other members of the runner-up Currie foursome are Helen Smith, Gloria Clarke, and Elaine Hughes.

Photo (L-R): Tracy MacDonald, Melody Beck, Lorianne Davies, Lynda Turnbull

The men’s entry was decided earlier, with the  team of Brock Spence, Sean Ledgerwood, Chris Montigny, and Jay Carr beating the Bob MacWilliams rink in the final. 

The Spence and Davies rinks will now advance to the PEI Dominion Curling Club Championship, March 17-20 at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton.
The PEI winner will then play in the national The Dominion Curling Club championship in Richmond BC in November.

The organizers of Saturday’s Franco Fun mixed curling spiel are pleased to announce that CTMA Group, who operate the ferry service from Souris to the Magdalen Islands, are donating a round trip ticket for two persons and an automobile to the Islands, a value of  around $400. Organizers will be selling raffle tickets during the Spiel, with the prize to be drawn for at the end of the day.

For more information on this Saturday’s French language spiel (at least two members per team must speak French),  in partnership with the Carrefour de l’Isle-Saint-Jean, contact John De Luca at jdlinpei@yahoo.ca or 566-1953,  or Raymond Biagé at barbray@pei.sympatico.ca or 675-2540.  The registration ($25 per participant) is payable at the door on February 19.  The ambiance will be akin to a kitchen party and participants are invited to bring their musical instruments, playing cards and especially their good humour.

The two-time defending champion Shirley Berry rink from the Cornwall and Charlottetown curling clubs stole four consecutive ends in beating the June Moyaert rink from Montague by a 7-3 score this afternoon in the Credit Unions of PEI provincial seniors curling championship,  to force a sudden death final game, which got underway at 6 pm at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. Moyaert took three points in the first end of tonight’s contest. End by end scoring at: peicurling.com/seniors.

The Bill Hope and Shirley Berry rinks, who both play out of the Cornwall and the Charlottetown curling clubs, won the A finals of the triple knockout Credit Unions of PEI Provincial  Seniors Curling Championships tonight, with the men’s event being played  at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, and the women’s  taking place at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. Winning the A final gives them each a berth in the two game championship round on Monday.

In the eight team men’s section, Hope, and his team of Craig Mackie, John Mullin, and David Murphy beat the Grant Somers rink of Summerside by a 7-3 score this afternoon in the A semi-final, and went on to double the Bob Matheson rink from the host club 6-3 in the A final. Matheson advanced with an 9-5 win over Rod MacDonald, and his defending champion rink (three out of the four players are back, with Tom Fetterly replacing Peter MacDonald, and Rod moving up to skip) from the Charlottetown and Silver Fox clubs in the A semi-final.

Defending women’s champion Shirley Berry and her rink of Sandy Hope, Shelley Ebbett, and Arleen Harris got off to a good start in their afternoon game against June Moyaert and her Montague team, taking five points in the first end, but Moyaert took singles in the next three ends and fought her way back to tie the game in the ninth end. Berry had hammer coming home, and scored a single point for a 10-9 win. In the A final this evening, Berry trailed 6-4 after seven ends, but took a triple in the eighth and stole a single in the ninth to pull ahead and win 8-6 over Karen Anne MacDonald and her Charlottetown Curling Club rink. MacDonald got by Cornwall’s Debbie Rhodenhizer rink by a 10-8 score in the afternoon A semi.

In other men’s games this evening, Dale Cannon beat Silver Fox clubmate Grant Somers 8-2, while Rod MacDonald downed Mel Bernard of Summerside 9-5. Matheson takes on Cannon and Hope plays MacDonald Saturday morning at 11, with the winners advancing to the B section final at 4 pm. Facing elimination with their next loss are four Silver Fox rinks, skipped by John Holmes, Bernard, Barry Cameron and Somers.

In other games this evening in the eight team women’s section,  Nola Murphy of Summerside took a triple in an extra end to beat Cornwall’s Rhodenhizer 10-7, and Montague’s Moyaert beat Cornwall’s Currie in a 13-7 shootout.  MacDonald and Moyaert, and Berry and Murphy play off at 11 am on Saturday, with the winners advancing to the 4 pm B finals. Sheila Compton of Summerside plays Rhodenhizer and Summerside’s  Paula Baglole plays Currie Saturday morning, with the losers knocked out of further competition, and the winners continuing play in the C division.

Sunday draws are also at 11 am and four pm, with the winners of all three sections advancing to the two game championship rounds on Monday at 1 and 6 pm. The men’s and women’s winners will advance to the World Financial Group Canadian Seniors, March 19-26 in Digby NS.

A reception was held on Tuesday night in honour of the Suzanne Birt rink, who are members of both the Cornwall and the Charlottetown curling clubs, and won the PEI Scotties Tournament of Hearts recently at our Club. President Karen Currie was on hand to honour Suzanne and her rink of Shelly Bradley, Robyn MacPhee, and Leslie MacDougall for their win, to present them with a token of our Club’s appreciation for their accomplishments, and to wish them good luck at the Scotties, which gets underway in just ten days, at the Charlottetown Civic Centre. 

Photo: Suzanne Birt and Karen Currie

Photo (L-R): Shelly Bradley, Robyn MacPhee, Suzanne Birt, Leslie MacDougall

Alex Matters rink wins 17 and Under Men’s section; Amanda MacLean team wins women’s

(by Eric McCarthy)

O’LEARY – Teams skipped by a brother and sister duo from the host Maple Leaf Curling Club will play in the C section finals of the Sylvan Learning provincial 17-and-under curling championships today at 9 a.m.

Amanda MacLean, this year’s P.E.I. Canada Games female curling team, can win the title with a win this morning over the Veronica Smith rink from Cornwall. She and her team of Kassinda Bulger, Emily Gray and Aleya Quilty already won the A and B finals of the triple-knockout championship. Smith was her opponent both times.

 A snowstorm delayed the start of Sunday’s action until 5 p.m. Both C finals were originally scheduled for 5 p.m. Sunday, which was to have been the third draw of the day. Only two were held.

In games Sunday, Smith advanced to the C final with a 10-2 victory over Charlottetown’s Megan Davies, and MacLean advanced with a 7-6 extra-end victory over Montague’s Carolyn Rose. Rose had scored four in the eighth end to earn extra playing time.

Matthew MacLean and his team of Marshall Smallman, Kevin Gallant and Allan MacLean is the defending provincial 17-and-under champion. They started off this year’s championship with two losses before storming back with a pair of wins.

Sunday, they were 6-5 winners over Cornwall’s Jeffrey Taylor rink. It was Taylor who handed MacLean an extra-end loss in the first draw of the competition.

MacLean plays Alex Matters in today’s C final. Matters got there with a 10-1 victory over Daniel McCarthy’s Western/Charlottetown rink.

Matters goes into the C final with only one loss – that coming to Taylor in the B final. He defeated Taylor in the A final.

Taylor, who now has two losses, awaits the winner of this morning’s MacLean/Matters game. A MacLean win would put himself, Matters and Taylor into a two-game championship round.

If Matters emerges the victor this morning, MacLean would be out and Matters would face Taylor in the championship round, and would have to be beaten twice to be denied the provincial title.

 Eric McCarthy/Journal Pioneer

Photo: Alex Sutherland, third stone on the Jeffrey Taylor Cornwall Curling Club rink, calls to the front end during a crucial shot in the Sylvan Learning P.E.I. provincial 17-and-under curling championships at the Maple Leaf Curling Club.

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Here is the draw for the annual Lorne MacPhail Memorial Seniors Bonspiel at the Cornwall Curling Club.
In the event of inclement weather on Tuesday this draw will go on Wednesday with the same schedule.
Tuesday, February 8
9:30 am
Ice 1: Paul Durant, Eileen Blanchard, Don Graham, Marjorie Matthews  VS Grant Laird, Ray Biagé, Gloria Clarke, TBA
Ice 2: Karen Wood, Bob MacWilliams, Pat McCardle, TBA  VS   Sterling Stratton, Hélène LaPalme, George Younker, TBA
Ice 3: Merrill Cronin, Marie MacDonald, Frank Weiler, Karen Fisher  VS Charlie Campbell, Allison McCormack, Dick MacKinnon, Phyllis Cole
Ice 4: Chick Morrison, Adele Jardine, Brian Sutherland, Joanne Durant  VS Vern Chowen, Don Weeks, Stan Hayes, Jean Anderson
 
10:45am
Ice 1: Willie Nicholson, Carol Sweetapple, Dick MacDonald, Fairley Corney  VS John DeLuca, Myrna Craswell, Gordon Canfield, TBA
Ice 2: Vince Fisher, Mary Plamondon, Edgar Coffin, TBA  VS  Fred Fall, Ruth Walsh, Debbie Walsh, Phyllis Stretch
Ice 3: Les Hardy Team  VS  Lester Callbeck, Barry Craswell, Donna Beer-Green
Ice 4:  Tom Dunn, Elaine Hughes, Eugene Murphy, Jessie MacPhail  VS  Diane MacKay, Bob Tucker, Charlie Walton, Kimball Blanchard
 
Lunch at Noon followed by draws at 12:30 and 1:45 pm.