Cornwall Curling Club

This weekend, 8 men’s and 5 women’s teams will compete for the Cornwall Curling Club Championship.

Here are the opening draws:

Men’s teams will be divided into 2 divisions (by random draw), and each division of 4 teams will play a round robin schedule.
The top two teams in each division will play in semi-finals. The semi-final winners will play in the final.

Men’s participants include:
1. Bob MacWilliams, John Berry, Roy Coffin, Jim Farquharson
2. John DeLuca, Tom Dunn, Perry Mohan, Steve DeWolfe
3. Brock Spence, Sean Legerwood, Chris Montigny, Jay Carr
4. Rob Young, Mark MacDonald, Brad Gardiner, Alan Acorn
5. Roddie MacLean, Paul Arsenault, Ron Giggey, Edgar Coffin
6. Kris Currie, Mitch Ellis, Mark Perry, Len Gotell
7. Ray Biagé, Kimball Blanchard, Paul Durant, Dick MacDonald
8. Angus Kennedy, Mike LaFontaine, Matthew Hanus, Joe Callaghan

Women’s teams will play a full round robin. The second and third place teams from the round robin will play in the semifinal with the winner of this game playing the first place finisher in the final.

Women’s participants include:
1. Rebecca Rolfe, Leita Chisholm, Linda Matthews, Valerie Taylor
2. Lorianne Davies, Melody Beck, Tracy MacDonald, Lynda Turnbull
3. Karen Currie, Helen Smith, Gloria Clarke, Elaine Hughes
4. Debbie Rhodenhizer, Kelly Watts, Cathy Handren, Krista Affleck
5. Valerie Acorn, Heather Pierce, Helen Verhulp, Meaghan Wilkie

The winning men’s and women’s teams will advance to the PEI Dominion Curling Club Championship, March 17-20 at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton.
The PEI winner will advance to the national The Dominion Curling Club championship in Richmond BC in November.

Photo (L-R) Leslie MacDougall, Robyn MacPhee, Scotties Little Softie, Suzanne Birt, Shelly Bradley

The Board of the Cornwall Curling Club would like to invite all members to please join them in a small reception congratulating the team of Suzanne Birt, Shelly Bradley, Robyn MacPhee, Leslie MacDougall, and Coach Paul Power for winning the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Provincial  Women’s Curling Championship, hosted here in Cornwall.  The reception will be held on Tuesday, February 8 from 8 pm.  The Birt team will now be advancing to the national Scotties being held in Charlottetown from February 19th to 27th.  Please come out to show your support for our PEI team! (note – the Birt team are members of our club, and curl in our Tuesday evening competitive league).

Cornwall Curling Club Scotties chair, Ruth Stavert wishes to thank EVERYONE who helped make the event possible, including:

The Officials
Kay Atkinson
Ernie Stavert
David Murphy
Jim Farquharson
Diane Farquharson

50/50
Debby Sigsworth
Lorianne Davies
Angus Davies
Cindy Nicholson

Timers
Bob MacWilliams
Karen Currie
Kimball Blanchard
Lew Black
Deb DelValle
Gloria Wood
Paul Durant
Dawn MacFadyen
Evelyn Rogerson
Michelle MacKie

Door Cashiers
Brian Sutherland
Grant Laird
Hélène LaPalme
Helen Smith
Phyllis Cole
Gloria Clarke
Jessie MacPhail
Donna Beer Green
Mabel England
Pat McCardle
Myrna Craswell
Barry Craswell
Jean Anderson
Elaine Hughes

Banquet
Barb Duncan-Biagé
Carol Sweetapple
Myrna Sanderson
Joanne Durant
Rebecca Rolfe
Veronica Smith
Katie Fullerton
Chloe McCloskey
Sabrina Smith

Sandwiches for Sale
Gloria Clarke
Mary Plamondon 
Helen Smith
Barb Campbell

Ice Crew
Lance Lowther
Roy Coffin
Kimball Blanchard
Bob MacWilliams
Al MacCormac

Bar
Al MacCormac
Carol Sweetapple
Debby Sigsworth

Everyone who helped move chairs and heavy stuff around, helped set up displays and decorations.

 Ray Biagé for the extra hours of cleaning and helping with whatever had to be done.

 Derek MacEwen for all the work done on the website.

 The PEICA for the opportunity to host this event.  
Amy Duncan and Lucie Newson of the PEICA for their involvement with the Scotties.

 Most important to me was the support from Karen Currie, president, Bev McCormick, manager, and Ernie, my husband.

– Ruth Stavert

A deuce in the third end, followed by a steals of three, one, and two points in the next three ends helped propel the Carol Sweetapple rink from Cornwall a 9-1 win over their clubmates, the Diane MacKay foursome this afternoon to repeat as PEI Masters women’s champions, as the twice-delayed Marco Polo Land PEI Masters wrapped up at the Charlottetown Curling Club.

MacKay advanced to this afternoon’s final by beating six-time champion Jeanne Duffenais  this morning by a 7-4 score in the B final of this double-knockout event. Duffenais had earlier beaten Sweetapple 7-1 in the B semi-final. while Sweetapple won the A final on Wednesday, 8-6 over Charlottetown’s Valerie MacLean rink.

Other members of the winning Sweetapple rink are Marie MacDonald, Danielle Girard, and Marjorie Matthews, while Sherren MacKinnon, Judy Koke and Ruth Stavert round out the runner-up MacKay foursome.

Meanwhile, the  Mel Bernard rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside edged out the Bill Hope foursome from the Charlottetown Curling Club by a 5-4 score on Sunday evening to win men’s final. Although the event was hosted by the Charlottetown Curling Club, Sunday’s game was played at the Fox, as some of the players were not able to compete during the ice time scheduled for Monday in Charlottetown, after a Thursday storm delay, and a Friday postponement due to ice plant problems. Hope had beaten Bernard 7-2 in the “B” section final, played at the Cornwall Curling Club on Friday afternoon.

In Sunday evening’s final, the Hope rink scored first, with the teams trading single points in each end and Bernard stealing  one point in the seventh end of the eight end game to force an extra end, where Bernard had hammer and picked up the win. Playing with Bernard were Ted MacFadyen, Lou Nowlan, and Earle Proude, while the runner-up Hope team included Craig Mackie, David Murphy, and John DeLuca.

Sixteen men’s and four women’s teams took part in the double-knockout event for curlers age 60 and over.

Winners and runners-up earn the right to compete in the Maritime Masters Championships, February 14-19,  at the Charlottetown Curling Club. Winners may also participate in the Canadian Masters, March 30 to April 5 at the Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club in Winnipeg.

The same teams who met in the A and B finals of the triple-knockout PEI Scotties Tournament of Hearts provincial women’s curling championship, being contested here at a packed Cornwall Curling Club, will also meet in the C.  Five time PEI Scotties and former world junior champion Suzanne Birt won the A final on Friday by a 7-4 score over defending PEI women’s champion and Canadian silver medallist Kathy O’Rourke, who in turn took the B final, with a 6-4 Saturday win over Birt.

In this afternoon’s C semi-finals, both teams were in high gear, with O’Rourke quickly eliminating PEI’s Senior Women’s champ, Shirley Berry of Cornwall and Charlottetown, taking four in the first, stealing one in the second, and grabbing another 4 in end four in a 9-1 victory wrapped up before the fifth end break. Birt also dominated in her game over Charlottetown clubmate Kim Dolan, taking a triple in the second end, and stealing a single in the third. Dolan scored her only point of the game in end four, but Birt came back with a double in five, a single in six, and another in eight to win the game 8-1.

Tonight’s C final between Birt and O’Rourke begins at 6:30 pm. Both teams will then advance to Monday’s two game championship round, at 1:30 and 6:30 pm. The team that wins the C final tonight will have a big advantage going into tomorrow, as they will have to win either championship game to claim the trip down the highway to the Charlottetown Civic Centre for the national Scotties, February 19-27, while their opponent would have to win both games.

The B final of the triple knockout PEI Scotties Tournament of Hearts provincial women’s championships, taking place at the Cornwall Curling Club, is set for 6:30 this evening, and will be a repeat of yesterday’s A final, with the Kathy O’Rourke rink again taking on the Suzanne Birt foursome, who won the A final 7-4. Another Birt win would give her a big advantage going into the championship round on Monday, as the O’Rourke rink would have to win both games in order to repeat as champions, while the Birt team would go to the national Scotties, February 19-27 in Charlottetown, if they won either.
In the B semi-finals this afternoon, the O’Rourke team, with Erin Carmody throwing 4th stones, scored a triple in the fifth, a deuce in the seventh, and stole a single in the end eight en route to a win over Charlottetown clubmates the Kim Dolan rink. Birt’s game against home town favorite Donna Butler was closer, with the teams tied after 6. Birt recorded a triple in end seven, while Butler came back with a deuce in eight, to trail 6-5. Birt blanked the ninth to retain hammer coming home, and picked up a deuce in the final frame for an 8-5 win.

Sunday and Monday games are also at 1:30 and 6:30 pm, with the C final Sunday at 6:30, and the two game championship round starting on Monday. If Birt were to win all three sections, the Monday games would not be required.

by Mitch MacDonald

CORNWALL – Suzanne Birt of Charlottetown defeated defending champion Kathy O’Rourke 7-4 at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts provincial womens curling championship Friday night to remain undefeated after two days of play in the six team, triple knockout event.

Both rinks won earlier in the day, resulting in the showdown between the Charlottetown clubmates and pre-tourney favorites in the A final.

Click to read this story in today’s Guardian.

Skip Suzanne Birt calls a shot in a game against defending champion Kathy O’Rourke during play in the provincial women’s curling championship at Cornwall Curling Club Friday. Birt won the game 7-4. Guardian photo by Mitch MacDonald

Adjustments to accommodate the weather conditions are being made for the PEI Scotties Provincial Women’s Curling Championships here at the Cornwall Curling Club.  The 5 pm  opening ceremonies have been cancelled, but the 6 pm opening draw is going as scheduled.  Organizers have been monitoring the weather and the road conditions, and have decided to hold the draw, although the start of some games may be delayed to give players in some areas more time to arrive.

The Cornwall Curling Club is the venue for this year’s Scotties Tournament of Hearts provincial women’s curling championship, which gets underway on Thursday, with the opening ceremonies at 5 pm, and the first draw at 6, and wraps up on Monday January 31.  Bleachers are being installed, and cameras and monitors are in place for all eight houses, to give fans a great view of the event.  Admission prices are only $4 per game, or $25 for a full event pass. Event passes are available in advance at the bar, and both game and event passes are available at the door before each draw.

In 2004, the last time the Scotties was held at Cornwall, it was Suzanne Gaudet (now Birt) taking on Kathy O’Rourke in the final, with Birt winning 8-4.  Both five-time champion Birt and defending champion O’Rourke, who has been on six PEI women’s championship rinks, are back for this year’s event, along with teams skipped by four-time PEI Seniors champion Shirley Berry, eight-time PEI women’s champ Kim Dolan, and former PEI Mixed champions Tammy Dewar (last year’s runner-up in this event), and Donna Butler, who curls out of this year’s host club. A warmup spiel held at Cornwall recently was won by the O’Rourke team, who beat the Dolan foursome 5-3 in the final.

Here are the team rosters:

A list of previous PEI women’s championship winners is available at:  peicurling.com/history/womens.shtml

Four of the six teams were seeded in the triple knockout draw, based on cashspiel winnings this season, as follows:  #1-O’Rourke, #2-Birt, #3-Dolan, #4-Butler. Draws go at 6 pm Thursday, 11 am, 4 pm, and 7 pm on Friday,  and 1:30 and 6:30 pm Saturday through Monday.

The A, B, and C section winners advance to the two-game championship round on Monday. In the event that a team wins all three sections, they will win without playing the championship round. If a team wins two sections, they will play in both championship games and take the championship if they win either, while their opponent would have to win both.

Here are the opening draws:

Thursday, January 27 at 6 pm

Ice 2: Shirley Berry (Cornwall/Charlottetown) vs Donna Butler (Cornwall)

Ice 4:  Tammy Dewar (Montague) vs Kim Dolan (Charlottetown)

Friday January 28 at 11 am

Ice 1: Kathy O’Rourke vs winner Berry/Butler game from Thursday
Ice 2: Suzanne Birt vs winner Dewar/Dolan game from Thursday

Complete draw and end-by-end results available at  peicurling.com/scotties.

The winning team from this event will advance to the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts, February 19-27, a few kilometres down the road at the Charlottetown Civic Centre.  PEI’s O’Rourke rink were the runners-up in the national event last year, taking Team Canada (Jennifer Jones) to an exciting 8-7 extra-end finish in the  final, with Erin Carmody, who throws fourth stones for the O’Rourke team (O’Rourke throws second but calls the game) winning the Sandra Schmirler award for Most Valuable Player.

Both the provincial and national Scotties Tournament of Hearts competitions are sponsored by Kruger Products and its family of brands, including Scotties® facial tissue, Cashmere® and Purex® bathroom tissue, SpongeTowels®, and White Swan® products.

The CK Carpet Kleaning & Restoration Mixed Fun Spiel is scheduled for Friday evening and Saturday.  There will be chili on Friday evening, lasagna, caesar salad and garlic bread.  Also, we will be curling 5 ends of regular curling and 1 end of surprises.  You will have fun even if you don’t want to!
 
Here is the opening draw for Friday January 21: 
6:30 pm
Ice 1 Ray Biagé, Hélène LaPalme, Paula Ling, Helen Verhulp
 vs Paul Durant, Tracy MacDonald, Jack Ferguson, Shirley Ferguson
 
Ice 2 Alan Acorn, Valerie Acorn, Kevin Moerike, Mary Ellen Moerike
   vs Gordon Matthews, Mary Plamondon, Hans Wicki, Carolyn Wicki-Doucette
 
Ice 3 Jamie Ballem, Dick MacDonald, Kim Gallant, Ray Gallant
   vs Karen Currie, Gloria Turner, Don Godfrey, Joanne Durant
 
Ice 4 Perry Mohan, Carl Currie, Colleen Solterman, Gordon Canfield
   vs Eric LeBlanc, Donald Weeks, Carlene Peters, Glenda Mallett
 

8:30 pm
Ice 1 Mark MacDonald, Rebecca Rolfe, Debby Sigsworth, Tony Turnbull
   vs  Bob Fowler, Danielle Girard, Marlene Proude, Debbie Pineau
 
Ice 2 Kris Currie, Merle Chappell, Len Gotell, Meagan Wilkie
   vs Rob Young, Angus Davies, Marjorie Matthews, Sheri Boutilier
 
Ice 3 Lorianne Davies, Joe Callaghan, Joerg Soltermann, Linda Matthews
   vs  Tom Dunn, Frank Weiler, Corey Downey, Ellen Weeks
 
Ice 4 Rupert Sweetapple, Leita Chisholm, Paul McCarron, Tracy Gallant
   vs Peter McNeil, Bill Prowse, Dick MacKinnon, Linda Turnbull

The deadline for men’s and women’s teams to enter  the Cornwall Curling Club’s The Dominion playdowns is Monday January 31. Entry fee is $100 per team, and all team members must be listed at entry time. Draw format will be determined by the number of teams entered. For further information please contact Paul Durant at 566-4639. Our Club playdowns take place February 4, 5, and 6, with the top men’s and women’s teams advancing to  The Dominion Curling Club Championship, at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton from March 17 to 20, with the men’s and women’s club champions from all seven PEICA-affiliated curling clubs eligible to compete. The winning teams from this event will advance to the 2011 national event, November 21-26 in Richmond BC.

The following are the official eligibility rules for the 2011 event:

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 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 eight (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 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

PEI has added an additional rule, which states that participants must be a minimum of nineteen (19) years of age as of the date of the national championship. 

For more information on The Dominion, visit www.thedominioncurls.ca.

The Board of the Cornwall Curling Club would like to invite all members to please join them in a small reception congratulating the team of Sarah Fullerton, Michelle McQuaid, Sara MacRae,Whitney Young and Coach, Angela Hodgson for winning the 2011 Pepsi Junior Women’s Curling Championship, recently held in Montague.  The reception will be held on Tuesday, January 18th from 8 pm.  The Fullerton team will now be advancing to the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors being held in Calgary, Alberta from January 29 to February 5th.  For any of those members wishing to help support the juniors,  a donation box will be left at the bar.

Photo (L-R) Whitney Young, Sara MacRae, Angela Hodgson (coach), Michelle McQuaid, Sarah Fullerton

Our Club championship for The Dominion takes place February 4, 5, and 6, with the top men’s and women’s teams advancing to  The Dominion Curling Club Championship, which takes place at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton from March 17 to 20, with the men’s and women’s club champions from all seven PEICA-affiliated curling clubs eligible to compete. The winning teams from this event will advance to the 2011 national event, November 21-26 in Richmond BC.

The following are the official eligibility rules for the 2011 event:

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 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 eight (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 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

PEI has added an additional rule, which states that participants must be a minimum of nineteen (19) years of age as of the date of the national championship. 

For more information on The Dominion, visit www.thedominioncurls.ca.

The  Kathy O’Rourke rink, the PEI Scotties defending champions and Canadian silver medallists, beat the Kim Dolan team 5-3 this afternoon in final for the “Pre-Scotties” cashspiel at the Cornwall Curling Club, a warmup event for the PEI Scotties Tournament Hearts, also taking place at the Cornwall club, from January 19-27.  The teams took few chances in the final, keeping rocks in play to a minimum, and blanking five of the ten ends. The O’Rourke rink blanked ends seven through nine to have the last rock advantage coming home, where last rock thrower Erin Carmody, facing one Dolan rock with her final stone, managed to get it out, and bite the edge of the 12 foot for the single point.

Photo (L-R): Event organizer Sean Ledgerwood, Kathy O’Rourke, Erin Carmody, Geri-Lynn Ramsay, Tricia Affleck

Besides Carmody, the winning rink includes O’Rourke, who throws second stone but calls the game, third Geri-Lynn Ramsay, and lead stone Tricia Affleck. Playing with Dolan were third Rebecca Jean MacDonald, second Sinead Dolan, along with alternate Michala Robison, substituting for regular lead Nancy Cameron in the final game.

Eight women’s teams took part in the weekend event, with the O’Rourke team finishing round robin play with a 4-0 win-loss record. The Dolan, Suzanne Birt, and Donna Butler teams went 3-1,  while the junior champion Sarah Fullerton team finished play at 2-2. Tammy Dewar of Montague and her team were 1-3, while Karen Currie and Shirley Berry from the host club were 0-4. O’Rourke and Dolan also played in the crossovers on Saturday, with O’Rourke taking the game in an extra end.

The winning O’Rourke team took home $320, with the runner-up Dolan rink going home with $210.

Click for photos from the final game.

Eight women’s teams are taking part in the Pre-Scotties cashspiel this weekend here at the Cornwall Curling Club. The final game goes Sunday at 1 pm.

Click for draw, schedule, prizes, teams, pools (PDF)

There’ll be lots off excitement at the Montague Curling Club beginning at 8:30 tonight, as three Cornwall Curling Club teams compete for the final playoff positions at the Pepsi Juniors.

The Sarah Fullerton rink, defending Junior Women’s champs, will be playing last season’s 15 and Under champions, skipped by Cornwall’s Veronica Smith, with Sarah’s sister Katie at third stone. The Junior Men’s C final will see Cornwall’s Jeffrey Taylor rink try to prevent Charlottetown’s Spencer Pitre rink from taking the championship tonight, as Pitre has already won the A and B sections, and a win in C would send them home with the trophy tonight, and make tomorrow’s two game championship round unnecessary.

If you can’t make it to Montague, end by end results are at peicurling.com/juniors.

The “B” and “C” finals go today at the Pepsi Bottling Group Provincial Junior Curling Championships in Montague. On Monday, defending champion Sarah Fullerton of Cornwall, along with Spencer Pitre of Charlottetown won the A Sections of this triple knockout event. 

There will be a different winner in the junior women’s B section as Fullerton lost 10-7 in a B playoff game to Cornwall’s Veronica Smith team, which includes Fullerton’s younger sister, Katie, at third stone. A four-point fifth end was key for Smith, who was trailing until that point. Amanda MacLean of O’Leary’s Maple Leaf club, who played Fullerton in the A final, lost her B qualifier  6-4 to Carolyn Rose of Montague, so it will be Rose vs Smith in the B section final,  at 8:30 this morning.

In junior men’s play Monday night, Jeffery Taylor of Cornwall outscored “A” section winner Sam Ramsay whose team includes players from the Charlottetown, Montague and Silver Fox clubs, 10-8 while Pitre downed the Tyler Smith-skipped junior men’s Canada Games team from the Silver Fox in Summerside 9-2. Taylor and Pitre will meet in the junior men’s B final today at 1 p.m.

The “C” finals are also today, at 8:30 pm, following afternoon draws at 1 and 5 pm.

The winners of the section finals advance to the two game Championship round at 11:30 am and 3 pm on Wednesday. If the same team wins all three sections, the championship round would not be needed. If a team takes two section finals, they would play in both games, and win the title if they took either.

The eventual winners will advance to the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, January 29-February 5, 2011, in Calgary.

The A section finals are set after opening day play at the triple-knockout Pepsi Bottling Group PEI Junior Curling Championships, for curlers age 20 and under, being played at the Montague Curling Club,
In the five team junior women’s section, the defending champion rink skipped by Sarah Fullerton of Cornwall, and the 2011 Canada Games team skipped by Amanda MacLean of the Maple Leaf club in O’Leary, remain undefeated, and have advanced to the A final Monday morning at 9. In action Sunday, the Fullerton foursome beat the Carolyn Rose team of Montague 9-6, while the MacLean rink beat the Veronica Smith team from Cornwall in a high-scoring 15-12 match. Earlier, the Smith rink beat Charlottetown’s Megan Davies team 13–1.

In the eight team junior men’s section, it will be the Spencer Pitre rink from Charlottetown taking on the Samuel Ramsay team, with members from the Charlottetown, Montague, and Silver Fox clubs, in the 12:30 pm Monday A final. The Pitre team beat the Cody Dixon rink from Montague 12-3 in the opening draw, and last year’s 17 and Under champs, the Matthew MacLean rink from O’Leary by a 9-5 score in draw two. The Ramsay team downed the Owen Collier foursome from Montague 13-1 in their opener, and went on to beat Charlottetown’s Alex Matters rink 8-1 in their second game.
In other games, Cornwall’s Jeffrey Taylor rink lost 6-5 to Matters, and blanked Collier 14-0, while the Canada Games team, skipped by Tyler Smith, lost 8-5 to MacLean, but beat Dixon 8-6.

Monday women’s draws are at 9 am and 4 pm, with men’s action at 12:30 and 8 pm. The B section finals go Tuesday at 8:30 am (women’s) and 1 pm (men’s), Both C finals go Tuesday evening at 8:30 The two game championship round, which would not be needed if a team won all three sections, takes place Wednesday at 11:30 am and 3 pm.

The winning teams advance to the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, January 29-February 5, 2011, in Calgary AB.

Entries have now closed for the PEI Scotties Tournament of  Hearts provincial women’s curling championship, which takes place January 27-31 at the Cornwall Curling Club, with the winners advancing to the national Scotties championship,  February 19-27, 12 kilometres away at the Charlottetown Civic Centre.

Six teams have entered,  including the defending  champion and Canadian silver medallist Kathy O’Rourke rink, the Suzanne Birt team who were runners up at the recent Hub City Shootout in Moncton (Birt is also a five-time provincial women’s champ and a World Junior champ), along with the reigning PEI senior women’s champs, the Shirley Berry team from Cornwall and Charlottetown, the Donna Butler rink from Cornwall, the Tammy Dewar foursome from Montague, and the Kim Dolan team from Charlottetown. Dolan, an eight time PEI women’s champ, is backed up by six-time champ Rebecca Jean (MacPhee) MacDonald at third.  MacDonald also played third on this year’s Canadian Mixed championship rink.

Team rosters, draw,  and results, when available, are at peicurling.com/scotties.

The first provincial curling championship of the season, the Pepsi Bottling Group Juniors, for curlers age 20 and Under, gets underway on Sunday January 2, and wraps up on Wednesday the 5th at the Montague Curling Club. Eight junior men’s and five junior women’s teams are entered. This year’s champions will advance to the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, January 29-February 5, 2011, in Calgary Alberta. The defending PEI junior women’s team, skipped by Sarah Fullerton of Cornwall, is back to defend their title this year, but there will be a new junior men’s winner, as five-time provincial and 2009 Canadian champ Brett Gallant has elected to move up to the Labatt Tankard Men’s competition. Other Cornwall entries are the Veronica Smith team, and the Jeffrey Taylor foursome.

Here are the team rosters:

Junior Men:

Junior Women

The complete triple knockout draw, schedule and team rosters are now available at peicurling.com/juniors. End-by-end results will be available at the same site.

Meanwhile, entries have now closed for the second championship of the season, the Marco Polo Land Masters, for curlers age 60 and over.  The Masters goes from January 24-27 at the Charlottetown Curling Club, with 16 men’s teams, the largest field in many years for this event, along with four women’s rinks, signed up. Defending champions the Carol Sweetapple rink from the Cornwall Curling Club, and the Clair Sweet foursome from O’Leary’s Maple Leaf club are both back to defend their titles. Complete team rosters, draw and  end by end results will be available at peicurling.com/masters.

Round one is over in the Wednesday night ladder league, with the A Pool, sponsored by Don Lowther Snow Removal, won by the rink of Paul Neima, Brad Gardiner, Mike Lafontaine, and Dwayne McNeill, with two losses in the round. The Angus Kennedy team also had two losses, but lost to the Neima rink in their encounter on Dec. 1, and ends up in second place.

The B pool, sponsored by Howard Johnson Dutch Inn, was won by the Bob Fowler foursome. They had two losses, as did the Kelly Watts team, but Fowler beat Watts in their Dec. 1st game, getting first place honours. Playing with Fowler were Bob Fowler, Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, and Allan Acorn. Fowler and Watts, along with B Pool third place team Colleen Soltermann, who appear to be the most improved team this year, will be moving up the ladder to the A pool for round two, sponsored by Cornwall Pizza Delight, which gets underway Wednesday Dec. 22nd, with no curling on the 29th, and the second draw going January 5th..

The three teams dropping from the A to the B pool will be the Ray Biagé rink, who got off to a great start, winning their first three games, but failed to pick up a win after that, along with the John Deluca team. with two wins, and the Gordon Peters squad, with a single victory.

Here are the round two pools. The A pool will have the early draw the first week, as the B pool had it in the opening round.

Pool A

A1-Paul Neima, Brad Gardiner, Mike Lafontaine, Dwayne McNeill

A2-Angus Kennedy, Cindy Nicholson, Terry Wiseman, Linda Matthews

A3-Bob MacWilliams, John Berry, Roy Coffin, Jim Farquharson

A4-Karen Currie, Valerie Acorn, Mark Perry, Len Gotell

A5-Veronica Smith, Katie Fullerton, Sabrina Smith, Chloe McCloskey

A6-Bob Fowler, Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, Allan Acorn

A7-Kelly Watts, Derek Gallant, Wayne Goodwin, Cathy Handren

A8-Colleen Soltermann, Susan Carruthers, Sandie Williamson, Theresa Finkle

Pool B

B1-Ray Biagé, Rebecca Rolfe, Barb Duncan-Biagé, Derek MacEwen

B2-John DeLuca, Greg Groves, Peter Buchanan, Edmond Richard

B3-Gordon Peters, Hank Kamphuis, Gerald Dykerman, Pat MacInnis

B4-Kathy Reeves, Nancy MacKinnon, Heather Pierce, Tammy Fahie

B5-Joerg Soltermann, Lew Black, Hans Wicki, Dan Delaney

B6-Joe MacKinnon, Derrick Cameron, Mitch Freeman, Darrin MacKinnon

B7-Martin Vanderaa, Bill Vanderaa, Darren Vanderaa, TBA

B8-Karen Montgomery, Ronalda Baillie, Vicki Cotton, Cyndi Russell

Here is the draw for round two:

Dec. 22

6:30 pm Pool A

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

8:30 pm Pool B
Ice 1: B5-Joerg Soltermann vs B6-Joe MacKinnon
Ice 2: B1-Ray Biagé vs B2-John Deluca
Ice 3: B3-Gordon Peters vs B8-Karen Montgomery
Ice 4 B4-Kathy Reeves vs B7-Martin Vanderaa

Jan 5

6:30 pm Pool B

Ice 1: B2-John Deluca vs B3-Gordon Peters
Ice 2: B8-Karen Montgomery vs B4-Kathy Reeves
Ice 3: B1-Ray Biagé vs B6-Joe MacKinnon
Ice 4: B7-Martin Vanderaa vs B5-Joerg Soltermann

8:30 pm Pool A
Ice 1: A2-Angus Kennedy vs A3-Bob MacWilliams
Ice 2: A8-Colleen Soltermann vs A4-Karen Currie
Ice 3: A1-Paul Neima vs A6-Bob Fowler
Ice 4: A7-Kelly Watts vs A5-Veronica Smith

Jan 12

6:30 pm Pool A

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

8:30 pm Pool B

Ice 1: B1-Ray Biagé vs B7-Martin Vanderaa
Ice 2: B6-Joe MacKinnon vs B8-Karen Montgomery
Ice 3: B2-John Deluca vs B5-Joerg Soltermann
Ice 4: B3-Gordon Peters vs B4-Kathy Reeves

Jan 19

6:30 pm Pool B

Ice 1: B5-Joerg Soltermann vs B1-Ray Biagé
Ice 2: B6-Joe MacKinnon vs B4-Kathy Reeves
Ice 3: B7-Martin Vanderaa vs B3-Gordon Peters
Ice 4: B8-Karen Montgomery vs B2-John Deluca

8:30 pm Pool A
Ice 1: A5-Veronica Smith vs A1-Paul Neima
Ice 2: A6-Bob Fowler vs A4-Karen Currie
Ice 3: A7-Kelly Watts vs A3-Bob MacWilliams
Ice 4: A8-Colleen Soltermann vs A2-Angus Kennedy

Jan 26

6:30 pm Pool A

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

8:30 pm Pool B

Ice 1: B5-Joerg Soltermann vs B3-Gordon Peters
Ice 2: B7-Martin Vanderaa vs B8-Karen Montgomery
Ice 3: B6-Joe MacKinnon vs B2-John Deluca
Ice 4: B1-Ray Biagé vs B4-Kathy Reeves

Feb 2

6:30 pm Pool B

Ice 1: B6-Joe MacKinnon vs B7-Martin Vanderaa
Ice 2: B4-Kathy Reeves vs B2-John Deluca
Ice 3: B3-Gordon Peters vs B1-Ray Biagé
Ice 4: B8-Karen Montgomery vs B5-Joerg Soltermann

8:30 pm Pool A

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

Feb 9

6:30 pm Pool A

Ice 1: A1-Paul Neima vs A8-Karen Ccurrie
Ice 2: A7-Kelly Watts vs A2-Angus Kennedy
Ice 3: A5-Veronica Smith, vs A4-Karen Currie
Ice 4: A6-Bob Fowler vs A3-Bob MacWilliams

8:30 pm Pool B

Ice 1: B1-Ray Biagé vs B8-Karen Montgomery
Ice 2: B7-Martin Vanderaa vs B2-John Deluca
Ice 3: B5-Joerg Soltermann, vs B4-Kathy Reeves
Ice 4: B6-Joe MacKinnon vs B3-Gordon Peters

End of Round 2.

Sunday, December 12th, 1:30-4:30pm .
 
Each Junior curler is encouraged to invite a sibling or a friend and come out and join in the curling fun. Helmets will be required.
This Junior activity is being hosted jointly by the Cornwall Curling Club and the National Scotties Tournament of Hearts organizers.
The afternoon will consist of some fun on-ice skills and activities, followed by a pizza / party.  The Club has generously agreed to sponsor
the pizza and pop. If anyone wants to bring anything further including prizes, drinks or food, feel free to if desired.
Hope to see you all there.
 
Ann Worth and Jennifer Lenentine

CHARLOTTETOWN, Nov. 30 /CNW/ – The Dominion Curling Club Championship – Canada’s first-ever national championship for club curlers – made curling history on Sunday night, declaring its second annual men’s and women’s Canadian Champions after a week of heated competition between the best club teams from each of the country’s provinces and territories.

Men’s Team Saskatchewan, skipped by Darren Camm and from the Sutherland Curling Club, brought home the national title for their province after a tight contest against their opponents from Ontario.

Women’s Team Alberta, led by skip Nanette Dupont and from the Lethbridge Curling Club, triumphed over the women finalists from Saskatchewan.

Each champion was presented with a commemorative plaque and medal amidst closing ceremonies that featured all 112 competing curlers piped onto the ice in their provincial and territorial colours and bearing their respective flags.

The second annual The Dominion Curling Club Championship ran November 23-28 at Prince Edward Island’s Charlottetown and Cornwall Curling Clubs, and welcomed guest speakers that included Jim Waite, Olympic Curling Coach for Canada, and two-time Paralympic Gold Medalist curler Sonja Gaudet.

“Yesterday’s exciting finals continue a long and important tradition for curling and amateur sport in our country,” said George Cooke, President and CEO of The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company (The Dominion). “The people in PEI have been gracious hosts. We’re grateful to have once again been so warmly received by the Canadian curling community.  We look forward to next year’s event in Richmond, British Columbia.”

All profits from The Dominion Curling Club Championship are being directed to the Canadian Paraplegic Association and developmental curling initiatives in communities across the country. The 2010 event raised $30,000 for CPA PEI.  “The funds raised through The Dominion Curling Club Championship event will vastly change the CPA PEI’s capacity to assist those that need our services in the PEI community. We are so grateful to our friends at The Dominion and to everyone that contributed to the astounding success of this event,” said Paul Cudmore, Executive Director of CPA PEI.

For more information about The Dominion and its insurance products, visit www.thedominion.ca.

For more information about The Dominion’s curling initiatives, visit www.thedominioncurls.ca.

Photo (L-R): Michael Steckler, Lead, Mark Steckler, Second; John Carlos, Third; Darren Camm, Skip, Nanette Dupont, Skip; Lace Dupont, Third, Shirley Kohuch, Second; Valerie Leahy, Lead