Cornwall Curling Club

Cornwall Curling Club
Commercial League
Monday, Jan 4, 2010
8:30pm
 
Ice 1: Countryview 1 vs. Gordie Lank
Ice 2:  Countryview 2 vs. Eastern Auto
Ice 3:  Mervin Homes vs. Cornwall Lions Club

And the winner is…

Cindy Nicholson.   Thanks to all who bought  tickets  for this fundraiser for the Club.

The Brett Gallant rink from the Charlottetown Curling Club, which includes third Adam Casey, second Anson Carmody, and lead stone Alex MacFadyen, with coaches Kathie and Peter Gallant, have won their fifth consecutive Pepsi Provincial Junior Curling Championship, with a 9-1 victory over the Matthew MacLean foursome from the host Maple Leaf curling club.
Gallant beat MacLean in the A, B and C finals of this triple-knockout event, making the two game championship round unnecessary.

In the C final, Gallant followed up a triple in the opening end by stealing a single in the second, and a deuce in the third. MacLean got on the board with a single in the fourth, but a Gallant triple in the fifth brought the game to a speedy conclusion.

Other members of the runner-up MacLean foursome are Marshall Smallman, Kevin Gallant, and Alan MacLean, with coaches Glen MacLean and Shannon Smallman.

The Gallant rink will now look to defend their Canadian title at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, January 16-24 in Sorel-Tracy Quebec. They were also silver-medallists at the World Juniors last season. Jamie Danbrook played lead on the Gallant team last year, but long-time lead MacFadyen returned to the Island and the team this season. Gallant, skipping a different team, also won the provincial title in 2004.

Meanwhile, Anita Casey and her Charlottetown Curling Club rink shaded Amanda MacLean from the host O’Leary club by a 5-4 score in the Junior Women’s C final. Casey now faces Cornwall’s Sarah Fullerton rink in the two game championship round. Fullerton won both the A and B sections, and will take the title if she wins either game, while Casey would have to win both games. The championship games go at 6 pm and, if needed,  Tuesday at 3 pm. Playing with Fullerton are Michelle McQuaid, Sara MacRae, and Whitney Young, with coach Brenda MacMillan, while Abby Burgess, Hillary Thompson, and Jessica van Ouwerkerk, with coach Jeff Wilson complete the Casey rink.

The second of the three section finals will be decided on Sunday at the Pepsi Provincial Junior Curling Championships at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary.

The Sarah Fullerton rink from Cornwall, who won the junior women’s A section, will play the Anita Casey foursome from the Charlottetown Curling Club at 10 am on Sunday, while the men’s A winner, four-time defending champion Brett Gallant, will again face Matthew MacLean from the host club, in the 1 pm Sunday B final.

In the B section playdowns, Gallant took a five-ender in his 10-2 victory over Sam Ramsay’s combined Charlottetown/Silver Fox team, while MacLean doubled Spencer Pitre and his Charlottetown rink by a 4- 2 score.  Fullerton also recorded a 10-2 victory, over Tiffany Sweet of O’Leary. while Casey beat A section runner-up Amanda MacLean of the host club by a 6-3 score.

The C finals go Monday at 1 pm. If a team wins A, B, and C sections, they will win the juniors title without the two game championship round. If a team wins two sections, they will play in both championship games, and win the championship if they take either game. Otherwise, the B and C winners will square off, with the winner playing the A section winner in the final game. The championship round, if needed, goes Monday at 6 pm, and Tuesday at 3 pm.

The  junior men’s and women’s champs will advance to the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Championships, January 16-24 in Sorel-Tracy Quebec.

Cornwall town council is split over how soon renovations should begin on its aging civic centre.

About $2 million has already been set aside for improvements to the 40-year-old building through the Build Canada Fund, but council recently decided behind closed doors to wait a little longer.

Mayor Patrick MacFadyen said it would likely be the spring of 2011 before construction begins.

That doesn’t sit well with Coun. Irene Dawson. She believes the renovations should start as soon as possible.

Click to read this story at CBC PEI.

Photo (L-R): Shirley Lank (President, PEI Curling Association), Leigh Armstrong (The Dominion),  Susan McInnis (local organizer)

Leigh Armstrong of The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company was in Charlottetown today to officially announce that the City of Charlottetown and the Town of Cornwall will co-host The Dominion Curling Club Championship, Canada’s first-ever national championship for club curlers, from November 23-28 2010 at the Charlottetown and Cornwall curling clubs.

This will be the event’s second year, following last month’s inaugural competition in Toronto, which welcomed twenty-eight men’s and women’s teams representing each of the country’s provinces and territories, along with a guest list that included World Champion curler Glenn Howard and 1998 Olympic silver medallist Mike Harris. The 2010 event will continue the format over four days of tournament play, followed by playoffs to declare new men’s and women’s Canadian Champions.

All profits from The Dominion Curling Club Championship go to the Canadian Paraplegic Association, and to curling initiatives in communities across the country. On hand for the announcement were Charlottetown Deputy Mayor Stu MacFadyen, Wayne Long, City Events Development Officer, Tourism Charlottetown President Doug Newson, and Suellen Clow of Tourism Charlottetown, along with Susan McInnis of local “The Dominion” representatives Peake and McInnis Insurance, who will be coordinating the event on PEI, and Shirley Lank, President of the PEI Curling Association. Also in attendance were members of the 2009 PEI teams at The Dominion, the Vanessa Hamming and Louis Walsh rinks, and Cornwall Curling Club President John Deluca.

While on PEI, Armstrong will be touring the two clubs, and finalizing the event details.

The 2010  ”The Dominion” provincial championship will take place March 18-21 in Cornwall.

The Cornwall Curling Club team skipped by eleven-year-old Tyler Smith edged our their clubmates, the Jeff Taylor foursome, by a 7-6 score this afternoon to cap off an extremely close junior men’s event at the Canada Games Curling Trials at the Charlottetown Curling Club, and advance to the Canada Games, February 11-27 2011 in Halifax. Smith, with hammer, opened the scoring with a deuce in the first end. Taylor blanked the second, and took the lead with a triple in the third end. Smith came back with three of his own in the fourth. The teams traded singles in five and six, and Taylor tied the game at six-all with a deuce in the seventh end. Smith scored a single point in the eighth for the win.

Photo (L-R): Tyson Smith, Noah O’Connor, Parker O’Connor, Tyler Smith, Kevin Smith (coach)

The Smith rink join the Amanda MacLean team from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, who earned the junior women’s berth on Sunday.

Other members of the winning Tyler Smith rink are Parker and Noah O’Connor, and Tyson Smith, with coach Kevin Smith. Alex Sutherland, Alex Jenkins, and Jonathan Schut, with coach AJ Campbell, round out the runner-up Jeff Taylor foursome.

All four teams in the junior men’s section had identical 3-3 win-loss records in the double round robin competition. The teams were ranked by draw to the button results, and competed in a tiebreaker round, with second-ranked Smith winning over top-ranked Taylor by an 8-4 score in the 1st vs 2nd place game on Sunday afternoon, earning a bye to today’s final. Taylor then played off against third-ranked Matthew MacLean of O’Leary, this morning. MacLean beat Tony Nabuurs’ Montague/Charlottetown rink in the 3rd vs 4th tiebreaker game on Sunday, by an 8-3 score, after taking five points in the seventh end.

In this morning’s game, Taylor edged MacLean 6-5 in an extra end to advance to this afternoon’s final against Smith.

The Amanda MacLean rink from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary doubled Cornwall’s Veronica Smith foursome by a 6-3 score this afternoon to win PEI’s Junior Women’s curling berth in the 2011 Canada Games, February 11-27 2011 in Halifax. The MacLean rink, which includes third Kassinda Bulger, second stone Emily Gray, and lead Aleya Quilty, with coaches Glen MacLean and Shelley Gray, followed a single in the first end with a stolen deuce in the second. Smith responded with singles in ends three and four, but MacLean came back with a pair in the fifth, for a 5-2 lead. The teams traded singles in six and seven, and MacLean ran Smith out of rocks in the eighth.

L-R: Aleya Quilty, Emily Gray, Kassinda Bulger, Amanda MacLean, Shelley Gray (coach), Glen MacLean (coach)

MacLean finished double round robin play in first place, with a 5-1 win-loss record, and advanced to the final against Smith, who ended round robin play in second place at 4-2. Jenny MacLean of Summerside finished at 2-4, while Leah Deveau from Montague ended play at 1-4. In the final round robin draw on Sunday morning, Smith doubled Jenny McLean 6-3, and MacLean beat Deveau 7-4. Other members of the runner-up Smith team are Katie  Fullerton, Sabrina Smith, and Chloe McCloskey, with coaches Sarah Fullerton and Paul Smith.

In the Junior Men’s section, the Cornwall rink skipped by 11 year old Tyler Smith, with third Parker O’Connor, second Noah O’Connor, and lead Tyson Smith, with coach Kevin Smith, defeated their clubmates, the Jeff Taylor team, by an 8-4 score in this afternoon’s tiebreaker between the first and second place teams, earning a bye to the Junior Men’s final, Monday at 1:30 pm. Matthew MacLean of O’Leary beat Tony Nabuurs of Montague 8-3 in the tiebreaker between the third and fourth place teams. MacLean now plays Taylor at 9 am Monday, with the winner facing Smith in the final.

The tiebreaker rounds were needed because all four junior men’s teams finished the double round robin with identical 3-3 win-loss records, and PEI Curling Association rules dictate that a team cannot be eliminated from the championship round solely on round robin results. Draw to the button results were then used to rank the teams for the tiebreaker round, with Taylor awarded first place, followed by Smith at second, MacLean at third, and Nabuurs ranked in fourth position.

The final got underway at 2 pm in the Junior Women’s section of the Canada Games Trials, at the Charlottetown Curling Club. The Amanda MacLean rink from the Maple Leaf club in O’Leary finished double round robin play in first place, with a 5-1 win-loss record, and advanced to the final against the second place Veronica Smith rink from Cornwall, who ended round robin play at 4-2. Jenny MacLean of Summerside finished at 2-4, while Leah Deveau from Montague ended play at 1-4. In the final round robin draw on Sunday morning, Smith doubled Jenny McLean 6-3, and Amanda MacLean beat Deveau 7-4.

Two tiebreaker rounds are needed before the finals in the Junior Men’s section, with all four teams finishing the double round robin with identical 3-3 win-loss records. Draw to the button results were used to rank the teams coming out of the round robin, with Jeff Taylor of Cornwall awarded first place, followed by his clubmate Tyler Smith at second. Third went to Matthew MacLean of O’Leary, with Tony Nabuurs of Montague ranked fourth.

As PEI Curling Association rules dictate that a team cannot be eliminated from the championship round solely on round robin results, a tiebreaker round is necessary. First and second-ranked teams Taylor and Smith will play off at 2 pm, as will third and fourth-ranked teams MacLean and Nabuurs. The winner of the 1 vs 2 game will advance directly to the 1:30 pm Monday final, with the loser of the 3 vs 4 game eliminated from further play, and the winner facing the loser of the 1 vs 2 game Monday at 9 am. The winner of that game will play the 1 vs 2 winner in the 1:30 pm Monday final.

The winners of the Trials will advance to the Canada Games, February 11-27, 2011 in Halifax, at the Mayflower Curling Club.

CORNWALL
WAYNE THIBODEAU
The Guardian
(http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=310025&sc=98)

 Construction of a new curling club here will not happen until 2011 at the earliest. 

The PEI curling championship season kicks off this weekend, with the Provincial Senior Mixed, for mixed teams age 50 and over, taking place at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. Five rinks are entered, with three of the teams, including the defending champion Mel Bernard rink, coming from the host club. The other teams from the Fox are skipped by Blair Jay and Harry Williams. The John De Luca foursome are entered from the Cornwall Curling Club, while the Donald Clarey squad from Montague round out the entries.

The teams will play a round robin format, beginning Friday at 5 pm, and wrapping up with the 4 pm Saturday draw.

The top three teams from the round robin will advance to the playoff round, with the second and third place teams playing in the semi-final Sunday morning at 9 am, and the winner of that game meeting the first place team in the final at 1 pm.

Live results will be available at peicurling.com/seniormixed

Team rosters — skip to lead, (club)
Mel Bernard, Jeanne Duffenais, Earle Proude, Paula Baglole (Silver Fox)
Blair Jay, Lana Fraser, Douglas Simmons, Debbie MacMurdo (Silver Fox)
Harry Williams, Sheila Compton, Jim Arsenault, Vera Arsenault (Silver Fox)
John De Luca, Cindy Nicholson, Peter Buchanan, Danielle Girard (Cornwall)
Donald Clarey, Kathy Clarey, Ross Petrie, June Moyaert (Montague)

Round robin draw:

Draw One Friday Dec. 11 at 5 pm. Bye: Donald Clarey
Jay vs DeLuca, Williams vs Bernard

Draw Two Friday Dec. 11 at 8 pm. Bye: Blair Jay
Bernard vs Clarey, DeLuca vs Williams

Draw Three Saturday Dec. 12 at 9 am. Bye: Mel Bernard
Williams vs Jay, DeLuca vs Clarey

Draw Four: Saturday Dec. 12 at 12:30 pm. Bye: Harry Williams
DeLuca vs Bernard, Clarey vs Jay

Draw Five: Saturday Dec. 12 at 4 pm. Bye: John DeLuca
Clarey vs Williams, Jay vs Bernard

Draw Six Saturday Dec. 12 at 8 pm. Tiebreaker (if needed)

Draw Seven Sunday Dec. 13 at 9 am. Semi-final: 2nd place vs 3rd place.

Draw Eight Sunday Dec. 13 at 1 pm – Final: First place vs semi-final winner

Round robin play gets underway today in the second annual senior cashspiel at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside
There are four women’s teams participating, including defending champion Shirley Berry of Cornwall, her clubmate Karen Currie, along with Summerside’s Marg Nowlan and Paula Baglole. The first women’s draw is at 6 pm.

The men’s field will consist of 12 teams, with the opening games scheduled for 3 pm There will be a new champion this year as last year’s winner, Ted MacFadyen, is not entered (they’re in the Hub City Classic in Moncton).

Lou Nowlan, Leo Stewart, John Holmes, Louis Walsh, Dale Cannon, Barry Cameron and Mel Bernard all skip teams from The Fox. Other rinks entered are Les Hardy (Alberton), Roddie MacLean (Cornwall), Clair Sweet (O’Leary) and Charlie Wilkenson (Charlottetown), along with Gordon MacFadyen firefighter’s team from Summerside.
The championship round is Sunday at 1 pm.

Due to a last minute cancellation, the Cornwall Curling Club will be holding a Cashspiel this Friday evening Dec. 4, and Saturday Dec. 5th.
The event is open to all teams (Men’s, Women, Junior, Mixed). Entry fee is $120 per team, with half the entry fees going to the winners, and the other half to the Club.  For more info, or to sign up, call Ray Biagé at 675-2540 or the Cornwall Curling Club at 566-4427, or email manager@cornwallcurling.com.

The Ontario men’s and women’s teams were the winners of this afternoon’s finals of  The Dominion National Curling Club Championships, Canada’s first-ever national championship for club curlers, played at the St. George’s Golf and Country Club in Toronto.

The women’s final against Manitoba went to two extra ends, with the 9th end being blanked, and Ontario winning 6-5  with a stolen single in the 1oth. The men’s championship game also went to an extra, where Ontario recorded a triple, for a 7-4 win.

The men’s team, skipped by Robert Stafford, are from the Chatham Granite club, while the women’s rink, with skip Kelly Cochrane, are from the High Park Curling Club, in Toronto.

In the final round robin draw on Saturday, PEI’s women’s team, from the Crapaud Community Curling Club, spoiled Newfoundland and Labrador’s chance to advance to a tiebreaker round, with the Newfoundland team  stealing a single in the eighth to force an extra end. With Newfoundland lying shot rock in the back four-foot with a guard at the top of the twelve, the ninth end came down to a final shot from PEI skip Vanessa Hamming. Her weight was dead-on s her rock came to a stop right on the button, winning the game for PEI, and eliminating the need for a tiebreaker.

The PEI women ended play with a 2-4 win-loss record, while the men’s team, skipped by Louis Walsh of the Silver Fox, were winless in six starts.

The next national The Dominion will be held on PEI, Nov. 23-28 2010 at the Charlottetown and Cornwall curling clubs, with the PEI playdowns taking place March 18-21 2010 in Cornwall.

The Sarah Fullerton rink from the host Cornwall Curling Club, and the Jon Rennie team from the Riverside Curling Club in Rothesay NB were the winners of the 14th annual Pizza Delight/Howard Johnson Dutch Inn Junior Cashspiel, which wrapped up this afternoon. The Fullerton foursome, includes third Michelle McQuaid, second Sara MacRae, and lead Whitney Young, with coach Brenda MacMillan, edged the Anita Casey rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club 5-4 in the final, while the Rennie team stole a deuce in the second end, and followed a  triple in the fourth with a steal of one point in the fifth end on the way to an 8-3 win over the Shawn Pitre team from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton.

Left to right: Brenda MacMillan (Tournament organizer and coach of the Fullerton rink), Sarah Fullerton, Michelle McQuaid, Sara MacRae, Whitney Young 

Left to right: Brenda MacMillan (tournament organizer), Jon Rennie, Chris MacRae, Andrew Perrin, Tyler Milligan, Paul Brayshaw (coach)

Playing with Rennie were Chris MacRae, Andrew Perrin, and Tyler Milligan, with coach Paul Brayshaw. Other members of the Casey squad are Abby Burgess, Hillary Thompson, and Jessica van Ouwerkerk, with coach Jeff Wilson, while Daniel McCarthy, Jeff Duggan, and Colton Griffin, with coach Roger Gavin, round out the Pitre foursome.

In semi-final play this morning, Casey beat Cornwall’s Veronica Smith 8-5, while Fullerton had a 9-6 win over Amanda MacLean of O’Leary’s Maple Leaf club. In the junior men’s section, Rennie beat Cornwall’s Jeff Taylor 6-1, while Pitre made up for dropping three points in the first end to Sam Ramsay of Summerside, by scoring three points in the second end, followed by steals of 2, 3, and 1 point in the following ends to bring the game to a swift conclusion with a 9-3 win.

In addition to the final, the junior men’s division had two consolation matches, with Cornwall’s Tyler Smith beating Matthew MacLean of O’Leary 7-5, and Spencer Pitre and his Charlottetown team beating clubmate Alex Matters by a 7-4 score.

In round robin play, the Veronica   Smith rink  finished with a perfect 4-0 record, while Casey, Fullerton, and MacLean had one loss.

In the junior men’s section Rennie went 3-0 in the round robin, while Taylor and Shawn Pitre were 2-1, and Ramsay was 1-2 in his pool, tied with Spencer Pitre and Matthew MacLean, until tiebreaking rules came into play.

Eight junior men’s rinks, and ten junior women’s teams, from PEI, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador took part in the cashspiel.

Next year’s 15th annual event  will go earlier in the season, October 29-31, because of contention with Cornwall’s co-hosting of The Dominion National Curling Club Championship.

Our ice plant is up and running again, and head icemaker Lance Lowther reports that the ice remains in great shape, despite the plant being down in very mild weather. The plant’s condenser failed, and had to be replaced with a temporary one until a new one can be obtained. The Cornwall Curling Club would like to thank Lowther Refrigeration for the excellent emergency service they provided!

The 14th Annual Pizza Delight/Howard Johnson Dutch Inn Junior Cashspiel, gets underway Friday afternoon, and wraps up Sunday at the Cornwall Curling Club. Ten junior women’s teams and eight junior men’s rinks, from Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and PEI are entered in the event, PEI’s longest running junior cashspiel. There are no teams from Nova Scotia this year, as their junior regional playdowns are the same weekend.

Organizer Brenda MacMillan says the event’s longevity is partly due to good sponsors over the years, including Neil MacDonald of Pizza Delight, and Rekis Stutvoet of the Dutch Inn. She says they are planning a much larger event next year, for the 15th anniversary. That event will go a few weeks earlier, November 5-7, due to contention with the national The Dominion Curling Club championship being co-hosted at the Cornwall club.

Island entrants this year include seven of the eight PEI Canada Games Trials contenders — Amanda MacLean, Jenny McLean, Veronica Smith, Leah Deveau, Matthew MacLean, Tyler Smith, and Jeff Taylor, along with the host club’s Sarah Fullerton rink, winners of the recent Fall Fling junior cashspiel in Summerside, and the runner-up Anita Casey team from the Silver Fox. The Pitre brothers, Spencer and Shawn, are also skipping teams in the event. Last year’s PEI junior men’s runner-up team, skipped by Sam Ramsay of Summerside, will also be in attendance, along with last year’s UPEI women’s representatives at the CIS Curling Championships, the Sarah Clow rink. The Alex Matters foursome from the Charlottetown Curling Club round out the PEI contingent.

New Brunswick’s Jon Rennie, who was on the New Brunswick Junior Men’s championship team last year, is here skipping a new team. Other New Brunswick teams are skipped by Sarah Ronalds and Jessica Daigle. Representing Newfound.and Labrador will be the Amanda Rumboldt foursome from Stephenville.

Both the junior men’s and junior women’s divisions will play round robin draws with two pools, beginning Friday afternoon at 4 pm, and wrapping up Saturday evening. Semi-finals go Sunday morning at 8:30, with the consolation finals at 11 am on two ice sheets, and the event finals starting an hour later on the other two sheets.

Round robin draws and results  at cornwallcurling.com/bonspiel04.html

Drop into the Club this weekend to watch some of Atlantic Canada’s best junior curlers!
Junior Women’s Rosters (Skip, Third, Second,  Lead, Coach-Club)

Sarah Fullerton, Michelle McQuaid, Sara MacRae, Whitney Young, Brenda MacMillan (Coach)- Cornwall PE
Sarah Ronalds, Jillian Holmes, Misty Hicks, Samantha Nason, Dale Ronalds (coach)- Beausejour (Moncton NB)
Anita Casey, Abby Burgess, Hillary Thompson. Jessica van Ouwerkerk, Jeff Wilson (coach)- Silver Fox (Summerside PE)
Sarah Clow, Brielle Quilty. Christina Hennesey, Monica LeBlanc, Angela Hodgson (coach)- Cornwall PE
Amanda Rumboldt, Ashley Rumboldt, Chloe Deaves, Bronwyn Woolfrey, Susan Curtis (coach)- Caribou (Stephenville NL)
Amanda MacLean, Kassinda Bulger, Emily Gray, Aleya Quilty, coaches Glen MacLean/Shelley Gray-Maple Leaf (O’Leary PE)
Jenny McLean, Meaghan MacDonald, Rachael Gardiner, Lauren MacFadyen, Don Vickerson (coach)-Silver Fox (Summerside PE)
Veronica Smith, Katie Fullerton, Sabrina Smith, Chloe McCloskey,coaches Paul Smith/Sarah Fullerton-Cornwall PE
Jessica Daigle, Natalie Menzies, Krista Flanagan, Jade Carruthers, Allan Menzies (Coach)- Thistle St. Andrews (Saint John NB)
Leah Deveau, Sarah MacPhee, Jessica Chapman, Carolyn Rose, Carolyn MacPhee (coach)-Montague PE

Junior Men’s Rosters (Skip, Third, Second,  Lead, Coach-Club)

Matthew MacLean, Marshall Smallman, Kevin Gallant, Alan MacLean, coaches Glen MacLean/Shannon Smallman-Maple Leaf (O’Leary PE)
Alex Matters, Chris Gallant, Andrew Cameron, Kyle Holland, Derrick Cameron (coach)- Charlottetown PE
Jon Rennie, Chris MacRae, Andrew Perrin, Tyler Milligan, Paul Brayshaw (coach)- Riverside Curling Club, Rothsay NB
Shawn Pitre, Daniel McCarthy, Jeff Duggan, Colton Griffin, Roger Gavin (coach) Western (Alberton PE)
Tyler Smith, Parker O’Connor, Noah O’Connor, Tyson Smith, Kevin Smith (coach)- Cornwall PE
Jeff Taylor, Alex Sutherland, Alex Jenkins, Jonathan Schut, AJ Campbell (coach)-Cornwall PE
Sam Ramsay, Justin Richard, Eric Pidgeon, Corey Miller, Peter Pidgeon (coach)-Silver Fox (Summerside PE)
Spencer Pitre, Matthew Nabuurs, Connor MacPhee, Sean Noonan-Charlottetown PE

Photo (L-R): Tyson Smith, Noah O’Connor, Parker O’Connor, Tyler Smith, Kevin Smith (coach)

Cornwall’s young Tyler Smith rink made it 3 for 3 this afternoon – all three Cornwall teams entered in the Canada Games Pre-Trials at the Silver Fox have made it through to the Trials, Dec. 11-14 in Charlottetown! (By way of comparison, none of the four teams from Charlottetown made it through).

Smith, who is 11 years old, stole two points in the 5th end on the way to a 7-4 victory over Charlottetown’s Alex Matters rink this afternoon. Other members of the Smith foursome are Parker O’Connor, Noah O’Connor, and Tyson Smith, with coach Kevin Smith. The Tyler Smith rink joins the Veronica Smith and Jeff Taylor teams who qualified on Sunday. Congratulations to all three teams, and good luck in the Trials!

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

Photo (L-R): Alex Jenkins, Alex Sutherland, Jonathan Schut, Jeff Taylor, A.J. Campbell (coach)

After Sunday play at the PEI Canada Games Curling Pre-Trials at Summerside’s Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club, all but one of the qualifiers for the Trials, December 11-14 in Charlottetown, have been determined. Cornwall’s Jeff Taylor and Veronica Smith teams have both made it, and the Tyler Smith foursome are in contention for the final junior men’s spot.

In the six team round robin Junior Men’s section, three teams finished with identical 3-2 win-loss records and grabbed the first three qualifying spots. These teams are the Tony Nabuurs rink from Montague, Cornwall’s Jeff Taylor foursome, and the Matthew MacLean team from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary. In Sunday’s final round robin draw, Taylor and his team beat their Cornwall clubmates, skipped by 11 year old Tyler Smith, by a 6-2 score. MacLean defeated Alex Matters of Charlottetown 5-2, stealing a deuce in the final end.

Nabuurs was already qualified going into Sunday play, with a 3-1 record, and lost his Sunday contest 7-5 to the Shawn Pitre
team from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. This resulted in three teams having identical 2-3 round robin
records, forcing two tiebreaker rounds, as PEI Curling Association rules dictate that no team may be eliminated solely on
win-loss records. The Matters and Pitre rinks squared off in the first tiebreaker on Sunday afternoon, with Matters
eliminating Pitre with an 8-3 win. Matters now plays Cornwall’s Smith in the second tiebreaker, Monday at 2 pm, with the
winner advancing to the Trials in Charlottetown.

All four qualifiers have been determined in the eight team triple-knockout junior women’s section. The Amanda MacLean rink
from O’Leary’s Maple Leaf Club went undefeated in the competition, grabbing the first qualifying spot for the Trials by
doubling the Jenny McLean foursome from the host Silver Fox club by a 6-3 score on Saturday. McLean went on to win the
second qualifier, 7-5 over Leah Deveau of Montague, on Sunday morning. Going into her final shot, McLean was
facing two Deveau counters, one of which was touching the button. She made a clutch draw to the button, aided greatly by
her sweepers, outcounting the opposing rock by a small margin to pick up the win.

The final two qualifiers were decided in the 2 pm draw on Sunday, with Cornwall’s Veronica Smith rink beating the Kim
Dunbar foursome from Charlottetown by a 7-2 score. The final qualifying spot went to Montague’s Deveau, who came back from her earlier loss to McLean with a decisive 9-3 victory over Emily Keen of Charlottetown.

The eventual winners of the Selection Trials in Charlottetown next month will advance to the Canada Games, February 11-27, 2011 in Halifax, at the Mayflower Curling Club.

Here are the Qualifying Teams (skip to lead, coach-Club). Photos will follow later.

Junior Women’s:

#1 Amanda MacLean, Kassinda Bulger, Emily Gray, Aleya Quilty, coaches Glen MacLean/Shelley Gray-Maple Leaf Curling Club (O’Leary)
#2 Jenny McLean, Meaghan MacDonald, Rachael Gardiner, Lauren MacFadyen, coach Don Vickerson-Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club (Summerside)
#3 Veronica Smith, Katie Fullerton, Sabrina Smith, Chloe McCloskey, coaches Sarah Fullerton/Paul Smith-Cornwall Curling Club
#4 Leah Deveau, Sarah MacPhee, Jessica Chapman, Carolyn Rose, coach Carolyn MacPhee-Montague Curling Club

Junior Men’s:
#1 Tony Nabuurs, Kyle Hughes, Taylor McInnis, Chandler Matheson, coach Arny Nabuurs-Montague Curling Club
#2 Jeff Taylor, Alex Sutherland, Alex Jenkins, Jonathan Schut, coach AJ Campbell-Cornwall Curling Club
#3 Matthew MacLean, Marshall Smallman, Kevin Gallant, Alan MacLean, coach Glen MacLean Maple Leaf Curling Club (O’Leary)
#4 To be determined in a tiebreaker Monday at 2 pm between the following teams:
Tyler Smith, Parker O’Connor, Noah O’Connor, Tyson Smith, coach Kevin Smith-Cornwall Curling Club
Alex Matters, Chris Gallant, Andrew Cameron, Kyle Holland, coach Derrick Cameron-Charlottetown Curling Club

BURLINGTON, November 17, 2009 (CCA/PEICA)…Ontario, skipped by two-time former provincial junior champion Mark Bice of Sarnia, maintained its lead through Draw 10 of the 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, taking place at the Burlington Golf and Country Club.

The host province won both of its games on Tuesday, a 7-3 decision over Saskatchewan followed by a 7-2 rout of Newfoundland/Labrador, to improve to 6-1 in the 12-team round robin.

Prince Edward Island, skipped by Kyle Stevenson of Charlottetown, another former provincial junior champion, and with Cornwall’s Donna Butler at third stone, kept pace, though, with a 9-2 victory over Quebec and an 8-2 pasting of Yukon/Northwest Territories, to sit a game behind at 5-2.

Nova Scotia and British Columbia are next in line with 4-2 marks. Nova Scotia, skipped by 2004 Brier winner Mark Dacey of Halifax, also won a pair on Tuesday, 5-2 over Manitoba and 7-4 over Alberta, while British Columbia, with Duncan’s Jason Montgomery at the controls, took down Northern Ontario, 10-7 and Saskatchewan, 7-5, in the evening draw.

New Brunswick, skipped by Mary Jane McGuire of Fredericton, is next at 4-3.

Ten provinces, plus Northern Ontario and Yukon/Northwest Territories, are contesting the 47th edition of The Mixed, from November 14-21. After the round robin concludes Friday morning, the first place team will advance directly to Saturday’s final, while the second and third place teams meet in a semi-final.

Alberta leads all provinces with nine wins since the championship began in 1964 in Toronto, while defending champion Manitoba and Saskatchewan are next with eight victories each.

Ontario has won the Canadian Mixed twice – in 1986 by skip Dave Van Dine in Kamloops and by skip John Epping at the 2006 edition in Whitehorse. PEI won the Mixed in 1987 (Peter Gallant, Kathie Gallant, Phil Gorveatt, Simone MacKenzie) and 1989 (Robert Campbell, Angela Roberts, Mark O’Rourke, Kathy O’Rourke).

Round robin play continues with draws at 10:00 am, 2:30 pm and 7:00 pm AT through Thursday, with a final draw at 10:00 am on Friday, prior to the playoffs.

In addition to the Canadian title, two players from the winning team will also represent Canada at the 2010 World Mixed Doubles Championship, slated for April 16-24, 2010 in Chelyabinsk, Russia.

PEI’s Wednesday games at the Mixed are against Alberta at 2:30 pm AT and Manitoba at 7 pm AT.

The Cornwall Ladies Fall Fling was held Friday evening and all day Saturday, with the rink of Debbie Rhodenizer, Eileen Blanchard, Karen Fisher, and Paula Ling winning the A section. Congratulations to all the participants and organizers!

Photo (L-R):  Karen Fisher, Eileen Blanchard, Paula Ling, Debbie Rhodenizer

Click for a photo album from the event.

Following are the winners and runners-up:
 
Section A:
Winners: Debbie Rhodenizer, Eileen Blanchard, Karen Fisher, and Paula Ling
Runners-up: Carol Sweetapple, Marie MacDonald, Danielle Girard and Bernie Field
 
Section B:
Winners: Shirley Berry, Arleen Harris, Shelley Ebbett, and Rebecca Rolfe
Runners-up: Jackie Olafson, Amy Wheatley, Sandra Clements and Wilma Smith
 
Section C:
Winners: Vanessa Hamming, Ruth Walsh, Heather MacRae and Lindsay Moore
Runners-up: Ruth Stavert, Mary Plamondon, Marg Stewart and Jean Anderson

BURLINGTON, November 15 (CCA/PEICA)…Prince Edward Island, skipped by former provincial junior champion Kyle Stevenson of Charlottetown, is the only undefeated team after Day 2 of the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, taking place at the Burlington Onario Golf and Country Club.

In a battle of undefeated teams, Prince Edward Island managed to eke out a 6-5 extra end victory over New Brunswick (Mary Jane McGuire of Fredericton) on Sunday night to move to 3-0 in the 12-team round robin. Stevenson matched McGuire point for point until the 11th end, when he scored a single for the win.

The PEI team, which includes third Donna Butler from Cornwall, second Doug MacGregor, and lead stone Tricia Affleck, had earlier recorded wins over the other Atlantic provinces teams in the event, following up their 8-5 Saturday win over Newfoundland and Labrador’s Matt Blandford foursome with another 8-5 victory, this time over the Mark Dacey rink from Halifax on Sunday morning.

After Sunday evening play, New Brunswick fell into a tie for second, at 2-1, with host Ontario, skipped by another former provincial junior champion, Mark Bice of Sarnia, who defeated British Columbia (Jason Montgomery of Duncan), 10-4 in Draw 4 Sunday evening.

In the only other evening match, Yukon/Northwest Territories (Wade Scoffin of Whitehorse) had no trouble with Quebec (Simon Hebert of Baie-Comeau), 7-2.

Six teams are at 1-1, including favoured Nova Scotia, skipped by 2004 Brier winner and Ford Worlds bronze medallist Mark Dacey of Halifax.

Twelve teams, representing the 10 provinces, plus Northern Ontario and Yukon/Northwest Territories, are contesting the 47th edition of The Mixed, from November 14-21.  

The teams play a round robin, after which the first place team advances directly to Saturday’s final, while the second and third place teams meet in a semi-final. PEI’s Monday games are against Northern Ontario and Ontario.

Ontario has won the Canadian Mixed twice since the championship began in 1964 in Toronto – in 1986 by skip Dave Van Dine in Kamloops and by skip John Epping at the 2006 edition in Whitehorse. 

Alberta leads all provinces with nine wins, while defending champion Manitoba and Saskatchewan are next with eight victories each. PEI won the Mixed in 1987 (Peter Gallant, Kathie Gallant, Phil Gorveatt, Simone MacKenzie) and 1989 (Robert Campbell, Angela Roberts, Mark O’Rourke, Kathy O’Rourke).

Round robin play continues through Thursday, with draws at 10:00 am, 2:30 pm and 7:00 pm Atlantic Time, with a final draw at 10:00 am on Friday, prior to the playoffs.

Website: http://www.seasonofchampions.ca/2010mixed/

The Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel wrapped up this afternoon at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, with the Sarah Fullerton rink from Cornwall, and the Colten Steele team from the Dartmouth NS Curling Club winning the finals. Fullerton, with teammates Michelle McQuaid, Whitney Young, and Sara MacRae, doubled the Anita Casey foursome from the host club by a 6-3 score, while Steele edged out defending champion Sam Ramsay, also from the Fox, by an 8-7 count. Playing with Steele were Travis Colter, Michael Brophy, and Ben Creaser.  Rounding out the Casey squad were Abby Burgess, Hillary Thompson and Jessica van Ouwerkerk, while Justin Richard, Eric Pidgeon, and Corey Miller are the other members of the Ramsay rink.

In semi-final play Sunday morning, Fullerton took two five-enders in her 13-6 win over the young Veronica Smith squad, also from Cornwall. Playing with Smith are Katie Fullerton (Sarah’s sister), Sabrina Smith, and Chloe McCloskey.  In the other junior women’s semi, Casey beat Amanda MacLean of O’Leary’s Maple Leaf  club by a 7-4 score. Rounding out the MacLean team are Kassinda Bulger, Emily Gray, and Aleya Quilty.

In junior men’s semi-final play, Steele edged out Spencer Pitre, who is playing out of the Charlottetown Curling Club, by a 5-4 score in an extra end, while Ramsay defeated Peter Doane of the Halifax Mayflower club 7-2. Playing with Pitre were Matthew Nabuurs, Connor MacPhee, and Shawn Noonan, while Kris Slater, Mitchell Young, and Mitchell Boone complete the Doane team.

Round robin play wrapped up on Saturday, with Fullerton and Casey finishing with unblemished 5-0 win-loss records in the Junior Women’s section, while MacLean and Smith went 4-1. In the Junior Men’s division, Steele and Ramsay were undefeated at 5-0, while Doane ended at 4-1, with Pitre going 3-2.

12 teams took part in each division.  Ten PEI teams from this event will be back in Summerside this coming weekend for the Canada Games pre-trials, which get underway on Friday.  As well, many of the teams from the Fall Fling will be competing in the Pizza Delight/Subway/Howard Johnson junior cashspiel, the following weekend in Cornwall.