Team Dolan is curling with three players in this event, as Kathy O’Rourke is at the Scotties in Calgary where she is an alternate for Team Birt. Calgary. Dolan is calling the game and throwing final stones, while Julie Scales is vice-skip and throwing the first three rocks, and Susan MacInnis is throwing rocks 4-6. Dolan now faces the winner of a 2 pm game between clubmates Hope and Shirley Berry in the “C” Qualifier at 6:30.  If she wins that game she will have won all three sections, making the 2 game championship round on Sunday unnecessary. If she doesn’t win, her opponent in the championship round would have to win both games, while a win in either would give her the repeat title.

The 7-team men’s round “B” Qualifier goes at 9:30 Saturday morning with two-time defending champ Phil Gorveatt, playing out of Montague, again facing veteran John Likely, who is representing Cornwall. Gorveatt captured the “A” qualifier on Friday morning with a 9-3 win in six ends, leading 7-0 after two. A second section win would give Gorveatt a “double life” in the Sunday championship round at 10 and 3. The “C” qualifier goes at 6:30 pm Saturday.

Teams in both divisions are playing modified triple knockout draws, where the winning team from each section also gets to compete in the next section. If a team wins all three sections, they will win the event without a championship round. If a team wins two sections, they will advance to a championship game against the winner of the other section and will take the championship if they win the game. If the other team wins, there will be a second championship game, with the winner of that game going to the nationals. If there are three separate section winners, the team that played in the most section finals will earn a bye to the second championship game where they will face the winner of a game between the other two finalists.