The second annual The Dominion Provincial Club Curling Championship gets underway this afternoon, following the Maritime Stick finals, at the Cornwall Curling Club, with opening men’s draw at 5:30, followed by the opening ceremonies and a reception. The opening women’s draw is scheduled for 8 pm. Club champions from all seven PEI clubs will be competing in the men’s section, along with women’s champions from six clubs. Defending champions are the Vanessa Hamming rink from the Crapaud Community Curling Club, and the Louis Walsh foursome from the Silver Fox. Hamming and her team are back this year. The winning provincial rinks will advance to the national The Dominion Curling Club championship, which is cohosted by Cornwall, and the Charlottetown Curling Club, and will take place November 23-28.
The provincial and national club championships, sponsored by The Dominion, one of the country’s largest property and casualty insurers, are designed to give regular club curlers across the country an opportunity to compete in provincial and national level competitions. Any profit 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.
In the provincial event, the men’s and women’s divisions will play round robin formats, with alternating men’s and women’s draws at 5:30 (men) and 8 pm (women) on Thursday, and on Friday at 9:30 am (men), and 12 noon (women), 2:30 (men), 5:30 (women) and 8 pm (men). The round robin wraps up on Saturday with men’s draws at 9:30 am, and 2:30 and 8 pm, and women’s play at 12 noon and 5:30 pm.
Tiebreakers, if needed, go Sunday at 10 am, with the semi-finals at 1 and the final at 5 pm.
End by end results will be available at peicurling.com/thedominion.
Here are the men’s team rosters (skip to lead, fifth, club)
Dave Ross, Nick Fraser, Paul Gaudet, Lester Wah, Charlottetown
Roddie MacLean, Paul Durant, Edgar Coffin, George Younker, Cornwall
Kevin Smith (throws 1st), Calvin Smith (throws 4th), Todd Gilbert (throws 3rd), Donald Whitehead (throws 2nd), Crapaud Community
Glen Betts, Rodney Ellis, Lowell Morrison, Reggie Clements, Ricky Cook (5th), Maple Leaf (O’Leary)
Donald Clarey, Larry Richards, Elliot Morrison, Cameron Lerch, Mike Clarey (5th), Montague
Barry Cameron, Corey Montgomery, Andrew Windsor, Steven Arsenault, Silver Fox (Summerside)
Kevin Ellsworth, Fred Fraser, Alan Gaudet, Gifford Costain, Western Community (Alberton)
Here are the women’s team rosters (skip to lead, fifth, club)
Micki Cageorge, Velma MacLean, Debbie Mol, Wilma Smith, Charlottetown
Lorianne Davies, Melody Beck, Tracy MacDonald, Lynda Turnbull, Cornwall
Vanessa Hamming, Ruth Walsh, Lindsay Moore, Heather MacRae, Crapaud Community
June Moyaert, Shelley Rice, Darlene Larter, Carole Sullivan, Montague
Kim Aylward, Jeanne Duffenais, Michelle Weaver, Debbie Caissy, Silver Fox (Summerside)
Sharon Horne, Kim Ellsworth, Wendy Fraser, Cheryl Bell, Western Community (Alberton)
Round robin draw
Thursday March 18 5:30 pm (men)
Dave Ross vs Kevin Smith, Barry Cameron vs Kevin Ellsworth, Glen Betts vs Donald Clarey
Thursday March 18 8 pm (women)
June Moyaert vs Vanessa Hamming, Kim Aylward vs Sharon Horne, Micki Cageorge vs Lorianne Davies
Friday, March 19 9:30 am (men)
Kevin Ellsworth vs Donald Clarey, Glen Betts vs Roddie MacLean, Barry Cameron vs Dave Ross
Friday, March 19 12 noon (women)
Kim Aylward vs Micki Cageorge, June Moyaert vs Sharon Horne, Lorianne Davies vs Vanessa Hamming
Friday March 19 2:30 pm (men)
Glen Betts vs Kevin Smith, Dave Ross vs Donald Clarey, Roddie MacLean vs Kevin Ellsworth
Friday March 19 5:30 pm (women)
Sharon Horme vs Lorianne Davies, Vanessa Hamming vs Micki Cageorge, June Moyaert vs Kim Aylward
Friday March 19 8 pm (men)
Dave Ross vs Roddie MacLean, Kevin Ellsworth vs Kevin Smith, Barry Cameron vs Glen Betts
Saturday March 20 9:30 am (men)
Glen Betts vs Kevin Ellsworth, Roddie MacLean vs Kevin Smith, Barry Cameron vs Donald Clarey
Saturday March 20 12 noon (women)
Micki Cageorge vs June Moyaert, Lorianne Davies vs Kim Aylward, Vanessa Hamming vs Sharon Horne
Saturday March 20 2:30 pm (men)
Kevin Smith vs Donald Clarey, Barry Cameron vs Roddie MacLean, Glen Betts vs Dave Ross
Saturday March 20 5:30 pm (women)
Vanessa Hamming vs Kim Aylward, Lorianne Davies vs June Moyaert, Sharon Horne vs Micki Cageorge
Saturday March 20 8 pm (men)
Barry Cameron vs Kevin Smith, Dave Ross vs Kevin Ellsworth, Roddie MacLean vs Donald Clarey
Sunday March 21 10 am
Tiebreakers, if needed
Sunday March 21 1 pm
Semi-finals: 2nd vs 3rd place
Sunday March 21 5 pm
Finals: 1st vs winner semi-final