Entries close January 14 for the 2014 Ferguson Funeral Homes/Curl PEI Provincial Stick Curling Championships, with both Open, for any combination of men and/or women, and Women’s divisions. Defending Open division champions are the John Vincent and Walter Callaghan duo from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, while Ruth Stavert and Gloria Clarke from the Cornwall Curling Club are four-time defending Women’s champs. This year’s event goes February 11-13 at the Charlottetown Curling Complex. Entry fee is $80 per two person team. Entries must be made online at PEICurling.com.

The top four open division teams, and the top two women’s rinks from this year’s event earn the right to compete in the Maritime Stick Curling Championships, March 18-20 at the Gage Curling Club in Oromocto NB. The Ruth Stavert/Gloria Clarke duo are the two-time defending Maritime Women’s champs, while the Paul Doucet and Dave MacDougal twosome from Yarmouth NS are the defending Open champs.

The top two Open division teams also earn the right to compete in the 2014 Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship, March 30-April 2 at the St. Albert Curling Club in St. Albert Alberta. This is an “open” event, but reserves entries for the top two teams from each of BC, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and PEI. Defending Canadian champions are the team of Roddie MacLean and Paul Field from the Cornwall Curling Club, the hosts of last year’s event. MacLean/Field were last year’s provincial runners-up, losing to Callaghan/Vincent after two extra ends of play. A Women’s division was added to last year’s event, with Cornwall’s Ruth Stavert and Eileen Blanchard winning.

Entries to-date for the provincial championships may be viewed at the event website PEICurling.com/stick

In stick curling there are two curlers per team, who deliver their rocks with delivery sticks, with each team member delivering from opposite ends. Sweeping is allowed only from the hog line to the back of the house at the playing end. Two curlers, one from each team, alternately deliver 6 stones each per end, while their teammate skips that end. The roles are then reversed, and the partners deliver the stones back. No stone may be removed from play until the fourth stone of each end. Games are six ends and take about an hour to play. For more information on stick curling, including complete rules of play, visit www.stickcurling.ca.

Mixed

The 2014 Curl PEI Provincial Mixed Curling Championships will take place February 13-17 at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, with the winning team advancing to the Canadian Mixed, which will be held November 8-15 at the North Bay Granite Curling Club, with the pre-qualifier event taking place Nov. 6-7. The Rod MacDonald foursome from the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club and the Charlottetown Curling Complex are the defending PEI Mixed champs, beating the Cornwall Curling Club’s Bill Hope rink by a 9-2 score in last year’s final at the Montague Curling Club.

Entries for this year’s provincial event are due January 16 2014. Entry fee is $200 per team, plus a $35 per player per team CCA Competitor’s fee. Entries must be made online at PEICurling.com.

Entries to-date for the provincial Mixed may be viewed at the event website PEICurling.com/mixed

Mixed Doubles

Curl PEI will be hosting its inaugural Provincial Mixed Doubles Championship at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary from Feb. 13-17 2014 (same dates and venue as the Mixed). Entries have to be in by Jan. 16, with entry fee of $100 per two person team (no CCA competitor fee needed). Entries must be made online at PEICurling.com.  The winners of the provincial championship will advance to the 2014 Mixed Doubles Curling Trials, March 19-23, 2014 at the Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club.

Entries to-date and more information regarding the provincial Mixed Doubles may be viewed at the event website PEICurling.com/mixeddoubles