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The Charlottetown Curling Club will host its 29th annual Alpine “Fun Mixed” Bonspiel December 5th and 6th. This is a Mixed event, in which the skip and 3rd must be of opposite gender. Teams with one new curler (learning to curl this year) will be eligible to win a $100 bar tab. Curling, prizes, food and entertainment are all included. Entry forms are available at the Charlottetown Curling Club and other Island clubs, and must be returned by Nov. 26th.

IQALUIT, Nunavut, November 13 (CCA)…Ontario, skipped by Wayne Tuck of Brantford, won a huge battle this morning over Nova Scotia (Mark Dacey of Halifax), 7-6 at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship being played at Arniatok Arena.

The victory improved Ontario’s record to 7-3, as it temporarily sits alone in third place, behind idle (8-1) Saskatchewan (Darrell McKee of Saskatoon) and (7-1) Manitoba (Sean Grassie of Winnipeg).

Tuck was able to build a comfortable 7-2 lead after seven ends, helped by a steal of three in the fourth, then desperately hung on as Dacey cut the margin with a single in eighth, a steal of one in the ninth and two more in the 10th.    With the loss, Nova Scotia fell back to 6-3, now tied with Northern Ontario (Ian Fisher of Sault Ste. Marie).   Tuck finished third at the 2002 Canadian Mixed in Halifax, which was won by Dacey.

In another key contest, New Brunswick (Scott Jones of Moncton) stayed alive in the playoff hunt with an 8-5 decision over Newfoundland and Labrador (Andrew Mercer of St. John’s).  New Brunswick is now 5-4, while Newfoundland and Labrador is 2-7.

In other Draw 14 action, Alberta (Tom Appelman of Edmonton) won its third straight, 8-6 over still winless (0-9) Territories (George Lennie of Inuvik), and is now 3-6, while British Columbia (Greg Monkman of New Westminster) defeated Prince Edward Island (Bill Hope of Charlottetown), 4-2.     PEI dropped to 4-5, while BC is 4-6.

Round robin play continues with draws at 2:30 pm and 7:00 pm today, with a final draw Friday morning at 10:00 am, after which the first place team will advance directly to the final on Saturday, November 15, while the second and third place teams meet in a semi-final to determine the other finalist.

In addition to a Canadian title, two players from the winning team will also represent Canada at the 2009 World Mixed Doubles Championship, slated for April 17-25, 2009 in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.

Alberta has won a leading nine Mixed titles since the championship began in 1964.  Saskatchewan is next with eight, Manitoba has won seven, Nova Scotia six and Ontario only two.

This 46th edition of the Canadian Mixed, presented by First Air, marks the first time that a Canadian sport championship has been contested in Iqaluit, Nunavut.

Founded 25 years ago in Charlottetown, the annual Curl for Cancer event is now held in curling clubs around the world and has raised countless dollars for cancer societies everywhere
MARY MACKAY
The Guardian

Sometimes a good little thing can go a big long way.

Such is the case for the annual Curl for Cancer, which started out as a bonspiel at the Charlottetown Curling Club 25 years ago and is now a cross-Canada event and even has international representation.

Click to read this story in today’s Guardian.