Monthly Archives: January 2009

With only two draws remaining at the Labatt Tankard Provincial Men’s Curling Playdowns at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, six of the eight teams to advance to the Final Eight championship round, February 10-15 in Montague, have been … Continue reading →

CHARLES REID – The Guardian For Brett Gallant, change is in the air as he begins the quest for the title at the 2009 M&M Meat Shops Canadian junior curling championships in Salmon Arm, B.C. Click to read this feature … Continue reading →

The top four seeds, all from the Charlottetown Curling Club, remain undefeated after day two at the Labatt Tankard Provincial Men’s playdowns, which continue through Sunday at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. In Friday play in this triple-knockout … Continue reading →

JASON SIMMONDS – The Journal Pioneer SUMMERSIDE — Erin Carmody is hoping her third consecutive trip to the M&M Meat Shops Canadian junior curling championships (20 and under) is a lucky one. Carmody’s rink from the Silver Fox Curling and … Continue reading →

JASON SIMMONDS – The Journal Pioneer SUMMERSIDE — The M&M Meat Shops Canadian junior curling championships have become a family tradition for the Carmodys. For the third straight year, the brother-sister act of Anson and Erin Carmody from Summerside have … Continue reading →

Roddy MacLean and Jim Farquharson from the Cornwall Curling Club, the two Island members of Canada’s contingent to Scotland for the 100th Anniverary of the Strathcona Cup, return home on Sunday. Canada beat the Scots by a score of 1459 to 1133.

There were no upset wins in the Thursday night opening draw at the 14 team Labatt Tankard Provincial Men’s playdowns, taking place at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. Of the three teams on the ice who were seeded … Continue reading →

Transportation and Publics Works advise that the roads to Alberton are clear. This evening’s Labatt Tankard opening draw will go ahead, as scheduled, at 6 pm.

M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors start Sunday in Salmon Arm, BC January 28, 2009 (CCA)…The M&M Meat Shops Canadian junior men’s and women’s curling championships, presented by AMJ Campbell Van Lines, get underway Sunday, February 1 in Salmon Arm, British … Continue reading →

The PEI Masters Curling Championships, for curlers age 60 and over, wrapped up this afternoon at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary. Nine men’s teams and four women’s rinks took part in the event. The Jeanne Duffenais rink from … Continue reading →

The M&M Meat Shops Provincial Mixed curling championship takes place February 26 to March 1st at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary. Entry deadline is February 5th. Entry fee is $40 per player, plus a $25 per player CCA … Continue reading →

The Provincial Masters Curling Championships, for curlers 60 years of ago and older, are down to the final few draws at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary. Round robin play concluded Tuesday morning in the four team women’s division, … Continue reading →

The Open Playdowns portion of the Labatt Tankard Provincial Men’s Curling Championship gets underway Thursday evening at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. Fourteen teams, ten from the Charlottetown Curling Club, two from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht … Continue reading →

JASON SIMMONDS -Tr anscontinental Media SUMMERSIDE — A 10th-end measurement was required to determine the 2009 P.E.I. Scotties Tournament of Hearts champion. Robyn MacPhee of Charlottetown was awarded a single point and emerged with a 9-7 victory over clubmate Kim … Continue reading →

The Dominion Curling Club Championship, sponsored by The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, is a new event which gives regular club curlers across the country an opportunity to compete in provincial and national level competitions. Club curlers are those … Continue reading →

The Charlottetown Curling Club team of Robyn and Rebecca Jean MacPhee, Shelley Muzika and Tammi Lowther are the 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Provincial Women’s Curling Champions. Monday night at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club they beat their … Continue reading →

Day one is over at the Provincial Masters Curling Championships, for curlers aged 60 and over, being played at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary. Nine men’s teams are playing a double-knockout format, while the four women’s rinks are … Continue reading →

MacPhee faces Dolan in tonight’s final JASON SIMMONDS -The Journal Pioneer SUMMERSIDE — There will be a new P.E.I. women’s curling champion in 2009. Robyn MacPhee of the Charlottetown Curling Club eliminated clubmate Suzanne Birt, who won the last three … Continue reading →

Suzanne Birt, who has won five of the last six PEI Scotties Tournament of Hearts will not be in this year’s final against Charlottetown clubmate Kim Dolan.  In this afternoon’s semi-final at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club, Birt lost … Continue reading →

JASON SIMMONDS – The Journal Pioneer SUMMERSIDE — One finalist has been determined for the P.E.I. Scotties Tournament of Hearts at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club. Kim Dolan’s Charlottetown Curling Club rink beat clubmate Suzanne Birt 10-7 in … Continue reading →

There are only three teams, all from the Charlottetown Curling Club, remaining in the 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts provincial women’s curling championship, which wraps up on Monday at the Silver Fox. The Kim Dolan rink beat the defending champion … Continue reading →

Round robin play wrapped up on Saturday night at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Provincial Women’s Curling Championships at the Silver Fox. Three Charlottetown Curling Club teams, skipped by Suzanne Birt, Kim Dolan, and Robyn MacPhee, finished the round robin … Continue reading →

JASON SIMMONDS -The Journal Pioneer SUMMERSIDE — Generating offence was not a problem for Kim Dolan and Summerside native Suzanne Birt on Friday afternoon. Birt prevailed 9-8 in a battle of Charlottetown Curling Club rinks to go 2-0 (won-lost) at … Continue reading →

The Provincial Masters Curling Championship, for curlers age 60 and over, begins Monday January 26 at 9 am at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, with the nine men’s teams playing a double-knockout format, and the four women’s rinks … Continue reading →

After two days of play at the 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts provincial women’s curling championship at the Silver Fox, defending champion and Summerside native Suzanne Birt, now playing out of the Charlottetown Curling Club, is now the only undefeated … Continue reading →