Monthly Archives: January 2009

(CCA) PERTH, Scotland – The World Curling Federation (WCF) announces that Sandra Schmirler, the legendary Canadian women’s skip who died of cancer in the year 2000, is the posthumous winner of the 2009 World Curling Freytag Award. The award will … Continue reading →

Coaching and Fairplay awards were handed out during the closing ceremonies of the Pepsi Provincial Junior Curling Championships, which wrapped up this afternoon at the Charlottetown Curling Club. The recipients of the Asham Coaching Award, as voted on by the … Continue reading →

It’s the third PEI Junior title in a row for the Erin Carmody rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. Wednesday afternoon at the Charlottetown Curling Club, they scored three points in the final end for an … Continue reading →

The Charlottetown Curling Club rink of Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Anson Carmody and Jamie Danbrook doubled Summerside’s Sam Ramsay foursome 6-3 on Wednesday morning to capture their fourth straight provincial juniors title. Danbrook, a member of last year’s British Columbia … Continue reading →

The PEI Sports Hall of Fame and Museum is putting out the call for nominations for induction in 2009. The Hall, which celebrates the history of Island sporting excellence, will be looking to induct four individuals or teams who have enjoyed … Continue reading →

While the remaining two junior men’s and junior women’s rinks are battling it out in Charlottetown for the Pepsi Juniors title, two Islanders  have already won provincial junior championships. Charlottetown’s Robbie Doherty, now living in Fredericton NB,  is second on … Continue reading →

Three-time defending junior men’s champion Brett Gallant from Charlottetown, and Summerside’s Erin Carmody, who won the last two junior women’s titles, have captured two of the three sections in the triple-knockout Pepsi Provincial Junior Curling Championships, which wrap up Wednesday … Continue reading →

It’s the same teams again for the last of three section finals at the Pepsi Juniors in Charlottetown. This morning, Anita Casey of Summerside doubled Charlottetown’s Katie Sharkey 10-5, while two-time defending champion Erin Carmody, also from Summerside, beat Cornwall’s Sarah Clow … Continue reading →

After losing the A section finals on Sunday, defending champions Brett Gallant and Erin Carmody came back with victories in the B section of the Pepsi Juniors on Monday at the Charlottetown Curling Club. They were playing the same teams … Continue reading →

Roddie MacLean and Jim Farquharson from the Cornwall Curling Club leave for Scotland on Monday to compete in the 100th Canada vs Scotland Strathcona cup. They are part of the 40 member Canadian contingent which, for the first time, has … Continue reading →

The first of three section winners has been decided in both the junior mens and junior women’s divisions at the Pepsi Junior Curling Championships at the Charlottetown Curling Club, and neither winner is the defending champion. The Sam Ramsay foursome … Continue reading →

Following a 24 hour weather delay, the 2009 Pepsi Provincial Junior Curling Championships got underway on Saturday. Both defending champions are undefeated after opening day in the triple-knockout competition, with Brett Gallant of Charlottetown beating clubmate Patrick Shepherd 7-1 in only five ends, … Continue reading →

The Marion Dockendorff Award is presented annually at the PEI Scotties Tournament of Hearts to a dedicated female curler for her contributions to curling. Please email your nominations, clearly outlining your candidate’s contributions, to info@peicurling.com by January 14th.

Due to the road conditions, a decision has been made to move the opening ceremonies and banquet for the Pepsi Juniors at the Charlottetown Curling Club, from Friday to Saturday evening at 7:30. All curling draws for this event had … Continue reading →

Due to weather and road conditions, the opening draw of the Pepsi Provincial Junior Curling Championships will be moved from 8 am on Friday to 8 am Saturday.  All draws are now set at  a day later than originally scheduled, but … Continue reading →