Wednesday night at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, a number of curlers were presented with ADL awards in appreciation of their achievements over the 2008-2009 curling season
The big winners of the night were the Brett Gallant rink, M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior champions and World Junior silver medallists. The Gallant team, which includes skip Brett Gallant, third Adam Casey, second Anson Carmody, and lead Jamie Danbrook, along with coach Peter Gallant, were honoured with the award for Team of the Year. In addition, skip Brett Gallant won the Junior Male award, while his father Peter took home Coach of the Year honours.
Other winners included Sarah Fullerton, who captured the Junior Female award, skipping her team to repeat wins at both the Sylvan Learning Provincial 17 and Under and the Atlantic 17 and Under championships. The Adult Male award went to Mel Bernard, skip of the Provincial Senior Mixed and Credit Unions of PEI Senior Men’s championship teams. The Bernard foursome finished in third place at the Canadian Seniors Championship at their home Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club. Jeanne Duffenais of Summerside, who skipped her team to a sixth-straight Masters title, and played third on the Provincial Senior Mixed winning team, took home the Adult Female award. Summerside’s Cliff Poirier won the award for Official of the Year, while Curl Atlantic representative, official, and incoming PEI Curling Association president Shirley Lank received the Volunteer of the Year certificate.
Photo (L-R): Jeanne Duffenais, Sarah Fullerton, Dave Linkletter (representing sponsor ADL), Peter Gallant, Brett Gallant, Shirley Lank, Adam Casey, Mel Bernard
Following the presentation of the ADL awards, tributes were made by the PEI Curling Association to all the winning teams from the season, and to the sponsors that help make the provincial curling championships a success each year.
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The PEI Curling Association’s annual ADL awards night, to honour PEI curlers for their achievements during the past season, combined with sponsor appreciation night, will take place on Wednesday June 10th at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, beginning at 7 pm.
All are welcome!
The following resolutions were approved at the PEICA’s Annual General Meeting on May 28th:
1. The entry deadline for all PEICA events is now changed to 4 weeks prior to event start date (was 3). All registrations must now be done online (payment may be sent separately). Note that PEI curling clubs all have internet access, and can assist with online entry.
2. For the Men’s, Women’s, Seniors and Mixed evebts, a draw committee, with a member from each of the events, will meet prior to each event, in conjunction with the PEICA and host club event coordinators, to construct options on draws depending on the club, amount of teams and time availability. The committee would then present the options to the teams for a “majority rules” vote. This would happen 3 weeks out from the start date to allow sufficient time to promote the event. The draw will be on the appropriate event web site at least one week prior to the 1st day of the event.
3. To allow sufficient time to play both the men’s and women’s portions of the event, allowing for triple-knockout or similar formats, the Credit Union Seniors will be expanded by two days, if required.
4. If the Labatt Tankard Men’s Open has less than 16 teams, then it would play down to a final round of six qualifiers. If 16 or more teams are entered, the current final eight format would be played.
The following are the dates and venues for the provincial curling championships held under the auspices of the PEI Curling Association for the 2009-2010 season. These dates were approved at the PEICA’s Annual General Meeting on May 28th. Depending on number of entries received, starting and ending dates may vary by a day or two. Entries must be submitted electronically, and be received four weeks prior to event start.
Senior Mixed (age 50 and over), Silver Fox (Summerside), Dec 10-13
Pepsi Juniors (age 20 and under), Maple Leaf (O’Leary) , Dec 18-22
Island Petroleum Junior Mixed (age 20 and under), Silver Fox (Summerside), Dec 26-29
Scotties (Women’s), Montague, Jan 2-5
Labatt Tankard Men’s Open, Silver Fox(Summerside), Jan 21-24
Masters (age 60 and over), Crapaud Community, Jan 25-28
Labatt Tankard Men’s Final 8, Western Community (Alberton), Feb. 2-7
Ferguson Funeral Homes Stick, Crapaud Community, Feb 15-17
PEI Credit Unions Seniors (age 50 and over), Charlottetown, Feb 16-22
Sylvan Learning 17 and Under, Silver Fox (Summerside), Feb 18-22
M&M Meat Shops Mixed, Crapaud Community, Mar 4-7
M&M Meat Shops 15 and Under, Western Community (Alberton), Mar 4-7
KFC 12 and Under, Western Community (Alberton), Mar 12-14
The Dominion Curling Club Championship, Cornwall, Mar 18-21
Photo L-R: Executive Director Stephen Marchbank, President Shirley Lank, Past President Ray McCourt, Secretary Derek MacEwen. Missing from photo: 1st Vice-President Audrey Callaghan, 2nd VP Roddie MacLean, Treasurer Susan McInnis.
At the PEI Curling Association’s recent AGM, it was announced that Stephen Marchbank of Summerside has been hired as the Association’s new Executive Director, beginning June 1st. He replaces Greg Lucas, who is now working for Basketball Saskatchewan in Regina. Marchbank is also responsible for basketball and rugby, as part of Sport PEI’s Multi-Sport Executive Director program, sponsored by the Canada/PEI Bilateral Agreement for the Advancement of Sport, jointly funded by Sport Canada and the PEI Department of Communities, Cultural Affairs and Labour, along with each participating sport.
He may be reached by email at smarchbank@sportpei.pe.ca by phone at (902) 368-4986 or fax at (902) 368-4548.
The 2009-2010 PEICA Executive were sworn in at the meeting. The incoming president is Shirley Lank, who also headed the organization in 2006. Audrey Callaghan moves up to 1st Vice President, while Roddie MacLean joins the executive at 2nd VP. Derek MacEwen returns as secretary, while Susan McInnis takes on the Treasurer role. Lank, MacLean, and MacEwen are members of the Cornwall Curling Club, while Callaghan curls out of the Western Community club in Alberton, and McInnis belongs to the Charlottetown Curling Club.
Past President is Ray McCourt from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside.
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