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The Sarah Fullerton foursome from the Cornwall Curling Club are among 16 junior women’s rinks, and an equal number of junior men’s teams, competing in the 16th annual John Shea Insurance OVCA Junior SuperSpiel, which gets underway on Friday morning, and wraps up on Sunday afternoon at four Ottawa and area curling clubs. Other members of the Fullerton team, who are the provincial and Atlantic 17 and under champions for the past two years, are third Michelle McQuaid, second Whitney Young, lead Sara MacRae, and coach Brenda MacMillan.

The Charlottetown Curling Club is holding a “Haunted Spiel”, open to all, on Friday, Oct. 30th, beginning at 6 pm.  $1o gets dinner and curling. Bar tabs for best-costumed curlers.

A Canadian Curling Association Club Coach – Youth Workshop, designed primarily for persons who work with Junior Curlers age 6 – 12, will be held at the Montague Curling Club on Monday Nov. 9 and continue Tuesday Nov. 10, from 6-9:30 pm both days.

Cost is $75, and registration deadline is Nov. 5.

The workshop covers the first 8 modules of the Club Coach Youth program,  and includes:

Setting the Scene, Ethical Coaching, Practice Planning, Safety, Game Orientation, Teaching the Skills, Program Management and Games, and Drills and Activities.

To register please contact Gayle Johnston at 368-1071 or email gaylej@pei.sympatico.ca.

Please make cheques payable to the PEI Curling Association, and mail to Gayle Johnston, Box 3 Site 10   46 Kirkdale Rd., Charlottetown PEI, C1E 1N6.

Fair Isle Ford’s Sweep into Montague Mixed Funspiel takes place Nov. 6-8 at the Montague Curling Club.

$120 entry fee per mixed team includes curling, prizes, meal voucher, munchies, and drinks, along with  music trivia on Friday nigbt, and entertainment/dance Saturday night.

Teams are guaranteed three games. Entry deadline is Nov.  2nd.

For more info, call club manager Ron Whittaker at 838-2513 or montaguecurlingclub@pei.aibn.com.

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In order to combat seasonal flu, including the H1N1 virus,  the Charlottetown Curling Club is initiating precautionary measures.  Dispensers containing alcohol-based hand sanitizers have been installed around the club, as well as sanitizing wipes both in the lounge and on the ice.  The rock handles are wiped down daily but curlers are also invited to wipe them before they play.  Door handles, railings, the bar area, and washrooms are also being cleaned more frequently, and patrons are being invited to help stop the spread of flu in the club by coughing into their sleeves, washing  hands frequently,  and leaving their gloves on when  shaking hands before and after a game.

Truro’s Colleen Pinkney rink, who won the Canadian Senior Women’s Curling Championships last March in Summerside, doubled the Melissa Adams foursome from New Brunswick by a 6-3 score to win this afternoon’s final at the Lady Monctonian invitational women’s cashspiel at Club Beausejour in Moncton. Other members of the Pinkney team are Wendy Currie, Karen Hennigar, and Susan Creelman, while Sandy Comeau,  Stacey Leger, and Pamela Nicol round out the runner-up Adams squad. The Pinkney rink will be representing Canada at the 2010 World Senior Curling Championships in Chelyabinsk, Russia  in April.

Adams edged Ashley Howard of Moncton 7-6 in the semi-final, while Pinkney got by Andrea Kelly of NB 5-4.

PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink, last year’s champions, lost their quarter-final 7-4 to Pinkney. The Birt team, which includes third Shelly Bradley, second Leslie MacDougall, and lead Stefanie Clark, with coach Charlie Sullivan, finished round-robin play with a 3-2 win-loss record, and were the only Island rink to advance to the quarter-final round.

The Rebecca Jean MacPhee rink also went 3-2, while the other PEI teams, skipped by Donna Butler, Kathy O’Rourke, and Anita Casey, did not manage to pick up a win.

In the other quarter-finals, Adams doubled Mary Ann Arsenault of Halifax 10-5,  Kelly  edged Jill Mouzar of Halifax 4-3, and Howard beat Sylvie Robichaud from the host Beausejour club by a 5-3 count.

The Jamie Murphy rink of Halifax beat the Paul Dobson foursome from Saint John in the Sunday afternoon  final of the Fifth Annual CFB Halifax Curling Club cashspiel.  The Murphy team picks up $1400 for the win, while the Dobson squad pockets $1000. Scores were not available.

Meanwhile, the three Island rinks in the event will be coming home with $1960 in total winnings. The Eddie MacKenzie team made it to the quarter-final round, and pockets $400, while the Rod MacDonald and Brett Gallant rinks lost out to Dobson and Murphy, respectively, in the semi-finals, and each take home $600. As well, all three PEI teams had four round robin wins, with a payout of $30 per win.

Twenty-three teams took part in the event.

The finals got underway at 2:30 in the Lady Monctonian invitational women’s cashspiel at Club Beausejour in Moncton, with Truro’s Colleen Pinkney playing Melissa Adams of  New Brunswick.

Adams edged Ashley Howard of Moncton 7-6 in the semi-final, while Pinkney got by Andrea Kelly of NB 5-4.

PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink, last year’s champions, lost their quarter-final 7-4 to Pinkney. The Birt team, which includes third Shelly Bradley, second Leslie MacDougall, and lead Stefanie Clark, with coach Charlie Sullivan, finished round-robin play with a 3-2 win-loss record, and were the only Island rink to advance to the quarter-final round.

The Rebecca Jean MacPhee rink also went 3-2, while the other PEI teams, skipped by Donna Butler, Kathy O’Rourke, and Anita Casey, did not manage to pick up a win.

In the other quarter-finals, Melissa Adams of New Brunswick doubled Mary Ann Arsenault of Halifax 10-5,  Andrea Kelly of NB  edged Jill Mouzar of Halifax 4-3, and Moncton’s Ashley Howard, beat Sylvie Robichaud from the host Beausejour club by a 5-3 count.

Island rinks will be coming home with $1960 in total winnings after weekend play at the Fifth Annual CFB Halifax Curling Club cashspiel. The Eddie MacKenzie rink made it to the quarter-final round, and pockets $400, while the Rod MacDonald and Brett Gallant rinks lost out in the semi-finals, and each take home $600. As well, all three teams had four round robin wins, with a payout of $30 per win.

In the semi-final round, MacDonald lost out to Paul Dobson of Saint John, while Gallant lost to Jamie Murphy of Halifax.  The final gets underway at 3 pm. The winning team in the final take home $1400, with $1000 going to the runner-up.

Three Island teams, skipped by Brett Gallant, Rod MacDonald, and Eddie MacKenzie, advanced to the quarter-finals  at the Fifth Annual Fall Cash Spiel, hosted by CFB Halifax.

Two of the three rinks, skipped by MacDonald and Gallant, have made it through to the noon semi-finals, with the Eddie MacKenzie team being eliminated from further play. In the quarters, MacDonald beat the Sterling/Palmer team, while MacKenzie lost to Paul Dobson of Saint John, and Gallant defeated Jamie Christianson of Halifax. The other game saw while Haligonian Jamie Murphy beat  Mark Kehoe of Windsor. Scores were not available. In the semi-finals, MacDonald faces Dobson, while Gallant plays Murphy.

All three Island rinks won their respective round robin pools, with 4-1 win-loss records.

 The winning rink from the 3 pm final will pocket $1400, with $1000 going to the runner-up. The other semi-finalists will take home $600, while the losing quarter-finalists, including MacKenzie, will go home with $400.

PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink will not repeat as champions at the Lady Monctonian, losing their quarter-final match 7-4 to Truro’s Colleen Pinkney foursome this morning at Curling Beausejour in Moncton. The Birt team, which includes third Shelly Bradley, second Leslie MacDougall, and lead Stefanie Clark, with coach Charlie Sullivan, finished round-robin play with a 3-2 win-loss record, and were the only Island rink to advance to the quarter-final round.

The Rebecca Jean MacPhee rink also went 3-2, while the other PEI teams, skipped by Donna Butler, Kathy O’Rourke, and Anita Casey, did not manage to pick up a win.

In the other quarter-finals, Melissa Adams of New Brunswick doubled Mary Ann Arsenault of Halifax 10-5,  Andrea Kelly of NB  edged Jill Mouzar of Halifax 4-3, and Moncton’s Ashley Howard, beat Sylvie Robichaud from the host Beausejour club by a 5-3 count. The semi-final round at 11:30 sees Adams play Howard, and Pinkney face Kelly, with the winners facing off in the 2:30 pm final.

PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink are the defending champions at the Lady Monctonian, which wraps up today at Curling Beausejour in Moncton. The team, which includes third Shelly Bradley, second Leslie MacDougall, and lead Stefanie Clark, with coach Charlie Sullivan, finished round-robin play with a 3-2 win-loss record, and are the only Island rink to advance to the quarter-final round, which gets underway at 8:30 this morning.

The Rebecca Jean MacPhee rink also went 3-2, while the other PEI teams, skipped by Donna Butler, Kathy O’Rourke, and Anita Casey, did not manage to pick up a win.

In the quarter-finals, Mary Ann Arsenault of Halifax plays Melissa Adams of New Brunswick, Andrea Kelly of NB  faces Jill Mouzar of Halifax, Birt takes on Colleen Pinkney of Truro, and Sylvie Robichaud from the host club faces Ashley Howard, also from Moncton. The semi-final round is at 11:30, with the final being played at 2:30 this afternoon.

Three Island teams, skipped by Brett Gallant, Rod MacDonald, and Eddie MacKenzie, are at the Fifth Annual Fall Cash Spiel, hosted by CFB Halifax, and all three will be playing in the quarter-finals, which get underway at 9 this morning. All three won their respective round robin pools, with 4-1 win-loss records. MacDonald will play a rink listed as “Sterling/Palmer”, while MacKenzie faces Paul Dobson of Saint John, with the winners advancing to one of the noon semi-finals.

In the other flight,  Gallant takes on Jamie Christianson of Halifax, while Haligonian Jamie Murphy will battle Mark Kehoe of Windsor. The winners will face off in the noon semis. The final goes at 3 pm.

The winning rink will pocket $1400, with $1000 going to the runner-up. The other semi-finalists will take home $600, while the losing quarter-finalists will go home with $400.

The 2009/2010 Senior Men’s Curling Tour gets underway on October 30, and takes place on four weekends, at three Island clubs. All teams play each Friday night at 5:45 and 8:30, and on Saturday at 9:30 am and 12:30 pm. Entry fee is $120 per weekend. Priority is given to teams from last year’s events. Email your entry to mesmith@gov.pe.ca or phone Matt Smith at 892-8129. Teams have until November 1st to confirm their events for this season.

Here is the schedule:

Oct. 30-31 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club. 12 teams.
Nov. 20-21 at the Cornwall Curling Club. 8 teams.
Jan. 8-9 at the Cornwall Curling Club. 8 teams.
Feb. 5-6 at the Charlottetown Curling Club. 10 teams.

As well, a Senior Tour event with both a men’s and a women’s division is planned for Dec. 4-6 at the Silver Fox. Details on this event will be available later.

Visit the Events page at PEICurling.com for a comprehensive curling schedule, which includes PEI events, as well as regional cashspiels, regional, Canadian and World Championships, along with the Grand Slam of Curling, and TSN and CBC curling coverage schedules.

PEI’s top male and female curlers are in Halifax and Moncton, respectively, this weekend, with play starting on Friday, and wrapping up Sunday afternoon.

Island women’s teams skipped by Suzanne Birt, Donna Butler, Anita Casey, Rebecca Jean MacPhee, and Kathy O’Rourke are competing in the Fifth Annual Lady Monctonian Invitational, at Curling Beausejour, while the men’s teams, with skips Brett Gallant, Rod MacDonald, and Eddie MacKenzie, are at the Fifth Annual Fall Cash Spiel, hosted by CFB Halifax. Both are round-robin events.

PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink are the defending champions at the Lady Monctonian, edging New Brunswick’s Mary Jane McGuire foursome by a 4-3 score in last year’s final. The Shawn Adams foursome from the Halifax Mayflower club won the CFB Halifax event last year.

Websites:

http://www.curlingbeausejour.ca/

http://www.cfbhalifaxcurling.com/cashspiel.html

(www.albertoncurlingclub.ca)
The Western Community Curling Club in Alberton got the new curling season underway on October 13 with a ceremony to mark the “reopening” of the club with a new entryway and a refurbished upstairs lounge.

The improvements to the Alberton club were jointly funded by the club, the federal government through ACOA, and the provincial government. Volunteer club members provided most of the labour.

 

Ribbon cutting duties in the renovated lounge were performed by (L to R) Club President Fr. Art Pendergast, Gail Shea, federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans from the nearby riding of Egmont, Audrey Callaghan, club vice-president and vice-president of the PEI Curling Association, and Pat Murphy, MLA for Alberton-Roseville.  Provincial Minister of Fisheries and Rural Development Neil LeClair was at the ceremony but could not be present when this picture was taken.

“I know the community is very proud of its curling club — and this facility is used extensively by residents and neighbours alike,” Mr. Murphy said in a speech.

The next step leading up to the start of play is an Open House from October 26 to 29 when everyone is invited to drop by between 6:30 and 9:00 p.m. to throw a few stones, join the club or just socialize.

Weekly play is set to start November 2.

An innovation this year will be a Stick Curling league which will play Fridays at 10:00 a.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo  (l-r): Hon. Carolyn Bertram, Minister of Communities, Cultural Affairs and Labour; Jody Jackson, Project Coordinator; John Likely, President of the Charlottetown Curling Club; Hon. Doug Currie, Minister of Health and MLA for Charlottetown-Parkdale.

 CHARLOTTETOWN,  (IIS)– The Charlottetown Curling Club was established in 1895 and now has 450 members. Thanks to $104,600 from the Province’s Island Community Fund, this aging facility is undergoing major improvements.

“Curling is one of the most popular winter sports in Prince Edward Island, said Minister Carolyn Bertram. “The Charlottetown Club has been a developing ground for many athletes who have gone on to compete at the national and world levels, including Robyn MacPhee’s Team who recently represented PEI at the Scott Tournament of Hearts and Brett Gallant’s Team who became Canadian Jr. Champions and went on to win a silver medal at the Worlds. The Government of Prince Edward Island is pleased to support the Charlottetown Curling Club as they strive to better serve curlers and our One Island Community.”

As part of the project, a Jet Ice System was recently installed in the facility to enable the Club to make ice faster and use less energy. A new roof is currently being installed and over the new few months the Club will receive a new ice plant and lighting upgrades.

 The Charlottetown Curling Club has five lanes of ice to provide winter entertainment for the community. Their programs are designed for anyone from age 6 and up. “Our members and the community are very excited about the funding and the resulting renovations,” said Rob Warren, Manager of the Charlottetown Curling Club. “I want to thank the Provincial Government for their support; this project would certainly not have been possible without it.

Committed to in Budget 2008, the Island Community Fund represents a provincial investment of $27.5 million towards the infrastructure needs of Prince Edward Island communities. The Fund consists of two components – a small projects component, and a strategic initiatives component. Eligible categories of funding under this program include Community Safety and Security, Recreation, and Cultural infrastructure not funded under the current programs. A high priority will also be given to projects which support strategic initiatives for the entire province.

For more information about provincial infrastructure initiatives visit www.gov.pe.ca/go/infrastructure.

 

The PEI Curling Association is holding a special meeting on Monday October 26th from 6:30 to 7:30 pm at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, to seek approval for changes to the Association’s bylaws and operations manual. The special meeting will be followed by a general Board meeting at 8 pm. Curling club representatives are requested to be in attendance at both meetings.

JASON SIMMONDS
The Journal Pioneer

SUMMERSIDE — Four new members joined the Prince Edward Island Curling Hall of Fame and Museum here at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club on Monday night.
Sharon Renner Knox and the late Wanda Hunter were inducted in the builders’ category, while Arthur (Art) Burke and the late G. Allison (Joe) Saunders were enshrined under the players’ category.

Click to read this story at the Journal-Pioneer

The Cathy Auld rink from the St. Georges Golf and Country Club in Toronto beat the Sherry Middaugh foursome from Coldwater Ontario by a 7-2 score in the final of the Southwestern Ontario Women’s Charity Cashspiel, which wrapped up Monday in London. Other members of the Auld team are Cheryl McPherson, Melissa Foster, Mary Chilvers, and fifth player Janet Murphy.  The game was close until the seventh end, when they took four points.

Auld beat Middaugh earlier, by a 6-2 score, to advance to the quarter-final round, then took a triple in the final end to edge Julie Hastings of Markham 7-6, and doubled Jacqueline Harrison of Waterdown Ontario 8-4 in the semi-final.

Two time defending champion Rachel Homan lost out to Alison Goring of Toronto in the quarter-final round, while last year’s runner-up, world champion Bingyu Wang of China, also lost in the quarter-finals, to Middaugh.

PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink won their first game, against Goring, and their second, against four-time Canadian Senior champ Anne Dunn, but then lost their next three games, and were eliminated on Sunday morning.

Team Birt, along with other Island teams skipped by Donna Butler, Kathy O’Rourke, Rebecca Jean MacPhee, and Anita Casey, next head to the Beausejour Curling Club in Moncton, for the Lady Monctonian Invitational Spiel, which starts on Friday.

A large crowd was on hand for the third annual PEI Curling Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, which took place Monday night at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. Co-hosts Paul H. Schurman and JoAnne Holden introduced the Chair of the Hall, Jerry Muzika, who welcomed everyone to the event. Following this, greetings were given by David Morgan, Director of Community Service for the City of Summerside, Janice Sherry, MLA for Summerside-Wilmot, Ralph Yeo, president of the Silver Fox, and PEI Curling Association president Shirley Lank.

Following this, each of the four inductees were introduced, and a member of the Hall of Fame Board presented them with a plaque, and unveiled a portrait of the inductee, by artist Wayne Wright. The inductee or their representative then had a chance to say their thanks.

Photo (L-R): Betty Hunter, Art Burke

The first inductee was Wanda Hunter of Summerside (posthumously), with Wanda MacLean presenting to Wanda’s daughter, Betty Hunter.

Art Burke of Charlottetown was inducted by Board member Barb Currie.

Photo (L-R): Sharon Renner Knox, Joan Saunders

The third inductee, Sharon Renner Knox, was inducted by Board member Bev Millar.

The final inductee, G. Allison (Joe) Saunders (posthumously), was inducted by Board member Marilyn Sutherland, and was represented by his wife Joan, and his son, Allison Jr.

Click to view a photo album from the event.

Here are the citations for the inductees:

Inductee Biographies

Arthur “ Art ”  Burke

Art started curling in 1949, when he was ten years old. Many days, he could be found at the Charlottetown Curling Club, along with George Dillon, throwing rocks from after school until supper time.

His practising paid off. In 1957, he won the School Boys PEI Curling Championship along with third Arnold Llewellyn, second Allison Saunders, and lead  Harris Dingwell.

In 1958, he again won the School Boys PEI Curling Championship with third Allison Saunders, second Doug Bell, and lead Alan Smith. They finished in the runner-up position to Northern Ontario at the national event which was held in Charlottetown that year.

With the exception of 1965, 1967, and 1968, Art appeared in every provincial men’s curling championship final game between 1959 and 1970, winning 5 titles, and being runner up 4 times.

In 1959, Art won the PEI Men’s Curling Championship, playing lead for Cliff MacDonald’s team, and in 1960 and 1961 his team was runner-up.

In 1962, he skipped his team to the PEI Men’s Curling Championship, with third Alan Smith, second Bob Dillon  and lead Wayne Rhodenizer, and in 1963, his team finished in the runner-up position.

In 1964, the team was back again, this time as a winner of the PEI Men’s Curling Championship, with Art skipping, along with third Alan Smith, second Bob Dillon, and lead Stu Lavers. The Canadian Men’s Championship was held in Charlottetown that year. 

In 1966, Art won the PEI Men’s Curling Championship, skipping the team of third Arnold Llewellyn, second Ralph Manning, and lead W. Temple Hooper.

In 1969, his team was  runner-up.

Back again in 1970, he again won the championship, skipping the team of third George Dillon, second Joe Saunders, and lead Lorne Burke, Art’s brother.     

His last provincial championship was in 1992, when he won the PEI Senior Legion Championship, curling second for Lorne Burke.

A stellar curling career spanning 35 years, with two provincial School Boys titles, five PEI men’s championships, and a PEI Senior Legion championship.

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Annie Wanda Hunter (posthumously)

Wanda joined the Summerside Curling Club in 1956, beginning a 40 year career as a dedicated curler and supporter of the game.

Wanda curled for many years in the provincial ladies curling play downs. She was runner up in the PEI Ladies Curling Championship in 1970, and in 1976, her team won the PEI “Gaudet’s Save Easy” Championship. 

She won the ladies club championship on five occasions:  1971, 1977, 1988, 1989, and 1991. Wanda was on the winning mixed team that won the Maritime Championship in 1960.

Her administrative service to the club started in 1959, when she served as President of the Summerside Curling Club. She was again President in 1961/62, and 1966/67.

She acted as club secretary in 1965/66, club publicity chair in 1976/77, and club games chairman in 1969/70, 1971/72, 1974/75, and 1983/84. 

She chaired many club fund raisers including the Silver Fox Fur & Fashion Show, Harvest Moon Ball, Funny Hat Bonspiel, as well as the ladies monthly draws.

In 1979/81, Wanda served on the building committee for the new Silver Fox Complex. She was President of the Silver Fox Curling Club five times: 1981/82, 82/83, 83/84, 89/90, and 1991/92. 

She was a club delegate to the PEI Ladies Curling Association for a number of years. Wanda served as Provincial Games Chairman in 1960/61, 1968/89, and 1977/78. She was President of PEI Ladies Curling Association in 1972/73 and again in 1976/77.

Wanda’s dedication and support to curling shines through, in her administrative work not only at the club and provincial level, but also at the national level.
In 1984, she was an official at the Scott Tournament of Hearts Canadian Ladies Championship which was held in Charlottetown. Wanda co-chaired the Canadian Mixed Championship in 1987 at the Silver Fox in Summerside.

Wanda served on many committees, including media and scoring for the 1991 Canada Winter Games, and media and officiating committees for three national championships: Postal, Legion and Firefighters, at the Silver Fox.

In 1970/1971, she coached junior curlers.

In 1987, she and her husband Bert sponsored the ladies and mens “ Draw to the Button “ competition that ran for 20 years. Beginning in 1982, she sponsored the Lady Fox Curling Bonspiel for more than  a decade.

She has been recognized with the Scott Appreciation Award for dedicated and outstanding service to ladies curling on PEI in 1992, and the ADL Sport Award in 1993, for contributing to the growth and development of women’s curling for 37 years.

Wanda Hunter was a tireless worker for the game of curling on PEI.       
 
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Sharon Renner Knox

Sharon’s involvement in curling as an administrator, instructor, coach, and official  began in the early seventies when she served on several golf and curling committees at the Belvedere Golf and Winter Club. Her involvement continued as she assumed the role of president of the Belvedere ladies curling branch in 1976/77. 

She took Curl Canada instructor/training courses to coach and instruct curlers. She conducted classes for beginners at Belvedere each year to encourage anyone new at the sport. She also spent several years helping the junior program at this club. Sharon became a level 2 coach/instructor and earned the technical portion of the curling level 3 coaching program. She officiated at several Canadian Curling Championships.

She represented her club at the Provincial Ladies Curling Association for several years and was 2nd  vice president in 1976 and 1st vice 1977. She was President of the PEI Ladies Curling Association in 1979/80.

Sharon became a delegate to Canadian Ladies Curling Association for two years and was elected to 2nd vice president of the Canadian Ladies Curling Association in 1982, and 1st vice president in 1983. She was involved in the first negotiations for obtaining the sponsorship for women’s curling by the Scott Paper Company. It is interesting to note that Scott, now known as Kruger Products, still sponsors women’s curling to this day.  She served as president of the Canadian Ladies Curling Association in 1983/84.

Sharon earned the Sport PEI annual award for Administrator of the Year for 1984, and in 1986,  she was elected to the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame, as a builder, for her outstanding contribution to the game of curling.

Sharon was elected to the board of directors of the Belvedere Golf and Winter Club and became their president  four years later, in 1988/90. She was the first woman to hold that position.

She assisted in the formation of the PEI 55+ Games Association and was elected as founding President in 1997/98. She served as secretary of the Canadian Senior Games Association in 1998/99, and president of the Canadian Senior Games Association in 2000-2002.

Sharon obtained her level 1 coaching for lawn bowling and ran the Junior program for three years with the Sherwood Lawn Bowling Club. She was the ladies single PEI Lawn Bowling Champion in 2000, 2001, and 2002, and competed in three National Lawn Bowling Championships.

Sharon was president of the Prince Edward Island Lawn Bowling Association in 2004.

In 2002, she was awarded Sport PEI President’s Award for her contribution to sport on PEI.

Sharon served as a member of the board of the PEI Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.          
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G. Allison (Joe) Saunders (posthumously) 
 

Joe threw his first rock in 1954 at the Charlottetown Curling Club, playing with Doug Cameron in the Confederation Bonspiel, a popular spring wind-up event at the CCC.

He went on to a curling career spanning 37 years, competing in eight national competitions.

In 1957, he played second, winning the School Boys PEI Championship with Art Burke as skip, Arnold Llewellyn third, and Harris Dingwell lead.

In 1958, he played third with Art Burke as they won the School Boys PEI Championship with Doug Bell at second, and Alan Smith as lead.  They finished in the runner-up position to Northern Ontario at the national competition, which was held in Charlottetown that year.

In 1960, as second, he won the PEI men’s Championship with Doug Cameron skip, George Dillon, and Arnold Llewellyn.

In 1961, again, as second stone, he won the PEI men’s Championship with the same team. Joe was also voted to the second All Star Team at the national championship event.  

In 1962, he was runner-up in the PEI men’s Championship with skip Doug Cameron.

Back again in 1963, he won the PEI men’s Championship with Doug Cameron skip, third George Dillon and Arnold Llewellyn, at lead position.

In 1969, as second, he was runner up in the PEI men’s Championship with Art Burke as skip.

He was also involved as a coach, coaching the 1969 junior team skipped by Robert Stewart when they  won the PEI Juniors men’s Championship and went on to play in the Canadian Championship in  North Battleford Saskatchewan.

In 1970, he won the PEI Men’s Championship with Art Burke skip, George Dillon third, and Lorne Burke lead.

In 1980, he won the PEI Legion Championship playing second with Hugh Montague skip, Lorne Burke third, and Albert Mosher lead.

His last Canadian Championship was in 1990, when he won the PEI Seniors Championship with Boyd White skip, third Jerry Muzika, and lead  Don Rogers.  

Photos: Lou Picard

Luella “Lou” Picard  passed away on Saturday in Summerside.  Born in The Pas, Manitoba in 1927, she is survived by her husband Gilbert “Ted” Picard, Summerside; children Gary Picard, Edmonton, AB; Cheryl Picard (Charles Silliphant), Ottawa, ON; Judith MacLellan, Summerside; Rick (Joanne) Picard, Ottawa, ON; Robert (Mary) Picard, Summerside; Brenda Picard, Mount Stewart; 11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; and by a brother Gordon Petersen, BC.

Lou Picard skipped four teams to PEI Senior Women’s curling championships:

1987: LUELLA PICARD (Genevieve Enman, Marie Gaudet, Madge Prowse) 
1985: LUELLA PICARD (Genevieve Enman, Marie Gaudet, Madge Prowse)
1984: LUELLA PICARD (Genevieve Enman, Marie Gaudet, Madge Prowse)
1983: LUELLA PICARD (Genevieve Enman, Marie Gaudet, Kathleen MacDonald)

Visiting hours are Monday evening from 6-8 at the Moase Funeral Home, with funeral mass Tuesday at 10:30 am at St. Paul’s Church in Summerside. Memorial donations to St. Paul’s Cemetery Fund, the Alzheimer’s Society, or a charity of your choice would be appreciated.

The Halifax Mayflower Curling Club rink of Ian Fitzner-Leblanc, Stuart MacLean, Kent Smith, and Philip Crowell beat the defending champion Marc Lecocq team from New Brunswick by an 8-6 score this afternoon to win the Best Western – TSA Curling Classic at the Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club in Saint John NB. Other members of the Lecocq foursome are Grant Odishaw, Rick Perron, and Jeff Lacey.

Lecocq beat Charlottetown’s Robert Campbell rink, while Fitzner-Leblanc defeated Chad Stevens of New Brunswick in semi-final play. On Sunday morning, Campbell beat  Charlottetown clubmate John Likely in the quarter-finals to advance to the semis. Scores for these games were not available. Playing with Robert Campbell were Steve Burgess, Jamie Newson, and Rob Doherty, while Phil Gorveatt, Mark Butler, and Mike Dillon round out the Likely squad.

The other PEI rink in the event, which includes Tyler MacKenzie at skip, along with Steve van Ouwerkerk, Lincoln Peters, and Nick van Ouwerkerk, finished round robin play with a 1-4 win-loss record, while Likely and Campbell advanced to the playoff round with 4-1 records.

PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink, which includes third Shelly Bradley, second Leslie
MacDougall, and lead Stefanie Clark, with coach Charlie Sullivan, had to keep winning on Sunday, after losing both Saturday games in the triple-knockout $32,000 Southwestern Ontario Women’s Cashspiel, being played in London Ontario.

Unfortunately, they lost their first Sunday game, against Jacqueline Harrison of the Alliston Curling Club, and are eliminated from further play.

On Saturday, the Birt foursome lost 8-2 against Team Switzerland, skipped by Mirjam Ott, and 8-3 against the Lisa Farnell team from Peterborough. The Birt rink got off to a great start, winning their first two games on Friday, against Alison Goring of Toronto, and four time Canadian and two time world Seniors champ Anne Dunn of Cambridge Ont.

The quarter-final round goes tonight at 7:30, with the semis going Monday morning at 9, and the final game at 1 pm. All times are Eastern.

 World Champions and last year’s event runner-up Team China, skipped by Bingyu
Wang, have already qualified for the quarter-finals, as have Team Switzerland.
Wang handed Rachel Homan of Ottawa, who has won the event the last two years,
her first loss in this year’s event Saturday afternoon, taking a second-end
triple, and scoring a deuce in the final end of a close 7-6 battle.

The Swiss Olympic team followed their win against Birt with a 5-4 edging of
Coldwater Ontario’s Sherry Middaugh foursome.

In the B flight, Homan doubled Erika Brown of Madison Wisconsin 6-3 on Sunday morning, while Cathy Auld of Toronto recorded a 6-2 upset over Sherry Middaugh.

Auld and Homan now advance to the 7:30 pm quarter-finals.

All proceeds from the charity cashspiel, now in its 13th year, go toward breast cancer research. To date, the cashspiel has raised $182,915 for the cause.