Monthly Archives: October 2009

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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. … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

(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 … Continue reading →

                        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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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; … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →