Eight junior women’s curling teams, and six junior men’s rinks begin Canada Games playdowns on Friday, with the pre-Trials event at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. Four teams from each sex will then advance to the Selection Trial Finals, Dec. 11-14 at the Charlottetown Curling Club. The winners from the Finals will compete in the Canada Games, Feb. 11-27 2011 at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax. The 2011 Games are open to curlers born between January 1, 1993, and Dec, 31, 1998.

At the pre-Trials, the junior men will play a round robin, with the top four teams advancing, while the junior women will play a triple knockout to choose the four qualifiers. Play gets underway Friday morning at nine, and wraps up with the 2 pm draw on Sunday, unless a second round of tiebreakers is required for the junior men. If so, that extra draw would go Monday afternoon at two. All games are eight ends.

Live results from both the pre-Trials and the Finals will be available at peicurling.com/canadagames.

Here are the junior men’s team rosters (skip to lead, coach-club)

Matthew MacLean, Marshall Smallman, Kevin Gallant, Alan MacLean, coach Glen MacLean -Maple Leaf Curling Club (O’Leary)

Alex Matters, Chris Gallant, Andrew Cameron, Kyle Holland, coach Derrick Cameron-Charlottetown Curling Club

Tony Nabuurs, Kyle Hughes, Taylor McInnis, Chandler Matheson, coach Arny Nabuurs- Montague Curling Club

Shawn Pitre, Daniel McCarthy, Jeff Duggan, Colton Griffin, coach Roger Gavin-Western Community Curling Club (Alberton)

Tyler Smith, Parker O’Connor, Noah O’Connor, Tyson Smith, coach Kevin Smith-Cornwall Curling Club

Jeff Taylor, Alex Sutherland, Alex Jenkins, Jonathan Schut, coach AJ Campbell-Cornwall Curling Club

Here are the junior women’s team rosters (skip to lead, coach-club)

Fallon Arsenault, Shalynn Buss, Emily Vaniderstine, Kristen Neal, coach Gerald Arsenault-Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club (Summerside)

Megan Davies, Sarah Keen, Desiree MacDonald, Emma Matheson, coach Lorianne Davies- Charlottetown Curling Club

Leah Deveau, Sarah MacPhee, Jessica Chapman, Carolyn Rose, coach Carolyn MacPhee-Montague Curling Club

Kim Dunbar, Emily Hennessey, Kelli-Lynn Younker, Chelsea Warren, coaches Nancy Dunbar/David Younker-Charlottetown Curling Club

Emily Keen, Kailey Koughan, Jessica Watts, Jenny Mutch, coach Margie Jardine-Charlottetown Curling Club

Amanda MacLean, Kassinda Bulger, Emily Gray, Aleya Quilty, coaches Glen MacLean/
Shelley Gray-Maple Leaf Curling Club (O’Leary)

Jenny McLean, Meaghan MacDonald, Rachael Gardiner, Lauren MacFadyen, coach Don Vickerson-Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club (Summerside)

 Veronica Smith, Katie Fullerton, Sabrina Smith, Chloe McCloskey, coaches Sarah Fullerton/Paul Smith-Cornwall Curling Club

Here is the junior women’s opening draw.

Friday Nov. 20 at 9 am
Megan Davies vs Kim Dunbar, Veronica Smith vs Amanda MacLean, Fallon Arsenault vs Emily Keen, Jenny McLean vs Leah Deveau.

Other junior women’s draws go Friday at 2:30 pm, Saturday at 10 am and 2 pm, and Sunday at 10 am and 2 pm.

Here is the junior men’s round robin draw.

Friday Nov. 20 at 12 noon
Jeff Taylor vs Shawn Pitre, Tyler Smith vs Alex Matters, Matthew MacLean vs Tony Nabuurs.

Friday Nov. 20 at 5 pm
Tyler Smith vs Tony Nabuurs, Shawn Pitre vs Matthew MacLean, Jeff Taylor vs Alex Matters

Saturday Nov. 21 at 10 am
Shawn Pitre vs Alex Matters, Jeff Taylor vs Tony Nabuurs, Tyler Smith vs Matthew MacLean

Saturday Nov 21 at 2 pm
Jeff Taylor vs Matthew MacLean, Tyler Smith vs Shawn Pitre, Alex Matters vs Tony Nabuurs

Sunday Nov 22 at 10 am
Jeff Taylor vs Tyler Smith, Alex Matters vs Matthew MacLean, Shawn Pitre vs Tony Nabuurs.

Junior men’s tiebreakers (if needed) Sunday Nov, 22 at 2 pm, Monday Nov. 23 at 2 pm.

BURLINGTON, November 15 (CCA/PEICA)…Prince Edward Island, skipped by former provincial junior champion Kyle Stevenson of Charlottetown, is the only undefeated team after Day 2 of the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, taking place at the Burlington Golf and Country Club.

In a battle of undefeated teams, Prince Edward Island managed to eke out a 6-5 extra end victory over New Brunswick (Mary Jane McGuire of Fredericton) on Sunday night to move to 3-0 in the 12-team round robin. Stevenson matched McGuire point for point until the 11th end, when he scored a single for the win.

The PEI team, which includes third Donna Butler, second Doug MacGregor, and lead stone Tricia Affleck had earlier recorded wins over the other Atlantic provinces teams in the event, following up their 8-5 Saturday win over Newfoundland and Labrador’s Matt Blandford foursome with another 8-5 victory, this time over the Mark Dacey rink from Halifax on Sunday morning.

After Sunday evening play, New Brunswick fell into a tie for second, at 2-1, with host Ontario, skipped by another former provincial junior champion, Mark Bice of Sarnia, who defeated British Columbia (Jason Montgomery of Duncan), 10-4 in Draw 4 Sunday evening.

In the only other evening match, Yukon/Northwest Territories (Wade Scoffin of Whitehorse) had no trouble with Quebec (Simon Hebert of Baie-Comeau), 7-2.

Six teams are at 1-1, including favoured Nova Scotia, skipped by 2004 Brier winner and Ford Worlds bronze medallist Mark Dacey of Halifax.

Twelve teams, representing the 10 provinces, plus Northern Ontario and Yukon/Northwest Territories, are contesting the 47th edition of The Mixed, from November 14-21.  

The teams play a round robin, after which the first place team advances directly to Saturday’s final, while the second and third place teams meet in a semi-final. PEI’s Monday games are against Northern Ontario and Ontario.

Ontario has won the Canadian Mixed twice since the championship began in 1964 in Toronto – in 1986 by skip Dave Van Dine in Kamloops and by skip John Epping at the 2006 edition in Whitehorse. 

Alberta leads all provinces with nine wins, while defending champion Manitoba and Saskatchewan are next with eight victories each. PEI won the Mixed in 1987 (Peter Gallant, Kathie Gallant, Phil Gorveatt, Simone MacKenzie) and 1989 (Robert Campbell, Angela Roberts, Mark O’Rourke, Kathy O’Rourke).

Round robin play continues through Thursday, with draws at 10:00 am, 2:30 pm and 7:00 pm Atlantic Time, with a final draw at 10:00 am on Friday, prior to the playoffs.