Daily Archives: November 19, 2009

PEI ends play at Canadian Mixed

Posted on by November 19, 2009

PEI’s  Kyle Stevenson rink has finished round robin play at the Canadian Mixed in Burlington Ontario, with a 5-6 win-loss record, after losing their final games, 6-4 this morning to Saskatchewan, and 6-2 to BC this afternoon.  PEI had a 2-1 lead in this afternoon’s game against BC’s Jason Montgomery rink, until BC took four points in the 8th end and stole a single in the ninth.

With two round robin draws left, Ontario’s Mark Bice continues to lead, with a 9-1 win-loss record, and one game remaining to play. Pre-tournament favourite Mark Dacey of Halifax is next at 7-2, followed by BC’s Montgomery at 7-3, and Dave Boemer of Manitoba at 6-3. Action is underway in the 7 pm Atlantic draw. with the final round robin draw set for 10 am AT on Friday. Following  round robin play, the first place team will advance directly to Saturday afternoon’s final, while the second and third place teams meet in a semi-final.

In addition to the Canadian title, two players from the winning team will also represent Canada at the 2010 World Mixed Doubles Championship, slated for April 16-24, 2010 in Chelyabinsk, Russia.

Upcoming entry deadlines

Posted on by November 19, 2009

The entry deadline for the Pepsi Juniors (Age 20 & Under) Provincial Curling Championships is Nov. 20 (tomorrow).  The junior men’s and women’s championships take place at the  Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary from Dec. 18-22. Entry fee is $45/player.

The entry deadline for the Island Petroleum Junior Mixed Provincial Curling Championship, for mixed curling teams age 20 and under,  is November 28th.  This event takes place from Dec. 26-29 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club. Entry fee is $35 per player.

The entry deadline for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Provincial Women’s Curling Championship is Dec. 5.  The event takes place at the Montague Curling Club from Jan. 2-5. Entry fee is $50 per player.

Entries for all events must be made online at PEICurling.com. Note that some events are earlier this year, as the national championships for those events have been moved up due to the Olympics.

Charlottetown Curling Club uses ScreenScape to Develop CCC-TV

Posted on by November 19, 2009

Screen Displays to be used to speak to club guests, sell corporate sponsorships.

Charlottetown, PE (PRWEB) November 19, 2009 — The Charlottetown Curling Club announced today that it is launching CCC-TV, an on-location news, information, and entertainment service powered by ScreenScape, an Internet-based digital signage solution.

General Manager Rob Warren spoke for the Charlottetown Curling Club, “We started noticing a number of golf clubs using ScreenScape and we thought it would be the perfect tool for us. The Charlottetown Curling Club has a steady flow of traffic throughout the winter months and hosts a large variety of events. We are constantly in search of innovative ways to speak to these guests and for ways to sell corporate sponsorships. ScreenScape helps us do both and it works particularly well for us because it is both cost-effective and easy-to-use.”

CCC-TV regularly features curling video, local news feeds, and an updated community calendar. The new service is open for business, says Warren. “We have used the ScreenScape Community to promote our memberships and our events in other venues in our region. Now we can use the ScreenScape Community to give others, including community groups and local and national businesses, a way to promote their events, or their products and services on location in our club. Service organizations like ours have to be entrepreneurial if we want to be able to continue to grow the quality of our programs. At this price ($9.99 a month) this is something the curling community should get behind. If each club across the country was a ScreenScape member we would form our own media network that could attract some very serious interest from national marketers. That’s good for our clubs and for curling in general.”

Mark Hemphill, ScreenScape founder and Chief Product Officer welcomed the Charlottetown Curling Club to the ScreenScape Community, “ScreenScape-powered screen displays are quickly gaining popularity among service and sporting organizations across North America. Golf courses, bowling alleys, aquatic facilities, and now curling clubs are all now connecting through the power of Venue Networking. It’s satisfying to see that our network is helping these organizations. As the ScreenScape Community grows and more of these organizations become more interconnected we will be sure to see new opportunities unfold for these venues and for their advertising partners.”

About the Charlottetown Curling Club
The Charlottetown Curling Club was established in 1895 and now boasts over 450 members including 2009 World Junior Silver Medalists, Team Brett Gallant. All of our facilities, including five sheets of ice, are available during the curling season and our lounges and dance hall are also available during the summer for weddings and events. To advertise on CCC-TV please contact Rob Warren, CCC General Manager, (902) 892-7467 or charlottetowncurling@gmail.com.

View CCC-TV online by visiting: http://ccc.screenscape.net/

About ScreenScape Networks
ScreenScape is an Internet Service and Community that offers a smarter, simpler and more cost-effective way to use screen displays in your venue. Members of ScreenScape form a community of venues interconnecting to establish a shared resource and marketplace for exchanging content.

ScreenScape Networks Inc.
(902) 368-1975
screenscape@screenscape.net
P.O. Box 291, 133 Queen Street, 3rd Floor, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7K4 Canada
http://screenscape.net

Ontario still ahead at Mixed-PEI slips to 6th place

Posted on by November 19, 2009

BURLINGTON, ON, November 18, 2009 (CCA/PEICA)…Ontario, skipped by Mark Bice of Sarnia, continued to set the pace Wednesday at the 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, being held at the Burlington Golf and Country Club.

The host province is now 8-1 through 13 draws, while being chased by Nova Scotia, which is next in line with a 6-2 mark. PEI’s Kyle Stevenson rink lost both their Wednesday games – 5-4 to the Graham Powell team from Alberta, and 7-4 to Manitoba’s Dave Boehmer foursome, slipping to 6th place with a 5-4 win-loss record.

Bice won both his games on Wednesday, including the traditional north-south battle with Northern Ontario (Jason Chandler of Sudbury) in the morning, a game which went to an extra end before Ontario prevailed, 8-7. In the nightcap, Ontario had no trouble with New Brunswick (Mary Jane McGuire of Fredericton), 7-2.

However, pre-tournament favourite Nova Scotia, skipped by 2004 Brier winner and Ford Worlds bronze medallist Mark Dacey of Halifax, has stormed into contention, with two wins on Wednesday as well, disposing of Quebec (Simon Hébert of Baie-Comeau), 7-1 in the evening draw, after an afternoon 9-3 decision of Yukon/Northwest Territories (Wade Scoffin of Whitehorse).

Ontario faces Nova Scotia Thursday evening in a match which could determine first place.

Three teams are knotted at 5-3: Alberta, skipped by Karen Powell of Sexsmith; British Columbia, with skip Jason Montgomery of Duncan and Manitoba’s Dave Boehmer of Selkirk.

Round robin play continues with draws at 10:00 am, 2:30 pm and 7:00 pm AT on Thursday, with a final draw at 10:00 am on Friday, prior to the playoffs. PEI finishes round robin play on Thursday, playing Saskatchewan at 10 am, and BC at 2:30 pm Atlantic.

Ten provinces, plus Northern Ontario and Yukon/Northwest Territories, are contesting the 47th edition of The Mixed. After the round robin concludes Friday morning, the first place team will advance directly to Saturday afternoon’s final, while the second and third place teams meet in a semi-final.

Alberta leads all provinces with nine wins since the Canadian Mixed began in 1964 in Toronto, while defending champion Manitoba and Saskatchewan are next with eight victories each.

Ontario has won the championship twice – in 1986 by skip Dave Van Dine in Kamloops and by skip John Epping at the 2006 edition in Whitehorse. 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).

In addition to the Canadian title, two players from the winning team will also represent Canada at the 2010 World Mixed Doubles Championship, slated for April 16-24, 2010 in Chelyabinsk, Russia.