Crapaud Cashspiel adds Junior Division

The 5th annual Harvey’s General Store cashspiel will be held  January 15-17 at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. The event will also include a Junior division for ages 17 and under. Entry in this division is limited to the first eight junior men or women’s teams who sign up. Teams are guaranteed three games, and entry fee is $120 per team. To register, call Kevin Smith at  621-0207.

PEI Sports Hall of Fame seeks nominations

The deadline for nominations for the PEI Sports Hall of Fame is February 17, 2010. Categories include Athletes, Builders, and Teams.

Athletes and teams must have either been retired from their sport for five years, or  considered to be at least five years beyond their athletic peak. 
Nomination forms are available by contacting Nick Murray at 368-4547 or publicrelations@sportpei.pe.ca.
The next induction ceremony will take place in the fall of 2010 in Summerside.
For more information on the PEI Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, visit www.peisportshalloffame.ca

PEICA to hold Technical Training workshop

 The PEI Curling Association are conducting a CCA “Technical Intro Competition Coach Workshop” (formerly called Level 2 Technical), which replaces the old Level 1 and 2 Technical training. This workshop will take place at the Charlottetown Curling Club in January 16 and 17 2010, from 9 am to 4:30 pm each day. Cost is $130. Please make cheques payable to the PEI Curling Association. Registration deadline is January 12, 2010.   

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

Gallant rink sweeps way to another junior curling title (Journal)

O’LEARY
ERIC MCCARTHY
The Journal Pioneer

Brett Gallant and his Charlottetown Curling Club team will get to defend their Canadian Junior Men’s Curling title next month in Sorel-Tracy, Que.

Gallant and teammates Adam Casey, mate, Anson Carmody, second, and lead Alex MacFadyen breezed through the P.E.I. Pepsi Provincial Junior Men’s triple knock-out championship at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary undefeated. They faced the Matthew MacLean rink from the host club in the ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ finals and won them all.

Click to read this story in the Journal-Pioneer

Gallant rink on a mission/Fullerton team wins jr. women’s (Transcontinental)

ERIC MCCARTHY
Transcontinental Media

O’LEARY — Brett Gallant and his Charlottetown team will get to defend their Canadian junior men’s curling title next month in Sorel-Tracy, Que.
O’LEARY — A stolen triple in the fifth end proved to be Sarah Fullerton’s Cornwall rink’s ticket to the Canadian junior women’s curling championship. 

Sarah Fullerton foursome win their first Pepsi Junior Women’s title

The Sarah Fullerton foursome from the Cornwall Curling Club won their first Pepsi Provincial Junior Women’s Championship this evening at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary with a 9-2 victory over the Anita Casey team from the Charlottetown Curling Club. Fullerton, and her rink of Michelle McQuaid, Sara MacRae, and Whitney Young, with coach Brenda MacMillan, had won two of the three sections in the triple knockout draw, giving them the ability to take the Juniors title by winning either of the two championship round games, but only the first was needed. Fullerton, with hammer, scored a single in the first end. Casey blanked the second and took a single point in the third end. Fullerton pulled ahead with a deuce in the fourth, and built up a sizable lead with a stolen triple and single in the next two ends. Casey, and her rink of Abby Burgess, Hillary Thompson, and Jessica van Ouwerkerk, with coach Jeff Wilson, picked up a single point in the seventh, but shook hands after Fullerton recorded another deuce in the eighth end.

The winning Fullerton rink, who were the PEI Canada Games representatives in 2007, and won three of the last four provincial 17 and Under championships, will join the Brett Gallant foursome, who won their fifth consecutive Junior Men’s title earlier on Monday, at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, January 16-24 in Sorel-Tracy Quebec, where the Gallant rink will be looking to defend their Canadian title.

Entry deadlines reminder

Curlers are reminded that the Labatt Tankard Provincial Men’s Curling Championship entry deadline is December 24th, and the deadline for the Provincial Masters Curling Championships, for male and female curlers aged 60 and over,  is December 28th. Enter online at peicurling.com.

Gallant makes it five in a row, women’s finals set at Pepsi Jrs.

The Brett Gallant rink from the Charlottetown Curling Club, which includes third Adam Casey, second Anson Carmody, and lead stone Alex MacFadyen, with coaches Kathie and Peter Gallant, have won their fifth consecutive Pepsi Provincial Junior Curling Championship, with a 9-1 victory over the Matthew MacLean foursome from the host Maple Leaf curling club.
Gallant beat MacLean in the A, B and C finals of this triple-knockout event, making the two game championship round unnecessary.

In the C final, Gallant followed up a triple in the opening end by stealing a single in the second, and a deuce in the third. MacLean got on the board with a single in the fourth, but a Gallant triple in the fifth brought the game to a speedy conclusion.

Other members of the runner-up MacLean foursome are Marshall Smallman, Kevin Gallant, and Alan MacLean, with coaches Glen MacLean and Shannon Smallman.

The Gallant rink will now look to defend their Canadian title at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, January 16-24 in Sorel-Tracy Quebec. They were also silver-medallists at the World Juniors last season. Jamie Danbrook played lead on the Gallant team last year, but long-time lead MacFadyen returned to the Island and the team this season. Gallant, skipping a different team, also won the provincial title in 2004.

Meanwhile, Anita Casey and her Charlottetown Curling Club rink shaded Amanda MacLean from the host O’Leary club by a 5-4 score in the Junior Women’s C final. Casey now faces Cornwall’s Sarah Fullerton rink in the two game championship round. Fullerton won both the A and B sections, and will take the title if she wins either game, while Casey would have to win both games. The championship games go at 6 pm and, if needed,  Tuesday at 3 pm. Playing with Fullerton are Michelle McQuaid, Sara MacRae, and Whitney Young, with coach Brenda MacMillan, while Abby Burgess, Hillary Thompson, and Jessica van Ouwerkerk, with coach Jeff Wilson complete the Casey rink.

MacLean siblings still in hunt for 20 and Under curling titles (Journal)

O’LEARY — The reigning boys 15 and under curling champion has a mammoth challenge on his hands. For the Matthew MacLean rink to win the P.E.I. Pepsi Junior (20 and Under) mens curling championship, he will have to beat the reigning Canadian junior men’s team three times. 
Meanwhile, MacLean’s sister, Amanda MacLean, the reigning 15 and under girls champion, made sure there would be at least one play-off needed to decide the girls 20 and under championship.

Gallant one game away from 5th-straight Jr. title. Fullerton also needs just one more win.

After Sunday play in the triple-knockout Pepsi Provincial Junior Curling Championships at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, the Brett Gallant rink are in the driver’s seat  on their journey to their fifth consecutive junior men’s title, winning the B section, and advancing to the C finals. As they won the A section on Saturday, a win in any of their next three games – the C final, or the two championship round games, will give them another trip to the M&M Canadian Juniors, where they are the defending champions, and last year’s World silver medallists.

On Sunday, Gallant, and teammates Adam Casey, Anson Carmody, and Alex MacFadyen, with coaches Kathie and Peter Gallant, defeated the Matthew MacLean rink from the host club by a 9-2 score in the B final, scoring two four-enders in the process. The A final on Saturday was also against MacLean, with Gallant winning by an 11-2 score, aided by a six-ender. Gallant then recorded an 8-6 win over Charlottetown clubmate Spencer Pitre to advance to the C final, Monday at 1 pm against MacLean, who edged Maple Leaf clubmate Parker Clements by a 5-4 score to advance.  Should Gallant win the C final, he will take the championship without the two game playoff round, scheduled for Monday at 6 pm, and Tuesday at 3 pm.  Should MacLean win, he would also have to win both championship games,  to take the title, while Gallant would repeat as champ if he won either.

In the Junior Women’s section, Cornwall’s Sarah Fullerton rink won the B section, doubling Charlottetown’s Anita Casey rink 8-4, aided by a stolen ninth-end deuce. Fullerton, with teammates Michelle McQuaid, Sara MacRae, and Whitney Young, and coach Brenda MacMillan, had won the A final on Saturday, 6-5 over Amanda MacLean of the host Maple Leaf Club.

Fullerton did not advance to the C final, after suffering her first loss, by an 8-4 score, to MacLean, who will now face Casey in that game, Monday at 1 pm. Casey advanced with a 9-8 extra-end win over Tiffany Sweet of the Maple Leaf. The championship round games go Monday at 6 pm, and, if necessary, Tuesday at 3  pm.

Since Fullerton won two sections, she will play in both championship games against the C winner, and take her first Junior championship if she wins either.

The winning  junior men’s and women’s rinks will advance to the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Championships, January 16-24 in Sorel-Tracy Quebec.

B Finals set at Pepsi Juniors

The second of the three section finals will be decided on Sunday at the Pepsi Provincial Junior Curling Championships at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary.

The Sarah Fullerton rink from Cornwall, who won the junior women’s A section, will play the Anita Casey foursome from the Charlottetown Curling Club at 10 am on Sunday, while the men’s A winner, four-time defending champion Brett Gallant, will again face Matthew MacLean from the host club, in the 1 pm Sunday B final.

In the B section playdowns, Gallant took a five-ender in his 10-2 victory over Sam Ramsay’s combined Charlottetown/Silver Fox team, while MacLean doubled Spencer Pitre and his Charlottetown rink by a 4- 2 score.  Fullerton also recorded a 10-2 victory, over Tiffany Sweet of O’Leary. while Casey beat A section runner-up Amanda MacLean of the host club by a 6-3 score.

The C finals go Monday at 1 pm. If a team wins A, B, and C sections, they will win the juniors title without the two game championship round. If a team wins two sections, they will play in both championship games, and win the championship if they take either game. Otherwise, the B and C winners will square off, with the winner playing the A section winner in the final game. The championship round, if needed, goes Monday at 6 pm, and Tuesday at 3 pm.

The  junior men’s and women’s champs will advance to the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Championships, January 16-24 in Sorel-Tracy Quebec.

Fullerton, Gallant win A finals at Pepsi Juniors

The Brett Gallant rink from Charlottetown, and Cornwall’s Sarah Fullerton foursome have won their respective “A” section finals at the triple-knockout Pepsi Provincial Junior Curling Championships at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary.  This advances them to the two-game championship round. Should either team win all three sections, they would win their championship without the need for the playoff round. Should a team win two of the three sections, they would play in both championship games, and win the title should they take either game.

The Gallant team, who are reigning Canadian champions and World Silver Medallists, and are looking for their 5th straight PEI Juniors title, took six points in the eighth end in an 11-2 victory over Matthew MacLean of the host club, while MacLean’s sister Amanda lost a close 6-5 decision to Fullerton.

Other members of the Gallant rink are Adam Casey, Anson Carmody, and Alex MacFadyen, with coaches Kathie and Peter Gallant. Rounding out the Fullerton team are Michelle McQuaid, Sarah MacRae, and Whitney Young, with coach Brenda MacMillan.

Amanda MacLean takes on Anita Casey and her Charlottetown Curling Club rink, while Fullerton plays Tiffany Sweet of O’Leary at 4:3o pm, with the winners advancing to the B final, Sunday morning at 10.

At 8 tonight in the junior men’s section,  Gallant plays Sam Ramsay and his combined Charlottetown/Silver Fox rink, while MacLean takes on Spencer Pitre and his Charlottetown Curling Club team. with the winners playing off in the B final Sunday at 1 pm.

The eventual winners will advance to the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Championships, January 16-24 in Sorel-Tracy Quebec.

2009 The Dominion PEI winners receive banners

Leigh Armstrong from The Dominion Curling Club Championship was on PEI earlier this week, and took the opportunity to present provincial championship banners to the 2009 PEI champions, the Louis Walsh rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club, and the Vanessa Hamming foursome from the Crapaud Community Curling Club, who were chosen in March, and participated in the national championship in November.

Hamming rink

Photo (L-R): Heather MacRae, Lindsay Moore, Ruth Walsh, Vanessa Hamming, Leigh Armstrong of The Dominion

Walsh Rink

Photo (L-R): Ray Thompson, Walter Bensen, Louis Walsh. Missing: Doug Waugh

The 2010 provincial The Dominion Curling Club Championship will take place March 18 to 21 at the Cornwall Curling Club. Entry deadline is February 18th. The winners of that event will advance to The Dominion national championship November 23-28 2010 at the Charlottetown and Cornwall clubs.

Scotties Draw set

Seven teams, from the Charlottetown, Cornwall, and Montague curling clubs, will be competing in the triple knockout Scotties Tournament of Hearts Provincial Women’s Curling Championships, January 2-5 at the Montague Curling Club, with the winning rink advancing to the national Scotties, January 30-Feb. 7 in Sault Ste. Marie Ont. The team draw was done on Friday night at the opening ceremonies of the Pepsi Juniors  by District 25 MLA Rob Henderson. Defending champions are the Charlottetown Curling Club team of Robyn MacPhee, her sister Rebecca Jean, Shelley Muzika and Tammi Lowther, who beat their clubmates the Kim Dolan foursome by a 9-7 score in last year’s final. The MacPhee sisters are back this year, with Dolan joining the rink at second, and Nancy Cameron from last year’s Dolan rink playing lead stone. The other two members of Dolan’s rink, Kathy O’Rourke and Trisha Affleck, have teamed up with former Junior champs Erin Carmody and Geri-Lynn Ramsay.

Here is the opening draw:

Saturday January 2nd at 10 am:

Ice 1: Donna Butler (Cornwall) vs Erin Carmody (Charlottetown),

Ice 2: Lisa Jackson (Charlottetown) vs Tammy Dewar (Montague)

Ice 3: Shirley Berry (Cornwall/Charlottetown) vs Suzanne Birt (Charlottetown)

Saturday January 2nd at 3 pm:

Ice 3 Rebecca Jean MacPhee (Charlottetown) vs winner Butler/Carmody game.

Complete draw and end-by-end results at peicurling.com/scotties.

Team Rosters (skip to lead, fifth, coach, club):

Erin Carmody, Geri-Lynn Ramsay, Kathy O’Rourke, Trisha Affleck, Al Ledgerwood (coach), Charlottetown
Suzanne Birt, Shelly Bradley, Leslie MacDougall, Stefanie Clark, Jeff Wilson (coach), Charlottetown
Rebecca Jean MacPhee, Robyn MacPhee, Kim Dolan, Nancy Cameron,  Charlottetown
Tammy Dewar, June Moyaert, Darlene London, Gail Greene, Montague
Shirley Berry, Sandy Hope, Shelley Ebbett, Arleen Harris, Butch McGee (coach), Cornwall/Charlottetown
Lisa Jackson,  Jaclyn Reid,  Jodi Murphy,  Heather Mader, Lori Robinson (coach),  Charlottetown
Donna Butler, Carolyn Coulson, Melissa Andrews, Lori Brine, Leita Chisholm (fifth), Kathie Gallant (coach), Cornwall

Pepsi Juniors starts this morning

Play gets underway this morning in the triple-knockout Pepsi Provincial Junior Curling Championships, for curlers age 20 and under, at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, with seven junior men’s teams, and six junior women’s rinks taking part.  Three Cornwall teams … Continue reading

PEICA Revised Rules of Play

As a result of two Special Meetings, and with input from a Players Committee, the PEI Curling Association Rules of Play for Provincial Championships have been revised, and are now available in the Curling Association section, documents subsection of PEICurling.com, … Continue reading

Junior Mixed Postponed

Due to insufficient signup, the Island Petroleum Provincial Junior Mixed Curling Championships, scheduled for December 26-29 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club have been postponed until a later date, yet to be determined.