Daily Archives: March 5, 2010

Four teams still unbeaten at M&M Meat Shops Mixed

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Draw four is complete at the double-knockout M&M Meat Shops Provincial Mixed Curling Championship at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, with four Charlottetown Curling Club teams, skipped by Bill Hope, Adam Casey, Robert Campbell, and defending champion Kyle Stevenson, still undefeated.

In Friday play, 2008 PEI Mixed champ Hope beat Tony Quigley of the host Crapaud club 11-7 in his lone game, while former Canadian Mixed champion Campbell, backed up by veteran Scotties skip Rebecca Jean MacPhee at third, had two high-scoring wins, beating Crapaud’s Alan Inman team 12-4, recording a five-ender in the process, and defeating Charlottetown clubmate Eddie MacKenzie 13-3.  Casey, a member of last year’s World Junior Silver Medallist rink, is joined by Canadian Scotties runner-up skip Erin Carmody at third for this event, and edged  Jeff Nelson and his combined Montague/Charlottetown team 8-7 in his only Friday contest. Stevenson beat clubmates Jody Jackson and Don Sheidow 7-5, and 7-2 respectively.

Play continues on Saturday, with draws at 9 am, and 2 and 7 pm, with the A section final at 7. Sunday action is also at 9, 2, and 7, with the B final at 2, and the event final, which would not be needed if the same team wins A and B sections, going at 7 pm.

Fourteen teams are taking part, w ith the PEI Mixed champions advancing to the Canadian Mixed, at the Morris Curling Club in Morris, Manitoba, November 20-27, 2010.

Three rinks remain undefeated at M&M Meat Shops 15 and Under

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After opening day round robin play at the M&M Meat Shops Provincial age 15 and Under Curling Championships at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, one boy’s team, and two girl’s rinks remain undefeated with 2-0 win-loss records.

In the three team boy’s section, Alex Matters and his Charlottetown rink of Chris Gallant, Kyle Holland, and Andrew Cameron, with coaches Peter Gallant and Derrick Cameron came on strong in their opener, with a 15-1 win over the Brandon MacNevin rink from the Silver Fox, taking a six point and a five point end in the process. Their second game, against Kyle Hughes and his combined Charlottetown and Maple Leaf  rink, which includes Matthew MacLean and Marshall Smallman from last year’s winning rink, was much closer, with Matters coming out on the winning side of a 7-5 score.  Hughes won his opener against MacNevin in the three team division, by a 17-1 score to sit at 1-1.

The Emma Cousins rink from the Maple Leaf club in O’Leary, and the Caroline Rose team from Montague are both 2-0 in the girl’s section. Cousins, and her rink of Laura O’Meara, Paige Vincent, and Julia McInnis, with coaches Parker Clements and Keith Rowley, blanked Charlottetown’s Emily Keen rink 11-0, and took two four-enders in a 16-1 victory over the Fallon Arsenault team from the Silver Fox. Rose, with teammates Sarah MacPhee, Jessica Chapman, and Leah Deveau, with coach Carolyn MacPhee, beat Cornwall’s Veronica Smith rink 6-4, and Emily Keen by an 8-3 score.  Smith, and Jenny McLean of the Fox are at 1-1,  while Arsenault and Keen are 0-2.

Play continues with Saturday draws at 10:30 am, and 1:30, 4:30 and 7:30 pm, and Sunday play at 10:30 am and 2 and 5 pm.

Western hosting KFC Provincial Age 12 and Under Curling Ch’ships next weekend

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PEI’s youngest curling champions will be crowned next weekend (March 12-14)  at the KFC Provincial Age 12 and Under championships, which will take place at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton (site of the M&M Meat Shops 15 and Under this weekend). There will be two new champions this year, as some members of the two-time defending boys champion Tyler Smith rink from Cornwall, and last year’s girls champs, the Jenny McLean foursome from the Silver Fox, have graduated from the age category. The seven boys teams entered have been divided into two pools, and will play a round robin, as will the three team girls division.

Round robin play (6 end games) goes Friday March 12 at 1:30, 4:30, and 7:30 pm, and wraps up with the noon Saturday draw. Playoff draws go at 2 (tiebreaker game, if needed), 4 and 7 on Saturday, with the girls final at 7. The boys playoff round continues on Sunday at 1 pm, with the final at 4.

Here is the round robin draw:

Draw One Friday March 12, 2010 at 1:30 pm
Devin Schut vs Cameron Jenkins, Laura Gillis vs Kayla Schut, Cameron MacKay vs Alex MacFadyen

Draw Two Friday March 12, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Brookes Roche vs Cameron MacKay, Dillon Vincent vs Devin Schut, Owen Collier vs Cameron Jenkins

Draw Three Friday March 12, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Dillon Vincent vs Owen Collier, Brookes Roche vs Alex MacFadyen, Megan Ching vs Kayla Schut

Draw Four: Saturday March 13, 2010 at 12 Noon
Laura Gillis vs Megan Ching, Devin Schut vs Owen Collier, Dillon Vincent vs Cameron Jenkins

Complete draw, and results available at peicurling.com/12andunder

Boys team rosters (skip to lead, fifth, coach, club)

Owen Collier, John Campbell, Dawson Chatman, Milo Ryan, coaches Steve Ryan/Rachel Collier, Montague
Cameron Jenkins, Spencer Stetson,  Jonathan Cann,  Andrew Stetson, coach  Robert Jenkins,  Charlottetown
Devin Schut, Spencer Matheson, Logan Lewis, Mitchell Schut, Jonathan Schut, Cornwall
Alex MacFadyen, Matthew MacDonald, James Dalton, Parker MacFadyen, coach David MacFadyen, Silver Fox
Dillon Vincent,  Jacob Wilkins,  Alex Ramsay,  Dave Williams, coach Rick Hardy,  Western 
Brooks Roche,  Dylan Lowery, Ryan Lowery, Darian Rice, coach Cody Dixon, Montague
Cameron MacKay, Donald Dewolfe,  Carter Worth,  Avery Wells,  fifth Alexander MacKay, coach Geoff Scutt, Cornwall

Girls team rosters (skip to lead, coach, club)

Megan Ching, Rachel O’Connor, Lauren Lenentine, Breanne Burgoyne, coach Sara MacRae,  Cornwall
Kayla Schut, Laurel Parsons, Kaleigh Peters-Ellis, Sarah Parsons, coaches Dario Zannier/Phyllis Stretch, Crapaud
Laura Gillis,  Emma-Jean Griffin,  Hailey Wilson,  Karlei Lewis,  coach Norma-Jean Griffin,  Western 

Roster change – PEI Mixed

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The roster for the Adam Casey rink has been changed to

Skip – Adam Casey, Third – Erin Carmody, Second – Nick van Ouwerkerk, Lead – Abbey Burgess

Maple Leaf club set to celebrate 30 years (Journal)

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ERIC MCCARTHY
The Journal Pioneer

O’LEARY – Great social times. Bonspiels so popular that teams had to be turned away. Provincial championships. These are some of the memories long-time members of the Maple Leaf Curling Club hold dear.
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Thirty Years of Memories is the theme for a fundraising dinner that will take place at the O’Leary Community Sports Centre, next door, on May 8. Tickets for steak and lobster plates are now available from club members for $50 each.

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Rod MacDonald reaches milestone at Brier (Journal)

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JASON SIMMONDS
The Journal Pioneer
SUMMERSIDE – Rod MacDonald will reach a milestone at the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier.
It will mark the Summerside native’s fifth decade of participating in the Canadian men’s curling championship, and his seventh appearance overall.
“I’m looking forward to it,” said MacDonald, 52. “I keep telling people that this will be my last one, but this will probably be my last one this time around for sure.”

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