The Curl PEI Provincial Masters Curling Championships, for curlers age 60 and over, take place January 16-20 at the Cornwall Curling Club. Entries closed Friday. There are 10 men’s and two women’s teams signed up.
Defending champs are the Shirley Berry rink from the host club, who are back with one roster change (picking up Shelley Ebbett from Charlottetown), and the Ted MacFadyen team from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. MacFadyen is not back this year, but his three teammates are, skipped by Mel Bernard.
The men’s and women’s winners and runners-up (which will mean both women’s teams this year) will earn the right to compete in the Maritime Masters Championships (location and dates TBA). The winning teams, or the highest-finishing men’s and women’s rinks that choose to attend, are invited to participate in the 2015 NVA Hotel Divison Canadian Masters Championships, March 30 to Apr. 5 at the Whitehorse Curling Club in the Yukon.
Masters Men’s Team Rosters
| Skip | 3rd | 2nd | Lead | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Arsenault | Ron Giggey | Roy Coffin | Edgar Coffin | Cornwall Curling Club |
| Mel Bernard | Lou Nowlan | Earle Proude | Alan Montgomery | Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club |
| Ray Biagé | Tom Dunn | Frank Weiler | Edmond Richard | Cornwall Curling Club |
| Dale Cannon (1st) | Blair Jay (4th) | Des Arsenault | Jim Evans (2nd) | Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club |
| Barry Craswell | Bryan Sutherland | Paul Fields | Alva Clarey | Cornwall Curling Club |
| Bill Hope | Craig Mackie | David Murphy | Bill Doherty | Charlottetown/ Cornwall |
| Bob Maynard | Harry Williams | Bruce Montgomery | Spike Martin | Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club |
| Matt Smith | Julien Gaudin | Shoji Yamamoto | Bill McGuire | Charlottetown Curling Complex |
| Clair Sweet | Bob Matheson | Muncey Harris | Wayne Arsenault | Maple Leaf Curling Club |
| Louis Walsh | Doug Waugh | Steven Bent | Walter Benson | Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club |
Masters Women’s Team rosters
| Skip | 3rd | 2nd | Lead | Coaches #1 | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley Berry | Sandy Hope | Shelley Ebbett | Arleen Harris | Butch McGee, Bill Hope | Cornwall/ Charlottetown |
| Diane MacKay | Valerie MacLean | Debbie Rhodenhizer | Fran Whitlock | Cornwall/ Montague |