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Here is information on next season’s junior bonspiels at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. For more info or to register, contact Sheila Compton at pudgsc@pei.sympatico.ca The Fall Fling junior cashspiel goes November 16-17. The junior men’s … Continue reading →

The finalists have been selected for curling’s 2011-2012 ADL/Sport PEI Amateur Sport Awards, with the winners to be announced at a ceremony following the PEI Curling Association’s Annual General Meeting, which begins at 5:30 pm on Wednesday May 30 at … Continue reading →

The Prince Edward Island Curling Association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) and ADL/Sport PEI Amateur Sport Awards Presentation will be held on Wednesday May 30, beginning at 5:30 pm, at the Charlottetown Curling Club.  Dinner will be provided. Please RSVP to Amy Duncan … Continue reading →

The 2012 Kraft Celebration Tour: Nominate Your Community Today for a Chance to Win $25,000 and a Live Broadcast of SPORTSCENTRE on TSN Calling all Canadians!  Is there a local curling club that needs new lights or a new chiller?  Be … Continue reading →

Premier Robert Ghiz and Doug Currie, Minister of Health and Wellness and Minister responsible for sport, rose in the house this week to acknowledge the success (16 medals) of PEI’s Special Olympians  at The Winter Games in St. Albert, AB this February. Two PEI Special … Continue reading →

The NCCP Competition Development Courses being offered by Sport PEI in June and July are now full, and we will not be taking any further registrations for these courses.  However, we will be keeping a waiting list and if demand … Continue reading →

(by Allen Cameron) Don’t worry, the cheques are in the mail. That’s the gist of the message being sent to the best curling teams on the planet in the wake of prize payouts from last month’s Sun Life Financial Grand … Continue reading →

Summerside’s Sarah “Sally” Mae Basler, who played second on the Betty Linkletter rink, and, along with third Irene Silliphant, and lead Frances Henthorn, won three consecutive provincial women’s curling championships in 1952 through 1954, passed away on Saturday at the … Continue reading →

The PEI Curling Association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) and ADL Amateur Sport Awards Presentation will be held on Wednesday, May 30 beginning at 5:30pm at the Charlottetown Curling Club.  Dinner will be provided. Please RSVP to Amy Duncan by May … Continue reading →

Update: these courses are now full. Please contact Victoria (see below) to be put on a waiting list for possible courses in the fall. Sport PEI are offering FREE Competition Development (Comp Dev) courses in June and July with a … Continue reading →

(by Jean Mills) Switzerland capped a perfect week, winning every game in the competition on their way to a 7-6 victory over Sweden to win the gold medal at the 2012 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Erzurum, Turkey, on … Continue reading →

There were no requests to meet tomorrow morning to discuss this document so we will not be holding a meeting. The Board of Directors will be meeting to discuss this before final changes are made to go to the AGM, … Continue reading →

By Charlotte MacAulay charlotte@peicanada.com Brooks Roche, 15, of Lower Montague had a lucrative trip to the Grand Slam of Curling in Summerside this weekend. He won out over 35 competitors in the junior draw to the button contest and earned … Continue reading →

The World Curling Federation (WCF) and the Canadian Curling Association (CCA) today announced that the City of Fredericton New Brunswick will host the 2013 World Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships and World Mixed Doubles. All three world championships will … Continue reading →

Recently, a couple of PEICA board members reviewed the PEICA Provincial Championship Rules of Play.  This includes the overall rules; specific event rules; and the event formats. I have attached the draft document that contains the revisions as well as … Continue reading →

The PEI Curling Association’s Annual General Meeting and Awards Night will be held May 30, beginning at 5:30 pm, at the Charlottetown Curling Club. Nominations are now being sought for the ADL/Sport PEI Achievement Awards and for the Marion Dockendorff … Continue reading →

(by Jason Malloy) Brett Gallant’s curling future is taking him to the Rock. The Charlottetown resident will be moving to St. John’s this summer to play with the Brad Gushue rink. The decision came after the 22 year old played … Continue reading →

The Players Championship curling tournament gave Summerside, P.E.I. an early jump on the tourism season this weekend. The crowds watching the curling at Credit Union Place also filled Summerside’s hotels and restaurants. (CBC) The tournament filled hotels and crowded bars … Continue reading →

SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. – John Epping of Toronto scored the winning point on his last shot to defeat Glenn Howard of Coldwater, Ont. in the men’s final of the 2012 Sun Life Financial Players’ Championship at Credit Union Place. John Epping … Continue reading →

(by Jason Simmonds) Eighth-seeded men’s team upsets world champion in final SUMMERSIDE – John Epping capped a Cinderella run at the Capital One Grand Slam of Curling Sun Life Financial Players’ Championship in dramatic fashion on Sunday afternoon. Skip John … Continue reading →

First year curler Beth Tetreault of Thessalon Ontario had the chance to go home with a lot of money today after the fourth end of the “Capital One Million Dollar Draw to the Button” contest at the Sun Life Financial … Continue reading →

Click to view a photo album from today’s Sun Life Financial Players’ Championship at the Credit Union Place in Summerside.

Calling John Epping’s rink a longshot heading into the Sun Life Financial Players’ Championship would have been generous, but the Toronto skip defied the odds to capture the final leg of the Capital One Grand Slam of Curling. Epping, who … Continue reading →

(by Jason Simmonds) SUMMERSIDE – John Epping drew to the button on the game’s final shot to give his Toronto rink a 7-6 win over Glenn Howard of Coldwater, Ont., in the men’s final of the Capital One Grand Slam … Continue reading →