Kim Dolan wins PEI Mixed in Extra End

Kim Dolan, from the Charlottetown Curling Club, has become the first female skip to win the Provincial Mixed Curling Championship, with a 7-6 extra-end decision over Mike Gaudet of the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club, in a conservatively-played final Tuesday afternoon at the Montague Curling Club. Dolan lead 3-2 after five ends, and 6-5 after nine. Gaudet scored a single in the 10th to force the extra end, and Dolan picked up one to win the championship. Dolan, a five-time winner of the PEI women's curling championship, is no stranger to the PEI Mixed, having won the event playing third stone in 1979, 1980, and 1981. Other team members are Kevin Champion, Marion MacAulay, and Mike Dillon.  On Monday, Gaudet scored five points in end seven to defeat  Dolan 10-2 in one of the  "B" section semi-finals, and went on to win that section. This was Dolan's only loss in the event.  Last year's winner, nine-time Mixed champion John Likely, was eliminated on Sunday from this double-knockout event.

The Dolan rink will advance to the Canadian Mixed Curling Championships next season, where they hope to follow in the footsteps of Alberta's Shannon Kleibrink, who this year became the first female-skipped team to win the national Mixed title.

Kim Dolan to play Mike Gaudet for PEI Mixed title

Summerside's Mike Gaudet, who was the runner-up last year, will get another chance at the PEI Mixed crown, as his Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club rink takes on Charlottetown's Kim Dolan rink Tuesday at 4 PM for the PEI Mixed Curling Championship at the Montague Curling Club. The Gaudet rink, which consists of Provincial Men's champion Gaudet, his sister Suzanne, a former world junior champion, who skipped the PEI women's championship rink the last two years, along with Craig Arsenault who was on Mike's men's team, and Nancy Cameron, fifth on Suzanne's women's rink, scored triples in the first and third ends Monday night, and went on to defeat 2002 Mixed champion Andrew Robinson 9-4 in the "B" final to advance to the championship game against "A" finalist Kim Dolan, a five-time winner of the PEI women's curling championship, who is looking to be the first female skip to win the PEI Mixed (she has won this event at 3rd in 1979, 80, and 81). Other members of the Dolan rink are Kevin Champion, Marion MacAulay, and Mike Dillon.

Earlier on Monday, Gaudet scored five points in end seven to defeat  Dolan 10-2 in one of the  "B" section semi-finals. This was Dolan's first loss in the event, after five straight wins. Gaudet also scored five points in one end on Sunday in a come-from-behind game to advance to the semi-final.

Gaudet vs Robinson in Mixed "B" final. Winner plays Dolan on Tues

Mike Gaudet, from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club, scored five points in end seven to defeat Charlottetown's Kim Dolan 10-2 in one of the PEI Mixed "B" section semi-finals on Monday afternoon at the Montague Curling Club. Gaudet also scored five points in one end on Sunday in a come-from-behind game to advance to the semi-final. Gaudet's win over Dolan means that the championship will be decided in the 4 PM draw on Tuesday, as Dolan, who won the "A section, will not be in tonight's 8 PM "B" final. Other members of the Mike Gaudet rink are his sister Suzanne, along with Craig Arsenault and Nancy Cameron.

Facing Gaudet tonight will be 2002 Mixed champion Andrew Robinson, from the Charlottetown Curling Club, who trailed Larry Dewar from the host Montague club 5-2 after seven ends in this afternoon's match. Robinson picked up a deuce in end eight, stole a single in the 9th, and another deuce in the final end to win by a 7-5 score. Playing with Robinson are Rebecca Jean MacPhee, Tyler Harris, and Tammy Lowther.

The winner of the Gaudet/Robinson game will face Dolan in the PEI Mixed final, to be held Tuesday at 4 PM. The eventual winner will advance to the Canadian Mixed Curling Championships next season.

Kim Dolan advances to Mixed Final. John Likely is out.
Dolan vs Gaudet, Robinson vs Dewar in "B" Semis.

Mike Gaudet, from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club, trailing 6-5 after eight ends, scored five points in the 9th, as he defeated Charlottetown's Jody Jackson rink 10-6 in Sunday night PEI Mixed play at the Montague Curling Club. Meanwhile, Larry Dewar, from the host club, defeated Charlottetown's Doug Weeks rink 6-4 in the other evening game.

Gaudet now faces undefeated Kim Dolan, while Dewar takes on 2002 champion Andrew Robinson in the "B" division semi-finals Monday at 3 PM.

The Charlottetown Curling Club rink of Kim Dolan, Kevin Champion, Marion MacAulay and Mike Dillon won the "A" section with an 8-4 win over clubmate Robinson on Sunday afternoon and have earned a berth in the event final.

Also on Sunday afternoon, Charlottetown's Doug Weeks edged defending champion John Likely 8-7, eliminating the nine-time mixed winner from further play.

The "B" final takes place Monday at 8 PM. If Dolan is in that final and wins it, she will take the championship. If someone else wins, they will face Dolan in the final, to be held Tuesday at 4 PM. The eventual winner will advance to the Canadian Mixed Curling Championships next season.

Robinson, Dolan undefeated after Saturday PEI Mixed play

2002 Mixed champion Andrew Robinson, and Kim Dolan, both from the Charlottetown Curling Club, are the only undefeated rinks going into Sunday play at the Provincial Mixed Curling Championships at the Montague Curling Club. Dolan defeated Larry Dewar of the host club 6-1, while Robinson beat Mike Gaudet of the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club 7-4 on Saturday evening. Saturday afternoon, Robinson downed nine-time Mixed champion John Likely 9-2 after taking a double in the fourth end, stealing a triple in the fifth and a double in the sixth to bring the game to a speedy conclusion. Robinson and Dolan will face off in the "A" section final Sunday at noon, and will compete in the "B" semi-finals Monday at 3 PM. The "B" final will take place Monday at 8 PM. If either Robinson or Dolan win both "A" and "B" sections, they will take the championship; otherwise, a final game will be held Tuesday at 4 PM.

Sunday draws are at noon and 5 PM, with six Charlottetown Curling Club rinks playing at noon: Wellington Gay vs Jody Jackson, defending champion Likely playing Doug Weeks, along with the "A" final between Dolan and Robinson.

In the 5 PM draw, Larry Dewar takes on the winner of Likely vs Weeks, while Mike Gaudet meets the winner of the Gay vs Jackson contest.

Eight rinks undefeated after day one of PEI Mixed

After one day of play at PEI Mixed Curling Championships at the Montague Curling Club, eight rinks, including defending champion John Likely, last year's runner-up Mike Gaudet, along with Kim Dolan, 2002 winner Andrew Robinson, Charlie Wilkinson, Wellington Gay, Jody Jackson, and Larry Dewar are undefeated. Dewar is from the host club, Gaudet is from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club, and the other six rinks are from the Charlottetown Curling Club. 20 rinks are competing in this double-knockout event.