PEI Scotties Tournament of Hearts Provincial Women’s Ch’ship

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Photos of PEI Scotties winning and runner-up teams

Here is the Robyn MacPhee rink, who won the PEI Scotties Tournament of Hearts Women’s Curling Championship, with a 7-5 win over the Veronica Smith team in this morning’s final at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, and will now advance to the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts, February 18-26 at Meridian Centre, St. Catharines, Ont. 

Photo (L-R): Al Ledgerwood (coach), Robyn MacPhee (skip), Sarah Fullerton (third), Meaghan Hughes, Michelle McQuaid. Photo credit: Emily Gray

Here is the runner-up Veronica Smith rink:

Photo (L-R): Veronica Smith (skip), Jane DiCarlo (third), Whitney Young (second), Aleya Quilty (lead), Angela Hodgson (coach). Photo credit: Emily Gray

Robyn MacPhee rink wins PEI Scotties, MacKenzie forces sudden death Tankard final at 3:30

Two very close championship round matches took place this morning at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex, with one champion decided, and one going to an extra match.

The Robyn MacPhee rink have won the provincial Scotties Tournament of Hearts women’s championship, stealing singles in the last two ends for a 7-5 win over Charlottetown clubmate Veronica Smith. MacPhee won two of the three modified triple knockout sections of the draw, giving her the title if she won either of the two championship games, so the 3:30 match is no longer needed.

Robyn MacPhee (Emily Gray photo)

Team MacPhee (Emily Gray photo)

Other members of the winning MacPhee squad are third Sarah Fullerton, second stone Meaghan Hughes, and lead Michelle McQuaid, with coach Al Ledgerwood. The runner-up Smith foursome includes vice-skip/mate Jane DiCarlo, second Whitney Young, and lead Aleya Quilty, with coach Angela Hodgson. The MacPhee rink will now advance to the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts, February 18-26 at Meridian Centre, St. Catharines, Ont. 

It’s a different story with the Tankard provincial men’s championship, with the Eddie MacKenzie rink, who won only one of the three modified triple knockout sections winning 9-7 over Charlottetown clubmate Phil Gorveatt, who won two sections. This means that a winner-take-all final game will now be held between the two teams, at 3:30 pm, with the winner advancing to the Tim Hortons Brier, March 4-12 at Mile One Centre in St. John’s, NL. In this morning’s game, MacKenzie had an 8-7 lead going into the final end, where he stole a single for the win.

Scotties wraps up today

It’s down to the championship round for the Tankard Men’s Provincial Curling Championship, and the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Provincial Women’s championship, and to the final draw in the three-game partial round robin for the Future Scotties/Tankard under 21 developmental event, all happening today at the six sheet Silver Fox Curling and  Yacht Community Complex in Summerside. The three events are all happening at the same time and venue as part of a pilot to increase interest in the Olympic sport of curling.

The Phil Gorveatt men’s team and the Robyn MacPhee women’s rink can wrap up their respective championships with a win in the 10 am draw, as they won two of the three sections in the modified triple knockout draw, giving them a “double life” in the championship round. Their opponents, the Eddie MacKenzie men’s rink, and the Veronica Smith women’s foursome have to win their first game to force a winner-take-all final at 3:30. All four teams are from the Charlottetown Curling Complex.

 

Veronica Smith (Emily Gray photo)

Robyn MacPhee (Emily Gray photo)

The Robyn MacPhee rink could have wrapped up the Scotties with a win in the “C” final on Saturday night, as taking all three modified triple-knockout sections would have given them the title without having the play the Sunday championship round. However, the Veronica Smith team didn’t let that happen, beating their Charlottetown clubmates the Lisa Jackson team, 6-4 in the “C” semi, and then stealing a deuce in the 9th end in an 8-4 win over MacPhee in the “C” final.

Four teams – the Tammy Dewar-skipped foursome from the Montague Curling Rink, plus three Charlottetown Curling Complex teams, captained by Lisa Jackson, Robyn MacPhee, and Veronica Smith, were entered in the Scotties, with the winning rink advancing to the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts, February 18-26 at Meridian Centre, St. Catharines, Ont. 

 

MacPhee wins squeaker to take control at the Scotties

It was an exciting evening at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex, with the “B” finals in both the Scotties provincial women’s championship, and the Tankard men’s, plus the opening game in the Future Scotties and Tankard developmental event for young curlers all going on at the same time on the six sheet ice surface. As a pilot to help increase interest in the Olympic sport of curling, the Tankard and the Scotties, along with the Future events, are being held on the same weekend at the same venue.

Team MacPhee (Emily Gray photo)

The Robyn MacPhee rink from Charlottetown now has a big advantage in the Scotties, winning her second section, the B, this evening in the modified triple knockout draw with a hard fought 7-6 extra-end win over clubmate Veronica Smith. MacPhee had a 5-0 lead after three ends, but Smith took singles in the next three ends to narrow the gap to two points. MacPhee was kept to a single in end seven, with Smith again recording single counters in the next three ends to tie the game at six-all to force the extra, where MacPhee had hammer and pulled out the win. This victory puts MacPhee in both of the championship games on Sunday, and gives her the championship if she wins either game, while her opponent, the winner of the C event, would have to win both games. MacPhee also drops down to compete in the C final, at 6 pm on Saturday. Should she also win that game, against the winner of a 1 pm match between Smith and Lisa Jackson, also from Charlottetown, MacPhee would take the championship on Saturday evening without playing the championship round. Jackson eliminated Tammy Dewar of Montague with a 7-4 win this evening.

The Scotties winner will go to the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts, February 18-26 at Meridian Centre, St. Catharines, Ont. 

“A” section winners determined at PEI Tankard, Scotties

The Robyn MacPhee and Eddie MacKenzie teams from the Charlottetown Curling Complex have earned berths in their respective championship rounds at the PEI Tankard provincial men’s and in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts provincial women’s championships at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex in Summerside, following the “A” section finals in the modified triple knockout draws this afternoon. The Scotties and the Tankard are taking place at the same time and venue this year as a pilot project to help increase interest in the Olympic sport of curling.

Robyn MacPhee (Emily Gray photo)

The MacPhee rink from Charlottetown doubled their clubmates the Lisa Jackson team 8-4 to take the Scotties (women’s) “A” section, while the Eddie MacKenzie team, also from Charlottetown, beat the host club’s Blair Jay squad, also by an 8-4 score, to take the Tankard (men’s) “A” event.

 

If MacPhee and/or MacKenzie also win the B finals, they will have spots in both of the two championship games on Sunday, and win their respective title if they win either game, while their opponent, the C finalist, would have to win both. Should MacPhee or MacKenzie also win the “C” final, they would immediately be declared the champion for their event, and their championship round would not be needed.

Four teams – the Tammy Dewar-skipped foursome from the Montague Curling Rink, plus three Charlottetown Curling Complex teams, captained by Lisa Jackson, Robyn MacPhee, and Veronica Smith, are entered in the Scotties, with the winning rink advancing to the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts, February 18-26 at Meridian Centre, St. Catharines, Ont. 

 

Event Info

It’ll be a busy five days from January 18 to 22, at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex in Summerside, as the six-sheet facility will be hosting both the Tankard PEI men’s curling championship and the Scotties Tournament of Hearts PEI women’s championship, along with (on January 21 and 22) the Future Scotties/Tankard developmental event for curlers under age 21. Hosting all the events at one venue at one time is being done as a pilot project, and it is hoped it will increase interest in the Olympic sport of curling.

Admission is just $5 a draw (with up to six games on the ice at once), $8 for an entire day, or $20 for a full event pass. Admission is free for two draws – those featuring only the Future Scotties/Tankard teams, at 9 am on the 21st, and 1 pm on the 22nd. Opening ceremonies go at 5:45 pm on Wednesday the 18th, with the opening draw following at 6:30 pm.

Both the Scotties and the Tankard will play modified triple-knockout formats, where the winning team from each section also gets to compete in the other two sections. If a team wins all three sections, they will win the event without a championship round. If a team wins two sections, they will advance to a championship game against the winner of the other section and will take the championship if they win the game. If the other team wins, there will be a second championship game, with the winner of that game going to the nationals. If there are three separate section winners, the team that played in the most section finals will earn a bye to the second championship game where they will face the winner of a game between the other two finalists.

Scotties

Four teams – the Tammy Dewar-skipped foursome from the Montague Curling Rink, plus three Charlottetown Curling Complex teams, captained by Lisa Jackson, Robyn MacPhee, and Veronica Smith, are entered in the Scotties, with the winning rink advancing to the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts, February 18-26 at Meridian Centre, St. Catharines, Ont. 

Scotties (Women’s), Tankard (Men’s),
Future Scotties and Tankard Schedule

S=Scotties, T=Tankard, F=Future. Qualifier games have game # in yellow.

Date Draw Time Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 Ice 5 Ice 6
Jan-18   5:45 On-ice Ceremony
1 6:30 S1 S2 T1 T2 T3 T4
Jan-19 2 10am   T5 T8 T6 T7  
3 3pm T10 T9 T11 S4 S3  
  6:30pm Banquet
Jan-20 4 1pm T13 T12 S5 T15 T14  
5 6pm S7 S6 T16 T17 T18 MacMillan
vs Pineau
Jan-21 6 9am   Pineau vs O’Grady Shaw vs MacLean Burris vs Ferguson Jack vs MacMillan  
7 1pm Ferguson vs Jack MacLean vs Burris S8 T20 T19 O’Grady vs Shaw
8 6pm   T21   S9    
Jan-22 9 10am     WA   MA  
10 1pm MacLean vs Ferguson Pineau vs Shaw   MacMillan vs O’Grady   Burris vs Jack
11 3:30pm     MB   WB  

Explanation for WA/WB:
*Qualifying game numbers are highlighted in yellow on the schedule
1. One team wins all three qualifiers: Championship Round is not required.
2. One team wins two qualifiers. They play in both X and Z (and win the event if they win either game), the other winner plays in Y (and has to win both games).
3. Three separate winners: the team that played in the most qualifying games* plays in Z and the other winners play off in X and Y. If there is a tie in number of qualifying games played, then the team that qualified earliest goes to Z and the other two teams play off in X and Y.

Scotties Draw

(not updated during event – refer to Live Results for updated draw tree)

Seedings: four teams were seeded in the draw as a result of their cashspiel winnings this season: MacPhee #1, Smith #2, Jackson #3, Dewar #4

Scotties Team Rosters

Skip 3rd 2nd Lead Alt. Coach Club
Tammy Dewar Darlene MacLeod London Robyn MacDonald Gail Greene     Montague Curling Rink
Lisa Jackson Jaclyn Reid Melissa Morrow Jodi Murphy Julie Scales   Charlottetown Curling Complex
Robyn MacPhee Sarah Fullerton Meaghan Hughes Michelle McQuaid   Al Ledgerwood Charlottetown Curling Complex
Veronica Smith Jane DiCarlo Whitney Young Aleya Quilty   Angela Hodgson Charlottetown Curling Complex

 

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