Grant Somers of the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club and Kyle Stevenson of Charlottetown grabbed the final two qualifying positions for the Labatt Tankard Final Eight championships, as action wrapped up Tuesday night at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton.Somers scored three in the ninth to defeat Doug MacEachern of Charlottetown 7-3, while Stevenson defeated Steve Thomson of Crapaud 7-5 to advance to the finals in Montague.
The final eight qualifiers are:
Doug Weeks (Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club),
John Likely (Charlottetown Curling Club),
Andrew Robinson (Charlottetown Curling Club),
Peter MacDonald (Charlottetown Curling Club),
Mike Gaudet (Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club),
Kevin Champion (Charlottetown Curling Club),
Kyle Stevenson (Charlottetown Curling Club), and
Grant Somers (Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club)
The PEI Labatt Tankard champion will compete in the Nokia Brier, March 9-17 at the Saddledome in Calgary Alberta.
Friday, February 1st
9 am (Western):
Ice 1/Game 1: Doug MacEachern (Charlottetown) 7 vs Steven Ellis (Maple Leaf) 5
Ice 2/Game 7: Robert Brown (Charlottetown) 8 vs Evan Sullivan (Silver Fox) 7
Ice 3/Game 3: Kyle Stevenson (Charlottetown) 5 vs Steven Thomson (Crapaud) 99 am (Maple Leaf):
Ice 1/Game 4: Doug Weeks (Silver Fox) 9 vs Ross Simmons (Silver Fox) 2
Ice 2/Game 2: Pat Birtwistle (Montague) 4 vs Bruce Horne (Western) 5
Ice 3/Game 6: Donald Clarey (Montague) 8 vs Kent Noye (Western) 7
Ice 4/Game 5: Leo Stewart (Silver Fox) 6 vs Blair Jay (Silver Fox) 9
12 Noon (Western):
Ice 1/Game 8: Larry Profit (Western) 5 vs Dusty MacLure (Montague) 8
Ice 2/Game 9: Grant Somers (Silver Fox) 5 vs Jeff MacCallum (Silver Fox) 9
Ice 3/Game 10: Clair Sweet (Maple Leaf) 8 vs Brent Jackson (Montague) 2
12 Noon (Maple Leaf):
Ice 1/Game 11: Kevin Ellsworth (Western) 10 vs Roger Gavin (Western) 5
Ice 3/Game 12: Larry Dewar (Montague) 7 vs Leslie Hardy (Western) 3
3 pm (Western)
Ice 1/Game 14: Rod MacDonald (Silver Fox) 5 vs Doug Weeks (Silver Fox) 7
Ice 2/Game 15: Mike Gaudet (Silver Fox) 8 vs Blair Jay (Silver Fox) 7
Ice 3/Game 13: Kevin Champion (Charlottetown) 9 vs Doug MacEachern (Charlottetown) 7
3 pm (Maple Leaf):
Ice 1/Game 32: Steven Ellis (Maple Leaf) 8 vs Pat Birtwistle (Montague) 7
Ice 2/Game 33: Kyle Stevenson (Charlottetown) 6 vs Ross Simmons (Silver Fox) 10
6 pm (Western)
Ice 1/Game 18: Andrew Robinson (Charlottetown) 6 vs Larry Dewar (Montague) 5 extra end
Ice 2/Game 16: John Likely (Charlottetown) 6 vs Dusty MacLure (Montague) 4
Ice 2/Game 17: Peter MacDonald (Charlottetown) 6 vs Jeff MacCallum (Silver Fox) 5
6 PM (Maple Leaf)
Ice 1/Game 31: Evan Sullivan (Silver Fox) 9 vs Larry Profit (Western) 1
Ice 2/Game 30: Leo Stewart (Silver Fox) 10 vs Kent Noye (Western) 4
Ice 3/Game 28: Grant Somers (Silver Fox) 8 vs Brent Jackson (Montague) 1
Ice 4/Game 29: Roger Gavin (Western) 9 vs Leslie Hardy (Western) 4
9 PM (Western)
Ice 1/Game 19: Kevin Champion (Charlottetown) 11 vs Bruce Horne (Western) 1
Ice 2/Game 20: Steven Thomson (Crapaud) 7 vs Doug Weeks (Silver Fox) 8
Ice 3/Game 21: Mike Gaudet (Silver Fox) 7 vs Donald Clarey (Montague) 4
Saturday, Feb. 2nd
9 am (Western):
Ice 1/Game 22: Robert Brown (Charlottetown) 4 vs John Likely (Charlottetown) 10
Ice 2/Game 23: Peter MacDonald (Charlottetown) 6 vs Clair Sweet (Maple Leaf) 5
Ice 3/Game 24: Kevin Ellsworth (Western) 3 vs Andrew Robinson (Charlottetown) 89 am (Maple Leaf)
Ice 1/Game 34: Grant Somers (Silver Fox) 7 vs Blair Jay (Silver Fox) 8
Ice 2/Game 35: Roger Gavin (Western) 11 vs Dusty MacLure (Montague) 10
Ice 3/Game 36: Leo Stewart (Silver Fox) 6 vs Doug MacEachern (Charlottetown) 5
Ice 4/Game 37: Evan Sullivan (Silver Fox) 3 vs Rod MacDonald (Silver Fox) 10
12 Noon (Western)
Ice 1/Game 38: Steven Ellis (Maple Leaf) 9 vs Jeff MacCallum (Silver Fox) 7
Ice 2/Game 39: Ross Simmons (Silver Fox) 3 vs Larry Dewar (Montague) 7
Ice 3/Game 54: Pat Birtwistle (Montague) 3 vs Kyle Stevenson (Charlottetown) 6. Birtwistle eliminated.
12 Noon (Maple Leaf)
Ice 2/Game 52: Brent Jackson (Montague) 8 vs Leslie Hardy (Western) 6. Hardy eliminated.
Ice 3/Game 53: Kent Noye (Western) 6 vs Larry Profit (Western) 8. Noye eliminated.
3 pm (Western)
Ice 1/Game 42: Leo Stewart (Silver Fox) 4 vs Clair Sweet (Maple Leaf) 11
Ice 2/Game 43: Rod MacDonald (Silver Fox) 9 vs Kevin Ellsworth (Western) 3
Ice 3/Game 40: Blair Jay (Silver Fox) 10 vs Bruce Horne (Western) 0
3 pm (Maple Leaf)
Ice 3/Game 41: Roger Gavin (Western) 3 vs Steven Thomson (Crapaud) 8
6 pm (Western) "A" Qualifiers
Ice 1/Game 27: Peter MacDonald (Charlottetown) 4 vs Andrew Robinson (Charlottetown) 7
Ice 2/Game 26: Mike Gaudet (Silver Fox) 5 vs John Likely (Charlottetown) 6. Extra end played.
Ice 3/Game 25: Kevin Champion (Charlottetown) 2 vs Doug Weeks (Silver Fox) 6
6 pm (Maple Leaf)
Ice 1/Game 44: Steven Ellis (Maple Leaf) 4 vs Donald Clarey (Montague) 7
Ice 2/Game 45: Larry Dewar (Montague) 5 vs Robert Brown (Charlottetown) 6
9 pm (Western)
Ice 1/Game 56: Doug MacEachern (Charlottetown) 7 vs Evan Sullivan (Silver Fox) 6. Sullivan eliminated.
Ice 2/Game 55: Grant Somers (Silver Fox) 7 vs Dusty MacLure (Montague) 4 (game played early). MacLure eliminated.
Ice 3/Game 57: Jeff MacCallum (Silver Fox) 6 vs Ross Simmons (Silver Fox) 7. MacCallum eliminated.
Sunday, February 3rd
(all games at Western Community Curling Club, Alberton)9 am
Ice 1/Game 58: Brent Jackson (Montague) 5 vs Larry Profit (Western) 6. Jackson eliminated.
Ice 2/Game 60: Leo Stewart (Silver Fox) 6 vs Kevin Ellsworth (Western) 9. Stewart eliminated.
Ice 3/Game 59: Kyle Stevenson (Charlottetown) 10 vs Roger Gavin (Western) 1. Gavin eliminated.
12 noon
Ice 1/Game 48: Donald Clarey (Montague) 5 vs Robert Brown (Charlottetown) 10
Ice 2/Game 47: Clair Sweet (Maple Leaf) 9 vs Rod MacDonald (Silver Fox) 8
Ice 2/Game 46: Blair Jay (Silver Fox) 4 vs Steven Thomson (Crapaud) 8
3 pm
Ice 1/Game 61: Steven Ellis (Maple Leaf) 5 vs Larry Dewar (Montague) 6. Ellis eliminated.
Ice 2/Game 66: Doug MacEachern (Charlottetown) 6 vs Ross Simmons (Silver Fox) 3. Simmons eliminated
Ice 3/Game 62: Bruce Horne (Western) 11 vs Larry Profit (Western) 8. Profit eliminated.
6 pm "B" Qualifiers
Ice 1/Game 49: Peter MacDonald (Charlottetown) 5 vs Steven Thomson (Crapaud) 4
Ice 2/Game 51: Kevin Champion (Charlottetown) 10 vs Robert Brown (Charlottetown) 6
Ice 3/Game 50: Mike Gaudet (Silver Fox) 8 vs Clair Sweet (Maple Leaf) 5
9 pm
Ice 1/Game 63: Kevin Ellsworth (Western) 5 vs Blair Jay (Silver Fox) 7. Ellsworth eliminated.
Ice 2/Game 65: Donald Clarey (Montague) 5 vs Grant Somers (Silver Fox) 8. Clarey eliminated.
Ice 3/Game 64: Larry Dewar (Montague) 4 vs Rod MacDonald (Silver Fox) 9. Dewar eliminated.
Monday, February 4th
(all games at Western Community Curling Club, Alberton)
2 pm
Ice 1/Game 67: Bruce Horne (Western) 8 vs Kyle Stevenson (Charlottetown) 11. Horne eliminated.
Ice 4/Game 71: Doug MacEachern (Charlottetown) 5 vs Robert Brown (Charlottetown) 4. Brown eliminated.5 pm
Ice 1/Game 70: Grant Somers (Silver Fox) 10 vs Clair Sweet (Maple Leaf) 8. Sweet eliminated.
Ice 2/Game 69: Steven Thomson (Crapaud) 8 vs Rod MacDonald (Silver Fox) 6. Rod MacDonald eliminated.
8 pm
Ice 2/Game 68: Kyle Stevenson (Charlottetown) 7 vs Blair Jay (Silver Fox) 4. Jay eliminated.
Tuesday, February 5th
(all games at Western Community Curling Club, Alberton)7 PM "C" Qualifiers
Ice 2/Game 73: Grant Somers (Silver Fox) 7 vs Doug MacEachern (Charlottetown) 3
Ice 3/Game 72: Kyle Stevenson (Charlottetown) 7 vs Steven Thomson (Crapaud) 5