2018 PEI Travelers PEI Curling Club Ch’ships

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Cornwall’s Rhodenhizer wins two finals in extra ends vs. Morrow (Sil. Fox) to take PEI Travelers Women’s title

 It was an amazing two days for the Debbie Rhodenhizer rink from the Cornwall Curling Club, winning two tiebreakers, the semi-final, and then two final games (both in extra ends) against previously-undefeated Melissa Morrow and her rink from the Silver Fox in Summerside, to capture the PEI Travelers Women’s Championship at the Montague Curling Rink. On Monday the Cornwall team, who finished the round robin tied for third with a 2-3 win-loss record, beat both Western’s Sharon Horne rink, and Crapaud’s Amanda Holm squad in tiebreakers, and then doubled second-place Tammy Dewar and her Montague foursome in the semi-final. On Tuesday the Cornwall team came from behind to win two final games against the Morrow rink, both in extra ends.

2018 PEI Travelers Women’s Champions (L-R): Larry Richards (Montague Curling Rink representative), Cindy Nicholson, Sandra Sobey, Nancy MacFadyen, Debbie Rhodenhizer

Morrow had a 3-2 lead after four ends in the first game on Tuesday morning, aided by a stolen third-end deuce, but single steals in ends six and seven gave the Cornwall team a 4-3 lead going into the eighth, where Morrow was kept to a single, forcing the extra end, in which Rhodenhizer scored the winning point.  The rules state that because Morrow went through the round robin undefeated, she had to be beaten twice, so a second, winner-take-all final, equally as close, took place on Tuesday afternoon.

2018 PEI Travelers Finalist rink (L-R): Larry Richards (Montague Curling Rink representative), Melissa Morrow, Darcy Birch, Lindsey Spencer, Miranda Ellis

In final number two, Morrow grabbed an early 3-0 lead with a deuce and a single, but Rhodenhizer followed suit with a single and a deuce to tie the game at 3-3 at the fourth end break. Morrow pulled ahead with a pair of singles in five and six. Again, Rhodenhizer followed suit. with two of her own, and it was all tied up at 5-5, with Morrow having last rock advantage in the extra. However, Rhodenhizer stole the extra end, completing her fifth consecutive win with a 6-5 final score, and punching her ticket to the national Travelers Curling Club Championship, with dates and venue yet to be announced.

Other members of the winning Rhodenhizer team are third Nancy MacFadyen, second Sandra Sobey, and lead stone Cindy Nicholson.

The Morrow finalist rink includes third Darcee Birch, second Lindsey Spencer, and lead stone Miranda Ellis. 

The Jamie Newson foursome from the Silver Fox won the men’s title on Monday afternoon, with a 5-3 win over Alan Inman and his Crapaud team. Click for story.

Seven men’s and six women’s teams took part in this year’s PEI Travelers Curling Club Championships, for teams who have won their respective club’s championship.

 

Five point end helps propel Cornwall’s Rhodenhizer rink to the PEI Travelers Women’s finals against Morrow team

It was a long but successful 3 game day for the Debbie Rhodenhizer rink from the Cornwall Curling Club, but, with wins in two tiebreaker games, along with a five-point end in the semi-final, it got them to the women’s finals of the PEI Travelers Curling Club Championships at the Montague Curling Rink. And, they’ll have to win two more games to win the title and the trip to the nationals (venue, dates not yet announced), while their opponents, the Melissa Morrow foursome from the Silver Fox in Summerside, only need to win one, by virtue of going through round-robin play undefeated, requiring them to be beaten twice. These two teams met in the opening women’s round robin draw, with Morrow winning 6-4. The Morrow rink includes third Darcee Birch, second Lindsey Spencer, and lead stone Miranda Ellis. Morrow is a former national Travelers champ, playing second on the winning Lisa Jackson rink from Cornwall in 2015.

Photo (L-R): Women’s finalist skips Melissa Morrow (left) and Debbie Rhodenhizer

The Cornwall team, which also includes third Nancy MacFadyen, second Sandra Sobey, and lead Cindy Nicholson, started off the day with their first of two tiebreakers, against Sharon Horne and her team from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, picking up a decisive 9-2 victory, and advancing to the second tiebreaker game against Crapaud’s Amanda Holm team, with Cornwall trailing 6-3 after six ends. They scored a triple in seven, and stole the eighth for a 7-6 win, and a ticket to the semi-final, against Tammy Dewar and her Montague squad, who finished second in the round robin, while Cornwall was in the three-way tie for third.

In the semi, Dewar scored 1 with hammer in the first end, with Rhodenhizer blanking the next two, and then scoring a game-changing five points in the fourth end for a 6-1 lead at the fourth end break. The teams exchanged singles for the next three ends, and Montague ran out of rocks in the eighth.

The finals go Tuesday at 10 am and, if Cornwall wins the first game, 2 pm.

The Jamie Newson rink from the Silver Fox won the men’s title on Monday afternoon, with a 5-3 win over Alan Inman and his Crapaud team. Click for more.

Live results are available at PEICurling.com/scoreboard

 

Jamie Newson rink from Silver Fox wins PEI Travelers Men’s, Cornwall steals final end to advance to women’s semi (updated)

 

The Jamie Newson foursome from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex in Summerside are the 2018 PEI men’s representatives for the national Travelers Curling Club Championship, following a 5-3 win over the Alan Inman squad from the  Crapaud Community Curling Club this afternoon in Montague. Dates and venue for the nationals have not yet been announced. Newson, who stole singles in three ends of the final, finished 5-1 in the round robin, tied with the Daryl MacDonald rink from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, but beat MacDonald in their round robin encounter, earning the bye to the final. MacDonald lost the semi-final this morning, 9-5 to Inman, who had a 4-2 third-place win-loss record in the seven-team round robin.

Photo (L-R) Winning Newson team: Larry Richards from the Montague Curling Rink, Jamie Newson (skip), Corey Miller (3rd), Patrick Ramsay (2nd), Adam Arsenault (lead)

Playing with Newson were third Corey Miller, second stone Patrick Ramsay, and lead Adam Arsenault, while third Calvin Smith, second Nathan Hardy, and lead Nick Blanchard complete the Inman team roster.

Photo (L-R) Inman Finalist team: Larry Richards from the Montague Curling Rink, Nathan Hardy (2nd), Nick Blanchard (lead), Alan Inman (skip), Calvin Smith (3rd)

In the women’s event, the Debbie Rhodenhizer rink from the Cornwall Curling Club won two tiebreakers today to advance to the six pm semi-final game against second-place Tammy Dewar and her Montague team. Rhodenhizer downed Western’s Sharon Horne rink 9-2 in her first tiebreaker, but the second one, against Crapaud’s Amanda Holm rink was a lot tougher. The game was tied 3-all at the fourth end break, but Holm took one in the fifth and stole a deuce in the sixth for a three-point lead with only two ends left. Rhodenhizer tied it up with a triple in end seven, and stole a single in the eighth to win 7-6 and advance to the semi.

File Photo (L-R): Alan Inman, Debbie Rhodenhizer, Melissa Morrow

Photo: Tammy Dewar

The winner of the 6 pm semi-final will face the undefeated Melissa Morrow rink from the Silver Fox on Tuesday, and would have to win two games – at 10 am and 2 pm, to take the championship, while a win in either game would give the title to Morrow, as the rules state that a team who goes through the round robin undefeated has to be beaten twice. The eventual winner will join the Newson team at the nationals.

 2 pm PEI Travelers Men’s Final set, Cornwall women advance to 2nd tiebreaker

It’ll be the Alan Inman rink from the Crapaud Community Curling Club advancing to the 2 pm Men’s final of the PEI Travelers Curling Club Championships in Montague, following a 9-5 extra-end win over Daryl MacDonald and his team from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton in this morning’s semi-final between the second and third place finishers from the round robin. The Inman squad, which also includes third Calvin Smith, second Nathan Hardy, and lead Nick Blanchard, finished round-robin play in third place with a 4-2 record in the seven-team field , and now face 1st place (5-1) Jamie Newson and his Silver Fox team in the 2 pm final, with the winner advancing to the national Travelers, with dates and venue yet to be announced.

Alan Inman

MacDonald had a 3-0 lead after two ends in this morning’s semi, but Inman took the next four ends to lead 5-3. A pair of Western singles tied the game, but Inman took four points in the extra end for the win.

Meanwhile, Debbie Rhodenhizer and her Cornwall Curling Club rink advanced out of the first women’s tiebreaker, downing Western’s Sharon Horne foursome 9-2 in seven ends. Rhodenhizer faces Amanda Holm of Crapaud at 2 pm in the second tiebreaker, with the winner advancing to the 6 pm semi-final against Montague’s Tammy Dewar rink, who finished 2nd in the round robin. The semi winner then takes on the Melissa Morrow rink from the Silver Fox in the final at 10 am Tuesday. Morrow went through round robin play undefeated, and must be beaten twice, so if she loses the final, there will be a deciding game game at 2 pm Tuesday to determine the  women’s champ.

Silver Fox rinks advance to both Men’s and Women’s ch’ship games at PEI Travelers Ch’ships

 

Both the Men’s and Women’s teams from Summerside’s Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex are now one win away from a trip to the national Travelers Curling Club Championship. In the 4 pm Sunday provincial Travelers draw in Montague, the Melissa Morrow rink completed the women’s round robin with a perfect 5-0 record to advance to the women’s final, at 10 am Tuesday. If she loses that game, she’ll have another chance at 2 pm Tuesday, as she has to be beaten twice after her perfect round robin run. 

Jamie Newson

In the eight pm Sunday draw, the Jamie Newson team wrapped up the men’s round robin with a 5-1 record, the same as the Daryl MacDonald squad from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. Newson beat MacDonald 10-3 in their round robin encounter, and gets the ticket to the final at 2 pm Monday, while the Western team will play the third place Crapaud Community Curling Club team, skipped by Alan Inman, in the 10 am Monday semi-final. Unlike the women’s event, no tiebreakers are needed. The semi winner then plays Newson for the title, and the trip to the nationals, with the venue and dates yet to be announced.

MacDonald beat Montague’s Larry Richard rink 7-5 on Sunday evening, while Newson downed Cornwall’s Cornwall’s Garth Cudmore 9-5 in just six ends, after scoring 5 points in the fourth end and stealing a single in the 5th. Inman lost his last game, 8-6 to Bob Matheson and his team from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary — it was their first win of the event.

Melissa Morrow

Recapping the women’s event, Cornwall, skipped by Debbie Rhodenhizer, takes on Sharon Horne and her Western rink in the first of two tiebreakers, at 10 am Monday, with the winner facing Crapaud, captained by Amanda Holm, at 2 pm. The winner of that game takes on second place Montague in the 2nd vs 3rd semi-final at 6 pm Monday.  The winner will play Morrow at 10 am on Tuesday. As Morrow went through the round robin undefeated, she has to be beaten twice, so if her team loses at 10 am, a deciding game will go at 2 pm on Tuesday.

 

Montague hosting 2018 PEI Travelers Curling Club Championships

 The 2018 PEI Travelers Curling Club Championships, featuring the winning men’s and women’s teams from individual club playdowns, take place March 9-13 at the Montague Curling Club. All seven dedicated PEI curling facilities are represented on the Men’s side, and six out of seven on the Women’s.

The Men and Women will play round robin draws, Friday through Sunday, with the top three teams after any tiebreakers advancing to their respective championship round on Monday and, if needed, Tuesday.

Live results will be available at PEICurling.com

The provincial winners will advance to the national Travelers Curling Club Championship, normally held in November. Dates and location have not yet been announced.

Last year’s women’s champs were the Julie Mutch team from the Crapaud Community Curling Club, while the Summerside Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex rink, skipped by Leo Stewart, captured the men’s title.

Schedule 

Green = Men’s, Violet = Women’s

Date Time Draw Ice 1 Ice 2  Ice 3 Ice 4
Fri
Mar 9
10 am 1 Cornwall vs Ch’town Maple Leaf
vs
Western
Sil.Fox
vs
Montague
 
2 pm 2 Crapaud
vs
Western
Ch’town
vs
Montague
Sil.Fox
vs
Cornwall
Montague
vs
Crapaud
6 pm 3 Western
vs
Crapaud
Ch’town
vs
Sil.Fox 
Cornwall
vs
MapleLeaf
 
Sat
Mar 10
9 am 4 Ch’town
vs
Sil. Fox
Western
vs
 Cornwall
Crapaud
vs
Montague
 
12 pm 5 MapleLeaf
vs
Montague
Cornwall
vs
Western
Ch’town
vs
Crapaud
 
4 pm 6 Montague
vs
Cornwall
MapleLeaf
vs
Sil. Fox
Western
vs
Sil. Fox
Crapaud
vs
Ch’town
8 pm 7 Cornwall
vs
Crapaud
Ch’town
vs
Montague
Western
vs
Sil.Fox 
 
Sun
Mar 11
9 am 8 Western
vs
Montague
Crapaud 
vs
Sil.Fox
Ch’town
vs
Cornwall
 
12 pm 9   Sil.Fox -Crapaud Cornwall  vs
Montague
Ch’town
vs
MapleLeaf
4 pm 10 Crapaud
vs
Cornwall
Western
vs
Ch’town
Ch’town vs
Western
Montague
vs
Sil.Fox
8 pm 11 Western
vs
Montague
  MapleLeaf  vs
Crapaud
Cornwall
 vs
Sil.Fox 
Mon
Mar 12
10 am 12 Women’s Tiebreaker, Men’s P1
2 pm 13 Women’s Tiebreaker, Men’s P2
6 pm 14   PA    
Tue
Mar 13
10 am 15     PB  
2 pm 16   PC*    

If no tie breakers are required both playoffs will start at 10 am on March 12.
If only one division requires tie breakers the other division will have their playoffs start at 10am on Monday March 12.
This same idea will be followed if one division requires two tiebreakers and the other only requires one.

Ch’ship Round Draw Tree

Teams

Click for player info. M=Men, W=Women

Team Affiliation Location
M-Ch’town (MacCormack) Charlottetown Curling Complex Charlottetown, PE
M-Cornwall (Cudmore) Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PE
M-Crapaud (Inman) Crapaud Community Curling Club Crapaud, PE
M-Maple Leaf (Matheson) Maple Leaf Curling Club O’Leary, PE
M-Montague (Richards) Montague Curling Rink Montague, PE
M-Silver Fox (Newson) Silver Fox Curling Summerside, PE
M-Western (MacDonald) Western Community Curling Club Alberton, PE
W-Ch’town (Kelly) Charlottetown Curling Complex Charlottetown, PE
W-Cornwall (Rhodenhizer) Cornwall Curling Club Cornwall, PE
W-Crapaud (Holm) Crapaud Community Curling Club Crapaud, PE
W-Montague (Dewar) Montague Curling Rink Montague, PE
W-Silver Fox (Morrow) Silver Fox Curling Summerside, PE
W-Western (Horne) Western Community Curling Club Alberton, PE

Last year’s event: PEICurling.com/travelers20162017