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Maple Leaf teams win 12 and Under Daniel McCarthy and Amanda MacLean, both from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O'Leary, won the Investors Group Provincial 12 and Under Curling Championships, which wrapped up today at the Charlottetown Curling Club. McCarthy defeated another West Prince rink - Shawn Pitre of the Western Community club in O'Leary by an 8-1 score in the final. McCarthy stole the first end, and picked up a five-ender en route to the win. In the girls final, MacLean defeated Veronica Smith of the Cornwall Curling Club by a 10-3 score. Smith stole three points in the first end, but MacLean controlled the game and the points after that. MacLean pulled off an angle in-off shot in the 3rd to score four, and followed up with two steals of three points to seal the win. 
Other members of the Daniel McCarthy rink are Mitchell Rowley, Kevin Gallant, and Jesse Coughlin. Team Chaperone was Eric McCarthy.
Playing with Amanda MacLean were Kassinda Bulger, Janelle Perry, and Stacy Gay. The team was coached by Glen MacLean and Blair Perry.
In semi-final play, McCarthy defeated Charlottetown's Alex Mutch rink 10-1, while Veronica Smith blanked Monica LeBlanc of the host Charlottetown Curling Club by an 8-0 score. The Page round took place Sunday morning, with the first and second place finishers in the boys and girls A pools playing their counterparts in the B pools. In the girls 1 vs 1 game, Amanda MacLean from the Maple Leaf Curling Club doubled Monica LeBlanc of the host club 6-3 to win a bye into the 4 PM final. Smith won the 2 vs 2 game with a 6-2 victory over Emily Grey from the Maple Leaf club. In the boys section Page play, Shawn Pitre of Alberton hit against 2 in the sixth end to defeat Alex Mutch of Charlottetown 5-2 and advance to the final. McCarthy scored a triple in the last end of his closely fought Page game against Taylor McInnis of the host club to win 8-5. McInnis had one biting the button when McCarthy hit for three. In round robin play in the girl's section, Monica LeBlanc of the host club won the A pool with a 2-1 record, while Amanda MacLean from the Maple Leaf Curling Club went 3-0 in the B pool. Emily Grey from the Maple Leaf club finished in second place in the A pool, also with a 2-1 record (LeBlanc beat her in the round robin and was awarded 1st) to advance to the B Pool 2nd Place finishers game against Veronica Smith of the Cornwall Curling Club. In the boy's division, Alex Mutch of Charlottetown went undefeated in the A pool with a 4-0 record. Daniel McCarthy from O'Leary was second at 3-1. There was a 3-way tie for the lead in the B pool at 2-1. A draw to the button competition was held, with Alberton's Shawn Pitre rink finishing in 1st place. The other two teams, Matthew MacLean from the Maple Leaf, and Tyler McInnis of Charlottetown then played off in a tiebreaker for second place, which McInnis won by a 5-1 score.
The last provincial curling championship of the season, the 2006 Provincial age 12 and Under, sponsored by Investors Group, is underway at the Charlottetown Curling Club. In previous years, the 12 and Under was held in conjunction with the 15 and Under, but it moves to a standalone event this season. First day's play had been completed at the Charlottetown Curling club with a lot of excellent shot making and close games on all sheets of ice. The abilities of these junior curlers has shown a marked increase since the start of the curling season and congradulations to them and their club's junior programs.. Saturdays update: The games continue today finishing Sunday with the playoffs. Junior Girls Round Robin completed with Emily Grey curling out of the Maple Leaf Curling Club tied with Monica LeBlanc of the host Charlottetown Curling Club for 1st place. With Monica having won during the Round Robin she achieves 1st place and will play in the 1 vs 1 at 10 AM versus the winners in Pool B with a 3 - 0 record, the Amanda MacLean Team from the Maple Leaf Curling Club. Emily having the 2nd place position plays in 2 vs 2 at 10 AM against Pool B 2nd Place finisher Veronica Smith of the Cornwall Curling Club. The Pool A Junior Boys was won by Charlottetown's Alex Mutch Team who went 4 - 0 in the Round Robin, 2nd place was by the Daniel McCarthy rink out of the Maple Leaf Curling Club with a 3 - 1 record while in the Pool B it was a 3 way tie for 1st; in the draw to the button for placecment the Shawn Pitre rink out of Alberton was closest, followed by the Mathew MacLean rink out of the O'Leary Maple Leaf club, and then Taylor McInnis of the Charlottetown Club. Mathew and Taylor play in the tiebreaker for 2nd place which was won by Taylors team. The Pitre Rink was placed first in their Pool and will play the Alex Mutch Team in the 1 vs 1 game at 10AM. Taylor McInnis will play Daniel McCarthy in the 2 vs 2 game at 10 am.
Leaderboard - Round Robin Standings | Boys Pool A | | Team | Win | Loss | Daniel
McCarthy | 3 | 1 | | Dean Laybolt | 1 | 3 | | Alex Mutch | 4 | 0 | | Adam Nabuurs | 1 | 3 | | David Arsenault | 1 | 3 | | | Boys Pool B | | Team | Win | Loss | | Evan O'Brien | 0 | 3 | | Shawn Pitre | 2 | 1 | | Taylor McInnis | 2 | 1 | | Matthew MacLean | 2 | 1 | | | Girls Pool A | | Team | Win | Loss | | Emily Grey | 2 | 1 | | Allison McLauchlan | 1 | 2 | | Megan Davies | 1 | 2 | | Monica LeBlanc | 2 | 1 | | | Girls Pool B | | Team | Win | Loss | Rachel Collier
| 1 | 2 | | Heather Drake | 0 | 3 | | Amanda MacLean | 3 | 0 | | Veronica Smith | 2 | 1 | |
Round Robin Schedule and Results
Girls games in Red, Boys in Blue | Day | Time | Ice 1 | Ice 2 | Ice 3 | Ice 4 | Ice 5 | Friday,
March
31st
Opening
at
7:45 PM
| 4
pm | Adam Nabuurs | 5 | | | Megan Davies | 7 | | | Alex Mutch  | 6 | Dean Laybolt | 7 | | | Monica LeBlanc | 1 | | | David Arsenault | 5 | 6
pm | Evan O'Brien | 3 | Emily Grey | 4 | Taylor McInnis | 5 | Heather Drake | 3 | Amanda MacLean | 7 | | Shawn Pitre | 5 | Allison McLauchlan | 2 | Matthew MacLean | 6 | Rachel Collier | 6 | Veronica Smith | 6 | 8
pm | | | | | Alex Mutch | 6 | | | Daniel McCarthy | 7 | | | | | | Adam Nabuurs | 5 | | | Dean Laybolt | 5 | Saturday,
April
1st
Curlers
luncheon
& video
12:30-
1:45 | 9
am
| | | | | Daniel McCarthy | 8 | Dean Laybolt | 6 | | | | | | | | David Arsenault | 4 | Alex Mutch | 7 | | | 11
am | | | Amanda MacLean | 9 | Heather Drake | 2 | Emily Grey | 7 | Allison McLauchlan | 4 | | | | Rachel Collier | 2 | Veronica Smith | 9 | Megan Davies | 3 | Monica LeBlanc | 8 | 2:15
pm | Daniel McCarthy | 4 | David Arsenault | 1 | Evan O'Brien | 3 | Shawn Pitre | 6 | | | | Alex Mutch | 5 | Adam Nabuurs | 6 | Taylor McInnis | 5 | Matthew MacLean | 2 | | | 4
pm | Rachel Collier | 4 | Allison McLauchlan | 9 | Emily Grey | 2 | | | Heather Drake | 0 | | Veronica Smith | 5 | Megan Davies | 3 | Monica LeBlanc | 6 | | | Amanda Maclean | 10 | 6
pm | Evan O'Brien | 4 | Daniel McCarthy | 5 | | | Dean Laybolt | 4 | Shawn Pitre | 4 | Matthew MacLean | 5 | Adam Nabuurs | 2 | | | David Arsenault | 6 | Taylor McInnis | 5 | 8
pm
| Tiebreaker* | Tiebreaker* | | Tiebreaker* | T iebreaker* | | | _ |
| _ | | | Taylor McInnis | 5 | | _ | | | _ | | _ | | | Matthew MacLean | 1 | | _ | Sunday,
April
2nd
| 8:30
am | Tiebreaker* | Tiebreaker* | Tiebreaker* | Tiebreaker* | | |
| _ | | _ | | _ | | _ | | | | | _ | | _ | | _ | | _ | | | 10
am
| Alex won flip, missed taakeou to give up 1 2nd missed tap back for 1 - bid draw for 1, Shawn continuing to put pressur on Alex - a lot of difficult shots to hold score down, in 6th hit against 2 to win game | Emily won toss, draw for 1, Veronica drew for 2, steal of 3 in third, a lot of the Smith rocks in play -smith tteam rank Emily's team out of rocks to win | Excellent games by all curlers | Toss won by Taylor draw 1, missed take out leave 2 counting, miss by Taylor then draw for 4 by daniel - closly fought games going into the 6th tied, a last shot hit against Taylor's rock bitting the button left Daniel counting 3 | Flip won by Amanda big steal by Monica on missed takeout, Amanda big 3 in 2, steal of 2 more - Maclean team continues to have a lot of rocks in play foracing Monica to shake hands in 6th not enough rock left | | Shawn Pitre | 5 | Veronica Smith | 6 | | | Daniel McCarthy | 8 | Amanda Maclean | 6 | | Alex Mutch | 2 | Emily Grey | 2 | | | Taylor McInnis | 5 | Monica LeBlanc | 3 | 1
pm | | | Facing 5 red rocks Alex missed his raised angle take out to count, continued pressure by the Daniel McCarthy rink forces draw against 4 counters; after exchanging single points the teams shook hands.
| Missed counting 2 on measure Veronica's Team counts steal of 2; wtih continnues steals Veronica's tem build up a insurmountable lead and the teams shook hands | | | | | | | Alex Mutch | 1 | Veronica Smith | 8 | | | | | | | | Daniel McCarthy | 10 | Monica LeBlanc | 0 | | | 4
pm | | Daniel McCarthy's teams continues with the excellent shot making, stealing the 1st 2 end with a 1 then a 5 ender Daniel's hot shooting kept the Pitre Team to 1, picked up 1 per end -in commanding positiionafter 5 ends and followed by running Shawn Pitre out of rocks. | With a steal for 3 in the 1st end Veronica Smith leads Amanda MacLean after 1, a wick take out then angle in off gave the Maclean 4 counters in the 3rd end - another steal of 3 puts amanda in strong position after 4 ends - and followed up with another steal of 3 to run the Veronica smith team out of rocks. | | | | | | Shawn Pitre | 1 | Amanda Maclean | 10 | | | | | | | | Daniel McCarthy | 8 | Veronica Smith | 3 | | | | | * If needed Here are the teams (skip to lead) and round-robin pool allocations: Girls
Pool A
Emily Grey, Danielle Howard, Emma Cousins, Paige Vincent, Coach John Martin (Maple Leaf Curling Club, O'Leary)
Allison McLauchlan, Emily MacEachern, Taylor Walsh, Nicole MacEachern, Coach Dean MacEachern (Cornwall Curling Club)
Megan Davies, Emily Hennessey, Kailey Koughan, Sarah Jane Holden, Coach Lorianne Davies (Charlottetown Curling Club)
Monica LeBlanc, Kimberly Dunbar, Emily Keen, Rachael Moore, Coach Nancy Dunbar (Charlottetown Curling Club) Pool B
Rachel Collier, Natasha McHerron, Stacy Dixon, Allicia White, Coach Cheryl Dickie (Montague Curling Club)
Heather Drake, Amy Purchase, Hailey Morris, Sara Laybolt, Coach Cheryl Dickie (Montague Curling Club)
Amanda MacLean, Kassinda Bulger, Janelle Perry, Stacy Gay, Coach Glen MacLean/Blair Perry(Maple Leaf Curling Club, O'Leary)
Veronica Smith, Sabrina Smith, Katie Fullerton, Aleya Quilty, Coach Paul Smith (Cornwall Curling Club) Boys
Pool A
Daniel McCarthy, Mitchell Rowley, Kevin Gallant, Jesse Coughlin, Team Chaperone Eric McCarthy (Maple Leaf Curling Club, O'Leary)
Dean Laybolt, Simon Petley, Jeromie MacKinnon, Tony Nabuurs, Coach Arny Nabuurs (Montague Curling Club)
Alex Mutch, Kyle Hughes, Lal Hennessey, Liam Bitar, Coach Stewart Mutch (Charlottetown Curling Club)
Adam Nabuurs, Bennett Crane, Jay Shaw, Keith Nabuurs, Coach Helen Robbins (Montague Curling Club)
David Arsenault, Sean Young, Alex Sutherland, Alex Jenkins, Coach Kevin Arsenault (Cornwall Curling Club) Pool B
Evan O'Brien, Chandler Matheson, Brandon Stewart, Jonathan MacDonald, Coach Gary O'Brien (Montague Curling Club)
Shawn Pitre, Colton Griffin, Colin Bell, Jeffery Duggan, Coach Norma Jean Griffin (Western Community Curling Club, Alberton)
Taylor McInnis, Jason MacInnis, Brad Hallman, Michael Clory, Coach Willie McInnis (Charlottetown Curling Club)
Matthew MacLean, Marshall Smallman, Alan MacLean, Joshua Perry, Coach Glen MacLean (Maple Leaf Curling Club, O'Leary) Competition Information and Rules -
The 12 & Under play 6 ends. Extra end is played if tied. -
Single round Robin - Top two teams from each pool into playoffs - modified page -
If teams are tied for final playoff spot, a draw to the button will be used for placement - the tiebreaker will be 4 ends. -
All teams must have an adult coach (certified or in progress of certification) or adult chaperone with them. -
The teams cannot be comprised of more than two players who have won a higher age provincial championship that season. -
Teams are to be either all boys or all girls (no mixed teams). Boys will play boys, girls will play girls. -
Teams/players cannot play in two sections. -
Spares must come from a spare pool, if provided. 
Photo: PEI Curling Association Pres. Shirley Lank, and Charlottetown Curling Club Jr. Coordinator Gayle Johnston verifying the 12 and Under pool draw
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