Only one Island rink remains in contention at the annual Oak Island Junior Cashspiel in Chester Nova Scotia.
Brett Gallant and his team of Adam Casey, Anson Carmody, and Jamie Danbrook, with coach Peter Gallant went through the round robin undefeated in the 15 team junior men’s section, and have advanced directly to the noon semi-finals. Kendall Thompson from Nova Scotia also received the bye to the semis The Paul Dexter rink of Antigonish, with PEI’s Alex MacFadyen at second, were also undefeated, but are competing in the quarter-finals, which got underway at 8 this morning. They are playing Chris MacRae of Halifax , while Scott Henderson of St. John’s NL meets Scott Babin of Fredericton in the other game. Sam Ramsay of Summerside did not manage to pick up a win in the round robin, while his former teammate Neil Gallant, skipping a Truro team, finished with one win against three losses. Defending champion Glen Muirhead of Scotland ended play at 2-2.
In the ten team junior women’s section, neither Erin Carmody nor Sarah Fullerton of PEI made it to the money round, with Carmody finishing round robin play at 2-2, while Fullerton had one win and three losses. Two-time defending champion Ashley Howard of Moncton and Haligonian Danielle Parsons were undefeated in the round robin. Howard plays Marlee Powers of Bridgewater, while Nova Scotia junior women’s champion Parsons meets Marie Christianson of CFB Halifax in the noon semi-finals. Powers and Christianson both had one round robin loss.
The finals go at 4 pm in both divisions.
Many of the teams from this event will be on PEI for one or both of the next two weekends, with the Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel taking place at the Silver Fox from Nov. 14-16, and the Pizza Delight/Subway/Howard Johnson Dutch Inn Junior Cashspiel being held at the Cornwall Curling Club from Nov. 21-23.