The Doug MacKenzie foursome from Halifax shaded Charlottetown’s Kevin Champion rink by a 6-5 score to win the Atlantic Curling Tour Finals, which wrapped up this afternoon at the Charlottetown Curling Club. Other members of team MacKenzie are Mike Flemming, Jordan Pinder, and Kyle Schmeisser, while Andrew Robinson, Mark O’Rourke, Rod MacDonald, and fifth Peter MacDonald round out the runner-up Champion rink. Junior sensation Brett Gallant of Charlottetown and his team of Adam Casey, Anson Carmody and Jamie Danbrook, were undefeated during round robin play, but fell to Champion in their semi-final matchup. MacKenzie beat Charlottetown’s John Likely foursome in the other semi to advance to the final against Champion. Likely was second in the round robin with a 4-1 win-loss record, while Champion, MacKenzie, and Chris Sutherland of Halifax were all 3-2. MacKenzie beat out Sutherland in a tiebreaker match to advance to the semi-final round.
Ten mens curling teams took part in the event, with over $9000 in prize money on the line.