MacFadyen, Currie looking to defend at PEI Seniors

Posted on by January 13, 2009

 The 2009 Provincial Seniors Curling Championships, sponsored by Credit Unions of PEI, take place January 15-19 at the Cornwall Curling Club, with 15 men’s teams and 8 women’s rinks entered, including defending champions Ted MacFadyen from the Charlottetown Curling Club, and Barb Currie from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club, taking part.

MacFadyen has six seniors championships to his credit, in addition to five provincial men’s titles MacFadyen’s long-time teammate Sandy Foy is on the injury list, so Bill Hope is filling in at second for this event. Another favorite this year has to be Peter Gallant, winner of the last two Labatt Tankard men’s championships as skip, along with seven others in the third or second position. He is joined by Peter MacDonald, Tom Fetterly, and Rod MacDonald as he makes the move to the Senior ranks.
Others to watch out for include 2003 Seniors champ Charlie Wilkinson of Charlottetown, who won the PEI Legion championship Monday night, and 2007  Seniors winner Mel Bernard.
Half of the eight women’s teams have won the event before, with Currie winning it four times, Shirley Berry of Cornwall twice, and Diane MacKay of Cornwall and Paula Creamer of Charlottetown once each. Scotties Tournament of Hearts veteran Kim Dolan is entered in this event for the first time, and also has an entry in the Scotties thie year.

Play gets underway Thursday morning at 8, and wraps up with the finals Monday at 3 pm. The men will play a double-knockout format, while the women will be playing a new format that the PEI Curling Association is piloting with this event – a triple knockout with a Page playoff. This format, popular in cashspiels, will advance separate winners from A, B and two C divisions into a four game championship round, with the A and B winners playing off, and the winner going directly to the final, while the loser plays in the semi-final against the winner of a game between the two C division champs for the other spot in the final.

The winning teams from this event, for curlers age 50 and over, will advance to the Canadian Seniors, March 21-28 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside.

Here is the opening women’s draw:

Thursday January 15th at 8 am

Diane MacKay (Cornwall) vs Shirley Berry (Cornwall), Sandy Hope (Ch’town) vs June Moyaert (Montague), Kim Dolan (Ch’town) vs Paula Creamer (Ch’town), Barb Currie (Silver Fox) vs Jeanne Duffenais (Cornwall)

Here are the opening men’s draws

Thursday January 15th at 11:30 am
Dale Cannon (Silver Fox) vs Ted MacFadyen (Ch’town), Peter Gallant (Ch’town) vs John DeLuca (Cornwall), Clair Sweet (Maple Leaf) vs Geoff Scutt (Cornwall), Rupert Sweetapple (Cornwall) vs David Kassner (Ch’town)

Thursday January 15th at 7 pm

Mel Bernard (Silver Fox) vs John Holmes (Silver Fox),

Charlie Wilkinson (Ch’town) vs Matt Smith (Ch’town), Gordon MacDonald (Ch’town) vs David MacFadyen (Ch’town)Friday January 16th at 8 am
Louis Walsh (Silver Fox) vs winner Dale Cannon/Ted MacFadyen game (Thursday at 11:30)
Full draw and results available at peicurling.com/seniors

Team Rosters (Skip to lead, coach, club)Senior Men 

Ted MacFadyen, Craig Mackie, Bill Hope, Mike Coady, coach Al Ledgerwood, Charlottetown

Peter Gallant,Peter MacDonald, Tom Fetterly, Rod MacDonald, Silver Fox
Mel Bernard, Blair Jay, Douglas Simmons, Earle Proude, Silver Fox
Matt Smith, Bobby Hennessey, Dave Campbell, Allan Acorn, Charlottetown

John Deluca, Kimball Blanchard, Allan Campbell, Edmond Richard, Cornwall

Charlie Wilkinson, John Mullin, David Murphy, Bob Likely, Charlottetown

Gordon MacDonald, Al Stewart, Rick Richard, Fred Fitzpatrick, Charlottetown

David MacFadyen, Gary Pyke, Don Vickerson, Ralph Yeo, Silver Fox

Clair Sweet, Bob Matheson, Muncey Harris, Wayne Arsenault, Maple Leaf

John Holmes, Steve Bent, Des Arsenault, George Power, Silver Fox

Louis Walsh, Eldon Kilbride, Ralph Sonier, Charlie Curry, Silver Fox

Geoff Scutt, Donald Weeks, Wayne Cunneyworth, Greg Groves, Cornwall

Rupert Sweetapple, John Berry, Jamie Ballem, Richard MacDonald, Cornwall

David Kassner, André Gauthier, Bill McGuire, Bill Doherty, Charlottetown

Dale Cannon, Paul Matheson, Les Newman, Roland Richard, Silver Fox

Senior Women

Paula Creamer, Kay Atkinson, Cindy MacLean, Karen Hardy, Charlottetown

Kim Dolan, Karen A. MacDonald, Karen E. MacDonald, Yvonne Campbell, Charlottetown

Sandy Hope, Karen McIntee, Shelley Ebbett, Rosemary Scott, Charlottetown

Shirley Berry, Arleen Harris, Danielle Girard, Carol Sweetapple, coach Butch McGee, Cornwall

Barb Currie, Gloria Wood, Dawn MacFadyen, Helen MacDonald, Al Ledgerwood, Silver Fox

Diane Mackay, Ruth Stavert, Marie MacDonald, Deb Delvalle, Cornwall

Jeanne Duffenais, Sherren Mackinnon, Cindy Nicholson, Debbie Rhodenhizer, coach Rob Roberts, Cornwall

June Moyaert, Kathy Clarey, Mary Campbell, Cheryl Dickie, Montague 

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