Round robin play wrapped up on Saturday night at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Provincial Women’s Curling Championships at the Silver Fox. Three Charlottetown Curling Club teams, skipped by Suzanne Birt, Kim Dolan, and Robyn MacPhee, finished the round robin with 3-1 win-loss records. When draw to the button results were compared, defending champion Birt earned the number one spot, with Dolan second, and MacPhee third. Cornwall’s Donna Butler rink was fourth, at 1-3, while her clubmate Karen Currie did not manage to pick up a round robin win.

Birt and Dolan now meet in the 1st vs 2nd place Page game, while MacPhee and Butler play in the 3rd vs 4th place game, both set for 7 pm on Sunday. The winner of the 1st vs 2nd game will advance directly to the 7 pm Monday final. The loser of that game will take on the winner of the 3rd vs 4th place game in the Semi-final, Monday at 2 pm, with the Semi winner advancing to the 7 pm championship game. The PEI Scotties champ will compete  in the national Scotties, February 21st to March 1st in Victoria BC.

On Saturday evening, Robyn MacPhee handed Suzanne Birt her first loss in the event, edging her former teammate 7-6 by taking deuces in three ends. Both Birt and MacPhee won their afternoon games, with Birt downing Karen Currie 12-2, while MacPhee doubled Donna Butler 8-4. Butler lead 4-3 after seven ends, after picking up a seventh end triple with a hit and stick through a very narrow port and a tough draw to the four foot, but MacPhee took a double and stole a single and another deuce to end the game on the winning side. Kim Dolan had only one game on Saturday, defeating Butler 8-2 in the final draw.