The Kim Dolan rink beat the defending champion Suzanne Birt foursome 10-7 in the Sunday evening Page playoff game between the first and second place round robin finishers. This puts Dolan in Monday’s 7 pm final game, and gives Birt another chance, as she will now compete in the 2 pm Monday semi-final, with the winner of that game advancing to the championship game against Dolan. In Sunday’s game, Birt blanked the first end, and took a triple in the second. Dolan came back with a deuce in the third, and the two teams exchanged singles to give Birt a 4-3 lead at half-time. Dolan came on strong in the second half, with steals of two and three in ends six and seven to build up an 8-4 lead. Birt blanked the eighth and picked up a triple in the ninth to narrow the gap to 8-7, but Dolan sealed the win with a deuce in the final end.
Other members of the Dolan rink are Kathy O’Rourke, Nancy Cameron, and Trisha Affleck, while Shelly Bradley, Leslie MacDougall, and Stefanie Clark round out the Birt team, who are coached by Charlie Sullivan.
In the 3rd place vs 4th place game, the Robyn MacPhee rink from Charlottetown beat Cornwall’s Donna Butler foursome by a 9-2 score to advance to Monday’s 2 pm semi-final against Birt. MacPhee blanked the opening end, and picked up a deuce in the second. Butler and MacPhee exchanged singles in the next two ends, and MacPhee stole a double to lead 5-1 at the half. Butler picked up her final point in the sixth, with MacPhee taking a triple and stealing a single to bring the game to an early conclusion.
Playing with MacPhee are her sister Rebecca Jean, along with Shelly Muzika and Tammi Lowther, while Marie Molyneaux, Melissa Andrews and Carolyn Coulson, with coach Kathie Gallant are the other members of the Butler team.
The winning rink from Monday’s 7 pm final advance to the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Feb 21- March 1st in Victoria BC.