The Charlottetown Curling Club rink of John Likely, Phil Gorveatt, Mark Butler and Mike Dillon, with 5th player Robert Campbell, edged their clubmates the Ted MacFadyen rink by a 5-4 score on Saturday evening to win the Page 1-2 game at the Labatt Tankard Final Eight Provincial Men’s Curling Championships in Montague. The win advances the Likely squad to the 3 pm Sunday final. MacFadyen stole a single point in the first end in the low-scoring game, but Likely blanked the second end and took a single in the third, followed by a steal of another single in the fourth, giving him a one-point lead which he maintained as the teams traded singles for the rest of the game.
Rod MacDonald blanked Charlottetown clubmate Bill Hope by a 7-0 score in the Page 3-4 game, stealing a deuce in the fifth end, followed by a triple in the sixth to bring the game to an early conclusion.
MacDonald now meets MacFadyen in the semi-final, Sunday morning at 10, with the winner advancing to the 3 pm final against Likely.
The Labatt Tankard champion will advance to the Tim Hortons Brier, March 7-15 in Calgary.