The Sarah Fullerton rink from the Cornwall Curling Club, and the Kevin Rice foursome from Montague are the 2009 Sylvan Learning Provincial 17 and Under curling champions. Defending PEI and Atlantic champion Fullerton swept all three sections of the triple-knockout event at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, making a championship round unnecessary, while Rice, who won the A and B sections, only had to win one of the two championship round games, and succeeded the first time, edging defending champion Sam Ramsay from the host Western club by a 5-4 score, stealing singles in the last two ends.
Fullerton beat Summerside’s Anita Casey rink 8-1 in the C final on Monday afternoon, taking two triples and stealing a deuce, after beating Amanda MacLean of O’Leary’s Maple Leaf club 6-2 in the A final, and 9-1 in the B. Other members of the Fullerton rink are Michelle McQuaid, Alexis Wright, and Sara MacRae, with coach Brenda MacMillan.
Rice, with teammates Matthew and Mark Nabuurs,and Keagan Matheson, and coach Arny Nabuurs, beat Ramsay 5-3 in the A final, and Parker Clements of the Maple Leaf club 7-2 in the B. Ramsay beat Clements 8-1 in only four ends in the C final to advance to the championship round.
The Fullerton and Rice rinks will now advance to the Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships, April 10-13 in Cornerbrook NL.