The M&M Meat Shops Provincial Mixed Curling Championships get underway Thursday evening and wrap up Sunday at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary. Thirteen teams from six PEI curling clubs are taking part. The defending champion Bill Hope rink from Charlottetown are back to defend their title. Also in the running are last year’s runners-up, the Rob Young foursome from Cornwall, along with 2005 champion Larry Dewar of Montague, and 2007 winner Kyle Stevenson, teamed up with Donna Butler, along with Doug MacGregor and Tricia Affleck from his 2007 team.
Two junior-age teams are entered this year, one of which includes Canadian Junior champions Adam Casey and Anson Carmody, along with PEI junior women’s champs Geri-Lynn Ramsay and Erin Carmody. The other junior team is skipped by Nick vanOuwerkerk, and includes Lisa Moerike, Brent Campbell and Darcee Birch. On the Seniors side, reigning PEI Senior Men’s champs Blair Jay and Douglas Simmons are teamed up with four-time Senior women’s champs Barb Currie and Helen MacDonald. Other teams entered include the Jeff Nelson and Donald Clarey rinks from Montague, the Tony Quigley foursome from Crapaud, Leo Stewart and his Silver Fox rink, David Murphy from Charlottetown, and Daryl MacDonald from the host Maple Leaf club.
Teams will play a double-knockout format, with the A division final Saturday at 2, the B final Sunday morning at 9, and the championship game Sunday at 2. In the event that the same team wins both A and B, the championship game will not be required. The winning team will advance to the 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championships, which take place November 15-22, 2009 at the Burlington Golf and Country Club in Burlington Ontario.
Live scoring for the PEI championship will we available at peicurling.com/mixed
Here are the opening draws:
Thursday, February 26, 7 pm
Kyle Stevenson (Ch’town) vs Nick van Ouwerkerk (Ch’town)
Larry Dewar (Montague) vs Bill Hope (Ch’town)
Rob Young (Cornwall) vs Jeff Nelson (Montague)
Tony Quigley (Crapaud) vs Davie Murphy (Ch’town)
Friday, February 27, 9 am
Donald Clarey (Montague) vs Adam Casey (Charlottetown)
Leo Stewart (Silver Fox) vs Blair Jay (Silver Fox)
Friday, February 27, 2 pm
Daryl MacDonald (Maple Leaf) vs winner Stevenson/van Ouwerkerk game from Thursday
Here are the team rosters (skip to lead-club):
Larry Dewar, Tammy Dewar, Larry Richards, Gail Greene – Montague
Bill Hope, Sandy Hope, Jeff Gallant, Shelley Ebbett – Charlottetown
Rob Young, Lorianne Davies, Mark MacDonald, Melody Beck, fifth Tracy MacDonald – Cornwall
Jeff Nelson, June Moyaert, Pat Birtwistle, Marjorie Campbell – Montague
Tony Quigley, Vanessa Hamming, Gordon Fall, Diana MacKay – Crapaud Community
Leo Stewart, Kim Aylward, Paul Matheson, Faith LeClair – Silver Fox
Blair Jay, Barb Currie, Douglas Simmons, Helen MacDonald – Silver Fox
Nick VanOuwerkerk, Lisa Moerike, Brent Campbell, Darcee Birch, coach Robbie Roberts – Ch’town
Daryl MacDonald, Rushell MacDonald, Glen Betts, Audrey Thomson – Maple Leaf
Kyle Stevenson, Donna Butler, Doug MacGregor, Tricia Affleck – Charlottetown
David Murphy, Carol Kennedy, Don Sheidow, Kim Flanagan – Charlottetown
Donald Clarey, Kathy Clarey, Mike Clarey, Sherry Kacsmarik – Montague
Adam Casey, Geri-lynn Ramsay, Anson Carmody, Erin Carmody, coach Jeffrey Wilson – Charlottetown