The first “The Dominion Provincial Club Championship”, sponsored by The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, will be held at the Crapaud Community Curling Club beginning on Thursday afternoon. The men’s and women’s winning teams from this event, between the club champions of PEI curling clubs, will compete at the national The Dominion Curling Club championship at the St. George’s Golf and Country Club in Etobicoke Ontario in November.

This new event is designed to give regular club curlers across the country an opportunity to compete in provincial and national level competitions.  Men’s teams are entered from all seven PEI clubs, while all clubs except the Western Community club in Alberton have entered women’s rinks.

The Dominion Provincial Club Championship will be a round robin with eight-end games, with the top three teams in the men’s and women’s divisions advancing to the playoff round on Sunday, where the second-place teams play the third-place rinks in the 1 pm semi-finals, and the semi-final winners then face the first-place teams in the finals at 5:30.

Any profit generated from provincial or national Dominion Curling Club Championship events will be directed to charities including the Canadian Paraplegic Association, as well as developmental curling initiatives in communities across Canada.

Live scoring for this event will be available at peicurling.com/thedominion.

Here are the team rosters (skip to lead-club):
Men’s
Robert Jenkins, Don Sheidow, Mike Murray, Brendon Jenkins – Charlottetown
Brock Spence, Sean Ledgerwood, Chris Montigny, Jay Carr – Cornwall
Gordon Fall, Tony Quigley, John Holmes,  Dario Zannier – Crapaud Community
Daryl MacDonald, Glen Betts, Lowell Morrison, Joey Ellsworth – Maple Leaf
Donald Clarey, Pat Birtwistle, David Rice, Cameron Lerch – Montague
Louis Walsh, Doug Walsh, Walter Benson, Ray Thompson – Silver Fox
Leslie Hardy, Kent Noye, Kyle Hardy, Alan Hardy – Western

Women’s
Paula Creamer, Jana Cheverie, Cindy MacLean, Debbie Youland – Charlottetown
Lorianne Davies, Paulette Richard, Karen Montgomery, Lynda Turnbull – Cornwall
Vanessa Hamming, Ruth Walsh, Lindsay Moore, Heather MacRae – Crapaud Community
Rushell MacDonald, Suzanne Getson, Audrey Thomson, Leah Harris  – Maple Leaf
Gail Greene, Darlene London, Janet Kemp, Joan Livingstone –  Montague
Barb Currie, Faith LeClair, Paula Baglole, Flo Birch  –  Silver Fox

Here is the men’s round robin draw:

Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 5:30 pm:
Gordon Fall vs Louis Walsh, Robert Jenkins vs Donald Clarey, Brock Spence vs Leslie Hardy

Friday, March 13, 2009 at 9:30 am:
Donald Clarey vs Leslie Hardy, Brock Spence vs Daryl MacDonald, Robert Jenkins vs Gordon Fall

Friday, March 13, 2009 at 2:30 pm:
Brock Spence vs Louis Walsh, Gordon Fall vs Leslie Hardy, Daryl MacDonald vs Donald Clarey

Friday, March 13, 2009 at 8 pm:
Gordon Fall vs Daryl MacDonald, Donald Clarey vs Louis Walsh, Robert Jenkins vs Brock Spence.

Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 9:30 am:
Brock Spence vs Donald Clarey, Robert Jenkins vs Leslie Hardy, Daryl MacDonald vs Louis Walsh

Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 2:30 pm:
Louis Walsh vs Leslie Hardy, Brock Spence vs Gordon Fall, Robert Jenkins vs Daryl MacDonald

Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 8 pm:
Daryl MacDonald vs Leslie Hardy, Robert Jenkins vs Louis Walsh, Gordon Fall vs Donald Clarey

Here is the women’s round robin draw:

Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 8 pm:
Paula Creamer vs Lorianne Davies, Vanessa Hamming vs Rushell MacDonald, Gail Greene vs Barb Currie

Friday, March 13, 2009 at 12 noon:
Vanessa Hamming vs Gail Greene, Paula Creamer vs Rushell MacDonald, Barb Currie vs Lorianne Davies

Friday, March 13, 2009 at 5:30 pm:
Rushell MacDonald vs Barb Currie, Lorianne Davies vs Gail Greene, Paula Creamer vs Vanessa Hamming

Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 12 noon:
Gail Greene vs Paula Creamer, Barb Currie vs Vanessa Hamming, Lorianne Davies vs Rushell MacDonald

Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 5:30 pm:
Lorianne Davies vs Vanessa Hamming, Barb Currie vs Paula Creamer, Rushell MacDonald vs Gail Greene