After day three at the 50th Canadian Firefighters Curling Championships, being played at the Charlottetown Curling Club, teams from the Prairie provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba are atop the standings with 4-0 win-loss records. Northern Ontario, Alberta and Nova Scotia have one loss each, while Southern Ontario, PEI, and BC are 2-2. The Territories have one game on the winning side, while New Brunswick and Quebec have yet to record a win.
PEI’s Jeff Nelson foursome from the Montague Fire Department lost its only Sunday game, to Manitoba by an 8-6 score. Manitoba scored six points in the first four ends, with PEI fighting back with a triple in end five. Manitoba took singles in the next two ends, and PEI took a deuce and a single in ends eight and nine, but ran out of rocks in the tenth. On Saturday the PEI team lost 7-4 to Northern Ontario. PEI won their opener against Quebec on Friday, and picked up a win by default Sunday morning over Newfoundland-Labrador, who are not participating in the event.
In other Sunday games, Saskatchewan pounded the Northwest Territories by an 11-1 score in only five ends, but the northerners came back in the next game with a decisive 9-2 victory over Quebec. Alberta handed Northern Ontario their first loss today, with an 8-4 win.
Round robin play continues through Thursday with draws at 9 am and 2:30 pm, and wraps up Friday morning at 9. The final goes Sunday, April 4th at 1 pm.