Wednesday night at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, a number of curlers were presented with ADL awards in appreciation of their achievements over the 2008-2009 curling season
The big winners of the night were the Brett Gallant rink, M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior champions and World Junior silver medallists. The Gallant team, which includes skip Brett Gallant, third Adam Casey, second Anson Carmody, and lead Jamie Danbrook, along with coach Peter Gallant, were honoured with the award for Team of the Year. In addition, skip Brett Gallant won the Junior Male award, while his father Peter took home Coach of the Year honours.
Other winners included Sarah Fullerton, who captured the Junior Female award, skipping her team to repeat wins at both the Sylvan Learning Provincial 17 and Under and the Atlantic 17 and Under championships. The Adult Male award went to Mel Bernard, skip of the Provincial Senior Mixed and Credit Unions of PEI Senior Men’s championship teams. The Bernard foursome finished in third place at the Canadian Seniors Championship at their home Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club. Jeanne Duffenais of Summerside, who skipped her team to a sixth-straight Masters title, and played third on the Provincial Senior Mixed winning team, took home the Adult Female award. Summerside’s Cliff Poirier won the award for Official of the Year, while Curl Atlantic representative, official, and incoming PEI Curling Association president Shirley Lank received the Volunteer of the Year certificate.
Photo (L-R): Jeanne Duffenais, Sarah Fullerton, Dave Linkletter (representing sponsor ADL), Peter Gallant, Brett Gallant, Shirley Lank, Adam Casey, Mel Bernard
Following the presentation of the ADL awards, tributes were made by the PEI Curling Association to all the winning teams from the season, and to the sponsors that help make the provincial curling championships a success each year.
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