Two of the three PEI rinks in the Best Western – TSA Curling Classic, which wraps up today in Saint John, have advanced to the quarter-final round, and will face off against each other at 9 this morning. The Robert Campbell rink, which includes Steve Burgess, Jamie Newson, and Rob Doherty, along with their Charlottown clubmates John Likely, Phil Gorveatt, Mark Butler, and Mike Dillon, both finished round robin play with 4-1 win-loss records, and have advanced to quarter-final number one. The other quarter sees Jamie Brannen of New Brunswick play Ian Fitzner-LeBlanc of Halifax.  The winners of these two 9 am games will advance to  noon semi-final games against undefeated Marc LeCocq of NB, and Chad Stevens of NS (4-1) respectively.  The final goes at 3 pm. LeCocq is the defending champion, while Likely, at that time playing with Peter Gallant, Mark O’Rourke and Mark Butler, won the event back in 2oo2.

In Saturday play, Likely beat New Brunswick’s Rebecca Atkinson foursome 8-5,  lost 7-5 to Chad Stevens of NS, and edged Paul Dobson of New Brunswick 4-3. Campbell beat Tim Comeau of NB 7-4,  and got by event organizer Jim Sullivan 6-5 in an extra end.

The other PEI rink in the event, skipped by Tyler MacKenzie, with teammates Steve van Ouwerkerk, Lincoln Peters, and Nick van Ouwerkerk, finished play with a 1-4 win-loss record, losing 7-6 on Saturday to New Brunswick’s Mike Flannery in an extra end, and 7-5 to Fitzner-LeBlanc.