The Kyle Stevenson rink from the Charlottetown Curling Club won their opening game Saturday evening at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championships, being played at the Burlington Ontario Golf and Country Club, beating Newfoundland and Labrador’s Matt Blandford foursome by and 8-5 score. The PEI team, which includes third Donna Butler, second Doug MacGregor, and lead Tricia Affleck, stole a single in the sixth end, and a deuce in the 9th, en route to the win.
PEI’s gets to play the rest of the Atlantic Canadian teams on Sunday, facing Nova Scotia’s Mark Dacey at 10 Atlantic, and New Brunswick’s Mary Jane McGuire team at 7 pm AT.