The PEI curling championship season kicks off this weekend, with the Provincial Senior Mixed, for mixed teams age 50 and over, taking place at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. Five rinks are entered, with three of the teams, including the defending champion Mel Bernard rink, coming from the host club. The other teams from the Fox are skipped by Blair Jay and Harry Williams. The John De Luca foursome are entered from the Cornwall Curling Club, while the Donald Clarey squad from Montague round out the entries.

The teams will play a round robin format, beginning Friday at 5 pm, and wrapping up with the 4 pm Saturday draw.

The top three teams from the round robin will advance to the playoff round, with the second and third place teams playing in the semi-final Sunday morning at 9 am, and the winner of that game meeting the first place team in the final at 1 pm.

Live results will be available at peicurling.com/seniormixed

Team rosters — skip to lead, (club)
Mel Bernard, Jeanne Duffenais, Earle Proude, Paula Baglole (Silver Fox)
Blair Jay, Lana Fraser, Douglas Simmons, Debbie MacMurdo (Silver Fox)
Harry Williams, Sheila Compton, Jim Arsenault, Vera Arsenault (Silver Fox)
John De Luca, Cindy Nicholson, Peter Buchanan, Danielle Girard (Cornwall)
Donald Clarey, Kathy Clarey, Ross Petrie, June Moyaert (Montague)

Round robin draw:

Draw One Friday Dec. 11 at 5 pm. Bye: Donald Clarey
Jay vs DeLuca, Williams vs Bernard

Draw Two Friday Dec. 11 at 8 pm. Bye: Blair Jay
Bernard vs Clarey, DeLuca vs Williams

Draw Three Saturday Dec. 12 at 9 am. Bye: Mel Bernard
Williams vs Jay, DeLuca vs Clarey

Draw Four: Saturday Dec. 12 at 12:30 pm. Bye: Harry Williams
DeLuca vs Bernard, Clarey vs Jay

Draw Five: Saturday Dec. 12 at 4 pm. Bye: John DeLuca
Clarey vs Williams, Jay vs Bernard

Draw Six Saturday Dec. 12 at 8 pm. Tiebreaker (if needed)

Draw Seven Sunday Dec. 13 at 9 am. Semi-final: 2nd place vs 3rd place.

Draw Eight Sunday Dec. 13 at 1 pm – Final: First place vs semi-final winner