Two men’s teams, skipped by Lou Nowlan of Summerside, and Roddie MacLean of Cornwall, along with two women’s teams, with skips Carol Sweetapple and Ruth Stavert, both of Cornwall, are still undefeated after day two play at The Medicine Shoppe Provincial Masters Curling Championships, being played at the Crapaud Community Curling Club.
In the opening women’s draw, Sweetapple beat Cornwall clubmate Diane MacKay 8-5, while Stavert won an 8-3 victory over six-time defending champion Jeanne Duffenais of the Silver Fox. On Wednesday morning at 10, Sweetapple and Stavert will square off in the A section final of this double-knockout event. Stavert will play MacKay, and Sweetapple will take on Duffenais in the 2 pm draw. with the winners meeting in the B final Thursday morning at 10. If the A and B finals are won by the same team, they will take the women’s title, and the two losing teams would square off to determine second place on Thursday afternoon at 2. If there are two different section winners, the championship game will take place Thursday at 2 pm.
In the men’s section, the undefeated Nowlan and MacLean teams have advanced to the A final Wednesday at 10 am. In play today, MacLean beat Louis Walsh of Summerside 9-4, while Nowlan blanked Fred Fall’s Crapaud rink 5-0. Defending champion John Holmes of Summerside suffered his second loss, and was eliminated from further play after losing to Ernie Stavert of Cornwall 7-6 in an extra end. Stavert then lost 11-0 in the afternoon to Clair Sweet, to be eliminated from play. Also eliminated was Rupert Sweetapple of Cornwall, who lost 6-2 to Clair Sweet of O’Leary’s Maple Leaf club. In other games, Bob Acorn of Charlottetown picked up a 10-4 win to eliminate Bob Maynard of Summerside, and a 7-4 victory to knock John DeLuca of Cornwall out of further play.
On Wednesday morning at, Fred Fall will play Bob Acorn, while Louis Walsh will face Clair Sweet. The winners will play MacLean and Nowlan, respectively at 2 pm. The winners of those games will advance to the B section final, Thursday at 10 am. If the same team wins both A and B sections, they will take the title. If not, the final game will go Thursday afternoon at 2.
Winners and runners-up from both the men’s and women’s sections advance to the Maritime Masters Championships, February 14-17 at the Beaver Curling Club in Moncton.
Winners may also participate in the Canadian Masters, March 28-April 4 in Saint John.