Photo (L-R): Jim Arsenault (lead), Dwayne MacNeil (2nd), Leo Stewart (3rd), Gordon MacFadyen (skip), Brian Burke (PEI Fire Fighters Assoc.)

The Gordon MacFadyen rink from the Summerside Fire Department were the winners of this year’s Provincial Firefighters Curling Championship, the first victory by a Summerside team in the 39 year history of the event. Other members of the team, who defeated Montague’s Jeff Nelson rink in the final, are Jim Arsenault (lead), Dwayne MacNeil (2nd), and Leo Stewart (3rd). Hydrant trophies were presented to the winning team by Brian Burke of the PEI Fire Fighters Association. The MacFadyen rink will now represent PEI at  the 51st annual Canadian Fire Fighters Muscular Dystrophy Hydrant Curling Championships, March 25-April 3 2010 in Regina.