Photo (L-R): Ralph Sweet (Coach), Laura O’Meara (Lead), Kathleen O’Meara (Second, Throws 3rd Stone)
Chantal Clements (Mate, throws Second Stone), Tiffany Sweet (Skip), Clair Sweet (Coach)
The Tiffany Sweet rink from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary swept all three triple-knockout sections to capture the women’s section of the Sylvan Learning Provincial age 17 and Under Curling Championships at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club. All three section finals were against the same team – the Veronica Smith foursome from the Cornwall Curling Club. Sweet won the A section Friday afternoon by a 6-3 score, the B section by a 5-4 score on Saturday morning, and the C final on Sunday morning, also by a 5-4 score, but in an extra end. Sweet, and teammates Chantal Clements, Kathleen O’Meara, and Laura O’Meara, with coaches Clair and Ralph Sweet now advance to the Atlantic 17 and Under Championships, April 2-4 at the Riverside Golf and Curling Club in Rothesay NB. Other members of the runner-up Smith rink are Katie Fullerton, Sabrina Smith, and Chloe McCloskey, with coaches Paul Smith and Sarah Fullerton.
In the 17 and Under men’s section, there were three separate section winners, with Kyle Hughes and his combined Charlottetown/Montague team taking the A section, Cornwall’s Jeff Taylor rink capturing the B, and Matthew MacLean of the Maple Leaf club taking the C. Hughes was in all three section finals, winning the A 6-5 in an extra end over Tyler Smith of Cornwall, losing the B 7-3 to Taylor, and the C 6-4 to MacLean.
The first game of the 2-game championship round got underway at 3 pm, with Taylor taking on MacLean. The winner of that game will advance to the final, Monday at 3, against Hughes. The winner of that game will go to the Atlantic 17 and Under Championships, April 2-4 at the Riverside Golf and Curling Club in Rothesay NB.
Eight men’s and eight women’s teams took part in the provincial championship.