Photo (L-R): Audrey Callaghan (PEICA/Western CCC), Veronica Smith, Katie Fullerton, Sabrina Smith, Chloe McCloskey, Paul Smith (coach)
The Veronica Smith rink from the Cornwall Curling Club, which includes 3rd Katie Fullerton, 2nd Sabrina Smith, and lead Chloe McCloskey, with coaches Paul Smith and Sarah Fullerton, beat the Caroline Rose team from Montague by a 7-2 score this afternoon to win the girls division of the M&M Meat Shops Provincial Curling Championships, at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. Other members of the runner-up Rose team are Sarah MacPhee, Jessica Chapman, and Leah Deveau, with coach Carolyn MacPhee.
Rose beat Fallon Arsenault of Summerside 14-1 in the final round robin draw Sunday morning, while Smith defeated Emily Keen of Charlottetown 11-2. The Jenny McLean team from Summerside, who were tied with Smith and Rose at 3-1 going into the last round robin draw, lost 8-1 to Emma Cousins of the Maple Leaf.
Photo (L-R): Audrey Callaghan (PEICA), Kyle Hughes, Jonathan Schut, Matthew MacLean, Marshall Smallman, Shannon Smallman (Coach)
Meanwhile, the combined Charlottetown/Maple Leaf rink of Kyle Hughes, Matthew MacLean, Marshall Smallman, and Jonathan Schut, with coach Shannon Smallman, beat the Alex Matters foursome from Charlottetown by a 7-2 score Saturday evening to win the boys division. MacLean and Smallman, from the Maple Leaf club in O’Leary, were on last year’s winning team, and also won the 17 and Under this year. As the rules permit no more than two players from a team winning a higher age division to be on one team, MacLean and Smallman teamed up with Charlottetown’s Hughes and Schut. Other members of the runner-up Alex Matters rink are Chris Gallant, Kyle Holland, and Andrew Cameron, with coaches Peter Gallant and Derrick Cameron. The third team entered in the boys section, skipped by Brandon MacNevin of the Silver Fox, did not manage to pick up a win in double round robin play, while Hughes and Matters both finished at 4-1, with Matters beating Hughes 7-5 in their first round robin encounter, and Hughes doubling Matters 4-2 in their second game.