Mar. 21-The Donald Clarey rink from the Montague Curling Club, and the Jeanne Duffenais foursome from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside are the winner’s of the second annual The Dominion Provincial Curling Club Championship, which wrapped up this afternoon at the Cornwall Curling Club.
Photo (L-R): Donald Clarey, Larry Richards, Mike Clarey, Cameron Lerch
The Clarey team, which includes Larry Richards, Mike Clarey, and Cameron Lerch, with fifth player Elliot Morrison, beat the Kevin Ellsworth rink from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton by a 7-3 score in this afternoon’s final. Clarey picked up a deuce in the first end, with Ellsworth blanking the second and taking only a single in the third, before Clarey recorded a triple in the fourth for a 5-1 lead at the half. Clarey followed an Ellsworth single in five with a deuce in six. Ellsworth picked up a single in seven, but ran out of rocks in the eighth. Other members of the runner-up Kevin Ellsworth rink are Fred Fraser, Alan Gaudet, and Gifford Costain.
Clarey, Ellsworth, and Dave Ross of Charlottetown all finished round robin play with 5-1 win-loss records. After draws to the button results were compared, Ellsworth was awarded first place, and advanced directly to the final. Ellsworth and Ross squared off in the semi-final earlier this afternoon, with Clarey winning by a 7-4 score.
Photo (L-R) Jeanne Duffenais, Kim Aylward, Michelle Weaver, Debbie Caissy
The Jeanne Duffenais team was skipped by Kim Aylward when the team won their club’s title, but, as Aylward had to miss some of the earlier games in the provincial, Duffenais skipped this event, with Aylward playing third. Michelle Weaver throwing second stones, and Debbie Caissy in the lead position. They defeated the Lorianne Davies rink from the host Cornwall Curling Club in an exciting come-from-behind extra-end game by a 9-7 score in the final.
After a steal of two in the fifth, Davies was in front by a 6-2 score after five ends, but Duffenais picked up a single in the sixth, and stole four points in the seventh to grab a one point lead. Davies picked up a single in the eighth to tie the game, but Duffenais had last rock advantage in the extra, and scored a deuce to pick up the win. Other members of the runner-up Davies team are third Melody Beck, second Tracy MacDonald, and lead Lynda Turnbull.
Davies went undefeated in round robin play, while Duffenais had a 3-2 win-loss record. Three teams, skipped by defending champion Vanessa Hamming of Crapaud, Sharon Horne of the Western Community Club in Alberton, and Micki Cageorge of Charlottetown were 2-3, and played tiebreakers to determine third place. with Horne blanking Hamming 7-0 in the first tiebreaker, and beating Cageorge 10-2 in the second. Duffenais edged Horne 7-6 to advance to the final against first-place Davies.
Runner-up Pictures
L-R: Lorianne Davies, Melody Beck, Tracy MacDonald, Lynda Turnbull
L-R: Shirley Lank (event organizer, and PEICA Pres.), Kevin Ellsworth, Fred Fraser,
Alan Gaudet, Gifford Costain, Audrey Callaghan (PEICA Vice President)
The winning teams will return to Cornwall, and to the Charlottetown Curling Club for the national The Dominion Curling Club Championship, co-hosted by the two clubs from November 23-28.
Club champions from all seven PEI curling clubs took part in this event, which is designed to give regular club curlers across the country an opportunity to compete in provincial and national level competitions. Any profit generated from provincial or national Dominion Curling Club Championship events will be directed to charities including the Canadian Paraplegic Association, as well as developmental curling initiatives in communities across Canada.