The same teams who met in the A and B finals of the triple-knockout PEI Scotties Tournament of Hearts provincial women’s curling championship, being contested at a packed Cornwall Curling Club, will also meet in the C.  Five time PEI Scotties and former world junior champion Suzanne Birt won the A final on Friday by a 7-4 score over defending PEI women’s champion and Canadian silver medallist Kathy O’Rourke, who in turn took the B final, with a 6-4 Saturday win over Birt.

In this afternoon’s C semi-finals, both teams were in high gear, with O’Rourke quickly eliminating PEI’s Senior Women’s champ, Shirley Berry of Cornwall and Charlottetown, taking four in the first, stealing one in the second, and grabbing another 4 in end four in a 9-1 victory wrapped up before the fifth end break. Birt also dominated in her game over Charlottetown clubmate Kim Dolan, taking a triple in the second end, and stealing a single in the third. Dolan scored her only point of the game in end four, but Birt came back with a double in five, a single in six, and another in eight to win the game 8-1.

Tonight’s C final between Birt and O’Rourke begins at 6:30 pm. Both teams will then advance to Monday’s two game championship round, at 1:30 and 6:30 pm. The team that wins the C final tonight will have a big advantage going into tomorrow, as they will have to win either championship game to claim the trip down the highway to the Charlottetown Civic Centre for the national Scotties, February 19-27, while their opponent would have to win both games.