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Labatt Tankard PEI Men’s Ch’ship starts Thursday at the Silver Fox

The Labatt Tankard Provincial Men’s Curling Championships get underway Thursday at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, with the winning team advancing to the Tim Hortons Brier, March 5-13 in London Ontario.

Fifteen teams, all from the Charlottetown Curling Club and the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club, are entered, including  the Rod MacDonald rink , last year’s champions, the Robert Campbell foursome, last year’s runners-up,  and the Mel Bernard team, reigning Masters and Legion champions. Previous Tankard winning skips entered include 2008 and 2009 winner Peter Gallant, joined by his son Brett, a former Canadian Junior champion, throwing fourth rocks, along with 2002 winner John Likely. Kevin Champion, who won as third seven of the past eight years, has moved up to skip for this year’s competition. 2004 winner Mike Gaudet is back as third stone to Eddie MacKenzie. Other teams entered include the Barry Cameron,Tom Fetterly, and Grant Somers rinks from the host Silver Fox, and the John Desrosiers, Bill Hope, Dave Ross, Calvin Smith, and Rob Warren teams from the Charlottetown Curling Club.

The teams will play a triple knockout format, with draws at 9 am and 2 and 7 pm Thursday through Sunday, followed by Monday draws at 2 and 7 pm, and a two game championship round on Tuesday, also at 2 and 7. The winners from the three triple knockout sections will advance to the championship round. If the same team wins all three sections, the championship round will not be needed. If a team wins two sections, they will play in both championship games, and win the title if they take either.

Eight teams were seeded in the draw, based on cashspiel winnings this season, as follows:

#1 Robert Campbell, #2 Peter Gallant, #3 Rod MacDonald, #4 Eddie MacKenzie, #5 Kevin Champion, #6 John Likely, #7 John Desrosiers, and #8 Rob Warren.

Here are the opening draws (C=Charlottetown Curling Club, S=Silver Fox)

Thursday Feb. 3 at 9 am:

Ice 1: Peter Gallant  (C) vs Tom Fetterly (S)
Ice 2: John Desrosiers (C) vs Calvin Smith (C)
Ice 3: Rod MacDonald (C) vs Barry Cameron (S)
Ice 4: John Likely (C) vs Mel Bernard (S)

Thursday Feb. 3 at 2 pm:

Ice 1: Eddie MacKenzie (C) vs Bill Hope (C)
Ice 2: Kevin Champion (C) vs Grant Somers (C)
Ice 3: Rob Warren (C) vs Dave Ross (C)

Friday Feb. 4 at 9 am

Ice 2: Robert Campbell (C) vs winner Warren/Ross game from 2 pm draw.

Complete draw, and end by end results at peicurling.com/tankard

Here are the team rosters:

Team Rosters

Skip Throws Vice-skip/Mate/Third Throws Second Throws Lead Throws Alternate Coach #1 Club
Mel Bernard 4th Ted MacFadyen 3rd Douglas Simmons 2nd Earle Proude 1st     Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club
Barry Cameron 4th Leo Stewart 3rd Duane Mac Neill 2nd Paul Matheson 1st     Silver Fox Curling Club
Robert Campbell 4th Jamie Newson 3rd Tyler MacKenzie 2nd Rob Doherty 1st     Charlottetown Curling Club
Kevin Champion 4th Philip Gorveatt 2nd Stephen Champion 3rd Robert Shaw 1st Robbie Younker   Charlottetown Curling Club
John Desrosiers 4th Dennis Watts 3rd Jeff Gallant 2nd Matthew Praught 1st     Charlottetown Curling Club
Tom Fetterly 4th Sandy MacPhee 3rd Tim Hockin 2nd Terry Arsenault 1st Lou Nowlan   Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club
Peter Gallant 3rd Brett Gallant 4th Anson Carmody 2nd Jeff Wilson 1st Christian Tolusso   Charlottetown Curling Club
Bill Hope 4th Craig Mackie 3rd John Mullin 2nd David Murphy 1st     Charlottetown Curling Club
John Likely 4th Kyle Stevenson 3rd Mark Butler 2nd Doug MacGregor 1st     Charlottetown Curling Club
Rod MacDonald 4th Andrew Robinson 3rd Mark O’Rourke 2nd Sean Clarey 1st     Charlottetown Curling Club
Eddie MacKenzie 4th Mike Gaudet 3rd Mike Dillon 2nd Alex MacFadyen 1st   Blair Weeks Charlottetown Curling Club
David Ross 4th Nick Fraser 3rd Paul Gaudet 2nd Jeff Brine 1st     Charlottetown Curling Club
Calvin Smith 4th Todd Gilbert 3rd Richie Hughes 2nd Adam Arsenault 1st     Charlottetown Curling Club
Grant Somers 4th Blair Jay 3rd Gordon MacFadyen 2nd Chuck Jay 1st     Silver Fox Curling Club
Rob Warren 3rd Tyler Harris 4th Eric Brodersen 2nd Chris Hodgson 1st     Charlottetown Curling Club
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