The Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside will play host to two curling championships this weekend, the KFC 12 & Under and the M&M Meat Shops 15 & Under, featuring PEI’s youngest competitive curlers, The events, each with boys and girls divisions, will alternate draws during round robin play, which begins Friday morning at 9 for the 15  & Under event, and at noon for the 12 & Under. The two events will be on the ice at the same time for the championship games, with the finals in both events going Sunday afternoon.

 

 

Four boys and six girls teams are entered in the M&M Meat Shops 15 & Under. Last year’s 15 and Under champions were the Veronica Smith rink from the Cornwall Curling Club, and the Kyle Hughes foursome from the Charlottetown and Maple Leaf curling clubs. Three members of the Smith team are back this year, skipped by Katie Fullerton, as Smith has graduated from the age category. Two members of the Hughes rink are back this year, but are on different teams.

 

Here are the team rosters:

 

The boys division will play a double round-robin, while the girls side will play a single round robin. The opening ceremonies are at 8:30 am on Friday, with draws Friday at 9 am, and 2:30 pm and 8 pm. Saturday games are at 11 am, and 4:30 and 8 pm, with the event wrapping up on Sunday with the final boys round robin games at 9 am, along with the girls semi-finals between the second and third place teams (if tiebreakers are needed, the semis will be delayed to 12:30 pm).The boys (top two teams) and girls (1st place vs winner semi-final) finals go at 12:30 pm. If tiebreakers are needed, one or the other final could be delayed until 4 pm.

 

Here are the opening 15 and Under draws:

March 4 at 9 am: Tyler Smith vs Alex MacFadyen, Devon Schut vs Brooks Roche, Jenny McLean vs Emma Griffin, Emily Keen vs Katie Fullerton, Megan Ching vs Emily Hennessey.

Complete draw and results will be available at peicurling.com/15andunder

 

 

There will be two new KFC 12 & Under champions, as last year’s winners,  the Cameron MacKay and Megan Ching foursomes from the Cornwall Curling Club are not back this year (Ching has graduated to the 15 and Under). Four boy’s teams and four girl’s rinks are entered. Here are the rosters:

 

The girls division will play a double round robin, while the boys will play a single. The opening ceremonies are 11:30 am Friday, with the first draw following at noon, and the second going at 5:30 pm.

 

Saturday draws are at 8:30 am, and 2 and 7:30 pm. with the event wrapping up on Sunday with the final girls round robin games at 9 am, along with the boys semi-finals between the second and third place teams (if tiebreakers are needed, the semis will be delayed to 12:30 pm).The girls (top two teams) and boys (1st place vs winner semi-final) finals go at 12:30 pm. If tiebreakers are needed, one or the other final could be delayed until 4 pm.