Only one men’s team, skipped by defending champion Donald Clarey of Montague, and one women’s rink, directed by Kimberly Ellsworth of the host Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, remain undefeated after the second day of play at the third annual The Dominion Provincial Curling Club championship.
In Friday play in the seven team men’s division, Clarey, and his team of Larry Richards, David Rice, and Stephen MacLeod, followed a five point fifth end with a steal of four in the sixth in a 14-6 routing of Clair Sweet’s Maple Leaf rink, and edged Charlottetown’s Charlie Wilkinson foursome 6-5 in an extra end.
Ellsworth scored four points in an extra to defeat Crapaud’s Marie Ford rink 9-5 Friday in the five team women’s section, and got by Val MacLean and her Charlottetown team 6-5, aided by a fifth end triple and a sixth end single steal. Other members of the Ellsworth rink are Sharon Horne, Wendy Fraser, and Cheryl Bell.
In the men’s round robin, Barry Cameron of the Silver Fox, Blaine Hutt of the host Western club, and Brock Spence of Cornwall all share 2-1 win-loss records, while Alan Inman of Crapaud is 2-2, Clair Sweet of the Maple Leaf is 1-3, and Charlottetown’s Wilkinson is winless in four starts.
In the women’s division, last year’s runner-up team, skipped by Lorianne Davies of Cornwall, along with Crapaud’s Ford, are 1-1, while Val MacLean is 1-2 an Nola Murphy is 0-2.
Round robin play wraps up on Saturday, with men’s draws at 9:30 am and 2:30 and 8 pm, and women’s games at noon and 5:30 pm.
Tiebreakers, if needed, go Sunday at 10 am, with the semi-finals between the second and third place teams going at 1 and the finals between the semi-final winners and the first place teams going at 5:30 pm. The winning men’s and women’s teams advance to the national The Dominion, Nov. 21-26 in Richmond BC.
Club champions from all PEI curling clubs are invited to 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.