The top under 18 men’s and women’s teams from across Atlantic Canada will be competing in the Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championship, presented by Sylvan Learning, which takes place April 15-17 at the Charlottetown Curlng Club.
PEI is represented by the winners of the Sylvan Learning Provincial 17 and Under championship, the Amanda MacLean team from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, and the Alex Matters foursome from Charlottetown, along with the 17 and Under runners-up, the Veronica Smith and Jeffrey Taylor teams from Cornwall, competing as the provincial host clubs. The MacLean rink were this year’s PEI Canada Games women’s representatives, and second Emily Gray was recently selected to the first Canadian Winter Youth Olympic Games team, and will be competing in Innsbruck Austria in January. Three members of the Smith rink won this year’s PEI 15 and Under championships, while the Taylor team were runners-up in two of the three sections of the provincial Pepsi Juniors championships, and Christopher Gallant and Andrew Cameron from the Matters rink were the male half of the provincial Junior Mixed championship rink this year.
New Brunswick is represented by the Jordan Craft and Jessica Daigle teams, both from the Thistle St. Andrews club in Saint John. Craft played third on last year’s winning men’s team, skipped by Andrew Case, while Daigle skipped last season’s provincial junior team.
The Jonathan Crouse rink from Truro, and the Emily Dwyer foursome from the Halifax Mayflower club are Nova Scotia’s representatives. The Dwyer rink were Nova Scotia’s women’s representatives at the Canada Games.
The Stephen Trickett team from the St. John’s Curling Club at the Remax Centre, along with the Carolyn Suley team from the Bally Hally, also in St. John’s, are representing Newfoundland and Labrador. Trickett and Suley skipped their province’s Canada Games teams this year.
Full team rosters are available on the event website at peicurling.com/atlantic18.
Teams will play eight end games in a round robin format, with the top two men’s teams and the top two women’s rinks at the conclusion of the round robin advancing to their respective finals, with the third and fourth place teams playing in the consolation finals. Opening ceremonies are Friday at 2 pm, with the first draw following at 2:30, and the evening draw at 7 pm. Saturday round robin play is at 10 am and 2:30 pm, with the final round robin draw going Sunday at 9 am. Ties at the end of the round robin will be resolved by head to head records and draw to the button results. The finals and consolation finals go Sunday at 1 pm.
Full draw:
Fri Apr 15
2:30 PM: NB/PE (M), NS/Host (M), NB/NS (W), NL/Host (W)
7:00 PM: NB/Host (W), NL/PE (W), NB/NS (M), NL/Host (M)
Sat Apr 16
10:00 AM: NB/Host (M), NS/Host (W), NL/PE (M), NB/PE (W)
2:30 PM: NL/NS (W), NB/NL (M), Host/PE (W), NS/PE (M)
Sun Apr 17
9:00 AM: NL/NS (M), Host/PE (M), NB/NL (W), NS/PE (W)
1:00 PM Consolation games and Finals
Results will be available at the event website: peicurling.com/atlantic18