Three teams have perfect 3-0 records after opening day play at Curl Moncton’s Lady Monctonian cashspiel. Two of these teams, skipped by Suzanne Birt and Kim Dolan, are from PEI, while Sylvie Robichaud from New Brunswick is the other. The Theresa Breen rink from Halifax, and the Sandy Comeau team from New Brunswick are also undefeated with two win and no losses. PEI’s Donna Butler rink is 1-2, while Meaghan Hughes is 1-2.
Birt, who won the event in 2008, and whose team this time includes Shelly Bradley, Robyn MacPhee, and Leslie MacDougall, beat New Brunswick’s Melissa Adams rink 7-2 in her opener, and defeated the Halifax Mayflower rink skilled by Island native Anita Casey by a 7-2 score. Casey went 0-2 for the day. In the late draw, Birt came from behind with a triple in the final end to edge New Brunswick’s Mary Jane McGuire foursome 8-7. Birt plays Charlottetown clubmate Kim Dolan at 11:15 this morning, and Marie Christianson of NS at 4:45 this afternoon.
Dolan, who is playing with Rebecca Jean MacDonald, Sinead Dolan, and Nancy Cameron with alternate Michala Robison, doubled Casey 8-4 in her opening game, beat McGuire 7-4 in the afternoon, and downed Adams 10-3 in the nightcap, shutting the game down early with a triple, a deuce, and another three-pointer in ends four through six. Dolan has the afternoon off after this morning’s game against Birt, and faces Christianson at 8:30 pm.
PEI’s Butler rink lost 8-1 to Mary Anne Arsenault of Halifax, and 7-3 to Colleen Pinkney of Nova Scotia and beat Tanya Hillard of NS 11-7 in the late game. The Meaghan Hughes foursome lost 8-3 to Andrea Kelly of NB, and 9-3 to Nova Scotia’s Breen rink.
Round robin play wraps up tonight, with the quarter-finals at 8:30 Sunday morning, the semis at 11:30, and the final at 2:30 pm.
Results website: http://www.playdowns.com/nbca/teams.php?id_cmp=24
Photo: Moncton at night (Wikipedia)