It’s PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink taking on New Brunswick’s Sylvie Robichaud team in the 2:30 pm final of the Lady Monctonian, which wraps up this afternoon at Curl Moncton. Both rinks finished round robin play on Saturday with perfect 5-0 win-loss records and earned byes into the semi-finals, at 11:15 this morning, where Birt edged New Brunswick’s Sandy Comeau rink 6-5, and Robichaud got by Marie Christianson of Halifax 5-4. Playing with Birt, who won the event back in 2008, are Shelly Bradley, Robyn MacPhee, and Leslie Macdougall, while Robichaud’s team includes Danielle Nicholson, Marie Richard, Kendra Dickison, and fifth Denise Nowlan, with coach Ellery Robichaud.
PEICurling.com photo: Suzanne Birt at the 2011 Scotties
In the quarter-finals earlier this morning, Christianson beat Nova Scotia’s Mary-Anne Arsenault 9-6, while Comeau topped Therea Breen of Nova Scotia 6-4.
PEI’s Kim Dolan, Donna Butler, and Meaghan Hughes rinks wrapped up play on Saturday with 3-2, 2-3, and 0-5 records respectively, and did not advance to the money round.
Results website: http://www.playdowns.com/nbca/teams.php?id_cmp=24