The 2011 Rodd Curling Classic Cashspiel starts Thursday November 3 and wraps up on Sunday the 6th at the Charlottetown Curling Club. This marks the 10th year of Rodd Hotels and Resorts sponsorship of this major event on the Atlantic Curling Tour (ACT). Fifteen men’s teams and 12 women’s rinks are taking part this year, with both sides playing round robins – the men with three pools of five teams, and the women with two pools of six.
Last year, PEI’s Kathy O’Rourke rink fought back from a 4-0 deficit to edge the Suzanne Birt foursome 6-5 in the women’s final, while the men’s final also featured two PEI teams, and was also won by a 6-5 score, but went an extra end, with the Robert Campbell team beating the Peter Gallant rink by a measure.
Here are this year’s teams and pools:
Men’s Division
Wally Rodd Pool:
Robert Campbell (PE), Mike Gaudet (PE), Danny Christianson (NS), Bruce Lohnes (NS), Ian Fitzner-LeBlanc (NS)
David Rodd Pool:
Brett Gallant (PE), John Likely (PE), Spencer Pitre (PE), John Luckhurst (NS), Chad Stevens (NS)
Mark Rodd Pool:
Rod MacDonald (PE), Jamie Newson (PE), Bill Hope (PE), Scott Saunders (NS), Mike Kennedy (NB)
Women’s Division:
Sally Rodd Pool:
Tanya Hilliard (NS), Sylvie Robichaud (NB), Coralie Richard (NS), Donna Butler (PE), Mary Jane McGuire (NB), Kim Dolan (PE)
Linda Rodd Pool:
Suzanne Birt, Heather Strong (NL), Kelly MacIntosh (NS), Melissa Adams (NB), Meaghan Hughes (PE), Sarah Rhyno (NS)
Here is the round robin draw (Sheets 1 through 5)):
Thursday Nov. 3
5:30 pm (Men)
Campbell vs Lohnes, Likely vs Stevens, Christianson vs Fitzner-LeBlanc, Gallant vs Luckhurst, Newson vs Hope
8 pm (Women)
McGuire vs Dolan, Strong vs Hughes, Birt vs Adams, Hilliard vs Richard, MacIntosh vs Rhyno
Friday Nov. 4
9 am (Men)
Gaudet vs Fitzner-LeBlanc, MacDonald vs Saunders, Newson vs Kennedy, Likely vs Pitre, Luckhurst vs Stevens
12 noon (Women)
Richard vs Butler, Birt vs MacIntosh, Hilliard vs Dolan, Strong vs Rhyno, Robichaud vs Richard
3 pm (Men)
Gallant vs Pitre, Gaudet vs Christianson, Likely vs Luckhurst, Lohnes vs Fitzner-LeBlanc, Saunders vs Kennedy
5 pm (Women)
Strong vs MacIntosh, Butler vs McGuire, Birt vs Rhyno, Robichaud vs Dolan, Adams vs Hughes
9 pm (Men)
MacDonald vs Newson, Hope vs Kennedy, Pitre vs Stevens, Campbell vs Christianson, Gallant vs Likely
Saturday Nov. 5
9 am (Women)
Hughes vs Rhyno, Richard vs Dolan, Robichaud vs McGuire, MacIntosh vs Adams, Hilliard vs Butler
12 noon (Men)
Hope vs Saunders, Pitre vs Luckhurst, Gaudet vs Lohnes, MacDonald vs Kennedy, Campbell vs Fitzner-LeBlanc
3pm (Women)
Richard vs McGuire, Hilliard vs Robichaud, Butler vs Dolan, Strong vs Adams, Birt vs Hughes
6 pm (Men)
Campbell vs Gaudet, Gallant vs Stevens, MacDonald vs Hope, Newson vs Saunders, Christianson vs Lohnes
9 pm (Women)
Robichaud vs Butler, Adams vs Rhyno, Hilliard vs McGuire, MacIntosh vs Hughes, Birt vs Strong
The Sunday playoff round schedule will be determined after the round robin is complete.