The Pepsi Provincial Junior Curling Championships, for curlers age 20 and under, get underway Thursday morning December 29 at the Charlottetown Curling Club, with six junior men’s and four junior women’s teams from five Island curling clubs taking part, including Charlottetown and Cornwall’s Sarah Fullerton rink, two-time defending champions in the women’s event. Spencer Pitre, last year’s men’s champion skip, is now out of the age category, but Matthew Nabuurs and Connor MacPhee from that team are playing this year on the Sam Ramsay rink from the host club.
Here are the team rosters (skip to lead, coach, club):
JUNIOR MEN
Cody Dixon, Brooks Roche, Dylan Lowery, Owen Newson, Tammy Dewar (coach), Montague Curling Club.
Alex MacFadyen, James Dalton, Matthew MacDonald, Parker MacFadyen, David MacFadyen (coach), Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club (Summerside)
Matthew MacLean, Marshall Smallman, Kevin Gallant, Alan MacLean, Glen MacLean (coach), Maple Leaf Curling Club (O’Leary)
Alex Matters (throws 3rd stones), Chris Gallant (throws 4th rocks), Kyle Holland, Andrew Cameron, Peter Gallant and Derrick Cameron (coaches), Charlottetown Curling Club
Sam Ramsay, Matthew Nabuurs, Connor MacPhee, Shawn Pitre, Rob Roberts (coach), Charlottetown Curling Club.
Jeffrey Taylor, Alex Sutherland, Alex Jenkins, Jonathan Schut, Taylor McInnis (alternate), Allan Campbell and Bryan Sutherland (coaches), Cornwall Curling Club
JUNIOR WOMEN
Sarah Fullerton, Michelle McQuaid, Sara MacRae, Hillary Thompson, Angela Hodgson (coach), Charlottetown and Cornwall curling clubs
Emily Keen, Jessica Watts, Holly Predinchuk , Jenny Mutch, David Ross (coach), Charlottetown Curling Club
Amanda MacLean, Kassinda Bulger, Emily Gray, Aleya Quilty, Glen MacLean and Shelley Gray (coaches), Cornwall Curling Club
Veronica Smith, Katie Fullerton, Sabrina Smith, Jenny McLean, Paul Smith (coach), Cornwall Curling Club
The junior men will play a round robin, with the top two teams advancing to a best of three final round.
The junior women will play a double round robin, with the top two teams going to the sudden death final. In the event that one team goes through the double round robin undefeated, they will be declared the winner, without playing the one game final.
The junior women’s championship game, if required, goes Monday January 2 at 10 am, while the first junior men’s final goes Saturday at 10 am or 2:30 pm, or Sunday at 1 pm, depending on tiebreakers. The second men’s best of three game goes Monday at 10 am, with the third, if needed, taking place at 2:30 pm Monday.
Here is the opening draw for Thursday December 29 at 10 am:
Ice 1 (jr. women): Amanda MacLean (Cornwall) vs Veronica Smith (Cornwall)
Ice 2 (jr. men): Alex Matters (Charlottetown) vs Cody Dixon (Montague)
Ice 3 (jr. women): Emily Keen (Charlottetown) vs Sarah Fullerton (Charlottetown/Cornwall)
Ice 4 (jr. men): Matthew MacLean (Maple Leaf) vs Alex MacFadyen (Silver Fox)
Ice 5 (jr. men): Jeffrey Taylor (Cornwall) vs Sam Ramsay (Charlottetown)
Complete draw and live end-by-end results are available at peicurling.com/juniors and at livecurling.com.
The junior men’s and women’s champions will advance to the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, February 4-12, 2012, in Napanee Ontario.