The Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Senior Women’s Curling Championship, for curlers age 50 and over, gets underway Friday morning at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, with the winning team joining the men’s winners, the Charlie Wilkinson rink from the Charlottetown Curling Club, at the Canadian Seniors, March 17-25 in Abbotsford BC.
Eight teams from five Island curling clubs are taking part, including the defending champion June Moyaert rink from the Montague Curling Club, and the Shirley Berry foursome from Cornwall and Charlottetown, who won the previous two Seniors championships, and recently won the PEI Masters title. Also entered are the Sharon Horne team from the host club, Cornwall’s Karen Currie and Debbie Rhodenizer rinks, Paula Baglole and Nola Murphy and their teams from the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club in Summerside, and the Karen MacDonald foursome from the Charlottetown Curling Club.
The teams will play a triple knockout format with Friday and Saturday draws at 9 am and 2 and 7 pm, Sunday play at 11 am and 4 pm, and the triple knockout concluding with the 10 am draw on Monday (Islander Day). The A, B, and C section winners will then advance to the two game championship round, Monday at 3 pm, and Tuesday at 2 pm. If a team wins all three triple knockout sections, the championship round will not be required. If a team wins two sections, they will play in both championship games, and take the title if they win either game.
The event website is at PEICurling.com/seniors, with end-by-end results at LiveCurling.com.
Here are the full team rosters (skip to lead, alternate/coach, club):
Paula Baglole, Debbie MacMurdo, Heather Bernard, Norma Schurman, Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club
Shirley Berry, Sandy Hope, Shelley Ebbett, Arleen Harris, Bill Hope/
Butch McGee (Coaches), Cornwall/Charlottetown curling clubs
Karen Currie, Valerie Acorn, Danielle Girard, Carlene Peters, Kathie Gallant (Alternate and Coach), Cornwall Curling Club
Sharon Horne, Virginia Hutt, Cheryl Bell, Joyce Matthews, Western Community Curling Club
Karen MacDonald, Paula Creamer, Yvonne Campbell, Karen Hardy, Charlottetown Curling Club
June Moyaert, Sherren MacKinnon, Terri Thompson, Kathy Clarey, Montague Curling Club
Nola Murphy, Nancy MacFadyen, Vivian Holm, Carol Montgomery, Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club
Debbie Rhodenhizer, Diane MacKay, Cindy Nicholson, Debby Sigsworth, Cornwall Curling Club
Here are the opening draws:
Friday, Feb. 17 at 9 am
Ice 1: Sharon Horne (Western) vs Nola Murphy (Silver Fox)
Ice 2: Karen Currie (Cornwall) vs Paula Baglole (Silver Fox)
Friday, February 17 at 2 pm
Ice 1: June Moyaert (Montague) vs Karen MacDonald (Charlottetown)
Ice 2: Debbie Rhodenizer (Cornwall) vs Shirley Berry (Ch’town/Cornwall)
Ice 3: Loser Horne/Murphy from morning draw