Photo (L-R): David O’Connor (Sponsor), Veronica Smith, Katie Fullerton, Sabrina Smith, Chloe McCloskey, Paul Smith (Coach)
The Veronica Smith rink from the Cornwall Curling Club went undefeated with a 7-0 win-loss record to win the women’s title today at the O’Connor Glass Provincial 17 and Under Curling Championships at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. The Jenny McLean rink from the host club, with a 4-3 record, are the runners-up, with Smith beating them in the best two out of three final round by 5-4 and 10-1 scores today to take the championship.
Other members of the winning Smith rink are Katie Fullerton, who holds the broom for the skip, but throws first stones, along with second Sabrina Smith, and Chloe McCloskey, who throws third stones. The rink is coached by Paul Smith. The runner-up McLean team includes third Aleya Quilty, second stone Lauren MacFadyen, lead Ava Whitney-Coulter, and coaches Pat Quilty and Sheila Compton. The Smith team now advances to the Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships, April 6-8 at the Bluenose Curling Club in New Glasgow NS.
The Carolyn Rose rink from Montague finished third with a 3-2 round-robin win-loss record, followed by Emily Keen and her Charlottetown/Crapaud team at 2-3, Cornwall’s Rachel O’Connor foursome at 1-4, and the Emily Hennessey rink from Charlottetown at 0-5.
Two teams, skipped by Matthew MacLean of the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, and Tony Nabuurs of the Montague Curling Club finished the men’s double round robin with 5-1 win loss records, and advance to the men’s final, Monday at 10 am, with the winner moving on to the Atlantics in New Glasgow NS. The two teams split their round robin encounters, with Nabuurs winning the first 6-4, and MacLean taking the second 6-1.
The MacLean rink includes third Marshall Smallman, second Kevin Gallant and lead Allan MacLean, with coach Glen MacLean, while Nabuurs skips his rink but throws third stones, Parker O’Connor throws fourth rocks, Noah O’Connor plays second, and Tyler Smith is in the lead position. Arnold Nabuurs is the coach.
The other two teams in the men’s section, skipped by Alex MacFadyen of the Silver Fox, and Brooks Roche of Montague, finished at 1-5.
End-by-end results from Monday’s men’s final will be available at LiveCurling.com.