PEI’s Gordon MacFadyen rink from the Summerside Fire Department had the bye in the Tuesday morning draw at the 53rd Canadian Firefighters Curling Championship at the Truro Curling Club, and doubled the hometown Truro Volunteer Fire Brigade Nova Scotia rink, skipped by David Williams, by a 6-3 score in the afternoon to bring their win-loss record to an even 3-3. Other members of the Island squad, who have won the PEI Firefighters Championship three years in a row, are Leo Stewart, Dwayne MacNeil and Jim Arsenault. PEI plays Southern Ontario and the Northwest Territories on Wednesday.

Northern and Southern Ontario lead the round robin after Tuesday play with 5-2 records, followed by Nova Scotia and by yesterday’s leader New Brunswick, who lost both their games today, at 4-2, and Alberta at 4-3. Manitoba is tied with PEI at 3-3, while BC, Saskatchewan and Quebec all have two wins and the Northwest Territories have one.

Round robin play continues Wednesday and Thursday with draws at 10 am and 3 pm. Tiebreakers, if needed, and the Page playoffs, where the 1st and 2nd place teams from the round robin square off in one game, and the 3rd and 4th place teams play in the other, take place on Friday The winner of the Page 1st vs 2nd will advance directly to the final, Saturday at 1pm, while the loser will play the winner of the Page 3rd vs 4th game in the 9 am Saturday semi-final, with the winner of that game going to the final.

Eleven teams, from all provinces except Newfoundland and Labrador, including separate Northern and Southern Ontario rinks, along with the Northwest Territories, are taking part.

Results are available at curlingresults.com/firefighters/2012