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Scott Saunders calls a shot during action in the Journal Pioneer cashspiel at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside on Sunday. Saunders and his Mayflower Curling Club rink won the Atlantic Curling Tour event.
By Michael Nesbitt
Journal Pioneer
SUMMERSIDE – Skip Scott Saunders, with Glen Josephson, Alan Darrach and Bruce Lohnes from the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, N.S., bested Rod MacDonald’s Charlottetown Curling Complex rink to win the Journal-Pioneer cashspiel on Sunday afternoon.
The final score of the championship game, played at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club, was 8-5.
MacDonald made it to the final with a 7-6 win over clubmate Robert Shaw 7-6 in one of two Sunday morning semifinals. Saunders advanced with a 6-3 win against Charlottetown’s Jamie Newson.
Anthony Purcell’s rink from Halifax earned the consolation title over Blair Weeks of Charlottetown.
The Saunders rink earned $1,800 for the win, and MacDonald’s team was awarded $1,200 in the Atlantic Curling Tour event. The semifinal teams earned $900 each, with the consolation prize being $600.