The Cornwall Curling Club, which recently hosted the Pepsi Juniors Under 21 provincial curling championships, is also hosting the second provincial championship of the season – this time for curlers age 60 and over. Draws in the Curl PEI Provincial Masters Curling Championships, with men’s and women’s divisions, go Monday through Thursday January 21-24 at 9 am, 12 noon, and 3 pm, with the semi-finals on Friday the 25th at 9 am and the finals at noon. All games are eight ends, with the six women’s teams playing a round robin format, with the second and third place teams squaring off in the semi-final, and the winner facing the first place team in the final. The ten men’s teams will play a triple knockout format, with four rinks advancing to a Page playoff round, where the first two qualifiers from the knockout round will play in the Page 1 vs 2 game, and the third and fourth qualifiers will curl in the Page 3 vs 4. Both games go Thursday at 3 pm. The winner of the 1 vs 2 will advance directly to the final, while the loser of the 1 vs 2 will face the winner of the 3 vs 4 game in a semi-final match, with the winner also going to the final. Curlers are permitted to use delivery sticks in this event. There is no admission charge to watch the action.
The defending Masters men’s champions, the Mel Bernard rink from the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club in Summerside, and women’s champs, the Shirley Berry foursome from the Cornwall and Silver Fox clubs, are both back this year, as are last year’s runners-up, the Clair Sweet rink from O’Leary’s Maple Leaf Curling Club, and the Ruth Stavert team from Cornwall.
This year’s winners and runners-up will earn the right to compete in the Maritime Masters Championships, March 7-10 at the Capital Winter Club in Fredericton NB.. The winning teams, or the highest-finishing men’s and women’s rinks that choose to attend, are also invited to participate in the Canadian Masters, April 8-14 at the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay Ontario.
Here are the team rosters:
Men (skip to lead-club(s))
Paul Arsenault, Ray Biagé, Kimball Blanchard, Edgar Coffin-Cornwall Curling Club
Des Arsenault, Cliff Poirier, Alan Montgomery, George Power-Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club (Summerside)
Mel Bernard, Blair Jay, Lou Nowlan, Earle Proude-Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club (Summerside)
Fred Fall (throws 3rd), Brian Ellis (throws 4th), Raymond Thomson, Walter Andrews-Crapaud Community Curling Club
André Gauthier, Rick Richard, Julien Gaudin. Leigh Crabbe-Charlottetown Curling Complex
Bill Hope, Ted MacFadyen. Craig Mackie, David Murphy-Cornwall/Silver Fox
Bob MacWilliams, John Berry, Roy Coffin, Jim Farquharson-Cornwall Curling Club
Bob Maynard, Harry Williams, Bruce Montgomery, Spike Martin-Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club (Summerside)
Clair Sweet, Bob Matheson, Muncey Harris, Wayne Arsenault-Maple Leaf Curling Club (O’Leary)
Louis Walsh, Doug Waugh, Ivan Baglole, Charles Curry-Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club (Summerside)
Women (skip to lead,coaches-club(s))
Shirley Berry, Sandy Hope, Arleen Harris, Evelyn Rogerson, coaches Butch McGee and Bill Hope-Cornwall/ Silver Fox
Diane MacKay, Val MacLean, Lynn Thiele, Donna Boulter-Charlottetown/ Cornwall
Sherren MacKinnon, Marjorie Campbell, Carol Sullivan, Judy Koke-Montague Curling Club
Marg Nowlan, Georgie Coulson, Dawn MacFadyen. Sharon Montgomery-Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club (Summerside)
Ruth Stavert, Myrna Craswell. Elaine Hughes, Hanny MacLeod-Cornwall Curling Club
Carol Sweetapple, Danielle Girard, Carlene Peters, Bernie Field-Cornwall Curling Club
Here is the men’s opening day triple-knockout draw:
Monday January 21 at 9 am:
Ice 1: Paul Arsenault vs André Gauthier
Ice 2: Louis Walsh vs Des Arsenault
Ice 3: Mel Bernard vs Bob MacWilliams
Ice 4: Bob Maynard vs Bill Hope
Monday January 21 at 3 pm:
Ice 1: Loser Walsh/Des Arsenault vs loser Maynard/Hope
Ice 2: Fred Fall vs winner Paul Arsenault/Gauthier
Ice 3: Clair Sweet vs winner Walsh/Des Arsenault
Ice 4: Loser Paul Arsenault/Gauthier vs loser Bernard/MacWilliams
Here is the full women’s round robin draw:
Monday January 21 at 12 noon:
Ice 1: Carol Sweetapple vs Marg Nowlan
Ice 2: Sherren MacKinnon vs Shirley Berry
Ice 3: Ruth Stavert vs Diane MacKay
Tuesday January 22 at 9 am:
Ice 2: Marg Nowlan vs Diane MacKay
Ice 3: Carol Sweetapple vs Shirley Berry
Ice 4: Sherren MacKinnon vs Ruth Stavert
Tuesday January 22 at 3 pm:
Ice 1: Ruth Stavert vs Shirley Berry
Ice 3: Marg Nowlan vs Sherren MacKinnon
Ice 4: Carol Sweetapple vs Diane MacKay
Wednesday January 23 at 12 noon:
Ice 1: Sherren MacKinnon vs Diane MacKay
Ice 2: Carol Sweetapple vs Ruth Stavert
Ice 4: Marg Nowlan vs Shirley Berry
Thursday January 24 at 9 am:
Ice 2: Diane MacKay vs Shirley Berry
Ice 3: Carol Sweetapple vs Sherren MacKinnon
Ice 4: Marg Nowlan vs Ruth Stavert
Full draw, and end-by-end results available at PEICurling.com/masters.