The PEI teams at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors in Fort McMurray Alberta may not have made it to the playoff round, but a member of each rink was honoured last night at the event’s awards banquet.
Photo (L-R): Schut, Fullerton
Jonathan Schut, lead on the Tyler Smith rink, was the men’s recipient of the Joan Mead Legacy Award and $500 scholarship. This award, in honour of former CBC curling producer Mead, is selected by the event officials, and is awarded annually to a male and a female junior curler who best exemplify leadership, excellence and fair play, and recognizes community involvement, academic achievement, and volunteerism.
Katie Fullerton, from the Veronica Smith rink, who throws lead stones, but holds the broom for Smith, was chosen as the women’s second team all-star lead, with the second-highest shooting percentage (77 percent) among leads.
Here is the full list of award winners:
All-Stars
(determined by shooting percentages during the round robin)
Women
First Team
Skip — Corryn Brown, British Columbia (74 per cent) *
Third — Chelsea Duncan, Yukon (77 per cent)
Second — Sheyna Andries, Manitoba (74 per cent) *
Lead — Katie Roskewich, Alberta (78 per cent)
Second Team
Skip — Sarah Koltun, Yukon (74 per cent)
Third — Holly Donaldson, Ontario (71 per cent)
Second — Megan Westlund, Northern Ontario (74 per cent)
Lead — Katie Fullerton, Prince Edward Island (77 per cent)
Men
First Team
Skip — Thomas Scoffin, Alberta (78 per cent)
Third — Colton Lott, Manitoba (79 per cent)
Second — David Easter, Ontario (82 per cent)
Lead — Andrew O’Dell, New Brunswick (82 per cent)
Second Team
Skip — Stuart Thompson, Nova Scotia (76 per cent)
Third — Aaron Squires, Ontario (77 per cent)
Second — Daniel Grant, Manitoba (81 per cent)
Lead — Brendan MacCuish, Manitoba (80 per cent)
* In the case of a percentage tie, the all-star position goes to the player with the highest plus/minus for the week (a player receives a +1 for every game in which he/she outcurls the positional opponent by five per cent or more). Should they still be tied, the pre-event draw to the button results are used to determine the all-star.
Ken Watson Sportsmanship Awards
(voted by the players)
Women – Sheree Hinz, Northern Ontario
Men – Landon Bucholz, Alberta
Fair Play Awards
(selected by the officials)
Men
Lead — Andrew Taylor, Newfoundland/Labrador
Second — Sanjay Bowry, British Columbia
Third — Jamie Airut, Nunavut
Skip — Will Mahoney, Yukon
Coach — Benoit Forget, Quebec
Women
Lead — Sydney Fraser, British Columbia
Second — Teresa Waterfield, Saskatchewan
Third — Sheree Hinz, Northern Ontario
Skip — Sadie Pinksen, Nunavut
Coach — Lynn Kreviazuk, Nunavut
ASHAM National Coaching Awards
(voted by the coaches)
Women – Mark Noseworthy, Newfoundland/Labrador
Men – Tim Warkentin, Northern Ontario
Joan Mead Legacy Awards
(selected by the event officials)
($500 scholarship)
Women – Tirzah Keffer, Northern Ontario
Men – Jonathan Schut, Prince Edward Island