Three draws are in the books after opening day play at the O’Connor Glass/Curl PEI Provincial Under 18 Curling Championships at the Montague Curling Club. The six U18 men’s teams are playing a single round robin, with the second and third place teams playing in a semi-final, with the winner facing the first place team in the championship game. The four U18 women’s rinks are playing a double round robin, with the top two teams advancing to the final.

Two U18 men’s teams, the Tony Nabuurs-skipped rink with players from the Charlottetown Curling Complex, and the Montague & Maple Leaf curling clubs, along with the Justin Campbell foursome from the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club are currently undefeated, with 2-0 win-loss records, while the Emily Keen rink from the Charlottetown Curling Complex and the Cornwall Curling Club, and the Jenny MacLean team from the Silver Fox have perfect 2-0 records on the U18 women’s side.

David O’Connor of sponsor O’Connor Glass throws the opening rock (to the button!) at the Under 18 championships. Photo courtesy of Angie Arsenault.

Round robin play continues Friday  and Saturday with draws at 10 am and 2 and 7 pm.  Semi-finals and finals take place on Sunday.

End by end results are available at peicurling.com/under18

The winning rinks  advance to their choice of either the Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships, March 28-31 at the Caribou Curling Club in Stephenville NL, OR the Optimist International Under 18 Curling Championships, March 27-31 in Surrey and Langley BC, with the runners-up going to the other event. Starting last year, the option to attend the Optimist rotates annually between the four Atlantic Provinces – 2013 is PEI’s turn.