Two draws were played on opening day at the triple-knockout Curl PEI Provincial Mixed Curling Championship at the Montague Curling Club, with all 10 teams seeing action, and no team picking up more than one win, as the four teams with two games all won one and lost one. Larry Richards and his host club team won 9-4 over Donnie Sheidow and his Charlottetown rink, but lost 6-2 to clubmate Donald Clarey, while Charlottetown’s Kevin Champion beat Montague’s David Rice 7-1, but then lost 9-1 to clubmate Jamie Newson.  Bill Hope and his Cornwall Curling Club team stole a triple and picked up a second one in a 10-2 victory over Montague’s George Koke, who rebounded with a 7-2 win over Sheidow in the second draw. PEI Seniors champion and Men’s Tankard runner-up Rod MacDonald and his combined Silver Fox/Charlottetown team lost his opener, giving up a 5-ender in a 10-5 loss to Jamie Jackson of Charlottetown  in what was otherwise a close game, but coming back in draw two with a 10-1 win in an abbreviated game over Rice.
Play continues on Friday with draws at 1:30 and 6:30 pm. The first of four qualifiers for the Page championship round will be chosen in the 10 am Saturday draw, with the second qualifer being selected at 3 pm Saturday, and the final two participants in the championship round being decided at 10 am on Sunday. The Page round, with the first two qualifiers squaring off in the Page 1-2 game, with the winner  advancing directly to the 3 pm Monday final, and the loser going to the 10 am Monday semi-final, goes Sunday at 3 pm. The Page 3-4 game with the other two qualifiers goes at the same time, with the winner advancing to the semi-final, with the semi-final winner going to the championship game.

End by end results are available at peicurling.com/mixed
The PEI Mixed winner will advance to the Canadian Mixed, November 14-23 at the Rideau Curling Club in Ottawa.