The PEI curling championship season has two events taking place this weekend – The Dominion Curling Club Championship, for curlers who have won their respective men’s or women’s club championships, and, for our youngest curlers, the KFC Provincial Under 13, with boy’s and girl’s divisions.
The Dominion Curling Club Championship
The Dominion gets underway Thursday afternoon at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, with the club champions from six of the seven Island curling clubs taking part. The Charlottetown Curling Complex men’s entry will not be decided until Wednesday evening.
Here are the men’s team rosters (club: skip to lead):
Charlottetown Curling Complex: Team will be chosen Wednesday night
Cornwall Curling Club: Paul Neima, Kevin Arsenault, Mike Lafontaine, Dwayne McNeill
Crapaud Community Curling Club: Alan Inman, Steven Thomson, Gordon Fall, Tony Quigley
Montague Curling Club: Paul Morrison (throws 3rd), David Rice (throws 4th), Darryl Campbell, Neil Morrison
Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club: Blair Jay, Sandy Rundle, Chuck Jay, Gerald Caissy
Western Community Curling Club: Mike Trudeau, Daryl MacDonald, Eric McCarthy, Glen Betts
Here are the women’s team rosters (club: skip to lead):
Charlottetown Curling Complex: Carol Kennedy, Donna Marie, Becky Newson, Nicole Phillips
Cornwall Curling Club: Lorianne Davies, Morgan Kirkham, Tracy MacDonald, Lynda Turnbull
Crapaud Community Curling Club: Vanessa Hamming, Nancy MacFadyen, Lisa Paynter-Craig, Miranda Peters, Coach: Lori Robinson
Montague Curling Club: Tracy Yorston-Campbell, Shelley Rice, Linda Cain, Carole MacDonald
Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club: Karen MacDonald (throws 3rd), Kim Aylward (throws 4th), Michelle Weaver, Debbie Caissy
Western Community Curling Club: Sharon Horne, Kim Ellsworth, Wendy Fraser, Alison Griffin
The men’s and women’s round robins will go at alternate times, with women’s draws at 5:30 pm Thursday (Cornwall vs Ch’town, S-Fox vs Western, Montague vs Crapaud), 9:30 am (Western vs Crapaud, Ch’town vs Montague, Cornwall vs S-Fox) and 2:30 pm Friday (S-Fox vs Montague, Cornwall vs Western, Ch’town vs Crapaud), and noon (Cornwall vs Crapaud, Western vs Montague, Ch’town vs S-Fox) and 5:30 pm (Ch’town vs Western, S-Fox vs Crapaud, Cornwall vs Montage) Saturday.
The men play at 8 pm Thursday (Cornwall vs Ch’town, Crapaud vs Montague, Western vs S-Fox), noon (Montague vs S-Fox, Ch’town vs Western, Cornwall vs Crapaud) and 5:30 pm (Crapaud vs Western, Cornwall vs Montague, Ch’town vs S-Fox) on Friday, and 9:30 am (Ch’town vs Montague, Crapaud vs S-Fox, Cornwall vs Western) and 2:30 pm (Cornwall vs S-Fox, Montague vs Western, Ch’town vs Crapaud) on Saturday.
Following any tiebreakers (8 pm Saturday and/or 9:30 am Sunday), the second and third place teams will square off in their respective semi-finals, Sunday at 1:30 pm, with the winners taking on the 1st place teams in the men’s and women’s finals at 5:30 pm. All games are eight ends. The men’s and women’s champions will advance to the national The Dominion Curling Club Championship, November 18-23, 2013 at the Fort William Curling Club in Thunder Bay Ontario.
End-by-end results will be available at PEICurling.com/thedominion
KFC Provincial Under 13
The KFC/Curl PEI Provincial Championships for the Under 13 age category get underway at 4 pm Friday, and wrap up on Sunday at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, with five girl’s and three boy’s teams participating. The boys play a double round robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the final, unless a team goes undefeated, in which case they will be declared the champion without a final game. The girls will play a round robin, with the second and third place advancing to the semi-final, and the semi-final winner playing the first place team in the final. Games are six ends.
Here are the teams entered (skip to lead, coach-club):
Boys
Connor Lilly, AJ Cahill, Colin MacLeod, Aden Moore, coach Shelly MacFadyen-Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club
Carson Savidant, Tyler Aitken, Liam Kelly, Alec Huestis, coach Allan Aitken-Charlottetown Curling Complex
Mitchell Schut, Parker MacFadyen, Nick Johnston, Draven Kowalski, coach Mike Schut-Cornwall Curling Club
Girls
Tegan Corkum, Elly Whitney-Coulter, Maddison Moore, Gabrielle Gallant-Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club
Bridget Patterson, Jordan Dunphy-Condon, Lauren Ferguson, Maggie
Arsenault, coach Shelley MacFadyen-Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club
Breanna Raynor, Maddison MacKinnon, Alice Cooke, Drew McInnis, coaches Sherrill Barwise, John Martin-Maple Leaf Curling Club
Kristie Rogers, Beth Kirby, Olivia MacPhail, Rachel MacLean, coaches Michele
Rogers, Chris Kirby-Cornwall Curling Club
Katie Worth, Katelyn Burgoyne (skip and third will alternate positions after each game), Meaghan Perry, Haley Matheson, coach Ann Doucette-Cornwall Curling Club
Here are the opening day draws. Opening ceremonies are between the draws, at 5:45 pm
Friday March 8 at 4:30 pm
Katie Worth vs Tegan Corkum, Connor Lilly vs Carson Savidant, Bridget Patterson vs Breanna Raynor
Friday March 8 at 6:30 pm
Katie Worth vs Bridget Patterson, Connor Lilly vs Mitchell Schut, Tegan Corkum vs Kristie Rogers.
Remaining round robin draws go at 10 am and 2 and 6 pm on Saturday, with the final boys round robin game 10 am Sunday. Tiebreakers, if needed, are 10 am Sunday (girls) and 2 pm Sunday (boys), with the girl’s semi-final at 2 pm Sunday, and the girls and, if needed, boys finals at 6 pm Sunday.
Complete draw and end-by-end results at peicurling.com/under13