The provincial The Dominion Curling Club Championship gets underway this afternoon at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, with the club champions from six of the seven Island curling clubs taking part. Opening women’s draw is at 5:30 pm, with opening ceremonies at 7:30 pm, and the opening men’s draw following at 8 pm.
Here are the men’s team rosters (club: skip to lead):
Charlottetown Curling Complex: Alan Brown, David Ross, Jeremy Brown, Doug MacGregor
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