(By Eric McCarthy)
ALBERTON — The Crapaud Curling Club rink of Alan Inman, Steven Thomson, Gordon Fall and Tony Quigley are heading back to The Dominion National Club Curling Championships and this time they will be accompanied by the Sharon Horne rink from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton.
Alberton women win Kim Ellsworth, left, mate on Sharon Horne’s rink from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, and Wendy Fraser, second stone, get set to sweep Alison Griffin’s stone during the women’s final of The Dominion P.E.I. Provincial Club Curling Championships Sunday in Alberton. Horne defeated Cornwall’s Lorianne Davies rink to punch her team’s ticket to the Nationals in Thunder Bay in November. Eric McCarthy/Journal Pioneer photo
Horne and her team of Kim Ellsworth, Wendy Fraser and Alison Griffin defeated the Lorianne Davies rink from the Cornwall Curling Club 5-3 in the Women’s final of The Dominion`s P.E.I. Club Curling Championships, held in Alberton.
Horne calmly hit and stuck with her final throw to run Davies out of stones. Sticking her shot was key, Horne acknowledged, because, had she rolled out, Davies would have had an opportunity to split on a corner guard for the tie. The win brought a roar of approval form the home-town fans.
The men`s final was even more dramatic, Up two on the Silver Fox`s Blair Jay rink with hammer heading home, Inman was facing four opposition rocks – two on the four-foot and two together at the top of the 12-foot – when he lined himself up in the hack for his final throw. He hit for the two front ones. One stayed while the other went back and cleared a stone off the four-foot. A measurement confirmed his rock was second stone, giving the defending champions an 8-7 victory. Inman fans, who paced nervously throughout the men`s game, let out a quick cheer when Quigley threw his arms up in the Nautilus pose indicating the measurement was in Crapaud`s favour.