The Nola Murphy rink  from the host Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club in Summerside lost both their opening games today at the Canadian Senior Curling Championships.

Photo (L-R) Tirone, Carmody, Arsenault, Murphy

The Murphy rink, which includes third Donna Arsenault, second Elspeth Carmody, and lead stone Laurie Tirone, lost their morning opener 11-7 to the Deb Santos foursome from Alberta. Murphy took a single, with hammer, in the first end, but Santos took four points in the second, stole a triple in the third and a single in the fourth end to build up an 8-1 lead. Murphy narrowed the gap to 9-7 with a four point eighth end steal, but a ninth end deuce sealed the win for Alberta.

In the evening draw, the Murphy foursome lost 13-8 to Quebec’s Catherine Derick rink. PEI was leading 2-1 after 2, when Derick scored four in the third to lead 5-2. The Island rink picked up a single in four, but gave up a triple in the fifth. Murphy came back with a single in six, and stole a deuce in seven to reduce Quebec’s lead to 8-6, but a deuce in eight and a steal of three in nine put the game out of reach for the Summerside squad.

The PEI women play BC’s Karen Lapine team Sunday at 7 pm.