Two out of the three PEI teams entered in this weekend’s second annual Jim Sullivan Curling Classic Atlantic Curling Tour cashspiel in Saint John have made it to the quarter-final round, Sunday at 9 am.  PEI’s Jamie Newson foursome will play New Brunswick’s Terry Odishaw rink, while the Blair Weeks rink will take on the New Brunswick rink skipped by Marc Lecocq. The other quarter-final matchups see James Grattan face Zach Eldridge, and Paul Dobson battle David Sullivan. This is an 18 team triple-knockout event, with eight end games.

The Jamie Newson rink, which includes Andrew Robinson, Sean Clarey and John Desrosiers, have a 3-0 win-loss record, notching wins against Grattan, Odishaw and Eldridge. The Blair Weeks team includes Robert Shaw, Matt Nabuurs, and Connor MacPhee, and sits at 3-1, losing their opener to Rene Comeau, but rebounding with three straight wins, against Peter Burgess, Jason Vaughn, and winning their B qualifier against the other PEI team in the cashspiel, skipped by Rod MacDonald. The MacDonald team just missed their second chance at the playoffs, finishing with a 3-3 record, after losing their “C” qualifier to Eldridge, who stole the last end to win by a 5-4 score. Other members of the MacDonald foursome are Kevin Champion, Mark O’Rourke, and Mark Victor.

The semi-finals go Sunday at noon, with the final at 3 pm.

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The winning rink will go home with $3,750, with $2,500 going to the runner-up. The third and fourth place teams will each receive $1,250, while the remaining quarter-finalist rinks will pocket $900 each.