The first Curl PEI provincial curling championship of the season, the Pepsi Juniors, for curlers under age 21, with eight junior men’s, and seven junior women’s teams from six of the Island’s seven dedicated curling facilities competing, gets underway Thursday at 7 pm at the six-sheet Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club in Summerside. The finals are scheduled for Monday the 23rd, also at 7 pm. Friday draws are at 1 and 7 pm, with Saturday action at 10 am, and 3 pm, and Sunday play at 9 am, and 2 and 7 pm. There is a 9 am timeslot on Monday in the event that a second women’s tiebreaker round is needed, followed by the semi-finals at 2 and the finals at 7 pm.
Defending champions are the Veronica Smith rink from the Cornwall Curling Club, and the Tyler Smith team, who also curled out of Cornwall. Veronica is back with last year’s rink intact, while Tyler has a new team this year, out of Montague.The junior men will play a triple-knockout format, which will qualify four teams for a Page championship round. The junior women will play a single-pool round robin, with the top three teams advancing to the championship round.
The winning junior men’s and women’s rinks will advance to the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, January 18-26, 2014 in Liverpool NS.
Here are the opening draws:
Thursday December 19 at 7 pm
Women’s
Ice A: Veronica Smith vs Emily Keen
Ice B: Meghan Ching vs Jenny McLean
Ice C: Amanda MacLean vs Lauren Moerike
Men’s
Ice D Matthew MacLean vs Leslie Noye
Ice E: Justin Campbell vs Donald DeWolfe
Friday December 20 at 1 pm
Men’s
Ice A: Loser MacLean/Noye vs Loser Campbell/DeWolfe from previous draw
Ice B: Devin Schut vs Kyle Holland
Ice C: Alex MacFadyen vs Tyler Smith
Women’s
Ice D:Jenny McLean vs Kaleigh MacKay
Ice E: Emily Keen vs Amanda MacLean
Ice F: Veronica Smith vs Meghan Ching
Full draw and end-by-end Live Results at PEICurling.com/juniors
Team Rosters
Throwing order in brackets if not in traditional order.
Junior Men
| Skip | 3rd | 2nd | Lead | Coach(es) |
| Justin Campbell (3rd) | Jordan MacLean (4th) | Ben Gardiner | Brett Murphy | Shelley MacFadyen |
| Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club | ||||
| Donald DeWolfe | Avery Wells | Riley Taweel | Nick Johnson | Aleya Quilty |
| Cornwall Curling Club | ||||
| Kyle Holland | Tony Nabuurs | Alex Sutherland | Taylor McInnis | Angela Hodgson |
| Charlottetown Curling Complex | ||||
| Alex MacFadyen | James Dalton | Matthew MacDonald | Parker MacFadyen | David MacFadyen |
| Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club | ||||
| Matthew MacLean | Alan MacLean | Shawn Pitre | Noah O’Connor | Glen MacLean |
| Cornwall Curling Club / Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club | ||||
| Leslie Noye | Jacob Wilkins | Dylan Vincent | Alex Ramsay | Roger Gavin |
| Western Community Curling Club | ||||
| Devin Schut (3rd) | Tyson Smith (4th) | Jonathan Schut | Mitchell Schut | Dario Zannier |
| Cornwall Curling Club | ||||
| Tyler Smith | Brooks Roche | Dylan Lowery | Ryan Lowery | Tammy Dewar, Kevin Smith |
| Montague Curling Club | ||||
Junior Women
| Skip | 3rd | 2nd | Lead | Coach(es) |
| Meghan Ching | Rachel O’Connor | Lauren Lenentine | Breanne Burgoyne | Pat Quilty |
| Cornwall Curling Club | ||||
| Emily Keen | Jessica Watts | Kayla Schut | Jenny Mutch | Butch McGee |
| Cornwall Curling Club | ||||
| Kaleigh MacKay | Danielle Collings | Alyssa Wright | Kaleigh Peters | A.J. Campbell |
| Crapaud Curling Club / Montague Curling Club | ||||
| Amanda MacLean | Jane DiCarlo | Emily Gray | Aleya Quilty | Lori Robinson |
| Cornwall Curling Club | ||||
| Jenny McLean | Lauren MacFadyen | Ava Whitney-Coulter | Emily VanIderstine | Don Vickerson |
| Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club | ||||
| Lauren Moerike | Ashley Gallant | Annika Kelly | Tati Kelly | Kevin Moerike |
| Charlottetown Curling Complex | ||||
| Veronica Smith | Chloe McCloskey | Sabrina Smith | Katie Fullerton | Bill Hope, Paul Smith |
| Cornwall Curling Club | ||||