Players pay tribute to late curler
SUMMERSIDE – The defending women’s champions are off to a winning start in this year’s Pepsi P.E.I. junior curling championships here at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club.
Photo – Jason Simmonds/Journal Pioneer: Lead Noah O’Connor, left, and second stone Shawn Pitre sweep a rock for the Matthew MacLean rink during Thursday’s opening draw of the Pepsi P.E.I. provincial junior curling championships at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside.
The Veronica Smith rink from the Cornwall Curling Club opened play with an 11-5 win over clubmate Emily Keen on Thursday night. Smith scored a total of five deuces, including three with the hammer.
A moment of silence was held for Kevin Gallant before the opening draw. Gallant, a former longtime member of the Matthew MacLean rink, was killed in a snowmobile accident on Wednesday.