The Kyle Holland rink from the Charlottetown Curling Complex earned a berth in the 7 pm Monday men’s final of the Pepsi Provincial Junior Curling Championships, blanking Cornwall’s Matthew MacLean rink 8-0 in only 5 ends in the Page A vs B game tonight. The MacLean team will face defending champion Tyler Smith and his Montague rink in the 2 pm semi-final, with the winner going to the final against Holland.The Smith foursome beat Alex MacFadyen from the host Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club by a x-x score in the Page C vs D game tonight to advance to the semi. The game was tied at 3-3, but Smith took the lead with a triple in the sixth end, and led 7-4 coming home, running MacFadyen out of rocks in the 10th end.
Meanwhile, Cornwall’s Emily Keen rink took third place in the women’s round robin, and the final spot in the women’s championship round Sunday afternoon, with a 9-7 win over Jenny McLean of the host club. The other team that was in contention for the spot was the Kaleigh MacKay rink from Crapaud and the Silver Fox. They needed a win, plus a Keen loss to advance, but lost their game 6-4 to Charlottetown’s Lauren Moerike team. The other game this afternoon, which didn’t affect the championship round, saw Cornwall’s Amanda MacLean, who secured second place Sunday morning, beat clubmate Meghan Ching 10-4.
The Veronica Smith rink from Cornwall got the opportunity to defend their Pepsi Junior women’s title, locking up first place and a bye to the 7 pm Monday final game, by being the only team to go through round robin play undefeated, after handing Cornwall’s MacLean team their first loss, in the Sunday morning draw, by a 9-4 score, aided by a four point fifth end. MacLean takes on Keen in the semi-final Monday at 2 pm, with the winner facing defending champion Smith in the 7 pm final.
The final two spots for the men’s Page round were determined Sunday afternoon, with MacFadyen beating Silver Fox clubmate Justin Campbell 12-4 to take the C qualifier.
Defending champion Smith won the D qualifier when the Leslie Noye rink from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton was unable to get to the venue due to weather conditions and had to forfeit their game against the Montague foursome.
Holland qualified out of the A section of the triple knockout round on Saturday morning, with a 5-2 win over MacLean. On Sunday morning, MacLean took the B qualifier, defeating Smith by an 8-1 score
The final women’s round robin standings are as follows: Veronica Smith 6-0, Amanda MacLean 5-1, Emily Keen 4-2, Kaleigh MacKay and Lauren Moerike 2-4, and Jenny MacLean and Meghan Ching 1-5.
The men’s and women’s winners from Monday’s finals will advance to the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, January 18-26, 2014 in Liverpool NS.