Scotties Provincial Women’s Ch’ship, and inaugural Future Scotties set for Ch’town this week

The draw is set for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Provincial Women’s Championship, and the inaugural “Future Scotties” event, with the Scotties getting underway Thursday, and the Future Scotties getting underway Friday. Both events take place at the Charlottetown Curling Complex and wrap up on Sunday. The defending Scotties champions, the Suzanne Birt rink are back, along with four other teams, skipped by Shirley Berry, Kim Dolan, Lisa Jackson, and Kathy O’Rourke. All teams curl out of the host Charlottetown Curling Complex, with the exception of the Berry foursome from the Cornwall Curling Club and the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club. The 2014 championship team advances to the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts, February 1-9 at the Maurice Richard Arena, Montreal, QC.

Round robin draws for the provincial Scotties are at 2 and 7 pm Thursday and Friday, and 2 pm Saturday. Opening ceremonies go at 6:15 pm on Thursday. Tiebreakers, if needed, go at 7 pm Saturday and, if required, 9 am Sunday. The second and third place teams advance to the semi-final, which will go at 7 pm Saturday if there are no tiebreakers, or 2 pm Sunday. The winner of the semi-final will then face the first place team in the final, which takes place Sunday at 2 if no tiebreakers, or at 7 pm if a tiebreaker was necessary.

The “Future Scotties” is a new developmental event for female curlers who may one day compete in the Scotties..Competitors from the Pepsi Provincial Junior Women’s championship were invited, and four teams will be competing, skipped by Meghan Ching and Emily Keen from the Cornwall Curling Club, along with Kaleigh MacKay and her Crapaud/Montague team, and the host club’s Lauren Moerike rink. “Future Scotties” participants will be invited to the Scotties banquet, which precedes the championship, on Wednesday evening, and the opening ceremonies, and will be paired with a Scotties team at these events. The Future Scotties was setup to expose the younger teams to the Island’s premier event for women’s curling. Game times for the Future Scotties round robin event are 10 am Friday through Sunday.

Full draw, team rosters, and results for both events at PEICurling.com/scotties

Schedule

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Date	Time	Draw	Sheet 2	Sheet 3	Sheet 4
Wed.. Jan. 8	6:30 pm	Banquet
Thur. Jan. 9	2 pm	One	Berry vs Dolan	O’Rourke vs Birt
	6:15 pm	Opening Ceremonies
	7 pm	Two		Berry vs Jackson	Dolan vs O’Rourke
Fri. Jan. 10	10 am Future Scotties	Three	MacKay vs Keen	Ching vs Moerike
	2 pm	Four	O’Rourke vs Jackson	Dolan vs Birt
	7 pm	Five		Berry vs O’Rourke	Birt vs Jackson
Sat. Jan. 11	10 am Future Scotties	Six		MacKay vs Ching	Keen vs Moerike
	2 pm	Seven	Berry vs Birt	Dolan vs Jackson
	7 pm TB if needed or SEMI	Eight
Sun. Jan. 12	9 am TB if needed	Nine
	10 am Future Scotties	Ten	Keen vs Ching	MacKay vs Moerike
	2 pm SEMI if TB Sat. night or FINAL if no TB Sat. night	Eleven
	7 pm FINAL if TB Sat. night	Twelve

Scotties SEMI = 2nd place vs 3rd place. FINAL = SEMI winner vs 1st place. TB=Tiebreaker (if needed)

 

Team Rosters – Scotties

Throwing Order in brackets if different from default

Team Rosters – Future Scotties