The entry deadline for the provincial Mixed Doubles has been extended from midnight tonight to midnight tomorrow night. As of 4:45 pm, no entries have been received. Curl PEI has just announced that, although CCA funding is not provided to go to the Mixed Doubles nationals, there will be a minimum of $1200 available to the winning provincial team to help offset the costs of the National event.
If you would to know more about Mixed Doubles curling before applying, check out TSN at 5 this afternoon, to see live Mixed Doubles curling at the Continental Cup in Las Vegas. The featured game will see Sebastian Kraupp/Maria Prytz (World) taking on Jeff Stoughton/Kaitlyn Lawes (North America).
Here is previous information on the provincial Mixed Doubles:
Curl PEI to hold inaugural Provincial Mixed Doubles Championship
Curl PEI will be hosting its inaugural Provincial Mixed Doubles Championship at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary from Feb. 13-17 2014 (same dates and place as the Mixed). Entries have to be in by Jan. 17 (new date), with entry fee of $100 per two person team (no CCA competitor fee needed). Entries must be made online at PEICurling.com. Click to enter. The winners of the provincial championship will advance to the 2014 Mixed Doubles Curling Trials, March 19-23, 2014 at the Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club.
Teams at the Trials in Ottawa are responsible for their own travel and accommodations as well as the entry fee of $400 per team. The entry fees collected will be returned in full as prize money. A host hotel with a preferred rate will be announced by January 1, 2014, however, choice of accommodations is up to the individual teams. Curl PEI will apply for a “team grant” from the provincial government to assist with travel expenses. Coaches are welcome and will have access to the field of play for practices and time-outs. However, there will not be a spare or alternate pool nor will alternates be allowed to compete.
The 2014 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships will take place April 23-30 in Dumfries Scotland, in conjunction with the World Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships.
Mixed Doubles Curling is new form of the traditional sport, with the following differences:
– Instead of playing in teams of four, mixed doubles curling is for teams of two players – one male and one female (no alternate/spare player is allowed).
– Teams have only six stones each (instead of eight) and one of those stones, from each team, is prepositioned on the centreline before each end of play starts.
– Player one delivers the first and last stones and player two plays the second, third and fourth stones. If they choose to, the two players may swap positions from one end to the next.
– Sweeping can be done by both team members.
– Each team receives 46 minutes of playing time and games are fixed at 8 ends – compared to 73 minutes and 10 ends for “traditional” curling.
CCA photo: Cornwall’s Veronica Smith in a Mixed Doubles mini-competition at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Fort McMurray, Alta.
Click to view the Competitor Guide and Rules of Play for the national event.