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Provincial Masters Curling Championships start Monday morning in Summerside

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The Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club in Summerside is the host for the Curl PEI Provincial Masters Curling Championships, for curlers age 60 and over, which takes place January 27-30 2014. Defending champions are the Mel Bernard rink from the host club, and the Diane MacKay foursome from the Cornwall Curling Club and the Charlottetown Curling Complex. Only two members of the Bernard rink are back this year, but MacKay is in the event with her team intact.

Winners and runners-up in both the men’s and the women’s divisions earn the right to compete in the Maritime Masters Championships, March 14-17 at the Cornwall Curling Club.. The winning teams, or the highest-finishing men’s and women’s rinks that choose to attend, are invited to participate in the 2014 ATB Financial Canadian Masters Championships, March 31 to Apr. 6 at the Coaldale Granite Curling Club in Coaldale Alberta.

Play gets underway at 10 am Monday, with the eight men ‘s rinks playing a triple knockout format, qualifying four teams for a Page championship round, and the four women’s teams playing a double knockout round, with the top team advancing to the final and the second and third place teams squaring off in a semi-final to determine who goes to the final.

Monday and Tuesday draws are at 10 am and 2 pm, with the triple knockout and double round robin concluding on Wednesday, with draws at 9 am and 12:30 pm. The men’s Page games go at 4 pm Wednesday, along with a women’s tiebreaker, if needed.

The winner of the men’s Page game between the A and B qualifiers from the triple knockout  will advance directly to the 2 pm Thursday final, with the loser of the Page A vs B game, and the winner of the C vs D match playing in a semi-final, Thursday at 10 am, with the winner going to the final. The women’s semi-final and final are also at 10 am, and 2 pm Thursday. All games in this event are eight ends.

Here are the team rosters:

Men

Skip Third Second Lead
Paul Arsenault Bob MacWilliams André Gauthier Lew Black
Cornwall Curling Club. Alternate: Roger DesRoches
Brian Ellis Raymond Thomson Dario Zannier Walter Andrews
Crapaud Community Curling Club
John Holmes Des Arsenault Stephen Bent George Power
Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club
Ted MacFadyen Lou Nowlan Earle Proude Alan Montgomery
Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club
Bob Maynard Bruce Montgomery Spike Martin Wendell Bassett
Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club
Matt Smith Ron Giggey Allan Acorn Edgar Coffin
Cornwall Curling Club
Clair Sweet Bob Matheson Muncey Harris Wayne Arsenault
Maple Leaf Curling Club
Louis Walsh Doug Waugh Carl Delaney Walter Benson
Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club

Women

Skip Third Second Lead Coaches
Shirley Berry Sandy Hope Arleen Harris Evelyn Rogerson Butch McGee, Bill Hope
Cornwall Curling Club, Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club
Gloria Clarke Margaret Stewart Hanny MacLeod Elaine Hughes
Cornwall Curling Club
Diane MacKay Valerie MacLean Lynne Thiele Donna Boulter
Cornwall Curling Club, Charlottetown Curling Complex
Norma Sonier Dawn MacFadyen Norma Schurman Leona Bernard
Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club

Opening draw on Monday January 27 at 10 am:Men’s

Ice 1: John Holmes (Silver Fox) vs Ted MacFadyen (Silver Fox)
Ice 2: Matt Smith vs Paul Arsenault (Cornwall)
Ice 3: Brian Ellis (Crapaud) vs Clair Sweet (Maple Leaf)
Ice 4: Louis Walsh (Silver Fox) vs Bob Maynard (Silver Fox)

Women’s

Ice 5: Gloria Clarke (Cornwall) vs Diane MacKay (Cornwall)
Ice 6: Shirley Berry (Cornwall) vs Norma Sonier (Silver Fox)

Complete draw and end-by-end results at: PEICurling.com/masters

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