2012 women’s champion Shirley Berry took singles in the first seven ends to blank 2013 champ Diane MacKay 7-0 in the final women’s double round robin round Wednesday afternoon, securing first place, with a 4-2 record, and a berth in the 2 pm Thursday final. Both teams are from the Cornwall Curling Club. MacKay, and Norma Sonier from the Fox both finished at 3-3, and will play in the semi-finals at 10 am Thursday, with the winner facing Berry in the final. Sonier beat the other team in the event, skipped by Cornwall’s Gloria Clarke, 7-4 this afternoon to advance. Both rinks had 3-3 records, while Clarke finished play at 2-4.
The last three qualifiers for the four team men’s Page round were determined Wednesday, with the John Holmes rink from the host Silver Fox club grabbing the “B” qualifier Wednesday morning, with a 9-5 win over the Brian Ellis foursome from Crapaud. They then played the A qualifier rink, skipped by Ted MacFadyen, also from the host club, in the Page A vs B game at 4 Wed. afternoon, with the MacFadyen rink winning 5-3 to advance directly to the 2 pm Thursday final. Holmes will now take on Ellis, who won the Page C vs D game, in the 10 am Thursday semi-final, with the winner of that game advancing to the final.
The C and D qualifiers were determined Wednesday afternoon, with Clair Sweet from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary beating Paul Arsenault of Cornwall 8-5, to capture the C flight, and Ellis grabbing the final spot, doubling Louis Walsh from the host club by a 6-3 score. Ellis then stole two points in the final end to edge Sweet 6-5 in the C vs D game.
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.
Live end-by-end results from the PEI Masters are available at PEICurling.com/masters
