The O’Connor Glass Provincial Under 18 Curling Championships wrap up on Sunday at the Charlottetown Curling Complex with the semi-finals at 9:30 am, and the finals at 2 pm.
Photo: Tyler Smith
Tyler Smith and his Montague Curling Club team, and defending women’s champion Jenny McLean from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, finished round robin play in first place, with 4-1 and 5-0 records, respectively, and have earned byes to the 2 pm Sunday finals.
Smith scored a 10-4 win over the Leslie Noye rink from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton this morning, with the help of a 5 point seventh end, and then beat Devin Schut of Cornwall 8-3 this evening to finish the round robin at 4-1, tied with Alex MacFadyen of the SilverFox. Since Smith beat MacFadyen 8-5 in theiir round robin encounter, he was awarded first place, while Noye was third, at 3-2. MacFadyen and Noye face off in the men’s semifinal, Sunday at 9:30, with the winner playing Smith in the 2 pm final. Justin Campbell from the Fox, and Spencer Stetson from Cornwall finished at 2-3, while Schute did not manage to pick up a win.
Photo: McLean
McLean finished off her perfect round robin record wiith an 8-3 win over Charlottetown’s Lauren Moerike this morning to sew up first place. Meghan Ching of Cornwall and Kaleigh MacKay from the Crapaud Community and Montague curling clubs both had 3-2 records, with Ching awarded 2nd place, beating MacKay 6-4 in their round robin game. Ching and MacKay will play in the 9:30 am semi-final, with the winner advancing to the 2 pm final.
Moerike finished play at 2-3, while Jessica Watts of Cornwall and Karlie Lewis of Western Community both went 1-4.
Live results are available at PEICurling.com/under18
The winning men’s and women’s rinks will advance to the Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships, April 4-6 at the Gage Curling Club in Oromocto N