Berry and MacDonald advance to Finals
The three teams are now set for the women’s playoff round at the Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Curling Championships at the Cornwall Curling Club. The Shirley Berry rink from the host Cornwall club and the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club finished the round robin with a perfect 4-0 win-loss record and was awarded first place and a bye to the final, Sunday at 7 pm. The Jennifer Scott rink from Montague, and the Karen Currie team from the host Cornwall club both finished with 2-2 win-loss records and have advanced to the 2:30 pm Sunday semi-finals, between the 2nd and 3rd place teams, with the winner of the semis advancing to the final. Scott was awarded second place by virtue of her 8-7 extra-end win over Currie in this morning’s draw.
In this afternoon’s draw, Berry beat Cornwall clubmate Carol Kennedy 7-4, while Currie beat Montague’s Kathy Clarey 5-2. Both Clarey and Kennedy finished play with 1-3 records.
Photo (L-R) Mark O’Rourke, Rod MacDonald, Mark Victor
The final round robin men’s draw goes at 7 this evening. Defending champ Rod MacDonald’s Charlottetown team has sewn up first place, and has advanced to the event final, with a perfect 5-0 win-loss record, after handing Bill Hope and his Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club/Cornwall Curling Club team their first loss this afternoon, by a 9-2 score, after picking up a triple in the sixth end, and 4 points in the seventh. Hope sits at 4-1 and has earnd a spot in the semi-final.
Tonight’s final round robin games see Leo Stewart take on Silver Fox clubmate Blair Jay, and six-time champion Ted MacFadyen, also from the Fox, playing Blair Weeks of Charlottetown.
MacFadyen is currently in third place with a 2-2 win-loss record, and will grab the final playoff spot if he wins his game tonight against Weeks. Weeks and Stewart are both 1-3, and either or both would tie MacFadyen’s win-loss record if they win and he loses, and would force one or two tiebreakers. If Jay and Weeks win, there will be a two way tie (one tiebreaker). If Weeks and Stewart win, two tiebreakers will be needed. Curl PEI rules dictate that a team cannot be eliminated from the playoffs without a tiebreaker game.
The first tiebreaker, if needed, would go Sunday at 10 am, while the second, if required, would take place Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
If MacFadyen wins tonight (no tiebreaker) or there is only one tiebreaker, the semi-final, between the 2nd and 3rd place teams goes Sunday at 2:30 pm, with the final taking place at 7 pm. If two tiebreakers are needed, the semi would go at 7 pm Sunday, with the final Monday at 1:30 pm.
Live results are available at PEICurling.com/seniors
The winning men’s and women’s teams will advance to the Canadian Seniors, to be held March 22-30, 2014 at the Yellowknife Curling Centre, the first time the Canadian Curling Association has ever held a national championship in the Northwest Territories..