The Jenny McLean rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club are repeat winners at the O’Connor Glass Provincial Under 18 Curling Championships, defeating Cornwall’s Meghan Ching rink 9-1 in five ends this afternoon, getting off to a fast start with a five point first end.
The Alex MacFadyen rink completed the Silver Fox sweep, with a 9-2 win over Tyler Smith and his Montague team, taking a triple in the fifth and a steal of four in the sixth to bring the game to an early end.
Ching edged Kaleigh MacKay and her combined Crapaud/Montague team 6-5 in the morning semi-final, while MacFadyen shaded Leslie Noye and his rink from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton 5-4 in the men’s semi.
Other members of the winning McLean rink are Lauren MacFadyen, Ava Whitney-Coulter, and Emily Vaniderstine, with coach Don Vickerson. Rounding out the runner-up Ching foursome are Rachen O’Connor, Lauren Lenentine, and Breanne Burgoyne, with coach Pat Quilty.
Completing the MacFadyen winning team are James Dalton, Matthew MacDonald, and Parker MacFadyen, with coach Dave MacFadyen. The other members of the runner-up Smith team are Brooks Roche, and Dylan and Ryan Lowery, with coaches Tammy Dewar and Kevin Smith.
The MacFadyen and McLean rinks will advance to the Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships, April 4-6 at the Gage Curling Club in Oromocto NB.