PEI’s youngest curling champions will be determined at the conclusion of the KFC Provincial Under 13 Curling Championship, which gets underway at 4 this afternoon, with the final and bronze medal games going at 1:30 pm Sunday, at the Cornwall Curling Club. This year’s event is open entry, with any combination of boys and/or girls on a team. In last year’s event, which had separate boys and girls divisions, the rink of Mitchell Schut, Parker MacFadyen, Nick Johnston, and Draven Kowalski, with coaches Mike Schut and Butch McGee from the Cornwall club went undefeated to win the boys’ title, while the team of Tegan Corkum, Elly Whitney-Coulter, Maddison Moore, and Gabrielle Gallant, with coach Robert Corkum, from the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club in Summerside, also went undefeated to capture the girls’ division. Schut is back this year, with a different team.
Eight rinks are entered in this year’s event, and will play a triple knockout format, qualifying four teams for a Page championship round, with the winner of the Page game between the first two qualifiers being declared the winner, and the loser being the runner-up. Third place will go to the winner of the bronze medal game between the third and fourth qualifiers. Games in the U13 championships are 6 ends.
Opening ceremonies go at 7 this evening, in advance of draw two at 7:30. Saturday play is at 10 am, and 1:30 and 5 pm, with the last two qualifiers for the 1:30 pm Sunday Page championship round being determined at 10 am Sunday.
Live results will be available at PEICurling.com/under13
Opening draw at 4 pm Friday March 7:
Ice 1: Lauren Ferguson (Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club) vs Damien Collings (Montague)
Ice 2: Hayden Ford (Cornwall) vs Emily Sanderson (Montague)
Ice 3: Connor Lilly (Silver Fox) vs Mitchell Schut (Cornwall, Charlottetown)
Ice 4: Katie Shaw (Charlottetown) vs Cailey Wood (Silver Fox)
Team Rosters:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach(es) |
| Damien Collings | Ben C.Mackay | Nicholas Dijkema | Samuel Shaw | Nathaniel Shaw | Nancy Collier |
| Montague Curling Rink | |||||
| Hayden Ford | Emily MacQuaid | Rachel MacLean | Lilly Taweel | Halles Reardon | Brenda MacMillan, Betty Ford |
| Cornwall Curling Club | |||||
| Lauren Ferguson | Sierra Clyke | Jordan Dunphy- Condon | Olivia Barbour | Shelley MacFadyen | |
| Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club (Summerside) | |||||
| Connor Lilly | AJ Cahill | Colin MacKenzie- MacLeod | Draven Kowalski | TBA | |
| Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club (Summerside) | |||||
| Emily Sanderson | Kaylee Stewart | Allie Collings | Phoebe Quinn | Madison Penny | Nancy Collier |
| Montague Curling Rink | |||||
| Mitchell Schut | Liam Kelly | Chase MacMillan | Liam Barbrick | Butch McGee, Mike Schut | |
| Cornwall Curling Club, Charlottetown Curling Complex | |||||
| Katie Shaw | Amy Spence | Maura Kelly | Lexie Murray | Susan Shaw, Brenda Carr | |
| Charlottetown Curling Complex | |||||
| Cailey Wood | Maggie Arsenault | Nicole Lawlor | TBA | Shelley MacFadyen | |
| Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club (Summerside) | |||||