PEI teams win bronze medals at Atlantic U18, Jenny McLean wins Most Sports-minded, and all-star skip honours

The PEI Under 18 curling champions, the Jenny McLean and Alex MacFadyen rinks, both from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, came home with bronze medals from the Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships, held over the weekend at the Gage Golf and Curling Club in Oromocto NB.

Photo (L-R): coach Dave MacFadyen, Parker MacFadyen, Matthew MacDonald, James Dalton, Alex MacFadyen, Emily Vaniderstine, Ava Whitney-Coulter, Lauren MacFadyen, Jenny McLean, coach Don Vickerson

Photo (L-R): Parker MacFadyen, Matthew MacDonald, James Dalton, Alex MacFadyen, Dave MacFadyen

The Alex MacFadyen rink includes third James Dalton, second stone Matthew MacDonald, and lead Parker MacFadyen, with coach Dave MacFadyen.

Photo (L-R): Don Vickerson, Emily Vaniderstine, Ava Whitney-Coulter, Lauren MacFadyen, Jenny McLean

Third Lauren MacFadyen, second Ava Whitney-Coulter, and lead Emily Vaniderstine round out the McLean team, which is coached by Dr. Don Vickerson.

Team New Brunswick (Liam Garcia) beat Team NS (Matthew Manuel) 7-2 in the Men’s final, with PEI edging the host team (Peter Robichaud) 5-4 in the bronze medal game. On the women’s side, the host team, skipped by Samantha Crook, went through round robin play undefeated, and won the final 7-1 over Team New Brunswick Jamie Ward), while Team PEI downed the Newfoundland and Labrador team,captained by Rebecca Roberts, 10-3 in the bronze medal match. The provincial champions from the four Atlantic provinces, plus a host team, took part in each division.

Photo (L-R): Jenny McLean, Gary Wilson, New Brunswick Curling Association Director, and President of Curl Atlantic.

PEI U18 Women’s skip Jenny McLean won “Most Sports-Minded” player for the women’s teams, and was also selected as First Team All-Star women’s skip.

Photo (L-R):Kayla Russell – all star lead from NB Host Team, Lindsay Burgess – all star 2nd from NS, Chantal Newell- all star 3rd from Newfoundland & Labrador, Jenny McLean – all star skip from PEI, John Corbin – all star coach from NB Host Team