The Curl Atlantic Championship, featuring top Atlantic Canadian curlers, continues today, starting at 8 am at the CARI Complex in Charlottetown. The 8am draw will feature a battle between the two Island men’s teams in the event, the Jamie Newson foursome, and a new team this year, skipped by Adam Casey. Both teams have 1-1 win-loss records following Friday play. Nova Scotia’s Alan O’Leary is the only undefeated men’s rink, with a 2-0 record.

On the women’s side, PEI’s Kathy O’Rourke, and New Brunswick’s Sylvie Robichaud lead at 3-0, with O’Rourke beating Sarah Rhyno and defending champ Heather Smith on Friday. O’Rourke plays Marie Christianson, now curling out of Newfoundland and Labrador, while Robichaud faces Smith, at 4 pm. In other women’s games at 4, PEI’s Suzanne Birt plays Rhyno, while Veronica Smith takes on Kelly MacIntosh. Smith is at 2-1, following two wins yesterday, over Rhyno and Smith. Birt picked up a win over MacIntosh on Friday, but lost to Robichaud.

The Canada Games teams hit the ice at noon, with the two Island women’s teams, skipped by Lauren Moerike (0-2) and Kaleigh Mackay (2-1) squaring off on sheet 5, and the two PEI men’s rinks skipped by Alex MacFadyen (3-0) and Tyler Smith (2-1), facing each other on sheet 1.

Here are today’s draws:

Saturday, September 13, 2014
Draw 8 – 08:00 AM

CLUB SHEET TEAMS & SCORES
Prince Edward Island 2 Andy McCann () vs. Alan O’Leary ()
Prince Edward Island 3 Jamie Newson () vs. Adam Casey ()
Prince Edward Island 4 Ian Fitzner-Leblanc () vs. Mark Dacey ()
Prince Edward Island 5 James Grattan () vs. Chad Stevens ()

Draw 9 – 12:00 PM

CLUB SHEET TEAMS & SCORES
Prince Edward Island 1 Alex MacFadyen () vs. Tyler Smith ()
Prince Edward Island 2 Carter Small () vs. Matthew Manuel ()
Prince Edward Island 3 Justine Comeau () vs. Mary Fay ()
Prince Edward Island 4 Andrew Taylor () vs. Megan Kearley ()
Prince Edward Island 5 Kaleigh Mackay () vs. Lauren Moerike ()
Draw 10 – 4:00 PM

CLUB SHEET TEAMS & SCORES
Prince Edward Island 1 Megan Kearley () vs. Lauren Moerike ()
Prince Edward Island 2 Suzanne Birt () vs. Sarah Rhyno ()
Prince Edward Island 3 Sylvie Robichaud () vs. Heather Smith ()
Prince Edward Island 4 Kathy O’Rourke () vs. Marie Christianson ()
Prince Edward Island 5 Veronica Smith () vs. Kelly MacIntosh ()

Draw 11 – 8:00 PM
Playoffs begin

The men’s and women’s semi-finals go Sunday at noon, while the finals go at 4 pm.

Live results at http://LiveCurling.com
BellAliant Live Streaming of games on sheets 3 and 4 at: http://live.streamit.ca/?player=2191