The Pepsi Provincial Junior Men’s and Women’s championships, with six men’s and six women’s teams taking part, gets underway at 9 this morning, and wraps up on Dec. 31, at the Charlottetown Curling Complex.
Event website peicurling.com/juniors20142015
The championship is for curlers under 21 years of age, with the men’s and women’s winners advancing to the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, January 24 – February 1, 2015 in Cornerbrook NL.
The Veronica Smith rink from the Cornwall Curling Club are the two-time defending women’s champions, and are back looking to make it three in a row. Last year’s men’s champs, the Kyle Holland rink from the Charlottetown Curling Complex are not in this year’s event, so there will be a new men’s champ.
Live Curlcast results will be available at: http://curlatlantic.com/
Both the men’s and women’s sides of the event will play a modified triple knockout format, with opening draw on Saturday Dec. 27 at 9 am. If a team wins all three sections of the knockout, they will win the event, Otherwise, the section winners will advance to a two game championship round, December 31 at 9 am and 2 pm. If a team wins two sections, they will take the championship if they win either game, while the other team would have to win both. If there are three separate winners, the team who played in the most qualifier games will have a bye to the second game.
Opening Draw:
Saturday, Dec. 27 at 9 am
Ice 1: Tyler Smith (Crapaud/Montague) vs Devin Schut (Cornwall)
Ice 2: Leslie Noye (Western Community) vs Alex MacFadyen (Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club)
Ice 3: Jenny McLean (Cornwall) vs Veronica Smith (Cornwall)
Ice 4: Lauren Moerike (Charlottetown) vs Jane DiCarlo (Charlottetown)
Saturday, Dec. 27 at 2 pm
Ice 1: Kaleigh Mackay (Crapaud/Montague) vs winner of McLean/Smith game
Ice 2: Lauren Lenentine (Cornwall) vs winner of Moerike/DiCarlo game
Ice 3: Donald DeWolfe (Cornwall) vs winner of Smith/Schut game
Ice 4: Matthew MacLean (Cornwall/Maple Leaf) vs winner of Noye/MacFadyen game
Event Draw Tree
Junior Men’s Team Rosters
Skip/Club | 3rd | 2nd | Lead | Coach |
Alex MacFadyen | James Dalton | Matthew MacDonald | Parker MacFadyen | Dave MacFadyen |
Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club | ||||
Matthew MacLean | Alan MacLean | Jordan MacLean | Noah O’Connor | Glen MacLean |
Cornwall Curling Club/Maple Leaf Curling Club | ||||
Leslie Noye | Jacob Wilkins | Dylan Vincent | Alex Gallant | Roger Gavin |
Western Community Curling Club | ||||
Devin Schut | Tyson Smith | Logan Maker | Mitchell Schut | Dario Zannier |
Cornwall Curling Club | ||||
Tyler Smith | Brooks Roche | Dylan Lowery | Ryan Lowery | Kevin Smith |
Crapaud Community Curling Club and Montague Curling Rink | ||||
Donald DeWolfe | Avery Wells | Cameron Jenkins | Nick Johnston | TBD |
Cornwall Curling Club |
Junior Women’s Team Rosters
Skip | 3rd | 2nd | Lead | Alt. | Coach |
Jane DiCarlo | Jessica Watts | Emily Gray | Megan Wile | Robyn Wile | Lori Robinson |
Charlottetown Curling Complex | |||||
Lauren Lenentine | Meghan Ching | Rachel O’Connor | Breanne Burgoyne | Pat Quilty | |
Cornwall Curling Club | |||||
Kaleigh Mackay | Danielle Collings | Alyssa Wright | Kaleigh Peters | A.J. Campbell | |
Crapaud Community Curling Club and Montague Curling Rink | |||||
Jenny McLean | Emily Keen | Emily Van Iderstine | Aleya Quilty | Butch McGee | |
Cornwall Curling Club | |||||
Lauren Moerike | Ashley Gallant | Annika Kelly | Tati Kelly | Angela Hodgson | |
Charlottetown Curling Complex | |||||
Veronica Smith | Chloe McCloskey | Sabrina Smith | Katie Fullerton | Bill Hope | |
Cornwall Curling Club |