The Curl PEI Tankard Provincial Men’s Curling Championship, and the new Future Tankard will both take place at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton from February 6-10, 2015. The winning team from the PEI Tankard will advance to the pre-qualifier round for the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier, which takes place February 28 – March 8, 2015 in Calgary, AB.
The Future Tankard is a developmental event for junior curlers who may one day compete in the Tankard and takes place on the same weekend and at the same location. Competitors from the Pepsi Junior Men’s Championship are invited to attend. Future event participants will be paired up with an adult team, invited to the meal and the opening ceremonies, and will play three games over the weekend.
Six Tankard, and three Junior Tankard teams are entered.
Live Curlcast results will be available at curlatlantic.com/scoreboard. Note that there are separate websites for the Tankard and the Future Tankard, because they play a different number of ends (10 ends for Tankard games, 8 for the Future Tankard).
An announcement will be coming soon on additional coverage for this event.
Event website is https://peicurling.com/tankard20142015/
Here is the Modified Triple Knockout Tankard Draw. Four teams are seeded in the draw based on cashspiel winnings at designated events this season. The winners of the A, B, and C qualifying games will advance to the two game qualifying round. Teams can qualify in more than one section. In the event that a team wins all three sections, they will be declared Tankard champ without a qualifying round. If a team wins any two of the sections, they will play in both games CH1 and CH2, and win the title if they take either, while their opponent would have to win both. If there are three separate section winners, the team that played in the most section finals would have a bye to game CH2, and the other teams would square off in CH1, with the winner advancing to CH2. If teams are tied in games played, the earliest qualifier would advance to CH2.
Here is the game schedule, including the round robin draw for the Future Tankard.
| SCHEDULE | ||||
| Date | Time | Ice 1 | Ice 2 | Ice 3 |
| Friday Feb. 6 | 11am | 1 | 2 | |
| 3:30pm | 4 | 3 | ||
| Saturday Feb. 7 | 10am | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| 1pm | Meal | |||
| 2:45pm | On-Ice Ceremony | |||
| 3:30pm | A vs B | 8 | 9 | |
| Sunday Feb. 8 | 11am | 10 | 11 | B vs C |
| 3:30pm | A vs C | 12 | 13 | |
| Monday Feb. 9 | 11am | 14 | ||
| 3:30pm | 15 | |||
| Tuesday Feb. 10 | 11am | CH1 | ||
| 3:30pm | CH2 | |||
| Future Tankard | ||||
| A | Schut | |||
| B | Gallant | |||
| C | Noye | |||
PEI Tankard Rosters
| Skip | 3rd | 2nd | Lead | Alt. or Coach | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Campbell | Kyle Holland | Mike Dillon | Taylor McInnis | Charlottetown Curling Complex | |
| Adam Casey | Josh Barry | Anson Carmody | Robbie Doherty | Lincoln Peters (Coach) | Silver Fox/ Charlottetown |
| Tyler Harris | Sam Ramsay | Cody Dixon | Mike Trudeau | Charlottetown Curling Complex | |
| Blair Jay | Marc Leclair | Aidan Downey | Roland Richard | Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club | |
| Tyler MacKenzie | Kevin Champion | Matthew Nabuurs | Sean Ledgerwood | Philip Gorveatt (Coach & Alt.) | Charlottetown Curling Complex |
| Jamie Newson | Andrew Robinson | Sean Clarey | Shawn Pitre | Charlottetown Curling Complex |
Click for previous years’ websites and winners
Future Tankard Rosters
| Skip | 3rd | 2nd | Lead | Coach(es) | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Gallant | Connor Lilly (2nd) | AJ Cahill (3rd) | Luke Arsenault | Wendy Gallant, Rod MacDonald | Silver Fox |
| Leslie Noye | Jacob Wilkins | Dylan Vincent | Roger Gavin | Western Community | |
| Devin Schut | Tyson Smith | Logan Maker | Colin MacKenzie | Dario Zannier | Cornwall Curling Club |