The Curl PEI Tankard Provincial Men’s Curling Championship gets underway today and wraps up by Tuesday afternoon, while the new Future Tankard junior developmental event goes Saturday and Sunday, with both events taking place at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. Six teams, including the top-seeded Adam Casey rink, ranked number eleven in the nation, are taking part in the Tankard, with the winning team advancing to the pre-qualifier round for the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier, which takes place February 28 – March 8, 2015 in Calgary, AB.

Due to road conditions, Friday Tankard opening draw times have been changed, to 1pm & 5:30pm. Other draws in the event will remain at their originally scheduled time.

The Future Tankard, with three teams signed up, 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. Opening Future Tankard draw is Saturday at 3:30 PM.

Curl PEI has partnered with BellAliant Community One to bring  live curling action from the Curl PEI Tankard Provincial Men’s Curling Championship.  All Tankard games from sheets one and two at the three sheet club will be webcast exclusively on Community One.

BellAliant Community One has already provided livestream coverage this season from the Curl Atlantic Championship in Charlottetown, along with several curling events in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Island curlers will provide the play by play and colour commentary.

Amy Duncan, Executive Director of Curl PEI says that this new partnership for online coverage “puts PEI in the same league as the other provinces, most of which have either webstream or TV coverage of their major provincial championships.”

To access the webcasts, click on the graphic below, or visit: live.streamit.ca/?player=2223

Live end by end Curlcast results from both events will be available at curlatlantic.com/scoreboard. Note that there are separate results 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).

Click for end by end Tankard results

Click for end by end Future Tankard results

The website for both events is peicurling.com/tankard20142015/

Tankard Modified Triple Knockout Opening Draws

Friday February 6 at 1 PM (revised time):
Ice 1: Tyler MacKenzie vs Robert Campbell
Ice 3: Blair Jay vs Jamie Newson

Friday February 6 at 5 pm (revised time):
Ice 1: Tyler Harris vs winner Jay/Newson
Ice 3: Adam Casey vs winner MacKenzie/Campbell

Future Tankard Round Robin Draw
Saturday Feb. 7 at 3:30 pm:
Ice 1: Devin Schut vs Alex Gallant
Sunday Feb. 8 at 11 am:
Ice 3: Alex Gallant vs Leslie Noye
Sunday Feb. 8 at 3:30 pm
Ice 1: Devin Schut vs Leslie Noye

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.

*revised draw times

PEI Tankard Team Rosters

Click for previous years’ websites and winners

Future Tankard Rosters