The second of the three qualifying spots for Tuesday’s championship round at the Curl PEI Tankard Provincial Men’s Curling Championship will be determined on Sunday at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. Unseeded Jamie Newson upset top seeded Adam Casey with a 6-4 win in the A qualifier on Saturday morning. Casey, whose team curls out of both the Charlottetown Curling Complex and the Silver Fox in Summerside, now faces Charlottetown’s Tyler MacKenzie rink in the B semi-final game at 11 am Sunday, with the winner taking on Newson in the B qualifier game at 3:30 pm. Down in the “must win” C event, Robert Campbell is playing Charlottetown clubmate Tyler Harris at 11 am Sunday. The “C” qualifier goes Monday at 3:30 pm.
In this afternoon’s draw four, MacKenzie shaded Campbell 5-4 in an extra end, while Harris eliminated Summerside’s Blair Jay with an 8-5 victory.
Here’s our end by end recap of tonight’s Tankard games (latest ends first):
Extra End: Campbell bit heavy with his last so MacKenzie didn’t have to throw his last. MacKenzie 5 Campbell 4 Final
End 10: Campbell draws vs 2. Gets 1. Extra End. MacKenzie 4 Campbell 4 Jay tries split for 3. Gets 1. Harris 8 Jay 5 final
End 9: MacKenzie makes in-off to button to score 1. MacKenzie 4 Campbell 3. Jay draws for 1 against 2. Harris 8 Jay 5
End 8 MacKenzie blanks 8th end MacKenzie 3 Campbell 3 after 8 Harris steals one. Harris 8 Jay 4 after 8
End 7: Harris draw for 2 light, gets 1. Harris 7 Jay 4 Campbell draw for 2. a bit heavy. Only gets 1. MacKenzie 3 Campbell 3
End 6: Jay draws for 2 Harris 6 Jay 4 after 6. MacKenzie taps his rock to the four foot for 1. MacKenzie 3 Campbell 2 after 6.
End 5: Campbell hits and sticks for 2. MacKenzie 2 Campbell 2. Harris draws for 4. Harris 6 Jay 2.
End 4: MacKenzie hit/stick for 4 jams,rolls out, gets 2. MacKenzie 2 Campbell 0 Harris throws thru for blank. Harris 2 Jay 2
End 3: MacKenzie hits and rolls & out for the blank. MacKenzie 0 Campbell 0. Jay taps Harris stone back for 2. Harris 2 Jay 2
End 2: MacKenzie hits & rolls out for the blank MacKenzie 0 Campbell 0. Jay throws through for the blank Harris 2 Jay 0
End 1: MacKenzie throws through for blank. Jay tries to hit Harris rock & roll out but misses stone. Harris 1 Jay 0
The opening game of the three team round robin Future Tankard developmental event, for Junior Men’s teams, was held this afternoon, with Cornwall’s Devin Schut rink doubling Summerside’s Alex Gallant foursome 6-3, aided by a stolen deuce in end two.
Games on ice sheets 1 and 2 in the Tankard event are being live-streamed at Bell Aliant Community One at the following address: http://live.streamit.ca/?player=2223
Event website: PEICurling.com/tankard20142015
Live end by end Curlcast results at: http://curlatlantic.com/scoreboard/#/competitions/1362-2015-tankard-men-s-curling-championship-pei/scoreboard
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