Two of the three modified triple knockout section finals have now been decided at the Curl PEI Provincial Men’s Curling Championships, being played at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. In this afternoon’s “B” section final, the top-seeded Adam Casey rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, and the Charlottetown Curling Complex stole a deuce in the last end in a 9-8 decision over Charlottetown’s Jamie Newson rink, who earlier won the A section.
Photo Collage: Team Casey
Newson took a 4-3 lead in this afternoon’s game with a double in end four to score three. Casey makes a draw facing three Newson counters to tie the score at four in end 5. Newson took the lead with a draw for three in six, and kept Casey to a single point in seven. In the eighth end, Casey made a nice hit and roll, leaving Casey with a draw for a single point, and a three point, 8-5 lead for Newson. Casey narrows the gap to one with a draw for a deuce in nine, leaving him in the difficult situation of being one down coming home, without the all-important last rock advantage in the final end.
In end 10, Newson tries to hit and stick for the win, facing two. He was a bit wide, and his rock didn’t curl, and ended up missing the Casey stone, giving up a steal of two and the B final.
In the C event game at the same time, Tyler MacKenzie became the only other team left, besides Newson and Casey, out of the original six team field, when he eliminated his Charlottetown clubmate, eight-time Tankard champ and two-time Canadian Mixed winner Robert Campbell with a 9-5 win.
The Future Tankard Under 21 developmental round robin event, wrapped up in the same draw, with Leslie Noye of the host club doubling Cornwall’s Devin Schut rink 8-4. Noye was undefeated at 2-0 in the event, while Schut went 1-1, and Alex Gallant of Summerside was 0-2.
Monday at 11 am, Newson takes on MacKenzie in the C semi-final, with the winner facing Casey in the C final at 3:30 pm.The winner of the C final advances to the Tuesday championship round, also scheduled for 11 and 3:30. If either Newson or Casey were to win the C, they would play in both championship round games, and win the title if they take either game, while their opponent would have to be beaten twice.
The Tankard winner advances to the pre-qualifier round for the Tim Hortons Brier, which takes place February 28 – March 8 in Calgary.
Livestream coverage courtesy of BellAliant Community One at http://live.streamit.ca/?player=2223
End by end Curlcast scoring at: http://curlatlantic.com/scoreboard/#/competitions/1362-2015-tankard-men-s-curling-championship-pei/scoreboard
Event website: PEICurling.com/tankard20142015