Jamie Newson must beat Adam Casey twice to deny Casey the Tankard (Journal)

Posted on by February 9, 2015

ALBERTON — A 7-5 win by Adam Casey and his Silver Fox/Charlottetown Curling Complex team in the C final Monday afternoon in Alberton has narrowed the list of contenders for the Provincial Men’s Tankard curling championship to two teams.

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Kevin Champion, from left, and Tyler MacKenzie discuss strategy while Adam Casey and Josh Barry wait the outcome of their deliberations Monday in the C final of the provincial Tankard curling championship. Casey won the game, eliminating MacKenzie from contention. 

Casey had shot stone on the back of the four-foot well buried when Tyler MacKenzie settled into the hack to throw the hammer in the tenth end. He needed to curl around guards and grab a piece of the button, but the shot hung out and drifted deep, allowing Casey to score a single point.

Casey and his team of Josh Barry, Anson Carmody and Robbie Doherty goes into the play-off portion of the modified triple knock-out event clutching a 4-1 record and would need to be defeated twice by the 3-2 Jamie Newson foursome to be denied the title.

Newson and Casey have already met twice. Newson was the victor in the A event final but Casey squeezed out a win when the two teams met in the B final.

Draws Tuesday at the Western Community Curling Club are at 11 a.m. and, if necessary 3:30 p.m.

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