The men’s and women’s teams from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton picked up big wins this afternoon at the Travelers Curling Club Championship at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, with the Freddy Fraser foursome edging out Charlottetown’s John Desrosiers team 7-6 in an extra end to win the men’s championship, and the Iva Griffin rink stealing the final end in the women’s championship round to hand Cornwall’s Lisa Jackson team their first loss of the event, and force a deciding game between the two teams at 7 pm.
Fraser, whose team includes Daryl MacDonald at third, second Blaine Hutt, and lead John Ellsworth, was trailing 4-3 after five ends, when they picked up a triple in six. Desrosiers blanked the seventh, and picked up a tying deuce in the eighth, before Fraser scored one with hammer in the extra for a 7-6 win and the title. Completing the runner-up Desrosiers team are Pat Lynch, Jeff Gallant, and Brent Campbell.
The Griffin team, who had lost 9-6 to Jackson in their previous encounter, were trailing 4-0 after the first end this afternoon, with the teams trading singles in the next two ends, but narrowed the gap to 5-4 with a fourth end triple. Jackson was kept to a single in five, with Griffin scoring a tying deuce in six. Jackson blanked the seventh to have last rock advantage coming home, but gave up a steal of 1. Final score: Griffin 7, Jackson 6. The rules for this event dictate that if a team loses the first championship round game after going undefeated in round robin play, there will be a second “sudden death” game to decide the champion. That game goes at 7 pm. Playing with Griffin are Bobby-Jean MacMillan, Wendy Fraser, and Alison Griffin, while Carolyn Coulson, Melissa Morrow, and Jody Murphy round out the Jackson squad.
The Freddy Fraser team and the women’s winner will advance to the national Travelers Curling Club Championship, November 23-28, 2015 at the Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club, in Ottawa Ontario.