Of the four teams with PEI natives on them who are curling in major cashspiels this holiday weekend, only the Brad Gushue rink from St. John’s, which includes PEI’s Brett Gallant at 2nd stone, has made it to today’s championship rounds. Gushue finished with a 4-2 win-loss record in triple knockout play in the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard, and advances to the noon Atlantic time quarter-finals. Gushue lost his “A” flight qualifier 8-7 to Brad Jacobs, and his “B” semi-final 6-5 to Greg Balsdon (who then lost his “B” final to Mike McEwen), and faced PEI’s Adam Casey in a last-chance “C” qualifier game late Sunday night. The game was tied 2-all after six ends of play, but Gushue recorded a triple in the seventh end for a 5-2 win. Casey finished play with a 3-3 win-loss record.

Photo: Team Gushue

The semis and final go at 3 and 6 pm Atlantic, respectively.

Meanwhile, at the Curlers Corner Autumn Gold  Curling Classic in Calgary, neither the team skipped by PEI native Geri-Lynn Ramsay, nor the Jessie Kaufman team, which includes Ramsay’s former Island teammate Erin Carmody, have advanced to the morning’s quarter-final round, with both teams finishing with 1-3 win-loss records.