The Adam Casey rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club and the Charlottetown Curling Complex are just one win away from repeating as PEI Tankard provincial men’s champions, and they will have three opportunities to do it. After winning the A and B finals of the modified triple knockout, both against Charlottetown’s Jamie Newson, they beat the young Tyler Smith rink by an 8-2 score in five ends this afternoon  to advance to the C final.

Photo: Adam Casey

Their opponent in that final will, once again, be Jamie Newson, who beat the Tyler Harris team 7-1 in only four ends this afternoon, The “C” final goes at 1 pm Monday. If Casey wins that game, he takes the championship. If not, Casey and Newson then advance to a two game championship round, at 6 pm Monday and 4 pm Tuesday. Casey will win the title if he takes either game, while Newson would have to win both.

Other members of the Adam Casey team are third David Mathers, second Anson Carmody, and lead Robbie Doherty, with coach Lincoln Peters. Rounding out the Newson squad are John Likely, Mark O’Rourke and Mark Butler, with alternate Andrew Robinson. The winning rink will advance to the Tim Hortons Brier, March 5-13, 2016 at TD Place in Ottawa Ontario.

End by end Tankard scoring is available at PEICurling.com

The two team Future Tankard Under 21 developmental event wrapped up this afternoon, with the older of the Schut brothers, Devin, beating his brother Mitchell, who was playing with only three players today, by a 7-5 score, in the only game of the afternoon that went the full length. Mitchell won the opening game of the series, with Devin taking games two and three. The teams were also invited to breakfast with the Adam Casey team during the event.