The Western Community Curling Club in Alberton will host the Atelka PEI Mixed Fours Curling Championship Feb. 26 to March 1, 2016. Nine teams have signed up. The winning team will advance to the 2017 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, Nov. 14-19, 2016, at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth, NS. The Mixed Fours are the traditional 4 person competition, while the Mixed Doubles is the newer 2 person format, which has a separate championship.
Last year’s PEI Mixed Fours winners were the team of skip Eddie MacKenzie, third Chloé McCloskey, second Tyler MacKenzie, and lead stone Megan Wile from the Charlottetown Curling Complex. Three members of that team are back this year with Tyler MacKenzie skipping, McCloskey at third, Sean Clarey replacing Eddie MacKenzie and playing second stone, and Wile at lead. Nine teams, with players from five PEI curling clubs, are competing this year. Games are eight ends.
End by end results will be available at PEICurling.com
Event website: PEICurling.com/mixed20152016
The teams will play a modified triple knockout format, beginning at 2 pm on Friday, qualifying the winners of the A, B, and C sections (a team can win multiple sections) for a two game championship round on Monday, February 29 at 3 pm and, if needed, Tuesday, March 1st at 6 pm. In the event that a team wins all three sections, the championship round will not be played. If a team wins any two sections, they will have a “double life” in the championship round, and will win the event if they take either game, while their opponent would have to win both.
Draw and Schedule
Team Rosters
| Skip | 3rd | 2nd | Lead | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cody Dixon | Danielle Collings | Ryan Lowery | Alyssa Wright | Montague, Crapaud |
| Sharon Horne (3rd) | Leslie Noye (4th) | Jacob Wilkins | Alison Griffin | Western Community Curling Club |
| Jody Jackson | Lisa Jackson | Jamie Jackson | Jodi Murphy | Charlottetown Curling Complex |
| Tyler MacKenzie | Chloé McCloskey | Sean Clarey | Megan Wile | Charlottetown Curling Complex |
| Ian MacMillan | Bobbi- Jean MacMillan- Boylan | Devon O’Brien | Iva Griffin | Western Community Curling Club |
| Paul Morrison | Lynn Anne Brousseau | Philip MacDonald | Gaylene Nicholson | Montague Curling Rink |
| Jamie Newson | Vanessa Hamming | Tyler Harris | Miranda Ellis | Charlottetown, Crapaud |
| Larry Richards | Darlene London | Steven MacLeod | Gail Greene | Montague Curling Complex |
| Veronica Smith | Tyler Smith | Sabrina Smith | Dylan Lowery | Crapaud, Cornwall |