The opening draw takes place on Saturday, following the team draw and opening ceremonies on Friday evening as the 57th Canadian Firefighters Curling Championship gets underway at the Truro Curling Club, hosted by the Nova Scotia Firefighters Curling Association. Truro last hosted the event in 2012. As it was last year, PEI will be represented by the Summerside Fire Department, with skip Leo Stewart. The Summerside team beat the Bob Smith rink from Montague in the provincial final at the Montague Curling Rink in early February.

Photo (from left): Peter MacDonald (Provincial Director), Leo Stewart (skip), Gordon MacFadyen (3rd), Chad Praught (2nd), and Jim Arsenault (lead)

Last year’s winners were Team Manitoba, skipped by Ryan Lalonde, from the Winnipeg Fire Department.

Round robin play runs through Thursday April 14, with Tiebreakers, if needed, and Page Playoffs on Friday the 15th and the semi-final and final on Saturday the 16th.

Event website is cffca2016curling.ca

Live scoring will be available from a link on the event website, or at curlingresults.com/firefighters/2016/

National CFFCA website is cffca.ca