It’s championship round day at the Lakeshore Curling Club World Curling Tour cashspiel in Lower Sackville Nova Scotia, and the Robyn MacPhee rink from PEI, with a 3-2 win-loss record so far, won’t be going home empty-handed in the $6400 total purse women’s side of the event, after advancing to the 9 am quarter-final round
Facebook photo (L-R): Robyn MacPhee, Sarah Fullerton, Meaghan Hughes, Michelle McQuaid
The Island squad, the only non-Nova Scotia team in the women’s event, includes Sarah Fullerton at 3rd, second Meaghan Hughes, and lead Michelle McQuaid, and will be playing the Julie McEvoy foursome, with the winner facing the Jill Brothers team in semi-final play at 1. The final goes at 5. Theresa Breen faces Kristin MacDiarmid in the other quarter, with the victor taking on Nancy McConnery in the semi.
On the $8000 total purse men’s side, PEI’s Jamie Newson team, which includes Matthew MacLean, Daniel Richard, and Connor MacPhee, went 1-4 in round robin play, and won’t be in today’s money round, which sees Chad Stevens play Matthew Manual and Stuart Thompson and Kendal Thompson face off in 8 am quarter-finals, with the winners of the two quarters facing Paul Dexter and Jamie Murphy, respectively, in the noon semis. The final goes at 4.
Results at CurlingZone.com