PEI’s Robyn MacPhee rink lost 7-6 to the Julie McEvoy team from Halifax in the quarter-finals of the Lakeshore Curling Club Cashspiel, a World Curling Tour event, which wrapped up Sunday in Lower Sackville NS. The Island squad had a 6-3 lead going into the eighth end, but McEvoy tied it with a triple, and stole a single in the extra end to pull out the win. In the semi-finals,, McEvoy was eliminated by the Jill Brothers rink of Halifax, which includes PEI native Erin Carmody at third stone, by a 10-2 score, with Brothers leading 5-0 after 2 ends.

It took an extra end for Nancy McConnery of Dartmouth to shade Haligonian Theresa Breen 8-7 in the other semi. McConnery then stole the final end to get by Brothers by a 5-4 score in the final of the $6500 total purse women;s event.

Facebook photo (L-R): Robyn MacPhee, Sarah Fullerton, Meaghan Hughes, Michelle McQuaid

The MacPhee rink will be practicing in Moncton next weekend, and play in the inaugural New Scotland Clothing Ladies Cashspiel Oct. 7-10 in Halifax.

The $8000 total purse men’s side of the Lakeshore event was won by Stuart Thompson, who beat Chad Stevens 5-4 in the final. Both teams are from Halifax. PEI’s Jamie Newson team didn’t make the playoffs, picking up one win against four losses.