Here is the opening draw for the annual Island Petroleum Cashspiel, which goes this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Community Complex in Summerside.
5:00 pm Friday
Tammy Dewar vs Leo Stewart
7:30 pm Friday
Darren Higgins vs Ted MacFadyen
Phil Gorveatt vs Tyler Smith
Blair Jay vs Mark Holmes
Alan Inman vs Calvin Smith
Donald DeWolfe vs Shelley Ebbett
Robert Campbell vs Bill Hope
Saturday Draw Times
9:00, 12:30 and 3:00
Sunday Draw Times
10:00 and 1:00
(by Charles Reid)
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. – Bobby Dillon’s curling resume is a wish list most curlers would die for.
Second-place Brier finishes in 1964 and 1973; third-places finishes in 1968-69; placing second in the big-time Tournament of Champions cashspiel in Toronto in 1965; appearances in five mixed nationals and five senior nationals; induction into the Curling Hall of Fame of Canada, the P.E.I. Curling Hall of Fame and the P.E.I. Sports Hall of Fame.
That’s a heap of goodies, made sweet by Dillon’s play on the pebbles which began by throwing second stone in for Art Burke’s Charlottetown rink at the 1962 Brier in Kitchener, Ont.
Robert Francis (Bobby) Dillon died last week at 79 in his hometown of Charlottetown and leaves behind a curling legacy unmatched by many.
Veteran Island curler Blair Weeks would agree with that. As a teen, Weeks watched Dillon play while he grew up in the game. Eventually he had a chance to face him on the ice.
“…It was always exciting watching him and his team with their trademark black sweaters and purple hearts. Even into their forties they were able to compete with the great teams of the late 70s led by Justice Kenny MacDonald, John Fortier and Dr. Wayne Matheson,” said Weeks. “I played against Bobby in the city championship finals and it was the thrill of my curling life up to that point.”
The Guardian caught up with Weeks for a Q&A session about Dillon’s abilities, style of play and his legacy.
The Guardian – What affect do you think Dillon had on the game in P.E.I?
Weeks – He gave it national credibility. He played on P.E.I.’s best Brier team, in 1968 and 1969, with the great Alan Smith skipping. The Smith team finished in third place both of those years. He, his brother George and Doug Cameron set the standard for Brier appearancess and it took 20-25 years before these standards were surpassed.
The Guardian – Did others copy his style of play?
Weeks – Bobby had his own style of delivering the rock as so many did during his era. It was fluid and aggressive. His teams in the 1970s were all superb at the takeout game while Bobby would often finish with a key draw shot. Everyone at the Charlottetown Curling Club wanted to be able to hit curling rocks like his teams could.
In a battle of former teammates, Colleen Jones beat Mary Anne Arsenault 6-2 to win this afternoon’s final of the $6200 total purse Spitfire Arms cashspiel in Windsor NS.
Colleen Jones (Curling Canada photo)
Arsenault scored two in the first and stole three in the second, to beat PEI’s Robyn MacPhee rink 5-0 in five ends in the semi-finals. The other semi also went only five ends, with Jones taking singles in ends 2 through 4 for a 3-0 final score over the Jill Brothers rink, which includes Summerside native Erin Carmody at third stone.
Doug MacKenzie won the men’s event, getting by Scott Saunders 8-6 in an extra end.
Results: http://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=4450&view=Scores
It will be a battle of former teammates Colleen Jones and Mary Anne Arsenault in the 2:30 pm final of the $6200 total purse Spitfire Arms cashspiel in Windsor NS. Arsenault scored two in the first and stole three in the second, to beat PEI’s Robyn MacPhee rink 5-0 in the semi-finals, after 5 ends of play, with MacPhee blanking ends three and four. The other semi also went only five ends, with Jones taking singles in ends 2 through 4 for a 3-0 final score over the Jill Brothers rink, which includes Summerside native Erin Carmody at third stone.
Results: http://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=4450&view=Scores
PEI’s Robyn MacPhee scored a deuce in the sixth end, and stole singles in next two, to defeat Nancy McConnery 7-4 in quarter-final play, and advance to the 11:30 am semi-final round at the $6200 total purse Spitfire Arms Cashspiel in Windsor NS. MacPhee takes on Mary-Anne Arsenault, while Jill Brothers, whose team includes PEI native Erin Carmody at third stone, is facing Colleen Jones in the other semi. The final is at 2:30.
Results at: http://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=4450&eventtypeid=82&view=Scores&tp=0
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The Travelers Curling Club Championship wrapped up yesterday in Kelowna.
Curling Canada has posted some of the games on YouTube.
Here are games with Team PEI:
PEI vs Alberta men’s tiebreaker https://youtu.be/3VOlmAM5B2U
PEI vs Quebec men’s https://youtu.be/PskUcyehlDA
PEI vs Nunavut men’s https://youtu.be/ZSa2l1N3yIc
NL vs PEI women’s https://youtu.be/PS9SVTfOZRE
Visit Curling Canada on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/ccacurling
PEI’s Robyn MacPhee rink will be in the money at the $6200 total purse Spitfire Arms Cashspiel in Windsor Nova Scotia, after qualifying for the 8:30 am quarter-final round. They finished 2nd to Colleen Jones in their pool, with a 2-1 record. Other qualifiers are Mary Anne Arsenault, Theresa Breen, Jill Brothers, and Nancy McConnery. Semis are at 11:30, and the final goes at 2:30.
Results at: http://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=4450&eventtypeid=82&view=Scores&tp=0
The PEI men’s team, skipped by Dennis Watts out of the Charlottetown Curling Complex lost a tiebreaker game with Alberta at the Travelers Curling Club Championship, falling just short of the playoff round with a 3-3 round robin win-loss record. The Sharon Horne-skipped Island women’s team out of the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, finished at 1-5.
PEI did go home with an award.
File photo: Doug MacGregor
At today’s closing, sportsmanship awards, as voted on by the players, were awarded to Quebec lead Sylvia Cote, Alberta second Sarah Evans, British Columbia third Lonnie Schopp, and Nunavut skip Karielle Mackey. The men’s sportsmanship winners were Prince Edward Island lead Doug MacGregor, Nunavut second Colby O’Donnell, Nunavut third Jeff Nadeau and Manitoba skip Andrew Wickman.
Manitoba women and Ontario men captured the 2016 Travelers Curling Club Championship today at the Kelowna Curling Club in Kelowna, B.C.
Winners of the 2016 Travelers Curling Club Championship: Team Ontario (Men) and Team Manitoba (Women) (Curling Canada/Jessica Krebs photo)
The women out of the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Winnipeg defeated Alberta 8-5 on a last rock hit through a narrow port.
“I never thought I’d have a shot to win a national championship but I was comfortable and happy it was that one,” skip Tracy Andries said after the championship win at the Kelowna Curling Club.
Andries and third Crystal Kennedy, Diane Christensen and April Klassen have played club curling together for 20 years.
The Manitoba champions captured the title in front of close to 50 fans and family members who made the trip to Kelowna. “We’re the best of friends and to have the families here makes it just that much more special,” said Andries who lost the semifinals of the 2014 Travelers Curling Club Championship in Halifax.
Alberta’s Morgan Muise and her rink out of the Calgary Curling Club were runners-up. Muise, third Lyndsay Allen, second Sarah Evans and lead Sara Gartner Frey were making their second appearance at a Travelers championship.
The Ontario men’s champions went undefeated to capture the 2016 Travelers title.
“It’s so cool. Our goal was to just win our club championship and then we started rolling and won Ontario and here we are!” skip Wesley Forget said after defeating Saskatchewan 6-3.
Forget’s name will hang on a national banner at the Cataraqui Golf and Curling Club along with second Graham Rathwell and father and son duo of David (third) and Sandy Staples (lead).
“I can’t think of another sport where a father and son can play on the same team and win a Canadian title. It’s so special for them and it just has helped with making our team always feel more comfortable,” Forget added.
Saskatchewan’s rink of Kory Kohuch, David Kraichy, Wes Lang and David Schmirler were runners-up.
This is the second title for Ontario men at the Travelers, the first since the event began in 2009.
In the bronze medal games, Quebec’s Nathalie Gagnon rink captured third place over Ontario’s Julie O’Neill’s team in women’s play. Scott Webb’s rink from Alberta defeated British Columbia’s Ron Schmidt’s team to win bronze in the men’s event.
The week-long competition offered an elite national championship experience to Canada’s best club curling teams. All 14 of Curling Canada’s Member Associations (10 provinces, three territories and Northern Ontario) were represented in both genders.
Each team was allowed only one player who has played in a provincial/territorial Juniors’, Men’s (Brier), Women’s (Scotties) or Seniors’ championship in the current or previous four curling seasons, or participated in a full-field Grand Slam event in the current or previous four curling seasons.
As well, no player on the teams can have played in a Canadian Juniors, Men’s, Women’s or Seniors national championship in the current or previous four seasons.
Most Valuable Player awards were handed out for both genders. Lonnie Schopp (British Columbia) and Kory Kohuch (Saskatchewan) were chosen by the head official and game umpires.
Sportsmanship awards, as voted on by the players, were awarded to Quebec lead Sylvia Cote, Alberta second Sarah Evans, British Columbia third Lonnie Schopp, and Nunavut skip Karielle Mackey. The men’s sportsmanship winners were Prince Edward Island lead Doug MacGregor, Nunavut second Colby O’Donnell, Nunavut third Jeff Nadeau and Manitoba skip Andrew Wickman.
The curlers and curling community contributed to a huge off-ice success in Kelowna as well. Over $35,000 was raised through a fundraising challenge to benefit youth curling across Canada through the Curling Canada Foundation.
British Columbia’s women’s rink raised the most money and their club, Campbell River Curling Club, will benefit from a $6,000 grant for improvements.
Curlers also had the opportunity to participate in a high-performance clinic at the conclusion of the round robin portion of the tournament.
The 2017 Travelers Curling Club Championship will take place in Kingston, Ontario at the Cataraqui Golf and Country Club, Nov. 20-25
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The medallists at the 2016 Travelers Curling Club Championship take to the ice in preparation for the trophy presentation at the Kelowna Curling Club (Curling Canada/Jessica Krebs photo)
Peacefully with his family by his side at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Thursday, November 24, 2016 of Robert Francis “Bobby”of Charlottetown age 79 years. Born in Charlottetown, he was a son of the late John and Georgie (nee Carr) Dillon.
Bobby Dillon (Photo from PEI Sports Hall of Fame)
Beloved husband of Cathy (nee Bolger) and dear father of Tracey Dillon. Bobby is survived by his brother George (Leah) Dillon; sisters Shirley Dillon, Peggy (Jack, deceased) MacKinnon, Joan (Brian, deceased) Kelly and Patsy Dillon; brothers-in-law Ronnie (Joan) Bolger and Brian (Glenda) Bolger; sister-in-law Phyllis (Wilf) Burke; uncle Rev. Francis Bolger; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Besides his parents, he was predeceased by his brother Earl Dillon.
Resting at the Hennessey Cutcliffe Charlottetown Funeral Home until Tuesday morning, then transferred to St. Pius X Church for funeral mass at 10:00 a.m. Interment will take place in the Roman Catholic Cemetery, Charlottetown.
Visiting hours will be held on Monday from 3 – 7 p.m.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society of PEI.
Bobby was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 1974, the PEI Sports Hall of Fame in 1999, and was an inaugural inductee into the PEI Curling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2007. His brother George and wife Cathy are also members of all three Halls.
Click for PEI Sports Hall of Fame induction citation
Click for Canadian Curling Hall of Fame info
Here is the PEI Curling Hall of Fame induction citation:
Bob Dillon has been prevalent on the Provincial and National Curling scene since the early 1960’s, achieving extraordinary distinction in the sport. His playing ability, sportsmanship, and character have brought honour to the sport of curling in this Province and in Canada.
Bob’s major accomplishments include representing Prince Edward Island at the Brier in 1962, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1973 and 1974.
At the Canadian Mixed Championships in 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, and 1978. And at the Canadian Seniors Championships in 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994 and 1995.
He received the Mixed Sportsmanship Award in 1976, and has also been a recipient of the Seniors Sportsmanship Award. At an International Invitational Tournament of Champions in Toronto in 1965, he skipped the runner-up team.
Bob Dillon was elected to the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in the “Curler” category in 1974, at the age of 37. Since then, he has continued to excel in the sport by representing our Province at many National Championships….. in 1999 he was inducted into the Prince Edward Island Sports Hall of Fame.
He has contributed towards the development and advancement of curling in Prince Edward Island in other ways as well. He has served on the PEI Curling Association as the “Mixed Representative” to the National Championships for three years…. 1977 to 1979… and as the Junior Representative in 1980 – ‘ 81 and ‘ 82. He ‘s been part of several Host Committees during National Championships held in Charlottetown… including the National Mixed in 1973 and 1996… as well as the Scott Tournament of Hearts in 1984 and the McCain Skins Game. He’s been a member of the Charlottetown Curling Club since the late 1950’s, and, in fact, is an Honourary Life member of the Club.
Curling in this Province has been a part of our sports heritage since the early 1900’s and tonight we capture more of that rich heritage, as we induct, in the Curler Category, Robert Francis ” Bobby ” Dillon into the “Prince Edward Island Curling Hall of Fame and Museum”, this 15th day of November 2007.
(by Darren McEwen)
Ron Schmidt and his Comox Valley Curling Centre rink are trying to do something no one has done before at a Travelers Curling Club Championship.
A team from British Columbia has never won this national curling title, but the investment advisor from Vancouver Island and his team are into the men’s playoffs at the 2016 Travelers Curling Club Championship.
B.C. third Norm Coté calls to sweepers Craig Bernes and Darren Richards during tiebreaker action at the 2016 Travelers Curling Club Championship in Kelowna, B.C. (Curling Canada/Jessica Krebs photo)
Schmidt knocked off Yukon’s Pat Paslawski in men’s tiebreaker action on Friday morning in front of a home-province crowd at the Kelowna Curling Club.
“Kelowna has been awesome for us. It’s been an advantage to be in the same time zone, not a huge trip here and just to have people we’ve met over the years in B.C. curling come out and cheer us on is pretty special,” Schmidt said right after his 6-5 win.
Schmidt with third Norm Coté, second Craig Bernes and lead Darren Richards broke the game open with three points in the fifth end. Paslawski needed a piece of the four foot in the eighth end to force the extra end but slipped a bit long.
“That was such a big win for us. We really wanted to keep playing in this tournament and we couldn’t be happier with the win,” the B.C. Skip added.
British Columbia and Yukon both finished Pool B round robin with 3-3 records.
Schmidt and his team will now face Manitoba’s Andrew Wickman (5-1) in the quarter-finals. Ontario awaits the winner of that match.
Alberta, skipped by Scott Webb, cruised to a 10-2 victory in the Pool A tiebreaker game over Prince Edward Island’s Dennis Watts.
The team from Peace River, Alta., will play Nova Scotia in the other men’s quarter-final Friday at 2 p.m. (all times Pacific) with the winner of that game facing Saskatchewan (6-0) in the evening.
Team Quebec second Laurie Verreault and lead Sylvie Cote sweep skip Nathalie Gagnon’s rock during action at the 2016 Travelers Curling Club Championship in Kelowna, B.C. (Curling Canada/Jessica Krebs photo)
Since the first Travelers Curling Club Championship in 2009 in Toronto, Alberta has won the men’s title three times, while Saskatchewan has claimed two titles and Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador have one apiece.
Quebec emerged victorious in the lone women’s tiebreaker game on Friday. Nathalie Gagnon’s team will take on Nova Scotia’s Denise Fitzgerald (5-1) in the Friday afternoon quarter-final. The winner will play Manitoba (4-2) in the semifinal.
Newfoundland and Labrador (4-2) faces Ontario (5-1) in the other women’s quarter-final. Alberta’s women’s champions (5-1) will play the winner of matchu.
The semifinal winners will play for gold, and the losers will play for bronze, Saturday at 10 a.m.
The week-long competition offers an elite national championship experience to Canada’s best club curling teams. All 14 of Curling Canada’s Member Associations (10 provinces, three territories and Northern Ontario) are represented in both genders.
Selected games from the 2016 Travelers Curling Club Championships will be live-streamed at www.curling.ca/2016travelers/
Scores and standings from the event will be available at www.curling.ca/scoreboard/.
For draw times, team lineups and other event info, go to: www.curling.ca/2016travelers/
For Manitoba’s Tracy Andries, the hope is that the second time will be a charm.
The skip out of the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Winnipeg is making her second appearance at the Travelers Curling Club Championship.
Manitoba second Diana Christensen and lead April Klassen sweep a rock into the house at the 2017 Travelers Curling Club Championship in Kelowna, B.C. (Curling Canada/Jessica Krebs photo)
“We’re trying to pull on that first experience and do all we can to improve on it as well,” Andries said Thursday evening.
The foursome of Andries, third Crystal Kennedy, second Diane Christensen and lead April Klassen finished the round robin with a 4-2 record. By virtue of pre-game last stone draws to the button, the Manitoba champions advanced straight to the semifinal of the event at the Kelowna Curling Club on Friday evening.
The team, with 20 years’ experience playing together, recognize they’re representing a curling powerhouse.
“It’s heavy but it’s awesome,” Klassen said of wearing the bison on the back of their jackets.
In Pool A women’s action, Alberta’s Morgan Muise emerged out of Pool A with a 5-1 record, as did Nova Scotia and Ontario.
Also by virtue of pre-game last rock draw to the buttons throughout the week, Alberta won that tie.
Muise and her team of Sara Gartner Frey, Sarah Evans and Lyndsay Allen will advance to the other women’s semi-final Friday at 7 p.m. (all times Pacific)
“We rebounded so well after our first loss in the round robin and I’m just so proud of my team,” Muise said with emotion after learning her team had qualified into the semifinal.
Alberta and Manitoba will await the winners of the quarter-finals which will run Friday at 2 p.m. In one quarter-final, Newfoundland’s Susan Curtis will take on Ontario’s Julie O’Neill.
Nova Scotia will await the winner of a Saskatchewan and Quebec tiebreaker in Friday’s other quarter-final.
In men’s playoff qualification, Saskatchewan and Ontario will await the winners of quarter-finals.
Manitoba and Nova Scotia have secured their spots in men’s quarter-finals but will have to await the winners of two tiebreakers to know their opponents on Friday afternoon.
Team PEI Men
British Columbia and Yukon will play in one tiebreaker for Pool B, while Alberta and Prince Edward Island will play in the other men’s tiebreaker to determine the Pool A quarterfinal qualifier.
[PEI men, skipped by Dennis Watts, ended round robin play with a 3-3 win-loss record, with wins over Northern Ontario, Nunavut, and Quebec, and losses to Alberta, Sask., and Manitoba. PEI. The PEI women, skipped by Sharon Horne, finished play with a 1-5 record, winning their final game, against Nunavut]
The 14 men’s and 14 women’s teams are split into two seven-team round-robin pools. After a single round-robin, the top three teams in each pool will make the playoffs. The first-place teams will be seeded directly into the semifinals, Friday, Nov. 25, at 7 p.m. (all times Pacific). The second- and third-place teams will meet in crossover quarter-finals Friday at 2 p.m., with the winners moving into the semis.
Selected games from the 2016 Travelers Curling Club Championships will be live-streamed at www.curling.ca/2016travelers/
Scores and standings from the event will be available at www.curling.ca/scoreboard/.
For draw times, team lineups and other event info, go to www.curling.ca/2016travelers
Curl PEI is making an update to how the Curling Canada Sweeping Moratorium on Brush Head Technology (http://www.curling.ca/championships/sweeping-moratorium-statement/) will be enforced at Curl PEI events. The changes are highlighted in yellow below.
The Moratorium will be enforced at the following events:
The Moratorium will not be enforced at the following events:
The events where the Moratorium is not enforced will allow any and all curling brush heads.
The Rules of Play and Operations Manual online has been changed to reflect this update.
[1] Canadian event will be enforcing the Curling Canada Sweeping Moratorium.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Amy Duncan, Executive Director, Curl PEI
Tel: 902-368-4208 Email: aduncan@sportpei.pe.ca
Curling Canada/ Michael Burns photo
Update: Event was cancelled, as one of the two teams dropped out.
The Curl PEI Provincial Mixed Doubles Curling Championship takes place December 3rd and 4th 2016 at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary. This 2 person per team version of curling is now an Olympic sport, beginning with the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. There are no age restrictions on this event. Two teams: the defending provincial championship duo of Kyle Holland and Sabrina Smith from the Charlottetown Curling Complex and the Cornwall Curling Club, plus the Charlottetown rink of Eric Pidgeon and Jaylene Holmes-Tang, are entered.
Sabrina Smith (left) and Kyle Holland at last year’s Canadian Mixed Doubles in Saskatoon. (Curling Canada/Darlene Danyliw photo)
The two teams will play a best 3 out of 5 competition, with games on Saturday Dec. 3 at 10 am, and 1 and 4 pm. Games on Sunday, Dec. 4, if necessary, go at 10 am and, if needed, 1 pm. Games are eight ends.
Draw, Schedule and Live Results will be available at PEICurling.com/Scoreboard.
Winners advance to the Canadian Mixed Doubles Championship, which will once again be held at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon SK, from April 5-9, 2017.
The Mixed Doubles game format is played over eight ends (instead of the usual 10). Each team has only six stones and one of those stones from each team is prepositioned on the centre line before every end of play. One player delivers the first and last stones of the end while the other player throws the second, third and fourth stones. If they choose to, the two players may swap positions from one end to the next. Both team members are also allowed to sweep.
Team Rosters
| Skip | 3rd | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Kyle Holland | Sabrina Smith | Charlottetown/ Cornwall |
| Eric Pidgeon | Jaylene Holmes-Tang | Charlottetown Curling Complex |
PEI’s Robyn MacPhee rink is competing in the $6200 Spitfire Arms Cashspiel women’s event in Windsor NS this weekend. Their first game is Friday at 8 am against Colleen Jones. The final goes Sunday at 2:30 pm. No Island rinks are in the men’s event. Results at http://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=4450&eventtypeid=82&view=Main
A couple of spots are still available for the Competition Coach – Introduction workshop being held in Montague this weekend. Date: November 26 & 27 (9-5pm each day) Where: Montague Curling Club Registration: $135 To register contact Amy Duncan (aduncan@sportpei.pe.ca … Continue reading
A nagging hip/groin injury has forced 13-time Newfoundland/Labrador champ Brad Gushue to pass up on a trip to Brandon, Man., next week for the 2016 Home Hardware Canada Cup, presented by Meridian Manufacturing. Brad Gushue announced on Wednesday that his … Continue reading
The 1st Annual Cody Dixon Memorial Bonspiel takes place January 6-8, 2017 at the Montague Curling Club. $125/team – guaranteed 3 games Curlers ages 16+ Register with Larry at the Montague Curling Club! 902-838-2513 Live entertainment Saturday evening Ages 19+ – … Continue reading
PEI men have an even record, while the women’s rink are still looking for their 1st win at the Travelers Curling Club Championship in Kelowna BC. The PEI men’s team, skipped by Dennis Watts out of the Charlottetown Curling Complex, … Continue reading
The PEI Curling Hall of Fame and Museum has announced its first four winners of junior curling scholarships, which have been provided courtesy of anonymous donors. The annual scholarships, totalling $3000, are administered by the Hall, and are awarded based on financial … Continue reading
Charlottetown’s Dennis Watts rink picked up an 8-1 win in only six ends, over the Gary Weiss-skipped Team Ontario, from Thunder Bay in the opening draw of the Travelers Curling Club Championship in Kelowna BC. The team includes 3rd Erik Brodersen, … Continue reading
SUMMERSIDE – Justine Comeau and Ryan Abraham were the winning skips at the 10th annual Fall Fling junior cashspiel on Sunday. (by Millicent McKay) The event attracted 22 teams – 12 women and 10 men – from P.E.I., Nova Scotia … Continue reading
There’s a repeat winner, and a repeat runner-up in the women’s section at this year’s Dave Jones Cashspiel at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, with the Jill Brothers rink from the host club again beating the Theresa Breen team, this … Continue reading
The 10th annual Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel wrapped up this afternoon at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex in Summerside, with rinks from Halifax and Fredericton taking the finals. Team Abraham (L-R) Ryan Abraham, Mitchell Cortello, Jake Flemming, Thomas … Continue reading
Two members of the silver-medal winning Manitoba squad were named to the all-star team as the 2017 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship wrapped up with the awards banquet Saturday in Yarmouth, N.S. 2017 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship All-Stars, from left, skip … Continue reading
Another very successful Curl for Cancer was held this weekend at the Montague Curling Rink, with $7386 raised in total from the adult and junior events. Thanks to organizers, including Robyn MacDonald, Mary MacDonald, and Darlene Larter. (L-R): Robyn MacDonald, … Continue reading
The Junior Women’s and Junior Men’s semi-finals go at 9 this morning, with the winners advancing to their respective finals at 1pm, as the 10th annual Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel wraps up at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community … Continue reading
None of the three PEI rinks entered have advanced to the 8:45 am quarter-final round at the Dave Jones Cashspiel at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax. On the women’s side, defending champion Jill Brothers, along with Colleen Pinkney, have earned … Continue reading
It was a result that skip Trevor Bonot didn’t plan for, but it was a result that, for all intents and purposes, put a Team Canada jacket on the 31-year-old skip from Thunder Bay. Team Northern Ontario celebrates its gold … Continue reading
The PEI Travelers Curling Club champions, the Dennis Watts team from the Charlottetown Curling Complex, and the Sharon Horne rink from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton are competing in the national Travelers Curling Club Championship, from November … Continue reading
The eighth renewal of the Travelers Curling Club Championship will feature 28 teams from across Canada chasing an elusive national title, beginning Monday at the Kelowna Curling Club. The week-long competition offers an elite national championship experience to Canada’s best … Continue reading
The Amateur Sport Awards are presented every year to recognize PEI’s finest athletes, officials, coaches, teams and administrators. The banquet currently takes place every February, and recognizes the achievements of the previous calendar year. Sport PEI welcomes nominations from sport … Continue reading
Here is an opportunity for coaches, to help with certification maintenance. Friday, December 2 there will be two sessions, Between the Lines with Randy Goodman. PD point will be recorded in the Locker for anyone who attends. Space will be … Continue reading
Montague Curling Club Curlers of all ages and skill levels are invited to join the fun at the 33rd annual Curl for Cancer in Montague this weekend. The event, a fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society, takes place on Nov. … Continue reading
Again this year, live results from the Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel, which starts Friday afternoon and wraps up on Sunday at the Silver Fox Community Complex in Summerside, will be available, using Curling Canada’s results system, on PEICurling.com. Results from the … Continue reading
Many of the top teams from eastern Canada, along with Switzerland’s Marc Pfister are competing in the Dave Jones curling cashspiel, which got underway this afternoon at Halifax’s Mayflower Curling Club. Twenty-four men’s teams, including defending Nova Scotia champion Jamie … Continue reading
Stick curling — a variation of curling that has players use a stick that attaches to the handle of the curling rock — continues to gain traction in P.E.I. “We are doing pretty good for the little old Island, we … Continue reading
The teams who will enter the Championship Pool are set as the final round robin games wrapped up at the 2017 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship on Wednesday night at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth, N.S. Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and … Continue reading
New Brunswick’s Charlie Sullivan cruised to a 9-3 win over Nova Scotia to stay close to the leaders at the 2017 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in Yarmouth, N.S., on Wednesday morning. New Brunswick skip Charlie Sullivan delivers his rock during … Continue reading
Sport PEI has teamed up with 11 Provincial Sport Organizations to facilitate and create a Multisport Pilot Project for 2016/2017. The program runs from October through June, for children in grade two. All sessions are being delivered by Provincial Sport … Continue reading
Undefeated Saskatchewan and Ontario were forced to steal their way out of trouble on Tuesday night at the 2017 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in Yarmouth, N.S., as British Columbia’s Wes Craig and Prince Edward Island’s Veronica Smith threatened to end … Continue reading
Anyone interested in entering a team to compete for the right to represent the UPEI Panthers at the 2017 Atlantic University Curling Championships is asked to contact Ron Annear by Friday, November 25. If there are more than one Male or Female team comes … Continue reading
The 4th annual Masters Plus Bonspiel gets underway Thursday morning at the Cornwall Curling Club. Masters Plus teams have three curlers age 60 and over, and one curler who is at least 55. Teams from around the Maritimes are taking … Continue reading
Draw 3 of the round robin wrapped up Monday evening at the 2017 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in Yarmouth, N.S., with Alberta, Quebec, British Columbia and Nova Scotia notching their first wins to stay in touch with the leaders. Nova … Continue reading
The following Curl PEI Documents have been updated, and may be found in the Documents section of PEICurling.com: Curl PEI Rules of Play Curl PEI Operations Manual, incorporating the Curl PEI Rules of Play Changes made to the Rules of … Continue reading
The 49th Annual Summerside Chrysler Dodge Opening Bonspiel, open to both members and non-members, will now take place Friday evening Nov. 25 and all day Saturday the 26th at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Centre in Summerside. Team … Continue reading
The Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex is looking for teams and individuals to sign up for the Switch it Up Funspiel, sponsored by Malpeque Bay Credit Union, on Fri. evening Dec. 9 and Sat. Dec. 10. Entry is $120/team, … Continue reading
HOGWILD SPIEL DEC. 9TH AND 10TH CURLING BONSPIEL 6 End games. Guaranteed 3 games, great prizes to be won. Open to either men’s, women’s or mixed teams. This is a 19 and over event. Hogged rock – pay a dollar … Continue reading
The Canadian Mixed Curling Championship got underway Sunday evening at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth NS. Here’s Team PEI, skipped by Veronica Smith, and Team NB, skipped by Charlie Sullivan, at the opening ceremonies. These two teams square off at … Continue reading
The Foxy Lady spends a night at the Disco, with the 19th Annual Foxy Lady Women’s Funspiel at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex, Friday evening January 27, 2017, and all day Saturday the 28th. This event fills … Continue reading
The PEI Pepsi Juniors Curling Championships, with male and female divisions for curlers under 21, take place at the Montague Curling Club from Dec. 27-31 2016, with entry deadline of Dec. 6, 2016, and entry fee of $170 per team … Continue reading
(by Millicent McKay) Thane Campbell, curling; Bill Purcell, hockey; Gerard Smith, the 1977 Islanders; and Ian “Tex” MacDonald, softball and football, were inducted into the P.E.I. Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday. Four new inductees took their place in … Continue reading
There was a great turn-out today for the two sessions of Curling 101 held at the Montague Curling Club. Curling 101 is a follow-up to the Egg Farmers’ Rocks & Rings, presented by Curling Canada, in-school curling program, where area curling … Continue reading
Twelve junior women’s, and ten junior men’s teams from all three Maritime Provinces are set to participate in the tenth annual “Fall Fling” cashspiel, sponsored by Quality Inn, at the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Community Complex in Summerside, from … Continue reading
The 54th edition of the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship gets underway Sunday at the Mariners Centre at Yarmouth, N.S. Canada’s top mixed curling teams open play in the 2017 Canadian Mixed Championship at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth, N.S. (Photo, … Continue reading
The 33rd Annual Curl for Cancer will be held at the Charlottetown Curling Complex on December 10th, 2016. Contact Lisa at (902) 316-0449 if you’d like to play or donate something to the auction or bake sale. 2016-curl-for-cancer-invitation Check out … Continue reading
The Canadian Mixed Curling Championships get underway on Sunday in Yarmouth NS. PEI is represented by the Cornwall Curling Club team of Veronica, Tyler, and Sabrina Smith, along with Dylan Lowery. Selected games (see schedule) from this event will be broadcast … Continue reading
SUMMERSIDE- On November 10th 2016 you will want to HURRY HARD into Credit Union Place to purchase your Early-Bird Road to the Roar Full Event Pass. Purchase the pass November 10th and select your seats before anyone else. Or purchase … Continue reading
Canada Winter Games-age teams (those with all members born after July 1, 2000) are busy preparing to qualify for the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer Alberta. There are two spiels coming up in the Fredericton New Brunswick area … Continue reading
This is a reminder that Curl PEI is looking to create a list of all teams currently training with the 2019 Canada Winter Games as a goal. There will be a number of opportunities for athletes and coaches coming up over … Continue reading
The O’Connor Glass “Quick Cashspiel” is set for December 17 and 18 at the Cornwall Curling Club. Teams play three games: Saturday at 5:30 and 8:00pm, and Sunday at 9:30am. Entry fee is $200 per team, with a payout of $100 … Continue reading
There was only one PEI team in both the Junior Boys and the Junior Girls divisions of the Thistle St. Andrews Canada Winter Games bonspiel in Saint John New Brunswick on the weekend, but they both came home with cash … Continue reading
PEI’s Robyn MacPhee foursome defeated the Ayami Ogasawara team from Sapporo Japan by a 6-2 score this afternoon to win the final of the 11th anniversary Royal LePage OVCA Women’s Fall Classic, a World Curling Tour event, in Kemptville Ontario. … Continue reading
PEI’s Robyn MacPhee rink is in the money this weekend at the $17,500 total purse Royal LePage OVCA Women’s Classic in Kemptville Ontario. The Island squad edged the Sherry Middaugh foursome from Ontario 8-7 in the quarter-finals, to advance to … Continue reading
The Cornwall Curling Club is getting ready to host its fourth annual Masters Plus Bonspiel on Thursday November 17th and Friday November 18th. A Masters Plus team has three players age 60 and over (“Masters”), and a fourth player age … Continue reading
The annual Island Petroleum Cashspiel, open to all male and female Senior, Junior, and Travelers teams in the Maritime Provinces, goes Friday, Saturday and Sunday Dec 2, 3, & 4, 2016 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex in Summerside. First … Continue reading
The Cornwall Curling Club hosts “The Ice Queens” Women’s Funspiel, Friday evening November 25 and all day Saturday, November 26. The event is pleased to welcome new sponsor Murphy’s Pharmacies. This spiel is open to female curlers from all clubs. … Continue reading
For Canada’s top curlers, the journey to the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea starts with the Road to the Roar Pre-Trials at Credit Union Place, Summerside, PEI from November 6-12 2017. Qualifiers from the Pre-Trials then advance to the … Continue reading
The Veronica Smith team will be among the instructors for the Rock Star Junior Curling Program at the Charlottetown Curling Complex. This program is open to kids age 6 and up, and welcomes both new and experienced curlers. Registration and … Continue reading
The Curl PEI Provincial Mixed Doubles Curling Championship takes place December 2-4, 2016 at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary. This two-person per team version of curling is now an Olympic sport, beginning with the 2018 Winter Olympics in … Continue reading
Besides the seven dedicated curling facilities on PEI, there is also curling on arena ice at the Eastern Kings Sportsplex in Souris, and the Belfast Recreation Centre. Souris Curling Club The “Souris Curling Club” got underway last evening at the … Continue reading
Due to circumstances beyond their control, the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary has to change their Fun Day from November 5th to Nov. 12th, from 1 -4 pm. Afterschool curling will still start on Nov. 10th, with Stick curling … Continue reading
The Truro Curling Club will be hosting the 2017 Subway Atlantic University Sport (AUS) Curling Championships from February 9-12, 2017. The entry deadline and eligibility forms will be due by January 9, 2017. The AUS entry fee for each team will be $200. 14 teams … Continue reading