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 prizes in the round robin event, open to teams of eligibility age for the 2019 Canada Winter Games, and held in conjunction with an under age 21 event.
The Mitchell Schut team from the Cornwall Curling Club finished with a 3-1 win-loss record, after losing their final game 10-9 against the Alex Peasley of Fredericton NB on the last rock, and were awarded second place when draw to the button records were used to break a tie between Schut, Peasley, and Dylan MacDonald of Oromocto in the 5 team junior boy’s division. Schut beat MacDonald 5-1 in their round robin encounter. Other members of Team Schut are 3rd Colin MacKenzie, second Michael MacEwen, and lead Liam Kelly, with coach Nancy Yeo.
Photo (L-R): Liam Kelly, Michael MacEwen. Colin MacKenzie, Mitchell Schut, organizer Felipe Marin. Missing from photo: Nancy Yeo (coach)
The Alexis Burris rink, also from Cornwall, finished with an 8-5 extra-end win over the Vanessa Roy team from Moncton in the bronze medal game to capture third place, with a 2-2 round robin record in the 9 team junior girl’s division. The Samantha Berube rink from Woodstock NB edged the Kamryn Smith team from Florenceville NB 6-5 in the gold medal game. Both teams were 4-0 in round robin play Rounding out the PEI team are third Sydney Howatt, second stone Meghan Sherren, and lead Madelyn Cantwell, with coach A.J. Campbell.
Photo (L-R): A.J. Campbell (coach), Meghan Sherren, Sydney Howatt, Alexis Burris, Madelyn Cantwell
A number of PEI Canada Games age teams will also be competing in the 2nd Annual Curl Moncton Youth Spiel and Canada Games Mini Development Camp from December 9-11 in Moncton. The Schut rink and the Callie Wood foursome, skipped by Olivia Barbour, won their divisions in that event last year.