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 |