It’ll be a busy five days from January 18 to 22, at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex in Summerside, as the six-sheet facility will be hosting both the Tankard PEI men’s curling championship and the Scotties Tournament of Hearts PEI women’s championship, along with (on January 21 and 22) the Future Scotties/Tankard developmental event for curlers under age 21. Hosting all the events at one venue at one time is being done as a pilot project, and it is hoped it will increase interest in the Olympic sport of curling.

Admission is just $5 a draw (with up to six games on the ice at once), $8 for an entire day, or $20 for a full event pass. Admission is free for two draws – those featuring only the Future Scotties/Tankard teams, at 9 am on the 21st, and 1 pm on the 22nd. Opening ceremonies go at 5:45 pm on Wednesday the 18th, with the opening draw following at 6:30 pm.

Both the Scotties and the Tankard will play modified triple-knockout formats, where the winning team from each section also gets to compete in the other two sections. If a team wins all three sections, they will win the event without a championship round. If a team wins two sections, they will advance to a championship game against the winner of the other section and will take the championship if they win the game. If the other team wins, there will be a second championship game, with the winner of that game going to the nationals. If there are three separate section winners, the team that played in the most section finals will earn a bye to the second championship game where they will face the winner of a game between the other two finalists.

Scotties

Four teams – the Tammy Dewar-skipped foursome from the Montague Curling Rink, plus three Charlottetown Curling Complex teams, captained by Lisa Jackson, Robyn MacPhee, and Veronica Smith, are entered in the Scotties, with the winning rink advancing to the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts, February 18-26 at Meridian Centre, St. Catherines, Ont. 

Scotties Team Rosters

Scotties Draw

Seedings: four teams were seeded in the draw as a result of their cashspiel winnings this season: MacPhee #1, Smith #2, Jackson #3, Dewar #4

Scotties event website: peicurling.com/scotties20162017

Tankard

Eight teams – four from the Charlottetown Curling Complex (skips Phil Gorveatt, Eddie MacKenzie, Jamie Newson, and Dennis Watts), two from the host Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex (skipped by Blair Jay and Calvin Smith), a combined Charlottetown/Silver Fox rink skipped by Robert Campbell, and a Tyler Harris-skipped combined rink from Charlottetown and the  Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, are competing in the PEI Tankard, with the winning team advancing to the Tim Hortons Brier, March 4-12, 2017 at Mile One Centre in St. John’s, NL.

Tankard Rosters

Tankard Draw:

Tankard event website: peicurling.com/tankard20162017

Future Scotties/Tankard

The Future Scotties and Future Tankard, a developmental event designed to introduce young curlers to the Scotties and Tankard experience, will be a combined event this time, with the six junior women’s teams and the two junior men’s rinks all playing three games in a partial round-robin format. Six teams entered are from the Cornwall Curling Club, and are skipped by Alexis Burris, Lauren Ferguson, Clara Jack, Rachel MacLean, Bailey O’Grady, and Chase MacMillan, while the Katie Shaw rink is entered from the Charlottetown Curling Complex, and the Cruz Pineau foursome are representing the host Silver Fox curling facility.

 Future Scotties Team Rosters

Future Tankard Team Rosters

Future Scotties/Tankard Event website: peicurling.com/futures20162017

Combined Draw and Schedule

Here is the combined draw and schedule for the Scotties, Tankard, and Future Scotties/Tankard events:

Scotties (Women’s), Tankard (Men’s),
Future Scotties/Tankard Schedule

S=Scotties, T=Tankard, F=Future. Qualifier games have game # in yellow.

Explanation for MA/MB (Tankard) and WA/WB (Scotties) championship games:
(Qualifier games are in yellow text on the schedule)
Scenarios
1. If one team wins all three qualifiers: Championship Round is not required.
2. If one team wins two qualifiers. They play in both championship games (and win the event if they win either game), the other winner plays in the first championship game and must win it in order to advance to the second championship game (and has to win both games to win the event).
3. If there are three separate winners of the qualifiers: the team that played in the most qualifying games gets a bye to the second championship and the other winners play off in the first championship game. If there is a tie in number of qualifying games played, then the team that qualified earliest goes to the second game and the other two teams play off in the first.

Results

End by end results for all games will be instantly available using Curling Canada’s results system. Current games for Scotties, Tankard, and Future Scotties/Tankard will be displayed on the sidebar of PEICurling.com. 

The full scoreboard for all Curl PEI events is available at PEICurling.com/scoreboard. 

Direct link to full scoreboard for Scotties, Tankard, and Future Scotties/Tankard events: peicurling.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/2241