(by Eric McCarthy)
O’LEARY – The defending champion Ted MacFadyen rink will meet the Bill Hope foursome Saturday morning in the “A” final of the 2017 P.E.I. Men’s Masters Curling Championship.
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Skip Bill Hope watches his throw on one ice as Ted MacFadyen prepares to release a stone next door. MacFadyen is hoping to defend his 2016 championship.
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MacFadyen and his Silver Fox rink opened play in the modified triple knock-out championship Friday morning with a 5-2 win over the Clair Sweet rink from the host Maple Leaf Curling Club and followed it up with an 8-4 win over Summerside club-mate Dale Cannon who had a first round bye in the seven-team event.
Hope’s Charlottetown/Cornwall rink kept pace with an 8-0 win over Dario Zannier, Crapaud/Silver Fox and a 7-2 victory over the Silver Fox’s Louis Walsh foursome.
Other games in Saturday’s 9:30 a.m. draw have Sweet (0-1) playing Walsh (1-1) and Cannon (0-1) facing Zannier (1-1). The other team in the competition is Cornwall’s Paul Arsenault rink who suffered Friday losses of 7-1 to Walsh and 8-5 to Zannier. The Arsenault rink has a morning bye.
There are also draws Saturday at 1:30 and 5:30 p.m. and Sunday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.