The Provincial Masters Curling Championships, with men’s and women’s divisions for curlers age 60 and over, take place at the Charlottetown Curling Complex from January 26-29, 2018. Defending men’s champs are the Ted MacFadyen rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex, while the Sandy Hope team from the Cornwall Curling Club are the defending women’s champions. Both teams are back this year. The four men’s teams entered will play a modified triple knockout competition, while the 2 women’s teams, both from the Cornwall Curling Club, will play in a best of five competition.
Event website: peicurling.com/masters20172018
Winners and runners-up earn the right to advance to the Maritime Masters Curling Championships, at the Bluenose Curling Club in New Glasgow Nova Scotia, March 16-18 2018. The winning Men’s and Women’s team, or the runners-up should they choose not to attend, also earn the right to compete in the 2018 Canadian Masters Curling Championships in BC, April 1-8 at Surrey’s Cloverdale Curling Club and White Rock’s Peace Arch Curling Club.
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Draw
(Not updated during event – refer to online scoring for draw progression)
Schedule
Women’s games in violet, men’s in green, men’s qualifiers in yellow
| Date | Time | Draw | Ice 1 | Ice 2 | Ice 3 | Ice 4 | Ice 5 | Explanation for MA/MB: | |||||||
| Fri 26-Jan | 10 AM | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1. One team wins all three qualifiers: Championship Round is not required. | ||||||||||
| 2 PM | 2 | 3 | 2. One team wins two qualifiers. They play in both X and Z (and win the event if they win either game), the other winner plays in Y (and has to win both games). | ||||||||||||
| Sat 27-Jan | 10 AM | 3 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 2 PM | 4 | 6 | W1 | ||||||||||||
| Sun 28-Jan | 10 AM | 5 | 7 | W2 | 8 | 3. Three separate winners: the team that played in the most qualifying games* plays in Z and the other winners play off in X and Y. If there is a tie in number of qualifying games played, then the team that qualified earliest goes to Z and the other two teams play off in X and Y. | |||||||||
| 2 PM | 6 | 9 | W3 | ||||||||||||
| Mon 29-Jan | 10 AM | 7 | W4* | MA | |||||||||||
| 2 PM | 8 | MB | W5* | *Qualifying games are in yellow on the schedule | |||||||||||
Teams – Click for rosters
| Team | Affiliation | Location |
|---|---|---|
| M – Bill Hope | Cornwall Curling Club | Cornwall, PE |
| M – Clair Sweet | Maple Leaf Curling Club | O’Leary, PE |
| M – Paul Arsenault | Cornwall Curling Club | Cornwall, PE |
| M – Ted MacFadyen | Silver Fox Curling & Yacht | Summerside, PE |
| W – Sandy Hope | Cornwall Curling Club | Cornwall, PE |
| W – Shirley Berry | Cornwall Curling Club | Cornwall, PE |