(by Eric McCarthy)
ALBERTON – A jam on a Tyler MacKenzie hit-and-roll attempt on his final shot of the second end allowed the Jamie Newson rink to steal a single for a 2-0 lead en-route to a 7-4 victory in the championship final of the P.E.I. provincial mixed curling championship at the Western Community Curling Club on Monday afternoon.
Team Newson from the Charlottetown Curling Complex and the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club, from left, Jamie Newson, Melissa Morrow, Andrew MacDougall and Miranda Ellis, display their team crests and Provincial Mixed Curling Championship plaque. They defeated the Tyler MacKenzie rink from Charlottetown 7-4 in Monday afternoon’s championship final at the Western Community Curling Club. – Eric McCarthy
With the win, Newson and his Silver Fox (Summerside) and Charlottetown Curling Complex team of lead Miranda Ellis, second stone Andrew MacDougall and third stone Melissa Morrow can book their tickets to Winnipeg for the Canadian mixed championship from Nov. 5 to 10.
Monday afternoon’s win is Newson’s fifth provincial championship – three juniors and now two mixed. Morrow already has provincial and Canadian Travellers club championships on her resumé, and MacDougall is a provincial champion for a fourth time. This is Ellis’s first provincial title.
The Newson rink played in all three section finals of the nine-team modified triple-knockout championship tournament, but won only the C event.