The Sandy Hope team beat their Cornwall clubmates the Shirley Berry team by an 8-3 score on Monday morning to win the PEI Masters Women’s best of five championship 3 games to 1. Just like last year’s event, Hope won the first two games, with Berry taking the third and Hope winning game four.
Winning team photo (L-R): Debbie Rhodenhizer, Sandy Hope, Shelley Ebbett, Arleen Harris
The teams were tied 2-all after three ends in today’s game, with Hope stealing a single in the fourth and a double in the fifth end to take a 5-2 lead. Berry was kept to a single in the sixth, with a Hope triple in the seventh putting the game out of reach for the Berry foursome. Playing with the winning Hope team were third Shelley Ebbett, second Debbie Rhodenhizer, and lead Arleen Harris, while 3rd Linda Fairhurst, second Gloria Turner, and lead Marjorie Matthews round out the Shirley Berry team.
Finalist team photo (L-R): Marjorie Matthews, Gloria Turner, Linda Fairhurst, Shirley Berry
Both the winning Sandy Hope rink and the finalist Shirley Berry team earn the right to compete in the Maritime Masters, at the Riverside Country Club March 15-17, in Rothesay NB, while the Hope rink, or the Berry team if they are unable to attend, also earn the right to compete in the 2019 College Clean Restoration Canadian Masters Curling Championships, April 1-7 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon SK.
The finalist team in thie men’s event is the Clair Sweet team from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, who played in both the A and B finals. The other team members are Bob Matheson, Muncey Harris, and Wayne Arsenault.
Winning team photo (L-R): Craig Mackie, Vice President of Curl PEI, Vivien Sherren, President, Crapaud Community Curling Club, Lou Nowlan, David MacFadyen, Earle Proude, Alan Montgomery.
Finalist team photo not available.
Both the winning Nowlan rink and the finalist Clair Sweet team earn the right to compete in the Maritime Masters, at the Riverside Country Club March 15-17, in Rothesay NB, while the Nowlan rink, or the Sweet team if they are unable to attend, also earn the right to compete in the 2019 College Clean Restoration Canadian Masters Curling Championships, April 1-7 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon SK.