PEI Stick Curling Ch’ships start Tuesday in Montague

The 2019 Provincial 2-person Stick Curling Championships, sponsored by Ferguson-Logan Montague Funeral Home, with Open (any combination of men and/or women) and Women’s divisions, takes place February 5-7 at the Montague Curling Rink The top four Open division teams and top two women’s division duos from this event advance to the Maritime Stick Curling Championships, at the Cornwall Curling Club, from March 15-17, while the winners of the both divisions also earn the right to participate in the 2019 Canadian Open Stick Curling Championships, also at the Cornwall Curling Club, from March 31 to April 3rd, 2019.

The defending PEI champions – the Barry Craswell and Sterling Stratton duo from the Cornwall Curling Club in the Open division, and the Elaine Hughes and Etta Reid team, also from the Cornwall Curling Club, are back looking to defend their titles and hope to advance to the Maritime and National championships at their home club.

The 14 Open Division teams are divided into two pools, each playing a round robin, with the top three teams from each pool advancing to the playoff round. The four Women’s Division teams will play a double round robin, with the second and third place teams advancing to a semi-final, with the winner facing the first place team in the final.

Live results: https://peicurling.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/4284

Event website: https://peicurling.com/stick20182019/

Draw and Schedule

Round Robin		Round Robin		Double Round Robin
Open Pool A (Round Robin)		Open Pool B (Round Robin)		Women Pool C (Double Round Robin)
A	Gill/ Campbell	1	MacLean/ Field	W1	Callaghan/ Barwise
B	Callaghan/ Vincent	2	Stratton/ Craswell	W2	Stavert/ Clarke
C	MacPherson/ Glydon	3	Stewart/ MacDonald	W3	Reid/ Hughes
D	Dunsford/ Clarey	4	Higginbotham	W4	Craswell/ Sanderson
E	O’Rourke/  MacDonald	5	Hogan/ Hackett	Open Division Playoff Round is in Green
F	Fisher/ Arsenault	6	Gavin/ Bernard
G	Harding/ MacDonald	7	Kerwin/ Power

Date	Time	Draw #	Ice 1	Ice 2	Ice 3	Ice 4
Tue. FEB. 5	10 AM	1	Maclean/Field-Stratton/Craswell	Stewart/MacDonald-Higginbotham	Hogan/Hackett-Gavin/Bernard	Callaghan/Barwise-Stavert/Clarke
	11:15 AM	2	Gill/Campbell-Callaghan/Vincent	MacPherson/Glydon-Dunsford/Clarey	O’Rourke/MacDonald-Fisher/Arsenault	Reid/Hughes-Craswell/Sanderson
	12:30 PM	3	Stavert/Clarke-Craswell/Sanderson	Stratton/Craswell-Hogan/Hackett	MacLean/Field-Stewart/MacDonald	Higginbotham-Kerwin/Power
	2 PM	4	Callaghan/Barwise-Reid/Hughes	Callaghan/Vincent-O’Rourke/MacDonald	Gill/Campbell-MacPherson/Glydon	Dunsford/Clarey-Harding/MacDonald
	3:15 PM	5	Stewart/MacDonald-Gavin/Bernard	Maclean/Field-Higginbotham	Callaghan/Barwise-Craswell/Sanderson	Stratton/Craswell-Kerwin/Power
	4:30 PM	6	MacPherson/Glydon-Fisher/Arsenault	Gill/Campbell-Dunsford/Clarey	Stavert/Clarke-Reid/Hughes	Callaghan/Vincent-Harding/MacDonald
Wed. FEB. 6	10 AM	7	Callaghan/Barwise-Stavert/Clarke	Hogan/Hackett-Kerwin/Power	Maclean/Field-Gavin/Bernard	Stratton/Craswell-Stewart/MacDonald
	11:15 AM	8	Reid/Hughes-Craswell/Sanderson	O’Rourke/MacDonald-Harding/MacDonald	Gill/Campbell-Fisher/Arsenault	Callaghan/Vincent-MacPherson/Glydon
	12:30 PM	9	Maclean/Field-Kerwin/Power	Stratton/Craswell-Gavin/Bernard	Callaghan/Barwise-Reid/Hughes	Higginbotham-Hogan/Hackett
	2 PM	10	Gill/Campbell-Harding/MacDonald	Callaghan/Vincent-Fisher/Arsenault	Stavert/Clarke-Craswell/Sanderson	Dunsford/Clarey-O’Rourke/MacDoanld
	3:15 PM	11	Higginbotham-Gavin/Bernard	Maclean/Field-Hogan/Hackett	Stewart/MacDonald-Kerwin/Power	Stavert/Clarke-Reid/Hughes
	4:30 PM	12	Dunsford/Clarey-Fisher/Arsenault	Gill/Campbell-O’Rourke/MacDonald	MacPherson/Glydon-Harding/MacDonald	Callaghan/Barwise-Craswell/Sanderson
Thu. FEB. 7	9:30AM	13	Stewart/MacDonald-Hogan/Hackett	Gavin/Bernard-Kerwin/Power		Stratton/Craswell-Higginbotham
	10:45 AM	14	MacPherson/Glydon-O’Rourke/MacDonald	Fisher/Arsenault-Harding/MacDonald		Callaghan/Vincent-Dunsford/Clarey
	12:30 PM	15		Q1 (O)	Q2 (O)
	2 PM	16	SEMI (O) 2	SEMI W	SEMI (O) 1
	3:45 PM	17		FINAL (O)	FINAL W

Open (any combination of men/women) Pools will play a single round robin and the Women’s Pool will play a double round robin

Open Division Playoff Round:
Q1(O) – 2 Place pool A vs 3rd place pool B
Q2(O) – 3rd place pool A vs 2nd place pool B
SEMI (O) 1 – winner of Q1(O) vs 1st place pool B
SEMI (O) 2 – winner Q2(O) vs 1st place pool A
Final (O) – winner SEMI (O) 1 vs winner of SEMI (O) 2

Women’s Division Playoff Round:
SEMI (W) – 2nd place vs 3rd place
FINAL (W) winner SEMI (W) vs 1st place

TIES
Games – Teams play an extra end with 3 rocks each

Playoffs – 1st by wins and losses by team, 2nd by head to head results, 3rd by points – 3 Pts for a win, 0 pts for a loss, 1 Point per end, ½ pt for a blank end, 3 pts (MAX.) difference of score