Silver Fox women, Charlottetown men heading to national Curling Club Ch’ship (Journal)

Posted on by February 27, 2019

O’LEARY — The Silver Fox women and the Charlottetown men will represent P.E.I. at the national curling club championships.

Bill Smith, representing the P.EI Curling Association and Amy MacMillan, right, president of the Maple Leaf Curling Club, congratulates the P.E.I. Provincial Women’s Curling Club champions from the Silver Fox, from second left, Melissa Morrow, Darcee Birch, Lindsey Spencer and Miranda Ellis. They will represent P.E.I. at the nationals on a date and location yet to be determined.
Bill Smith, representing the P.EI Curling Association and Amy MacMillan, right, president of the Maple Leaf Curling Club, congratulate the P.E.I. Provincial Women’s Curling Club champions from the Silver Fox, from second left, Melissa Morrow, Darcee Birch, Lindsey Spencer and Miranda Ellis. They will represent P.E.I. at the nationals on a date and location yet to be determined. – Eric McCarthy

Melissa Morrow and her Silver Fox rink of Miranda Ellis, lead; Lindsey Spencer, second and Darcee Birch, mate, avenged their only round robin loss with a 7-0 win over the host Bobbi-Jean Boylan rink from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in the women’s championship final Monday afternoon. Both teams had completed round robin play Sunday with 4-1 records, but Boylan was awarded first place, and a bye to the finals, because of their round robin win against Morrow Sunday morning.

Morrow punched her ticket to the final with a 9-5 semi-final win over Montague’s Tammy Dewar rink Monday morning, capitalizing on a five-point sixth end.

Dennis Watts and his Charlottetown Curling Complex team of Erik Brodersen, Andrew MacDougall and Doug MacGregor are heading to the nationals for the second time in four years following their 7-4 win over the Tim Hockin rink from the Silver Fox. Watts, who scored three in the seventh to break open a 4-4 game, felt his wide in-off for a deuce in the fifth was the turning point in the close game. It came right after Hockin made a brilliant double to roll under cover to sit one.

The Dennis Watts rink from the Charlottetown Curling Club, is congratulated on winning the P.EI. Provincial Men’s Curling Club championship by Bill Smith, left, of the P.E.I. Curling Association and Maple Leaf Curling Club president Amy MacMillan. Team members are, from second left, Dennis Watts, Erik Brodersen, Andrew MacDougall and Doug MacGregor, It’s their second title in four years.
The Dennis Watts rink from the Charlottetown Curling Club, is congratulated on winning the P.EI. Provincial Men’s Curling Club championship by Bill Smith, left, of the P.E.I. Curling Association and Maple Leaf Curling Club president Amy MacMillan. Team members are, from second left, Dennis Watts, Erik Brodersen, Andrew MacDougall and Doug MacGregor, It’s their second title in four years.

“It really sparked our team there.”

Despite losing the final, skip Boylan was pleased with how her team performed. It was the first time in the event’s 11-year history that Maple Leaf entered a women’s team. 

Click for the full story in the Journal Pioneer.

Comments are closed.