The FREE Intro to Curling Fun Day at the Cornwall Curling Club for ages 5-12 is now full. If you would like to be waitlisted for future sessions, please send your child’s name and date of birth to [email protected].
Note that prospective new curlers can also enroll in the Club’s regular Little Rocks (age 6-7) and Novice (age 8-12) instructional sessions, which begin on October 27. They offer refunds if your child does not like the sport after the first few weeks.
File photo: New Brunswick’s Rod Aubé rink in action against PEI`s John Holmes team at the 2014 Maritime Masters in Cornwall
Winnipeg’s MacKenzie Zacharias rink from the Altona Curling Club, with PEI’s Lauren Lenentine at lead stone, went undefeated to win the women’s event at the Larry Jones Junior Classic this past weekend at the St. Vital Curling Club in Winnipeg. This win earned the Zacharias team a berth in the provincials.
Team Zacharias at the Larry Jones Jr. Spiel, with PEI’s Lauren Lenentine on the right. Carol Jones (Jennifer’s mother) is in the middle
Meanwhile, PEI’s Tyler Smith rink picked up one win and three losses in round robin play at the U21+ Nautilus Slam at CFB Halifax, finishing 6th in the eight-team field. Team Smith then lost 7-5 to Team Ryan Hahn of the St Catharines Golf & Country Club in Ontario in the 3rd vs 6th place quarter-final. The Graeme Weagle team from Chester NS won the event, beating the Hahn foursome 8-2 in the final. The Justine Comeau team from Fredericton’s Capital Winter Club went undefeated to win the junior women’s event.
Full scoring: https://juniorslamseries.com/live-scores/
The Suzanne Birt team are in the money, making it to the Sunday semi-finals of the eleven team The Curling Store Cashspiel in Lower Sackville NS, where they lost a close 4-3 decision to Jill Brothers and her Halifax rink, which includes PEI’s Erin Carmody at third stone, after Brothers stole the final end. Birt went undefeated at 4-0 in the round robin.
Photo credit – Curling Photos. L-R: Michelle McQuaid, Suzanne Birt, Meaghan Hughes. Marie Christianson is not in the photo.
Mary-Anne Arsenault and her Dartmouth Curling Club team stole the last three ends to break open a tie game with Brothers in the final, winning 6-3. Arsenault and her team of 3rd Christina Black, second stone Jenn Baxter, and lead Emma Logan went undefeated in the event with a 6-0 record.
PEI’s Melissa Morrow went 1-3 in the event, picking up a 6-4 win over Mary Myketyn-Driscoll of Halifax.
Stuart Thompson of Dartmouth beat Kendal Thompson of Halifax 6-2 to win the men’s event for the third year in a row.
The Prince Edward Island Curling Hall of Fame is proud to offer four bursaries annually to female and male junior curlers pursuing their post-secondary education.
Bursaries
Bursaries for the 2019/20 academic year will be offered as follows:
Eligibility
To apply for a bursary, an applicant must:
Criteria and Conditions
How to Apply
Please complete and submit the application form (below) and supporting documents to [email protected]
Applications may also be mailed to:
Jerry Muzika, Chair
Prince Edward Island Curling Hall of Fame
46 Eagles Path Lane,
York PE C0A 1P0
Application deadline: midnight (Atlantic Time) on September 30, 2019. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. Successful applicants will be notified no later than November 30, 2019.
Bursary Application Form in Microsoft Word format
Bursary Application Form in Adobe PDF format
PEI’s Suzanne Birt and Melissa Morrow teams are curling in the eleven-team The Curling Store Cashspiel at the Lakeshore Curling Club in Lower Sackville NS this weekend. PEI’s Erin Carmody is also on the event as third on the Jill Brothers rink. In the corresponding men’s event, no Island teams are entered, although Islander Neil Gallant is skipping a Dartmouth rink.
Team Morrow (L-R): Miranda Ellis, Lindsay Spencer, Darcee Birch, Melissa Morrow
Live results at: https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=5858&eventtypeid=82&view=Scores#1
The Tyler Smith team, which includes Smith, third stone Ryan Abraham, lead Ryan Lowery, and skip Robbie Doherty from last year’s PEI Junior Men’s Championship rink out of the Charlottetown Curling Complex, along with Jake Flemming at second stone, are competing in the U21+ Nautilus Slam event at the CFB Halifax Curling Club this weekend. New Brunswick’s Team Nowlan, coached by PEI’s Daryell Nowlan, is also in the event.
Tyler Smith
Winnipeg’s Team Zacharias, which includes PEI’s Lauren Lenentine, is in the Larry Jones Classic at the St. Vital Curling Club in Winnipeg.
Lauren Lenentine
Schedule and live results from both events at: https://juniorslamseries.com/live-scores/
When Jason Gunnlaugson won the Mother Club Fall Curling Classic on the weekend, it wasn’t the first time for most of the Winnipeg squad. Three of the four team members had accomplished the feat already in 2017, when they defeated Pat Simmons – who was also playing with a Winnipeg-based foursome at the time.
Jason Gunnlaugson and his team from Winnipeg strung together seven consecutive victories to win the Mother Club Fall Curling Class at the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg. (Photo, Curling Canada/Michael Burns)
For one of his team members, the 5-4 win over Tanner Horgan (now also playing out of Winnipeg Beach, Man.) was a first. Denni Neufeld, filling in for Adam Casey during the week, supported the team’s perfect seven-win record over the weekend.
The team also knocked off Manitoban junior team Ryan Wiebe and Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen, who returned to the ice for the first time this season after knee surgery during the off-season.
Gunnlaugson, along with vice-skip Alex Forrest and lead Connor Njegovan took home $2,500 and 33.514 points on the two ranking systems – the WCT and the Canadian Team Ranking System.
Horgan and his teammates Colton Lott, Kyle Doering, and Tanner Lott, took home $1,800 and 24.577 points for the runner-up finish.
On the women’s side, Edmonton’s Laura Walker marched through the event undefeated with Kate Cameron, Taylor McDonald, and Nadine Scotland. They defeated Winnipeg’s Jill Cannon 4-1 in the final to take home $2,000 and 26.381 points. Cannon earned $1,300 and 19.346 points.
At the KW Granite Club in Waterloo, Ont., two international teams edged Canadians in the final to take home the top prizes at the KW Fall Classic. Megan Balsdon, playing out of Woodstock, Ont., fell to South Korea’s Un-Chi Gim 5-4 in an extra-end final.
The Korean’s earned $3,000 and 37.672 points, while Balsdon (with Lynn Kreviazuk, Rachelle Strybosch, and Tess Bobbie) took home $2,000 and 27.626 CTRS points.
On the men’s side, it was a Japanese team that won another tight final, with Yusuke Morozumi defeating Wayne Tuck Jr. (Brantford, Ont.). Morozumi took two in the eighth end to come from behind for a 7-6 win, earning a $2,000 paycheque. Tuck (with Kevin Flewwelling, Chad Allen and Sean Harrison) settled for $1,400.
COMING UP…
Many of the top women’s teams in the world will descend on Saskatoon this weekend for the Colonial Square Ladies Classic. With a field of 24 teams, and a purse of $40,000, it’s one of the biggest events in the early season. Past winners include Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg), Eve Muirhead (Scotland), Bingyu Wang (China), and Saskatoon’s Stefanie Lawton… four times.
In Lower Sackville, N.S., the Curling Store Cashspiel will take place featuring eight men’s and eight women’s teams competing for more than $10,000.
For scores and standings, please keep an eye on curlingzone.com.
A U18/U15 Winter Spiel will be held at Curl Moncton January 31 to February 2, 2020. Entry fee is $160 per team.
They will have divisions by age and gender and each team will play a minimum of four games. The first draw will be 6 pm on Friday so that most teams can travel without missing school.
Please register early using the registration form.
David Pugsley [email protected]
Registration Deadline : January 10, 2020
Please contact the organizer, David Pugsley, if you have any questions:
David Pugsley
(506) 866-5693
Registration form: Winter Spiel Registration Form
The 2019 Annual General Meeting of Curl PEI will be at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at the Silver Fox Entertainment Complex in Summerside.
Each Member Club is entitled to identify one delegate to vote at this meeting. Please let Executive Director Amy Duncan at [email protected] know by October 8, 2019 who will be representing your Club.
PEI curler and entertainer Robbie Doherty is one of the athletes featured in the 2020 Men of Curling Calendar, with net proceeds going to multiple charities.
Fifteen curling athletes from four nations have designed and created their own images to represent strength of body, mind and character while rallying support for the causes most near and dear to their hearts. Each athlete has chosen his own charity or cause to receive fundraising dollars and your purchase will help them reach their goals.
Robbie Doherty. Photo credit: Eric McCarthy, the Journal Pioneer
Robbie will be raising money for the Canadian Mental Health Association, PEI Division.
Other athletes include Tyler Tardi, former For the Love of Curling scholar, three-time national junior and two-time world junior men’s champion, along with fellow Canadians John Epping, Geoff Walker, Craig Savill, Brad Thiessen, Kirk Muyres, Connor Njegovan, and Team Bottcher, as well as Korey Dropkin of the United States, Scotland’s Bruce Mouat and Japan’s Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi.
The calendar also features colour-coded event listings mapping the full 2019-20 season of curling championships, tour events, development camps and other notable occasions. This makes the product a true curling calendar.
You can pre-order your calendar now, with shipping in mid-October, for an All-inclusive price of $34.95, which includes First Class Canada Post shipping and handling, taxes, and fees inside Canada. Net proceeds go to the charitable causes chosen by the athletes.
The 2019-2020 curling season is underway, with the AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Curling Classic happening Sept. 10-15 in Cornwall Ontario. PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink finished play with a 2-2 win-loss record, with wins over Toronto’s Kaitlyn Jones rink, and Cornwall ON’s Jennifer Harvey foursome, and losses to Japan’s Sayaka Yoshimura and Manitoba’s Tracy Fleury. Birt made it to the quarter-finals in her season-opening event, the Oakville Tankard, the previous weekend.
The women’s event was won by Jennifer Jones, with a 6-4 win over another Manitoba team, skipped by Tracy Fleury, in the final, while John Epping and his Toronto team, who are defending champs, got by Brad Jacobs and his Northern Ontario rink 5-3 in the men’s final. The Brad Gushue rink, which includes PEI’s Brett Gallant at second stone, lost 7-4 to Epping in the quarter-final round.
PEI’s Adam Casey is playing second on the Jason Gunnlaugson rink out of Winnipeg this year. The team finished out of playoff contention with one win vs four losses.
Live Scores are available at: https://curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Scores&eventid=5851
(L-R): Meaghan Hughes, Suzanne Birt with Isabel, Marie Christianson, Michelle McQuaid
We invite you to put your name forward as a candidate for the Executive of Curl PEI.
We would ask you to review the below information to see if you would be interested in putting your name forward as a candidate to serve as a member of the Curl PEI Executive in this year or in a future year.
Curl PEI
The Association
Curl PEI is responsible for overseeing the game of curling in Prince Edward Island. It is the official regulating and operating body of curling throughout the province of PEI. Our objective is to foster, encourage, promote and administer the development and growth of curling in the province in cooperation with our network of affiliates. We have seven affiliate clubs that we assist in addition to our competitive teams that represent us throughout Canada and the World.
Curl PEI employs an Executive Director, who is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the organization, under the direction of the Executive.
Activities and Program Highlights
The Association oversees and/or coordinates a variety of activities and programs including:
Financial
Curl PEI is a not-for-profit association operating out of the Royalty Centre in Charlottetown. Funding sources include the Provincial Government, sport grants, sponsor funding, association dues and competitor fees. Curl PEI operates very efficiently on a tight budget and currently has investments in addition to the annual operating budget. The association carries Directors and Officers insurance.
Executive Profile
Executive Composition and Duties
The Executive are volunteer positions and officers are elected to the Executive for 1-year terms. Currently, the Association is comprised of President, First Vice President, Second Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Past President.
President: The President calls Executive meetings, presides at all Executive and Association meetings, is responsible for the direction of the Executive and is the main spokesperson for the Association.
First Vice President: The First Vice-President attends all general, special, and executive meetings, and in the absence of the President, act as Chair and assume the duties and powers of the President.
Second Vice President: Second Vice President: As noted above and in the absence of the President and First Vice President, acts as Chair and assumes the duties and powers of the President.
Secretary: The Secretary attends all general, special, and executive meetings; prepares and preserves the minutes and records of all meetings; prepares and sends notices of meetings; keeps and preserves correspondence, contracts and other important records; and files annual returns, changes in the Executive, amendments to the By-laws and other incorporating documents with the Corporate Registry.
Treasurer: The Treasurer attends all general, special, and executive meetings; keeps the financial statements and supervises spending monies, including signing cheques; works with the auditors on the audit of the financial statements; and presents the financial reports to the Executive and the AGM; and presides at all meetings in the absence of the President and Vice Presidents.
Past President: The Past President attends all general, special, and board meetings; and may carry out other duties/projects as requested by the Executive.
Curl PEI seeks nominees for Executive positions representing each age group, gender and region of the province. Our objective is to have Executive continuity and a leadership path through re-offering over multiple years.
Powers of the Executive
The Executive conducts and oversees all business on behalf of the Association. This includes policies, procedures, and rules for managing the affairs of the Association, disciplinary issues, dispute resolution as well as interpretation of any By-law that governs the Association. The Executive may establish committees, appoint members of committees and delegate any of its powers, duties, and functions to any committee.
The Process
Candidates stand for nomination at the Annual General Meeting; generally held in mid-October.
The Nomination Committee will bring forward a slate of candidates for election to the Executive positions. In addition, other persons may be nominated from the floor. Voting occurs at the AGM and the results are effective immediately.
Executive and Board Meeting Schedule
The Executive meets approximately once every two months, and as business may require. In addition, the Executive calls a meeting with club member representatives approximately once every three months (1 AGM and 3 meetings). Special initiatives or committees, as established by the Executive, may require additional participation. Meetings may be conducted in person or by teleconference.
Next Steps
If you love curling and want to influence the success and survival of the sport in PEI, then take the next step and put your name forward! Please respond by Thursday, October 3rd.
Direct Contact
Curl PEI: 40 Enman Crescent, Charlottetown, PE C1E 1E6
Email: [email protected]
Call: 902 368 4208
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(by Jonathan Brazeau) The Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling is going to Pictou County, N.S., for the 2019-20 season.
Pictou County Wellness Centre will host the Tour Challenge, the second of six events in the series, running Nov. 5-10.
Full-event and weekend passes plus individual draw tickets are now available for purchase at the Pictou County Wellness Centre box office and online at Ticketpro.ca.
The Tour Challenge is the largest event in the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling featuring 60 of the top men’s and women’s teams from around the world split into two tiers. Tier 1 features 15 of the top men’s teams and 15 of the top women’s teams from around the world. Tier 2 spotlights 15 men’s teams and 15 women’s teams looking to move up the rankings including a handful of local Atlantic Canada clubs.
Winners of the Tier 1 division also receive berths to the season-ending Humpty’s Champions Cup. Team Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and Ottawa’s Team Rachel Homan are the reigning Tier 1 champions.
Winners of the Tier 2 division earn promotions to a future top-tier Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling event to be determined. Saskatoon’s Team Kirk Muyres and Team Elena Stern of Switzerland are the reigning Tier 2 champions.
Tier 1 teams also compete for points towards the Pinty’s Cup, which is awarded to the overall season champions.
Cornwall Curling Club teams skipped by Lauren Ferguson and by Katie Shaw competed at Curl Moncton this weekend in the U21+ Aquarius Slam event. The Ferguson rink finished round-robin play with a 1-3 win-loss record and lost to Fredericton’s Justine Comeau foursome (3-1) in the 3rd vs 6th place quarter-final, while Shaw lost to the eventual champions, Équipe Lavoie from the Victoria/Jacques and Cartier/Etchemin clubs from Quebec in the 1st vs 8th place quarter-final game. The Lavoie team went undefeated in the event.
In the Junior Men’s section, the Chase Sinnett team from the Broomstones Curling Club in Massachusetts went undefeated, coming from behind in the final with an 8-6 win over the Graeme Weagle rink from Chester NS. Curl Moncton’s Josh Nowlan squad, coached by Summerside native Daryell Nowlan, lost 5-3 to Sinnett in the semi-finals.
Live results at https://juniorslamseries.com/live-scores/?fbclid=IwAR3KP2jqJBwvBhkrKVbuXvkIujxSAHAxEbmH-KffsMSEUx0S_cBSqPq6pcY
(L-R) Lauren Ferguson, Sydney Howatt,
Kristie Rogers, Rachel O’Connor. Coach Pat Quilty not in photo.
(L-R) Katie Shaw, Alexis Burris, Meghan Sherren (missing from photo), Lexie Murray, coach David Murphy (missing from photo)
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Individual Draw Tickets are now on sale for the Grand Slam of Curling Tour Challenge, Nov. 5-10 in Pictou County NS. They may be purchased at the Pictou County Wellness Centre Box Office, or by clicking the link below: https://secure.ticketpro.ca/… … Continue reading
Celebrating its 30th anniversary, Rawlins Cross is approaching legendary status as one of Canada’s most accomplished and beloved Celtic music groups. With the upcoming release of its 10th studio recording, “Flying Colours”, Rawlins Cross, with lead singer Joey Kitson of … Continue reading
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Join Turning Point Curling at the Halifax Curling Club to get an early start on the season! Space is available in their September Novice, Intermediate, Competitive and Junior camps and clinics. Details and registration at TurningPointCurling.com … Continue reading