Newson/Ellis win PEI Mixed Dbls “C” qualifier and 1st Ch’ship game to force winner-take-all match at 4 pm vs Team White

It’s down to one sudden-death championship game, between two host club teams, at 4 pm in the 17-team PEI Mixed Doubles Championship at the Silver Fox Curling Club in Summerside. The Jamie Newson and Miranda Ellis duo hope to make it three games in a row today, after scoring a triple in the final end to beat the Robbie Doherty and Amanda Power twosome from Charlottetown 9-6 to capture the “C” final in the morning draw, and then stealing a single in an extra end to edge the “A” and “B” section winners, Jenny and Edward White,  by a 10-9 score, in the first Championship Round game.

Team White led that contest 5-1 after 3 ends, but Newson/Ellis pulled ahead in the see-saw battle — 7-5 after 6 ends, with a deuce, a stolen single, and a stolen 3-pointer. The Whites then regained the lead, by a 9-7 score, with a four-point seventh end. A tying Newson/Ellis deuce forced the extra.

Had the Whites won that game, they would have taken the title as they won two sections, but the event will now go to a winner-take-all match between the two Summerside teams, at 4 pm.

File photo: Ellis and Newson at last year’s championship

File photo: Edward (left) and Jenny White 

 

Live, end-by-end results are available at PEICurling.com/scoreboard

The winning duo will advance to the 2020 Canad Inns Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, March 17-22 at Stride Place in Portage La Prairie Manitoba.

Draw Tree

(Modified triple-knockout format with 2-game championship round, if necessary)

 

Schedule of Games

Date	Time	Draw	Ice 1	Ice 2	Ice 3	Ice 4	Ice 5	Ice 6
Thurs Feb. 6	6 pm	1		1	2	3	4
Fri Feb. 7	9:30 am	2	5	6	7	8	9	10
	12:45 pm	3	13	14	11	12	15
	4:00 pm	4		16	18	17	19
	7:15 pm	5	20	21	24	22	25	23
Sat Feb. 8	10 am	6		29	27	26	28
	1:15 pm	7	34	33	32	30	31
	4:30 pm	8		35	37	36	38
Sun Feb. 9	9:30 am	9		40	39	42	41
	12:45 pm	10		44	45	43
	4 pm	11		47			46
Mon Feb. 10	9:30 am	12			48
	12:45 pm	13				A
	4 pm	14			B

 

Explanation for Championship Round (Games A and B):

1. If one team wins all three qualifying games*: Championship Round is not required.

2. If one team wins two qualifying games*:
They play in both A and B (and win the event if they win either game).
The other section winner plays in A and has to win to advance to B.

3. If there are three separate winners: the team that played in the most qualifying games* advances to B, and the other winners play off in A.
If there is a tie in the number of qualifying games* played, then the team that qualified earliest goes to B and the other two teams play off in A.

*Qualifying games are in yellow on the schedule

Team Rosters

2018-19 site:
peicurling.com/mixeddoubles20182019