Monthly Archives: January 2023

Tyler Smith Rink is the PEI Tankard Champions

Posted on by January 30, 2023

The Tyler Smith rink from the Crapaud Community Curling Club beat Summerside’s, Darren Higgins foursome by a 9-5 score Sunday morning to win the PEI Tankard Curling Championship held at the Crapaud Club in conjunction with the PEI Scotties.  The Scotties was won by the Suzanne Birt rink on Saturday.

2023 PEI Tankard Champions (L-R) Tyler Smith, Adam Cocks, Alex MacFadyen, Edward White

The Tyler Smith team includes Adam Cocks at third, Alex MacFadyen at second and lead Edward White.

Smith won two of the three modified triple knockout sections in the event, while Higgins won one, meaning Smith could win the championship by winning either of the two possible final games.

2023 PEI Tankard Finalists (L-R) Darren Higgins, Tim Hockin, Mike Spencer, Alex MacFadyen

The Darren Higgins rink is rounded out with Tim Hockin, Mike Spencer and Alex MacFadyen.

The Smith team will advance to the Tim Horton’s Brier, March 3-12, 2023 at the Budweiser Gardens in London, ON.

Pictures from the events can be found online at Mike Schut Photography.

Results are available at https://peicurling.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/8056

2023 PEI Scotties & Tankard Photo Gallery

Posted on by February 2, 2023

We were excited to have Eliza Blacquiere of Elizabeth Design & Photography taking pictures at this year’s PEI Scotties and Tankard, and even more excited that she has shared her pictures with us…

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Suzanne Birt wins the 2023 PEI Scotties

Posted on by January 29, 2023

The Suzanne Birt rink, from the Cornwall Curling Club, controlled the C section final of the PEI Scotties against the Darlene London team from the Montague Curling Club in front of a crowd on Saturday evening at the Crapaud Community Curling Club.  Team Birt won the A and B events on Thursday and Friday respectively, under the rules a championship round is not required when a team wins all three sections of the modified triple-knockout draw.

PEI 2023 Scotties Champions (L-R) Suzanne Birt, Marie Christianson, Michelle Shea, Meaghan Hughes, Sinead Dolan

Birt is backed up by Marie Christianson (calls the game, throws third), Michelle Shea (second), Meaghan Hughes (lead), Sinead Dolan (alternate) and coached by Danny Christianson.

2023 PEI Scotties Finalists (L-R) Melissa Morrow, Darcee Birch, Lindsey Cameron, Miranda Ellis

Finalists in this event is the Melissa Morrow rink from the Summerside Curling Club.  While team Morrow was not playing in the C section final, they played in the A and B section finals, making them this year’s Finalists.  Other members of the Melissa Morrow team include Darcee Birch, Lindsey Cameron, Miranda Ellis and coach, Jamie Newson.

The Birt foursome will now advance to the 2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, February 17-26 at the Sandman Centre in Kamloops, BC.

The PEI Tankard, held concurrently at the same venue, will wrap up Sunday at 9am or 2pm.  Tyler Smith and Darren Higgins are in the championship round, the event will be over if Tyler Smith wins either game.

Pictures from the events can be found online at Mike Schut Photography.

Live end-by-end results are available at https://peicurling.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/8056

 

 

PEI Scotties gets underway Thursday

Posted on by January 24, 2023

The 2023 PEI Scotties Tournament of Hearts Women’s Curling Championship will take place at the Crapaud Community Curling Club from January 26-29, with four teams competing.  The PEI Men’s Tankard will take place concurrently at the same venue.

There is no admission charge to watch the event however 50/50 draws will be held with the proceeds going towards the capital fundraiser to Paint the Building (Crapaud Community Curling Club).

Defending champions the Suzanne Birt rink, curling out of Cornwall Curling Club, are back looking to defend their title.  Team Birt will be competing against clubmates the Rachel MacLean rink, the Melissa Morrow foursome from the Summerside Curling Club, and the Darlene London team from the Montague Curling Club.

Teams will be playing a modified triple knockout with Birt being seeded 1st based on their Canadian Team Ranking System (CTRS) points.  Draws go at 9 am and 7 pm on the 26th & 27th; 2 pm and 7 pm on the 28th; and the Championship Round (not needed if a team wins all three draw sections) goes Sunday the 29th at 9 am and, if needed, 2 pm.

The winning team will advance to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts February 17-26 at the Sandman Centre in Kamloops, BC.

Live end-by-end results are available at https://peicurling.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/8056

Draw Tree

Schedule
Tankard games in White
Scotties games in Purple
Qualifying games in Yellow

Team Rosters

PEI Tankard starts Wednesday

Posted on by January 25, 2023

The 2023 PEI Men’s Tankard Curling Championship will take place at the Crapaud Community Curling Club from January 25-29, with eleven teams competing.  The PEI Scotties Tournament of Hearts will take place concurrently at the same venue.

There is no admission charge to watch the event however 50/50 draws will be held with the proceeds going towards the capital fundraiser to Paint the Building (Crapaud Community Curling Club).

The eleven teams entered will be playing a modified triple knockout.  The Adam Casey and Tyler Smith teams have been seeded 1st and 2nd based on their Canadian Team Ranking System (CTRS) points.  Draws go daily at 9 am, 2 and 7 pm from the 25th – 28th, with the Championship Round (not needed if a team wins all three draw sections) going Sunday the 29th at 9 am and, if needed, 2 pm.

The winning team will represent PEI at the 2023 Tim Horton’s Brier, March 3-12, at Budweiser Gardens in London, ON.

Live end-by-end results are available at https://peicurling.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/8056

Draw Tree


Schedule
Tankard games in White
Scotties games in Purple
Qualifying games in Yellow

Team Rosters

Masters Curling Champions Crowned in Montague

Posted on by January 22, 2023

The 2023 PEI Masters Curling Championships, with male and female events for curlers age 60 and over , took place from January 18-22 at the Montague Curling Club, with five men’s and three women’s rinks taking part.

2023 Master Women’s Champions (L-R) Shirley Berry, Karen Currie, Gloria Turner, Linda Fairhurst

The Shirley Berry team beat Montague’s Darlene London by a score of 7-3 on Sunday morning to win the PEI Masters Women’s Championship.

2023 PEI Master Women’s Finalists (L-R) DArlene London, Bev Harding, Sherren MacKinnon, Susan Watts

The three women’s teams entered played a double round robin, all teams finished 2-2 and all three team advanced to the playoff round.  Darlene London (ranked 3rd) played Cornwall’s Sandy Hope in the 2vs3 game Saturday evening and won to advance to play the Shirley Berry (ranked 1) team from Cornwall.  The winning Berry team includes Shirley Berry, Karen Currie, Gloria Turner, and Linda Fairhurst while lead Susan Watts, second Sherren MacKinnon, and third Bev Harding round out the Darlene London rink.

2023 PEI Master Men’s Champions (L-R) Peter Rousseau, Phillip McInnis, John Mullin, Garth Cudmore, Edgar Coffin

The Peter Rousseau team from the Cornwall Curling Club beat clubmates the Peter Murdoch team by a score of 4-1 in the first of two possible playoff games, eliminating the need for the second game.  This is the first for Rousseau at the PEI Masters Men’s.

2023 PEI MasterMen’s Finalists (L-R) Peter Murdoch, Bill Hope, Dario Zannier (missing, David Murphy)

The five men’s teams entered in the event played a modified triple knockout, with Murdoch winning the A section and Rousseau wining the B and C.  As the two teams entered the playoffs on Sunday Rousseau had to be beaten twice while they would take the event by winning either game.  The finalist team is made up of (skip to lead) Peter Murdoch, Bill Hope, David Murphy and Dario Zannier while the winning team is comprised of (skip to lead) Peter Rousseau, Phillip McInnis, Garth Cudmore, Edgar Coffin and, alternate, John Mullin.

Both winning teams earn the right to compete at the Canadian Masters at the Thistle-St. Andrew’s Curling Club in Saint John, NB April 2-9, 2023.

Results can be found https://peicurling.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/8054.

Lenentine and Schut are heading to the 2023 New Holland Canadian Junior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships

Posted on by January 17, 2023

The Ella Lenentine team from the Cornwall Curling Club are the PEI Pepsi Junior Women’s Curling Champions, after a 9-2 win over their clubmates the Rachel MacLean foursome Sunday morning in the C Section Final at the Crapaud Community Curling Club.  Under the rules, a championship round is not requires when a team wins all three sections of th emodified triple-knockout draw.

Team Lenentine – PEI 2023 Pepsi Junior Champions

This is Lenentine’s third title this season with teammates Makiya Noonan, Kacey Gauthier and Erika Pater along with coach Robbie Lenentine.

Team Easter – PEI 2023 Pepsi Junior Finalists

Finalists in this event is the Madalyn Easter rink from the Summerside Curling Club.  While team Easter was not playing in the C Section Final they played in the A and B Section Finals, making them this year’s Finalists.  Other members of the Madalyn Easter team include Reid Hart, Kenna Warnell and Brooke Lewis as well as coach, Shelley MacFadyen.

The Mitchell Schut team from the Cornwall Curling Club became a threepeat PEI Pepsi Junior Men’s Champions on Sunday morning at the Crapaud Community Curling Club after winning again the Brayden Snow rink.  Like the girl’s division, the championship round was not required.

Team Schut – PEI 2023 Pepsi Junior Champions

The Schut team is made up of Mitchell, Chase MacMillan, Cruz Pineau and Liam Kelly along with coach, Pat Quilty.

Team Snow – PEI 2023 Pepsi Junior Finalists

The PEI U18 and Canada Games representative, the Brayden Snow rink is also the Pepsi Junior Men’s Finalists.  Brayden’s team is rounded out with Jack MacFadyen, Davis Nicholson, Liam Barbrick and coach David MacFadyen.

Team Lenentine and Schut will advance to the 2023 New Holland Canadian Junior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships in Rouyn-Noranda, Que.

At the closing ceremonies for the Pepsi Provincial Junior Curling Championships on Sunday, the Asham Coaching awards, as voted on by coaches and officials, were handed out, with Dennis Watts, coach of the winning junior men’s team from Cornwall skipped Isaiah Dalton, receiving the award for Junior men’s rinks, and Tammy Dewar, coach of the Sydney Carver team from Montague receiving the junior women’s teams award.

Center: Tammy Dewar, Recipient of the PEI 2023 U21 Asham Coach Award

Also handed out were the sportsmanship awards, voted on by the curlers in the event. Reid Hart, third of the junior women’s finalist rink from Summerside, and Brock Rochford, skip on the Rochford rink also from Summerside were the recipients.

Reid Hart – PEI 2023 U21 Sportsmanship Award Recipient

Borck Rochford – PEI 2023 U21 Sportsmanship Award Recipient

Pictures from the event can found online at Mike Schut Photography.

Results can be found here: https://peicurling.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/8055.

Lenentine & Schut still undefeated, play in C Finals at 9 am Sunday vs MacLean and Snow

Posted on by January 14, 2023

The “C” finals of the modified triple knockout draw are set for 9 am Sunday at the PEI Pepsi Junior Curling Championships, and the “A” and “B” section winners Ella Lenentine and Mitchell Schut, both from the Cornwall Curling Club, are still undefeated and will be in the “C” finals.  If either team wins their section they will win their event, and the playoff round will not be required.

After winning the B final against Madalyn Easter this afternoon, Lenentine then beat the Sydney Carver team 9-4 this evening to go 5-0 win-loss record and advance to the junior women’s C final, against the Rachel MacLean team, at 9 am Sunday.  Maclean beat Madalyn Easter 9-5 this evening to advance to the C final.

Mitchell Schut and his team continue to dominated the junior men’s section, having played the other four teams in the event.  After winning over Brayden Snow in the B final, Schut went on to win 10-4 against Team Dalton to advance.  Snow defeated Team Rochford 10-4 and will be facing clubmate Schut in the junior men’s C final, at 9am Sunday.

Pictures from the event can found online at Mike Schut Photography.

Winners of this event will advance to the 2023 New Holland Canadian Junior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships in Rouyn-Noranda, Que.

Full schedule and results can be found here: https://peicurling.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/8055.

 

Teams determined for A section qualifiers at Pepsi Juniors

Posted on by January 13, 2023

Two draws are in the books following opening day on Thursday at the PEI Pepsi Junior Curling Championships in Crapaud, with the finalists determined for the 6:00pm (new game time) Friday “A” section qualifier games to pick the first junior men’s and women’s teams to advance to the Sunday championship round.

In the Junior Women’s section, Team Lenentine from the Cornwall Curling Club beat the Carver Rink, from the Montague Curling Club while Team Easter from the Summerside Curling Club won over Team MacLean from the Cornwall Curling Club.  Lenentine will face Easter in the “A” qualifier Friday evening.

On the Men’s side, Team Shaw from the Montague Curling Club had the bye in the first draw but beat Cornwall’s Team Snow in the second draw.  The Schut Rink from the Cornwall Curling Club controlled their game against clubmates, the Dalton Team.  Team Shaw will play Team Schut in the “A” qualifier Friday.

With the modified triple-knockout draw, section winners drop down to compete in other sections.  The section winners advance to the Sunday playoff, unless one team wins all three sections.  In this case, they will be the champions and a playoff won’t be needed.  The winner of two sections will have to beaten twice in the championship round against the winner of the other section.

Draw times have changed for Friday to 1:30pm and 6:00pm because of the current forecast.  Due to weather conditions the draw times have changed again, 6:00pm will be the only be one draw on Friday, January 13.  The rest of the event draw times will be adjusted as a result, new times can be found at the link below.

Winners of this event will advance to the 2023 New Holland Canadian Junior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships in Rouyn-Noranda, Que.

Full schedule and results can be found here: https://peicurling.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/8055.

Summerside Curling Club holding annual Foxy Lady women’s bonspiel

Posted on by January 9, 2023

The Foxy Lady bonspiel sponsored by Cavendish Farms is being hosted by the Summerside Curling Club January 27 & 28, 2023.

Black & White is this year’s theme.

Entry fee of $300 per team includes lunch and dancing in lounge on Friday evening.
Saturday’s activities include morning snacks and coffee; lunch and mid-afternoon snack; and evening banquet and prizes.

No provincials teams or regular evening league teams and no stopwatches.

To enter a team email foxyladycurling@gmail.com