Team Dalton from the Cornwall Curling Club won the first three games in the best of five event to become the 2024 PEI U18 Champions.  Team Dalton competed against clubmates, Team Warnell, made up of Keegan Warnell, Luke Butler, Anderson MacDougall, Aidan Savill and coach, David MacFadyen.  The final game was a close one requiring an extra end.  Team Dalton, made up of Isaiah Dalton, Connor Bruce, Sheamus Herlihy, Nate MacRae and coach Dennis Watts will be representing PEI at the  2024 Canadian Under-18 Curling Championships, February 4-10 at the RA Centre & Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club, Ottawa, ON.

2024 U18 Champions (L-R) Isaiah Dalton (skip), Connor Bruce (3rd), Sheamus Herlihy (2nd), Nate MacRae (lead), and Dennis Watts (coach)

2024 U18 Finalists (L-R) Keegan Warnell (skip), Luke Butler, Anderson MacDougall, Aidan Savill (lead) and David MacFadyen (coach)

During the presentation, it was announced that Luke Butler, third on the Team Warnell, was the winner of the True Sport Award, as voted on by all the male curlers in the event.

2024 U18 Champions (L-R) Dennis Watts (coach), Isaiah Dalton (skip), Connor Bruce (3rd), Sheamus Herlihy (2nd), Nate MacRae (lead)

The 2024 U18 Asham Coach Award, for the boy’s division was also presented, with the award going to Dennis Watts, coach of Team Dalton.

2024 Asham Caoch Award recipient, Dennis Watts and Curl PEI Vice President, Daniel MacFadyen

The playoff round for the girl’s division will be played on Sunday morning at 10 am.  With Team Pater, from the Montague Curling Club, going winless in the double round robin the semi-final game is not required leaving Team Carver, also from the Montague Curling Club, to face Team Lenentine, from the Summerside Curling Club, in the final game(s).  If Team Lenentine, who went undefeated in the round robin loses the 10 am contest, there will be a second championship game at 2 pm between Lenentine and Carver.

Live, end by end results will be available here.