Shelley Ebbett rink wins PEI Credit Unions Provincial Senior Women’s curling title
The Shelley Ebbett rink from the host Charlottetown Curling Complex and the Cornwall Curling Club doubled Cornwall’s Shirley Berry foursome 6-3 this morning to win the PEI Credit Unions Provincial Senior Women’s Curling Championship. Ebbett, whose team includes third Kim Pippy, second stone Karen Hardy, and lead Sandy Hope, with coach Bill Hope, were trailing 2-1 at the fourth end break, but quickly pulled ahead in the second half with a 2 point fifth end and a steal of two more in the sixth. The teams traded singles in the final two ends, giving Ebbett the 6-3 win. Other members of the runner-up Shirley Berry team are third Janice Murdoch, second Rebecca Rolfe, and lead Hanny MacLeod. Ebbett had won two sections of the modified triple knockout draw and would have taken the title with a win in the first championship round game on Sunday, but Berry forced today’s deciding game with a 7-6 extra-end win.
Photo (L-R): Sandy Hope, Karen Hardy, Kim Pippy, Shelley Ebbett
The Phil Gorveatt rink from Charlottetown won the Senior Men’s title on Sunday, defeating the Robert Campbell team from Charlottetown and the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex 6-5 in an extra end.
Photo (L-R): Mark Butler, Mike Dillon, Kevin Champion, Phil Gorveatt
The Gorveatt and Ebbett rinks will now advance to the 2017 Everest Canadian senior curling championships in Fredericton, N.B., from March 18 to 26. Seniors curlers are age 50 and over.
Gorveatt wins PEI Senior Men’s title in extra end, Berry fights back from 5-0 deficit to force Monday deciding Sr. Women’s game
The Phil Gorveatt rink from the host Charlottetown Curling Complex beat the Robert Campbell team from Charlottetown and the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex in Summerside 6-5 in an extra end to win the PEI Credit Unions Senior Men’s Championship this afternoon.
Photo (L-R): Mark Butler, Mike Dillon, Kevin Champion, Phil Gorveatt
Gorveatt, who won two of the three modified triple knockout sections and would have taken the title with a win in either of two championship games, this afternoon, and 10 am Monday, was leading 5-2 after six ends, but the Campbell foursome, who would to have won both championship round games, tied the game and forced an extra end with a triple and a stolen deuce. Gorveatt, with hammer, scored a single in the extra end for the win, and the Senior Men’s title.
Other members of the Gorveatt rink are third Kevin Champion, second Mike Dillon, and lead Mark Butler. Playing on the runner-up Campbell team were third John Likely, second stone Mark O’Rourke, and lead Rod MacDonald.
There’s still one game left to play, at 10 am Monday, in the Senior Women’s championship. This afternoon, the Shirley Berry rink from the Cornwall Curling Club came out of the fourth end break of the 1st of two possible women’s championship games trailing Shelly Ebbett and her host club team 5-0, and needing a win to force a deciding game, while Ebbett, who won two sections of the modified triple knockout draw, would have taken the title with a win in the game.
Ebbett (left) and Berry (right)
Berry then scored a triple in the fifth, and stole a single in end six, and a deuce in the seventh end to grab a one-point lead. Ebbett was kept to a single point in end eight, resulting in an extra end, with last rock advantage to Berry, who picked up a single point for a 7-6 win, and a chance to play again in the sudden-death final at 10 am Monday.
The Gorveatt rink and the winner of the women’s sudden-death final, will advance to the 2017 Everest Canadian Seniors Curling Championships, March 18-26 in Fredericton NB. The competition will be played at two facilities: the Capital Winter Club and Willie O’Ree Place, with the men’s and women’s finals both scheduled for the latter.
Berry, Gorveatt win Seniors “C” Finals
Two teams – the Shelley Ebbett women’s rink, and the Phil Gorveatt men’s team, both from the host Charlottetown Curling Complex, have won two modified triple knockout sections, and are just one win away from winning their respective PEI Credit Unions Provincial Seniors (50 and over) Championships. A win in the 2 pm draw, against the other section winners, the Shirley Berry women’s team from Cornwall, and the Robert Campbell men’s foursome from Charlottetown would give them the title. If Campbell or Berry win, they would force a deciding game on Monday at 10 am.
Gorveatt (left) and Campbell
Ebbett (left) and Berry
Berry punched her ticket to the championship round this morning by scoring a deuce in the final end to edge Iva Griffin and her Western Community and Maple Leaf curling club team by a 9-8 score, while Gorveatt won his second triple knockout section with an 8-3 victory over Campbell.
The eventual men’s and women’s winners will advance to the 2017 Everest Canadian Seniors Curling Championships, March 18-26 in Fredericton NB. The competition will be played at two facilities: the Capital Winter Club and Willie O’Ree Place, with the men’s and women’s finals both scheduled for the latter.
Four men’s and four women’s teams took part in the PEI championship.
“C” Finals set at Seniors: Berry vs Griffin, Campbell vs Gorveatt
The final qualifiers for the championship round at the PEI Credit Unions Provincial Seniors Curling Championships will be determined with the 10 am Sunday draw at the Charlottetown Curling Complex. The Shelley Ebbett rink from the host club, who won the women’s A and B events, did not advance to the C final, so there will be at least one women’s championship game, at 2 pm Sunday. If the Ebbett team wins that game, against the winner of the C qualifier, they will take the championship game. If not, there will be a winner-take-all final between Ebbett and the C event winner, at 10 am Monday.
Shirley Berry
Iva Griffin
The C final will see Cornwall’s Shirley Berry rink take on the Iva Griffin foursome from the Western and Maple Leaf clubs. Berry came on strong in the second half of her C semi-final game this evening against Ebbett, taking a triple in the sixth, and a deuce in the eighth end for a 9-7 win. Griffin built a commanding lead early in her game against Cornwall’s Debbie Rhodenhizer, taking five points in the first end, and stealing singles in the next 2, with a final score of 11-2 in six ends.
Photos (L-R) Phil Gorveatt, Robert Campbell
The A and B winners, Phil Gorveatt and Robert Campbell, respectively, from the host club will face off in the men’s C final, with the winner having the upper hand in the championship round, being able to win it with a victory in either the 2 pm Sunday or the 10 am Monday game, while their opponent would have to win both. Campbell scored five points in the first end of his C semi against Cornwall’s Bill Hope, going on to win 9-2 in five ends, while Gorveatt scored triples in ends 1 and 6 in an 8-3 victory of Blair Jay and his Silver Fox team.
The eventual men’s and women’s winners will advance to the 2017 Everest Canadian Seniors Curling Championships, March 18-26 in Fredericton NB. The competition will be played at two facilities: the Capital Winter Club and Willie O’Ree Place, with the men’s and women’s finals both scheduled for the latter.
Ebbett captures both A and B sections at PEI Senior Women’s, Campbell takes Men’s B section
The Shelley Ebbett rink from the host Charlottetown Curling Complex will have an advantage in the Women’s championship round at the modified triple-knockout PEI Credit Unions Seniors Championships, for curlers age 50+, with four women’s and an equal number of men’s rinks taking part.
Photo (L-R): Women’s “A” and “B” pool winner Shelley Ebbett and Men’s “B” winner Robert Campbell
They won the “A” section on Friday, stealing a deuce in the final end to edge Cornwall’s Shirley Berry team 8-7, and shaded another Cornwall rink, skipped by Debbie Rhodenhizer, 6-5 in the B final Saturday afternoon, taking 2 points in the final end.
Ebbett beat Iva Griffin and her Western and Maple Leaf team 7-3 on Saturday morning to advance to the B final, while Rhodenhizer defeated clubmate Berry, also by a 7-3 score. Ebbett now has a “double life” in the two-game championship round, as she would take the championship with a win in either game, while her opponent would have to win both games. Should Ebbett also win the “C” event, the championship round would not be played.
There are separate A and B winners in the Senior Men’s, with the host club’s Phil Gorveatt scoring three points in the extra end to double Summerside’s Blair Jay 6-3 to win the “A” final, but losing 7-4 to clubmate Robert Campbell in the “B”, with Campbell breaking open a tie game with a three-point seventh end. Gorveatt beat Bill Hope from Cornwall and Charlottetown 9-6 in the B semi-final, while Campbell downed Jay 11-3 in four ends, bringing the game to a half-time wrap up with five points in the first end, and a six-point fourth frame.
Photo: Phil Gorveatt, Men’s “A” section winner
Play continues Saturday evening at six, with the “C” semi-finals. The Women’s event sees Rhodenhizer play Griffin, and Berry face Ebbett, while Jay takes on Gorveatt, and Hope battles Campbell. in the Men’s. The Women’s and Men’s winners then square off in their respective “C” finals Sunday morning at 10. The Championship round games are scheduled for 2 pm Sunday and, if needed, 10 am Monday.
This year’s winners will advance to the 2017 Everest Canadian Seniors Curling Championships, March 18-26 in Fredericton NB. The competition will be played at two facilities: the Capital Winter Club and Willie O’Ree Place, with the men’s and women’s finals both scheduled for the latter.
Ebbett and Gorveatt rinks win first section finals at PEI Credit Unions Seniors Curling Ch’ships
The first two draws were played Friday afternoon and evening at the PEI Credit Unions Provincial Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships, for curlers age 50 and over, at the Charlottetown Curling Complex, with four men’s and four women’s teams competing. The first of three section finals in the modified triple knockout draw was determined in the evening draw in two very close games, with the Shelley Ebbett rink from the host club stealing a deuce in the final end to edge Cornwall’s Shirley Berry foursome 8-7 to win the women’s “A” final, and the Phil Gorveatt team, also from the host Charlottetown Curling Complex, scoring three points with hammer in an extra end to double Blair Jay from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex in Summerside 6-3 in the men’s.
Action in the “A” finals (Larry Richards photo)
Berry won her opener 6-3 over Iva Griffin and her Prince County team from the Western Community and Maple Leaf curling clubs, while Ebbett scored five points in an extra end to defeat Cornwall’s Debbie Rhodenhizer 11-6. In the men’s openers, Gorveatt edged Charlottetown clubmate Robert Campbell 7-6, and Jay beat Charlottetown and Cornwall’s Bill Hope 7-3.
With the “modified” triple knockout format, section winners also drop down to compete in subsequent sections, and a win in two sections gives a team a big advantage going into the two game championship round against the section winners, as they would win the championship if they took either game, while their opponent would have to win both. If Gorveatt or Ebbett were to win all three sections, their respective championship round would not be needed.
Play in the 10 am Saturday draw will see Hope play Gorveatt, and Campbell take on Jay in men’s play, while Griffin will face Ebbett, and Cornwall’s Rhodenhizer and Berry will face off in women’s action, with the men’s and women’s winners advancing to the “B” finals at 2 pm.
The “C” semi-finals go at 6 pm Saturday, with the “C” finals taking place at 10 am Sunday. The championship round games, if needed, go at 2 pm Sunday and, if required, 10 am Monday.
This year’s winners will advance to the 2017 Everest Canadian Seniors Curling Championships, March 18-26 in Fredericton NB. The competition will be played at two facilities: the Capital Winter Club and Willie O’Ree Place, with the men’s and women’s finals both scheduled for the latter.
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The PEI Credit Unions Provincial Seniors Curling Championships, with men’s and women’s divisions for curlers 50 years of age and over, take place February 10-13 at the Charlottetown Curling Complex. Entries have now closed, with four men’s and four women’s rinks signed up.
Due to weather and road conditions, Friday’s opening draws at the PEI Seniors Curling Championships at the Charlottetown Curling Complex will be delayed. The new times will be 4 pm and 8 pm. First practice will be at 3:30 pm.
Defending champions are the Rod MacDonald and Kim Dolan rinks from this year’s host curling facility. MacDonald, and Mark O’Rourke from his team last year, are back as members of the Robert Campbell rink, while Kevin Champion and Mark Butler from last year’s winning team are on a rink skipped by Phil Gorveatt, who skipped last year’s runner-up rink. The Dolan rink is not entered this year.
Teams will play a modified triple knockout format, where the section winners advance to a two game championship round. Section winners drop down to compete in subsequent sections. If a team wins all three sections, they are declared champions without the championship round. A team that wins two sections will play the other section winner in the championship round, and will win the championship if they win either championship game, while their opponent would have to win both.
This year’s winners will advance to the 2017 Everest Canadian Seniors Curling Championships, March 18-26 in Fredericton NB. The competition will be played at two facilities: the Capital Winter Club and Willie O’Ree Place, with the men’s and women’s finals both scheduled for the latter.
Schedule
Women’s games Men’s Games
| Date | Time | Draw | Ice 1 | Ice 2 | Ice 3 | Ice 4 | Ice 5 |
| Feb. 10 | 4pm | 1 | A | B | 1 | 2 | |
| 8pm | 2 | 3 | C | ||||
| Feb, 11 | 10am | 3 | 4 | E | 5 | D | |
| 2pm | 4 | F | 6 | ||||
| 6pm | 5 | G | 8 | 7 | H | ||
| Feb. 12 | 10am | 6 | I | 9 | |||
| 2:30 pm (PA), 4pm (P1) | 7 | P1 | PA | ||||
| Feb. 13 | 10am | 8 | PB | P2 |
Explanation for P1/A and P2/B:
1. One team wins all three qualifiers: Championship Round is not required.
2. One team wins two qualifiers. They play in both X and Z (and win the event if they win either game), the other winner plays in Y (and has to win both games).
3. Three separate winners: the team that played in the most qualifying games* plays in Z and the other winners play off in X and Y. If there is a tie in number of qualifying games played, then the team that qualified earliest goes to Z and the other two teams play off in X and Y.
*Qualifying games have letter or digit highlighted in yellow on the schedule
Draw Tree
(will not be updated during event – check live scoring for draw progression)
Senior Men’s Rosters
| Skip | 3rd | 2nd | Lead | Coach | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Campbell | John Likely | Mark O’Rourke | Rod MacDonald | Charlottetown/Silver Fox | |
| Philip Gorveatt | Kevin Champion | Mike Dillon | Mark Butler | Charlottetown Curling Complex | |
| Bill Hope | Craig Mackie | David Murphy | Bill Doherty | Charlottetown/Cornwall | |
| Blair Jay | Barry Cameron | Gordon MacFadyen | Alan Montgomery | Leo Stewart | Silver Fox, Summerside |
Senior Women’s Rosters
| Skip | 3rd | 2nd | Lead | Coach | Club(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley Berry | Janice Murdoch | Rebecca Rolfe | Hanny MacLeod | Cornwall Curling Club | |
| Shelley Ebbett | Kim Pippy | Karen Hardy | Sandy Hope | Bill Hope | Charlottetown, Cornwall |
| Iva Griffin | Karen Gallant | Judy MacIsaac | Joyce Matthews | Western Community, Maple Leaf | |
| Debbie Rhodenhizer | Nancy MacFadyen | Cindy Nicholson | Sandra Sobey | Cornwall Curling Club |
Click for previous provincial seniors websites and winners.
Here are photos from Draw 3 of the PEI Credit Unions Provincial Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships, being played at the Charlottetown Curling Complex.
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