McLean repeats, MacFadyen wins at O'Connor Glass U18
The Jenny McLean rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club are repeat winners at the O'Connor Glass Provincial Under 18 Curling Championships, defeating Cornwall's Meghan Ching rink 9-1 in five ends this afternoon, getting off to a fast start with a five point first end.
The Alex MacFadyen rink completed the Silver Fox sweep, with a 9-2 win over Tyler Smith and his Montague team, taking a triple in the fifth and a steal of four in the sixth to bring the game to an early end.
Alex MacFadyen rink – Men’s winners (L-R): Connor MacPhee from Curl PEI, David O’Connor from sponsor O’Connor Glass, Alex MacFadyen, James Dalton, Matthew MacDonald, Parker MacFadyen coach David MacFadyen
Jenny McLean rink repeat Women’s winners (L-R): Connor MacPhee from Curl PEI, David O’Connor from sponsor O’Connor Glass, Jenny McLean, Lauren MacFadyen, Ava Whitney-Coulter, Emily Vaniderstine, coach Don Vickerson
Tyler Smith rink – Men’s Runners-up (L-R): Connor MacPhee from Curl PEI, Tyler Smith, Brooks Roche, Dylan Lowery, Ryan Lowery, coach Tammy Dewar, David O’Connor from sponsor O’Connor Glass
Megan Ching rink – Women’s Runners-up (L-R): Connor MacPhee from Curl PEI, Meghan Ching, Rachel O’Connor, Lauren Lenentine, Breanne Burgoyne, David O’Connor from sponsor O’Connor Glass, coach Pat Quilty
Ching edged Kaleigh MacKay and her combined Crapaud/Montague team 6-5 in the morning semi-final, while MacFadyen shaded Leslie Noye and his rink from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton 5-4 in the men's semi.
Other members of the winning McLean rink are Lauren MacFadyen, Ava Whitney-Coulter, and Emily Vaniderstine, with coach Don Vickerson. Rounding out the runner-up Ching foursome are Rachen O'Connor, Lauren Lenentine, and Breanne Burgoyne, with coach Pat Quilty.
Completing the MacFadyen winning team are James Dalton, Matthew MacDonald, and Parker MacFadyen, with coach Dave MacFadyen. The other members of the runner-up Smith team are Brooks Roche, and Dylan and Ryan Lowery, with coaches Tammy Dewar and Kevin Smith.
The MacFadyen and McLean rinks will advance to the Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships, April 4-6 at the Gage Curling Club in Oromocto NB.
Sportsmanship and coaching awards handed out at O'Connor Glass Under 18 Ch'ships
The Sportsmanship and Coaching awards were handed out following the finals Sunday afternoon at the O'Connor Glass Provincial Under 18 Curling Championships at the Charlottetown Curling Complex.
Photo (L-R) Sportsmanship winner Leslie Noye from Western Curling Club in Alberton, sponsor David O'Connor from O'Connor Glass
Photo (L-R): Sportsmanship winner Jenny McLean, sponsor David O'Connor from O'Connor Glass
Photo (L-R): Coaching Award winner Roger Gavin, coach of the Noye Rink, sponsor David O'Connor of O'Connor Glass
Ch’ship round set at O’Connor Glass Under 18
Smith, McLean earn byes to finals
The O’Connor Glass Provincial Under 18 Curling Championships wrap up on Sunday at the Charlottetown Curling Complex with the semi-finals at 9:30 am, and the finals at 2 pm.
Tyler Smith and his Montague Curling Club team, and defending women’s champion Jenny McLean from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, finished round robin play in first place, with 4-1 and 5-0 records, respectively, and have earned byes to the 2 pm Sunday finals.
Smith scored a 10-4 win over the Leslie Noye rink from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton Saturday morning, with the help of a 5 point seventh end, and then beat Devin Schut of Cornwall 8-3 in the evening to finish the round robin at 4-1, tied with Alex MacFadyen of the SilverFox. Since Smith beat MacFadyen 8-5 in their round robin encounter, he was awarded first place, MacFadyen came second, while Noye was third, at 3-2. MacFadyen and Noye face off in the men’s semifinal, Sunday at 9:30, with the winner playing Smith in the 2 pm final. Justin Campbell from the Fox, and Spencer Stetson from Cornwall finished at 2-3, while Schute did not manage to pick up a win.
McLean finished off her perfect round robin record wiith an 8-3 win over Charlottetown’s Lauren Moerike Saturday morning to sew up first place. Meghan Ching of Cornwall and Kaleigh MacKay from the Crapaud Community and Montague curling clubs both had 3-2 records, with Ching awarded 2nd place, beating MacKay 6-4 in their round robin game. Ching and MacKay will play in the 9:30 am semi-final, with the winner advancing to the 2 pm final.
Moerike finished play at 2-3, while Jessica Watts of Cornwall and Karlie Lewis of Western Community both went 1-4.
The winning men's and women's rinks will advance to the Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships, April 4-6 at the Gage Curling Club in Oromocto NB.
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