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Silver Fox women, Charlottetown men heading to national Curling Club Ch’ship (Journal)
O’LEARY — The Silver Fox women and the Charlottetown men will represent P.E.I. at the national curling club championships.
Melissa Morrow and her Silver Fox rink of Miranda Ellis, lead; Lindsey Spencer, second and Darcee Birch, mate, avenged their only round robin loss with a 7-0 win over the host Bobbi-Jean Boylan rink from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in the women’s championship final Monday afternoon. Both teams had completed round robin play Sunday with 4-1 records, but Boylan was awarded first place, and a bye to the finals, because of their round robin win against Morrow Sunday morning.
Morrow punched her ticket to the final with a 9-5 semi-final win over Montague’s Tammy Dewar rink Monday morning, capitalizing on a five-point sixth end.
Dennis Watts and his Charlottetown Curling Complex team of Erik Brodersen, Andrew MacDougall and Doug MacGregor are heading to the nationals for the second time in four years following their 7-4 win over the Tim Hockin rink from the Silver Fox. Watts, who scored three in the seventh to break open a 4-4 game, felt his wide in-off for a deuce in the fifth was the turning point in the close game. It came right after Hockin made a brilliant double to roll under cover to sit one.
“It really sparked our team there.”
Despite losing the final, skip Boylan was pleased with how her team performed. It was the first time in the event’s 11-year history that Maple Leaf entered a women’s team.
Silver Fox Women, Charlottetown Men win PEI Curling Club Ch’ships
(MLCC photo L-R): Dennis Watts, Erik Brodersen, Andrew MacDougall, Doug MacGregor, Miranda Ellis, Lindsey Spencer, Darcee Birch, Melissa Morrow
Men’s
The PEI Curling Club Championships wrapped up Monday afternoon at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary with the Dennis Watts team from the Charlottetown Curling Complex going undefeated with a 7-0 win-loss record to win the Men’s championship, breaking open a tied game with a triple in the seventh for a 7-4 win over the Silver Fox men’s rink, skipped by Tim Hockin. Because of his undefeated status, Watts. who went directly to the final because of his first-place finish, would have had to be beaten twice by Hockin, so the Charlottetown win meant that the “second chance” game was not needed. Other members of the winning Charlottetown foursome are third Erik Brodersen, second Andrew MacDougall, and lead Doug MacGregor. The Silver Fox finalist team also includes third Terry Arsenault, second stone Mike Spencer, lead Darren Higgins, and alternate Jonathan Greenan.
The Hockin-skipped Silver Fox rink and the Montague team, skipped by Matthew MacDonald, both finished round robin play with 4-2 win-loss records, and squared off in a closely-fought 10 am semi-final match between the second and third place teams. In that game, the first three ends were blanked, with the two evenly-matched teams trading deuces in the fourth and fifth ends, and singles end six and seven, giving MacDonald, who had hammer in the even ends, last rock advantage coming home. Hockin, however, stole a single to advance to the final with a 4-3 win.
The winning Charlottetown team will now advance to the national Curling Club Championship, traditionally held in November. Dates and location have yet to be announced.
Women’s
The Silver Fox Curling Club team, skipped by Melissa Morrow, who made it to the final last year, kept their opponents off the scoreboard in the this year’s final, winning 7-0 over the hometown Bobbi-Jean Boylan team, with singles in five of the first six ends, and a deuce in the seventh. The Summerside squad had an identical 4-1 win-loss record to the Boylan team, but lost to them 7-6 in their round robin encounter, so the Maple Leaf rink advanced directly to the final, and the Fox foursome went to the semi-final, where they beat the third-place Tammy Dewar team from Montague by a 9-5 score, aided greatly by a five-point sixth end.
Playing with Morrow again this year are third Darcee Birch, second Lindsey Spencer, and lead Miranda Ellis, with coach Jamie Newson, while Amy Macmillan, Mary Hart, and Sandra Jones complete the Maple Leaf finalist team roster.
The winning Silver Fox team will now advance to the national Curling Club Championship, traditionally held in November. Dates and location have yet to be announced.
(Photos courtesy of the Maple Leaf Curling Club)
Championship round set at PEI Curling Club Championships
Following the completion of Round Robin play on Sunday, the Championship Round gets underway at 10 am on Monday, weather permitting, at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary. In the men’s section, the Charlottetown Curling Club team, skipped by Dennis Watts, went undefeated with a 6-0 win-loss record, and will have a “double life” in the Championship Round. They will play the winner of the 10 am game between second place Montague (Matthew MacDonald, 4-2) and third place Silver Fox (Tim Hockin, also 4-2) at 2 pm. If Charlottetown wins that game they will take the title. If the other team wins, there will be a deciding game at 6 pm.
Bobbi-Jean Boylan rink from the Maple Leaf finish in 1st place in the Women’s Round Robin, and advance to the final
On the Women’s side, the Bobbi-Jean Boylan team from the host Maple Leaf Curling Club finished in first place in the round robin with a 4-1 win-loss record, and will advance to the 2 pm Monday final, where they will play the winner of the 10 am semi-final between second place Silver Fox (Melissa Morrow, also 4-1) and third place Montague (Tammy Dewar, 3-2).
The winning teams will advance to the national Curling Club Championship. Dates and venue have yet to be announced, but it has traditionally been held in November.
Charlottetown Men, Silver Fox Women remain undefeated at PEI Curling Club Ch’ships
Round robin play concludes on Sunday in both the Men’s and Women’s divisions of the PEI Curling Club Championships, being played at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, with teams from all seven PEI curling facilities taking part in the Men’s event, while six teams are entered in the Women’s.
Doug MacGregor (left), Andrew MacDougall (back right), Erik Brodersen (front right) from the Charlottetown Curling Complex rink, skipped by Dennis Watts
The Charlottetown Curling Complex team, skipped by Dennis Watts, remains undefeated at 4-0 on the men’s side, following wins today over Western Community, and Montague. The Tim Hockin-skipped Silver Fox team and Montague Curling Rink’s Matthew MacDonald squad both have just one loss.
Lindsay Spencer from the Silver Fox Women’s team is in the hack as Darcee Birch waits to sweep
The Melissa Morrow team from the Silver Fox in Summerside, who were finalists last year, are 3-0 on the Women’s side, while Tammy Dewar and her Montague team, along with the Bobbi-Jean Boylan foursome from the host club are 2-1.
There are 4 draws on Sunday, with all the women’s teams seeing action at 9 am, six of the seven men’s teams on the ice at noon, two women’s and one men’s rink playing at 4 pm, and six men’s teams wrapping up the round robins with the 8 pm draw.
The top three teams from the round robin draws, after any tiebreakers, advance to their respective championship round on Monday and, if needed, Tuesday.
The provincial winners will advance to the national Curling Club Championship, normally held in November. Dates and location have not yet been announced.
(Photos from the Maple Leaf Curling Club’s Facebook page)
Ch’town and Montague men, Sil. Fox, Crapaud and Cornwall women unbeaten after Curling Club Ch’ship Day One
Three draws have been played at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary as the PEI Curling Club Championship got underway on Friday, with men’s teams from all seven dedicated PEI curling facilities, and women’s rinks from six of the seven competing.
Two teams, the Charlottetown Curling Club foursome skipped by Dennis Watts, and the Matthew MacDonald-skipped Montague squad, are 2-0 in the men’s competition, while three rinks, captained by Melissa Morrow out of the Silver Fox in Summerside, who were finalists in last year’s event, along with Tricia Sanderson from the Crapaud Community Curling Club, and the Kim Nicholson foursome from the Cornwall Curling Club are 1-0 in the women’s event. Tim Hockin and the Summerside men lost 8-7 to Montague in the only extra-end game of the day.
File photo (L-R): Miranda Ellis, Lindsay Spencer, Melissa Morrow from the Silver Fox
The round robin continues on Saturday and Sunday with 4 draws each day, with all the women’s teams seeing action at 9 am, six of the seven men’s team on the ice at noon, two women’s and one men’s rink playing at 4 pm, and six men’s teams wrapping up each day with the 8 pm draw.
The top three teams from the round robin draws, after any tiebreakers, advance to their respective championship round on Monday and, if needed, Tuesday.
The provincial winners will advance to the national Curling Club Championship, normally held in November. Dates and location have not yet been announced.
Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary hosting 2019 PEI Curling Club Ch’ships
The 2019 PEI Curling Club Championships, featuring the winning men’s and women’s teams from individual club playdowns, take place February 22-26 at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary. All seven dedicated PEI curling facilities are represented on the Men’s side, and six out of seven are competing on the Women’s.
The Men and Women will play round robin draws, Friday through Sunday, with the top three teams after any tiebreakers advancing to their respective championship round on Monday and, if needed, Tuesday.
The provincial winners will advance to the national Curling Club Championship, normally held in November. Dates and location have not yet been announced.
Schedule
Green = Men’s, Violet = Women’s
| Date | Time | Draw | Ice 1 | Ice 2 | Ice 3 | Ice 4 |
| Fri Feb 22 |
10 am | 1 | Charlottetown – Cornwall | Crapaud – Western | Maple Leaf – Silver Fox | |
| 2 pm | 2 | Maple Leaf – Cornwall | Western – Crapaud | Silver Fox – Montague | Silver Fox – Montague | |
| 6 pm | 3 | Western -Montague | Cornwall – Maple Leaf | Charlottetown – Crapaud | ||
| Sat Feb 23 |
9 am | 4 | Western – Silver Fox | Cornwall – Montague | Maple Leaf – Crapaud | |
| 12 pm | 5 | Crapaud – Silver Fox | Charlottetown – Western | Cornwall -Montague | ||
| 4 pm | 6 | Crapaud – Montague | Crapaud – Maple Leaf | Cornwall – Silver Fox | Maple Leaf – Western | |
| 8 pm | 7 | Charlottetown – Montague | Cornwall – Silver Fox | Western -Maple Leaf | ||
| Sun Feb 24 |
9 am | 8 | Cornwall – Crapaud | Maple Leaf – Silver Fox | Western – Montague | |
| 12 pm | 9 | Maple Leaf -Montague | Charlottetown – Silver Fox | Cornwall -Crapaud | ||
| 4 pm | 10 | Maple Leaf – Montague | Cornwall – Western | Cornwall – Western | Crapaud – Silver Fox | |
| 8 pm | 11 | Western -Silver Fox | Crapaud -Montague | Charlottetown – Maple Leaf | ||
| Mon Feb 25 |
10 am | 12 | PA | P1 | ||
| 2 pm | 13 | P2 | PB | |||
| 6 pm | 14 | PC* |
Since no tiebreakers are required both playoffs will start at 10 am on Feb. 25.
Since the men’s winning team was undefeated, they must be beaten twice, so game P3 will be needed in the event the team is beaten in game PB.
Ch’ship Round Draw Tree
Teams
Click for player info. M=Men, W=Women
| Team | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| M – Charlottetown CC (Watts) | Charlottetown Curling Complex |
| M – Cornwall CC (Mark MacDonald) | Cornwall Curling Club |
| M – Crapaud CCC (Inman) | Crapaud Community Curling Club |
| M – Maple Leaf CC (Matheson) | Maple Leaf Curling Club |
| M – Montague CC (Matthew MacDonald) | Montague Curling Club |
| M – Silver Fox CC (Hockin) | Silver Fox Curling Club. |
| M – Western CC (Vincent) | Western Community Curling Club |
| W – Cornwall CC (Nicholson) | Cornwall Curling Club |
| W – Crapaud CCC (Sanderson) | Crapaud Community Curling Club |
| W – Maple Leaf CC (Boylan) | Maple Leaf Curling Club |
| W – Montague CC (Dewar) | Montague Curling Club |
| W – Silver Fox CC (Morrow) | Silver Fox Curling Club. |
| W – Western CCC (Horne) | Western Community Curling Club |
Last year’s event: PEICurling.com/travelers20172018