Provincial Mixed Doubles Curling Trials 2014-2015
The inaugural Provincial Mixed Doubles Curling Trials were held at the Crapaud Community Curling Club December 12-14, 2014. The winning team moved on to represent PEI at the National Mixed Doubles Trials in Ottawa in March 2015. The four teams entered play a modified triple knockout format, advancing teams to a two game championship round, unless one team wins all three sections, in which case the champion will be declared without the championship round being played.
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Kyle Holland/Katie Fullerton rink wins PEI’s 1st Mixed Doubles Trials
The Charlottetown Curling Complex and Cornwall Curling Club duo of Kyle Holland and Katie Fullerton scored five points in the fourth end on the way to a 7-3 win in six ends over the Tyler Smith and Chloé McCloskey team from the host Crapaud Community Curling Club and the Cornwall club this afternoon to win PEI’s first-ever Mixed Doubles trials. Both teams are junior (under 21) age, with Holland skipping the PEI Pepsi Junior men’s champs last year, and Smith winning the previous year. Smith also represented PEI in the Canada Games in 2011, and will be going again this winter. Both Fullerton and McCloskey are members of the two-time reigning provincial junior women’s championship rink, skipped by Veronica Smith.
Photo (L-R): Mixed Doubles runners-up Chloé McCloskey and Tyler Smith
All four have some experience at the national level, playing in Mixed Doubles mini-tournaments at the Canadian Juniors. The Holland and Fullerton duo will now be the first Island rink to advance to the Canadian Junior Mixed Trials, which take place in Ottawa in March, with the winner of that event advancing to the World Mixed Doubles in Sochi Russia in April. PEI has already had representation at the World’s, with Robert Campbell and Rebecca Jean MacDonald earning a berth in 2011 as part of their Canadian Mixed championship win.
In this afternoon’s championship game, the Holland/Fullerton team scored a single in the first end, with Smith and McCloskey taking singles in the next two for a 3-1 lead. Holland’s five point fourth end, followed by singles by each team in the next two ends brought the game to an early conclusion.
Holland and Fullerton beat the Smith/McCloskey twosome by an 8-1 score in five ends this morning to capture the C qualifier of the four team Modified Triple Knockout draw. As Holland/Fullerton also captured the A section, while Smith/McCloskey won only the B, they had the advantage going into the two game Championship Round at 1 and 4 pm and would win the championship if they won either game, while Smith and McCloskey would have had to win both. As it turned out, only the first Championship round game was needed.
Holland and Fullerton captured the A section on Friday, with an 11-3 win over the Dario Zannier/Vivian Holm pair from the host Crapaud club in the qualifier game, On Saturday morning, Smith and McCloskey beat Crapaud’s Daniel and Nancy MacFadyen team 9-4 to advance to the Saturday afternoon B qualifier match against Holland/Fullerton, who got off to a great start in their game, stealing singles in the first 3 ends. Smith and McCloskey then jumped into the lead with a four point fourth end. The teams then traded deuces and singles to give Smith and McCloskey the B qualifier ,by a 7-6 score.
Down in the must-win C flight, the MacFadyens took on clubmates Zannier and Holm in a Saturday afternoon game, with a six-point 3rd end propelling the MacFadyen rink to an 11-5 victory. Holland /Fullerton then eliminated the MacFadyens with a 6-2 win in the 4 pm draw.
The Mixed Doubles game format, relatively new to curling, is played over eight ends. Each team has only six stones and one of those stones from each team is prepositioned on the centre line before every end of play. One player delivers the first and last stones of the end while the other player throws the second, third and fourth stones. If they choose to, the two players may swap positions from one end to the next. Both team members are also allowed to sweep.
Holland and Fullerton win C qualifier, will have advantage in Ch’ship round at PEI Mixed Doubles
The Kyle Holland and Katie Fullerton duo from the Charlottetown Curling Complex and the Cornwall Curling Club beat the Tyler Smith and Chloé McCloskey twosome from the Crapaud and Cornwall clubs by an 8-1 score in five ends this morning to capture the C qualifier at the inaugural PEI Mixed Doubles Curling Trials at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. Both are junior-age teams. As Holland/Fullerton also captured the A section of the four team Modified Triple Knockout, while Smith/McCloskey won only the B section, they will have the advantage going into the two game Championship Round at 1 and 4 pm. Holland/Fullerton will take the championship if they win either game, while Smith and McCloskey would have to win both Championship Round games to go on to represent PEI at the National Mixed Doubles Trials in Ottawa in March 2015.
In this morning’s contest, Holland/Fullerton took three points with hammer in the first end, and kept Smith/McCloskey to a single point in end two. Holland/Fullerton then took a deuce and stole a single, giving them a 6-1 lead after four ends. A stolen deuce in the fifth game them and 8-1 lead and brought the game to an early conclusion.
Holland and Fullerton captured the A section on Friday, with an 11-3 win over the Dario Zannier/Vivian Holm pair from the host club in the A qualifier game, On Saturday morning, Smith and McCloskey beat Crapaud’s Daniel and Nancy MacFadyen team 9-4 to advance to the Saturday afternoon B qualifier match against Holland/Fullerton, who got off to a great start in their game, stealing singles in the first 3 ends. Smith and McCloskey then jumped into the lead with a four point fourth end.. The teams then traded deuces and singles to give Smith and McCloskey the B qualifier ,by a 7-6 score.
Down in the must-win C flight, the MacFadyens took on clubmates Zannier and Holm in a Saturday afternoon game, with a six-point 3rd end propelling the MacFadyen rink to an 11-5 victory. Holland /Fullerton then eliminated the MacFadyens with a 6-2 win in the 4 pm draw.
All four junior players in the Championship Round have Mixed Doubles experience at a national level, having competed in Mixed Doubles games as part of the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, with McCloskey winning a silver medal in Mixed Doubles at last year’s Juniors.
Only two teams remain going into Sunday play at the PEI Mixed Doubles
The four teams that started play on Friday at the inaugural PEI Mixed Doubles Curling Trials at the Crapaud Community Curling Club have now been reduced to two — and they’re both Junior-age rinks — the Kyle Holland and Katie Fullerton duo from the Charlottetown Curling Complex and the Cornwall Curling Club, and the Tyler Smith and Chloé McCloskey twosome from the Crapaud and Cornwall clubs.
Holland and Fullerton captured the A section of the Modified Triple-Knockout round on Friday, with an 11-3 win over the Dario Zannier/Vivian Holm pair from the host club in the A qualifier game, On Saturday morning, Smith and McCloskey beat Crapaud’s Daniel and Nancy MacFadyen team 9-4 to advance to the Saturday afternoon B qualifier match against Holland/Fullerton, who got off to a great start in their game, stealing singles in the first 3 ends. Smith and McCloskey then jumped into the lead with a four point fourth end.. The teams then traded deuces and singles to give Smith and McCloskey the B qualifier ,by a 7-6 score.
Down in the must-win C flight, the MacFadyens took on clubmates Zannier and Holm in an afternoon game, with a six-point 3rd end propelling the MacFadyen rink to an 11-5 victory. Holland /Fullerton then eliminated the MacFadyens with a 6-2 win in the 4 pm draw.
The two junior rinks, Holland/Fullerton and Smith/McCloskey will play up to three games on Sunday, first squaring off in the C Qualifier at 10 am. The winner of that game will have a big advantage going into the two game championship round at one and four, as they will take the championship if they win either game, while the loser of the C Qualifier would have to win both championship round games to go on to represent PEI at the National Mixed Doubles Trials in Ottawa in March 2015.
All four junior players have Mixed Doubles experience at a national level, having competed in Mixed Doubles games as part of the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, with McCloskey winning a silver medal in Mixed Doubles at last year’s Juniors.
Holland/Fullerton duo 2-0 after Friday play at Mixed Doubles, win championship round berth
The Kyle Holland and Katie Fullerton rink from the Charlottetown Curling Complex and the Cornwall Curling Club are 2-0 after opening day play at the inaugural PEI Mixed Doubles curling trials at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, and have captured the “A” event in the four team triple knockout competition ensuring them a berth in the championship round on Sunday. The duo won their opener 11-3 over the Dario Zannier/Vivian Holm twosome from the host club, taking four points in the third end, and triples in ends five and six to end the game early. Their second match, against Daniel and Nancy MacFadyen of Crapaud was much closer, with the teams tied at 3 after four ends, and at 6 after eight. Holland/Fullerton stole the extra end for the win.
The MacFadyens won their opener 7-6 over Crapaud and Cornwall’s Tyler Smith and Chloé McCloskey team, stealing the final end for the win. Smith/McCloskey won their second game, 7-5 over Zannier/Holm.
On Saturday, the Smith and MacFadyen rinks square off at 10 am, with the winner facing Holland in the B qualifier at 1 pm and the loser taking on Zannier at the same time in the C event. At 4 pm, the winner of the C event game takes on the loser of the B qualifier, with the winner of that game facing the winner of the B qualifier in the C qualifier game at 10 am Sunday.
The A, B, and C winners then square off in the two game championship round on Sunday at 1 and 4, unless the Holland/Fullerton team wins all three sections, which would give them the Mixed Doubles title without playing the championship round.
The winning team will move on to represent PEI at the National Mixed Doubles Trials in Ottawa in March 2015.
Team Rosters
| Skip | 3rd | Coach | Club(s) |
| Kyle Holland | Katie Fullerton | Charlottetown & Cornwall | |
| Daniel MacFadyen | Nancy MacFadyen | Crapaud | |
| Tyler Smith | Chloë McCloskey | Kevin Smith | Crapaud & Cornwall |
| Dario Zannier | Vivian Holm | Crapaud |
Modified Triple Knockout Draw (A, B, C), Championship Round, and Schedule
(Draw here will not be updated during event – refer to Curlcast for updated draw).
There are three possible outcomes from the Modified Triple Knockout Round:
1. One team wins all three qualifiers: Championship Round is not required.
2. One team wins two qualifiers. They play in 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 (3, 6, 9) 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.
Last stone advantage and stone handle colour:
1. A team that wins 2 qualifiers has last stone advantage AND choice of stone handle colour in both games.
2. If three separate winners, Last stone advantage AND choice of stone handle colour is awarded to the team with the best win/loss record during the knockout round. IF the win/loss records are identical, the higher ranked team will have the choice of last stone advantage OR choice of stone handle colour.
Game Logistics
(a) A team is composed of two players, one male, and one female. Alternate players are not allowed. A team must forfeit any game(s) in which it fails to have both athletes playing for the entire game. One coach will be allowed for each team.
(b) The scoring shall be the same as in a regular game of curling. The “positioned” stones that are placed before the beginning of each end are eligible to be counted in the scoring.
(c) Each game will be scheduled for eight (8) ends.
(d) Each team shall receive twenty-two (22) minutes of thinking time. There will be a four (4) minute break after the completion of the 4th end.
(e) When extra ends are required, the clocks will be reset, and each team shall receive three minutes (3:00) of thinking time for each extra end.
(f) Each team shall deliver five (5) stones per end. The player delivering the team’s first stone of the end must also deliver the team’s last stone of that end. The other team member shall deliver the team’s second, third and fourth stones for that end. The player delivering the first stone can change from end to end.
(g) After the pre-game practice, using all eight (8) stones, teams will choose the five stones they want to play with and shall keep those five stones for the entire game.
(h) Modified Free Guard Zone – No stone in play, including the “positioned” stones and those in the house, can be moved to an out-of-play position prior to the delivery of the fourth stone of an end (the fourth delivered stone is the first stone that can remove any stone from play). If there is a violation, the delivered stone shall be removed from play, and any displaced stone(s) shall be replaced to their original position by the non-offending team.
(i) Before the start of every end, one team shall place their team’s “positioned” stone at the playing end of the sheet in one of two positions, designated A and B. The opponent’s “positioned” stone shall then be placed in whichever position (A or B) remains vacant. The location of these positions shall be as follows:
1) Position A: Placement so that the stone is bisected by the centre line and is either immediately in front of or immediately behind one of 3 points in the ice. The points are placed on the centre line:
- at the mid-point between the hog line and the outermost edge of the top of the house
- 0.915 m. (3 feet) from the mid-point closer to the house
- 0.915 m. (3 feet) from the mid-point closer to the hog line
Based on the ice conditions, the Chief Umpire shall determine the specific placement for Position A to be used before the start of the pre-game practice and that same placement must be used for the entire game.
2) Position B: Placement so that the stone is in the back of the house, bisected by the centre line and abutting the back edge of the tee.
(j) The team having the decision on the placement of the “positioned” stones shall be:
1) Teams opposing each other in the game shall use the Last Stone Draw (LSD) to determine which team has the decision in the first end. The team with the lesser LSD distance shall have the decision on the placement.
2) Following the first end, the team that did not score shall have the decision on the placement.
3) If neither team scores in an end, the team that delivered the first stone in that end shall have the decision on placement in the next end.
(k) The team whose “positioned” stone is placed in Position A (in front of the house) shall deliver the first stone in that end, and the team whose “positioned” stone is placed in Position B (in the house) shall deliver the second stone in that end.
(l) While the team is in the process of delivery, the non-delivering player must be positioned inside the hog line and on the ice surface at the playing end of the sheet. After delivery, either or both players may sweep their delivered stone and any stones set in motion that belong to their team anywhere in front of the tee line at the playing end.
This applies during all of the team’s delivered stones, including the LSD.
(m) If a player delivers a stone out of proper rotation, that stone is returned to the hack to be delivered by the correct player, after any displaced stones have been replaced to their original positions by the non-offending team.
Should the infraction not be discovered until after the delivery of a subsequent stone, play continues as if the infraction had not occurred.
(n) The event will be fully officiated by a CCA Chief Umpire and appropriate Game Umpires.