Live results at: peicurling.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/4501
Host Cornwall Curling Club teams win both divisions at Maritime Stick Ch’ships
The Maritime Stick Curling Championships, featuring the top curlers from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and PEI in the two-person per team sport of Stick Curling, wrapped up Sunday afternoon at the Cornwall Curling Club, with teams from the host club winning both the Open (any combination of male/female) and Women’s divisions, and also finishing as runners-up in the women’s. 12 Open and an equal number of Women’s teams took part in the annual championship, the location of which rotates around the three Maritime provinces.
(L-R): Paul Arsenault and Vince Fisher, Open Division winners
In the Open Division final, the duo of Vince Fisher and Paul Arsenault stole the last end in a 5-3 decision over the John Marshall/Lowell Jenkins twosome from Nova Scotia, finishing with an overall win-loss record of 6-2, after finishing round-robin play at 3-2. The PEI rink got by the Steve Murray/Harold Smallwood team from New Brunswick 5-3 in the quarter-final round, and edged the Chuck Dyke/Jim Burgess team from Nova Scotia 4-3 in the semis, while Marshall/Jenkins outlasted Montague’s Gordon MacDonald/Bazil Higginbotham twosome 3-2 in their low-scoring semi.
Maritime Stick Women’s Winners Gloria Clarke (left) and Ruth Stavert
In the Women’s Division, the Gloria Clarke and Ruth Stavert team, who went 6-1 in the competition, and have won both the PEI and Maritime stick titles numerous times, beat the duo of Elaine Hughes and Etta Reid, who repeated as PEI champions this season, 8-6 in an extra end in the all-PEI final. Hughes/Reid finished with a 5-2 win-loss record.
Maritime Stick women’s finalists Etta Reid (left) and Elaine Hughes, with event organizer Ernie Stavert
Clarke/Stavert beat New Brunswick’s Sherill Minns and Sue Harris 8-1 in the semi-finals, while Reid/Hughes defeated the Ann Barwise/Audrey Callaghan duo from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton 8-3 in their semi-final match, in which they were leading 6-0 after three ends.
Some of the same teams and many others will be back at the Cornwall Curling Club for the Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship from March 31 to April 3rd.
The 2019 Maritime Stick Curling Championship, featuring the top teams from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island in the 2 person sport of Stick Curling, takes place March 15-17 at the Cornwall Curling Club in Cornwall PEI. There are two divisions – Open (any combination of male and/or female) and Women (female curlers only), and two pools of six teams per division. Live results will be available at PEICurling.com/scoreboard.
2019 Maritime Stick Championship – Pools
Open Pool AMark Stewart/ Dodi Stewart NB Bill Power/Howard Kerwin PE Chuck Dyke/Jim Burgess NS John Marshall/Lowell Jenkins NS Roddie MacLean/ Paul Field PE Vince Fisher/Paul Arsenault PE |
Open Pool BSteve Murray/Harold Smallwood NB Mike Minns/ Rendell Gard NB Dave MacDougal/ John Cameron NS Haylett Clarke/ Alison Munro NS Doug Campbell/Joe Gill PE Gordon MacDonald/Bazil Higginbotham PE |
Women Pool CSherill Minns/Sue Harris NB Winnie MacArthur/Carole Munro PE Doreen Densmore/Caroline Belliveau NS Denise Pray/Betty Mattson NS Etta Reid/Elaine Hughes PE Ann Barwise/Audrey Callaghan PE |
Women Pool DBarb Hallett/ Ann Orser NB Phyllis Stretch/Joan Doiron PE Pauline Bullerwell/ Diane Mallinson NS Patti Simpson/ Lynn Doucette NS Myrna Craswell/ Myrna Sanderson PE Ruth Stavert/Gloria Clarke PE |
Maritime Stick Curling Championship Official Draw
Friday March 15
Time | Sheet 1 | Sheet 2 | Sheet 3 | Sheet 4 |
9:00 am | MacLean/ Field vs Dyke/ Burgess | Stewart/ Stewart vs Fisher/ Arsenault | Kerwin/Power vs Marshall/ Jenkins | Campbell/Gill vs MacDougal/ Cameron |
10:20 am | Murray/ Smallwood vs MacDonald/ Higginbotham | Minns/ Gard vs Clarke/ Munro | Minns/ Harris vs Barwise/ Callaghan | MacArthur/ Munro vs Pray/ Mattson |
11:40 am | Densmore/ Belliveau vs Reid/ Hughes | Kerwin/ Power vs MacLean/ Field | Fisher/ Arsenault vs Dyke/ Burgess | Marshall/ Jenkins vs Stewart/ Stewart |
1:30 pm | Campbell/ Gill vs Minns/ Gard | MacDonald/ Higginbotham vs MacDougal/ Cameron | Bullerwell/ Mallinson vs Craswell/ Sanderson | Clarke/ Munro vs Murray/ Smallwood |
2:50 pm | Minns/ Harris vs Pray/ Mattson | Simpson/ Doucette vs Stretch/ Doiron | MacArthur/ Munro vs Reid/ Hughes | Hallett/ Orser vs Clarke/ Stavert |
4:30 pm | Power/ Kerwin vs Fisher/ Arsenault | Dyke/ Burgess vs Stewart/ Stewart | Marshall/ Jenkins vs MacLean/ Field | Barwise/ Callaghan vs Densmore/ Belliveau |
5:50 pm | Minns/ Gard vs MacDonald/ Higginbotham | Clarke/ Stavert vs Bullerwell/ Mallinson | Simpson/ Doucette vs Hallett/ Orser | Stretch/ Doiron vs Sanderson/ Craswell |
7:30 pm | Banquet | and | Meeting |
Saturday March 16
9:00 am | Simpson/ Doucette vs Craswell/ Sanderson | Densmore/ Belliveau vs Minns/ Harris | MacDougal/ Cameron vs Murray/ Smallwood | Clarke/ Munro vs Campbell/ Gill |
10:20 am | MacArthur/ Munro vs Barwise/ Callaghan | Bullerwell/ Mallinson vs Hallett/ Orser | Stretch/ Doiron vs Clarke/ Stavert | Pray/ Mattson vs Reid/ Hughes |
11:40 am | Stewart/ Stewart vs MacLean/ Field | Marshall/ Jenkins vs Fisher/ Arsenault | Dyke/ Burgess vs Power/ Kerwin | MacDougal/ Cameron vs Minns/ Gard |
1:30 pm | Murray/ Smallwood vs Campbell/ Gill | MacDonald/ Higginbotham vs Clarke/ Munro | Hallett/ Orser vs Craswell/ Sanderson | Simpson/ Doucette vs Clarke/ Stavert |
2:50 pm | Mallinson/ Bullerwell vs Stretch/ Doiron | Barwise/ Callaghan vs Pray/ Mattson | Minns/ Harris vs Reid/ Hughes | Densmore/ Belliveau vs MacArthur/ Munro |
4:10 pm | MacDougal/ Cameron vs Clarke/ Munro | Murray/ Smallwood vs Minns/ Gard | Campbell/Gill vs MacDonald/ Higginbotham | Craswell/ Sanderson vs Clarke/ Stavert |
6:00 pm | Dyke/ Burgess vs Marshall/ Jenkins | Hallett/ Orser vs Stretch/ Doiron | Bullerwell/ Mallinson vs Simpson/ Doucette | Stewart/ Stewart vs Power/ Kerwin |
7:30 pm | Densmore/ Belliveau vs Pray/ Mattson | Minns/ Harris vs MacArthur/ Munro | MacLean/ Field vs Fisher/ Arsenault | Reid/ Hughes vs Barwise/ Callaghan |
Tiebreakers 9:20 pm Saturday night and/or 8:30 Sunday morning
Sunday March 17
9:30/10:00 am | QF 2nd A vs 3rd B | QF 3rd A vs 2nd B | QF 2nd C vs 3rd D | QF 3rd C vs 2nd D |
11:00/11:30 am | Winner Sheet 3 vs Winner Pool D | Winner Sheet 4 vs Winner Pool C | Winner Sheet 1 vs Winner Pool B | Winner Sheet 2 vs Winner Pool A |
1:30/2:00 pm | Final Open | Final Women |
Here are photo galleries from draws four and five at the Maritime Stick Curling Championships, which got underway Friday morning at the Cornwall Curling Club. Click on a photo to enlarge, then use arrows to go ahead/back.
Draw 4:
Draw 5: