The Bill Hope rink from the Charlottetown Curling Complex and the Cornwall Curling Club, and the defending champion Ted MacFadyen team from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex are both undefeated after opening day play at the men’s Curl PEI Masters Curling Championship being played at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, and have advanced to the “A” section finals at 9:30 am Saturday. Seven men’s rinks are taking part. The women’s title was won by default by the defending champion Sandy Hope rink from Cornwall – the only entry. Masters curlers are age 60 and over.
Photo by Craig Mackie
Hope blanked the Silver Fox rink skipped by Dario Zannier 8-0 in his opener, and then beat another Fox team, captained by Louis Walsh, in his second game to advance to the A section final of the modified triple knockout draw. MacFadyen beat Clair Sweet and his host club team 5-2 in the first draw, and doubled Dale Cannon of the Silver Fox 8-4 in his second match to go to the A section final.
Walsh defeated Silver Fox clubmate Des Arsenault in his opener to advance to the game against Hope. Stuart Graves moved up to skip the Zannier rink in game 2, and pulled out a 7-2 win over Sweet in B pool action this afternoon.
With the “modified” triple knockout format, the section winners and runners-up drop down to compete in the next section. It’s Sweet vs Walsh, and Graves vs Cannon in 9:30 am B pool action on Saturday, with the Sweet/Walsh winner playing MacFadyen and 1:30 pm, and the Cannon/Graves winner taking on Walsh at the same time. The winners advance to the “B” section final at 5:30 Saturday.
The “C” semi-finals and final go Sunday at 10 am and 2 pm. If a team wins all three sections, the event will end then. If not, the section finalists advance to the championship round on Monday, also at 10 and, if needed, 2 pm.
Winning and runner-up teams advance to the Maritime Masters, March 16-18 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex in Summerside.
The winning Men’s and Women’s teams also earn the right to compete in the Canadian Masters, April 3-9 in Guelph, Ontario.
The PEI Masters Curling Championships, with Men’s and Women’s divisions for curlers age 60 and over, take place from Jan. 27-30 at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary. Defending champs are the Sandy Hope women’s rink from the Cornwall Curling Club and the Ted MacFadyen team from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex in Summerside. There was only one women’s entry, so there will be no women’s playdown, and the Sandy Hope rink will repeat as women’s champions. The MacFadyen rink are back this year as one of the seven men’s rinks entered.
Winning and runner-up teams advance to the Maritime Masters, March 16-18 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex in Summerside.
The winning Men’s and Women’s teams also earn the right to compete in the Canadian Masters, April 3-9 in Guelph, Ontario.
Event website: peicurling.com/masters20162017/
Link to end by end live scoring: peicurling.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/2190
Men’s Schedule
Date | Time | Draw # | Ice 1 | Ice 2 | Ice 3 | Ice 4 |
Jan. 27 | 10am | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
2pm | 2 | | 5 | 6 | 4 |
Jan. 28 | 9:30am | 3 | | 8 | 7 | 9 |
1:30pm | 4 | 10 | 11 | | 12 |
5:30pm | 5 | 14 | 15 | 13 | |
Jan. 29 | 10am | 6 | | 16 | | 17 |
2pm | 7 | | | 18 | |
Jan. 30 | 10am | 8 | | MA | | |
2pm | 9 | | NOT | NEEDED | |
Explanation for MA/MB:
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 are in yellow on the schedule
Men’s Draw Tree
Draw tree will NOT be updated during event – refer to Live Scoring for updated draw tree.
Men’s Team Rosters
Skip | 3rd | 2nd | Lead | Club |
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Paul Arsenault | Ron Giggey | Roddie MacLean | Edgar Coffin | Cornwall Curling Club |
Dale Cannon (throws 1st) | Blair Jay (throws 4th) | Des Arsenault (throws 3rd) | Cliff Poirier (throws 2nd) | Silver Fox Curling & Yacht |
Bill Hope | Craig Mackie | David Murphy | Bill Doherty | Charlottetown, Cornwall |
Ted MacFadyen | Lou Nowlan | Earle Proude | Alan Montgomery | Silver Fox Curling & Yacht |
Clair Sweet | Bob Matheson | Muncey Harris | Wayne Arsenault | Maple Leaf Curling Club |
Louis Walsh | Doug Waugh | Jim Evans | Bob MacFarlane | Silver Fox Curling & Yacht |
Dario Zannier or Stuart Graves | Stuart Graves or Dario Zannier | Wayne Walsh | Bill Chester | Crapaud, Silver Fox |
Women’s Team Roster
Skip | 3rd | 2nd | Lead | Coach | Club |
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Sandy Hope | Shelley Ebbett | Debbie Rhodenhizer | Arleen Harris | Bill Hope | Cornwall Curling Club |