Ted MacFadyen wins sixth Senior Men's title
Barb Currie captures fourth Senior Women's crown
Feb. 19-The Barb Currie rink from the host Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club edged Cornwall's Shirley Berry foursome by a 7-6 score this afternoon to win the Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Women's Curling Championship. Playing with Currie were third Lana Simmons, second Jeanette Rivard, and lead Helen MacDonald, with coach Al Ledgerwood. Third Danielle Girard, second Arleen Harris, and lead Carol Sweetapple round out the Berry foursome, who are coached by Butch McGee.
Photo L-R: Barb Currie, Lana Simmons, Jeanette Rivard, Helen MacDonald
This is Currie's fourth Seniors title, winning previously in 2001, 2005, and 2006. Berry is a two-time Seniors champion.
In today's game, Currie opened the scoring with a first end deuce. Berry tied it up with singles in the next two ends, but Currie scored another deuce in the fourth to grab the lead. They exchanged singles in five and six. Currie stole the next two ends to lead 7-3. Berry grabbed a 9th end pair to narrow the gap to two, and stole a deuce in the tenth, not enough to tie the game.
The Currie rink were first in the round robin, with a 6-1 win-loss record, their only loss being to the Berry team, who were second at 5-2..
Berry won the 1st place vs 2nd place Page playoff over Currie to advance directly to today's final, while the Summerside team had to get to the championship game by beating out third-place Joyce White of Charlottetown in the semi-final match.
On Monday, the Ted MacFadyen rink from the Charlottetown Curling Club beat the Peter MacDonald rink from the Fox by a 9-3 score to win the Men's title.
The Currie and MacFadyen rinks now advance to the Canadian Seniors, March 22-30 in Prince Albert Sask.
Feb. 18-The Ted MacFadyen rink from the Charlottetown Curling Club defeated the Peter MacDonald rink from the host Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club by a 9-3 score this afternoon, stealing deuces in the sixth and seventh ends, to win the Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Senior Men's Curling Championship. MacFadyen is now a six-time Seniors champion, and five-time Men's champ. Lead Mike Coady and second Sandy Foy have been playing on his team since the mid-seventies, while Craig Mackie has recently joined the rink at third. Rod MacDonald, Tom Fetterly and Doug MacEachern round out the MacDonald squad.
MacDonald won the A side of the double-knockout event, while MacFadyen took the B side, with both teams beating Clair Sweet of O'Leary in the section finals.
Photo (L-R): Ted MacFadyen, Craig Mackie, Sandy Foy, Mike Coady
The winning MacFadyen rink will advance to the Canadian Seniors, March 22-30 in Prince Albert Sask.
On the women's side, the Barb Currie rink from the host Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club defeated Charlottetown's Joyce White foursome 8-2 this afternoon in the semi-final of the Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Senior Women's Curling championships. The win puts Currie, and teammates Lana Simmons, Jeanette Rivard, and Helen MacDonald in Tuesday's 2 pm final against Cornwall's Shirley Berry rink. Currie has won the Seniors three times in the past, while Berry is a two-time champ.