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.
Feb. 18th - Five-time Men's and five-time Seniors champion Ted MacFadyen will have a chance for a 6th Seniors crown, as he plays "A" section winner Peter MacDonald of the host Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in the 2 PM men's final of the Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Senior Curling Championships. The MacFadyen foursome captured the "B" division final of this double-knockout event this morning with a decisive 9-1 win over Clair Sweet of O'Leary's Maple Leaf Curling Club.
On the women's side, Shirley Berry of Cornwall won the 1st place vs 2nd place Page playoff over Barb Currie of Summerside this morning by an 8-6 score, and advances directly to the final, set for Tuesday at 2 pm.
Currie will play in the 2 pm Monday semi-final against Joyce White of Charlottetown, who beat Cornwall's Sherren Morrison in the Page 3rd vs 4th game by a 9-3 score. The winner of the semi will advance to tomorrow's final.
The winning men's and women's rinks will advance to the Canadian Seniors, March 22-30 in Prince Albert Sask.
Feb. 17th - The playoff round is set at the Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Seniors Curling Championships at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club.
In the double-knockout men's division, Clair Sweet of O'Leary's Maple Leaf club and Ted MacFadyen of the Charlottetown Curling Club will square off in the B divison final Monday at 9 am, with the winner facing A divison winner Peter MacDonald of the host Silver Fox club in the 2 pm final.
Sweet advanced with a 6-4 win Sunday afternoon over Charlottetown's Charlie Wilkinson, while MacFadyen beat Peter MacDonald by an 8-6 score. On Sunday morning, MacFadyen eliminated John Deluca of Cornwall with a 10-3 win, while Wilkinson knocked out Lou Nowlan of the host club by an 8-3 score. MacDonald beat Sweet 5-2 in the A final on Saturday.
Round robin play wrapped up Sunday morning in the women's division. In the final round, Shirley Berry of Cornwall handed Barb Currie of Summerside her only loss of the round robin, by a 10-9 extra end score, giving Currie a 6-1 win-loss record and Berry a 5-2 tally, advancing both teams to the 1st place vs 2nd place Page playoff, now scheduled for 9 am on Monday.
Sherren Morrison of Cornwall, Joyce White of Charlottetown, and Karen A MacDonald of Charlottetown all finished with 4-3 win-loss records. Morrison had beaten both teams in round robin play, and was awarded third place, while White and MacDonald squared off in a Sunday afternoon tiebreaker, with White scoring four points in the final end to win 11-8 and grab the final playoff spot. Morrison and White now play in the Page 3rd place vs fourth place game Monday morning at 9.
Other round robin finishes: Diane MacKay of Cornwall was 3-4, Karen E MacDonald of Summerside was 2-5, while Silver Fox clubmate Nola Murphy was 0-7.
The winner of the Currie/Berry Page game will advance directly to the final, which will now take place Tuesday at 2 pm, due to a scheduling change.
The loser of that game will play in the semi-final, Monday at 2 pm, against the winner of the Morrison vs White Page contest, with the semi winner advancing to the Tuesday final.
The winning men's and women's rinks will advance to the Canadian Seniors, March 22-30 in Prince Albert Sask.
Feb 17th (morning) - due to Special Rules of Play for Seniors - tonights 7 PM Draw 13 has been cancelled and will be rescheduled. Once Draw 11 this morning completed the playoff/tiebreakers will be confirmed and timings will be arranged with the club. The 2 PM Draw is still as scheduled.