Kim Aylward rink wins come-from-behind PEI Senior Women’s Final on a measure
It not only came down to the last rock, but they had to measure to determine the winner, as the Kim Aylward rink from the host Silver Fox Curling Club in Summerside, trailing 5-2 after six ends this afternoon, scored a triple in end seven and stole a single in the final end to edge the Shelley Ebbett team from the Cornwall Curling Club by a 6-5 score to win the PEI Senior Women’s title, and a trip to the 2019 Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championships, Mar. 23-28 at the new Chilliwack Curling Centre in Chilliwack BC.
Winning team (L-R): Donna Whelan, Debbie Caissy, Shelley MacFadyen, Kim Aylward, Curl PEI Past President Andrew Robinson
Aylward, who had a 6-2 win-loss record in the modified triple knockout event, advanced to the final against Ebbett by eliminating defending champion Shirley Berry and her Cornwall rink with a 9-5 victory in the morning semi-final. Each of the three teams involved in the championship round had won one triple knockout section, but Ebbett had received a bye to the final game by virtue of playing in all three qualifier games.
Finalist team (L-R): Colleen Soltermann, Kim Pippy, Paulette Richard, Shelley Ebbett
Other members of the Pat Aylward-coached winning team are third Debbie Caissy, second stone Shelley MacFadyen, and lead Donna Whelan. Rounding out the Ebbett finalist team are third stone Kim Pippy, second Paulette Richard, and lead Colleen Soltermann.
On Monday morning, the Philip Gorveatt rink from the Charlottetown Curling Complex and the Montague Curling Rink won the Senior Men’s title, after edging the Dale Cannon team from the host Silver Fox Curling Club in Summerside by a 4-3 score in a closely-fought game, with neither team taking more than a single point in an end. The Gorveatt rink, which includes third Kevin Champion, second stone Larry Richards, and lead Mike Dillon, had won two of the three sections of the modified triple knockout draw, giving them two chances to win the championship, but the second game was not needed.
Six men’s and six women’s teams took part in this provincial championship, with men’s and women’s divisions for curlers age 50 and over.
Gorveatt rink wins PEI Senior Men’s Curling Title, Aylward advances to women’s final
The Philip Gorveatt rink from the Charlottetown Curling Complex and the Montague Curling Rink are the 2019 PEI Senior Men’s curling champions, after edging the Dale Cannon team from the host Silver Fox Curling Club in Summerside by a 4-3 score in a closely-fought game Monday morning, with neither team taking more than a single point in an end.
Championship rink photo (L-R): Mike Dillon, Larry Richards, Kevin Champion, Philip Gorveatt, Andrew Robinson (Curl PEI Past President)
The Gorveatt rink, who were finalists last year, includes third Kevin Champion, second stone Larry Richards, and lead Mike Dillon, and will now advance to the 2019 Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championships, Mar. 23-28 at the new Chilliwack Curling Centre in Chilliwack BC. The Gorveatt rink had won two of the three sections of the modified triple knockout draw, giving them two chances to win the championship, but the second game was not needed.
Finalist team photo (L-R) Alan Montgomery, Paul Matheson, Blair Jay, Dale Cannon
Other members of the Dale Cannon finalist rink include third Blair Jay, second Paul Matheson, and lead Alan Montgomery.
Meanwhile, the defending champion Shirley Berry rink from the Cornwall Curling Club will not be returning to the national this season, after losing in this morning’s semi-final by a 9-5 score to the host club’s Kim Aylward rink. Aylward, who took four points in the fourth end, stole a single in the fifth, and a deuce in the sixth en route to the win, and ran Berry out of rocks in the final end, will face Cornwall’s Shelley Ebbett rink in the 2 pm women’s final.
Six men’s and six women’s teams took part in this provincial championship with men’s and women’s divisions for curlers age 50 and over.
Gorveatt and Aylward win final qualifiers for Monday PEI Seniors Ch’ship round
The Championship Round is set for 10 am and 2 pm (the men’s 2 pm draw may not be necessary) on Monday as the PEI Seniors Curling Championships. with Men’s and Women’s divisions for curlers age 50 and over wraps up on Monday at the Silver Fox in Summerside. Modified triple knockout play concluded Sunday afternoon, with the Philip Gorveatt rink from Charlottetown and the Kim Aylward foursome from the host club winning the final Qualifier matches.
Gorveatt
(L-R): Debbie Caissy, Donna Whelan, Kim Aylward
Gorveatt won both the men’s A and C qualifiers, and is now one game away from the Senior Men’s title, as he has a “double life” in the championship round and will win the championship if he takes either game, both against B section winner Dale Cannon from Summerside, while Cannon must win both games. Gorveatt scored a triple in the third end to win an otherwise low scoring contest by a 5-2 score against Cannon in the “C” final this afternoon,
There are three separate women’s section winners, with defending champion Shirley Berry from Cornwall winning the “A” Qualifier, her clubmate Shelley Ebbett winning the “B”, and Aylward taking the “C”, with a 7-5 victory over Ebbett this afternoon, aided by a four-point fourth end.
The rules state that if there are three separate winners, the one who played in the most section qualifiers gets the bye to the 2 pm match. Ebbett played in all three and consequently will play the winner of the 10 am semi-final match between Berry and Aylward in the 2 pm final.
The event winners will advance to the 2019 Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championships, Mar. 23-28 at the new Chilliwack Curling Centre in Chilliwack BC.
Six men’s and six women’s teams took part in this provincial championship.
C Qualifiers set at PEI Seniors
The PEI Seniors Curling Championships at the Silver Fox Curling Club in Summerside, for curlers age 50+, is down to two or three games in both the men’s and women’s sections.
Alan Montgomery (left) and Blair Jay watch their rock closely, as Dale Cannon directs it into the house
The Dale Cannon team from the host club edged Alberton’s Freddy Fraser rink by a 4-3 score, aided by a fifth end triple in a game that saw the first three ends blanked, in men’s “C” semi-final play this morning.
Philip Gorveatt watches as Mike Dillon (left) and Larry Richards sweep his rock
The Philip Gorveatt team from Charlottetown, who made it to the final last year, won the other semi by a 9-3 score over Alan Inman and his Crapaud rink, bringing the game to an early conclusion with a four-point sixth end. Cannon and Gorveatt now square off in the “C” final at 2 pm. Both teams have already won one of the modified triple knockout sections, so the winner of this game will have a “double life” in the Monday championship games at 10 am and, if needed, 2 pm, and will win the championship if they take either game, while their opponent, the loser of the C final, will have to win both to be declared the winner.
Kim Aylward
In this morning’s women’s “C” semifinal draw, Kim Aylward and her host club team downed defending champion Shirley Berry and her Cornwall rink by a 12-2 score, stealing 4 points in the first and stealing another triple in the 4th, leading 8-1 at the break, and sending the game to handshakes with a four point sixth end.
Kim Pippy (left) and Paulette Richard of Team Ebbett watch a rock delivered by Colleen Soltermann
The other “C” semi saw Cornwall’s Shelley Ebbett advance to her third section final with an 8-4 win over clubmate Debbie Rhodenhizer, in a game that was tied after 4 ends. Ebbett took singles in the fifth and sixth end and stole a deuce in the 7th for the win.
The women’s playoff scenarios look like this:
Regardless of whether Ebbett or Aylward win the “C” Qualifier game at 2 pm, Ebbett has earned a ticket to the final game at 2 pm Monday.
If Ebbett wins the “C”, she will have won both the B and C qualifiers, and play in both the 10 am and 2 pm Monday championship round games, winning the event if she takes either game, while her opponent, A section winner Shirley Berry, would have to win both games.
If Ebbett loses the “C” qualifier, there would be three separate section winners – Berry (“A”), Ebbett (“B”), and Aylward “C”. The rules state that with three section winners, “the team that played in the most qualifying games” advances to the 2 pm game, while the other two teams would play off in the 10 am game, with the winner advancing to the 2 pm final. Ebbett is the only team to have played in all three qualifiers games, and would advance to the second game.
The event winners will advance to the 2019 Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championships, Mar. 23-28 at the new Chilliwack Curling Centre in Chilliwack BC.
Six men’s and six women’s teams took part in this provincial championship.
Gorveatt and Berry win PEI Seniors A Qualifiers, while Cannon and Ebbett win the B
It was a busy day at the PEI Seniors Curling Championships at the Silver Fox in Summerside, with three draws played, and the A and B section qualifiers out of the modified triple knockout draw determined for the Monday championship round, with two different section winners in both the Men’s and the Women’s championships. There are six men’s and an equal number of women’s teams taking part, and all teams were on the ice for two of the three Saturday draws.
The defending women’s champion and last year’s men’s finalist team took the “A” section, with the Philip Gorveatt rink from the Charlottetown Curling Complex winning the Men’s A Qualifier Saturday morning with an 8-1 victory over Crapaud’s Alan Inman foursome, while the Shirley Berry squad beat their Cornwall clubmates the Shelley Ebbett team 8-3.
Alan Inman (left), A Qualifier winner Philip Gorveatt (right)
A Qualifier winner Shirley Berry (left), B Qualifier winner Shelley Ebbett
Berry and Ebbett were back for the B qualifier, after Berry stole a deuce in the 7th and a single in the 8th end in a 7-6 comeback B semi-final win over clubmate Debbie Rhodenhizer, and Ebbett, leading 6-1 after three ends against Sharon Horne and her Western Community Curling Club team, finished with a 9-2 score in her B semi.
The results of the B qualifier were very different from the “A”. Berry got off to a fast start by stealing a first-end triple, but Ebbett took control of the scoreboard after that, with a tying triple, a single steal, and a triple steal for a 7-3 lead at the fourth end break. The teams exchanged singles, and Ebbett brought the game to a speedy conclusion by stealing her third triple in the seventh, to end the game with an 11-4 win.
In the men’s division, Inman advanced to his second qualifier by stealing the extra end for a 4-3 win over Freddy Fraser and his Western Community foursome. “A” winner Gorveatt’s B semi-final game, against the host club’s Dale Cannon rink, also went to an extra end, but Cannon had last rock and scored a single for a 4-3 win.
Dale Cannon, holding the broom
In the men’s “B” Qualifier, Inman lead 4-3 at the break, but a sixth-end triple gave the lead to Cannon, and the teams traded singles in the final ends for a 7-5 victory for Cannon.
There are two draws on Sunday, with the “C” semis at 10 am, and the “C” qualifier games at 2 pm.
In the men’s semis, Gorveatt will again play Inman, while Fraser takes on Cannon. Team Berry takes on the Kim Aylward team from the host club in one women’s semi-final, while Ebbett will play clubmate Rhodenhizer in the other.
With two separate winners in both the men’s and women’s sections, this means that, as no team will win all three sections, there will be a championship round with the section winners on Monday in both divisions, at 10 am and, if needed, 2 pm. If any of the teams who won so far also wins the C qualifier, they would have a “double life” in the championship round and would win the event if they took either game against the other qualifier winner, while the other team would have to win both games.
The event winners will advance to the 2019 Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championships, Mar. 23-28 at the new Chilliwack Curling Centre in Chilliwack BC.
Saturday morning “A” Qualifiers set at PEI Seniors Championships in Summerside
Play got underway Friday afternoon at the Silver Fox curling club in Summerside in the PEI Seniors Curling Championships, with male and female divisions for curlers age 50 and over, following the postponement of the morning draw due to icy roads. A third draw has now been added on Saturday. The six men’s and an equal number of women’s teams are playing modified triple knockout draws, with the winner of each section dropping down to compete in subsequent sections. If a team wins all three sections, they will be champion without a playoff. Otherwise, the section winners advance to a two-game championship round on Monday.
The “A section finalists have been determined after Friday play, with the Cornwall Curling Club’s Shelley Ebbett, and defending champion Shirley Berry teams squaring off in the women’s “A” qualifier, and the Alan Inman rink from the Crapaud Community Curling Club, and the Philip Gorveatt team from the Charlottetown Curling Complex, who made it to the championship game last year, meeting in the men’s “A” qualifier game. Both qualifier games go at 10 am Saturday.
Berry had a bye in the 2 pm draw, and doubled Crapaud’s Vivian Sherren foursome 12-6 to advance to the qualifier match. Sherren, aided by a seventh end triple, got by Cornwall’s Debbie Rhodenhizer squad 6-4 in the opening draw. The seventh end was also good for the Ebbett rink, who had a bye in the afternoon draw, but stole four in the 7th in the evening for a 9-4 win over the Kim Aylward team from the host club.
Aylward won her afternoon opener 9-3 over the Sharon Horne team from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton in a game that ended after six ends, with Aylward getting an early lead with a six-ender in the second.
In the men’s event both Inman and Gorveatt had first draw byes, with Inman, trailing after a fourth end triple steal by Summerside’s Dale Cannon, stealing the last three ends to pull out a 6-5 win. Gorveatt stole a deuce in the seventh end to break a tie in his game against the Freddy Fraser foursome from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, and won the game 7-5.
Cannon’s opening game against defending champion Bill Hope and his Cornwall and Silver Fox rink was tied 6-all after eight ends, but Cannon had hammer in the extra and pulled out a 7-6 victory. Fraser’s opener against Charlottetown’s David Kassner rink was the lowest-scoring of the day, with four blank ends, and no team taking more than a single point in an end, and finished with a 3-2 score in favour of Fraser.
Action continues Saturday afternoon at 2 pm with the “B” section semi-finals, followed by the “B” qualifier games at 6 pm.
The event winners will advance to the 2019 Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championships, Mar. 23-28 at the new Chilliwack Curling Centre in Chilliwack BC.
Feb 8: Organizers are going ahead with Draw #1 at 2 pm and Draw #2 at 6 pm. Saturday draws times are at 10 am, 2 pm and 6 pm.
The 2019 PEI Seniors Curling Championships, with male and female divisions for curlers age 50 and over, are set for the Silver Fox curling club in Summerside, from February 8-11. Entries include the defending champion Bill Hope squad, from Cornwall and the host club, and last year’s finalist Philip Gorveatt team from the Charlottetown Curling Complex and the Montague Curling Rink, along with the defending women’s champion Shirley Berry foursome from the Cornwall Curling Club, and last year’s women’s finalist rink, skipped by Sharon Horne, out of the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. Other entries include last year’s PEI Women’s Travelers Curling Club Championship team, skipped by Debbie Rhodenhizer, out of Cornwall.
The six men’s and an equal number of women’s teams will play modified triple knockout draws, with the winner of each section dropping down to compete in subsequent sections. If a team wins all three sections, they will be champion without a playoff. Otherwise, the section winners advance to a two-game championship round on Monday.
The event winners will advance to the 2019 Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championships, Mar. 23-28 at the new Chilliwack Curling Centre in Chilliwack BC.
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Draw Tree
(modified triple knockout with two game qualifier round, unless a team wins all three section qualifier games)
(Draw tree will not be updated during event – refer to online scoring for draw progression)
Schedule
Men’s games have light green background
Women’s games have plum background
Qualifier games have game number highlighted in yellow
Draw 1-5 times have been revised due to a weather delay
| Date | Draw | Time | Ice 1 | Ice 2 | Ice 3 | Ice 4 | Ice 5 | Ice 6 |
Fri Feb 8 | 1 | 2 PM | 1 | 2 | B | A | ||
| 2 | 6 PM | D | C | 3 | 4 | |||
Sat Feb 9 | 3 | 10 AM | 7 | 6 | 5 | E | F | G |
| 4 | 2 PM | H | I | 9 | 8 | |||
| 5 | 6 PM | 11 | 10 | 12 | L | J | K | |
Sun Feb 10 | 6 | 10 AM | N | M | 13 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 2 PM | 15 | O | |||||
Mon Feb 11 | 8 | 10 AM | MA | WA | ||||
| 9 | 2 PM | WB | MB |
Modified Triple Knockout Draw Playoff Scenarios
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 have yellow game number background on the schedule
Team Rosters
(Click on Team Name for players)
| Team | Coach | Affiliation | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| M – Team Cannon | Silver Fox Curling Club | Summerside, PEI | |
| M – Team Fraser | Western Community Curling Club | Alberton, PEI | |
| M – Team Gorveatt | Charlottetown CC & Montague CC | Charlottetown, PEI & Montague, PEI | |
| M – Team Hope | Cornwall CC/Summerside CC | Cornwall, PEI & Summerside, PEI | |
| M – Team Inman | Crapaud Community Curling Club | Crapaud, PEI | |
| M – Team Kassner | Charlottetown Curling Complex | Charlottetown, PEI | |
| W – Team Aylward | Pat Aylward | Silver Fox Curling Club | Summerside, PEI |
| W – Team Berry | Cornwall Curling Club | Cornwall, PEI | |
| W – Team Ebbett | Cornwall Curling Club | Cornwall, PEI | |
| W – Team Horne | Western Community Curling Club | Alberton, PEI | |
| W – Team Rhodenhizer | Cornwall Curling Club | Cornwall, PEI | |
| W – Team Sherren | Crapaud Community Curling Club | Crapaud, PEI |
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