PEI Curling Association - Labatt Tankard 
2007 Men's Provincial Championships
Open Playdowns: Crapaud Community Curling Club, Jan. 26-Jan. 29
Final Eight: Cornwall Curling Club, Feb. 6-11

Click for other pages:
Final Eight Results

Final two teams chosen for Tankard Final Eight round 

(Jan. 29) The Labatt Tankard Open Playdowns wrapped up Monday night at the Crapaud Community Curling Club with the selection of the last two qualifiers for the Final Eight championship round of the provincial men's championships, February 7-11 at the Cornwall Curling Club. Five teams from the Charlottetown Curling Club, and three from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club have advanced from the triple-knockout playdowns to the round-robin Final Eight. 

Qualifier seven was a see-saw battle between two Charlottetown Curling Club rinks - Jody Jackson and Robert Shaw. Shaw blanked the first two ends, but Jackson stole a deuce in the third and a single in the fourth for a 3-0 lead. Shaw then took singles in the next four ends, to pull ahead 4-3. Jackson came back with a deuce in the ninth to lead 5-4. Shaw came out the winner, scoring two points in the final end to edge Jackson 6-5. Sandy MacPhee, Robbie Younker and Derryl McCarville round out the Shaw foursome.

After losing his A and B section qualifiers by one point each, Kyle Stevenson from Charlottetown captured the last qualifier with a decisive 7-1 win over Summerside's Jeff MacCallum rink. MacCallum blanked the first end and took a single in the second, but Stevenson controlled the scoring thereafter, with singles in the next three ends, a deuce in end six, and a pair of singles in seven and eight to wrap things up early. Other members of the Stevenson rink are third Pat Lynch, second stone Kyle MacDonald, and lead Phillip McInnis. The rink has had success on the cashspiel circuit recently, winning the Mark's Work Wearhouse spiel in Charlottetown, and finishing second to Peter Gallant in the Crapaud cashspiel.

Here are the Final Eight teams (skip to lead-club):

Qualifier #1: Peter Gallant, Kevin Champion, Mark O'Rourke, Robert Campbell-Charlottetown Curling Club.
Qualifier #2: John Likely, Phillip Gorveatt, Mark Butler, Mike Dillon-Charlottetown Curling Club
Qualifier #3: Rod MacDonald, Mike Gaudet, Jamie Newson, Peter MacDonald-Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club
Qualifier #4: Andrew Robinson, Tyler MacKenzie, Tyler Harris, Mark Waugh-Charlottetown Curling Club
Qualifier #5: Kevin Ellsworth, Kevin Smith, Pat Aylward, Merle Chappell-Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club
Qualifier #6: Mel Bernard, Blair Jay, Bill Hope, Earle Proude-Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club
Qualifier #7: Robert Shaw, Sandy MacPhee, Robbie Younker, Derryl McCarville- Charlottetown Curling Club
Qualifier #8: Kyle Stevenson, Pat Lynch, Kyle MacDonald, Phillip McInnis-Charlottetown Curling Club

The winning rink from the Final Eight championships in Cornwall will advance to the Tim Horton's Brier, March 3-11 in Hamilton, Ontario.

Labatt Tankard Final Eight Qualifiers four through six chosen

(Jan. 28) Only two qualifiers for the Labatt Tankard Final Eight remain to be chosen. Three very close games were played on Sunday night at the Crapaud Community Curling Club to decide the second set of three qualifiers for the PEI men's championship. Each game was decided by a single point, and two of them went to an extra end. Qualifier #4 went to former Tankard winner Andrew Robinson, who edged Charlottetown clubmate Kyle Stevenson by a 7-6 score. Stevenson stole a single in the final end to narrow the gap, but didn't get the deuce he needed to tie. Other members of the Robinson rink are Tyler MacKenzie, Tyler Harris, and Mark Waugh.

Kevin Ellsworth edged Silver Fox clubmate Jeff MacCallum 7-6 in an extra end to capture Qualifier #5. Kevin Smith, Pat Aylward, and Merle Chappell round out the Ellsworth foursome.

Mel Bernard of Summerside stole a point in his extra end, for an 8-7 victory over Charlottetown's John Desrosiers. Joining Bernard in the Final Eight are Blair Jay, Bill Hope, and Earl Proude.

The first three Qualifiers, chosen on Saturday night, are Peter Gallant, John Likely and two-time defending champion Rod MacDonald. Monday draws are at 2 pm, and at 7, when the final two qualifers will be selected. Qualifier 7 will see the winner of a 2 pm game between Ted MacFadyen and Robert Shaw of Charlottetown play the winner of a game between John Desrosiers and Jody Jackson, also from Charlottetown. The eighth and final qualifier will see the winner of a 2 pm game between Kyle Stevenson and the Maple Leaf Curling Club's Daryl MacDonald take on the winner of a game between Jeff MacCallum of the Silver Fox and Jeff Nelson of Montague.

Tankard vets grab 1st three Final Eight slots

(Jan. 28) There are no new names in the first three qualifiers for the Final Eight as the Labatt Tankard provincial men's playdowns continue at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, as Tankard veterans Peter Gallant, John Likely, and Rod MacDonald have earned the right to advance to the championship round, Feb. 7-11 at Cornwall.

Gallant, who advanced to the Eights with a 9-3 decision over Charlottetown clubmate John Desrosiers last night, after taking four points in the seventh end, is the only one of the three never to have won a Tankard in the skip position. As skip, he was runner-up last year. He won in 2001 playing third for Peter MacDonald, and was third for Robert Campbell's five wins in the odd-numbered years from 1991-1999. He also won the Tankard as second for Peter Jenkins back in 1982. Gallant is playing with Kevin Champion and Mark O'Rourke, with his skip from the 90's, Robert Campbell, in the lead position. The Desrosiers rink were runner-up at the Montague cashspiel in December.

Qualifier number 2, John Likely, joined by Phillip Gorveatt, Mark Butler, and Mike Dillon this season, edged Kyle Stevenson by a 6-5 score to take Qualifier number 2. Likely scored a triple in the eighth to pull ahead in this closely-contested game of one-point ends. Both rinks are from Charlottetown. Likely's only Tankard win as skip came in 2002. He played second for Dr. Wayne Matheson when he won in 1985. He was runner-up as third last year, and as skip in 2005 and 2004. Stevenson, who beat Likely last weekend to win the Mark's Work Wearhouse cashspiel, and lost to Gallant in the Crapaud cashspiel final earlier in the month, is a two-time Junior champ.

Two-time defending champ Rod MacDonald, whose new team this year includes two-time winner Mike Gaudet, two-time Junior champ Jamie Newson, and his brother Peter, a four-time Tankard winner, defeated Silver Fox clubmate Kevin Ellsworth by an 8-4 score to take the third qualifier. Rod was also on Peter's team for two of his Tankard wins. Ellsworth, who won the Provincial Legion's last weekend, has made the Final Eights the last two years.

Sunday draws at are 9 am, and 2 and 7 pm, with Desrosiers, Stevenson, and Ellsworth all getting second chances to qualify, in the late draw. Desrosiers will play the winner of the 9 am game between Robert Shaw of Charlottetown and Mel Bernard of the Fox. Stevenson will play the winner of this morning's contest between Charlottetown clubmates Charlie Wilkinson and Andrew Robinson, while Ellsworth meets the winner of this morning's game between Jeff Nelson of Montague and Jeff MacCallum of Summerside.

Open Playdowns Game Results
Qualifier games have red scoreboard header.
=last rock advantage in 1st end

Draw 1: Friday, January 26th, 9 am
 ICE 1 Game 1
 1 
 2 
 3 
 4 
 5 
 6 
 7 
 8 
 9 
10
11
12
  Total
Notes
 Calvin Smith (Crapaud)  0 0   4 0   2 0   0  0  3 x       9  
 Dennis Watts (Ch'town)  0  1  0  1  0  1  1  0  0  x     4  
 ICE 2 Game 2  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
 Grant Somers (MLeaf) 2   1 0   0  0 2  2   2  0 0      9  
 Daryl MacDonald (MLeaf)  0  0  1  1  2  0  0  0 5   1     10  
 ICE 3 Game 3  1   2   3   4   5   ..6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Ted MacFadyen (Ch'town)  0 1  0  1  0  2   0  0 2   1     7  
John Desrosiers (Ch'town)-6   3  0  1  0  1  0  3  0  0  0     8  
 ICE 4 Game 4  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Robert Shaw (Ch'town) 0   1  1  2 3  0   1 0  1   1     10  
Jeff Nelson (Mont)   2  0  0  0  0  2  0  2  0  0     6   
Draw 2: Friday, January 26th, 12:30
 ICE 1 Game 5  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
 Jody Jackson (Ch'town)-7 3   0  1  1  0  0  2  2  x       9   
 Louis Walsh (SFox)  0  2  0  0  1  1  0  0  x       4   
 ICE 2 Game 6  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
 Kyle Stevenson (Ch'town)-5  0  3  1  0 2   0  0 1   0  x     7   
 Jeff MacCallum (SFox)  0  0  0  1  0  1  1  0  1  x     4   
 ICE 3 Game 7  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total Notes
Leo Stewart (SFox)   0  1 0   3  0  1  0  0 0  x      5   
Charlie Wilkinson (Ch'town)   1  0  2  0  2  0  1  1  1  x     8   
 ICE 4 Game 8  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
 Kevin Ellsworth (SFox)-8  1 2   0 0   2  0 0  4   0  0     9   
 Mel Bernard (SFox)  0  0  1  2  0  2  1  0  2  0     8   
Draw 3: Friday, January 26th, 5 pm
 ICE 1 Game 9  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
 Andrew Robinson (Ch'town)-4  2  0  0  0  2  3  0 1   x  x     8   
 Gordon Fall (Crapaud)  0  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  x x      2   
 ICE 2 Game 10  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Calvin Smith (Crapaud)  0  2 0   1 0   2 0   2 0   x     7   
Peter Gallant (Ch'town)-1  2  0  1  0  2  0  5  0  1  x     11   
 ICE 3 Game 12  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Robert Shaw (Ch'town)   0  0  1  0  0  0  x x   x x      1   
John Likely (Ch'town)-2  3  1  0  1  2  3 x   x x   x     10   
 ICE 4 Game 11  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
John Desrosiers (Ch'town)-6 2  1   0  1  1 2   0  2  x x      9   
Daryl MacDonald (MLeaf)  0  0  2  0  0  0  1  0 x   x     3   
Draw 4: Friday, January 26th, 8 pm
 ICE 2 Game 14  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Rod MacDonald (SFox)-3 1   3 0   2  1 0   x  x x   x     7   
Charlie Wilkinson (Ch'town)  0  0  1  0  0  1  x x   x x      2   
 ICE 3 Game 13  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Kyle Stevenson (Ch'town)-5    0  1  0  1 0  3  0  1  0   0  2   8   
Jody Jackson (Ch'town)-7   1  0  1  0  2  0  1  0  0  1  0   6   

Saturday

Draw 5: Saturday, January 27th, 9 am
 ICE 1 Game 19
 1 
 2 
 3 
 4 
 5 
 6 
 7 
 8 
 9 
10
11
12
  Total
Notes
 Grant Somers (MLeaf) 1  0   0 3  1   0  3  0 0  0      8  
 Ted MacFadyen (Ch'town)  0  2  1  0  0  1  0  2  1  2     9  
 ICE 2 Game 21  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Gordon Fall (Crapaud) 1   0  4 0   1  1 0  0  0   x     7  
Mel Bernard (SFox)  0  5  0  2  0  0  2  2  1 x      12  
 ICE 3 Game 15  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
 Kevin Ellsworth (SFox)-8  3  1  2  1 0   2  1  x x   x     10  
 Andrew Robinson (Ch'town)-4  0  0  0  0  3  0  0 x   x x      3  
 ICE 4 Game 20  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Jeff MacCallum (SFox)  6  0  0  4 0  2   x  x x   x     12   
Louis Walsh (SFox)  0  1  1  0  1  0  x x   x x      3   
Draw 6: Saturday, January 27th, 12:25
 ICE 1 Game 24  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Calvin Smith (Crapaud)  0  1  0 2   1 0  4  0  0  x      8   
Jeff Nelson (Mont)  3  0  3  0  0  2  0  2  2  x     12   
 ICE 2 Game 26  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
 Leo Stewart (SFox)   1  0 0  1  0  0   0  2  x       4   
 Robert Shaw (Ch'town)   0  1  1  0  1  2  1  0  x       6   
 ICE 4 Game 22  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Charlie Wilkinson (Ch'town)  0  0  0  1  3  2 1   1 1  x      9   
Dennis Watts (Ch'town)   3  0  1  0  0  0 0   0  0  x      4   
Draw 7: Saturday, January 27th, 5 pm
 ICE 1 Game 27  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Jody Jackson (Ch'town)-7  1  0 0   0  0  1  1  2  0  x     5   
Mel Bernard (SFox)    0  2  2  1  2  0  0  0  1  x     8   
 ICE 2 Game 25  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Jeff MacCallum (SFox)  1 1  0   0  1 0   1  0  1 1      6   
 Daryl MacDonald (MLeaf)  0  0  1  1  0  2  0  1  0  0     5   
 ICE 3 Game 34  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Grant Somers (MLeaf)  1 1  1  0   0  0 1   0 2   1     7   
 Louis Walsh (SFox)  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  2  0  0     3   
 ICE 4 Game 23  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Andrew Robinson (Ch'town)-4   0  1 0   2  0  1  1  1 0   1     7   
Ted MacFadyen (Ch'town)   1  0  1  0  2  0  0  0  2  0     6   
Draw 8: Saturday, January 27th, 8:30 pm
 ICE 1 Game 35  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total Notes
Gordon Fall (Crapaud)  1  2  1 0  1   0  1  0  1  0     7   
Dennis Watts (Ch'town)  0  0  0  1  0  3  0  2  0  2     8   
 ICE 2 Game 17 Q2  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Kyle Stevenson (Ch'town)-5   0 1   1 1   0 1   0 0  1   0     5   
John Likely (Ch'town)-2  1  0  0  0  1  0  0 3  0  1     6   
 ICE 3 Game 16 Q1  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Peter Gallant (Ch'town)-1  0  1  0 3   1 0   4  x x   x     9   
 John Desrosiers (Ch'town)-6  1  0  1  0  0  1  0 x   x x      3  
 ICE 4 Game 18 Q3  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total Notes
 Rod MacDonald (SFox)-3  2  0 2   0 3  0  1  0   x x      8  
Kevin Ellsworth (SFox)-8  0  0  0  2  0  1  0  1 x   x     4  

Sunday

Draw 9: Sunday, January 28th, 9 am
 ICE 1 Game 28
 1 
 2 
 3 
 4 
 5 
 6 
 7 
 8 
 9 
10
11
12
  Total
Notes
Charlie Wilkinson (Ch'town)  0  0 2  0   1  0  1 0   X  X     4  
Andrew Robinson (Ch'town)-4  0  3  0  4  0  1  0  2  X  X     10  
 ICE 2 Game 29  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Jeff Nelson (Mont) 0   0 2  2   0  1  2  0  0  X      7  
Jeff MacCallum (SFox) 2  1  0  0  4  0  0  2  1  X      10  
 ICE 3 Game 39  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Calvin Smith (Crapaud) 0  0  1   1  0  0  0 1   0  X     3  
Daryl MacDonald (MLeaf) 0   0  0  0  1  1  2  0  2  X      6  
 ICE 4 Game 30  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Robert Shaw (Ch'town) 0  1  1   0 1   0  2 0   2  1     8  
Mel Bernard (SFox)   2   0  0  3  0  2  0  2  0  0      9   
Draw 10: Sunday, January 28th, 2 pm
 ICE 1 Game 40  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Leo Stewart (S.Fox)  1  0  1  0  1  0  3 0   0 x      6   
Jeff Nelson (Mont)  0  0  0  2  0  1  0  2  3  x     8   
 ICE 2 Game 37  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Grant Somers (MLeaf) 0   1 0   1  0  2 0   0  x x      4   
Robert Shaw (Ch'town)  2  0  2  0  1  0  2  4 x  x      11   
 ICE 3 Game 36  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Ted MacFadyen (Ch'town)  1 0  1  0   2 2   0  2  0  0     8   
Charlie Wilkinson (Ch'town)  0  2  0  1  0  0  1  0  2  1     7   
 ICE 4 Game 38  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Jody Jackson (Ch'town)-7 1   0  3 0   0  2  0 0  1   x     7   
Dennis Watts (Ch'town)  0  2  0  0  1  0  1  1  0  x     5   
Draw 11: Sunday, January 28th, 7 pm
 ICE 1 Game 33 Q6  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
John Desrosiers (Ch'town)-6 0  0  0  2   0  2 1   0 2   0 0    7   
Mel Bernard (SFox)  1  1  1  0  1  0  0  1  0  2  1   8   
 ICE 2 Game 31 Q4  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
 Kyle Stevenson (Ch'town)-5  0   1  0 1  0  2   0 0  1  1      6   
 Andrew Robinson (Ch'town)-4  2  0  2  0  1  0  2  0  0  0     7  
 ICE 3 Game 32 Q5  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total Notes
 Kevin Ellsworth (SFox)-8  0 0  0   0 2   2  0  2  0  0  1   7  
 Jeff MacCallum (SFox)  0  0  0  1  0  0  2  0  2  1  0   6  

Monday

Draw 12: Monday, January 29th, 2 pm
 ICE 1 Game 41
 1 
 2 
 3 
 4 
 5 
 6 
 7 
 8 
 9 
10
11
12
  Total
Notes
Ted MacFadyen (Ch'town) 3   0  2 0   0 0   0  1  0 0      6  
Robert Shaw (Ch'town)  0  1  0  2  1  0  0  0  2  1     7  
 ICE 2 Game 42  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
John Desrosiers (Ch'town)-6  0  0  0 0   1  0 2   1  0 x      4  
Jody Jackson (Ch'town)-7  0  1  1  2  0  1  0  0  2  x     7  
 ICE 3 Game 43  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Kyle Stevenson (Ch'town)    0  1 2   1 2  2   x  x x   x     8  
Daryl MacDonald (M Leaf)   2  0  0  0  0  0  x x   x x        2   
 ICE 4 Game 44  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
 Jeff MacCallum (SFox)  1  1  0 1   0  3  1 0  1   x     8  
Jeff Nelson (Mont)  0  0  2  0  1  0  0  0  0 x      3   
Draw 13: Monday, January 29th, 7 pm
 ICE 2 Game 46 Q8  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Kyle Stevenson (Ch'town) 0   0  1  1  1  2 1   1  X X       7   
Jeff MacCallum (SFox)  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  X  X      1   
 ICE 3 Game 45 Q7  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Robert Shaw (Ch'town)  0  0 0   0  1  1  1  1  0  2     6   
Jody Jackson (Ch'town)-7  0  0 2  1  0  0  0  0  2 0      5  

 PEI Labatt Tankard moves to Round Robin for Final Eight


The PEI Curling Association is announcing a change to the playoff format for the 2007 Labatt Tankard Provincial Men's Curling Championships. In May 2005, the PEI Curling Association voted to change the playoff format for the 2006 Labatt Tankard Final Eight Championship from a round robin format to a triple knockout format. After consulting curlers, sponsors and fans, it was decided that the round robin format would return for the 2007 Final Eight playdown.

"We handed out a survey to last year's participants and they overwhelmingly voted for a return to the popular round robin format" says Jody Jackson, Marketing and Events Director for the PEI Curling Association. "This format is much better for fans who want to come out to watch their favorite team and also allows fans and sponsors the opportunity to plan around a 'set in stone' final game, which the triple knockout does not allow" adds Jackson.

Also new to this year's Final Eight playdown is the new four team Page playoff system. This system would have the first and second place teams playing off with the winner advancing directly to the final game. The loser of that game would have a second chance as they drop into a semi-final game against the winner of the third place versus fourth place playoff game. "This format is not new to curlers as it is the format used at the Tim Horton's Brier and other national events. In fact, Nova Scotia also adopted this playoff format for this season in hopes that it better prepares the winning team for the national event" adds Jackson.

Labatt Breweries, PEI Curling Association Celebrate Three Decades of Labatt Tankard
Posted Friday, December 1, 2006

Photo: From left to right: Labatt representative David Mitchell, PEICA President Chick Morrison, and PEICA Marketing and Events Director Jody Jackson

The PEI Curling Association and Labatt Breweries are very pleased to announce a new three year agreement for sponsorship of the Labatt Tankard Provincial Men's Curling Championship. This new agreement runs through the 2008-2009 curling season and will mark 30 years of Labatt's involvement in men's curling on Prince Edward Island.

"We are extremely happy to continue this terrific partnership with Labatt Breweries" says Jody Jackson, Marketing and Events Director for the PEI Curling Association. "In an age where relationships are often short-lived, this thirty year milestone is a testament to the hard work and commitment of both parties over the past three decades" adds Jackson.
Contact us

Page last updated: Sunday, 20-Apr-2008 07:39:17 ADT

Edit