PEI Curling Association - Labatt Tankard 
2008 Men's Provincial Championships
Open Playdowns: Montague Curling Club, Jan. 25-Jan. 28
Final Eight: Crapaud Community Curling Club, Feb. 5-10
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Playdowns Results

Peter Gallant repeats as Labatt Tankard champ with extra-end win over John Likely

Feb. 10-The Peter Gallant rink edged the John Likely foursome 8-7 in an extra end this afternoon at the Crapaud Community Curling Club to repeat as PEI Labatt Tankard provincial men's curling champions. Other members of the Gallant rink are Kevin Champion, Mark O'Rourke, and John Desrosiers. All are Tankard veterans, with the exception of Desrosiers, who joined the Gallant rink this season. The Likely foursome includes Phil Gorveatt, Mark Butler, and Mike Dillon, with 5th player/coach Robert Campbell.

  Photo (L-R): Peter Gallant, Kevin Champion, Mark O'Rourke, John Desrosiers

End by end account:

Likely had hammer in the first-end, and opened the scoring with a deuce.

Gallant blanked the second, and tied the score with a pair in the third.

In the fourth end, Likely made a delicate touch back on a Gallant shot rock to score a point.

In the 5th, Gallant was drawing against a buried shot rock but came up just short to allow the steal of one point. Score: 4-2 Likely at the half.

The sixth end was a crowd-pleaser with very precise shot making. Likely was sitting 4, and Gallant tried a tapback to count 1, but rolled too far, leaving Likely with a steal and a 5-2 lead.

In the 7th, Gallant executed a tap back takeout through a very narrow port to score 2 and narrow the gap to 5-4. 

In the 8th end, attempting a double take out to count 4, Likely caught too much of the shot rock, and left Gallant a steal of 1.  Score 5-all.

The ninth end saw a huge steal of 2 for Gallant when Likely caught a guard on an attempted hit, to put Gallant two-up coming home without the hammer.

The dramatic tenth end saw a big miss by each skip, taking away Likely's chance to score a game-winning three points. Instead, he had to make a difficult double-takeout to hit and stay for a score of two and force the game into an extra end.

The extra end was less dramatic, with Gallant having an open draw to the house for the win, and a return trip to the Tim Horton's Brier, March 8-16 in Winnipeg.

John Likely to play Peter Gallant for the Labatt Tankard

Feb. 10- The teams are set for the PEI Labatt Tankard finals at 3 pm at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. In this morning's semi-final, John Likely doubled Charlottetown clubmate Kyle Stevenson 10-5 to advance to the championship game against defending champion Peter Gallant, who also curls out of the Charlottetown Curling Club. Gallant beat Likely 6-5 in the 1st place vs 2nd place Page game yesterday to advance directly to today's final. Playing with Likely are Phil Gorveatt, Mark Butler, Mike Dillon, and 5th player/coach Robert Campbell. Rounding out the Gallant squad are Kevin Champion, Mark O'Rourke, and John Desrosiers.

In this morning's semi, the teams were tied at two after the second end. Stevenson picked up a deuce in the third after a key miss by the Likely rink. 

Likely rallied back in the 4th with a clean takeout to score a deuce and tie things up.

Stevenson made a single take-out against several Likely counters to take a single point in the 5th.

The Stevenson rink missed a takeout on their last rock, allowing Likely rink to draw in for a decisive 3 points in the 6th.

The Likely foursome kept lots of rocks in the house in end seven, and managed to steal a single.

It was handshake time after Likely stole another deuce in the 8th end.

The winning rink from today's 3 pm final will advance to the Tim Horton's Brier, March 8-16 in Winnipeg.

Peter Gallant rink advances to Tankard final.
Likely vs Stevenson in Semi

Feb. 09-The defending champion Peter Gallant rink edged the John Likely foursome by a 6-5 score this evening to win the Page 1st place vs 2nd place playoff game at the Labatt Tankard Provincial Men's Curling Championship at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. This win advances Gallant to the 3 pm Sunday final. Likely will now play in the 10 am Sunday semi-final. His opponent in that game will be Kyle Stevenson, who eliminated last year's runner-up, Rod MacDonald of Summerside in the Page 3rd vs 4th place game tonight by a 10-3 score. The semi-final winner will then play Gallant for the title. All three teams in tomorrow's games are from the Charlottetown Curling Club.

In the 1 vs 2 game, the first half was played very conservatively, with Gallant leading 3-2 after 5. Likely moved ahead with a deuce in the sixth. Gallant blanked the seventh, and scored a pair in the eighth end to grab a 5-4 lead. Likely hit and rolled out to tie things up in the ninth, giving Gallant the crucial final end hammer. Gallant earned his trip to tomorrow's final with a draw to the four foot for a single point and the win.

In the Stevenson vs MacDonald game, the two teams were tied after three ends of play, but Stevenson kept the MacDonald foursome off the scoreboard for the remainder of the game, blanking the fourth end, taking deuces in ends five and six, and stealing a single and a deuce in ends seven and eight to put the game out of reach for MacDonald.

Kyle Stevenson rink advances to Tankard playoff round

Feb. 09-The fourth team in the Page Playoff round at the Labatt Tankard Provincial Men's Curling Championships at the Crapaud Community Curling Club has been determined.

Kyle Stevenson defeated Charlottetown clubmate Robert Shaw by a 9-6 score this afternoon in a tiebreaker to resolve fourth place, and plays 3rd place finisher Rod MacDonald of Summerside in tonight's 7 pm Page playoff 3rd vs 4th game. John Likely and defending champion Peter Gallant of Charlottetown are playing in the 1st vs 2nd place Page game at the same time. The winner from that game will advance directly to the 3 pm Sunday final, while the loser will play the winner of the MacDonald/Stevenson game in the semi-final Sunday morning at 10, with the winner advancing to the final.

In this afternoon's game, the Stevenson rink, which includes third Pat Lynch, second Kyle MacDonald, and lead Andrew MacDougall, trailed 5-2 after the fourth end, in which Shaw stole a single when Stevenson came up short on his draw. Stevenson tied things up in the fifth when a takeout jam on a frozen rock left him with a tight nose hit to count 3. In the sixth end, Shaw just missed a raised takeout for three, and instead gave up a single.

Shaw got in real trouble in the seventh when, heavy on a draw to the button, he gave up three to trail 9-5. The game then switched from many rocks in play to Stevenson hitting everything in sight. Shaw was forced to hit and stay for one in the eighth. Stevenson blanked the ninth to retain the hammer coming home, and ran Shaw out of rocks in the closing end.

Likely, Gallant, MacDonald advance to Labatt Tankard Final Eight playoff round

Feb. 08- Round robin play wrapped up this evening at the Labatt Tankard Provincial Men's curling championships at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. Three teams - defending champion Peter Gallant, John Likely, and last year's runner-up Rod MacDonald, all advanced to the Page playoff round by virtue of their 5 and 2 win-loss records. When tie-breaking rules were applied, Likely and Gallant came out as the top two teams, and will square off in the Page 1 vs 2 playoff game Saturday at 7 pm, with the winner advancing directly to the 3 pm Sunday final. Third-place MacDonald will play the winner of a 2 pm Saturday tie-breaker game between Kyle Stevenson and Robert Shaw, in the 3 vs 4 Page playoff game Saturday evening at 7. Shaw and Stevenson both finished round robin play witn 4-3 records. Nineteen year old Tim Cullen ended play in his team's inaugural Tankard at 3 and four, while tankard veteran Ted MacFadyen checked out with a 2 and 5 record, and Eddie MacKenzie did not manage to pick up a win during the Final Eight. All teams are from the Charlottetown Curling Club, except for Rod MacDonald's Silver Fox foursome.

The semi-final, featuring the winner of the Page 3 vs 4 game vs the loser of the Page 1 vs 2 game betwen Likely and Gallant, will take place Sunday at 10 am, with the winner advancing to the 3 pm Sunday final.

In play this afternoon, MacDonald beat MacKenzie 5-3, Stevenson handed Gallant his first loss, by a 7-6 score, Shaw doubled Cullen 6-3, and Likely beat MacFadyen, also by a 6-3 score.

In the evening draw, Gallant, who was already assured a spot in the 1 vs 2 game, lost 8-0 to MacDonald in a game which saw only five ends of play. Stevenson beat MacKenzie 5-3, MacFadyen got by Shaw by a 9-8 score, and Likely lost 8-7 to the young Cullen foursome.

Final Eight Round Robin Standings  (final)

Team

W

L

Q6-John Likely (1)

5

2

Q3-Peter Gallant (2)

5

2

Q2-Rod MacDonald (3)

5 

2

Q5-Kyle Stevenson (4)

4

3

Q7-Robert Shaw (5)

4

3

Q1-Tim Cullen (6)

3

4

Q4-Ted MacFadyen (7)

2

5

Q8-Eddie MacKenzie (8)

0

7


Notice Board:

Admission prices: $4 per draw or $6 per day; $25 for entire event.

Food: avail. Wed.-Sat.

Draw times revised Feb. 1st.

Opening ceremonies: Wednesday February 6th at 7 pm

Team practices begin 30 minutes before each scheduled draw.
Top team in draw sched. has last rock advantage and red rocks 

 


Final Eight Round Robin Draw and Schedule
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Click Draw # for results
Ice 1
Ice 2
Ice 3
Ice 4
Draw 1
Tuesday Feb. 5th
7 pm

Q1-Tim Cullen
vs
Q8-Eddie MacKenzie

Q2-Rod MacDonald
vs
Q7-Robert Shaw 

Q3-Peter Gallant
vs
Q6-John Likely

Q4-Ted MacFadyen
vs
Q5-Kyle Stevenson

Draw 2
Wednesday Feb. 6th
2 pm

Q6-John Likely
vs
Q5-Kyle Stevenson

Q3-Peter Gallant
vs
Q4-Ted MacFadyen

Q8-Eddie MacKenzie
vs
Q7-Robert Shaw 

Q2-Rod MacDonald
vs
Q1-Tim Cullen

Draw 3
Wednesday Feb. 6th
8 pm

Q7-Robert Shaw 
vs
Q3-Peter Gallant

Q5-Kyle Stevenson
vs
Q1-Tim Cullen

Q4-Ted MacFadyen
vs
Q2-Rod MacDonald

Q8-Eddie MacKenzie
vs
Q6-John Likely

Draw 4
Thursday Feb. 7th
2 pm

Q2-Rod MacDonald
vs
Q6-John Likely

Q4-Ted MacFadyen
vs
Q8-Eddie MacKenzie

Q1-Tim Cullen
vs
Q3-Peter Gallant

Q7-Robert Shaw 
vs
Q5-Kyle Stevenson

Draw 5
Thursday Feb. 7th
7 pm

Q1-Tim Cullen
vs
Q4-Ted MacFadyen

Q6-John Likely
vs
Q7-Robert Shaw 

Q5-Kyle Stevenson
vs
Q2-Rod MacDonald

Q3-Peter Gallant
vs
Q8-Eddie MacKenzie

Draw 6
Friday Feb. 8th
2 pm

Q8-Eddie MacKenzie
vs
Q2-Rod MacDonald

Q3-Peter Gallant
vs
Q5-Kyle Stevenson

Q7-Robert Shaw 
vs
Q1-Tim Cullen

Q6-John Likely
vs
Q4-Ted MacFadyen

Draw 7
Friday Feb. 8th
7 pm

Q4-Ted MacFadyen
vs
Q7-Robert Shaw 

Q1-Tim Cullen
vs
Q6-John Likely

Q5-Kyle Stevenson
vs
Q8-Eddie MacKenzie

Q2 -Rod MacDonald
vs
Q3-Peter Gallant

Draw 8
Saturday Feb. 9th
10 am 		1st Tiebreakers (if two tiebreaker draws needed) Not Required
Draw 9
Saturday Feb. 9th
2 pm 		1st Tiebreakers (if one tiebreaker draw)
Draw 10
Saturday Feb. 9th
7 pm 		1st vs 2nd and, 3rd vs 4th Page playoffs

Draw 11
Sunday Feb. 10th
10 am 		Semi-Final (winner 3 vs 4 plays loser 1 vs 2)
Draw 12
Sunday Feb. 10th
3 pm 		Final (winner 1 vs 2 plays winner semi-final)
Game Results
(Round-Robin format with Page playoff)
=last rock advantage in 1st end
Draw 1: Tuesday February 5th at 7 pm
 ICE 1
 1 
 2 
 3 
 4 
 5 
 6 
 7 
 8 
 9 
10
11
12
  Total
Notes
Q8-Eddie MacKenzie (Ch'town)  0 3  0   2 0  0   0  1  0  2  0   8  
Q1-Tim Cullen (Ch'town)  2 0  2 0  1  0  0 0   3  0  1   9  
 ICE 2  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q7-Robert Shaw (Ch'town)  0  1  1  0 1   0  0 2  0  2   0    7  
Q2-Rod MacDonald (Sil. Fox)  0  0 0  3  0 0   2 0  2   0  2    9  
 ICE 3  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q6-John Likely (Ch'town) 1   0  0  0 2  0   0 2   0 X      5 L 
Q3-Peter Gallant (Ch'town) 0 0  2  0   0  1  3 0  1  X     7 W 
 ICE 4  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q5-Kyle Stevenson (Ch'town)  0  1  0 4  0   2 0   3 0   1     11  
Q4-Ted MacFadyen (Ch'town)  1  0  2  0 4  0 2   0 1   0     10  
Draw 2: Wednesday February 6th at 2 pm
 ICE 1  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q6-John Likely (Ch'town) 1  2  0  0  0  3  1  2  X  X      9  1-1 
Q5-Kyle Stevenson (Ch'town) 0  0  1  1  1  0  0  0  X  X      3  1-1 
J Likely DTB 123.5"
 ICE 2  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q3-Peter Gallant (Ch'town) 2  0  2  0  5  X  X  X  X  X      9  2-0 
Q4-Ted MacFadyen (Ch'town) 0  1  0  1  0  X  X  X  X  X      2  0-2 
 ICE 3  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total Notes
Q8-Eddie MacKenzie (Ch'town) 1  2  0  1  0  0 1  0  0  X      5 0-2 
Q7-Robert Shaw (Ch'town) 0  0  2  0  3  1  0  1  2  X      9  1-1 
R Shaw DTB 46.5"
 ICE 4  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q2-Rod MacDonald (Sil. Fox) 2  0  2  1  1  1  X  X  X  X      7  2-0 
Q1-Tim Cullen (Ch'town) 0  1  0  0  0  0  X  X  X  X      1  1-1 
Draw 3: Wednesday February 6th at 8 pm
 ICE 1  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q7-Robert Shaw (Ch'town) 0  1  0  1  0  2  0  0  0  X      4  1-2 
Q3-Peter Gallant (Ch'town) 0 0  1  0  3  0  2  1  3  X      10  3-0 
 ICE 2  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q5-Kyle Stevenson (Ch'town) 1  1  0  2  1  0  3  X  X  X      8  2-1 
Q1-Tim Cullen (Ch'town) 0  0  1  0  0  1  0  X  X  X      2  1-2 
 ICE 3  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q4-Ted MacFadyen (Ch'town) 2  1  1  1  0  1  0  4  X  X      10  1-2 
Q2-Rod MacDonald (Sil. Fox) 0  0  0  0  4  0  1  0  X  X      5  2-1 
 ICE 4  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q8-Eddie MacKenzie (Ch'town) 0  0  2  0  2  0  1  0  0  X      5  0-3 
Q6-John Likely (Ch'town) 0  1  0  3  0  0  0  2  2  X     8  2-1 
Draw 4: Thursday February 7th at 2 pm
 ICE 1  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total Notes
Q2-Rod MacDonald (Sil. Fox) 2  0  0  0  2  0  2  0  0  X      6  2-2
Q6-John Likely (Ch'town) 0  2  0  0  0  2  0  3  2  X      9  3-1 
 ICE 2  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q4-Ted MacFadyen(Ch'town) 0  3  0  0  2  0  0  0  2  X      7  2-2 
Q8-Eddie MacKenzie (Ch'town) 1  0  1  1  0  1  0  1  0  X      5  0-4 
 ICE 3  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q1-Tim Cullen (Ch'town) 0  0  0  2  1  0  0  1  0  X      4  1-3 
Q3-Peter Gallant (Ch'town) 1  1  2  0  0  2  1  0  2  X      9  4-0 
 ICE 4  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total Notes
Q7-Robert Shaw (Ch'town) 1  0  1  3  0  2  2  X   X X       9 2-2 
Q5-Kyle Stevenson (Ch'town) 0  1  0  0  2  0  0  X   X X       3 2-2 
Draw 5: Thursday February 7th at 7 pm * 40 minute delay to start
 ICE 1
 1 
 2 
 3 
 4 
 5 
 6 
 7 
 8 
 9 
10
11
12
  Total
Notes
Q1-Tim Cullen (Ch'town) 0  0  2  1  0  0  2  0  1  1       7 3-2 
Q4-Ted MacFadyen (Ch'town) 1  0  0  0  1  1  0  1  0  0       4 4-1 
 ICE 2  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q6-John Likely (Ch'town)Hammer 1  0  1  0  3  0  0  2  0  2      9  4-1 
Q7-Robert Shaw (Ch'town) 0  1  0  1  0  1  2  0  1  0      6  2-3 
 ICE 3  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q5-Kyle Stevenson (Ch'town) 0  0  2  1  0  0  0  X  X  X     3  2-3 
Q2-Rod MacDonald (Sil. Fox) 2  1  0  0  2  2  2  X  X  X      9  3-2 
 ICE 4  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q3-Peter Gallant (Ch'town) 0  0  2  2  0  0 1  0  0  2      7  5-0 
Q8-Eddie MacKenzie (Ch'town) 1  1  0  0  2  0  0  2  0  0      6  0-5 
Draw 6: Friday February 8th at 2 pm
 ICE 1  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q8-Eddie MacKenzie (Ch'town) 2  0  0  0  1  X  X  X  X  X      3 0-6 
Q2-Rod MacDonald (Sil. Fox) 0  2 3  0  0  X  X  X  X  X      5 4-2 
DTB MacDonald 272.5"
 ICE 2  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q3-Peter Gallant (Ch'town) 0  1  0  0  0  3  1  0  1  0      6  5-1 
Q5-Kyle Stevenson (Ch'town) 0  0  1  1  3  0  0  1  0  1      7  3-3 
DTB Gallant 132" - DTB Stevenson 56"
 ICE 3  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total Notes
Q7-Robert Shaw (Ch'town) 2  0  0  0  1  0  1  0  1  1      6  3-3 
Q1-Tim Cullen (Ch'town) 0  1  1  0  0  0  0  1  0  0      3  2-4 
 ICE 4  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q6-John Likely (Ch'town) 2  0  0  0  1  0  1  0  0  2      6  5-1 
Q4-Ted MacFadyen (Ch'town) 0  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0      3  2-4 
DTB MacFadyen 149"
Draw 7: Friday February 8th at 7 pm
 ICE 1  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q4-Ted MacFadyen (Ch'town) 2  0  0   2  3  0  0 0   1  0     8  2-5 
Q7-Robert Shaw (Ch'town) 0  1   1  0  0  2  1  3  0  1     9  4-3 
 ICE 2  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q1-Tim Cullen (Ch'town) 0  2   0  0 1   1  0 3  0   1      8  3-4
Q6-John Likely (Ch'town) 1  0   2  1  0  0  1 0 2  0      7 5-2 
 ICE 3  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q5-Kyle Stevenson (Ch'town) 0  4   0  1 0  X  X X  X  X       5 4-3 
Q8-Eddie MacKenzie (Ch'town) 1  0   1  0 1  X X  X  X X      3 0-7 
 ICE 4  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q2-Rod MacDonald (Sil. Fox) 2   0 2   1  3 X  X  X   X X       8 5-2 
Q3-Peter Gallant (Ch'town) 0   0  0  0  0  X  X X   X X      0 5-2 
Draw 8: Sat. Feb. 9 at 10 am -Not Required
 Ice 1  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total Notes
 See Draw 9 ICE 3                              
 For 1st Tiebreaker                             
 ICE 2  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
See Draw 10 Ice 2 & 3                             
 For Page Play Off                            
 Ice 3  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
                           
                           
 ICE 4  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total Notes
                             
                             
Draw 9: Sat. Feb. 9 at 2 pm - 1st tiebreaker  - Ice 3
 Ice 1  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total Notes
                               
                              
 Ice 2  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
                              
                             
 Ice 3  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12  Total  Notes
Q5-Kyle Stevenson (Ch'town) 0  2  0  0  3  1  3  0  0  X      9  
Q7-Robert Shaw (Ch'town) 2  0  2  1  0  0  0  1  0  X     6  
Wide open ends - a lot of rocks in play, steal of 1 in 4th with Stevenson short on draw to take one. A takeout jam on a frozen Stevenson rock left Kyle with a tight nose hit to count 3. Robbie just missed a raised takeout to count 3 gives up 1. Heavy on draw to button Shaw gives up 3. With Stevenson hitting everything in sight Shaw forced to make hit & stay to count 1.  With the hammer end blanked by Stevenson. The strong defensive play continued and Stevenson's team was able to run the Shaw team out of stones. Very entertaining game.
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Draw 10: Sat. Feb 9 at 7 pm. Round Robin Playoff 1 vs 2, 3 vs 4
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Kyle Stevenson (Ch'town)  0  3  0  0 2  2   1  2 X  X       10  
 Rod MacDonald (Sil. Fox)  2  0  1  0  0 0   0  0  X  X      3   
The first half of the game has had a lot of rocks in play both the Stevenson team and MacDonald teams have not been adverse to making the come around and forcing the skips to make the shot to cut down or have the big score if a mistake is made.  Stevenson steals 2 in the 8th end, MacDonald shakes hands.  Stevenson moves on to Semi-Final tomorrow at 10am.

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 John Likely (Ch'town) 1   0 0   1  0 2  0  0   1 0      5  
 Peter Gallant (Ch'town)  0  1  0  0  2 0  0 2  0  1     6   
A defensive first few ends but with the 4th & 5th ends the teams have been putting rocks in play and using the big weight to try and clear the house up and score their deuce. Likely hits, and rolls out to score 1 in 9th end to tie game.  Gallant draws to 4 foot to score 1 in 10th end to advance to the final.  Likely to face Stevenson in semi-final.

Draw 11: Sun. Feb 10th at 10 am Semi-final- Winner 3 vs 4 vs Loser 1 vs 2
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 John Likely(Ch'town)  0  2  0  2  0  3  1 2   x x        10
 Kyle Stevenson (Ch'town)  2  0 2   0  1  0  0  0  x x        5
Great hitting game by both teams, lots of rocks in play. Two key shots were missed by both teams, making for an interesting 3rd end. Stevenson rink under a lot of pressure by Likely late in the third end, however, a key miss by Likely rink allowed Stevenson to pick up a deuce. Likely rallied back in the 4th with a clean takeout to catch his deuce. Stevenson made a single take-out against several of Likely's rocks to take his single point in the 5th. Stevenson rink misses takeout on their last rock to allow Likely rink to draw in for 3 points in the 6th. Lots of Likely's rocks in house in 7th end making it difficult for Stevenson rink to score. Likely ends up scoring 1. Likely rink scores 2 in the 8th. Stevenson shakes hands!
Draw 12: Sun. Feb 10th at 3 pm-Final- Winner 1 vs 2 vs Winner Semi
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 John Likely (Ch'town)  2 0   0 1  1   1  0  0 0 2   0   7   
 Peter Gallant (Ch'town)  0 0  2 0  0  0  2  1 2  0  1   8  
 

A close match after four ends some very good shot making to score or blank the end.  In the fourth Likely mad a delicate touch back on a Gallant shot rock to score his point.  In the 5th, Gallant was drawing against a buried shot rock the Likely rink.  Came up just short to allow the steal of 1 point.

 

Exciting end for the fans!  Very precise shot making...  Likely was sitting 4, and Gallant tried a tap back to count 1, but rolled to far to leave Likely with a steal.

 

In the 7th, Gallant executed a tap back takeout through a very narrow port to score 2.

 

In the 8th end, attempting a double take out to count 4, Likely caught too much of the shot rock, and left Gallant a steal of 1.  Score 5-5...  the game is on!

 

BIG steal for Gallant!  Likely throws takeout weight, and caught front guard.  Gallant steals 2!

 

2 Dramatic misses; one by each skip...  This left Likely from a possible score of 3for the win, to a difficult double takeout and stay for a score of 2 for the tie.  On to the extra end.....

 

Open draw to the house for Gallant's last rock...  On to the Nationals for the Peter Gallant Rink.

 
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