The Curl PEI Tankard Provincial Men’s Curling Championship is down to one or two games. The top seeded Adam Casey rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside and the Charlottetown Curling Complex captured the C division of the modified triple knockout round this afternoon at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton with a 7-5 win over Charlottetown’s Tyler MacKenzie team. As Casey also won another pool, the B, he earns a spot in both championship games on Tuesday, scheduled for 11 am and 3:30 pm, and will take the PEI men’s championship if he wins either game, while his opponent, A pool winner Jamie Newson of Charlottetown, would have to win both games in order to win the championship.

In this afternoon’s C final, Casey was leading 2-1 after four ends, and scored a triple in end five when MacKenzie’s attempted double against three Casey counters missed the mark. MacKenzie drew for a pair in six, and stole a single in seven when Casey missed a runback, narrowing the gap to a single point, with a 5-4 score. Casey tapped one back for a single in eight, while MacKenzie responded with one in nine, to trail by one point, coming home without hammer. MacKenzie’s final shot went a little deep, and Casey took a single in end 10 for the 7-5 win.

The PEI Tankard winner advances to the pre-qualifier round for the  Tim Hortons Brier, which takes place February 28 – March 8 in Calgary.

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Two of the three modified triple knockout section finals have now been decided at the Curl PEI Provincial Men’s Curling Championships, being played at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. In this afternoon’s “B” section final, the top-seeded Adam Casey rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, and the Charlottetown Curling Complex stole a deuce in the last end in a 9-8 decision over Charlottetown’s Jamie Newson rink, who earlier won the A section.

Photo Collage: Team Casey

Newson took a 4-3 lead in this afternoon’s game with a double in end four to score three. Casey makes a draw facing three Newson counters to tie the score at four in end 5. Newson took the lead with a draw for three in six, and kept Casey to a single point in seven. In the eighth end, Casey made a nice hit and roll, leaving Casey with a draw for a single point, and a three point, 8-5 lead for Newson. Casey narrows the gap to one with a draw for a deuce in nine, leaving him in the difficult situation of being one down coming home, without the all-important last rock advantage in the final end.

In end 10, Newson tries to hit and stick for the win, facing two. He was a bit wide, and his rock didn’t curl, and ended up missing the Casey stone, giving up a steal of two and the B final.

In the C event game at the same time, Tyler MacKenzie became the only other team left, besides Newson and Casey, out of the original six team field, when he eliminated his Charlottetown clubmate, eight-time Tankard champ and two-time Canadian Mixed winner Robert Campbell with a 9-5 win.

The Future Tankard Under 21 developmental round robin event, wrapped up in the same draw, with Leslie Noye of the host club doubling Cornwall’s Devin Schut rink 8-4. Noye was undefeated at 2-0 in the event, while Schut went 1-1, and Alex Gallant of Summerside was 0-2.

Monday at 11 am, Newson takes on MacKenzie in the C semi-final, with the winner facing Casey in the C final at 3:30 pm.The winner of the C final advances to the Tuesday championship round, also scheduled for 11 and 3:30. If either Newson or Casey were to win the C, they would play in both championship round games, and win the title if they take either game, while their opponent would have to be beaten twice.

The Tankard winner advances to the pre-qualifier round for the  Tim Hortons Brier, which takes place February 28 – March 8 in Calgary.

The unseeded Jamie Newson rink from the Charlottetown Curling Complex beat the top-seeded Adam Casey team from the Silver Fox and Charlottetown clubs by a 6-4 score this afternoon to win the A section of the modified triple knockout draw of the Curl PEI Tankard Provincial Men’s Curling Championship at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. This puts the Newson team into the Tuesday championship round. In other action, Robert Campbell of Charlottetown doubled Summerside’s Blair Jay 8-4, and Tyler MacKenzie beat Charlottetown clubmate Tyler Harris 8-2 in six ends.

Next games are at 3:30 pm, with MacKenzie vs Campbell, and Harris vs Jay. The Future Tankard opener at the same time will see Devin Schut of Cornwall play Alex Gallant from Summerside.

Here’s our end by end report on all three games (latest ends first)

End 10: Campbell runs Jay out of rocks. Campbell 8 Jay 4 Final. Newson doesn’t have to throw his last. Newson 6 Casey 4 Final.
End 9 Campbell draws for 2. Campbell 8 Jay 4 after 9 Casey hits and sticks for 1. Newson 6 Casey 4 after 9
End 8: Jay hits and sticks for 2. Campbell 6 Jay 4 after 8 Newson draws for 2. Newson 6 Casey 3 after 8
End 7: Casey draws for 2. Newson 4 Casey 3 after 7. Jay hits and rolls out for blank. Campbell 6 Jay 2 after 7
End 6 1/2: Newson hits and sticks for 2. Newson 4 Casey 1. Jay draws against 3. Is light. Steal of 3. Campbell 6 Jay 2
End 6 2/2: Harris tries tap back on his own to MacKenzie stone. Misses. Steal of 1. Game over MacKenzie 8 Harris 2 Final
End 5 1/2; Harris hits/rolls to blank. MacKenzie leads 7-2. Casey draws for 1. Newson 2 Casey 1.
End 5 2/2: Jay hits/rolls to blank. Campbell leads 3-2.
End 4 1/2: Casey hits, rolls out for blank Newson 2 Casey 0. MacKenzie draws for 2, leads Harris 7-2.
End 4 2/2: Campbell tad heavy on draw for 2, Gets 1, leads Jay 3-2.
End 3 1/2 Casey tries to tap Newson stone to his to four foot. A bit heavy. Steal of 1. Newson 2 Casey 0
End 3 2/2; Harris draws for 2. MacKenzie 5 Harris 2. Campbell throws to boards for blank. Campbell 2 Jay 2.
End 2 Newson draws vs 2, leads Casey 1-0. Harris draw vs 2 light. MacKenzie steals 2, 5-0. Jay gets deuce, tied at 2 w Campbell
End 1:Newson hits and rolls out for blank Newson 0 Casey 0 MacKenzie draws for 3 over Harris Campbell draws for 2 over Jay