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Crapaud’s Julie Mutch rink wins PEI Travelers Women’s Title
The Crapaud Community Curling Club entry, skipped by Julie Mutch, beat Susan Dowling-Shaw and her team from the Charlottetown Curling Complex by a 6-3 score this morning at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton to win the PEI Travelers Curling Championship women’s division. The Summerside Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex rink, skipped by Leo Stewart, captured the men’s title on Monday. The Mutch and Stewart teams now advance to the 2018 national Travelers Curling Club Championship, to be played Nov. 20-25 2017 at the Cataraqui Golf and Country Club in Kingston Ont.
Because Mutch went through round robin play undefeated (5-0 record), she had a “double life” in the championship round. Dowling-Shaw handed the Crapaud team their first loss on Monday evening, by a 5-3 score, to force the second championship game. The Charlottetown rink got off to a slow start, losing their first 3 games in the event, but came back to win the next five, including the first championship match.
Other members of the winning Crapaud rink are third Lindsay Moore, who throws fourth stones, second Terri Wood, and lead stone Heather MacRae.
Winning Crapaud Community Curling Club team photo (L-R): Second Terri Wood, skip Julie Mutch, third Lindsay Moore, lead Heather MacRae
Rounding out the runner-up Dowling-Shaw rink from Charlottetown are third Melissa Morrow, second Jodi Murphy, and lead Cassandra McNaughton.
Runner-up Charlottetown Curling Complex team (L-R): Skip Susan Dowling-Shaw, second Jodi Murphy, lead Cassandra McNaughton, and third Melissa Morrow
This event wraps up the provincial championship curling season on PEI.
Leo Stewart rink from Silver Fox wins PEI Travelers Men’s section, Crapaud vs Ch’town for women’s title
The men’s division of the PEI Travelers Curling Championship, being played at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton has been decided, with the Summerside Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex team of Leo Stewart (skip), Barry Cameron (3rd), Darrell Thibeau (2nd) and Cory Montgomery (lead) defeating the Charlottetown Curling Complex rink, skipped by Mitch O’Shea, 7-3 in this afternoon’s final. The Stewart rink lost their first two games, and then reeled off six wins for the title. The runner-up Shea rink includes third Rodney Hood, second Cory Arseneau, and lead Brent Campbell. Stewart beat Crapaud’s Alan Inman 5-2, while O’Shea got by the host club’s entry, skipped by Glen Betts, by an 8-6 score in the semis.
Winning Silver Fox rink (L-R): Fr. Art Pendergast from the host club, Leo Stewart, Barry Cameron, Darrell Thibeau, Cory Montgomery
Runner-up photo (L-R): Fr. Art Pendergast, Brent Campbell, Cory Arseneau, Mitchell O’Shea, Rodney Hood
Meanwhile, the first of what could be two women’s championship games goes at 5:30 with undefeated Crapaud (Julie Mutch) facing Charlottetown (Susan Dowling-Shaw). If Mutch wins, Crapaud will take the championship. If Dowling-Shaw wins, there will be a deciding game between the two teams at 9 am on Tuesday.
Charlottetown downed Montague, skipped by Darlene Macleod-London, 8-1 in a tiebreaker this morning, and then doubled the Silver Fox team, skipped by Amanda MacLean, 4-2 to advance to the 5:30 pm final.
The Stewart rink and the winning women’s team will advance to the 2018 Travelers Curling Club Championship, to be played Nov. 20-25 2017 at the Cataraqui Golf and Country Club in Kingston Ont.
Men’s Semis set at the PEI Travelers, Crapaud goes undefeated and advances to women’s ch’ship game(s)
Round robin play concluded Sunday evening at the PEI Travelers Curling Club Championships being played at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. On the men’s side, four curling clubs – the Silver Fox (Summerside), Western Community (Alberton), Charlottetown, and Crapaud all finished with 4-2 win-loss records, and have advanced to the playoff round. The Silver Fox team, skipped by Leo Stewart, were awarded first place when tiebreaking rules were brought into play, and will play the fourth-place rink, Crapaud (Alan Inman) in one 9:30 am Monday semi-final, while 2nd place Western Community (Glen Betts) and third place Charlottetown (Mitch O’Shea) square off in the other. The semi winners advance to the 1:30 pm Monday final.
Crapaud’s Julie Mutch rink went undefeated with a 5-0 record in the women’s event, and have advanced to the finals, where they will get two chances to win, as the rules state that a team undefeated in the round robin must be beaten twice. These games go at 5:30 pm Monday and, if needed, 9 am Tuesday, and will involve Crapaud and the winner of a 1:30 pm Monday game between the Silver Fox (Amanda MacLean, 4-1) and the winner of a 9 am Monday tiebreaker between Montague (Darlene MacLeod-London) and Charlottetown (Susan Dowling-Shaw), both 2-3.
The winning men’s and women’s teams will advance to the 2018 Travelers Curling Club Championship, to be played Nov. 20-25 2017 at the Cataraqui Golf and Country Club in Kingston Ont.
Final day of round robin action at the PEI Travelers
Round robin play wraps up Sunday with women’s draws at 9 am and 4 pm, and men’s games at 12:30 and 7:30 pm in the PEI Travelers Curling Club Championships at the three-sheet Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. Cornwall (Paul Arsenault) and Crapaud (Alan Inman) lead the 7 club men’s side, with 3-1 win-loss records, with the host Western Community Club, the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex in Summerside, and the Charlottetown Curling Complex all at two losses, the Maple Leaf club in O’Leary at three, and Montague winless in 4 starts. In the six club women’s event, Amanda MacLean and her Summerside Silver Fox rink and Julie Mutch from Crapaud are both undefeated at 3-0, with Western, Cornwall, and Montague all at 1-2, while Charlottetown is 0-3.
The top three teams from both round robins, following any tiebreakers, would advance to their respective championship rounds on Monday and, if needed, Tuesday, with Monday draw times for tiebreakers and/or championship round games allocated for 9:30 am, 1:30 pm and, if needed, 5:30, and Tuesday draws, if required, scheduled for 9, 1, and 5. If tiebreaker rounds are required in either division, they would start at 9:30 Monday. If not that division’s semi-finals go then, with the 2nd vs. 3rd place teams playing off, and the winners playing the first place teams at 1:30. In the event that either MacLean or Mutch remain undefeated, a deciding game would follow the first final in the next draw slot for the women’s title.
The winning provincial teams will advance to the 2018 Travelers Curling Club Championship, to be played Nov. 20-25 2017 at the Cataraqui Golf and Country Club in Kingston Ont.
Western to host 2017 PEI Travelers Ch’ships
The PEI Travelers Curling Club Championships, for men’s and women’s teams who have won their club playdowns, will take place March 10-14 at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. The winning provincial teams will advance to the 2018 Travelers Curling Club Championship, to be played Nov. 20-25 2017 at the Cataraqui Golf and Country Club in Kingston Ont.
The men’s and women’s teams will play round robin draws, advancing the top three teams from the round robin, and any tiebreakers, to a championship round. If a team goes undefeated, a second championship game will be added, and they will have to be beaten twice.
Draw Schedule
Men’s Women’s
| Date | Time | Draw | Ice 1 | Ice 2 | Ice 3 |
| Mar-10 | 9 AM |
1 | Corn v Chtn | ML v SF | West v Cra |
| 1 PM |
2 | Mon v West | ML v Cra | SF v Corn | |
| 4:30 PM | 3 | SF v Chtn | West v Corn | Cra v Mon | |
| 8 PM |
4 | Cra v Chtn | West v SF | Mon v ML | |
| Mar-11 | 9 AM |
5 | West v Cra | Chtn v Mon | SF v Corn |
| 12:30 PM | 6 | ML v Corn | Mon v Cra | West v Chtn | |
| 4 PM |
7 | Corn v Mon | SF v West | Chtn v Cra | |
| 7:30 PM | 8 | SF v Chtn | West v ML | Mon v Corn | |
| Mar-12 | 9 AM |
9 | SF v Cra | Chtn v Corn | West v Mon |
| 12:30 PM | 10 | West v Corn | Mon v Chtn | Cra v SF | |
| 4 PM |
11 | Chtn v West | SF v Mon | Corn v Cra | |
| 8 PM | 12 | Mon v SF | Cra v Corn | ML v Chtn | |
| Mar-13 | 9:30 AM | 13 | TIE BREAKERS/PA/P1 | ||
| 1:30 PM | 14 | TIE BREAKERS/PA/P1/PB/P2 | |||
| 5:30 PM | 15 | PA/P1/PB/P2/PC/P3 | |||
| Mar-14 | 9 AM |
16 | PA | P1 | |
| 1 PM |
17 | PB | P2 | ||
| 5 PM |
18 | PC | P3 | ||
Chtn = Charlottetown Curling Complex, Corn = Cornwall Curling Club, Cra= Crapaud Community Curling Club, ML = Maple Leaf Curling Club (O’Leary), Mon = Montague Curling Club. SF = Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex, West = Western Community Curling Club (Alberton)
| If no tiebreakers are required both playoffs will start at 9:30 am on March 13 | ||||||||
| If only division requires tiebreakers the other division will have their playoffs start at 9:30 am on March 13 | ||||||||
| This same idea will be followed if one division requires two tiebreakers and the other only requires one | ||||||||
Ch’ship Round Draw Tree
Team Rosters
Men
| Skip | 3rd | 2nd | Lead | Alt. | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Arsenault | Paul Durant | Edgar Coffin | David Murphy | Cornwall Curling Club | |
| Alan Inman | Steven Thomson | Daniel MacFadyen | Nathan Hardy | Crapaud Community Curling Club | |
| Matthew MacDonald | Steven MacLeod | Leonard McIsaac | Harry Vanden Broek | Montague Curling Club | |
| Bob Matheson | Dan Connelly | Wayne Arsenault | Ian MacMillan | Maple Leaf Curling Club * | |
| Mitch O’Shea | Rodney Hood | Cory Arseneau | Brent Campbell | Charlottetown Curling Complex | |
| Leo Stewart | Barry Cameron | Darrell Thibeau | Cory Montgomery | Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Community Complex | |
| Glen Betts | Eric McCarthy | Russell Campbell | Russell Neufeld | Western Community Curling Club |
Women
| Skip | 3rd | 2nd | Lead | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darlene MacLeod-London | Gail Greene | Robyn MacDonald | Kathy Leard | Montague Curling Club* |
| Susan Dowling-Shaw | Melissa Morrow | Jodi Murphy | Cassandra McNaughton | Charlottetown Curling Complex |
| Karen Gallant | Wendy Fraser | Anne Marie Muise | Meaghan Henderson | Western Community Curling Club |
| Amanda MacLean | Darcee Birch | Lindsey Spencer | Miranda Ellis | Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Community Complex |
| Julie Mutch (throws 3rd) | Lindsay Moore (throws 4th) | Terri Wood | Heather MacRae | Crapaud Community Curling Club |
| Debbie Rhodenhizer | Nancy MacFadyen (throws 2nd) | Cindy Nicholson (throws 3rd) | Cornwall Curling Club* |
*Last minute team roster changes – not reflected in scoring system.
Last year’s event: PEICurling.com/travelers20152016