Birt, Smith win A finals
P.E.I. Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Tankard taking place in Crapaud
CRAPAUD, P.E.I. — The Suzanne Birt and Tyler Smith rinks won their respective A sections of the provincial women’s and men’s curling championships in the evening draw on Jan. 26.
Birt and her Cornwall Curling Club rink registered a four-end 8-0 decision Summerside’s Melissa Morrow 8-0 in the P.E.I. Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Smith and his rink from the host Crapaud Community Curling Club scored a deuce with last-rock advantage in the 10th end to outscore Cornwall’s Adam Casey 9-8 in P.E.I. Tankard action.
Smith improved to 3-0 (won-lost) while Birt improved to 2-0. Both provincial championships feature a triple-knockout format.
Play continues in Crapaud on Jan. 27 with draws at 9 a.m., 2 p.m., and 7 p.m.
The P.E.I. Tankard features 11 men’s teams and there are four women’s rinks competing for the provincial Scotties Tournament of Hearts title. Both events feature a triple-knockout format.
The P.E.I. champions will represent the province at the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Kamloops, B.C., Feb. 17-26, and the Tim Hortons Brier in London, Ont., March 3-12.
Following are the scores at the P.E.I. Tankard and
Scotties Tournament of Hearts:
JAN. 27
9 a.m.
• Tyler Harris vs. Jamie Newson
• Calvin Smith vs. Steve vanOuwerkerk
• Rachel MacLean vs. Melissa Morrow
• Suzanne Birt vs. Darlene London
JAN. 26
Draw 6
• Tyler Smith 9 Adam Casey 8
• Suzanne Birt 8 Melissa Morrow 0
• Phil Gorveatt 9 Mitchell Schut 1
• Darren Higgins 8 Bryan Cochrane 3
Draw 5
• Tyler Harris 9 Blair Jay 6
• Phil Gorveatt 7 Jamie Newson 5
• Bryan Cochrane 7 Calvin Smith 3
Draw 4
• Suzanne Birt 7 Rachael
MacLean 3
• Melissa Morrow 10 Darlene London 3
• Adam Casey 8 Mitchell Schut 3
• Tyler Smith 7 Darren Higgins 5
JAN. 25
Draw 3
• Bryan Cochrane 10 Tyler Harris 2
• Calvin Smith 11 Blair Jay 6
• Jamie Newson 9 Steve vanOuwerkerk 4
Draw 2
• Darren Higgins 9 Phil Gorveatt 7
• Tyler Smith 11 Steve vanOuwerkerk 5
• Adam Casey 10 Bryan Cochrane 5
Draw 1
• Bryan Cochrane 7 Jamie Newson 6
• Steve vanOuwerkerk 7 Calvin Smith 6
• Phil Gorveatt 8 Tyler Harris 4
• Mitchell Schut 7 Blair Jay 5
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