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Fullerton wins 17 and Under Jr. Women's
Ramsay repeats as Jr. Men's champ Click here for a photo album from the event
Feb. 25-The Sam Ramsay foursome from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside are the 2008 Sylvan Learning PEI 17 and Under junior men's champions. This evening at the Montague Curling Club they defeated the Spencer Pitre rink from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton by a 4-2 score in the low-scoring final game. A Ramsay single in the third end was the only point in the first half of the eight-end contest. Ramsay took another point in the fifth for a 2-0 lead, but Pitre came up with a double in the next end to tie the score. The seventh end was blanked, and Ramsay took a pair in the final end for the win. The winning Ramsay rink includes third Neil Gallant, second Brett Gallant and lead Eric Pidgeon, with coach Peter Pidgeon. Brett Gallant is perhaps better known as the skip of PEI's reigning junior men's championship rink. The Ramsay squad also won the 17 and Under event last year. 
Photo (L-R): PEICA Junior Coordinator Ann Doucette, Sam Ramsay, Neil Gallant, Brett Gallant, Eric Pidgeon, Peter Pidgeon (coach) 
Photo (L-R): Stewart Mutch (coach), Sara MacRae, Whitney Young, Michelle McQuaid, Sarah Fullerton The Pitre rink includes third Billie Lewis, second Daniel McCarthy, and lead Shawn Pitre, and is coached by Roger Gavin. Pitre won the A final of the triple-knockout event, while Ramsay took the B, and David Parker won the C division. Pitre beat Parker 10-4 in the semi-final to advance to the final against Ramsay. Ramsay won the bye to the final by virture of playing in the most division finals. On Sunday, the Sarah Fullerton rink from Cornwall defeated Anita Casey of the Silver Fox 6-3 to win the 17 and Under junior women's title. The winning Ramsay and Fullerton rinks now advance to the Atlantic 17 and Under Championships, March 21-24 at the Truro Curling Club. 
Photo (L-R): Ann Doucette PEICA Jr. Coordinator, Spencer Pitre, Billie Lewis, Daniel McCarthy, Shawn Pitre, Roger Gavin (coach), Bob Leard (Montague CC PEICA representative)
 Photo (L-R): Leo Stewart (coach), Anita Casey, Madeleine Campbell, Dannielle Chiasson, Bethany MacDonald 
Photo (L-R): Fairplay award (male teams) winners Peter Pidgeon (coach), Eric Pidgeon (player), PEICA Jr. Coordinator Ann Doucette
Photo (L-R): Fairplay award (female teams) winners Pat Quilty (coach), Katie Sharkey (player), Ann Doucette (PEICA)
Feb. 24-The Cornwall Curling Club rink of Sarah Fullerton, Michelle McQuaid, Whitney Young, and Sara McRae, with coach Stewart Mutch, are the 2008 Sylvan Learning Provincial 17 and Under women's champions. Tonight at the Montague Curling Club, the Fullerton team, who were runners-up last year, and won in 2006, defeated the Anita Casey team from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club by a 6-3 score in the first of two scheduled playoff games. As Fullerton had won the A and B sections of the triple-knockout event, a win in either of the two playoffs against Casey would give her the title, so the final game was not needed. Madeleine Campbell, Dannielle Chiasson, and Bethany MacDonald, with coach Leo Stewart, round out the Casey foursome. The winning Fullerton rink now advance to the Atlantic 17 and Under championships, March 21-24 at the Truro Curling Club in Nova Scotia. Fullerton won the A final on Friday with a 9-1 win over Casey, and the B final on Saturday with a 6-4 victory over the Nikki Arsenault foursome from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O'Leary. Fullerton failed to advance to the C final, losing 7-3 to Casey in the preliminary. Casey went on to beat Arsenault 8-2 to take the C event. In the men's section, the final game goes Monday at 5 pm. Spencer Pitre of the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton won the A final with a 7-2 win over Sam Ramsay of the Silver Fox. The B final was won by Ramsay, 8-7 over David Parker of Charlottetown, while Parker won the C division of this triple-knockout event, stealing a triple in the final end for a 6-2 win over Ramsay. This pitted Pitre against Parker in the first of two championship games, with Pitre winning 10-4. Pitre now plays defending champion Ramsay in the sudden-death final on Monday, with the winner advancing to the Atlantic championship, March 21-24 in Truro. Playing with Pitre are Billie Lewis, Daniel McCarthy and Shawn Pitre, with coach Roger Gavin. Neil Gallant, Brett Gallant, and Eric Pidgeon, with coach Peter Pidgeon round out team Ramsay. Eight junior men's teams and nine junior women's rinks took part in this event.
PEI rinks sweep Atlantic Under 18 Curling Ch'ships
Posted Sunday, March 23, 2008 by derekm
The Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships wrapped up this afternoon in Truro, with the PEI teams sweeping both sections. In the junior men's championship, the Sam Ramsay rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside edged the defending champions, the Kendal Thompson foursome from the Lakeshore Curling Club in Nova Scotia, by a 6-5 score, scoring a triple in the third end and stealing another three in the fourth to build up a 6-3 win. Thompson came back with singles in five and six, but Ramsay blanked the next two ends to maintain his lead and pull out the win. 
Photo (Left to right): Peter Pidgeon (coach), Eric Pidgeon, Brett Gallant, Neil Gallant, Sam Ramsay Playing with Ramsay are third Neil Gallant, second Brett Gallant, the PEI junior men's champion skip who now adds an Atlantic championship to his collection, and lead Eric Pidgeon. Peter Pidgeon is their coach. The Sarah Fullerton foursome from the Cornwall Curling Club, with Michelle McQuaid at third, Madeline Campbell at second, and Sara MacRae playing lead, with coach Rebecca Jean MacPhee, trailed the Abbey Burgess rink from Fredericton's Capital Winter Club 3-0 after three ends in the junior women's final, but took control of the game with a pair in end four, another deuce in the fifth, and two more steals of a single point in ends six and seven to lead 6-3. New Brunswick grabbed a pair in the final end, but needed three to tie, and Fullerton won 6-5. 
Photo (Left to right): Sarah Fullerton, Michelle McQuaid, Madeline Campbell, Sara MacRae. Not shown: Rebecca Jean MacPhee (coach) The Sam Ramsay rink led the junior men's round robin with a 3-1 win-loss record. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the host team were all 2-2, while Newfoundland/Labrador were 1-3. New Brunswick were atop the junior women's round robin, with a 4-0 record, followed by PEI and Newfoundland/Labrador, both at 2-2. The host team and Nova Scotia were both 1-3. Click for a photo album from the Atlantic Under 18 |
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