Silver Fox to host 2012 PEI Stick Ch'ship
Teams at the 2012 Ferguson Funeral Homes Provincial Stick Championships, which are taking place at the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club in Summerside from February 21-23 will be attempting to unseat the two-time and three-time defending women's champions, the Ruth Stavert/Gloria Clark duo from the Cornwall Curling Club, and the Watler Callaghan/John Vincent team from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, who won the last three men's championships. A total of 12 men's/mixed teams and 4 women's rinks are entered.
The top four men’s/mixed teams and the top two women’s teams from this competition earn the right to compete in the Maritime Stick Curling Championships, March 13-15 at the Amherst Curling Club in Nova Scotia. The top two men’s/mixed teams may also compete at the 2012 Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship, April 3-5 at the Highland Curling Club in Regina SK..
In stick curling there are two curlers per team, who deliver their rocks with delivery sticks, with each team member delivering from opposite ends. Sweeping is allowed only from the hog line to the back of the house at the playing end. Two curlers, one from each team, alternately deliver 6 stones each per end, while their teammate skips that end. The roles are then reversed, and the partners deliver the stones back. No stone may be removed from play until the fourth stone of each end. Games are six ends and take about an hour to play. For more information on stick curling, including complete rules of play, visit www.stickcurling.ca.