ALBERTON -- There are no longer any undefeated teams in either the P.E.I men’s or women’s curling championships.
Veronica Smith’s Charlottetown Curling Club team was the last to fall, losing 4-3 to Sarah Fullerton Friday night in the ‘B’ Qualifier of the P.E.I. Scotties modified triple knock-out championship.
Smith, with hammer, blanked the first two ends, but it was Fullerton who got on board first, stealing a single in the third. The teams traded deuces the next two ends and, after Smith blanked the sixth, Fullerton stole another single in the seventh to go up 4-2. After Smith got one point back in the eighth, it was Fullerton’s turn to blank an end and she then ran Smith out of rocks in the tenth.
John Likely was the last men’s team to fall in the P.E.I. Tankard, which is also being played in Alberton. He lost to Tyler Smith Thursday evening, and Tyler Smith subsequently lost the B Qualifier to Eddie MacKenzie Friday afternoon.Read results of men's afternoon draw here
Fullerton and Veronica Smith now have identical 4-1 (won-lost), with Fullerton’s only loss being to Smith.
There were two elimination games on the Friday night draw with Suzanne Birt and Melissa Morrow both getting the win they needed to stay alive. Birt downed Lisa Jackson 11-1 in five ends, and Morrow sidelined Chloé McCloskey 8-1 in eight ends, with each advancing team recording six stolen points.
From a starting field of seven women’s teams in the modified triple knock-out championship, now just four remain and all four of them will see action in Saturday’s 2 p.m. draw. Smith plays Morrow for a second time and Birt plays Fullerton. Winners advance to the ‘C’ Qualifier at 7 p.m. and any loser that does not have three losses will advance to a play-off game on Sunday.
