The stick curling schedule for both the Men’s/Mixed and the Women’s Division are now available here. Please note that all games will be 6 ends.
All draws will take place at the Charlottetown Curling Club.
The 2018 Vogue Optical 55+ Winter Games officially opened this morning when Stratford Mayor David Dunphy and Minister of Health & Wellness raised the flag at Stratford Town Hall. Good luck to all of this year’s participants.
A big thank-you to Vogue Optical and the Department of Health & Wellness for their continued support of this event and to the Town of Stratford for hosting!
Day 1 Results:
Mixed/Women’s Division
Clarke 7 defeated Fisher 1
Craswell 8 defeated Ebbett 0
Clarke 8 defeated Durant 0
Bishop 7 defeated Chowan 4
Durant 5 defeated Bishop 2
Clarke 4 defeated Craswell 2
Chowan 10 defeated Ebbett 4
Ebbett 5 defeated Durant 3
Bishop 6 defeated Fisher 4
Men’s Division
MacDonald 4 defeated Hope 3
McNeil 8 defeated Gaudin 2
Davis 4 defeated Dunsford 3
McNeil 6 defeated Dunsford 3
Matheson 6 defeated MacDonald 5
Hope 7 defeated Gaudin 1
Matheson 6 defeated Gaudin 3
Hope 9 defeated Davis 4
MacDonald 5 tied Dunsford 5
60+ Men’s Division
Summerside (60+) 1 v Charlottetown (65+) 1
Summerside (60+) 4 v Summerside (65+) 0
GOLD- Summerside
70+ Men’s Division
Kings County 1 v Charlottetown 5
55+ Women’s Division
West Prince 4 v East Wind 0
East Wind 3 v West Prince 3
GOLD- West Prince
SILVER- East Wind
55+ Men’s Division
Charlottetown 6 v Summerside 3
The curling schedule for both the Men’s and the Mixed/Women’s Division are now available here. Please note that all games will be 6 ends.
All draws will take place at the Charlottetown Curling Club.
Alberton recently hosted the Vogue Optical 55+ West Prince Regional Games.
Congratulations to all the medalists:
Stick Curling: GOLD Winston Keough & Harvey Holm, SILVER Walter Callaghan & Bernadette Foley, BRONZE Victor Hogan & Dianne Hogan
2km Walking: GOLD Linda Arsenault, SILVER Freda Hardy, BRONZE Eileen Bernard
5km Walking: GOLD Donna Rochford
Cribbage: GOLD Fred Richard & Wilsey Thibedeau, SILVER Anita Arsenault & Alice Mokler, BRONZE Julia Doucette & Sylvia Doucette
Bowling, Women’s: GOLD Jean Buote
Bowling Men’s: GOLD Nelson Gaudet, SILVER Cletus Keough, BRONZE Gerard Chaisson
POWNAL
9:15am 65+ Men’s Summerside (60+) v Charlottetown (65+)
10:30am 70+ Men’s Kings County v Charlottetown
1:00pm 65+ Men’s Summerside (60+) v Summerside (65+)
BELFAST
7:10pm 55+ Women’s West Prince v East Wind
8:25pm 55+ Men’s Charlottetown v Summerside
9:40pm 55+ Women’s East Wind v West Prince
POWNAL
9:15am 70+ Men’s Summerside v Kings County
10:30am 65+ Men’s Charlottetown v Summerside
BELFAST
7:10pm 55+ Men’s Summerside v Charlottetown
POWNAL
10:30am 70+ Men’s Charlottetown v Summerside
12:00pm 65+ Men’s Summerside v Charlottetown
The deadline to register for the 2018 Vogue Optical PEI 55+ Winter Games is fast approaching. All participants must register by February 15th. Registration Form 2018 Winter Games.
The event is being hosted by the Town of Stratford from February 26th to March 3rd, 2018.
The PEI 55+ Games Society is piloting a transportation service during the Games. The service will run from Eastern Kings to Stratford and West Prince to Stratford on Thursday and Friday of the event. There is limited seating and will operate on a first come first served basis. Anyone interested in using the service should contact the 55+ Games office for details on pick-up times and locations. E-mail vvuillemot @ sportpei.pe.ca or call 902-368-6570.
This pilot service is supported through a grant from the Rotary Club of Charlottetown.
“We’re really hoping to target those seniors who want to participate in our event but haven’t in the past because they couldn’t get there,” says PEI 55+ Games Society president Dhuey Pratt.
Events this winter include: men’s & women’s hockey, curling, stick curling, darts, crokinole, auction 45, duplicate & contract bridge, bowling, cribbage, 8 ball pool, scrabble, pickleball, and snowshoeing. A celebration luncheon will also be held on Friday, March 1 at 1pm.
A special treat for early bird registrants.
The Island Storm Basketball team wants to wish the competitors well before the games, so they are generously offering free tickets to the Island Storm’s next home game on Thursday, Feb 15, 2018 at 7:00 PM at the Eastlink Center in Charlottetown.
If you are interested in a ticket, please respond by FEBRUARY 13TH so we can get an idea of who and of the numbers interested in attending. E-mail pei55plusgames@gmail.com or call 902-569-6922
