The 2024 Masters provincial championship ended on Sunday February 18th at the Club Sports Belvédère. We had a total of 9 wonderful days of competition with a total of 22 teams competing.
First, on the men’s side, 16 teams were divided into 2 pools of 8 teams. After the preliminary round, the top 2 teams from each pool qualified for the playoff round. In the A1 vs B1 game, Team Butler (Buckingham) defeated Team Lamy (Laval-sur-le-Lac / Rosemère) 5-4 to qualify directly for the final and sending Team Lamy to the semi-final. In the A2 vs B2 game, Team Laflamme (Sept-Îles) defeated team Bellavance 6-5 to qualify for the semi-final. Team Lamy were the winners in the semi-final game by a score of 5-3 and would get a chance to redeem their loss against Team Butler. In the final, Team Butler was able to complete their undefeated championship (9 victories) with an 8-2 win.
As the host province of this year’s national masters championship, Quebec was granted a second entry on the men’s side due to another member association confirming that they could not field a team for the Canadian final. This means that both Team Butler and Team Lamy will take part in the 2024 Canadian Masters championship which will be held from April 7th-14th 2024 at the Chicoutimi and Kenogami curling clubs.
Gold
Team Butler (Buckingham) : Ted Butler, Rick Faguy, Roger Bertrand, Michel Laroche
Silver
Team Lamy (Laval-sur-le-Lac / Rosemère) : Stéphane Lamy, Éric Gravel, Robert Périard, Gilles Lamoureux, Gaetan Lachapelle
Bronze
Team Laflamme (Sept-Îles) : Denis Laflamme, Michel Lachance, Gaby Lanoue, Normand Bouchard, Mario Lafrenière
Following the men’s event, the women’s event also saw one team carry a perfect record through the competition to win the championship. 6 women’s teams took part in a round robin preliminary round followed by a 3 team page playoff. In the semi-final, Team Lebeau (Laval-sur-le-Lac) mounted a late game comeback to defeat Team Gaudreault (Chicoutimi) by a score of 9-7. In the final, Team Derick (Lacolle / Buckingham / Sherbrooke) defeated team Lebeau 9-6. This was the third consecutive master’s women’s title for Catherine Derick, Chantal Gadoua and Chantal Ouellette and the second consecutive title for Sylvie Daniel.
Gold
Team Derick (Lacolle/Sherbrooke/Buckingham): Catherine Derick, Sylvie Daniel , Chantal Gadoua, Chantal Ouellette
Silver
Team Lebeau (Laval-sur-le-Lac): France Prévost, Martine Lebeau, Raymonde Jetté, Diane Martin, Lise Brosseau
Bronze
Team Gaudreault (Chicoutimi) : Guylaine Gaudreault, Christiane Boucher, Suzanne Fillion, Manon Vigneault
Congratulations to our men’s (Ted Butler, Rick Faguy, Roger Bertrand and Michel Laroche) and women’s (Catherine Derick, Sylvie Daniel, Chantal Gadoua and Chantal Ouellette) champions on their perfect weeks.
We would like to thank the organizing committee from the Club Sports Belvédère, all the volunteers, officials and ice technicians who allowed us to host such a high-quality championship.
