In the first round of the Denny Cup CIBC was paired against Mersea. The tide went out very quickly for the Islanders in all four games as CIBC had big wins on both home rinks and both away rinks. At home the overall shot count was 65 – 19 and away the visitors (CIBC) won 54 – 29. In total CIBC won 119 – 48.
At home on rink 4 Shaun Cook, Brian Finney, Matt Lace and Andy Smith battled on the first end (0 – 2) but quickly recovered to lead 5 – 4 after five. After ten ends it was still a contest (11 – 7) but the visitors only won three of the final ten ends. Giving CIBC a 32 – 11 win.
On rink 5 skip Andy Squire, Brian Smith, Martin Hogg, and Mark Tokley took 5 shots on the first end but Mersea pulled it back to 5 – 5 after three. However, that was bacicaly the end of the contest as Mersea only won 2 of the next 15 ends (33 – 8).
On rink one in Mersea CIBC skip Dan Rodger playing with, Cadel Leach, Jamie Coleman and Bradley Mann won the tightest match of the day. They were behind 2 – 3 after two ends, but they were never behind again in the game. It was still close after eleven ends, (9 – 8). CIBC went on to win 22 – 11.
In the second game at Mersea CIBC skip James Rippey playing with Dave Fisher, Len Oakes and Elliot Mann found themselves in a very tight game. They lost the first end but quickly recovered and opened up a 5 shot lead after five, (7 – 2). After ten ends the scores were tied 11 – 11, followed by 12 – 12 two ends later. The Islanders took the lead on the thirteenth end (12 -13), but they could not hold back the tide as CIBC blitzed 20 shots in the six of the final eight ends to win 32 – 18.