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Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Le Tournoi des Coeurs ScottiesCurrent Champions: Amber Holland (Team Canada) 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts 2012 Host City: Red Deer, Alberta 2012 Venue: ENMAX Centrium The Scotties Tournament of Hearts (French: Le Tournoi des Coeurs Scotties) is an annual Canadian women's curling championship, sanctioned by the Canadian Curling Association. The winner goes on to represent Canada at the women's world curling championships. Since 1985, the winner also gets to return to the following year's tournament as "Team Canada". It is formally known as the Canadian Women's Curling Championship.
Kruger Products, previously known as Scott Paper Limited, is the event sponsor. The tournament had been known as the Scott Tournament of Hearts since 1982. However, in June 2007, competitor Kimberly-Clark (which purchased the Scott Paper Company, the Canadian firm's former parent, in 1997) gained full control of the Scott name and certain associated brands in Canada. Facial tissue brand Scotties is an exception – Kruger will continue to sell Scotties products indefinitely, due to Kimberly-Clark's prior ownership of the Kleenex brand – so the event has been renamed with the Scotties brand. The name change was announced shortly after the 2006 event. [1]
The format is a round robin of 12 teams. There is one team from each of the provinces and one team from the territories. As this only makes 11 teams, the 12th team is made up of the previous year's winning team. This differs slightly from the men's annual Brier tournament where the 12th team comes from Northern Ontario. The teams are the provincial champions of the province they represent.
At the end of the round-robin, a playoffs occur to determine the championship. The system used is known as the Page playoff system.
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History
Pre-history
1913 marked a significant point in women's curling when both the Manitoba Bonspiel and the Ontario Curling Association began with having women's curling events. Other provinces would later add provincial women's championships, but it wasn't until the 1950s that a higher level of women's curling began to occur. At this time there was a Western Canada Women's Championship (sponsored by the T. Eaton Company) but no tournament existed for the eastern provinces. By 1959, Eaton's pulled their sponsorship, giving an opportunity for the organizers of the Western championships the initiative to have a national championship.
In 1960, the Canadian Ladies' Curling Association was created with Dominion Stores Ltd. seeking to sponsor a national championship. That year, an eastern championship occurred so that the winner could play the winner of the western championship. In this event, Ruth Smith and her team from Lacolle, Quebec faced off against Joyce McKee's team from Saskatchewan (consisting of Sylvia Fedoruk, Donna Belding and Muriel Cobing) with McKee winning. The game between the two teams was played in Oshawa, Ontario.
The following year a tournament was organized with the same format as the Brier and was held in Ottawa. McKee won again, with a new front end of Barbara MacNevin and Rosa McFee.
Early history
In 1967, Dominion Stores were unable to reach a compromise with the organizers of the tournament, and their sponsorship fell. The Canadian Ladies' Curling Association ran the tournament by themselves with no sponsorship.
Sylvia Fedoruk, after assuming the presidency of the Canadian Ladies' Curling Association found a sponsor in the Macdonald Tobacco Company, the same sponsor as the Brier. Their sponsorship began in 1972 with the tournament being called the "Macdonald Lassie" championship, after the company's trademark.
In 1979, under increasing pressure from the anti-tobacco policies of the Canadian Government, the Macdonald Tobacco Company pulled their sponsorship from both the Brier and the Women's championship. The Canadian Ladies' Curling Association ran the tournament without a sponsorship again for the next couple of years. 1979 also marked the first year of the Women's World Curling Championship, where the national champion would play.
Tournament of Hearts
Robin Wilson, a member of the 1979 championship team, and a former employee of Scott Paper led an effort to get the company to sponsor the championships. It was successful, and in 1982 the first Scott Tournament of Hearts was held.
The Scott Tournament of Hearts would last 25 years, and saw the likes of many great teams. The first Tournament of Hearts was won by Colleen Jones and her Nova Scotia team. It would take her 18 years to win another, but she would cap it off with another four championships for a grand total of six championships. Other great curlers at the Hearts have been Connie Laliberte and Jennifer Jones of Manitoba, Heather Houston and Marilyn Bodogh of Ontario, Sandra Schmirler of Saskatchewan and Kelly Scott of British Columbia.
The new sponsorship made the tournament popular when it began to be televised. Today, TSN covers the entire tournament. CBC had covered the semi-finals and the finals up until the 2007-08 season.
Winners
Diamond D Championship
Tournament Winning Locale Winning Team Host 1961 Saskatchewan Joyce McKee, Sylvia Fedoruk, Barbara MacNevin, Rosa McFee Ottawa 1962 British Columbia Ina Hansen, Ada Callas, Isabel Leith, May Shaw Regina, Saskatchewan 1963 New Brunswick Mabel DeWare, Harriet Stratton, Forbis Stevenson, Marjorie Fraser Saint John, New Brunswick 1964 British Columbia Ina Hansen, Ada Callas, Isabel Leith, May Shaw Edmonton, Alberta 1965 Manitoba Peggy Casselman, Val Taylor, Pat MacDonald, Pat Scott Halifax, Nova Scotia 1966 Alberta Gale Lee, Hazel Jamison, Sharon Harrington, June Coyle Vancouver, British Columbia 1967 Manitoba Betty Duguid, Joan Ingram, Larie Bradawaski, Dot Rose Montreal, Quebec Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship
Tournament Winning Locale Winning Team Host 1968 Alberta Hazel Jamison, Gale Lee, Jackie Spencer, June Coyle Winnipeg, Manitoba 1969 Saskatchewan Joyce McKee, Vera Pezer, Lenore Morrison, Jennifer Falk Fort William, Ontario 1970 Saskatchewan Dorenda Schoenhals, Cheryl Stirton, Linda Burnham, Joan Anderson Calgary, Alberta 1971 Saskatchewan Vera Pezer, Sheila Rowan, Joyce McKee, Lenore Morrison St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Macdonald Lassies Championship
Tournament Winning Locale Winning Team Host 1972 Saskatchewan Vera Pezer, Sheila Rowan, Joyce McKee, Lenore Morrison Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 1973 Saskatchewan Vera Pezer, Sheila Rowan, Joyce McKee, Lenore Morrison Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island 1974 Saskatchewan Emily Farnham, Linda Saunders, Pat McBeath, Donna Collins Victoria, British Columbia 1975 Quebec Lee Tobin, Marilyn McNeil, Michelle Garneau, Laurie Ross Moncton, New Brunswick 1976 British Columbia Lindsay Davie, Dawn Knowles, Robin Klassen, Lorraine Bowles Winnipeg, Manitoba 1977 Alberta Myrna McQuarrie, Rita Tarnava, Barb Davis, Jane Rempel Halifax, Nova Scotia 1978 Manitoba Cathy Pidzarko, Chris Pidzarko, Iris Armstrong, Patty Vanderkerckhove Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario 1979 British Columbia Lindsay Sparkes, Dawn Knowles, Robin Wilson, Lorraine Bowles Montreal, Quebec Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship
Tournament Winning Locale Winning Team Finalist Locale Finalist Team Host 1980 Saskatchewan Marj Mitchell, Nancy Kerr, Shirley McKendry, Wendy Leach Nova Scotia Colleen Jones, Sally Jane Saunders, Margaret Knickle, Barbara Jones Edmonton, Alberta 1981 Alberta Susan Seitz, Judy Erickson, Myrna McKay, Betty McCracken Newfoundland Sue Anne Bartlett, Patricia Dwyer, Joyce Nichols, Jo Ann Bepperling St. John's, Newfoundland Scott Tournament of Hearts
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Tournament Winning Locale Winning Team Finalist Locale Finalist Team Host 2007 Canada Kelly Scott, Jeanna Schraeder, Sasha Carter, Renee Simons Saskatchewan Jan Betker, Lana Vey, Nancy Inglis, Marcia Gudereit Lethbridge, Alberta 2008 Manitoba Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn Askin Alberta Shannon Kleibrink, Amy Nixon, Bronwen Saunders, Chelsey Bell Regina, Saskatchewan 2009 Canada Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn Askin British Columbia Marla Mallett, Grace MacInnes, Diane Gushulak, Jacalyn Brown Victoria, British Columbia 2010 Canada Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn Askin Prince Edward Island Erin Carmody, Geri-Lynn Ramsay, Kathy O'Rourke, Tricia Affleck Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario 2011 Saskatchewan Amber Holland, Kim Schneider, Tammy Schneider, Heather Kalenchuk Canada Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn Askin Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island 2012 Red Deer, Alberta 2013 Kingston, Ontario See also: List of World Curling Women's Champions
Top 3 finishes table
Province 1st 2nd 3rd Total Saskatchewan 11 6 7 24 British Columbia 9 7 9 25 Manitoba 8 10 6 24 Canada 8 7 4 19 Alberta 5 8 4 17 Ontario 4 6 13 23 Nova Scotia 4 3 5 12 Quebec 1 2 3 6 New Brunswick 1 2 1 4 Newfoundland and Labrador 0 3 3 6 Prince Edward Island 0 2 2 4 Yukon/ Northwest Territories 0 0 1 1 Award winners
Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award
The Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award is awarded by the media to the most valuable player during the playoffs at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The current holder is Amber Holland of Saskatchewan.
Shot of the Week Award
The Shot of the Week Award is presented by the organizing committee to the player who makes the most outstanding shot during the tournament. The 2011 winner was Amber Holland representing Saskatchewan.
Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award
The Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award is awarded annually to the most sportsmanlike curler at the Tournament of Hearts every year. The award has been presented since 1982, and has been named in Mitchell's honour since 1998. The current holder of the Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award is Cathy Overton-Clapham of Manitoba.
Scotties Tournament of Hearts Builders Award
The Builders award goes to someone in the curling community that significantly contributes to the growth and development of women's curling in Canada. It has been awarded annually since 2001.
Winners
- 2001: Lloyd Stansell
- 2002: Warren Hansen
- 2003: Vic Rauter
- 2004: Vera Pezer
- 2005: Shirley Morash
- 2006: Robin Wilson
- 2007: Muriel Fage
- 2008: Don Wittman
- 2009: Linda Bolton
- 2010: Anne Merklinger
- 2011: Elaine Dagg-Jackson
All-Star teams
2011
First Team
- Skip: Jennifer Jones, Team Canada
- Third: Kaitlyn Lawes, Team Canada
- Second: Jill Officer, Team Canada
- Lead: Dawn Askin, Team Canada
Second Team
- Skip: Amber Holland, Saskatchewan
- Third: Kim Schneider, Saskatchewan
- Second: Tammy Schneider, Saskatchewan
- Lead: Chelsey Bell, Alberta
2010First Team
- Skip: Kelly Scott, British Columbia
- Third: Cathy Overton-Clapham, Team Canada
- Second: Jill Officer, Team Canada
- Lead: Dawn Askin, Team Canada
Second Team
- Skip: Jennifer Jones, Team Canada
- Third: Jeanna Schraeder, British Columbia
- Second: Sasha Carter, British Columbia
- Lead: Jacquie Armstrong, British Columbia
2009
First Team
- Skip: Stefanie Lawton, Saskatchewan
- Third: Cathy Overton-Clapham, Team Canada
- Second: Diane Gushulak, British Columbia
- Lead: Lana Vey, Saskatchewan
Second Team
- Skip: Marla Mallett, British Columbia
- Third: Grace MacInnes, British Columbia
- Second: Sherri Singler, Saskatchewan
- Lead: Joëlle Sabourin, Quebec
2008
First Team
- Skip: Shannon Kleibrink, Alberta
- Third: Amy Nixon, Alberta
- Second: Jill Officer, Manitoba
- Lead: Chelsey Bell, Alberta
Second Team
- Skip: Sherry Middaugh, Ontario
- Third: Cathy Overton-Clapham, Manitoba
- Second: Sasha Carter, Team Canada
- Lead: Dawn Askin, Manitoba
2007
First Team
- Skip: Kelly Scott, Team Canada
- Third: Jeanna Schraeder, Team Canada
- Second: Jill Officer, Manitoba
- Lead: Marcia Gudereit, Saskatchewan
Second Team
- Skip: Jan Betker, Saskatchewan
- Third: Lana Vey, Saskatchewan
- Second: Sasha Carter, Team Canada
- Lead: Darah Provencal, British Columbia
2006
First Team
- Skip: Kelly Scott, British Columbia
- Third: Jeanna Schraeder, British Columbia
- Second: Mary-Anne Arsenault, Nova Scotia
- Lead: Georgina Wheatcroft, Team Canada
Second Team
- Skip: Heather Strong, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Third: Cathy Overton-Clapham, Team Canada
- Second: Sasha Carter, British Columbia
- Lead: Nancy Delahunt, Nova Scotia
2005
First Team
- Skip: Jennifer Jones, Manitoba
- Third: Marliese Miller, Saskatchewan
- Second: Dawn Askin, Ontario
- Lead: Nancy Delahunt, Team Canada
Second Team
- Skip: Jenn Hanna, Ontario
- Third: Pascale Letendre, Ontario
- Second: Sherri Singler, Saskatchewan
- Lead: Susan O'Leary, Newfoundland and Labrador
2004
First Team
- Skip: Colleen Jones, Team Canada
- Third: Amy Nixon, Alberta
- Second: Maureen Bonar, Manitoba
- Lead: Nancy Delahunt, Team Canada
Second Team
- Skip: Lois Fowler, Manitoba
- Third: Kim Kelly, Team Canada
- Second: Mary-Anne Arsenault, Team Canada
- Lead: Heather Martin, Newfoundland and Labrador
2003
First Team
- Skip: Colleen Jones, Team Canada
- Third: Sherry Linton, Saskatchewan
- Second: Robyn MacPhee, Prince Edward Island
- Lead: Nancy Delahunt, Team Canada
Second Team
- Skip: Suzanne Gaudet, Prince Edward Island
- Third: Rebecca Jean MacPhee, Prince Edward Island
- Second: Joan McCusker, Saskatchewan
- Lead: Kate Horne, Alberta
2002
First Team
- Skip: Sherry Anderson, Saskatchewan
- Third: Janet Brown, Ontario
- Second: Mary-Anne Waye, Team Canada
- Lead: Nancy Delahunt, Team Canada
Second Team
- Skip: Sherry Middaugh, Ontario
- Third: Lawnie MacDonald, Alberta
- Second: Lynn Fallis-Kurz, Manitoba
- Lead: Allison Franey, New Brunswick
2001
First Team
- Skip: Marie-France Larouche, Quebec
- Third: Kim Kelly, Nova Scotia
- Second: Georgina Wheatcroft, Team Canada
- Lead: Sheri Cordina, Ontario
Second Team
- Skip: Kelley Law, Team Canada
- Third: Lisa Whitaker, British Columbia
- Second: Roberta Materi, Saskatchewan
- Lead: Karen McNamee, Alberta
2000
First Team
- Skip: Connie Laliberte, Manitoba
- Third: Cathy Overton-Clapham, Manitoba
- Second: Karen Daku, Saskatchewan
- Lead: Tricia MacGregor, Prince Edward Island
Second Team
- Skip: Anne Merklinger, Ontario
- Third: Cathy Walter, Saskatchewan
- Second: Debbie Jones-Walker, Manitoba
- Lead: Nancy Delahunt, Team Canada
1999
First Team
- Skip: Colleen Jones, Nova Scotia
- Third: Heather Godberson, Team Canada
- Second: Brenda Bohmer, Team Canada
- Lead: Lou Ann Henry, Prince Edward Island
Second Team
- Skip: Connie Laliberte, Manitoba
- Third: Marcy Balderston, Alberta
- Second: Mary-Anne Waye, Nova Scotia
- Lead: Kate Horne, Team Canada
1998
First Team
- Skip: Cathy Borst, Alberta
- Third: Jan Betker, Team Canada
- Second: Brenda Bohmer, Alberta
- Lead: Marcia Gudereit, Team Canada
Second Team
- Skip: Anne Merklinger, Ontario
- Third: Heather Godberson, Alberta
- Second: Patti McKnight, Ontario
- Lead: Heather Hopkins, Nova Scotia
1997
First Team
- Skip: Sandra Schmirler, Saskatchewan
- Third: Jan Betker, Saskatchewan
- Second: Joan McCusker, Saskatchewan
- Lead: Jane Hooper, Team Canada
Second Team
- Skip: Alison Goring, Ontario
- Third: Heather Godberson, Alberta
- Second: Corie Beveridge, Team Canada
- Lead: Heather Martin, Newfoundland
1996
- Skip: Sherry Scheirich, Saskatchewan
- Third: Kim Gellard, Ontario
- Second: Tricia MacGregor, Prince Edward Island
- Lead: Judy Pendergast, Alberta
1995
- Skip: Rebecca MacPhee, Prince Edward Island
- Third: Kay Montgomery, Saskatchewan
- Second: Joan McCusker, Team Canada
- Lead: Janet Arnott, Manitoba
1994
- Skip: Laura Phillips, Newfoundland
- Third: Jan Betker, Team Canada
- Second: Joan McCusker, Team Canada
- Lead: Kim Kelly, Nova Scotia
1993
- Skip: Sandra Peterson, Saskatchewan
- Third: Cathy Cunningham, Newfoundland
- Second: Patti McKnight, Ontario
- Lead: Mary-Anne Waye, Nova Scotia
1992
- Skip: Lisa Walker, British Columbia
- Third: Kathy Fahlman, Saskatchewan
- Second: Kim Kelly, Nova Scotia
- Lead: Karri Willms, Team Canada
1991
- Skip: Julie Sutton, British Columbia
- Third: Jackie-Rae Greening, Alberta
- Second: Sheri Stewart, New Brunswick
- Lead: Cheryl McPherson, Team Canada
1990
- Skip: Heather Rankin, Nova Scotia
- Third: Jackie-Rae Greening, Alberta
- Second: Andrea Lawes, Ontario
- Lead: Lorie Kehler, Saskatchewan
1989
- Skip: Chris More, Manitoba
- Third: Karen Purdy, Manitoba
- Second: Diane Alexander, Alberta
- Lead: Tracy Kennedy, Team Canada
1988
- Skip: Michelle Schneider, Saskatchewan
- Third: Cindy Tucker, British Columbia
- Second: Georgina Hawkes, British Columbia
- Lead: Tracy Kennedy, Ontario
1987
- Skip: Kathie Ellwood, Manitoba
- Third: Sandra Schmirler, Saskatchewan
- Second: Jan Betker, Saskatchewan
- Lead: Sheila Schneider, Saskatchewan
1986
- Skip: Linda Moore, Team Canada
- Third: Kathy McEdwards, Ontario
- Second: Chris Gervais, Saskatchewan
- Lead: Laurie Carney, Team Canada
1985
- Skip: Susan Seitz, Alberta
- Third: Lindsay Sparkes, British Columbia
- Second: Debbie Jones, British Columbia
- Lead: Debbie Herbert, Newfoundland
1984
- Skip: Connie Laliberte, Manitoba
- Third: Gillian Thompson, Saskatchewan
- Second: Chris Gervais, Saskatchewan
- Lead: Laurie Carney, British Columbia
1983
- Skip: Shelly Bildfell, Yukon/Northwest Territories
- Third: Sharon Horne, Nova Scotia
- Second: Cathy Caudle, Nova Scotia
- Lead: Penny Ryan, Alberta
1982
- Skip: Arleen Day, Saskatchewan
- Third: Lynne Andrews, Manitoba
- Second: Donna Cunliffe, British Columbia
- Lead: Barbara Jones-Gordon, Nova Scotia
Ford Hot Shots
Further information: Ford Hot ShotsSee also
- Tim Hortons Brier (men's)
- United States Curling Women's Championships
- Columba Cream Scottish Women's Championship
External links and sources
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