The 1985

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championship, was held from February 23 to March 2, 1985 at the

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. The total attendance for the week was 18,203. This would be the first year in which the champion would automatically qualify to next year's tournament as Team Canada. Team British Columbia, who was skipped by

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won the event by defeating Newfoundland 13–7 in the final in nine ends, marking the first time a final was conceded prior to ten ends being completed. This was BC's fifth title overall and the only title skipped by Moore. Moore's rink dominated the tournament as they finished unbeaten with an 11–0 record, becoming the first team since the Emily Farnham's

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rink did so in and the first team to do so in the Hearts era (since ). They were also the last team until to finish round robin play unbeaten and the last team until to not lose a single game in the tournament. Moore's rink would go onto represent

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in the 1985 World Women's Curling Championship in

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, Sweden, which they also won. The final would set records for the most points scored by one team in a final (13), the most combined points scored in a final (20), and the highest score in one end with hammer in a final (five by BC in the first end). The most points and combined points records remain finals records while the highest score with hammer was matched in the

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final.

Teams

The teams were listed as follows:

Round Robin Standings

''Final Round Robin standings''

Round Robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time ( UTC-06:00).

Draw 1

''Saturday, February 23, 7:30 pm''

Draw 2

''Sunday, February 24, 2:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Sunday, February 24, 7:30 pm''

Draw 4

''Monday, February 25, 2:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Monday, February 25, 7:30 pm''

Draw 6

''Tuesday, February 26, 2:00 pm''

Draw 7

''Tuesday, February 26, 7:30 pm''

Draw 8

''Wednesday, February 27, 2:00 pm''

Draw 9

''Wednesday, February 27, 7:30 pm''

Draw 10

''Thursday, February 28, 2:00 pm''

Draw 11

''Thursday, February 28, 7:30 pm''

Tiebreaker

''Friday, March 1, 2:00 pm''

Playoffs

Semifinal

''Friday, March 1, 7:30 pm''

Final

''Saturday, March 2, 1:00 pm''

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

''Final Round Robin Percentages''

Awards

The all-star team and sportsmanship award winners were as follows:

All-Star Team

Lura McLuckie Award

The Scotties Tournament of Hearts Sportsmanship Award is presented to the curler who best embodies the spirit of curling at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The winner was selected in a vote by all players at the tournament. Prior to 1998, the award was named after a notable individual in the curling community where the tournament was held that year. For this edition, the award was named after Lura McLuckie, a builder for women's curling as she was the president of both the Manitoba Ladies Curling Association and Canadian Ladies Curling Association and guided a Scottish women's tour along with helping launch the Canadian Junior Women's Curling Championship.

References

{{Canadian Women's Curling Championships Scotties Tournament of Hearts

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