The 1987

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, the

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women's

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championship, was held from February 28 to March 7, 1987 at the Lethbridge Sportsplex in

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. The total attendance for the week was a then-record 34,277, which shattered the previous mark set in by over 10,000. Team British Columbia, who was skipped by

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in the final 9–3 in nine ends. BC advanced to the final after defeating

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in the semifinal 10–6. This was BC's sixth championship and the only title skipped by Sanders. Sanders' rink would represent

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at the 1987 World Women's Curling Championship held in

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, where they won Canada's fourth straight world championship. New Brunswick's 11–1 victory over

in Draw 7 tied a record set in for the most stolen ends in a single game by one team as New Brunswick stole six ends in that game.

Teams

The teams were listed as follows:

Round Robin standings

''Final Round Robin standings''

Round Robin results

All draw times are listed in

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( UTC-07:00).

Draw 1

''Saturday, February 28, 1:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Saturday, February 28, 6:30 pm''

Draw 3

''Sunday, March 1, 1:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Sunday, March 1, 6:30 pm''

Draw 5

''Monday, March 2, 8:30 am''

Draw 6

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

Draw 7

''Monday, March 2, 6:30 pm''

Draw 8

''Tuesday, March 3, 8:30 am''

Draw 9

''Tuesday, March 3, 1:00 pm''

Draw 10

''Tuesday, March 3, 6:30 pm''

Draw 11

''Wednesday, March 4, 8:30 am''

Draw 12

''Wednesday, March 4, 1:00 pm''

Draw 13

''Wednesday, March 4, 6:30 pm''

Draw 14

''Thursday, March 5, 1:00 pm''

Draw 15

''Thursday, March 5, 6:30 pm''

Tiebreakers

Round 1

''Friday, March 6, 8:30 am''

Round 2

''Friday, March 6, 1:00 pm''

Playoffs

Semifinal

''Friday, March 6, 6:30 pm''

Final

''Saturday, March 7, 11:00 am''

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

''Final Round Robin Percentages''

Awards

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

All-Star Team

Myrna McQuarrie Award

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, a

native, who skipped

to a women's national championship in and represented Alberta in the women's national championship.

Notes

References

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