The 1989

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, the

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women's national

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championship, was held from February 25 to March 4, 1989 at the

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in Kelowna,

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. The total attendance for the week was 19,436. The defending champions, Team Canada, who was skipped by

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repeated as champions as they defeated

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in the final 11–5. This was the first time since the introduction of Team Canada in that they had won the event and the first time since that a team has successfully defended their title. Houston's rink would again go onto represent

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at the 1989 World Women's Curling Championship in

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where they won the gold medal over

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after finishing runner-up the year before. There were a few notable feats and records that were set in this tournament. * Alberta's 15–6 victory over Newfoundland in Draw 2 set a Hearts era (since ) record for the highest score by a team in one game. This has since been matched three different times. * Manitoba's 8–0 victory over Alberta in Draw 12 was the fifth time in tournament history that a shutout was recorded. * In British Columbia's 9–3 win over Newfoundland in Draw 15, BC's third

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recorded the first perfect game in the women's national championship history since statistics were recorded in . * The semifinal between Canada and

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was the third game ever in tournament history and the only playoff game to date to go into a second extra end.

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-08:00).

Draw 1

''Saturday, February 25, 12:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Saturday, February 25, 6:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Sunday, February 26, 12:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Sunday, February 26, 6:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Monday, February 27, 8:00 am''

Draw 6

''Monday, February 27, 12:00 pm''

Draw 7

''Monday, February 27, 6:00 pm''

Draw 8

''Tuesday, February 28, 8:00 am''

Draw 9

''Tuesday, February 28, 12:00 pm''

Draw 10

''Tuesday, February 28, 6:00 pm''

Draw 11

''Wednesday, March 1, 8:00 am''

Draw 12

''Wednesday, March 1, 12:00 pm''

Draw 13

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

Draw 14

''Thursday, March 2, 12:00 pm''

Draw 15

''Thursday, March 2, 6:00 pm''

Tiebreakers

Round 1

''Friday, March 3, 8:00 am''

Round 2

''Friday, March 3, 12:00 pm''

Playoffs

Semifinal

''Friday, March 3, 6:00 pm''

Final

''Saturday, March 4, 11:15 am''

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

''Final Round Robin Percentages''

Perfect games

Awards

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

All-Star Team

Sylvia Fedoruk 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

Sylvia Fedoruk Sylvia Olga Fedoruk ( e-doruk Ukrainian: Федорук) (May 5, 1927 – September 26, 2012) was a Canadian physicist, medical physicist, curler and the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. Life Born in Canora, Saskatchewan, the daughter ...

, a Canadian Curling Hall of Fame inductee who played third for the

Joyce McKee Helen Joyce McKee (October 29, 1933 – December 28 or 29, 1999) was a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She was a five-time Canadian champion. Born in Asquith, Saskatchewan, McKee won her very first provincial title as a skip in ...

rink that won the inaugural women's championship in and was president of the Canadian Ladies Curling Association from 1971–72.

Notes

References

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