The 2005

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's provincial women's

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championship, was held January 24–30 at the

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. The winning team of

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would go on to represent Ontario at the

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. Hanna's win would be the first of two provincial championships in her career, not winning her second championship until 2016. It would also be the lone provincial championship for her third Pascale Letendre and the first of two for her sister, lead

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. Her second

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would later move to Manitoba to play lead for

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and win several provincial, national, two world championships and an Olympic gold there. Hanna's rink from the nearby

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had a slow start at the event, and had a 1-4 record at one point. However, they pulled off eight straight wins to win the championship. At the national Scott Tournament of Hearts, the rink had a similar slow start before rallying to make the playoffs before losing in the final to Manitoba's Jones. The defending champion Sherry Middaugh rink failed to qualify.

Teams

Standings

Round robin scores

Draw 1

''January 24'' *McGhee 6-5 Moore *Cadorin 7-4 Hanna *Schwar 9-5 Uhryn *Scarf 8-6 Brown *Rizzo 8-5 George

Draw 2

''January 24'' *George 9-5 Hanna *Moore 7-4 Schwar *McGhee 6-3 Brown *Cadorin 8-4 Rizzo *Scharf 8-2 Uhryn

Draw 3

''January 25'' *Cadorin 6-3 Uhryn *Brown 7-4 Rizzo *Scharf 6-5 Moore *George 7-1 Schwar *Hanna 7-2 McGhee

Draw 4

''January 25'' *Moore 7-6 Brown *Uhryn 9-6 Hanna *Cadorin 7-3 George *McGhee 6-3 Scharf *Rizzo 5-3 Schwar

Draw 5

''January 26'' *McGhee 6-5 Schwar *Scharf 7-0 George *Cadorin 11-6 Moore *Rizzo 7-3 Hanna *Brown 7-6 Uhryn

Draw 6

''January 26'' *Scharf 9-1 Rizzo *Uhryn 7-6 McGhee *Brown 6-4 Cadorin *Hanna 9-3 Schwar *Moore 6-4 George

Draw 7

''January 27'' *Hanna 6-3 Brown *Rizzo 8-1 Moore *Scharf 6-1 Schwar *George 8-3 Uhryn *McGhee 8-1 Cadorin

Draw 8

''January 27'' *Cadorin 7-6 Schwar *Brown 8-6 George *Uhryn 7-4 Moore *Rizzo 5-4 McGhee *Hanna 9-4 Scharf

Draw 9

''January 28'' *Rizzo 8-1 Uhryn *Cadorin 10-7 Scharf *George 8-7 McGhee *Hanna 9-4 Moore *Brown 9-4 Schwar

Tiebreakers

''January 28 & 29'' *McGhee 8-5 Brown *Hanna 7-4 McGhee

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''January 29''

3 vs. 4

''January 29''

Semifinal

''January 30''

Final

''January 30''

Qualification

Southern Ontario Zone winners

Regional winners in bold. Challenge round qualifiers in bold and italics. {, class="wikitable" , - !Zone !Winner !Club , - , 1A , ,

, , Ottawa , - , 1B , , Cheryl McBain , , Ottawa , - , 2A , , Darcie Walker , , Rideau , - , 2B , ,

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, , Rideau , - , 3A , , Tracy Samaan , , Granite of West Ottawa , - , 3B , , Debra Karbashewski , , Carleton Place , - , 4A , , Pauline Bakonyi , , Quinte , - , 4B , , Joyce Potter* , , Rideau , - , 5A , , Lisa Payne , , Peterborough , - , 5B , , Jennifer Cowan , , Beaverton , - , 6A , , ''Kathy Brown'' , , Sutton , - , 6B , , Janet McGhee , , Uxbridge , - , 7A , ,

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, , Bayview , - , 7B , , Delaine Payton , , Scarboro , - , 8A , , Colleen Madonia , , Mississaugua , - , 8B , , Kelly Cochrane , , High Park , - , 9A , , Kim Moore , , North Halton , - , 9B , , Kristy Russell , , Brampton , - , 10A , , Sherry Middaugh , , Coldwater , - , 10B , , Wanda Fleming , , Elmvale , - , 11A , , Vicki Gregg , , Paisley , - , 11B , , Anne Dunn* , , Galt , - , 12A , , Dawn Sherk , , Galt , - , 12B , , Elaine Voisin , , Westmount , - , 13A , , Stacey Brandwood , , Glendale , - , 13B , , Jordan Davies , , Burlington , - , 14A , , Kori VanRyssel , , Harriston , - , 14B , , Amy Mackay*, , St. Catharines , - , 15A , ,

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, , Brant , - , 15B , , Karen Bell , , Brant , - , 16A , , Amie Coward , , Kingsville , - , 16B , ,

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* , , St. Catharines * Fill in team from a different zone (not enough entries)

References

*''Ottawa Citizen'', January 25–31 editions *''Ottawa Sun'', January 30 & 31 editions
Ontario Curling Association - 2005 Annual General Meeting Report

Curling in Ottawa Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts

2000s in Ottawa