The 2006

Scott Tournament of Hearts The Scotties Tournament of Hearts (''french: Le Tournoi des Cœurs Scotties''; commonly referred to as the Scotties) is the annual Canadian women's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada, formerly called the Canadian Curling Associat ...

, the

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women's

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championship, was held at the

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, February 25, 2006 – March 6, 2006. The tournament consists of 12 teams, one from each of Canada's provinces, one from Canada's territories and the defending champion, whose team is known as Team Canada. The tournament was the 25th anniversary of the Hearts. The winner would be

Kelly Scott Kelly Scott (born June 1, 1977 in Winnipeg, Manitoba as Kelly Lynn Mackenzie) is a Canadian curler from Kelowna, British Columbia. Career 1995–2005 Scott won the 1995 Canadian Junior Curling Championships and the 1995 World Junior Curling Ch ...

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rink who defeated the defending champions,

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in the final.

Teams

Representing Team Canada is last years champion,

but with a change at lead position with 2002 Olympic bronze medalist

Georgina Wheatcroft Georgina Wheatcroft (born November 30, 1965 in Nanaimo, British Columbia as Georgina Hawkes) is a Canadian curler. She won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics while on Kelley Law's team. Curling career Wheatcroft made her Scott Tourna ...

. Making her 21st appearance at the Scotts in

Colleen Jones Colleen Patricia Jones (born December 16, 1959) is a Canadian curler and television personality. She is best known as the skip of two women's world championship teams and six Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's championships, including an un ...

who is skipping the Nova Scotia team. Colleen Jones has won the Scotts six times. 1998 Champion

Cathy King Cathy King (born September 3, 1959), formerly Cathy Borst (Cathy's married name was Borst - when she divorced she went back to her maiden name of King) is a Canadian curler from St. Albert, Alberta. She is a former Canadian champion skip and w ...

will be skipping Team Alberta. Making her fourth appearance at the Scotts is

Suzanne Gaudet Suzanne Birt (born Suzanne Gaudet on October 2, 1981 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island) is a Canadian curler from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. She currently skips her own team on the World Curling Tour. Career Juniors Birt, a skip, ...

from Prince Edward Island, a two time Canadian Junior Champion and 2001 World Junior Champion. Making her first appearance at the Scotts is

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from New Brunswick, the 2005 Canadian Junior Champion. Returning from last year is the Northwest Territories/Yukon team skipped by

Kerry Koe Kerry Galusha (born Kerry Koe on November 3, 1977) is a Canadian curler. She currently skips her team out of the Yellowknife Curling Club in Yellowknife. Career Juniors Galusha's first national experience was at the 1992 Canadian Junior Curling ...

- Koe is making her fourth appearance at the Scotts. Also returning is

, from British Columbia, the 1995 World Junior Champion who is making her second appearance. Another skip returning from last year is

Heather Strong Heather Strong (born November 9, 1976, in St. John's, Newfoundland) is a Canadian curler. Career Juniors Strong was 15 years old when she made her national debut at the 1992 Canadian Junior Curling Championships playing lead stones for Cher ...

from Newfoundland and Labrador who is making her sixth appearance. Making an appearance at the Scotts for the first time since 1997 is

Janet Harvey Janet Harvey (born March 28, 1967 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler. In 1984, Harvey played second for Darcy Kirkness at that year's Canadian Junior Curling Championships. The team won the tournament, however there were no Worlds for ...

of Manitoba, attending her third event. Debuting at the Scotts this year, along with Kelly from New Brunswick is Eve Bélisle from Quebec, Krista Scharf from Ontario and

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from Saskatchewan. Only alternates who have played are shown

Standings

Results

''All times are

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Draw 1

''February 25, 2:30 PM ET''

Draw 2

''February 25, 7:00 PM ET''

Draw 3

''February 26, 10:00 AM ET''

Draw 4

''February 26, 2:30 PM ET''

Draw 5

''February 26, 7:00 PM ET''

Draw 6

''February 27, 9:30 AM ET''

Draw 7

''February 27, 2:00 PM ET''

Draw 8

''February 27, 7:00 PM ET''

Draw 9

''February 28, 9:30 AM ET''

Draw 10

''February 28, 2:00 PM ET''

Draw 11

''February 28, 7:00 PM ET''

Draw 12

''March 1, 9:30 AM ET''

Draw 13

''March 1, 2:00 PM ET''

Draw 14

''March 1, 7:00 PM ET''

Draw 15

''March 2, 8:30 AM ET''

Draw 16

''March 2, 1:00 PM ET''

Draw 17

''March 2, 7:00 PM ET''

Tiebreaker

''March 3, 8:30 AM ET''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''March 3, 1:00 PM ET''

3 vs. 4 game

''March 3, 7:00 PM ET''

Semi-Final

''March 4, 1:00 PM ET''

Final

''March 5, 12:30 PM ET''

Top Percentages

''(After Round Robin. Five best players from each position)''

Qualifying

Bold indicates winner. ''Italics'' indicated defending provincial champion Tie-breaker *Bryden 13-4 Rumberg Playoffs: *Semi-final: Sonnenberg 6-3 Bryden *Final: King 8-2 Sonnenberg Event held at the

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January 24–29 ---- Playoffs: *Semi-final: Wells 8-6 Mallett *Final: Scott 8-5 Wells Event held at the Williams Lake Curling Club in Williams Lake January 25–29. ---- Tie-breakers: *Fowler 5-3 Cripps *Jenion 7-3 Fowler *Streich 11-4 Spencer Play-offs *Red2 vs Black2: Jenion 5-4 Streich *Red1 vs Black1: Harvey 6-5 Porritt *Semi-final: Jenion 7-8 Porritt *Final: Harvey 9-3 Jenion Event held at the C.A. Nesbitt Arena in

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January 25–29. Defending Manitoba champion,

won the

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, meaning she will get an automatic bye to the championships and did not have to go through qualifying. ---- Tie-breaker *Hanlon 8-4 Comeau Playoffs *Semi-final: Hanlon 10-8 Adams *Final: Kelly 8-7 Hanlon Event held at the Curling Beauséjour, Inc. in

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January 25–29 ---- Playoffs *Semi-final: Cunningham 6-4 Thomas *Final (Strong needs to be beaten twice): Cunningham 9-6 Strong; Strong 6-5 Cunningham Event held at the Corner Brook Rec Plex in Corner Brook January 25–29 ---- Tie-breaker *Mouzar 8-7 Palmer Playoffs *Semi-final: Zinck 9-8 Mouzar *Final: Jones 9-8 Zinck Colleen Jones represented Team Canada at the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts because she had won it in 2004. Event held at the Highlander Curling Club in St. Andrews January 25–29. ---- Playoffs *3 vs. 4: Bodogh 9-8 Hanna *1 vs. 2: Scharf 5-4 McGhee *Semi-final: McGhee 8-5 Bodogh *Final: Scharf 7-6 McGhee Event held at the

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in Fort Frances January 29-February 4 ---- Playoffs *Semi-final: Bradley 7-6 O'Rourke *Final: Gaudet 11-3 Bradley Event held at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in

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January 19–22. The defending champion,

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played third for O'Rourke ---- Tie-breaker * Belisle 5-4 Lanthier Playoffs *A1 vs. B1 game: Osborne 8-7 Larouche *Quarter-final: Belisle 7-4 Frappier *Semi-final: Belisle 8-5 Larouche *Final: Belisle 7-5 Osborne Event held at the

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January 15–22. The defending champion,

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played third for Berthelot ---- Tie-breaker *Syrota 6-5 Birnie Playoffs *Semi-final: Syrota 6-5 Lawton *Final: Streifel 7-5 Syrota Event held at the Yorkton Curling Club in

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February 1–5. ---- No playoffs or tie-breakers necessary. Event held at the

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January 26–29

Notes

References

External links

Official web site
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Sports competitions in London, Ontario Curling in Ontario 2006 in women's curling