The 2012

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's women's provincial curling championship, was held from January 25 to 29 at the

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. The winning team of

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and

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represented

at the

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, where they finished round robin with a 9-2 record, which was enough to finish 1st place and clinch a spot in the playoffs. Jones would lose both the 1-2 game and the semi-final before winning the bronze medal game over Quebec.

Qualification Process

Sixteen teams will qualify for the provincial tournament through several berths. The qualification process is as follows: ;Notes Originally, the Eastman region was to be awarded a berth, but because there were no entries in the region qualifier, the berth was awarded to the Interlake region.
These berths were awarded to the sport regions based upon each region's participation ratio.

Teams

Asham Black Group

Red Brick Red Group

Standings

Asham Black Group

Red Brick Red Group

Results

Draw 1

''January 25, 8:30 AM CT ''

Draw 2

''January 25, 12:15 PM CT ''

Draw 3

''January 25, 4:00 PM CT ''

Draw 4

''January 25, 8:15 PM CT ''

Draw 5

''January 26, 8:30 AM CT ''

Draw 6

''January 26, 12:15 PM CT ''

Draw 7

''January 26, 4:00 PM CT ''

Draw 8

''January 26, 7:45 PM CT ''

Draw 9

''January 27, 8:30 AM CT ''

Draw 10

''January 27, 12:15 PM CT ''

Draw 11

''January 27, 4:00 PM CT ''

Draw 12

''January 27, 7:45 PM CT ''

Draw 13

''January 28, 8:30 AM CT ''

Draw 14

''January 28, 12:15 PM CT ''

Tiebreaker

''January 28, 4:00 PM CT ''

Playoffs

B1 vs. R1

''January 28, 7:45 PM CT''

B2 vs. R2

''January 28, 7:45 PM CT''

Semifinal

''January 29, 9:30 AM CT''

Final

''January 29, 1:30 PM CT''

Qualifying Events

Scotties Berth Bonspiel

The 2012 Scotties Berth Bonspiel, presented by Monsanto, took place from November 11 to 14, 2011, at the

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, in

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. The event was held in a triple knockout format, and qualified two teams, Michelle Montford and

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, into the provincial playdowns.

A Event

B Event

C Event

Playoffs

Regional Playdowns

Central

The Central Regional Playdowns took place from December 17 to 18, 2011, at the Plumas Curling Club in Plumas. The event qualified two teams to the provincial playdowns.

A Event

B Event

Interlake

The Interlake Regional Playdowns took place from December 17 to 18, 2011, at the Winnipeg Curling Club in

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. The event qualified two teams to the provincial playdowns.

A Event

B Event

Norman

The Norman Regional Playdowns took place from December 17 to 18, 2011, at The Pas Curling Club in

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. The event qualified one team to the provincial playdowns.

Parkland

The Parkland Regional Playdowns took place from December 17 to 18, 2011, at the

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in Dauphin. The event qualified one team to the provincial playdowns.

Westman

The Westman Regional Playdowns took place from December 17 to 18, 2011, at the

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. The event qualified two teams to the provincial playdowns.

A Event

B Event

Winnipeg

The Winnipeg Regional Playdowns took place from December 16 to 18, 2011, at the

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. The event qualified three teams to the provincial playdowns.http://www.curlmanitoba.org/eventdetails.php?txtEventID=2857

A Event

B Event

Eastman

The Eastman Regional Playdowns were scheduled to be held from December 17 to 18, 2011, at the Ste. Anne Curling Club in Ste. Anne. There were no entries for this event, and, as a result, an extra berth was awarded to the Interlake Region.

References

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