The 2014

Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts The Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the Ontario provincial curling championship for women's curling. The tournament is run by CurlON, the curling association for Southern Ontario. The winning team represents Team Ontario at the national S ...

, the provincial women's

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championship for

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, was held from January 6 to 12 at the

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in Sault Ste. Marie,

. The winning team represented

at the

2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from February 1 to 9 at the Maurice Richard Arena in Montreal, Quebec. The defending champion Rachel Homan rink won their second straight title, with Homan becoming the youngest skip to ever win back- ...

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. The event marked the final tournament to include teams from

Northern Ontario Northern Ontario is a primary geographic and quasi-administrative region of the Canadian province of Ontario, the other primary region being Southern Ontario. Most of the core geographic region is located on part of the Superior Geological Pro ...

, which began to have its own entry into the Scotties beginning in 2015.

Qualification Process

Ten teams qualify for the provincial tournament through several methods. Four teams qualified from Northern Ontario, two teams qualified from Regions 1 and 2, two teams qualified from regions 3 and 4 and two teams qualified from the Challenge Round. The defending champion

Rachel Homan Rachel Catherine Homan (born April 5, 1989) is a Canadian international curler. Homan is a former Canadian junior champion, a three-time Canadian national champion, and the 2017 world champion, all as a skip. She was also the skip of the Can ...

did not need to participate in the qualification process, as she won the

2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from February 16 to 24 at the K-Rock Centre in Kingston, Ontario. It was the ninth time Ontario hosted the Tournament of Hearts. Ontario last hos ...

and therefore represented Team Canada at the

Teams

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

Draw 1

''Monday, January 6, 7:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Tuesday, January 7, 7:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Wednesday, January 8, 1:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, January 8, 7:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Thursday, January 9, 9:00 am''

Draw 7

''Thursday, January 9, 1:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Friday, January 10, 9:00 am'' The draw was postponed due to mechanical issues.

Draw 8

''Friday, January 10, 2:00 pm''

Draw 9

''Friday, January 10, 7:30 pm''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Saturday, January 11, 2:00 pm''

3 vs. 4

''Saturday, January 11, 7:00 pm''

Semifinal

''Sunday, January 12, 9:30 am''

Final

''Sunday, January 12, 4:00 pm''

Qualification

Southern Ontario zones ran from November 22-December 8, 2013. Two teams from each zone qualify to 2 regional tournaments, and two teams from each of the two tournaments qualify to provincials. Two additional teams qualify out of a second chance qualifier. The Northern Ontario provincial championship occur from December 13 to 15 in 2013 at the

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Sault Ste. Marie ( ) is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is at the St. Mary's River on the Canada–US border. It is the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Sudbury and Thunder Bay. The Ojibwe, the indigenous Anishinaabe inhabitants ...

. Four teams qualify out of the Northern Ontario championship. Regional Qualifiers In Bold

Southern Ontario Zone Qualification

Zone 1

December 6–8, at the RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa Teams entered: *Katie Morrissey (Ottawa) (automatically qualifies as only team)

Zone 2

December 6–8, at the RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa Teams entered: *Laura Payne (Rideau) (qualifies due to lack of entries in Zone 1) *Samantha Peters (Rideau) *Jacqueline Lavoie (Rideau) *Rhonda Varnes (Rideau)

Zone 3

December 7, at the Carleton Heights Curling Club, Ottawa Teams entered: * Brit O'Neill (City View) *

Lauren Mann Lauren Mann (born January 27, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Aylmer, Quebec. She currently skips her own team out of Ottawa, Ontario. Career As a junior curler, Mann was the 2002 Ontario Winter Games championship playing third for Laura Pay ...

(Pakenham) Both teams qualify as there were no other entries.

Zone 4

December 8, at the

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, Trenton Teams entered: *Lindsay McKeown (Cataraqui) *

Lisa Farnell Lisa Farnell (born September 23, 1986 in Toronto) is a Canadian-English curler originally from Peterborough, Ontario. She was the skip of the Ontario team at the 2006 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. In 2006, Farnell and her team of Kim ...

(Loonie) Both teams qualify as there were no other entries.

Zone 5

December 7 at the Lindsay Curling Club, Lindsay Teams entered: *Angie Melaney (Lakefield) *Julie O'Neill (Lindsay) *Emma Joyce (Lindsay) (qualifies due to lack of entries in Zone 6)

Zone 6

December 7–8 Port Perry Community Curling Club,

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Teams entered: *Susan McKnight (Uxbridge) (automatically qualifies as only team)

Zone 7

November 23–24, at the Thornhill Country Club, Thornhill Teams entered: *

Julie Hastings Julie Hastings (born September 5, 1975 in North York as Julie Anderson) is a Canadian curler from Stouffville, Ontario. Career As a junior curler, Hastings won the 1992 Ontario Junior Mixed Championship playing third for skip Brad Savage. In ...

(Bayview) *

Hollie Nicol Hollie Duncan (born January 6, 1987 in Toronto, Ontario as Hollie Nicol) is a Canadian curler. She currently skips her own team on the World Curling Tour. Career Juniors As a bantam-aged curler, Duncan skipped her Unionville Curling Club rink ...

(Donalda) (qualifies due to lack of entries in Zone 8) *Courtney de Winter (Richmond Hill) *

Chrissy Cadorin Christina "Chrissy" Cadorin (born October 19, 1980) is a Canadian curler from Thornhill, Ontario. She currently plays third on Team Cathy Auld. Career Cadorin was born in North York, Ontario. As a junior curler, Cadorin won two Junior Mixed ju ...

(Thornhill)

Zone 8

November 23–24 at the

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, Mississauga *

Cathy Auld Catherine "Cathy" Auld (born December 3, 1971) is a Canadian curler from Toronto. She currently skips her own team out of Thornhill, Ontario. Career Auld was a longtime member of the Alison Goring rink. Auld played third for the team until 200 ...

(Mississaugua) (automatically qualifies as only team)

Zone 9

December 7–8, at the Milton Curling Club, Milton Teams entered: *

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(King) * Marika Bakewell (Markdale) Both teams qualify as there were no other entries.

Zone 10

November 23 at the

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Penetanguishene Penetanguishene , sometimes shortened to Penetang, is a town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the southeasterly tip of Georgian Bay. Incorporated on February 22, 1882, this bilingual (French and English) community has a populati ...

Teams entered: *Joanne Gill (Parry Sound) *Sarah Picton (Stroud) *

Sherry Middaugh Sherry L. Middaugh (née Hamel, born October 11, 1966 in Rosetown, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Victoria Harbour, Ontario. Before marrying world champion curler Wayne Middaugh, she was known as Sherry Scheirich. She is a five-time ...

(Coldwater)

Zone 11

November 22–24 at the Meaford Curling Club, Meaford Teams entered: *

Julie Reddick Julie Tippin (born August 16, 1983 in Pointe-Claire, Quebec as Julie Lynne Reddick) is a Canadian curler from Owen Sound, Ontario. Tippin is a three-time provincial junior champion, and a Canadian mixed champion. Career Tippin attended high scho ...

(Blue Water) (automatically qualifies as only team)

Zone 12

December 7 at the

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, Fergus Teams entered: *Kristy Russell (Elora) *Sheri Smeltzer (Fergus) *Taylor Mellor (Kitchener-Waterloo Granite) *Jen Spencer (Westmount) (qualifies due to lack of entries in Zone 11)

Zone 13

December 8, at the Glendale Golf & Country Club,

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Teams entered: *Michelle Fletcher (Burlington) *Ashley Waye (Glendale) Both teams qualify as there were no other entries.

Zone 14

December 8, at the

Palmerston Curling Club Palmerston may refer to: People * Christie Palmerston (c. 1851–1897), Australian explorer * Several prominent people have borne the title of Viscount Palmerston ** Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston (c. 1673–1757), Irish nobleman and B ...

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Teams entered: *Jamiee Gardner (Listowel) *

Allison Flaxey Allison "Alli" Flaxey ( Nimik; born February 13, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Caledon, Ontario. She currently plays third on Team Carly Howard. She is a former Canadian Mixed champion, and World Mixed Doubles bronze medallist. Career Flaxey ...

(Listowel) Both teams qualify as there were no other entries.

Zone 15

December 7, at the St. Thomas Curling Club, St. Thomas Teams entered: *

Jacqueline Harrison Jacqueline Harrison (born July 28, 1978 in Niagara Falls, Ontario as Jacqueline Smith) is a Canadian curler from Waterdown, Ontario. Harrison currently skips a team on the World Curling Tour. Career Harrison's junior career involved reaching ...

(Brant) * Chantal Lalonde (Woodstock) *Heather Carr-Olmstead (Norwich)

Zone 16

December 6–8, at the Sun Parlour Curling Club, Leamington Teams entered: *Dianne Dykstra (Chatham-Granite) *Bethany Heinrichs (Ilderton) Both teams qualify as there were no other entries.

Regions 1 & 2

''December 13–15 at the Cataraqui Golf & Country Club, Kingston''

Regions 3 & 4

''December 14–16, Guelph Curling Club,

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''.

Challenge Round

''December 20–22, Bradford & District Curling Club, Bradford''

Northern Ontario Provincials

The Northern Ontario provincial championship was held from December 13–15 at the

in Sault Ste. Marie.

Round-robin standings

Scores *Kallos 6-4 Lilly *Horgan 10-6 Fossum *Premo 7-5 Fossum *Horgan 7-5 Lilly *Horgan 9-8 Kallos *Lilly 8-3 Premo *Lilly 9-5 Forrum *Kallos 7-5 Premo *Horgan 9-3 Premo *Kallos 10-4 Fossum

References

External links

*{{official website, http://www.2014ontarioscotties.com/
Results at Playdowns.comResults at Curlingzone.com

Sport in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts