The 2017

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, the provincial women's

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championship of

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was held from January 24–29 at the Horizon Credit Union Centre in Melville. The winning

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team represented Saskatchewan at the

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in St. Catharines,

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's Penny Barker won her first provincial women's title, sealing the victory after a hit for four points in the final, defeating

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. The Barker rink was ranked 7th going into the tournament, and only made the playoffs after winning a tiebreaker match. She then won three straight playoff games to claim the title. The 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts will be the first national championship for all four members of the Barker rink. The team is the first Moose Jaw-based team to win the provincial title since 1999.

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, third for the Silvernagle rink won the Marj Mitchell Award for sportsmanship and competitiveness.

Teams

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rink. She failed to qualify for provincials after a 1-3 record at the "last chance" event. The top seed in the event was the

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rink, who was ranked 38th on the

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money list. The top Saskatchewan team on the WCT money list was 4-time provincial champion

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who got the second seed. The event also included 4-time provincial champion

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. The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

Scores

;Draw 1 *Silvernagle 7-6 Anderson *Eberle 8-5 Selzer *Lawton 9-5 Martin *Barber 7-6 Schneider ;Draw 2 *Selzer 10-5 Martin *Lawton 10-7 Barber *Barker 9-8 Anderson *Silvernagle 6-4 Eberle ;Draw 3 *Lawton 8-6 Barker *Silvernagle 6-5 Schneider *Barber 4-3 Selzer *Martin 8-7 Anderson ;Draw 4 *Silvernagle 9-1 Barber *Martin 6-4 Barker *Eberle 10-3 Schneider *Selzer 5-4 Lawton ;Draw 5 *Barker 9-3 Selzer *Lawton 8-4 Schneider *Barber 12-4 Anderson *Martin 6-5 Eberle ;Draw 6 *Lawton 8-3 Eberle *Anderson 9-5 Selzer *Martin 5-3 Silvernagle *Schneider 8-7 Barker ;Draw 7 *Anderson 8-3 Schneider *Barber 7-6 Martin *Barker 7-4 Eberle *Silvernagle 7-6 Selzer ;Draw 8 *Eberle 11-4 Barber *Silvernagle 6-5 Barker *Selzer 11-6 Schneider *Lawton 10-7 Anderson ;Draw 9 *Martin 9-5 Schneider *Anderson 10-4 Eberle *Silvernagle 8-2 Lawton *Barker 8-6 Barber ;Tiebreaker *Barker 9-3 Barber

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Saturday, January 28, 8:00pm''

3 vs. 4

''Saturday, January 28, 8:00pm''

Semifinal

''Sunday, January 29, 1:00pm''

Final

''Sunday, January 29, 6:00pm''

References

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