The 2016

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 January 18 to 24 at the

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. The winning

Jenn Hanna Jennifer Ann Hanna (born January 22, 1980) is a Canadian curler from Nepean, Ontario. She curls out of the Ottawa Curling Club. She was a finalist in both the 1998 Canadian Junior Curling Championship and the . Career Early competitive career ...

rink represented

at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in

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. The final featured two rinks from the

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, the #1 ranked team in the world, skipped by

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against 2005 Tournament of Hearts runner up

, making her first provincial appearance since 2012, after taking a few seasons off. Hanna beat the Homan team 10–8 in the final, an upset as the Homan team had only lost one event all season, and led both the

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Order of Merit ranking and money list at the time (while Hanna was ranked 69th and 80th respectively).

Qualification process

Qualifying for the provincial Scotties changed for 2016. Eight teams qualified from four regional qualifiers (two each) and a challenge round. The defending champion

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rink and the top CTRS team (the

rink) also qualified.

Teams

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

Draw 1

''Monday, January 18, 7:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Tuesday, January 19, 2:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Tuesday, January 19, 8:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Wednesday, January 20, 1:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, January 20, 7:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Thursday, January 21, 1:00 pm''

Draw 7

''Thursday, January 21, 7:00 pm''

Draw 8

''Friday, January 22, 1:00 pm''

Draw 9

''Friday, January 22, 7:00 pm''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Saturday, January 23, 2:00 pm''

3 vs. 4

''Saturday, January 23, 7:00 pm''

Semifinal

''Sunday, January 24, 9:00 am''

Final

''Sunday, January 24, 2:00 pm''

Qualification

East and west regional qualifiers ran from December 18-December 21, 2015. Two teams from each region qualified. A second set of qualifiers were held in each region will be held January 8–10.

East Qualifier

''December 18–20, at the RCMP Curling Club,

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'' Teams entered: *

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 ...

(Port Perry) *Celeste Butler-Rohland (Ottawa) *Nicole Butler-Rohland (Rideau) *

(Ottawa) *

Danielle Inglis Danielle Inglis (born February 26, 1988) is a Canadians, Canadian curling, curler from Whitby, Ontario. She currently Skip (curling), skips her own team. Career Juniors As a junior curler, Inglis and her Burlington Curling Club rink of Chantal ...

(Ottawa Hunt) *Cassandra Lewin (RCMP) *

Kayla MacMillan Kayla MacMillan (born May 10, 1998, in Belleville, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from New Westminster, British Columbia. She currently plays third on Team Clancy Grandy. Career While playing juniors in Ontario, MacMillan skipped her team of S ...

(Rideau) *

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 Ont ...

(Coldwater) * Erin Morrissey (Ottawa) *Samantha Peters (Rideau) * Rhonda Varnes (Rideau)

West Qualifier

''December 19–21, at the Guelph Curling Club,

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'' Teams entered: *

Megan Balsdon Megan Balsdon (born May 10, 1982 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third on Team Hollie Duncan. Career In 1998, Balsdon won the Ontario Bantam Mixed championships playing third for skip Bobby Reid. In 2001, she won ...

(Dixie) *

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) *Katie Cottrill (Listowel) *Courtney de Winter (Richmond Hill) *

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 ...

(Guelph) *Michelle Fletcher (Burlington) * Susan Froud (Stroud) *Karri-Lee Grant (Thronhill) *

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 ...

(Mississaugua) *Tracey Jones (Arthur) *Emma Joyce (Lindsay) * Mallory Kean (Westmount) *Kerry Lackie (Westmount) *

Julie Tippin 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 sch ...

(Woodstock) *Stephanie Van Huyse (Tam Heather) *Ashley Waye (Royals)

East Qualifier #2

''January 8–10 at the West Northumberland Curling Club,

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'' Notes: *Courtney de Winter, Susan Froud, Ashley Waye and Stephanie Van Huyse transfer from West New teams (not in first qualifier): *Diana Favel (Rideau)

West Qualifier #2

''January 9–10 at the Listowel Curling Club,

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References

External links

*{{official website, https://2016ontarioscotties.com//

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