The 2019

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, the provincial women's

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championship for

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, was held January 28 to February 2 at the

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. The winning team of skip

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, third

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, second

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and lead

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represented

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at the

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in Sydney, Nova Scotia, finishing second. Homan defeated

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 ...

in the final with a final score of 7-5. The event was held in conjunction with the 2019 Ontario Tankard, the men's provincial championship. This was the sixth time the team played at the Scotties and the fourth time representing Ontario. Unlike the 2018 event, the 2019 Scotties returned to having a round robin format.

Qualification process

Eight teams qualified from two cash spiels (two each), an open qualifier (two teams), plus the top two southern Ontario teams in the

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(as of December 9, 2018).

Teams

The team lineups were as follows:

Round robin standings

Round robin results

Draw 4

''January 28, 8:00 pm''

Draw 5

''January 29, 9:30 am''

Draw 7

''January 29, 7:30 pm''

Draw 8

''January 30, 9:30 am''

Draw 9

''January 30, 2:30 pm''

Draw 10

''January 30, 7:30 pm''

Draw 11

''January 31, 9:30 am''

Draw 12

''January 31, 2:30 pm''

Draw 13

''January 31, 7:30 pm''

Draw 14

''February 1, 9:30 am''

Draw 15

''February 1, 2:30 pm''

Tiebreaker

''February 1, 7:30 pm''

Playoffs

Semifinal

''February 2, 9:30 am''

Final

''February 2, 7:00 pm''

Qualification

Cash Spiel #1

''December 14–16, Midland Curling Club, Midland'' ;Tiebreaker *Wasylkiw 7, Peters 5

Cash Spiel #2

''January 4–6, 2019,

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, East York, Toronto''

Open qualifier

''January 11–13, 2019, Niagara Falls Curling Club,

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References

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Woolwich, Ontario Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts

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