Scott Tournament of Hearts

The Scotties Tournament of Hearts (''french: Le Tournoi des Cœurs Scotties''; commonly referred to as the Scotties) is the annual Canadian women's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada, formerly called the Canadian Curling Association. The winner goes on to represent Canada at the women's world curling championships. Since 1985, the winner also gets to return to the following year's tournament as "Team Canada". It is formally known as the "Canadian Women's Curling Championship".

Since 1982, the tournament has been sponsored by Kruger Products, which was formerly known as Scott Paper Limited when it was a Canadian subsidiary of Scott Paper Company. As such, the tournament was formerly known as the Scott Tournament of Hearts; when Kimberly-Clark merged with Scott, the Canadian arm was sold to the Quebec-based Kruger Inc. – while Kruger was granted a license to use several Scott brands in Canada until June 2007, it was given a long-term license to the Scotties brand because Kimberly-Clark already owned Kleenex. As such, the tournament was officially renamed the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 2007.

Until 2018, the format was a round robin of 12 teams. Starting with the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts there have been more than twelve eligible teams; therefore a pre-qualification tournament was held to trim the field to twelve. In 2018, a new 16-team format was introduced, in which all 14 member associations of Curling Canada field a team in the main draw, alongside the defending champions, and the winner of a play-in game between the two highest-ranked teams on the Canadian Team Ranking System standings that did not win their provincial championship.

At the end of the round-robin, playoffs occur to determine the championship winner. The system used is known as the Page playoff system.

History

Pre-history

1913 marked a significant point in women's curling when both the Manitoba Bonspiel and the Ontario Curling Association began holding women's curling events. Other provinces would later add provincial women's championships, but it wasn't until the 1950s that a higher level of women's curling began to occur. At this time there was a Western Canada Women's Championship (sponsored by the T. Eaton Company) but no tournament existed for the eastern provinces. By 1959, Eaton's pulled their sponsorship, giving the organizers of the Western championships an initiative to have a national championship.

In 1960, the Canadian Ladies' Curling Association was created with Dominion Stores Ltd. seeking to sponsor a national championship. That year, an eastern championship occurred so that the winner could play the winner of the western championship. In this event, Ruth Smith and her team from Lacolle, Quebec faced off against Joyce McKee's team from Saskatchewan (consisting of Sylvia Fedoruk, Donna Belding and Muriel Coben) with McKee winning the best-of-three series two games to none. The games between the two teams were played in Oshawa, Ontario.

The following year a tournament was organized with the same format as Tim Hortons Brier, the Brier and was held in Ottawa. McKee won again, with a new front end of Barbara MacNevin and Rosa McFee.

Early history

In 1967, Dominion Stores were unable to reach a compromise with the organizers of the tournament, and their sponsorship fell. The Canadian Ladies' Curling Association ran the tournament by themselves with no main sponsor.

Sylvia Fedoruk, after assuming the presidency of the Canadian Ladies' Curling Association found a title sponsor in the Macdonald Tobacco Company, the same sponsor as the Brier. Their sponsorship began in 1972 with the tournament being called the "Macdonald Lassie" championship, after the company's trademark.

In 1979, under increasing pressure from the anti-tobacco policies of the Government of Canada, Canadian Government, the Macdonald Tobacco Company pulled their sponsorship from both the Brier and the Women's championship. The Canadian Ladies' Curling Association ran the tournament without a main sponsor again for the next couple of years. 1979 also marked the first year of the Women's World Curling Championship, where the national champion would play. Also, the 1979 event was the first tournament to feature a playoff. Before then, the championship team was the one with the best round robin record.

Tournament of Hearts

Robin Wilson (curler), Robin Wilson, a member of the 1979 championship team, and a former employee of Scott Paper Company, Scott Paper led an effort to get the company to sponsor the championships. It was successful, and in 1982 the first Scott Tournament of Hearts was held.

The Scott Tournament of Hearts would last 25 years, and saw the likes of many great teams. The first Tournament of Hearts was won by Colleen Jones and her Nova Scotia team. It would take her 17 years to win another, but she would cap it off with another four championships for a grand total of six championships. In 2018, Colleen Jones' feat of six championships was equaled by Manitoba's Jennifer Jones (curler), Jennifer Jones. Other great curlers at the Hearts have been Kerri Einarson and Connie Laliberte of Manitoba, Heather Houston, Marilyn Bodogh and Rachel Homan of Ontario, Vera Pezer and Sandra Schmirler of Saskatchewan, Cathy Borst, Shannon Kleibrink and Chelsea Carey of Alberta and Lindsay Sparkes and Kelly Scott of British Columbia.

The new sponsorship made the tournament popular when it began to be televised. Today, The Sports Network, TSN covers the entire tournament. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC had covered the semi-finals and the finals up until the 2007–08 season. In 2013, Sportsnet and City (television system), City began to offer coverage of the finals of the provincial playdowns in Manitoba, Ontario, and Alberta as well.

As a Tournament of Hearts tradition, the members of the winning team receive gold rings in the four-heart design of the Tournament of Hearts logo, set with a .25-carat diamond. The runners-up receive the same rings, with rubies instead of diamonds, and the third-place team receives gold rings set with emeralds.

Past champions

Diamond D Championship

Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship

Macdonald Lassies Championship

Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship

Scott Tournament of Hearts

Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Top 3 finishes table

''As of the 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts''

*Note. When Team Canada wins are added to provincial tallies, Manitoba has 15 gold medals, Saskatchewan has 12, British Columbia has 10, Ontario has 8, and Nova Scotia has 7. All others would remain unadjusted.

Award winners

Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award

The Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award is awarded by the media to the most valuable player during the playoffs at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The 2022 winner was Kerri Einarson of Team Canada.

Shot of the Week Award

The Scotties Tournament of Hearts Shot of the Week Award, Shot of the Week Award is presented by the organizing committee to the player who makes the most outstanding shot during the tournament. The award has not been presented since 2013.

Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award

The Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award is awarded annually to the most sportsmanlike curler at the Tournament of Hearts every year. The award has been presented since 1982, and has been named in Mitchell's honour since 1998. In 2022, the Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award was presented to Karlee Jones, Karlee Everist of Nova Scotia.

Joan Mead Builder Award

The Joan Mead Builder Award, named after Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC producer Joan Mead, goes to someone in the curling community that significantly contributes to the growth and development of women's curling in Canada. It has been awarded annually since 2001.

Winners

*2001: Lloyd Stansell
*2002: Warren Hansen
*2003: Vic Rauter
*2004: Vera Pezer
*2005: Shirley Morash
*2006: Robin Wilson (curler), Robin Wilson
*2007: Muriel Fage
*2008: Don Wittman
*2009: Linda Bolton
*2010: Anne Merklinger
*2011: Elaine Dagg-Jackson, Canadian Curling Association National Team Coach
*2012: Cheryl Bernard, four-time Scotties Tournament of Hearts participant, Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament, Olympic silver medalist
*2013: Andrew Klaver, Scotties Tournament of Hearts photographer
*2014: Linda Moore
*2015: Bernadette McIntyre
*2016: Renée Sonnenberg
*2017: Wendy Morgan (curler), Wendy Morgan, both Program Manager and national team leader of Curling Canada's wheelchair curling program
*2018: Melissa Soligo
*2019: Leslie Ann Walsh
*2020: Deanna Rindal, umpire at provincial and national curling tournaments
*2021: Shannon Kleibrink, five-time Scotties Tournament of Hearts participant, Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Olympic bronze medalist
*2022: Leslie Kerr (curling), Leslie Kerr, inaugural Executive Director of the Northern Ontario Curling Association from 2007 to 2020, after guiding the amalgamation of 5 regional curling associations into the NOCA.

All-Star teams

;2022
''First Team''
*Skip: Kerri Einarson, Team Canada
*Third: Val Sweeting, Team Canada
*Second: Shannon Birchard, Team Canada
*Lead: Briane Harris, Briane Meilleur, Team Canada

''Second Team''
*Skip: Selena Njegovan, Wild Card 1
*Third: Sarah Wilkes, Wild Card 3
*Second: Ashley Sippala, Northern Ontario
*Lead: Kerry Galusha, Northwest Territories

;2021
''First Team''
*Skip: Kerri Einarson, Team Canada
*Third: Val Sweeting, Team Canada
*Second: Shannon Birchard, Team Canada
*Lead: Lisa Weagle, Manitoba

''Second Team''
*Skip: Rachel Homan, Ontario
*Third: Selena Njegovan, Wild Card 1
*Second: Jocelyn Peterman, Manitoba
*Lead: Joanne Courtney, Ontario

;2020
''First Team''
*Skip: Rachel Homan, Ontario
*Third: Val Sweeting, Manitoba
*Second: Shannon Birchard, Manitoba
*Lead: Lisa Weagle, Ontario

''Second Team''
*Skip: Kerri Einarson, Manitoba
*Third: Emma Miskew, Ontario
*Second: Joanne Courtney, Ontario
*Lead: Rachelle Brown, Team Canada

;2019
''First Team''
*Skip: Rachel Homan, Ontario
*Third: Emma Miskew, Ontario
*Second: Jen Gates, Northern Ontario
*Lead: Dawn McEwen, Team Canada

''Second Team''
*Skip: Krista McCarville, Northern Ontario
*Third: Kendra Lilly, Northern Ontario
*Second: Joanne Courtney, Ontario
*Lead: Sarah Potts (curler), Sarah Potts, Northern Ontario

;2018
''First Team''
*Skip: Jennifer Jones (curler), Jennifer Jones, Manitoba
*Third: Cary-Anne McTaggart, Alberta
*Second: Jill Officer, Manitoba
*Lead: Dawn McEwen, Manitoba

''Second Team''
*Skip: Tracy Fleury, Northern Ontario
*Third: Shannon Birchard, Manitoba
*Second: Jessie Haughian, Jessie Scheidegger, Alberta
*Lead: Raunora Westcott, Team Canada

;2017
''First Team''
*Skip: Rachel Homan, Ontario
*Third: Emma Miskew, Ontario
*Second: Joanne Courtney, Ontario
*Lead: Blaine de Jager, British Columbia

''Second Team''
*Skip: Chelsea Carey, Team Canada
*Third: Shannon Aleksic, British Columbia
*Second: Sarah Wilkes, Alberta
*Lead: Lisa Weagle, Ontario

;2016
''First Team''
*Skip: Jennifer Jones (curler), Jennifer Jones, Team Canada
*Third: Kaitlyn Lawes, Team Canada
*Second: Jill Officer, Team Canada
*Lead: Dawn McEwen, Team Canada

''Second Team''
*Skip: Chelsea Carey, Alberta
*Third: Ashley Howard (curler), Ashley Howard, Saskatchewan
*Second: Liz Fyfe, Manitoba
*Lead: Sarah Potts (curler), Sarah Potts, Northern Ontario

;2015
''First Team''
*Skip: Stefanie Lawton, Saskatchewan
*Third: Kaitlyn Lawes, Manitoba
*Second: Jill Officer, Manitoba
*Lead: Dawn McEwen, Manitoba

''Second Team''
*Skip: Jennifer Jones (curler), Jennifer Jones, Manitoba
*Third: Lori Olson-Johns, Alberta
*Second: Stephanie Schmidt, Saskatchewan
*Lead: Lisa Weagle, Team Canada

;2014
''First Team''
*Skip: Rachel Homan, Team Canada
*Third: Emma Miskew, Team Canada
*Second: Alison Kreviazuk, Team Canada
*Lead: Teri Lake, Nova Scotia

''Second Team''
*Skip: Chelsea Carey, Manitoba
*Third: Sherry Anderson, Saskatchewan
*Second: Sherri Singler, Saskatchewan
*Lead: Morgan Court, Ontario

;2013
''First Team''
*Skip: Jennifer Jones (curler), Jennifer Jones, Manitoba
*Third: Kaitlyn Lawes, Manitoba
*Second: Alison Kreviazuk, Ontario
*Lead: Dawn McEwen, Dawn Askin, Manitoba

''Second Team''
*Skip: Rachel Homan, Ontario
*Third: Jeanna Schraeder, British Columbia
*Second: Jill Officer, Manitoba
*Lead: Laine Peters, Canada

;2012
''First Team''
*Skip: Jennifer Jones (curler), Jennifer Jones, Manitoba
*Third: Kaitlyn Lawes, Manitoba
*Second: Jill Officer, Manitoba
*Lead: Dawn McEwen, Dawn Askin, Manitoba

''Second Team''
* Skip: Kelly Scott, British Columbia
* Third: Beth Iskiw, Alberta
* Second: Jessica Mair, Alberta
* Lead: Laine Peters, Alberta

;2011
''First Team''
*Skip: Jennifer Jones (curler), Jennifer Jones, Team Canada
*Third: Kaitlyn Lawes, Team Canada
*Second: Jill Officer, Team Canada
*Lead: Dawn McEwen, Dawn Askin, Team Canada

''Second Team''
*Skip: Amber Holland, Saskatchewan
*Third: Kim Schneider, Saskatchewan
*Second: Tammy Schneider, Saskatchewan
*Lead: Chelsey Bell, Alberta

;2010
''First Team''
*Skip: Kelly Scott, British Columbia
*Third: Cathy Overton-Clapham, Team Canada
*Second: Jill Officer, Team Canada
*Lead: Dawn McEwen, Dawn Askin, Team Canada

''Second Team''
*Skip: Jennifer Jones (curler), Jennifer Jones, Team Canada
*Third: Jeanna Schraeder, British Columbia
*Second: Sasha Carter, British Columbia
*Lead: Jacquie Armstrong, British Columbia

;2009
''First Team''
*Skip: Stefanie Lawton, Saskatchewan
*Third: Cathy Overton-Clapham, Team Canada
*Second: Diane Gushulak, British Columbia
*Lead: Lana Vey, Saskatchewan

''Second Team''
*Skip: Marla Mallett, British Columbia
*Third: Grace MacInnes, British Columbia
*Second: Sherri Singler, Saskatchewan
*Lead: Joëlle Sabourin, Quebec

;2008
''First Team''
*Skip: Shannon Kleibrink, Alberta
*Third: Amy Nixon, Alberta
*Second: Jill Officer, Manitoba
*Lead: Chelsey Bell, Alberta

''Second Team''
*Skip: Sherry Middaugh, Ontario
*Third: Cathy Overton-Clapham, Manitoba
*Second: Sasha Carter, Team Canada
*Lead: Dawn McEwen, Dawn Askin, Manitoba

;2007
''First Team''
*Skip: Kelly Scott, Team Canada
*Third: Jeanna Schraeder, Team Canada
*Second: Jill Officer, Manitoba
*Lead: Marcia Gudereit, Saskatchewan

''Second Team''
*Skip: Jan Betker, Saskatchewan
*Third: Lana Vey, Saskatchewan
*Second: Sasha Carter, Team Canada
*Lead: Darah Provencal, British Columbia

;2006
''First Team''
*Skip: Kelly Scott, British Columbia
*Third: Jeanna Schraeder, British Columbia
*Second: Mary-Anne Arsenault, Nova Scotia
*Lead: Georgina Wheatcroft, Team Canada

''Second Team''
*Skip: Heather Strong, Newfoundland and Labrador
*Third: Cathy Overton-Clapham, Team Canada
*Second: Sasha Carter, British Columbia
*Lead: Nancy Delahunt, Nova Scotia

;2005
''First Team''
*Skip: Jennifer Jones (curler), Jennifer Jones, Manitoba
*Third: Marliese Kasner, Marliese Miller, Saskatchewan
*Second: Dawn McEwen, Dawn Askin, Ontario
*Lead: Nancy Delahunt, Team Canada

''Second Team''
*Skip: Jenn Hanna, Ontario
*Third: Pascale Letendre, Ontario
*Second: Sherri Singler, Saskatchewan
*Lead: Susan O'Leary, Newfoundland and Labrador

;2004
''First Team''
*Skip: Colleen Jones, Team Canada
*Third: Amy Nixon, Alberta
*Second: Maureen Bonar, Manitoba
*Lead: Nancy Delahunt, Team Canada

''Second Team''
*Skip: Lois Fowler, Manitoba
*Third: Kim Kelly (curler), Kim Kelly, Team Canada
*Second: Mary-Anne Arsenault, Team Canada
*Lead: Heather Martin, Newfoundland and Labrador

;2003
''First Team''
*Skip: Colleen Jones, Team Canada
*Third: Sherry Linton, Saskatchewan
*Second: Robyn MacPhee, Prince Edward Island
*Lead: Nancy Delahunt, Team Canada

''Second Team''
*Skip: Suzanne Birt, Suzanne Gaudet, Prince Edward Island
*Third: Rebecca Jean MacPhee, Prince Edward Island
*Second: Joan McCusker, Saskatchewan
*Lead: Kate Horne, Alberta

;2002
''First Team''
*Skip: Sherry Anderson, Saskatchewan
*Third: Janet Brown (curler), Janet Brown, Ontario
*Second: Mary-Anne Arsenault, Mary-Anne Waye, Team Canada
*Lead: Nancy Delahunt, Team Canada

''Second Team''
*Skip: Sherry Middaugh, Ontario
*Third: Lawnie MacDonald, Alberta
*Second: Lynn Fallis-Kurz, Manitoba
*Lead: Allison Franey, New Brunswick

;2001
''First Team''
*Skip: Marie-France Larouche, Quebec
*Third: Kim Kelly (curler), Kim Kelly, Nova Scotia
*Second: Georgina Wheatcroft, Team Canada
*Lead: Sheri Cordina, Ontario

''Second Team''
*Skip: Kelley Law, Team Canada
*Third: Lisa Whitaker, British Columbia
*Second: Roberta Materi, Saskatchewan
*Lead: Karen McNamee, Alberta

;2000
''First Team''
*Skip: Connie Laliberte, Manitoba
*Third: Cathy Overton-Clapham, Manitoba
*Second: Karen Daku, Saskatchewan
*Lead: Tricia MacGregor, Prince Edward Island

''Second Team''
*Skip: Anne Merklinger, Ontario
*Third: Cathy Walter, Saskatchewan
*Second: Debbie Jones-Walker, Manitoba
*Lead: Nancy Delahunt, Team Canada

;1999
''First Team''
*Skip: Colleen Jones, Nova Scotia
*Third: Heather Nedohin, Heather Godberson, Team Canada
*Second: Brenda Bohmer, Team Canada
*Lead: Lou Ann Henry, Prince Edward Island

''Second Team''
*Skip: Connie Laliberte, Manitoba
*Third: Marcy Balderston, Alberta
*Second: Mary-Anne Arsenault, Mary-Anne Waye, Nova Scotia
*Lead: Kate Horne, Team Canada

;1998
''First Team''
*Skip: Cathy King, Cathy Borst, Alberta
*Third: Jan Betker, Team Canada
*Second: Brenda Bohmer, Alberta
*Lead: Marcia Gudereit, Team Canada

''Second Team''
*Skip: Anne Merklinger, Ontario
*Third: Heather Nedohin, Heather Godberson, Alberta
*Second: Patti McKnight, Ontario
*Lead: Heather Hopkins, Nova Scotia

;1997
''First Team''
*Skip: Sandra Schmirler, Saskatchewan
*Third: Jan Betker, Saskatchewan
*Second: Joan McCusker, Saskatchewan
*Lead: Jane Hooper, Team Canada

''Second Team''
*Skip: Alison Goring, Ontario
*Third: Heather Nedohin, Heather Godberson, Alberta
*Second: Corie Beveridge, Team Canada
*Lead: Heather Martin, Newfoundland

;1996
*Skip: Sherry Middaugh, Sherry Scheirich, Saskatchewan
*Third: Kim Gellard, Ontario
*Second: Tricia MacGregor, Prince Edward Island
*Lead: Judy Pendergast, Alberta

;1995
*Skip: Rebecca MacPhee, Prince Edward Island
*Third: Kay Montgomery, Saskatchewan
*Second: Joan McCusker, Team Canada
*Lead: Janet Arnott, Manitoba

;1994
*Skip: Laura Phillips, Newfoundland
*Third: Jan Betker, Team Canada
*Second: Joan McCusker, Team Canada
*Lead: Kim Kelly (curler), Kim Kelly, Nova Scotia

;1993
*Skip: Sandra Schmirler, Sandra Peterson, Saskatchewan
*Third: Cathy Cunningham, Newfoundland
*Second: Patti McKnight, Ontario
*Lead: Mary-Anne Arsenault, Mary-Anne Waye, Nova Scotia

;1992
*Skip: Lisa Walker (curler), Lisa Walker, British Columbia
*Third: Kathy Fahlman, Saskatchewan
*Second: Kim Kelly (curler), Kim Kelly, Nova Scotia
*Lead: Karri Willms, Team Canada

;1991
*Skip: Julie Skinner, Julie Sutton, British Columbia
*Third: Jackie-Rae Greening, Alberta
*Second: Sheri Stewart, New Brunswick
*Lead: Cheryl McPherson, Team Canada

;1990
*Skip: Heather Rankin (curler), Heather Rankin, Nova Scotia
*Third: Jackie-Rae Greening, Alberta
*Second: Andrea Lawes, Ontario
*Lead: Lorie Kehler, Saskatchewan

;1989
*Skip: Chris More, Manitoba
*Third: Karen Purdy, Manitoba
*Second: Diane Alexander, Alberta
*Lead: Tracy Kennedy, Team Canada

;1988
*Skip: Michelle Englot, Michelle Schneider, Saskatchewan
*Third: Cindy Tucker, British Columbia
*Second: Georgina Wheatcroft, Georgina Hawkes, British Columbia
*Lead: Tracy Kennedy, Ontario

;1987
*Skip: Kathie Ellwood, Manitoba
*Third: Sandra Schmirler, Saskatchewan
*Second: Jan Betker, Saskatchewan
*Lead: Sheila Schneider, Saskatchewan

;1986
*Skip: Linda Moore, Team Canada
*Third: Kathy McEdwards, Ontario
*Second: Chris Gervais, Saskatchewan
*Lead: Laurie Carney, Team Canada

;1985
*Skip: Susan Seitz, Alberta
*Third: Lindsay Sparkes, British Columbia
*Second: Debbie Jones-Walker, Debbie Jones, British Columbia
*Lead: Debbie Herbert, Newfoundland

;1984
*Skip: Connie Laliberte, Manitoba
*Third: Gillian Thompson, Saskatchewan
*Second: Chris Gervais, Saskatchewan
*Lead: Laurie Carney, British Columbia

;1983
*Skip: Shelly Bildfell, Yukon/Northwest Territories
*Third: Sharon Horne (curler), Sharon Horne, Nova Scotia
*Second: Cathy Caudle, Nova Scotia
*Lead: Penny Ryan, Alberta

;1982
*Skip: Arleen Day, Saskatchewan
*Third: Lynne Andrews, Manitoba
*Second: Donna Cunliffe, British Columbia
*Lead: Barbara Jones-Gordon, Nova Scotia

Ford Hot Shots

Records

Number of games played (since 1982)

''As of the 2022 Scotties; excluding pre-qualifying and wild card games''

Perfect games

A perfect game in curling is one in which a player scores 100% on all their shots in a game. Statistics on shots have been kept since 1982.

See also

*Tim Hortons Brier (men's)
*Columba Cream Scottish Women's Championship
*United States Curling Women's Championships

References

External links and sources

*
Results ArchiveCurlingzone.com

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