Tournament_of_Hearts

Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Canadian women's curling championship

"Tournament of Hearts" redirects here. For the album by The Constantines, see Tournament of Hearts (album).

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".

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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 2021, a new 18-team format was introduced, in which all 14 member associations of Curling Canada field a team in a main draw of two pools, alongside the defending champions, and the three highest-ranked teams on the Canadian Team Ranking System standings that did not win their provincial championships. The teams are separated into two pools of nine, each playing a round-robin within their pool, with the top three teams in each pool advancing to a second round to determine the final four teams.

At the end of the second round, 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 Curling 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 an invitational event. 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.[1] The games between the two teams were played in Oshawa, Ontario.[2]

The following year a tournament was organized with the same format as 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 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, a member of the 1979 championship team, and a former employee of 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. 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, TSN covers the entire tournament. CBC had covered the semi-finals and the finals up until the 2007–08 season. In 2013, Sportsnet and 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.[3]

Past champions

See also: List of World Curling Women's Champions

Diamond D Championship

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Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship

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Macdonald Lassies Championship

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Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship

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Scott Tournament of Hearts

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Scotties Tournament of Hearts

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Top 3 finishes table

As of the 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

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  • Note. When Team Canada wins are added to provincial tallies, Manitoba has 16 gold medals, Saskatchewan has 12, British Columbia has 10, Ontario has 9, 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 2023 winner was Kerri Einarson of Team Canada.[10]

Shot of the Week Award

The 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 2024, the Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award was presented to Danielle Inglis of Ontario.

Joan Mead Builder Award

The Joan Mead Builder Award, named after CBC producer Joan Mead,[11][12] 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

All-Star teams

2024

First Team

Second Team

2023[23]

First Team

Second Team

2022

First Team[24]

Second Team[11]

2021[22]

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Second Team

2020[25]

First Team

Second Team

2019[20]

First Team

Second Team

2018[26]

First Team

Second Team

2017[18]

First Team

Second Team

2016[27]

First Team

Second Team

2015

First Team

Second Team

2014[16]

First Team

Second Team

2013[15]

First Team

Second Team

2012[28]

First Team

Second Team

2011

First Team

Second Team

2010

First Team

Second Team

2009

First Team

Second Team

2008

First Team

Second Team

2007

First Team

Second Team

2006

First Team

Second Team

2005

First Team

Second Team

2004

First Team

Second Team

2003

First Team

Second Team

2002

First Team

Second Team

2001

First Team

Second Team

  • Skip: Kelley Law, Team Canada
  • Third: Lisa Whitaker, British Columbia
  • Second: Roberta Materi, Saskatchewan
  • Lead: Karen McNamee, Alberta
2000

First Team

Second Team

1999

First Team

Second Team

1998

First Team

Second Team

1997

First Team

Second Team

1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
  • Skip: Lisa Walker, British Columbia
  • Third: Kathy Fahlman, Saskatchewan
  • Second: Kim Kelly, Nova Scotia
  • Lead: Karri Willms, Team Canada
1991
  • Skip: Julie Sutton, British Columbia
  • Third: Jackie-Rae Greening, Alberta
  • Second: Sheri Stewart, New Brunswick
  • Lead: Cheryl McPherson, Team Canada
1990
  • Skip: 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
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982

Ford Hot Shots

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Records

Number of games played

As of the 2024 Scotties; excluding pre-qualifying and wild card games[29]

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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.[30]

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See also

References

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