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 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
| Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1956 |
| 2025 host city | Cobourg, Ontario |
| 2025 arena | Cobourg Community Centre |
| 2024 champion | Danielle Inglis |
| Current edition | |
History edit
The first women's provincial championship occurred in 1956 in North Bay, and was known as the "all-Ontario ladies' curling championship". It pitted the winners of three regional women's curling associations (the Ontario Ladies' Curling Association, covering Southern Ontario, the Northern Ontario Curling Association, covering Northeastern Ontario and the Western Ontario Ladies' Curling Association, covering Northwestern Ontario) against each other in a two-day, double round-robin series.[1]
In 1960, the tournament expanded to four teams, with the winner from Eastern Ontario added to the event, and was reduced to a single round robin. The winner represented Ontario at the Eastern Canadian Championship that year.[2] Each provincial tournament in Eastern Canada would be referred to as "Dominion Silver 'D' competitions, after the Dominion supermarket chain became a sponsor.[3] The tournament went back to a double round robin the following year[4] (with four teams), with the winner going on to represent Ontario at the first official national championships, the 1961 Diamond D Championship. After a Quebec team from Noranda qualified as the Northern Ontario representative in the 1963 championship, the Ontario Ladies Curling Association voted to limit the event to just Ontario teams going forward.[5] In 1964, the field was expanded to six teams, with the addition of two more Southern Ontario qualifiers.[6] Due to a governing body dispute, Southern Ontario teams were barred from the 1968 tournament, leaving just three entries (Eastern Ontario, Northern Ontario and North-Western Ontario) to play a double round robin.[7] The event remained a three-team event until 1972 after the dispute with the Southern Ontario Ladies Curling Association was resolved in 1971.[8] The three Southern Ontario teams were added back, making the event a six team, single round robin event once again.[9] This six team round robin format lasted until 1987,[10] when the field was expanded to a ten team round robin. During this time, the event was known as the Ontario Lassies from c. 1975 to 1982 following the sponsorship of Macdonald Tobacco, and then as the Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts in 1982, following the sponsorship of Scott Paper.
Until 1991, the team with the best round robin record won the provincial championship. In 1991, a three-team playoff was introduced, with the top team earning a bye to the final.[11] A page playoff was added in 2003, which involved adding a fourth playoff team. The event was re-named the Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 2007 when Scott Paper was sold to Kruger Inc.
In 2015, Northern Ontario earned its own direct entry to the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts, and so the Ontario Hearts would thus be a championship for teams from Southern Ontario only. The event remained a ten team event with a four team page playoff until 2017, when it was reduced to eight teams with a three team playoff. In 2018, the event adopted a 12 team triple knockout format for the first time, followed by a page playoff. In 2019, it returned to eight teams with a three team playoff. A last minute decision by CurlON added a ninth team for the 2020 event. The 2021 event was cancelled for the first time, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario. CurlON appointed a team to represent the province at that year's Hearts. The 2022 event was suspended due to the new provincial regulations caused by the Omicron variant of COVID-19, and CurlON appointed a team again for the second straight year. An eight-team provincial championship was still held in 2022, but in April that year, well after the national championship, with the winner earning a bye to the 2023 provincial championship. In 2023, the event was expanded to twelve teams.
Champions edit
National champions are indicated in bold. Teams from Northern Ontario are indicated in italics, as prior to 2015, Northern Ontario did not have their own provincial championship. National champions get an automatic bye into the following years' national championships, so they cannot defend their provincial championship. A national championship has been held since 1961, although the provincial women's championship has been held since 1956.
1956–1990 edit
| Hearts | Winning team | Winning club | City | Hearts rec. | Host site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Emily Woolley, Dardie Smith, Mrs. H. J. Coon,[12] Jane Clark | Toronto Granite Club | Toronto | n/a | North Bay[1] |
| 1957 | Edna Teskey, Jean Beardsley, Veryl Finlay, Anne Trussler | Kitchener-Waterloo Granite Club | Kitchener | n/a | Toronto[13] |
| 1958 | Edna Johnston, Lyne Beave, Marnie Brunton, Edith Ross[14] | Sudbury Granite Club[15] | Sudbury | n/a | Port Arthur[16] |
| 1959 | Emily Woolley, Barbara Gibson, Jane Clark, Mary Mills | Toronto Granite Club | Toronto | n/a | Sudbury[17] |
| 1960[2] | Elsie Forsyth, Helen Morgan, Anne Brown, Ina Oikonen[18] | Fort William Curling Club | Fort William | 3—1 (E. Can)[19] | Peterborough[2] |
| 1961 | Emily Woolley, Dardie Smith, Barbara Gibson, Jane Clark | Toronto Granite Club | Toronto | 5–4 | Fort William[4] |
| 1962 | Fern Irwin, Jane Hanna, Erva Law, Ethel Garland | St. George's Golf & Country Club | Islington, Etobicoke | 4–5 | Toronto[20] |
| 1963 | Emily Woolley, Dardie Smith, Jane Clark, Mary Mills | Toronto Granite Club | Toronto | 7–3 | North Bay[5] |
| 1964 | Helen Hanright, Lyllis Fulton, Lousie Denny, Russ Manning | RCN Curling Club | Ottawa | 5–4 | Cornwall[6] |
| 1965 | Fern Irwin, Regina Johnson, Erva Law, Fern MacDonald | Dixie Curling Club | Cooksville | 5–4 | Port Arthur[21] |
| 1966 | June Shaw, Shirley Wiebe, Dorothy Holmgren, Joan LeCain | Kenora Curling Club | Kenora | 5–4 | Dundas[22] |
| 1967 | June Shaw, Shirley Wiebe, Dorothy Holmgren, Joan LeCain | Kenora Curling Club | Kenora | 5–4 | Copper Cliff[23] |
| 1968 | Peggy Wherrett, Shirley Lake, Doreen McKay, Audrey Tew | Dryden Curling Club | Dryden | 3–6 | Kingston[24] |
| 1969 | June Shaw, Shirley Wiebe, Faye Devins, Dorothy Holmgren | Kenora Curling Club | Kenora | 7–2 | Sault Ste. Marie[25] |
| 1970 | Kay O'Neill, Thelma Graves, Shirley Keeley, Doreen Main | Kingston Curling Club | Kingston | 6–3 | Terrace Bay[26] |
| 1971 | Helen Sillman, Norma Knudson, Elaine Tetley, Marilyn Walker | Thunder Bay Curling Club | Thunder Bay | 5–4 | Arnprior[27] |
| 1972 | Helen Sillman, Norma Knudson, Marilyn Walker, Elaine Tetley | Thunder Bay Curling Club | Thunder Bay | 2–7 | Schumacher[9] |
| 1973 | Isobel Munro, Thelma Lindsay, Geraldine Macklem, Vyvienne Johnston | Arnprior Curling Club | Arnprior | 6–3 | Thunder Bay[28] |
| 1974 | Dawn Ventura, Alma Millikin, Sharon Skinner, Joyce Potter | RA Centre | Ottawa | 6–3 | Hamilton[29] |
| 1975 | Bea Cole, Brenda Essery, Jane Chalmers, Deanne Buchan | Ivanhoe Curling Club | London | 3–6 | Arnprior[30] |
| 1976 | Dawn Ventura, Cathy Craig, Lorie Mackie, Rhea Pilon | RA Centre | Ottawa | 6–3 | Sudbury[31] |
| 1977 | Nini Mutch, Wyn Hushagen, Doris McKenzie, Rosina Lewicke, Sheila MacIsaac[32] | Humber Highland Curling Club | Etobicoke | 8–2 | Barrie[33] |
| 1978 | Sheila Seltzer, Louise Davison, Jane Chalmers, Marlene Linton | Forest City Curling Club | London | 5–5 | Woodbridge[34] |
| 1979 | Pat Reid, Sandi Morton, Carmel O'Malley, Linda Stoyka | Boulevard Club | Toronto | 3–7 | Ottawa[35] |
| 1980 | Christine Bodogh, Marilyn Darte, Norma Quesnell, Mary Gellard | St. Catharines Golf & Country Club | St. Catharines | 7–5 | North Bay[36] |
| 1981 | Sheila Seltzer, Brenda Buchanan, Marcia Poulin, Beth Dykalski | Sudbury Curling Club | Sudbury | 6–4 | Thunder Bay[37] |
| 1982 | Carol Thompson, Lynn Reynolds, Lindy Marchuk, Wendy Inouye | Royal Canadian Curling Club | Toronto | 6–4 | St. Thomas[38] |
| 1983 | Anne Provo, Lorraine Lang, Marlene Delorenzi, Valerie Adams | Fort William Curling Club | Thunder Bay | 4–6 | Kingston[39] |
| 1984 | Jill Greenwood, Yvonne Smith, Cynthia Kane, Fran Gareau | Humber Highland Curling Club | Etobicoke | 5–5 | Sault Ste. Marie[40] |
| 1985 | Pam Leavitt, Susan Bell, Beverly Mainwaring, Debbie Brosseau | Roseland Curling Club | Windsor | 3–7 | Dryden[41] |
| 1986 | Marilyn Darte, Kathy McEdwards, Christine Jurgenson, Jan Augustyn | St. Catharines Curling Club | St. Catharines | 11–1 | Ottawa[10] |
| 1987 | Carol Thompson, Anne Dunn, Kimberley Duck, Lindy Crawford | Royal Canadian Curling Club | Toronto | 6–5 | Toronto[42] |
| 1988 | Heather Houston, Lorraine Lang, Diane Adams, Tracy Kennedy | Lakehead Curling Club | Thunder Bay | 10–5 | Sudbury[43] |
| 1989 | Jill Greenwood, Yvonne Smith, Carol Davis, Fran Gareau | Humber Highland Curling Club | Etobicoke | 4–7 | Nipigon[44] |
| 1990 | Alison Goring, Kristin Turcotte, Andrea Lawes, Cheryl McPherson | Bayview Curling Club | Thornhill | 9–4 | Brampton[45] |
1991–present edit
A playoff was added in 1991. Runners up from Northern Ontario in italics.
Other Ontario teams at the Hearts edit
Beginning in 1986, the national Tournament of Hearts champion automatically earned a berth for the following years' national championship as "Team Canada". The first Ontario team to play as "Team Canada" at the Hearts was Marilyn Darte in 1987. Northern Ontario was granted their own team in 2015 (see Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts). A Wildcard entry was added in 2018, which was expanded to three entries in 2021. Two of these entries became prequalifying entries in 2024.
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- ^ @Devin_Heroux (January 7, 2022). "JUST IN... Curl ON selects Team Homan as Scotties reps... HOWEVER. If Rachel Homan is selected to go to Olympics for mixed doubles... Team Duncan will be the Ontario rep for Scotties... Discuss. #cbccurl" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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