1979 Macdonald Lassies Championship
The 1979 Macdonald Lassies Championship, the Canadian women's curling championship was held February 25-March 2, 1979, at the in Mount Royal, Quebec.
The 1979 event was the last women's championship to be sponsored by Macdonald Tobacco and it was also the first event to feature a playoff.
The winning Lindsay Sparkes rink from British Columbia would go on to represent Canada at the first ever Women's World Curling Championship, the 1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship.
Teams[]
Alberta | British Columbia | Manitoba |
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Lethbridge CC, Lethbridge
Skip: Myrna McQuarrie |
, North Vancouver
Skip: Lindsay Sparkes |
, Stony Mountain
Skip: Chris Pidzarko |
New Brunswick | Newfoundland | Nova Scotia |
, Bathurst
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, Labrador City
Skip: Sue Anne Bartlett |
, Halifax
Skip: Penny LaRocque |
Ontario | Prince Edward Island | Quebec |
, Toronto
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, Crapaud
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, Baie-D'Urfé
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Saskatchewan | Northwest Territories/Yukon | |
, Saskatoon
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, Hay River
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Standings[]
Key | |
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Teams to Playoffs | |
Teams to Tie-Breakers |
Locale | Skip | W | L |
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Lindsay Sparkes | 8 | 2 |
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Chris Pidzarko | 7 | 3 |
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Sue Anne Bartlett | 7 | 3 |
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7 | 3 | |
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Penny LaRocque | 7 | 3 |
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7 | 3 | |
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Myrna McQuarrie | 6 | 4 |
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3 | 7 | |
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1 | 9 | |
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1 | 9 | |
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1 | 9 |
Tie breakers[]
Newfoundland 9-3
Quebec
Manitoba 8-5
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland 12-10
Saskatchewan
Playoffs[]
Semifinal | Final | ||||||||
1 | ![]() | 7 | |||||||
2 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||
2 | ![]() | 10 | |||||||
3 | ![]() | 2 |
References[]
- Scotties Tournament of Hearts
- 1979 in Canadian curling
- Mount Royal, Quebec
- Curling in Quebec
- 1979 in Quebec
- 1979 in women's curling