Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts

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Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Established1956
2022 host cityThornhill, Ontario
2022 arena
2020 championRachel Homan
Current edition

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.

History[]

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 will appoint a team again for the second straight year.

Champions[]

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[]

Hearts Winning team Winning club City Hearts rec. Host site
1956 , , Mrs. H. J. Coon,[12] Toronto Granite Club Toronto n/a North Bay[1]
1957 , , , Kitchener-Waterloo Granite Club Kitchener n/a Toronto[13]
1958 , , , [14] [15] Sudbury n/a Port Arthur[16]
1959 , Barbara Gibson, , Toronto Granite Club Toronto n/a Sudbury[17]
1960[2] , , , [18] Fort William Curling Club Fort William 3—1 (E. Can)[19] Peterborough[2]
1961 , , Barbara Gibson, Toronto Granite Club Toronto 5–4 Fort William[4]
, , , St. George's Golf & Country Club Islington, Etobicoke 4–5 Toronto[20]
, , , Toronto Granite Club Toronto 7–3 North Bay[5]
, , , Ottawa 5–4 Cornwall[6]
, , , Cooksville 5–4 Port Arthur[21]
, , , Kenora 5–4 Dundas[22]
, , , Kenora 5–4 Copper Cliff[23]
, , , Dryden 3–6 Kingston[24]
, , , Kenora 7–2 Sault Ste. Marie[25]
, , , Kingston 6–3 Terrace Bay[26]
1971 , , , Thunder Bay 5–4 Arnprior[27]
1972 , , , Thunder Bay 2–7 Schumacher[9]
1973 , , , Arnprior 6–3 Thunder Bay[28]
1974 , , , RA Centre Ottawa 6–3 Hamilton[29]
1975 , , , London 3–6 Arnprior[30]
1976 , , , RA Centre Ottawa 6–3 Sudbury[31]
1977 Nini Mutch, , , , Sheila MacIsaac[32] Etobicoke 8–2 Barrie[33]
1978 , , , London 5–5 Woodbridge[34]
1979 , , , Toronto 3–7 Ottawa[35]
1980 Christine Bodogh, Marilyn Darte, , St. Catharines 7–5 North Bay[36]
1981 , , , Sudbury 6–4 Thunder Bay[37]
1982 , , , Royal Canadian Curling Club Toronto 6–4 St. Thomas[38]
1983 , Lorraine Lang, , Fort William Curling Club Thunder Bay 4–6 Kingston[39]
1984 , , , Etobicoke 5–5 Sault Ste. Marie[40]
1985 , , , Windsor 3–7 Dryden[41]
1986 Marilyn Darte, Kathy McEdwards, Christine Jurgenson, Jan Augustyn St. Catharines 11–1 Ottawa[10]
1987 , , , Royal Canadian Curling Club Toronto 6–5 Toronto[42]
1988 Heather Houston, Lorraine Lang, Diane Adams, Tracy Kennedy Thunder Bay 10–5 Sudbury[43]
1989 , , , Etobicoke 4–7 Nipigon[44]
1990 Alison Goring, Kristin Turcotte, Andrea Lawes, Cheryl McPherson Thornhill 9–4 Brampton[45]

1991–present[]

A playoff was added in 1991. Runners up from Northern Ontario in italics.

Hearts Winning team Winning club City Hearts rec. Host site Runner up skip (Club)
1991 Heather Houston, Lorraine Lang, Diane Adams, Fort William Curling Club Thunder Bay 8–5 Ottawa[46] Marilyn Bodogh (St. Catharines)
1992 , Tracy Kennedy, , Thunder Bay 4–7 Timmins[47] Marilyn Bodogh (St. Catharines)
1993 Anne Merklinger, Theresa Breen, , Rideau Curling Club Ottawa 7–5 Thunder Bay[48] Alison Goring (Bayview)
1994 Anne Merklinger, Theresa Breen, , Rideau Curling Club Ottawa 4–7 Ottawa[49] Marilyn Bodogh (St. Catharines)
1995 Alison Goring, Christine McCrady, Diane McLean, Thornhill 7–4 Brantford[50] Heather Houston (Thunder Bay)
1996 Marilyn Bodogh, Kim Gellard, Corie Beveridge, Jane Hooper-Perroud St. Catharines 11–3 Sault Ste. Marie[51] Anne Merklinger (Rideau)
1997 Alison Goring, Lori Eddy, Kim Moore, Thornhill 8–6 Peterborough[52] Heather Houston (Thunder Bay)
1998 Anne Merklinger, Theresa Breen, , Rideau Curling Club Ottawa 9–5 Kenora[53] Heather Houston (Thunder Bay)
1999 Kim Gellard, Sherry Scheirich, , Unionville Curling Club Unionville 4–7 Niagara Falls[54] (Sutton)
2000 Anne Merklinger, Theresa Breen, , Rideau Curling Club Ottawa 11–2 Timmins[55] Darcie Simpson (Rideau)
2001 Sherry Middaugh, , Andrea Lawes, Coldwater 9–5 Kingston[56] Anne Merklinger (Rideau)
2002 Sherry Middaugh, , Andrea Lawes, Coldwater 9–4 Thunder Bay[57] Darcie Simpson (Rideau)
2003
Details		 , , , Cambridge 5–6 Mississauga Darcie Simpson (Rideau)
2004
Details		 Sherry Middaugh, Kirsten Wall, Andrea Lawes, Coldwater 8–5 Copper Cliff Elaine Uhryn (Soo)
2005
Details		 Jenn Hanna, Pascale Letendre, Dawn Askin, Stephanie Hanna Ottawa Curling Club Ottawa 10–6 Ottawa Krista Scharf (Fort William)
2006
Details		 Krista Scharf, Tara George, , Lorraine Lang Fort William Curling Club Thunder Bay 4–7 Fort Frances (Uxbridge)
2007
Details		 Krista Scharf, Tara George, , Lorraine Lang Fort William Curling Club Thunder Bay 6–6 Mississauga Sherry Middaugh (Coldwater)
2008
Details		 Sherry Middaugh, Kirsten Wall, Kim Moore, Coldwater 9–4 Espanola Krista McCarville (Fort William)
2009
Details		 Krista McCarville, Tara George, Kari MacLean, Lorraine Lang Fort William Curling Club Thunder Bay 6–5 Oakville Alison Goring (Bayview)
2010
Details		 Krista McCarville, Tara George, Ashley Miharija, Kari MacLean Fort William Curling Club Thunder Bay 9–5 Thunder Bay Tracy Horgan (Idylwylde)
2011
Details		 Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, Lisa Weagle Ottawa Curling Club Ottawa 8–3 Thornhill Krista McCarville (Fort William)
2012
Details		 Tracy Horgan, Jennifer Seabrook, Jenna Enge, Amanda Gates Sudbury 4–7 Kenora Rachel Homan (Ottawa)
2013
Details		 Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, Lisa Weagle Ottawa Curling Club Ottawa 12–1 Waterloo Cathy Auld (Mississaugua)
2014
Details		 Allison Flaxey, , Lynn Kreviazuk, Morgan Court Listowel 3–8 Sault Ste. Marie Julie Hastings (Bayview)
2015
Details		 Julie Hastings, , , Thornhill 5–6 Penetanguishene Sherry Middaugh (Coldwater)
2016
Details		 Jenn Hanna, Brit O'Neill, Stephanie Hanna, Karen Sagle Ottawa Curling Club Ottawa 6–5 Brampton Rachel Homan (Ottawa)
2017
Details		 Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle Ottawa Curling Club Ottawa 12–2 Cobourg Jacqueline Harrison (Mississaugua)
2018
Details		 Hollie Duncan, Stephanie LeDrew, Cheryl Kreviazuk, Karen Sagle Royal Canadian Curling Club Toronto 5–7 Whitby Danielle Inglis (Dixie)
2019
Details		 Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle Ottawa Curling Club Ottawa 10–4 Elmira Julie Tippin (Woodstock)
2020
Details		 Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle Ottawa Curling Club Ottawa 11–3 Cornwall Hollie Duncan (Royals)
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario.
Team Homan (Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes, Joanne Courtney) represented Ontario at Scotties.[58]		 10–3 N/A N/A
2022
Details		 Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario.
Team Duncan (Hollie Duncan, Megan Balsdon, Rachelle Strybosch, Tess Bobbie) to represent Ontario at Scotties.[59]		 4–4 Thornhill

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  59. ^ @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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