| Scotties Tournament of Hearts Le Tournoi des Coeurs Scotties |
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| Current Champions: | Amber Holland (Team Canada) |
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| 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts | |
| 2012 Host City: | Red Deer, Alberta |
| 2012 Venue: | ENMAX Centrium |
The Scotties Tournament of Hearts (French: Le Tournoi des Coeurs Scotties) is an annual Canadian women's curling championship, sanctioned by 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.
Kruger Products, previously known as Scott Paper Limited, is the event sponsor. The tournament had been known as the Scott Tournament of Hearts since 1982. However, in June 2007, competitor Kimberly-Clark (which purchased the Scott Paper Company, the Canadian firm's former parent, in 1997) gained full control of the Scott name and certain associated brands in Canada. Facial tissue brand Scotties is an exception – Kruger will continue to sell Scotties products indefinitely, due to Kimberly-Clark's prior ownership of the Kleenex brand – so the event has been renamed with the Scotties brand. The name change was announced shortly after the 2006 event. [1]
The format is a round robin of 12 teams. There is one team from each of the provinces and one team from the territories. As this only makes 11 teams, the 12th team is made up of the previous year's winning team. This differs slightly from the men's annual Brier tournament where the 12th team comes from Northern Ontario. The teams are the provincial champions of the province they represent.
At the end of the round-robin, a playoffs occur to determine the championship. The system used is known as the Page playoff system.
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1913 marked a significant point in women's curling when both the Manitoba Bonspiel and the Ontario Curling Association began with having 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 an opportunity for the organizers of the Western championships the 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 Cobing) with McKee winning. The game between the two teams was played in Oshawa, Ontario.
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.
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 sponsorship.
Sylvia Fedoruk, after assuming the presidency of the Canadian Ladies' Curling Association found a 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 sponsorship 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.
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 18 years to win another, but she would cap it off with another four championships for a grand total of six championships. Other great curlers at the Hearts have been Connie Laliberte and Jennifer Jones of Manitoba, Heather Houston and Marilyn Bodogh of Ontario, Sandra Schmirler of Saskatchewan 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.
| Tournament | Winning Locale | Winning Team | Host |
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| 1961 | Saskatchewan | Joyce McKee, Sylvia Fedoruk, Barbara MacNevin, Rosa McFee | Ottawa |
| 1962 | British Columbia | Ina Hansen, Ada Callas, Isabel Leith, May Shaw | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| 1963 | New Brunswick | Mabel DeWare, Harriet Stratton, Forbis Stevenson, Marjorie Fraser | Saint John, New Brunswick |
| 1964 | British Columbia | Ina Hansen, Ada Callas, Isabel Leith, May Shaw | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 1965 | Manitoba | Peggy Casselman, Val Taylor, Pat MacDonald, Pat Scott | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 1966 | Alberta | Gale Lee, Hazel Jamison, Sharon Harrington, June Coyle | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1967 | Manitoba | Betty Duguid, Joan Ingram, Larie Bradawaski, Dot Rose | Montreal, Quebec |
| Tournament | Winning Locale | Winning Team | Host |
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| 1968 | Alberta | Hazel Jamison, Gale Lee, Jackie Spencer, June Coyle | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 1969 | Saskatchewan | Joyce McKee, Vera Pezer, Lenore Morrison, Jennifer Falk | Fort William, Ontario |
| 1970 | Saskatchewan | Dorenda Schoenhals, Cheryl Stirton, Linda Burnham, Joan Anderson | Calgary, Alberta |
| 1971 | Saskatchewan | Vera Pezer, Sheila Rowan, Joyce McKee, Lenore Morrison | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Tournament | Winning Locale | Winning Team | Host |
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| 1972 | Saskatchewan | Vera Pezer, Sheila Rowan, Joyce McKee, Lenore Morrison | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| 1973 | Saskatchewan | Vera Pezer, Sheila Rowan, Joyce McKee, Lenore Morrison | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| 1974 | Saskatchewan | Emily Farnham, Linda Saunders, Pat McBeath, Donna Collins | Victoria, British Columbia |
| 1975 | Quebec | Lee Tobin, Marilyn McNeil, Michelle Garneau, Laurie Ross | Moncton, New Brunswick |
| 1976 | British Columbia | Lindsay Davie, Dawn Knowles, Robin Klassen, Lorraine Bowles | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 1977 | Alberta | Myrna McQuarrie, Rita Tarnava, Barb Davis, Jane Rempel | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 1978 | Manitoba | Cathy Pidzarko, Chris Pidzarko, Iris Armstrong, Patty Vanderkerckhove | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
| 1979 | British Columbia | Lindsay Sparkes, Dawn Knowles, Robin Wilson, Lorraine Bowles | Montreal, Quebec |
| Tournament | Winning Locale | Winning Team | Finalist Locale | Finalist Team | Host |
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| 1980 | Saskatchewan | Marj Mitchell, Nancy Kerr, Shirley McKendry, Wendy Leach | Nova Scotia | Colleen Jones, Sally Jane Saunders, Margaret Knickle, Barbara Jones | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 1981 | Alberta | Susan Seitz, Judy Erickson, Myrna McKay, Betty McCracken | Newfoundland | Sue Anne Bartlett, Patricia Dwyer, Joyce Nichols, Jo Ann Bepperling | St. John's, Newfoundland |
| Tournament | Winning Locale | Winning Team | Finalist Locale | Finalist Team | Host |
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| 2007 | Canada | Kelly Scott, Jeanna Schraeder, Sasha Carter, Renee Simons | Saskatchewan | Jan Betker, Lana Vey, Nancy Inglis, Marcia Gudereit | Lethbridge, Alberta |
| 2008 | Manitoba | Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn Askin | Alberta | Shannon Kleibrink, Amy Nixon, Bronwen Saunders, Chelsey Bell | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| 2009 | Canada | Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn Askin | British Columbia | Marla Mallett, Grace MacInnes, Diane Gushulak, Jacalyn Brown | Victoria, British Columbia |
| 2010 | Canada | Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn Askin | Prince Edward Island | Erin Carmody, Geri-Lynn Ramsay, Kathy O'Rourke, Tricia Affleck | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
| 2011 | Saskatchewan | Amber Holland, Kim Schneider, Tammy Schneider, Heather Kalenchuk | Canada | Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn Askin | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| 2012 | Red Deer, Alberta | ||||
| 2013 | Kingston, Ontario |
See also: List of World Curling Women's Champions
| Province | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total |
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| Saskatchewan | 11 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| British Columbia | 9 | 7 | 9 | 25 |
| Manitoba | 8 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
| Canada | 8 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| Alberta | 5 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| Ontario | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 |
| Nova Scotia | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| Quebec | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| New Brunswick | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Prince Edward Island | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Yukon/ Northwest Territories | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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 current holder is Amber Holland of Saskatchewan.
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 2011 winner was Amber Holland representing Saskatchewan.
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. The current holder of the Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award is Cathy Overton-Clapham of Manitoba.
The Builders award 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.
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