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2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts

The 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's curling championship, was held at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, February 25, 2006 – March 6, 2006. The tournament consists of 12 teams, one from each of Canada's provinces, one from Canada's territories and the defending champion, whose team is known as Team Canada. The tournament was the 25th anniversary of the Hearts. The winner would be Kelly Scott's British Columbia rink who defeated the defending champions, Jennifer Jones in the final.

Teams

Representing Team Canada is last years champion, Jennifer Jones but with a change at lead position with 2002 Olympic bronze medalist Georgina Wheatcroft. Making her 21st appearance at the Scotts in Colleen Jones who is skipping the Nova Scotia team. Colleen Jones has won the Scotts six times. 1998 Champion Cathy King will be skipping Team Alberta. Making her fourth appearance at the Scotts is Suzanne Gaudet from Prince Edward Island, a two time Canadian Junior Champion and 2001 World Junior Champion. Making her first appearance at the Scotts is Andrea Kelly from New Brunswick, the 2005 Canadian Junior Champion. Returning from last year is the Northwest Territories/Yukon team skipped by Kerry Koe- Koe is making her fourth appearance at the Scotts. Also returning is Kelly Scott, from British Columbia, the 1995 World Junior Champion who is making her second appearance. Another skip returning from last year is Heather Strong from Newfoundland and Labrador who is making her sixth appearance. Making an appearance at the Scotts for the first time since 1997 is Janet Harvey of Manitoba, attending her third event. Debuting at the Scotts this year, along with Kelly from New Brunswick is Eve Bélisle from Quebec, Krista Scharf from Ontario and Tracy Streifel from Saskatchewan.

Team Canada	Alberta	British Columbia
St. Vital Curling Club, Winnipeg Skip: Jennifer Jones Third: Cathy Overton-Clapham Second: Jill Officer Lead: Georgina Wheatcroft	Saville Centre Curling Club, Edmonton Skip: Cathy King Third: Lori Armistead Second: Raylene Rocque Lead: Tracy Bush	Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna Skip: Kelly Scott Third: Jeanna Schraeder Second: Sasha Carter Lead: Renee Simons
Manitoba	New Brunswick	Newfoundland and Labrador
Rouge Curling Club, Winnipeg Skip: Janet Harvey Third: Jill Thurston Second: Cherie-Ann Loder Lead: Carey Burgess	Capital Winter Club, Fredericton Skip: Andrea Kelly Third: Kristin McDiarmid Second: Jodie deSolla Lead: Morgan Muise	St. John's Curling Club, St. John's Skip: Heather Strong Third: Shelley Nichols Second: Laura Strong Lead: Susan O'Leary
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island
Mayflower Curling Club, Halifax Skip: Colleen Jones Third: Kim Kelly Second: Mary Anne Arsenault Lead: Nancy Delahunt Fifth: Mary Sue Radford	Fort William Curling Club, Thunder Bay Skip: Krista Scharf Third: Tara George Second: Tiffany Stubbings Lead: Lorraine Lang Fifth: Michelle Boland	Charlottetown Curling Club Charlottetown Skip: Suzanne Gaudet Third: Susan McInnis Second: Nancy Cameron Lead: Tricia Affleck Fifth: Shelley Bradley
Quebec	Saskatchewan	Northwest Territories/Yukon
Lachine Curling Club, Lachine/Club de curling Longue Pointe, Montreal Skip: Eve Bélisle Third: Pamela Nugent Second: Martine Comeau Lead: Saskia Hollands	Granite Curling Club, Saskatoon Skip: Tracy Streifel Third: Ros Tanner Second: Kristen Ridalls Lead: Andrea Rudulier	Yellowknife Curling Club, Yellowknife Skip: Kerry Koe Third: Monique Gagnier* Second: Kelli Turpin Lead: Heather McCagg-Nystrom

* Throws skip stones
Only alternates who have played are shown

Standings

Locale	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends	Shot Pct.
	Kelly Scott	9	2	79	55	48	42	12	9	82
	Colleen Jones	8	3	74	57	55	41	10	22	80
	Jennifer Jones	8	3	82	70	52	48	7	13	77
	Eve Bélisle	7	4	81	71	49	48	9	10	74
	Heather Strong	7	4	79	75	50	44	10	12	75
	Cathy King	6	5	70	58	49	39	8	21	77
	Andrea Kelly	5	6	74	74	49	49	10	11	75
	Janet Harvey	4	7	69	77	47	48	8	12	74
	Suzanne Gaudet	4	7	58	75	40	49	9	12	72
	Krista Scharf	4	7	74	89	43	52	13	10	71
/Yukon	Kerry Koe	2	9	65	86	43	57	3	7	70
	Tracy Streifel	2	9	60	88	45	53	9	9	73

Results

''All times are Eastern Standard Time.

Round robin

Draw 1 - February 25, 14:30

Ontario 13–9 Northwest Territories/Yukon (11)
New Brunswick 9–3 Prince Edward Island
British Columbia 5–6 Saskatchewan (11)
Nova Scotia 8–2 Alberta

Draw 2 - February 25, 19:00

Saskatchewan 7–9 New Brunswick
Québec 9–4 Newfoundland and Labrador
Canada 8–7 Manitoba
British Columbia 6–3 Prince Edward Island

Draw 3 - February 26, 10:00

Alberta 10–2 Ontario
Nova Scotia 8–4 Northwest Territories/Yukon

Draw 4 - February 26, 14:30

Newfoundland and Labrador 9–3 Canada
Prince Edward Island 11–6 Saskatchewan
New Brunswick 4–5 British Columbia
Québec 8–7 Manitoba

Draw 5 - February 26, 19:00

Northwest Territories/Yukon 4–7 Alberta
Canada 6–5 Québec
Manitoba 8–6 Newfoundland and Labrador
Ontario 7–8 Nova Scotia (11)

Draw 6 - February 27, 9:30

Nova Scotia 6–7 British Columbia
Alberta 6–7 New Brunswick
Ontario 7–5 Saskatchewan
Northwest Territories/Yukon 6–7 Prince Edward Island (11)

Draw 7 - February 27, 14:00

New Brunswick 7–4 Manitoba
British Columbia 11–6 Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island 4–9 Canada
Saskatchewan 5–7 Québec

Draw 8 - February 27, 19:00

Québec 7–5 Ontario
Canada 9–5 Northwest Territories/Yukon
Newfoundland and Labrador 8–5 Nova Scotia
Manitoba 2–9 Alberta

Draw 9 - February 28, 9:30

Newfoundland and Labrador 7–6 Northwest Territories/Yukon
Manitoba 10–7 Ontario
Québec 8–10 Alberta
Canada 6–7 Nova Scotia

Draw 10 - February 28, 14:00

Alberta 7–0 Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia 7–5 Saskatchewan
Northwest Territories/Yukon 9–4 New Brunswick
Ontario 8–5 British Columbia

Draw 11 - February 28, 19:00

Saskatchewan 6–7 Canada
Prince Edward Island 9–8 Québec
British Columbia 8–3 Manitoba
New Brunswick 5–6 Newfoundland and Labrador (11)

Draw 12 - March 1, 9:30

British Columbia 9–5 Québec
New Brunswick 8–12 Canada
Saskatchewan 6–9 Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island 6–7 Manitoba

Draw 13 - March 1, 14:00

Manitoba 6–7 Nova Scotia
Newfoundland and Labrador 8–7 Alberta
Canada 8–5 Ontario (11)
Québec 9–4 Northwest Territories/Yukon

Draw 14 - March 1, 19:00

Ontario 9–12 New Brunswick (11)
Northwest Territories/Yukon 5–8 British Columbia
Nova Scotia 6–1 Prince Edward Island
Alberta 11–2 Saskatchewan

Draw 15 - March 2, 8:30

Prince Edward Island 6-9 Newfoundland and Labrador
Saskatchewan 7-6 Manitoba
New Brunswick 6-7 Quebec (11)
British Columbia 7-5 Canada

Draw 16 - March 2, 13:00

Northwest Territories/Yukon 9-5 Saskatchewan
Ontario 2-8 Prince Edward Island
Alberta 4-8 British Columbia
Nova Scotia 6-3 New Brunswick

Draw 17 - March 2, 19:00

Canada 9-7 Alberta
Quebec 8-6 Nova Scotia
Manitoba 9-4 Northwest Territories/Yukon
Newfoundland and Labrador 7-9 Ontario

Tie-breakers

March 3. 8:30

Newfoundland and Labrador 2-8 Quebec

Player Percentages
Newfoundland and Labrador		Quebec
Susan O'Leary	97%	Saskia Hollands	95%
Laura Strong	80%	Martine Comeau	78%
Shelley Nichols	84%	Pamela Nugent	94%
Heather Strong	67%	Ève Bélisle	87%
Total	82%	Total	88%

Playoffs

The page playoff system is used at the Hearts. The top four teams with the best records at the end of round-robin play meet in the playoff rounds. The first and second place teams play each other, with the winner advancing directly to the final. The winner of the other page playoff game between the third and fourth place teams plays the loser of the first/second playoff game in the semi-final. The winner of the semi-final moves on to the final.

1 vs. 2 game - March 3, 13:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Scott)	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	6
Nova Scotia (C. Jones)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	5

Player Percentages
British Columbia		Nova Scotia
Renee Simons	85%	Nancy Delahunt	93%
Sasha Carter	80%	Mary-Anne Arsenault	86%
Jeanna Schraeder	81%	Kim Kelly	84%
Kelly Scott	92%	Colleen Jones	81%
Total	84%	Total	86%

3 vs. 4 game - March 3, 19:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Bélisle)	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	X	X	X	4
Canada (J. Jones)	3	0	4	0	2	1	0	X	X	X	10

Player Percentages
Quebec		Canada
Saskia Hollands	95%	Georgina Wheatcroft	98%
Martine Comeau	80%	Jill Officer	93%
Pamela Nugent	68%	Cathy Overton-Clapham	84%
Ève Bélisle	46%	Jennifer Jones	88%
Total	72%	Total	90%

Semi-final - March 4, 13:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (C. Jones)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	4
Canada (J. Jones)	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	4	X	X	10

Player Percentages
Canada		Nova Scotia
Georgina Wheatcroft	83%	Nancy Delahunt	92%
Jill Officer	77%	Mary-Anne Arsenault	89%
Cathy Overton-Clapham	78%	Kim Kelly	83%
Jennifer Jones	91%	Colleen Jones	63%
Total	82%	Total	82%

Final - March 5, 12:30

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Scott)	1	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	8
Canada (J. Jones)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	6

Player Percentages
British Columbia		Canada
Renee Simons	66%	Georgina Wheatcroft	98%
Sasha Carter	85%	Jill Officer	79%
Jeanna Schraeder	86%	Cathy Overton-Clapham	80%
Kelly Scott	82%	Jennifer Jones	75%
Total	80%	Total	83%

Top Percentages

(After Round Robin. Five best players from each position)

Lead	Team	%
Georgina Wheatcroft	Canada	85
Nancy Delahunt	Nova Scotia	84
Tracy Bush	Alberta	84
Renee Simons	British Columbia	82
Carey Burgess	Manitoba	81
Andrea Rudulier	Saskatchewan	81

Second	Team	%
Mary-Anne Arsenault	Nova Scotia	82
Sasha Carter	British Columbia	81
Laura Strong	Newfoundland and Labrador	76
Raylene Rocque	Alberta	76
Jill Officer	Canada	76

Third	Team	%
Jeanna Schraeder	British Columbia	81
Cathy Overton-Clapham	Canada	79
Kim Kelly	Nova Scotia	78
Lori Armistead	Alberta	76
Kristen MacDiarmid	Saskatchewan	75

Skip	Team	%
Kelly Scott	British Columbia	84
Colleen Jones	Nova Scotia	78
Heather Strong	Newfoundland and Labrador	78
Tracy Streifel	Saskatchewan	74
Ève Bélisle	Quebec	73

Qualifying

Bold indicates winner. Italics indicated defending provincial champion


Skip	Club	W	L
Cathy King	Saville Sports Centre	7	0
Renee Sonnenberg	Grande Prairie Curling Club	5	2
Renelle Bryden	Calgary Curling Club	4	3
Crystal Rumberg	Calgary Curling Club	4	3
Vicki Sjolie	Medicine Hat Curling Club	3	4
Kristie Moore	Grande Prairie Curling Club	2	5
Faye White	Rose City Curling Club	2	5
Chana Martineau	Saville Sports Centre	1	6

Tie-breaker

Bryden 13-4 Rumberg

Playoffs:

Semi-final: Sonnenberg 6-3 Bryden
Final: King 8-2 Sonnenberg

Event held at the Shamrock Curling Club in Edmonton January 24-29


Skip	Club	W	L
Kelly Scott	Kelowna Curling Club	6	1
Toni Wells	Golden Ears Curling Club	6	1
Marla Mallett	Royal City Curling Club	5	2
Tracey Jones	Prince George Golf & Curling Club	4	3
Kristen Recksiedler	Royal City Curling Club	3	4
Kristy Lewis	Richmond Curling Club	3	4
Lyn Perry	Summerland Curling Club	1	6
Jill Winters	Nelson Curling Club	0	7

Playoffs:

Semi-final: Wells 8-6 Mallett
Final: Scott 8-5 Wells

Event held at the Williams Lake Curling Club in Williams Lake January 25-29.


Red Group
Skip	Club	W	L
Janet Harvey	Fort Rouge Curling Club	5	2
Kristy Jenion	St. Vital Curling Club	4	3
Lois Fowler	Wheat City Curling Club	4	3
Debbie Cripps	Burntwood Curling Club	4	3
Marlene Lang	St. Vital Curling Club	3	4
Darcy Robertson	Fort Rouge Curling Club	3	4
Rhonda Varnes	Stonewall Curling Club	3	4
Gwen Wooley	Baldur Curling Club	2	5
Black Group
Skip	Club	W	L
Karen Porritt	St. Vital Curling Club	6	1
Barb Spencer	Fort Rouge Curling Club	5	2
Shauna Streich	Fort Rouge Curling Club	5	2
Quinn Adams	Beausejour Curling Club	4	3
Terry Ursel	Plumas Curling Club	3	4
Holly Scott	Gilbert Plains Curling Club	2	5
Kristen Williamson	Roseland Curling Club	2	5
Chris Scalena	Starbuck Curling Club	1	6

Tie-breakers:

Fowler 5-3 Cripps
Jenion 7-3 Fowler
Streich 11-4 Spencer

Play-offs

Red2 vs Black2: Jenion 5-4 Streich
Red1 vs Black1: Harvey 6-5 Porritt
Semi-final: Jenion 7-8 Porritt
Final: Harvey 9-3 Jenion

Event held at the C.A. Nesbitt Arena in Thompson January 25-29.

Defending Manitoba champion, Jennifer Jones won the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts, meaning she will get an automatic bye to the championships and did not have to go through qualifying.


Skip	Club	W	L
Andrea Kelly	Capital Winter Club	6	1
Melissa Adams	Curling Beauséjour, Inc.	6	1
Sandy Comeau	Beaver Curling Club	5	2
Heidi Hanlon	Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club	5	2
Sylvie Robichaud	Curling Beauséjour, Inc.	3	4
Becky Atkinson	Capital Winter Club	2	5
Kathy Floyd	Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club	1	6
Stacey Lacey	Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club/ Beaver Curling Club	0	7

Tie-breaker

Hanlon 8-4 Comeau

Playoffs

Semi-final: Hanlon 10-8 Adams
Final: Kelly 8-7 Hanlon

Event held at the Curling Beauséjour, Inc. in Moncton January 25-29


Skip	Club	W	L
Heather Strong	St. John's Curling Club	4	0
Cathy Cunningham	St. John's Curling Club	3	1
Darlene Thomas	Corner Brook Curling Club	2	2
Sheila Adams	Gander Curling Club	1	3
Barb Pinsent	St. John's Curling Club	0	4

Playoffs

Semi-final: Cunningham 6-4 Thomas
Final (Strong needs to be beaten twice): Cunningham 9-6 Strong; Strong 6-5 Cunningham

Event held at the Corner Brook Rec Plex in Corner Brook January 25-29


Skip	Club	W	L
Colleen Jones	Mayflower Curling Club	6	1
Kay Zinck	Mayflower Curling Club	5	2
Jill Mouzar	Mayflower Curling Club	4	3
Jocelyn Palmer	Truro Curling Club	4	3
Brandi Mahaney	Mayflower Curling Club	3	4
Penny LaRocque	Mayflower Curling Club	3	4
Nancy McConnery	Dartmouth Curling Club	2	5
Jill Alcoe-Holland	Glooscap Curling Club	1	6

Tie-breaker

Mouzar 8-7 Palmer

Playoffs

Semi-final: Zinck 9-8 Mouzar
Final: Jones 9-8 Zinck

Colleen Jones represented Team Canada at the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts because she had won it in 2004.

Event held at the Highlander Curling Club in St. Andrews January 25-29.


Skip	Club	W	L
Krista Scharf	Fort William Curling Club	7	2
Janet McGhee	Uxbridge & District Curling Club	7	2
Marilyn Bodogh	St. Catharines Curling Club	6	3
Jenn Hanna	Ottawa Curling Club	6	3
Jo-Ann Rizzo	Brant Curling Club	5	4
Chrissy Cadorin	Guelph Curling Club	5	4
Kathy Brown	Sutton Curling Club	4	5
Nancy Wickham	Sudbury Curling Club	3	6
Natalie Beauchamp	Coniston Curling Club	2	7
Marlo Dahl	Fort William Curling Club	0	9

Playoffs

3 vs. 4: Bodogh 9-8 Hanna
1 vs. 2: Scharf 5-4 McGhee
Semi-final: McGhee 8-5 Bodogh
Final: Scharf 7-6 McGhee

Event held at the Fort Frances Curling Club in Fort Frances January 29-February 4


Skip	Club	W	L
Suzanne Gaudet	Charlottetown Curling Club	5	0
Shelly Bradley	Charlottetown Curling Club	4	1
Kathy O'Rourke	Charlottetown Curling Club	3	2
Bev Beaton	Charlottetown Curling Club	2	3
Shirley Berry	Cornwall Curling Club/ Charlottetown Curling Club	1	4
Karen Currie	Cornwall Curling Club	0	5

Playoffs

Semi-final: Bradley 7-6 O'Rourke
Final: Gaudet 11-3 Bradley

Event held at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O'Leary January 19-22.

The defending champion, Rebecca Jean MacPhee played third for O'Rourke


Pool A
Skip	Club	W	L
Marie-France Larouche	Club de curling Victoria/ Club de curling Etchemin	6	1
Eve Bélisle	Lachine Curling Club/ Club de curling Longue Pointe	5	2
Agnès Lanthier	Valleyfield Curling Club	5	2
Nathalie Gagnon	Club de curling Alma/ Club de curling Kénogami	4	3
Gaétane Tremblay	Club de curling de la Vallée	3	4
Barb Hart	Montreal West Curling Club	3	4
Louise Desrosiers	Club de curling Victoria	2	5
Nicole Cinq-Mars	Club de curling St-Félicien	0	7
Pool B
Skip	Club	W	L
Chantal Osborne	Thurso Curling Club	7	0
Geneviève Frappier	Club de curling Longue Pointe/ Club de curling Boucherville	6	1
Janique Berthelot	Club de curling Victoria	5	2
Isabelle Néron	Club de curling Kénogami/ Club de curling Alma	4	3
Gail Moorcroft	Glenmore Curling Club/ Lachine Curling Club	2	5
Kim Beardsell	Club de Curling Outremont	2	5
Marcia Giroux	Club de curling Norada	1	6
Denise Prévost	Club de curling Laviolette/ Cap De La Madeleine Curling Club	1	6

Tie-breaker

Belisle 5-4 Lanthier

Playoffs

A1 vs. B1 game: Osborne 8-7 Larouche
Quarter-final: Belisle 7-4 Frappier
Semi-final: Belisle 8-5 Larouche
Final: Belisle 7-5 Osborne

Event held at the Club de curling Victoria in Quebec City January 15-22.

The defending champion, Brenda Nicholls played third for Berthelot


Skip	Club	W	L
Tracy Streifel	Nutana Cutling Club	6	1
Stefanie Lawton	CN Curling Club	6	1
Delores Syrota	Wadena Curling Club	4	3
Leah Birnie	Weyburn Curling Club	4	3
Chantelle Eberle	Balgonie Curling Club	3	4
Kathy Thiele	Callie Curling Club	3	4
Karen Purdy	Balgonie Curling Club	2	5
Heather Burnett	Martensville Curling Club	0	7

Tie-breaker

Syrota 6-5 Birnie

Playoffs

Semi-final: Syrota 6-5 Lawton
Final: Streifel 7-5 Syrota

Event held at the Yorkton Curling Club in Yorkton February 1-5.

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Skip	Club	W	L
Kerry Koe	Yellowknife Curling Club	5	0
Nicole Baldwin	Whitehorse Curling Club	3	2
Dawn Moses	Yellowknife Curling Club	2	3
Sandy Penkala	Yellowknife Curling Club	0	5