Dates February 25 - March 5 | Arena John Labatt Centre Attendance 105,065 | |
Curling club Kelowna Curling ClubKelowna, British Columbia | ||
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.
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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.
* Throws skip stones
Only alternates who have played are shown
Results
All times are Eastern Standard Time.
Draw 1
February 25, 2:30 PM ET
Draw 2
February 25, 7:00 PM ET
Draw 3
February 26, 10:00 AM ET
Draw 4
February 26, 2:30 PM ET
Draw 5
February 26, 7:00 PM ET
Draw 6
February 27, 9:30 AM ET
Draw 7
February 27, 2:00 PM ET
Draw 8
February 27, 7:00 PM ET
Draw 9
February 28, 9:30 AM ET
Draw 10
February 28, 2:00 PM ET
Draw 11
February 28, 7:00 PM ET
Draw 12
March 1, 9:30 AM ET
Draw 13
March 1, 2:00 PM ET
Draw 14
March 1, 7:00 PM ET
Draw 15
March 2, 8:30 AM ET
Draw 16
March 2, 1:00 PM ET
Draw 17
March 2, 7:00 PM ET
Tiebreaker
March 3, 8:30 AM ET
1 vs. 2
March 3, 1:00 PM ET
3 vs. 4 game
March 3, 7:00 PM ET
Semi-Final
March 4, 1:00 PM ET
Final
March 5, 12:30 PM ET
Top Percentages
(After Round Robin. Five best players from each position)
Qualifying
Bold indicates winner. Italics indicated defending provincial champion
Tie-breaker
Playoffs:
Event held at the Shamrock Curling Club in Edmonton January 24–29
Playoffs:
Event held at the Williams Lake Curling Club in Williams Lake January 25–29.
Tie-breakers:
Play-offs
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.
Tie-breaker
Playoffs
Event held at the Curling Beauséjour, Inc. in Moncton January 25–29
Playoffs
Event held at the Corner Brook Rec Plex in Corner Brook January 25–29
Tie-breaker
Playoffs
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.
Playoffs
Event held at the Fort Frances Curling Club in Fort Frances January 29-February 4
Playoffs
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
Tie-breaker
Playoffs
Event held at the Club de curling Victoria in Quebec City January 15–22.
The defending champion, Brenda Nicholls played third for Berthelot
Tie-breaker
Playoffs
Event held at the Yorkton Curling Club in Yorkton February 1–5.
No playoffs or tie-breakers necessary.
Event held at the Yellowknife Curling Club in Yellowknife January 26–29