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.

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

Final - March 5, 12:30

Qualifying

Bold indicates winner. "Italics" indicated defending provincial champion

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. ----

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.----

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----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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No playoffs or tie-breakers necessary.

Event held at the Yellowknife Curling Club in Yellowknife January 26-29

External links

* [http://www.curling.ca/fan_central/toh/2006/index.asp Official web site]