The 2012 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Manitoba's women's provincial curling championship, was held from January 25 to 29 at the Portage Credit Union Centre in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. The winning team of Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer and Dawn Askin represented Manitoba at the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Red Deer, Alberta, where they finished round robin with a 9–2 record, which was enough to finish 1st place and clinch a spot in the playoffs. Jones would lose both the 1–2 game and the semi-final before winning the bronze medal game over Quebec.
Qualification process Sixteen teams qualified for the provincial tournament through several berths. The qualification process is as follows:
Teams Qualification Method Berths Qualifying Team Team 1 Norman Region 1 Lori Forbes Team 2 Parkland Region 1 Lisa Menard Team 3 Westman Region 1 Liza Park Team 4 Central Region 1 Lisa Deriviere Team 5 Interlake Region 1 Kim Link Team 6 Interlake Region 1 Kelsey Boettcher Teams 7 & 8 Winnipeg Region 2 Jill Thurston Janet Harvey Team 9 Westman Region 1 Kelsey Russill Team 10 Winnipeg Region 1 Darcy Robertson Team 11 Central Region 1 Terry Ursel Teams 12 & 13 Scotties berth Bonspiel 2 Barb Spencer Michelle Montford Team 14 CTRS Points Leader from Manitoba 1 Jennifer Jones Team 15 Highest ranked team on the Manitoba Curling Tour at the conclusion of the MCT Championship 1 Chelsea Carey Team 16 Defending champion from 2011 Manitoba Scotties 1 Cathy Overton-Clapham
Teams
Asham Black Group Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Club(s) Kelsey Boettcher Sam Murata Brandi Oliver Lindsay Baldock Karen Fallis Stonewall Curling Club, Stonewall Lori Forbes Janis Fjermistead Renee Parsons Rhonda Griffiths The Pas Curling Club, The Pas Jennifer Jones Kaitlyn Lawes Jill Officer Dawn Askin Jennifer Clark-Rouire St. Vital Curling Club, Winnipeg Darcy Robertson Calleen Neufeld Vanessa Foster Michelle Kruk Tracey Lavery Fort Rouge Curling Club, Winnipeg Kelsey Russill Britany Lemon Kristy Howard April Jorgenson Brandon Curling Club, Brandon Barb Spencer Karen Klein Ainsley Champagne Raunora Westcott Katie Spencer Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club, Winnipeg Jill Thurston Kerri Einarson Kendra Georges Sarah Wazney Brette Richards Granite Curling Club, Winnipeg Terry Ursel Wanda Rainka Kendell Kohinski Brenda Walker Plumas Curling Club, Plumas
Red Brick Red Group Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Club(s) Chelsea Carey Kristy Jenion Kristen Foster Lindsay Titheridge Lisa Blixhavn Morden Curling Club, Morden Lisa DeRiviere Jolene Rutter Heather Pierson Alicia Pierson Miami Curling Club, Winnipeg Janet Harvey Cherie-Ann Loder Kristin Loder Carey Kirby Liz Peters Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club, Winnipeg Kim Link Maureen Bonar Colleen Kilgallen Renee Fletcher Lesle Cafferty East St. Paul Curling Club, East St. Paul Lisa Menard Kim Merasty Melissa Barsewsky Cassandra Lesiuk Leanne Urbanovitch Dauphin Community Curling Club, Dauphin Michelle Montford Courtney Blanchard Sara Jones Sarah Norget D'arcy Maywood Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club, Winnipeg Cathy Overton-Clapham Jenna Loder Ashley Howard Breanne Meakin Leslie Wilson Fort Rouge Curling Club, Winnipeg Liza Park Tina Kozak Pam Robins Krystal Tillie-Stewart Stacey Fordyce Brandon Curling Club, Brandon
Standings
Asham Black Group Skip (Club)WLPFPAEnds WonEnds LostBlank EndsStolen Ends Barb Spencer (Assiniboine) 6 1 57 26 32 22 4 11 Jennifer Jones (St. Vital) 5 2 56 31 30 27 2 9 Jill Thurston (Granite) 5 2 52 37 37 24 3 12 Darcy Robertson (Fort Rouge) 4 3 53 38 32 24 7 13 Kelsey Boettcher (Stonewall) 3 4 44 50 30 28 9 11 Kelsey Russill (Brandon) 3 4 37 47 27 27 8 6 Terry Ursel (Plumas) 2 5 38 51 26 30 6 5 Lori Forbes (The Pas) 0 7 11 65 10 39 2 1
Red Brick Red Group Skip (Club)WLPFPAEnds WonEnds LostBlank EndsStolen Ends Chelsea Carey (Morden) 5 2 54 30 28 22 9 8 Lisa DeRiviere (Miami) 5 2 41 37 25 25 13 5 Cathy Overton-Clapham (Fort Rouge) 5 2 51 32 32 23 7 11 Janet Harvey (Assiniboine) 4 3 56 34 25 27 8 4 Michelle Montford (Assiniboine) 4 3 48 44 27 27 6 6 Liza Park (Brandon) 2 5 34 40 23 26 7 7 Kim Link (East St. Paul) 2 5 32 54 26 22 3 8 Lisa Menard (Dauphin) 1 6 26 60 22 30 5 6
Results
Draw 1 January 25, 8:30 AM CT
Draw 2 January 25, 12:15 PM CT
Draw 3 January 25, 4:00 PM CT
Draw 4 January 25, 8:15 PM CT
Draw 5 January 26, 8:30 AM CT
Draw 6 January 26, 12:15 PM CT
Draw 7 January 26, 4:00 PM CT
Draw 8 January 26, 7:45 PM CT
Draw 9 January 27, 8:30 AM CT
Draw 10 January 27, 12:15 PM CT
Draw 11 January 27, 4:00 PM CT
Draw 12 January 27, 7:45 PM CT
Draw 13 January 28, 8:30 AM CT
Draw 14 January 28, 12:15 PM CT
Tiebreaker January 28, 4:00 PM CT
Playoffs
B1 vs. R1 January 28, 7:45 PM CT
B2 vs. R2 January 28, 7:45 PM CT
Semifinal January 29, 9:30 AM CT
Final January 29, 1:30 PM CT
Qualifying Events
Scotties Berth Bonspiel The 2012 Scotties Berth Bonspiel, presented by Monsanto, took place from November 11 to 14, 2011, at the Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club, in Winnipeg. The event was held in a triple knockout format, and qualified two teams, Michelle Montford and Barb Spencer, into the provincial playdowns.
A Event
B Event
C Event
Playoffs
Regional Playdowns
Central The Central Regional Playdowns took place from December 17 to 18, 2011, at the Plumas Curling Club in Plumas. The event qualified two teams to the provincial playdowns.
A Event
B Event
Interlake The Interlake Regional Playdowns took place from December 17 to 18, 2011, at the Winnipeg Curling Club in Winnipeg Beach. The event qualified two teams to the provincial playdowns.
A Event
B Event
Norman The Norman Regional Playdowns took place from December 17 to 18, 2011, at The Pas Curling Club in The Pas. The event qualified one team to the provincial playdowns.
Parkland The Parkland Regional Playdowns took place from December 17 to 18, 2011, at the Dauphin Curling Club in Dauphin. The event qualified one team to the provincial playdowns.
Westman The Westman Regional Playdowns took place from December 17 to 18, 2011, at the Brandon Curling Club in Brandon. The event qualified two teams to the provincial playdowns.
A Event
B Event
Winnipeg The Winnipeg Regional Playdowns took place from December 16 to 18, 2011, at the Victoria Curling Club in Winnipeg. The event qualified three teams to the provincial playdowns.
A Event
B Event
Eastman The Eastman Regional Playdowns were scheduled to be held from December 17 to 18, 2011, at the Ste. Anne Curling Club in Ste. Anne. There were no entries for this event, and, as a result, an extra berth was awarded to the Interlake Region.
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