The 2016 Jiffy Lube Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Alberta's provincial women's curling championship, was held from January 20 to 24 at the North Hill Curling Club in Calgary. The winning Chelsea Carey team represented Alberta at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Grande Prairie.
The event was not immune to the season's broomgate controversy. One of the rules instituted that season was that teams could only use brooms that were "commercially available", as in not especially made for teams. By the time of the season's provincial playdowns, hair brooms (which had yet to be banned) were seen as being the most effective brush heads available, and as a result, the most effective hair broom produced by Goldline had sold out. Goldline removed the product from their website, which meant they were no longer "commercially available", causing some teams to claim that that meant they were therefore illegal to use. Some teams had to contact Goldline to put the product back on their site (but indicating it was "sold out") in order to circumvent the ad-hoc rules. The dispute resulted in a "very contentious" Alberta final.
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Club(s) Chelsea Carey Amy Nixon Jocelyn Peterman Laine Peters The Glencoe Club, Calgary Nadine Chyz Heather Jensen Whitney Eckstrand Heather Rogers The Glencoe Club, Calgary / Red Deer Curling Club, Red Deer / Airdrie Curling Club, Airdrie Trisha James Michelle Gnam Josie Jorgensen Patty Przbylski Fairview Curling Club, Fairview Jessie Kaufman Erin Carmody Lynnelle Mahé Kim Curtin Avonair Curling Club, Edmonton Nicky Kaufman Holly Baird Deena Benoit Pamela Appelman Avonair Curling Club, Edmonton Shannon Kleibrink Lisa Eyamie Sarah Wilkes Alison Kotylak Coaldale Granite Club, Coaldale Barb Lund Patty Hayes Eileen Lund Diane Wiebe Fairview Curling Club, Fairview Jodi Marthaller Tessa Ruetz Nicole Larson Valerie Ekelund Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge Deanne Nichol Candace Read Chana Martineau Jennifer Sheehan Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton Kelsey Rocque Laura Crocker Taylor McDonald Jen Gates Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton Casey Scheidegger Cary-Anne McTaggart Jessie Scheidegger Stephanie Enright Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge Val Sweeting Lori Olson-Johns Dana Ferguson Rachelle Brown Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Knockout Draw Brackets The draw is listed as follows:
A Event
B Event
C Event
Playoffs
A vs B Saturday, January 23, 6:30pm
C1 vs C2 Saturday, January 23, 6:30pm
Semifinal Sunday, January 24, 9:30am
Final Sunday, January 24, 2:00 pm
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