The 2018 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held January 10 to 14 at the Whitby Curling Club in Whitby, Ontario. The winning team represented Ontario at the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Penticton, British Columbia.
The defending champion Rachel Homan rink from Ottawa represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and thus will not have the opportunity to defend their provincial crown. Had they not qualified for the Olympics, they still would not have had a chance to defend their title, as they would have represented Team Canada at the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
The event had a triple knock out format, rather than the traditional round robin event as was done in previous years. The number of qualified teams increased from 8 to 12.
Qualification Process 12 teams qualified from two regional qualifiers (three each), a challenge round (three teams), the winner of the Trophy competition, plus the top two southern Ontario teams in the CTRS standings (as of November 12).
Qualification method Berths Qualifying Team CTRS leaders 2 Sherry Middaugh Julie Tippin East Qualifier 3 Allison Flaxey Hailey Armstrong Danielle Inglis West Qualifier 3 Jacqueline Harrison Cathy Auld Katelyn Wasylkiw Challenge Round 3 Heather Heggestad Hollie Duncan Kirsten Marshall Trophy Champion 1 Chrissy Cadorin
Teams
The team lineups are as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Club(s) Hailey Armstrong Erica Hopson Lynsey Longfield Emma Malfara Rideau CC, Ottawa Cathy Auld Lori Eddy Katie Cottrill Jenna Humphrey Listowel CC, Listowel Chrissy Cadorin Joanne Curtis Julia Weagle Sarah Jagger Royal Canadian CC, Toronto Hollie Duncan Stephanie LeDrew Cheryl Kreviazuk Karen Sagle Royal Canadian CC, Toronto Allison Flaxey Clancy Grandy Lynn Kreviazuk Morgan Court The Granite Club, North York, Toronto Jacqueline Harrison Janet Murphy Stephanie Matheson Melissa Foster Mississaugua G&CC, Mississauga Heather Heggestad Ginger Coyle Michelle Laidlaw Lauren Harrison Oakville CC, Oakville Danielle Inglis Jessica Corrado Stephanie Corrado Cassandra de Groot Dixie CC, Mississauga Kirsten Marshall Terri Weeks Nicole Titkai Emily Lloyd Toronto Cricket, North York, Toronto Sherry Middaugh Jo-Ann Rizzo Lee Merklinger Leigh Armstrong Kimberly Tuck Coldwater & District CC, Coldwater Julie Tippin Chantal Duhaime Rachelle Vink Tess Bobbie Woodstock CC, Woodstock Katelyn Wasylkiw Lauren Wasylkiw Stephanie Thompson Katrina Sale Unionville CC, Unionville
Knockout Draw Brackets The draw is listed as follows: A Event
B Event
C Event
Scores Draw 1 January 10, 7:30pm
Draw 2 January 11, 9:30am
Draw 3 January 11, 2:30pm
Draw 4 January 11, 7:30pm
Draw 5 January 12, 9:30am
Draw 6 January 12, 2:30pm
Draw 7 January 12, 7:30pm
Draw 8 January 13, 10:00am
Playoffs
A vs B Saturday, January 13, 3:00pm
C1 vs C2 Saturday, January 13, 7:00pm
Semifinal Sunday, January 14, 9:30am
Final Sunday, January 14, 2:30 pm
Qualification East and west regional qualifiers will run November 24–27, 2017. Two teams from each region qualify.
East Qualifier November 24–27 at the Lindsay Curling Club, Lindsay
Teams entered:
Kristina Adams (Peterborough) Hailey Armstrong (Rideau) Chrissy Cadorin (Royal Canadian) Hollie Duncan (Royal Canadian) Allison Flaxey (Granite) Susan Froud (Westmount) Jaime Gardner (Listowel) Danielle Inglis (Dixie) Cassandra Lewin (RCMP) Erin Macaulay (Rideau) Angie Melaney (Lindsay) Erin Morrissey (Ottawa) Brittany Pearce (Penetanguishene)
Brackets:
West Qualifier November 25-26, 2017 at the St. Thomas Curling Club, St. Thomas
Teams entered:
Cathy Auld (Listowel) Jacqueline Harrison (Mississaugua) Heather Heggestad (Oakville) Katelyn Wasylkiw (Unionville)
Brackets:
Trophy Championship December 6-10 at the Midland Curling Club, Midland
Qualified teams:
Colleen Madonia (Thornhill) Kelly Cochrane (High Park) Kristy Russell (Elora) Patricia Bandurka (Dixie) Angie Melaney (Lindsay) Dawn Butler (Rideau) Brenna Cochrane (High Park) Chrissy Cadorin (Royal Canadian)
Standings Team W L Cadorin 6 1 K. Cochrane 6 1 Russell 5 2 Madonia 4 3 Bandurka 2 5 Butler 2 5 B. Cochrane 2 5 Melaney 1 6
Tie-breaker: Cadorin 5-2 K. Cochrane
Regional qualifiers Qualifiers in bold. Two teams qualify from each event for the provincial Trophy Championship.
Qualifier 1 November 17-19, Gananoque Curling Club, Gananoque
Teams entered: Dawn Butler (Rideau) Brenna Cochrane (High Park)
Qualifier 2 November 17-19, Port Perry Community Curling Club, Port Perry
Teams entered: Angie Melaney (Lindsay) Ashley Waye (Royal Canadian) Colleen Madonia (Thornhill) Wendy Finlday (Lindsay)
Qualifier 3 November 18, Penetanguishene Curling Club, Penetanguishene
Teams entered: Brittany Pearce (Penetanguishene) Chrissy Cadorin (Royal Canadian) Kelly Cochrane (High Park)
Qualifier 4 November 17-19, St. Marys Curling Club, St. Marys
Teams entered: Amie Shackleton (St. Marys) Kristy Russell (Elora) Michelle Roach (Hamilton Victoria) Patricia Bandurka (Dixie) Sheri Smeltzer (Fergus) Twyla Gilbert (Elmira)
Challenge Round December 15, 2017 at the Leaside Curling Club, East York, Toronto
New teams: Kirsten Marshall (Toronto Cricket)
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