1960 Diamond D Championship

1960 Diamond "D" Championship
Host city	Oshawa, Ontario
Arena	Oshawa Curling rink
Dates	March 25
Winner	West
Curling club	Hub City CC, Saskatoon
Skip	Joyce McKee
Third	Sylvia Fedoruk
Second	Donna Belding
Lead	Muriel Coben
Finalist	East (Ruth Smith)
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The 1960 Diamond "D" Championship, Canadian women's curling championship was an invitational curling tournament held to determine Canada's national women's curling champions that year. It was held on March 25 at the Oshawa Curling rink in Oshawa, Ontario. ^[1]

The tournament was a best of three series held between the champion teams from Western and Eastern Canada. Team West, skipped by Joyce McKee of Saskatchewan easily won the series, 2 games to none, over the Eastern Canadian champion Ruth Smith rink of Quebec.

The event was held as a forerunner of the first official national championship which would be held the following year.

The event was announced in November 1959, and was sponsored by Dominion Stores Ltd. The winning team was to receive gold brooches with diamonds, while the runner up rink was to receive silver brooches with diamonds. ^[2]

The event was held immediately after the Eastern Canadian championship, which was held March 22 to 24.

Results

Game 1 consisted of a 12 end match, while game 2 only consisted of 10 ends. ^[3]

Game 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
West (McKee)	1	0	0	3	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	11
East (Smith)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3

Game 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
West (McKee)	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	8
East (Smith)	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	5

Qualifying

Western Canada

The Western Canada Women's Curling Championship was held from March 14 to 17 at the Victoria Curling Club in Victoria, British Columbia. ^{[4] [5]}

Team Saskatchewan, who was skipped by Joyce McKee won the double round robin event with a 5–1 record. ^[6] It was the eighth and final Western Canadian Women's Championship.

All games during the Western Canadian Championship were scheduled for 12 ends.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: ^[5]

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba	Saskatchewan
Edmonton Skip: Dorothy Thompson Third: Elinor Myers Second: Ila Watson Lead: Vivian Kortgaard	Vancouver Skip: Irene Fraser Third: Vivienne Chatenay Second: Jessie McLeod Lead: Diana Lawrence	Flin Flon Skip: Isabelle Ketchen Third: Doris McFarlane Second: Isabel Phillips Lead: Ruth McConnell	Saskatoon Skip: Joyce McKee Third: Sylvia Fedoruk Second: Donna Belding Lead: Muriel Coben

Standings

Province	Skip	W	L
Saskatchewan	Joyce McKee	5	1
Alberta	Dorothy Thompson	4	2
Manitoba	Isabelle Ketchen	2	4
British Columbia	Irene Fraser	1	5

Results

Draw times are listed in Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8:00). ^[5]

Draw 1

Monday, March 14, 1:30 pm ^[7]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Ketchen)	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	8
Saskatchewan (McKee)	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Thompson)	0	1	0	2	0	4	3	0	3	0	3	X	16
British Columbia (Fraser)	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	X	10

Draw 2

Monday, March 14, 7:30 pm ^[7]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Ketchen)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	3
Alberta (Thompson)	3	1	0	6	2	2	0	4	1	1	X	X	20

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (McKee)	2	0	2	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	11
British Columbia (Fraser)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	7

Draw 3

Tuesday, March 15, 9:00 am ^[8]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Ketchen)	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	2	1	2	0	11
British Columbia (Fraser)	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (McKee)	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	8
Alberta (Thompson)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	7

Draw 4

Wednesday, March 16, 9:00 am ^[9]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
British Columbia (Fraser)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	5
Alberta (Thompson)	2	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	X	11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (McKee)	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	9
Manitoba (Ketchen)	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	8

Draw 5

Wednesday, March 16, 7:30 pm ^[9]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Ketchen)	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	8
Alberta (Thompson)	1	0	2	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	6	X	16

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Saskatchewan (McKee)	0	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	4	X	12
British Columbia (Fraser)	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	5

Draw 6

Thursday, March 17, 9:00 am ^[6]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Manitoba (Ketchen)	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	8
British Columbia (Fraser)	5	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	2	0	1	0	14

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Alberta (Thompson)	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	11
Saskatchewan (McKee)	0	3	0	3	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	14

Eastern Canada

Team Quebec, consisting of Ruth Smith, Shirley Fewster, Margaret Dawson and Lydia Hope of Lacolle won the Eastern Canadian championship held March 22 to 24, just before the national final in Oshawa. ^{[10] [11]}

All games in the Eastern Canadian Championship were scheduled for 10 ends.

Standings

Province	Skip	W	L
Quebec	Ruth Smith	4	0
Ontario	Elsie Forsyth	3	1
New Brunswick	Mona Comeau	2	2
Prince Edward Island	Pauline Bruden	1	3
Nova Scotia	Marge Harris	0	4

Results

Draw 1

Tuesday, March 22 ^[12]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Forsyth)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	6
Quebec (Smith)	1	4	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	12

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Bruden)	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	7
Nova Scotia (Harris)	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	5

Draw 2

Tuesday, March 22 ^[13]

Team	Final
New Brunswick (Comeau)	10
Prince Edward Island (Bruden)	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Forsyth)	0	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	1	11
Nova Scotia (Harris)	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	7

Draw 3

Wednesday, March 23 ^[14]

Team	Final
Quebec (Smith)	8
Prince Edward Island (Bruden)	7

Team	Final
Nova Scotia (Harris)	4
New Brunswick (Comeau)	14

Draw 4

Wednesday, March 23 ^[15]

Team	Final
Quebec (Smith)	9
New Brunswick (Comeau)	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Forsyth)	1	2	2	0	0	2	3	0	2	0	12
Prince Edward Island (Bruden)	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	7

Draw 5

Thursday, March 24 ^[11]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Smith)	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	9
Nova Scotia (Harris)	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Forsyth)	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	9
New Brunswick (Comeau)	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	7

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