1960 Diamond D Championship

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1960 Diamond "D" Championship
Host city Oshawa, Ontario
ArenaOshawa Curling rink
DatesMarch 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]

Contents

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

Team123456789101112Final
West (McKee)10034030000011
East (Smith)0100010010003

Game 2

Team12345678910Final
West (McKee)03030002008
East (Smith)10100200105

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]

AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaSaskatchewan
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 MacFarlane
Second: Isabel Phillips
Lead: Ruth McConnell

Saskatoon

Skip: Joyce McKee
Third: Sylvia Fedoruk
Second: Donna Belding
Lead: Muriel Coben

Standings

ProvinceSkipWL
Saskatchewan Joyce McKee 51
Alberta Dorothy Thompson 42
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba Isabelle Ketchen 24
British Columbia Irene Fraser 15

Results

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

Draw 1

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

Team123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Ketchen)1103100101018
Saskatchewan (McKee)0020013010007
Team123456789101112Final
Alberta (Thompson)01020430303X16
British Columbia (Fraser)30101003020X10
Draw 2

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

Team123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Ketchen)0020001000XX3
Alberta (Thompson)3106220411XX20
Team123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (McKee)20221202000011
British Columbia (Fraser)0100001010227
Draw 3

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

Team123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Ketchen)10110300212011
British Columbia (Fraser)0200202100018
Team123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (McKee)1011021200008
Alberta (Thompson)0100100021117
Draw 4

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

Team123456789101112Final
British Columbia (Fraser)01001020010X5
Alberta (Thompson)20120101301X11
Team123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (McKee)3001201110009
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Ketchen)0130010001118
Draw 5

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

Team123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Ketchen)03020011010X8
Alberta (Thompson)10203200206X16
Team123456789101112Final
Saskatchewan (McKee)01200220104X12
British Columbia (Fraser)00012001010X5
Draw 6

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

Team123456789101112Final
Flag of Manitoba (1905).svg  Manitoba (Ketchen)0110101003018
British Columbia (Fraser)50010302201014
Team123456789101112Final
Alberta (Thompson)20302010201011
Saskatchewan (McKee)03030401010214

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

ProvinceSkipWL
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec Ruth Smith 40
Ontario Elsie Forsyth 31
New Brunswick Mona Comeau 22
Prince Edward Island Pauline Bruden 13
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia Marge Harris 04

Results

Draw 1

Tuesday, March 22 [12]

Team12345678910Final
Ontario (Forsyth)00020101206
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Smith)141020200212
Team12345678910Final
Prince Edward Island (Bruden)11101000307
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Harris)00010111015
Draw 2

Tuesday, March 22 [13]

TeamFinal
New Brunswick (Comeau)10
Prince Edward Island (Bruden)6
Team12345678910Final
Ontario (Forsyth)030024001111
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Harris)10110022007
Draw 3

Wednesday, March 23 [14]

TeamFinal
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Smith)8
Prince Edward Island (Bruden)7
TeamFinal
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Harris)4
New Brunswick (Comeau)14
Draw 4

Wednesday, March 23 [15]

TeamFinal
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Smith)9
New Brunswick (Comeau)8
Team12345678910Final
Ontario (Forsyth)122002302012
Prince Edward Island (Bruden)00041001017
Draw 5

Thursday, March 24 [11]

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Smith)11003001039
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Harris)00110220208
Team12345678910Final
Ontario (Forsyth)00131003109
New Brunswick (Comeau)22000110017

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