1963 Diamond D Championship

1963 Diamond "D" Championship
1963 Diamond "D" Championship
Host city	Saint John, New Brunswick
Arena	St. Andrew's Curling Club
Dates	February 25–28
Winner	New Brunswick
Curling club	Beaver CC, Moncton
Skip	Mabel DeWare
Third	Harriet Stratton
Second	Forbis Stevenson
Lead	Marjorie Fraser
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Last updated September 17, 2024

The 1963 Diamond "D" Championship the Canadian women's curling championship was held from February 25 to 28, 1963 at the St. Andrew's Curling Club ^[1] in Saint John, New Brunswick.

Team New Brunswick, who was skipped by Mabel DeWare won the event by finishing the round robin with an 8-1 record. This was New Brunswick's first championship.^[2] As of 2023, DeWare's rink is the only New Brunswick rink has won a Canadian women's curling championship. This was also the first time in which a team won the championship on their home soil.

British Columbia and Ontario finished tied for second with 7-2 records, necessitating a tiebreaker between the two teams to determine the runner-up. British Columbia won runner-up as they defeated Ontario 6-4. This was also the first tiebreaker that was scheduled for 10 ends as the previous tiebreakers in 1961 were scheduled for 12 ends.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[3]^[4]

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba	New Brunswick	Newfoundland
Calgary WC, Calgary Skip: Vera Reed Third: Bernie McKenzie Second: Phyllis Crist Lead: Irene Halverson	Kimberley CC, Kimberley Skip: Ina Hansen Third: Ada Calles Second: Isabel Leith Lead: May Shaw	Bethany CC, Bethany Skip: Irene Burton Third: Marjorie Parrott Second: Evelyn Boyd Lead: Margaret Storey	Beaver CC, Moncton Skip: Mabel DeWare Third: Harriet Stratton Second: Forbis Stevenson Lead: Marjorie Fraser	Grand Falls CC, Grand Falls Skip: Violet Pike Third: Margaret Ryan Second: Joan Baker Lead: Ruby Tittemore
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island	Quebec	Saskatchewan
Mayflower CC, Halifax Skip: Shirley Robertson Third: Marlene Mullenger Second: Ada Matheson Lead: Molly Nelson	Granite CC, Toronto Skip: Emily Woolley Third: Dadie Smith Second: Jane Clark Lead: Mary Mills	RCAF Summerside CC, Summerside Skip: Fern Seel Third: Bernice Cook Second: Kay Hoare Lead: Elsie Farquhar	Royal Montreal CC, Montreal Skip: Inez Kerr Third: Phyllis Campbell Second: Grace Pratt Lead: Mary Gordon	Moose Jaw CC, Moose Jaw Skip: Mildred Binner Third: Velma Starrak Second: Peggy Johnson Lead: Jean Balderston

Map of teams

Reed

Hansen

Burton

DeWare

Pike

Robertson

Woolley

Seel

Kerr

Binner

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Provincial Winners

Round robin standings

Source: ^[5]

Key
	Diamond D champion
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Province	Skip	W	L	PF	PA
New Brunswick	Mabel DeWare	8	1	102	52
British Columbia	Ina Hansen	7	2	90	47
Ontario	Emily Wooley	7	2	94	49
Alberta	Vera Reed	6	3	79	58
Quebec	Inez Kerr	4	5	76	85
Nova Scotia	Shirley Robertson	4	5	68	75
Saskatchewan	Mildred Binner	4	5	64	78
Prince Edward Island	Fern Seel	3	6	65	98
Newfoundland	Violet Pike	1	8	50	94
Manitoba	Irene Burton	1	8	44	96

Round robin results

Source: ^[5]

Draw 1

Monday, February 25^[1]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Seel)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	2
New Brunswick (DeWare)	3	1	0	2	2	1	1	2	2	X	14

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Binner)	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	7
Ontario (Wooley)	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Reed)	2	1	2	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	10
Quebec (Kerr)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Burton)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	4
Nova Scotia (Robertson)	2	0	2	2	1	0	1	3	0	1	12

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Pike)	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	6
British Columbia (Hansen)	0	1	4	2	0	2	0	3	0	1	13

Draw 2

Monday, February 25^[1]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Robinson)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	4
Alberta (Reed)	1	0	3	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Seel)	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	X	5
British Columbia (Hansen)	1	0	4	0	0	3	3	1	1	X	13

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Pike)	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	8
Manitoba (Burton)	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Kerr)	1	1	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	1	10
Saskatchewan (Binner)	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
New Brunswick (DeWare)	4	1	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	13
Ontario (Wooley)	0	0	1	0	6	0	3	0	3	0	1	14

Draw 3

Tuesday, February 26^[6]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Binner)	2	0	4	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	12
Newfoundland (Pike)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (DeWare)	2	0	1	4	3	1	0	3	0	X	14
Quebec (Kerr)	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	X	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Wooley)	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	3	X	12
Nova Scotia (Robinson)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Hansen)	2	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	10
Alberta (Reed)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Burton)	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	2	11
Prince Edward Island (Seel)	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	7

Draw 4

Tuesday, February 26^[6]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Kerr)	4	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	1	X	12
Manitoba (Burton)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Pike)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	4
Ontario (Wooley)	0	2	1	3	0	0	3	0	3	X	12

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (DeWare)	0	0	1	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	9
British Columbia (Hansen)	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Seel)	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	6
Nova Scotia (Robinson)	0	0	2	0	4	1	2	3	2	X	14

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Reed)	0	3	0	1	3	0	2	0	1	0	10
Saskatchewan (Binner)	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	7

Draw 5

Tuesday, February 26^[6]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Wooley)	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	X	7
Alberta (Reed)	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	3	0	X	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Hansen)	3	3	4	2	1	1	1	1	X	X	16
Manitoba (Burton)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Binner)	0	2	0	2	6	1	0	0	0	1	12
Prince Edward Island (Seel)	1	0	3	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Pike)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	X	4
New Brunswick (DeWare)	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	X	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Nova Scotia (Robinson)	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	10
Quebec (Kerr)	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	1	0	0	3	13

Draw 6

Wednesday, February 27^[7]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Burton)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1
Ontario (Wooley)	2	1	2	1	1	0	3	2	1	X	13

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (DeWare)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	X	8
Alberta (Reed)	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Binner)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
British Columbia (Hansen)	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Seel)	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	2	10
Quebec (Kerr)	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Pike)	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	5
Nova Scotia (Robinson)	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	X	8

Draw 7

Wednesday, February 27^[7]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Wooley)	0	3	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	X	9
British Columbia (Hansen)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Reed)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	X	5
Prince Edward Island (Seel)	0	1	2	0	4	0	4	1	0	X	12

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Burton)	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	6
Saskatchewan (Binner)	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Robinson)	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	X	6
New Brunswick (DeWare)	0	1	3	0	3	0	3	0	0	X	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Quebec (Kerr)	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	3	0	1	10
Newfoundland (Pike)	0	1	0	2	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	9

Draw 8

Thursday, February 28^[8]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Reed)	3	3	0	2	0	4	1	0	1	X	14
Newfoundland (Pike)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Binner)	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	7
Nova Scotia (Robinson)	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Hansen)	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	2	2	X	12
Quebec (Kerr)	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	X	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Seel)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	3
Ontario (Wooley)	0	1	2	2	2	1	3	3	0	X	14

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (DeWare)	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	9
Manitoba (Burton)	2	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	7

Draw 9

Thursday, February 28^[8]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (DeWare)	2	1	0	1	1	1	4	4	1	X	15
Saskatchewan (Binner)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Robinson)	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
British Columbia (Hansen)	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Burton)	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	X	4
Alberta (Reed)	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	4	2	X	12

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Pike)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	X	6
Prince Edward Island (Seel)	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	4	0	X	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Wooley)	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	7
Quebec (Kerr)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	5

Tiebreaker

Friday, March 1^[9]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Hansen)	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	X	6
Ontario (Wooley)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	X	4

Records

This event set or tied several scoring records of which have either been tied or still stand as of 2023.^[10]

Ontario's 14-13 victory over eventual champion New Brunswick in Draw 2 set the record the most combined points scored between two teams in a single game (27). This record was later tied in 1967 and still has not been surpassed since.
Draw 5 saw the following records set or tied:
- British Columbia's 16-0 win over Manitoba was the first time that a team scored a shutout in the Canadian women's championship. To date, the 16 points scored by British Columbia is the most points ever scored by a winning team in a shutout.
- Saskatchewan's steal of 6 points in the fifth end tied the record for most stolen points scored in a single end. This also occurred in 1961 and has been matched four other times since (most recently in 2019).
- Quebec's 7 points in the sixth end against Nova Scotia set the record for most points scored in a single end. This record has since been matched three times (1972, 2020, and 2023).

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↑ 1963 Diamond 'D' Ladies Championship - Curlingzone
↑ "2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. pp. 104, 107, 111, 114, 117, 122, 126, 129, 132, 135. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-04-05. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
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1 2 "Moncton Rink Clinches Title". Edmonton Journal. newspapers.com. March 1, 1963. p. 10. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
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↑ "Canadian Women Records". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

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[Monday-1] 1 2 3 "Reed and Hansen to Tangle Today". Edmonton Journal. newspapers.com. February 26, 1963. p. 7. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

[2] 1963 Diamond 'D' Ladies Championship - Curlingzone

[teams-3] "2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. pp. 104, 107, 111, 114, 117, 122, 126, 129, 132, 135. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-04-05. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[4] 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide, 1961-2016 Player Appearances

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[Tuesday-6] 1 2 3 "Hansen Loses Match, Then Scores Shutout". Edmonton Journal. newspapers.com. February 27, 1963. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[Wednesday-7] 1 2 "New Brunswick Dark Horse Zeroes in on Curling Title". Edmonton Journal. newspapers.com. February 28, 1963. p. 7. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[Thursday-8] 1 2 "Moncton Rink Clinches Title". Edmonton Journal. newspapers.com. March 1, 1963. p. 10. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[9] "Hansen Takes Second Spot". Victoria Times-Colonist. newspapers.com. March 1, 1963. p. 10. Retrieved 18 June 2022.

[10] "Canadian Women Records". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

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1963 Diamond D Championship

Contents

Teams

Map of teams

Round robin standings

Round robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Draw 8

Draw 9

Tiebreaker

Records

Related Research Articles

References