1966 Diamond D Championship

1966 Diamond "D" Championship
1966 Diamond "D" Championship
Host city	North Vancouver, British Columbia
Arena	Capilano Winter Club
Dates	February 28 – March 3
Winner	Alberta
Curling club	Crestwood CC, Edmonton
Skip	Gail Lee
Third	Hazel Jamison
Second	Sharon Harrington
Lead	June Coyle
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Last updated September 17, 2024

The 1966 Diamond "D" Championship the Canadian women's curling championship was held from February 28 to March 3, 1966 at the Capilano Winter Club in North Vancouver, British Columbia.^[1]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[4]^[5]

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba	New Brunswick	Newfoundland
Crestwood CC, Edmonton Skip: Gail Lee Third: Hazel Jamison Second: Sharon Harrington Lead: June Coyle	Vancouver CC, Vancouver Skip: Margaret Cooke Third: Eva Glover Second: Ruth Hebert Lead: Marion Ellison	Dauphin CC, Dauphin Skip: Joyce Beek Third: Ruth McMillan Second: Margaret Davis Lead: Gayle White	Bathurst CC, Bathurst Skip: Shirley Pilson Third: Anne Orser Second: Helen Gammon Lead: Geraldine Lenihan	Grand Falls CC, Grand Falls Skip: Violet Pike Third: Gladys Clarke Second: Caroline Ball Lead: Joanne Goodyear
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island	Quebec	Saskatchewan
Halifax Ladies CC, Halifax Skip: Irene Snow Third: Jean Nickerson Second: Helen Duffus Lead: Ruth Lewis	Kenora CC, Kenora Skip: June Shaw Third: Shirley Wiebe Second: Dorothy Holmgren Lead: Joan LeCain	RCAF Summerside CC, Summerside Skip: Kay Hoare Third: Lila Tucker Second: Diane Stark Lead: Muriel Thomas	Port Alfred CC, Port-Alfred Skip: Nicole Janelle Third: Roma Jean Second: Paulette Janelle Lead: Maurie Gagnon	Delisle CC, Delisle Skip: Barbara MacNevin Third: Fay Coben Second: Florence Hill Lead: Avis Carr

Map of teams

Lee

Cooke

Beek

Pilson

Pike

Snow

Shaw

Hoare

Janelle

MacNevin

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Provincial Winners

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin standings^[5]

Key
	Diamond D champion

Province	Skip	W	L	PF	PA
Alberta	Gail Lee	9	0	93	52
Saskatchewan	Barbara MacNevin	7	2	85	58
British Columbia	Margaret Cooke	6	3	84	80
Ontario	June Shaw	5	4	79	75
Quebec	Nicole Janelle	5	4	74	76
Manitoba	Joyce Beek	4	5	79	68
Nova Scotia	Irene Snow	3	6	67	84
Newfoundland	Violet Pike	2	7	68	81
Prince Edward Island	Kay Hoare	2	7	51	92
New Brunswick	Shirley Pilson	2	7	71	85

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Pacific Standard Time (UTC−08:00).^[5]

Draw 1

Monday, February 28, 2:30 pm^[6]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Beek)	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	5
Alberta (Lee)	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Hoare)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	4
Ontario (Shaw)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	9

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Pilson)	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	10
Nova Scotia (Snow)	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
British Columbia (Cooke)	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	10
Quebec (Janelle)	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	9

Draw 2

Monday, February 28, 8:00 pm^[6]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Janelle)	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	6
Nova Scotia (Snow)	0	2	3	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (MacNevin)	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	9
New Brunswick (Pilson)	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Shaw)	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	5
Alberta (Lee)	0	3	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Cooke)	1	0	0	2	1	0	4	0	1	1	10
Manitoba (Beek)	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Hoare)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	2
Newfoundland (Pike)	2	1	2	0	1	1	2	1	2	X	12

Draw 3

Tuesday, March 1, 9:00 am^[7]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Cooke)	1	4	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	4	14
Ontario (Shaw)	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	1	1	0	9

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

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Pilson)	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	7
Alberta (Lee)	2	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (MacNevin)	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	5
Quebec (Janelle)	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	X	9

Draw 4

Tuesday, March 1, 8:00 pm^[7]

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Beek)	1	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	7
Quebec (Janelle)	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	9

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Saskatchewan (MacNevin)	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	8
Ontario (Shaw)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	7

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

Draw 5

Wednesday, March 2, 9:00 am^[8]

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Janelle)	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	6
Alberta (Lee)	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	14

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Beek)	1	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	8
Ontario (Shaw)	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (MacNevin)	2	2	2	2	0	3	0	1	1	X	13
Prince Edward Island (Hoare)	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	3

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

Draw 6

Wednesday, March 2, 2:30 pm^[8]

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

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Cooke)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	4
Saskatchewan (MacNevin)	1	0	1	0	4	3	0	4	0	X	13

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Lee)	1	2	1	0	4	4	0	0	1	X	13
Prince Edward Island (Hoare)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Beek)	1	0	2	0	3	1	1	1	0	2	11
New Brunswick (Pilson)	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	8

Draw 7

Wednesday, March 2, 8:00 pm^[8]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Hoare)	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	6
Quebec (Janelle)	0	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	3	11

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

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
British Columbia (Cooke)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	2	0	2	11
Newfoundland (Pike)	1	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Beek)	1	1	0	3	1	0	4	4	0	X	14
Nova Scotia (Snow)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	X	4

Draw 8

Thursday, March 3, 9:00 am^[9]

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

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (MacNevin)	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	3	1	11
Manitoba (Beek)	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Pilson)	3	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	8
Prince Edward Island (Hoare)	0	1	3	2	0	1	0	1	2	1	11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Shaw)	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	2	11
Quebec (Janelle)	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	6

Draw 9

Thursday, March 3, 8:00 pm^[9]

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Pilson)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5
Quebec (Janelle)	1	0	0	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
British Columbia (Cooke)	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	3	1	0	10
Alberta (Lee)	0	1	0	4	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	11

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Beek)	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	2	1	0	10
Prince Edward Island (Hoare)	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	6

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References

↑ "Brier Win Inspired Girls". Vancouver Sun. March 4, 1966. p. 25. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
↑ 1966 Diamond 'D' Ladies Championship - Curlingzone
↑ "Canadian Women Records". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
↑ "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.
1 2 3 "1966 Diamond D Curling Championship". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
1 2 "East to try again". The Vancouver Province. Newspapers.com. February 28, 1966. p. 13. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
1 2 Wild, Roland (March 1, 1966). "Marg Cooke rink survives shock". The Vancouver Province. Newspapers.com. p. 15. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
1 2 3 Wild, Roland (March 2, 1966). "B.C., Alberta level after four rounds". The Vancouver Province. Newspapers.com. p. 17. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
1 2 Wild, Roland. "Alberta the gems in big Diamond D". The Vancouver Province. Newspapers.com. p. 12. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

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[1] "Brier Win Inspired Girls". Vancouver Sun. March 4, 1966. p. 25. Retrieved January 30, 2022.

[2] 1966 Diamond 'D' Ladies Championship - Curlingzone

[3] "Canadian Women Records". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

[teams-4] "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.

[1966DiamondD-5] 1 2 3 "1966 Diamond D Curling Championship". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

[monday-6] 1 2 "East to try again". The Vancouver Province. Newspapers.com. February 28, 1966. p. 13. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

[tuesday-7] 1 2 Wild, Roland (March 1, 1966). "Marg Cooke rink survives shock". The Vancouver Province. Newspapers.com. p. 15. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

[wednesday-8] 1 2 3 Wild, Roland (March 2, 1966). "B.C., Alberta level after four rounds". The Vancouver Province. Newspapers.com. p. 17. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

[thursday-9] 1 2 Wild, Roland. "Alberta the gems in big Diamond D". The Vancouver Province. Newspapers.com. p. 12. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

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