1973 Macdonald Lassies Championship

1973 Macdonald Lassies Championship
1973 Macdonald Lassies Championship
Host city	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Arena	Charlottetown Curling Club
Dates	February 26–March 2
Winner	Saskatchewan
Curling club	Sutherland Ladies CC, Saskatoon
Skip	Vera Pezer
Third	Sheila Rowan
Second	Joyce McKee
Lead	Lee Morrison
Finalist	Manitoba (Joan Ingram)
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Last updated July 28, 2025

The 1973 Macdonald Lassies Championship , the Canadian women's curling championship was held February 26 to March 2 at the Charlottetown Curling Club ^[1] in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.^[2]

Manitoba and Saskatchewan both finished round robin play tied for first with 8–1 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff between the two teams. Team Saskatchewan, who was skipped by Vera Pezer defeated Manitoba in the tiebreaker 6–4 to capture the championship. Saskatchewan defeated Manitoba in the final draw 7–5 in an extra end to force the tiebreaker.

It was the sixth overall title for Saskatchewan and their fifth in a row. This was also the third straight title for the Pezer rink, becoming the first rink to win three straight championships. After the win, the team decided to retire from competitive curling.^[3]

The Nova Scotia rink finished winless for the second time in three years and became the fourth rink to accomplish the dubious feat. Nova Scotia only scored 37 points, setting a then-record for fewest points scored in a single tournament. This broke the previous mark of 43 also set by Nova Scotia in 1971.

Teams

The teams were as follows:^[4]

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba	New Brunswick	Newfoundland
Thistle Ladies CC, Edmonton Skip: Betty Cole Third: Shirley Fisk Second: Bonnie Cessford Lead: Sharon Grey	Nanaimo Ladies CC, Nanaimo Skip: Karin Kaese Third: Shannon Blackburn Second: Loretto Ahlstrom Lead: Donna Dunn	Fort Garry Business Girls CC, Winnipeg Skip: Joan Ingram Third: Lorraine Bradawaski Second: Dorothy Rose Lead: Jackie Tinney	Capital WC, Fredericton Skip: Sheila McLeod Third: Lois Walker Second: Agnes Freeze Lead: Isabelle Lougheed	St. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Ann Bowering Third: Joan Pope Second: Jean Burden Lead: Chris Cathcart
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island	Quebec	Saskatchewan
Dartmouth Ladies CC, Dartmouth Skip: Elizabeth Hodgins Third: Faye Thornham Second: Marjorie White Lead: Shelaugh Thomson	Arnprior CC, Arnprior Skip: Isobel Munro ^[5] Third: Thelma Lindsay Second: Geraldine Macklem Lead: Vyvienne Johnston	Crapaud Community CC, Crapaud Skip: Elayne Thompson Third: Ruth Cutcliffe Second: Louise Thompson Lead: Frances Roberts	Montreal Caledonia CC, Westmount Skip: Lee Tobin Third: Francine Collison Second: Marilyn Hone Lead: Michelle Garneau	Sutherland Ladies CC, Saskatoon Skip: Vera Pezer Third: Sheila Rowan Second: Joyce McKee Lead: Lee Morrison

Map of teams

Cole

Kaese

Ingram

McLeod

Bowering

Hodgins

Munro

Thompson

Tobin

Pezer

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Provincial Winners

Round Robin Standings

Final round robin standings^[4]

Key
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Province	Skip	W	L	PF	PA
Saskatchewan	Vera Pezer	8	1	69	50
Manitoba	Joan Ingram	8	1	76	48
Alberta	Betty Cole	6	3	86	49
British Columbia	Karin Kaese	6	3	89	70
Ontario	Isobel Munro	6	3	90	67
Prince Edward Island	Elayne Thompson	5	4	69	73
Quebec	Lee Tobin	3	6	53	66
Newfoundland	Ann Bowering	2	7	51	84
New Brunswick	Sheila McLeod	1	8	63	86
Nova Scotia	Elizabeth Hodgins	0	9	37	90

Round Robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-04:00).^[4]^[6]

Draw 1

Monday, February 26, 2:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Tobin)	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	X	5
British Columbia (Kaese)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	X	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Cole)	0	3	2	0	0	3	1	1	1	X	11
Newfoundland (Bowering)	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Thompson)	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	5	1	X	12
New Brunswick (McLeod)	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	X	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Hodgins)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2
Manitoba (Ingram)	0	1	1	2	0	1	2	0	3	X	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Munro)	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	X	8
Saskatchewan (Pezer)	3	0	0	3	3	0	3	2	0	X	14

Draw 2

Monday, February 26, 8:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Thompson)	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	2	1	X	10
Quebec (Tobin)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	X	3

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Kaese)	0	3	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	11
New Brunswick (McLeod)	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Munro)	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	5	0	3	14
Nova Scotia (Hodgins)	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Saskatchewan (Pezer)	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6
Alberta (Cole)	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	5

Draw 3

Tuesday, February 27, 2:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Cole)	3	1	2	3	0	3	0	0	2	X	14
New Brunswick (McLeod)	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	X	4

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

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Munro)	2	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	X	X	10
Newfoundland (Bowering)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Kaese)	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	8
Manitoba (Ingram)	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	11

Draw 4

Tuesday, February 27, 8:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (McLeod)	3	2	3	2	1	3	X	X	X	X	14
Nova Scotia (Hodgins)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	0

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Ingram)	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	0	X	7
Quebec (Tobin)	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	4

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

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

Draw 5

Wednesday, February 28, 9:30 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Kaese)	0	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	10
Ontario (Munro)	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Pezer)	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	X	6
Nova Scotia (Hodgins)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	X	5

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Thompson)	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	9
Newfoundland (Bowering)	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Quebec (Tobin)	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	7
New Brunswick (McLeod)	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	6

Draw 6

Wednesday, February 28, 2:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Kaese)	0	0	5	1	0	0	4	3	X	X	13
Newfoundland (Bowering)	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	X	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Thompson)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	8
Saskatchewan (Pezer)	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Ingram)	0	2	0	0	2	5	0	3	0	X	12
New Brunswick (McLeod)	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	X	6

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Cole)	2	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	X	10
Nova Scotia (Hodgins)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1

Draw 7

Wednesday, February 28, 8:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Kaese)	4	0	1	0	3	0	2	3	0	X	13
Nova Scotia (Hodgins)	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	X	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Ingram)	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	4	X	10
Ontario (Munro)	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	X	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Pezer)	0	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	3	X	10
New Brunswick (McLeod)	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Cole)	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	4	1	1	14
Prince Edward Island (Thompson)	1	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Tobin)	0	4	2	5	0	2	X	X	X	X	13
Newfoundland (Bowering)	1	0	0	0	3	0	X	X	X	X	4

Draw 8

Thursday, March 1, 2:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Munro)	0	3	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	X	11
New Brunswick (McLeod)	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	X	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Ingram)	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	X	8
Prince Edward Island (Thompson)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Cole)	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	X	10
Quebec (Tobin)	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	X	3

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

Draw 9

Thursday, March 1, 8:00 pm

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

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

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Cole)	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	3	13
British Columbia (Kaese)	1	0	2	0	1	3	1	0	2	0	10

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

Tiebreaker

Friday, March 2, 9:30 am^[7]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Pezer)	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	6
Manitoba (Ingram)	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	4

References

↑ Ottawa Journal , 3 Mar 1973, pg 17, "Saskatchewan continues reign as ladies' champs
↑ Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , 9 Feb 1973, pg 16, "Pezer crew wins provincial honor" (sic)
↑ Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , 3 Mar 1973, pg 31, "Champs call it quits"
1 2 3 "1973 Macdonald Lassies". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
↑ "Arnprior, Ont. curling icon celebrates 98 years". Ottawa. 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
↑ Schnobb, Marcel (February 26, 1973). "Arnprior faces tough Saskatoon rink". The Ottawa Journal. Newspapers.com. p. 17. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
↑ "Pezer retains Lassie curling title". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Newspapers.com. March 3, 1973. p. 30. Retrieved 12 April 2023.

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[1] Ottawa Journal , 3 Mar 1973, pg 17, "Saskatchewan continues reign as ladies' champs

[2] Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , 9 Feb 1973, pg 16, "Pezer crew wins provincial honor" (sic)

[3] Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , 3 Mar 1973, pg 31, "Champs call it quits"

[archive-4] 1 2 3 "1973 Macdonald Lassies". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 12 April 2023.

[5] "Arnprior, Ont. curling icon celebrates 98 years". Ottawa. 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2024-08-29.

[draw-6] Schnobb, Marcel (February 26, 1973). "Arnprior faces tough Saskatoon rink". The Ottawa Journal. Newspapers.com. p. 17. Retrieved 12 April 2023.

[7] "Pezer retains Lassie curling title". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Newspapers.com. March 3, 1973. p. 30. Retrieved 12 April 2023.

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