1974 Macdonald Lassies Championship

1974 Macdonald Lassies Championship
1974 Macdonald Lassies Championship
Host city	Victoria, British Columbia
Arena	Victoria Memorial Arena
Dates	February 24–28
Attendance	25,024
Winner	Saskatchewan
Curling club	Nutana CC, Saskatoon
Skip	Emily Farnham
Third	Linda Saunders
Second	Pat McBeath
Lead	Donna Collins
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Last updated January 11, 2026

The 1974 Macdonald Lassies Championship , the Canadian women's curling championship was held February 24 to 28, 1974 at the Victoria Memorial Arena in Victoria, British Columbia.^[2] The attendance for the week was 25,024.^[1]

Team Saskatchewan, who was skipped by Emily Farnham won the event by finishing round robin play undefeated with a 9–0 record. This was Saskatchewan's sixth consecutive championship and seventh overall. This was the only national championship appearance for Farnham. The event capped a stellar season for the team, which won 120 out of 122 games, with one of their two losses coming against a men's team.^[3]

Saskatchewan's six consecutive championships set a record for the most consecutive championships by one province in either the men's and women's national championships surpassing Manitoba's five consecutive Brier championships from 1928 to 1932.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[4]

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba	New Brunswick	Newfoundland
St. Albert Ladies CC, St. Albert Skip: Marilyn Johnston Third: Elaine Souness Second: Irene Fielder Lead: Marie Schultheiss	Kelowna Ladies CC, Kelowna Skip: Marion Radcliffe Third: Karen Lovdahl Second: Phyliss McCrady Lead: Darlene Tucker	Portage CC, Portage la Prairie Skip: Merline Darbyshire Third: Marjorie Marsh Second: Pat McCaughan Lead: Susan Dahl	Capital WC, Fredericton Skip: Dorothy Sedgewick Third: Jean Greenbank Second: Mary McLellan Lead: Nancy Syroid	Carol CC, Labrador City Skip: Sue-Anne Bartlett Third: Ann Bright Second: Frances Hiscock Lead: Mavis Pike
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island	Quebec	Saskatchewan
Mayflower CC, Halifax Skip: Joyce Myers Third: Sharon Horne Second: Penny LaRocque Lead: Vickie Noseworthy	RA Centre, Ottawa Skip: Dawn Ventura Third: Alma Milikin Second: Sharon Skinner Lead: Joyce Potter	Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Marie Toole Third: Cathy Dillon Second: Jeannie Boomhower Lead: Pauline Johnston	Lachine CC, Lachine Skip: Frida Payson Third: Margaret Wilkinson Second: Margaret Earle Lead: Eleanor Weldon	Nutana CC, Saskatoon Skip: Emily Farnham Third: Linda Saunders Second: Pat McBeath Lead: Donna Collins

Map of teams

Myers

Ventura

Toole

Payson

Farnham

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Provincial Winners

Round Robin Standings

Final round robin standings^[4]

Key
	Lassies champion

Province	Skip	W	L	PF	PA
Saskatchewan	Emily Farnham	9	0	89	43
Prince Edward Island	Marie Toole	7	2	78	64
British Columbia	Marion Radcliffe	6	3	70	62
Ontario	Dawn Ventura	6	3	82	67
Newfoundland	Sue Anne Bartlett	5	4	68	69
Alberta	Marilyn Johnston	5	4	69	58
Quebec	Frida Payson	3	6	67	91
Nova Scotia	Joyce Myers	2	7	71	77
Manitoba	Merline Darbyshire	2	7	52	79
New Brunswick	Dorothy Sedgewick	0	9	56	92

Round Robin results

Draw 1

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Payson)	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	7
Alberta (Johnston)	3	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	X	11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Radcliffe)	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	X	7
Manitoba (Darbyshire)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	4

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Myers)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	X	6
Ontario (Ventura)	2	1	0	3	0	4	4	0	0	X	14

Draw 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Farnham)	2	0	6	0	1	1	1	3	X	X	14
Quebec (Payson)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	3

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Bartlett)	1	3	0	3	0	0	1	2	2	X	12
Manitoba (Darbyshire)	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Toole)	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	X	11
Nova Scotia (Myers)	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	X	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Sedgewick)	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	8
Ontario (Ventura)	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	2	3	11

Draw 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Farnham)	3	0	5	2	0	1	0	2	X	X	13
Newfoundland (Bartlett)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Prince Edward Island (Toole)	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	7
Alberta (Johnston)	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Payson)	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	X	8
Ontario (Ventura)	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	X	10

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

Draw 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Radcliffe)	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	8
Newfoundland (Bartlett)	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alberta (Johnston)	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	6
Ontario (Ventura)	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Quebec (Payson)	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	8
Manitoba (Darbyshire)	1	0	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	9

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

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

Draw 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Johnston)	1	1	0	3	4	0	X	X	X	X	9
Manitoba (Darbyshire)	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Toole)	2	0	3	2	0	0	2	1	1	X	11
British Columbia (Radcliffe)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	X	3

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

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

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

Draw 6

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

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

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Darbyshire)	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	4
Ontario (Ventura)	1	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	X	12

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
British Columbia (Radcliffe)	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	9
Nova Scotia (Myers)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	8

Draw 7

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

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

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

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

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

Draw 8

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Johnston)	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	6
Newfoundland (Bartlett)	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Myers)	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	X	8
Quebec (Payson)	4	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	0	X	11

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Sedgewick)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	X	X	5
Manitoba (Darbyshire)	2	0	2	0	4	0	3	0	X	X	11

Draw 9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Radcliffe)	3	1	3	1	1	0	2	2	X	X	13
Quebec (Payson)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	X	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Farnham)	1	3	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	X	10
Ontario (Ventura)	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	X	7

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

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Johnston)	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	11
New Brunswick (Sedgewick)	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	10

References

1 2 Ottawa Citizen, March 1, 1974, pg 19, "It's (?) Saskatchewan again"
↑ Victoria Victorian , 30 Jan 1974, pg 66. "Lots of lassies to sweep into Victoria for the 'Lassie'"
↑ "Team Farnham's friendship rooted in '74 championship - Curling Canada – 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts". Archived from the original on 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
1 2 "1974 Macdonald Lassies". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

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[attendance-1] 1 2 Ottawa Citizen, March 1, 1974, pg 19, "It's (?) Saskatchewan again"

[2] Victoria Victorian , 30 Jan 1974, pg 66. "Lots of lassies to sweep into Victoria for the 'Lassie'"

[3] "Team Farnham's friendship rooted in '74 championship - Curling Canada – 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts". Archived from the original on 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2019-02-19.

[1974Lassies-4] 1 2 "1974 Macdonald Lassies". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

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