1976 Macdonald Lassies Championship

1976 Macdonald Lassies Championship
1976 Macdonald Lassies Championship
Host city	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Arena	Winnipeg Arena
Dates	February 28–March 5
Winner	British Columbia
Curling club	North Shore WC, North Vancouver
Skip	Lindsay Davie
Third	Dawn Knowles
Second	Robin Klassen
Lead	Lorraine Bowles
Finalist	Alberta (Gail Lee)
	« 1975 1977 »

Last updated January 11, 2026

The 1976 Macdonald Lassies Championship , the Canadian women's curling championship was held February 28 to March 5, 1976,^[1] at Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba.^[2] Despite a transit strike, attendance for the event exceeded 17,000.^[3]

Alberta and British Columbia both finished round robin play tied for first with 7–2 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff between the two teams. Team British Columbia, who was skipped by Lindsay Davie defeated Alberta 7–6 in the tiebreaker to capture the championship. This was BC's third title overall and their first since 1964. This would also be the first of three titles for Davie (later Sparkes) with the first two coming as a skip.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[4]

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba	New Brunswick	Newfoundland
Derrick CC, Edmonton Skip: Gail Lee Third: Jackie Spencer Second: Anne McGarvey Lead: Liz Gemmell	North Shore WC, North Vancouver Skip: Lindsay Davie Third: Dawn Knowles Second: Robin Klassen Lead: Lorraine Bowles	Souris Evening Ladies CC, Souris Skip: Joan Mogk Third: Jean Moffatt Second: Betty Devine Lead: Karen Anderson	Bathurst Ladies CC, Bathurst Skip: Anne Orser Third: Pat Maher Second: Elvera Kennah Lead: Ethel LePage	Carol CC, Labrador City Skip: Sue-Anne Bartlett Third: Patricia Dwyer Second: Frances Hiscock Lead: Mavis Pike
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island	Quebec	Saskatchewan
Dartmouth Ladies CC, Dartmouth Skip: Gwen Osborne Third: Liz Young Second: Nancy Margeson Lead: Barbara McKenzie	Recreation Association CC, Ottawa Skip: Dawn Ventura Third: Cathy Craig Second: Lorie Mackie Lead: Rhea Pilon	Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Diane Blanchard Third: Barbara McCurdy Second: Deborah Richard Lead: Sharon MacEwen	Glenmore CC, Dollard-des-Ormeaux Skip: Joan Gregory Third: Mary Beveridge Second: Barbara Brown Lead: Janice Loney	Weyburn Ladies CC, Weyburn Skip: Delores Miller Third: Gaby Kot Second: Margaret Woodard Lead: Jean Lowenberger

Map of teams

Lee

Davie

Mogk

Orser

Bartlett

Osborne

Ventura

Blanchard

Gregory

Miller

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Provincial Winners

Round robin standings

Final round robin standings^[4]

Key
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Province	Skip	W	L	PF	PA
Alberta	Gail Lee	7	2	72	53
British Columbia	Lindsay Davie	7	2	73	56
Ontario	Dawn Ventura	6	3	82	62
Saskatchewan	Delores Miller	6	3	66	70
Quebec	Joan Gregory	5	4	75	64
Manitoba	Joan Mogk	4	5	74	62
Newfoundland	Sue Anne Bartlett	4	5	68	62
Nova Scotia	Gwen Osborne	4	5	50	72
New Brunswick	Anne Orser	1	8	47	75
Prince Edward Island	Diane Blanchard	1	8	49	80

Round robin results

Draw 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
British Columbia (Davie)	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	8
Ontario (Ventura)	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Mogk)	3	1	3	2	0	4	X	X	X	X	13
Nova Scotia (Osborne)	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	1

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

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

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

Draw 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Blanchard)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	1
Newfoundland (Bartlett)	0	2	3	2	3	3	2	X	X	X	15

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Ventura)	0	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	3	X	11
Nova Scotia (Osborne)	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Orser)	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	X	6
Quebec (Gregory)	2	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	X	11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Miller)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	8
British Columbia (Davie)	0	0	1	0	4	0	3	0	0	5	13

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

Draw 3

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

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

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

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

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

Draw 4

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

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

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

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Miller)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	2
Ontario (Ventura)	2	0	5	1	0	1	2	2	X	X	13

Draw 5

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

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

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

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

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

Draw 6

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

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

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

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

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

Draw 7

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Davie)	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	1	X	8
New Brunswick (Orser)	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	X	5

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

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Osborne)	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	4	X	9
Quebec (Gregory)	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	X	5

Draw 8

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

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Davie)	0	2	0	1	0	3	2	0	3	2	13
Quebec (Gregory)	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	3	0	0	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Lee)	0	1	2	1	0	3	0	2	2	X	11
Nova Scotia (Osborne)	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	4

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

Draw 9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Davie)	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	3	X	11
Manitoba (Mogk)	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	6

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

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Gregory)	1	1	3	3	0	0	3	X	X	X	11
Saskatchewan (Miller)	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	X	X	X	3

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

Tiebreaker

^[5]

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

References

↑ "1976 MacDonald Lassie Coverage on CurlingZone - Everything Curling". curlingzone.com. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=QBJtjoHflPwC&dat=19760301&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Ottawa Citizen, March 1, 1976, pg 15
↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=QBJtjoHflPwC&dat=19760305&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Ottawa Citizen March 5, 1976, page 17
1 2 "1976 Macdonald Lassies". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC&dat=19760306&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Montreal Gazette, March 6, 1976, page 17

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[curlingzone-1] "1976 MacDonald Lassie Coverage on CurlingZone - Everything Curling". curlingzone.com. Retrieved 2017-02-26.

[2] ttps://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=QBJtjoHflPwC&dat=19760301&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Ottawa Citizen, March 1, 1976, pg 15

[3] ttps://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=QBJtjoHflPwC&dat=19760305&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Ottawa Citizen March 5, 1976, page 17

[1976Lassies-4] 1 2 "1976 Macdonald Lassies". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

[5] ttps://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC&dat=19760306&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Montreal Gazette, March 6, 1976, page 17

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