2017 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts

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2017 Jiffy Lube Alberta
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Host city St. Albert, Alberta
Arena St. Albert Curling Club
DatesJanuary 25–29
Winner Team Kleibrink
Curling club Okotoks Curling Club, Okotoks
Skip Shannon Kleibrink
Third Lisa Eyamie
Second Sarah Wilkes
Lead Alison Thiessen
Alternate Heather Nedohin
Finalist Val Sweeting
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The 2017 Jiffy Lube Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts , Alberta's provincial women's curling championship, was held from January 25 to 29 at the St. Albert Curling Club in St. Albert, Alberta. The winning Shannon Kleibrink team represented Alberta at the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in St. Catharines.

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The 2006 Winter Olympics bronze medallist Shannon Kleibrink and her Okotoks, Alberta-based team never trailed in the final game against Val Sweeting. It was Kleibrink's fifth career provincial championship, but the first for her teammates. Kleibrink had missed a few games due to a back injury following a routine work-out session [1] and was replaced by two-time Scotties champion Heather Nedohin. [2] For Sweeting, her loss in the final was the second time in a row, as she had lost to Chelsea Carey in the final of the 2016 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts. [3]

Organizers of the event were pleased with the turnout of the event. It was the first provincial Scotties to be held in St. Albert since 1984. [4]

Qualification Process

This is how the 12 teams qualified: [5]

Qualification MethodBerthsQualifying Team
CTRS leaders2 Val Sweeting
Casey Scheidegger
Alberta Tour2 Nadine Chyz
Shannon Kleibrink
Peace Region 2 Delia DeJong
Trisha James
Northern Alberta3 Holly Baird
Karynn Flory
Holly Scott
Southern Alberta3 Geri-Lynn Ramsay
Kalynn Virtue
Jodi Marthaller

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: [6]

SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateClub(s)
Holly Baird Pam Appelman Leslie Rogers Chana Martineau Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Nadine Chyz Heather Jensen Rebecca Konschuh Heather Rogers The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Delia DeJong Teryn Hamilton Amy Janko Megan Watchorn Sexsmith Curling Club, Sexsmith
Karynn Flory Richelle Nanninga Sydney Lewko Sarah Brown Avonair Curling Club, Edmonton
Trisha James Michelle Gnam Raeleigh Milner Chelsey Whitney Fairview Curling Club, Fairview
Shannon Kleibrink Lisa Eyamie Sarah Wilkes Alison Thiessen Heather Nedohin Okotoks Curling Club, Okotoks
Jodi Marthaller Tessa Ruetz Nicole Larson Valerie Ekelund Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge
Geri-Lynn Ramsay Jody McNabb Brittany Tran Claire Tully North Hill Curling Club, Calgary
Val Sweeting Lori Olson-Johns Dana Ferguson Rachelle Brown Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Casey Scheidegger Cary-Anne McTaggart Jessie Scheidegger Stephanie Enright Nikki Smith Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge
Holly Scott Megan Anderson Tara Lamoureux Trina Ball Melissa Pierce Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Kalynn Virtue Shana Snell Amanda Craigie Kaitlin Stubbs Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge

Knockout brackets

A Event

First Knockout Quarterfinals Semifinals A Qualifier
Val Sweeting 7
Holly Baird 13 Holly Baird 3
Karynn Flory 1 Val Sweeting 6
Geri-Lynn Ramsay 7 Geri-Lynn Ramsay 7
Trisha James 6 Nadine Chyz 7
Geri-Lynn Ramsay 9
Geri-Lynn Ramsay 6
Shannon Kleibrink 7
Shannon Kleibrink 5
Kalynn Virtue 6 Kalynn Virtue 4
Delia DeJong 5 Shannon Kleibrink 5
Jodi Marthaller 7 Jodi Marthaller 3
Holly Scott 6 Casey Scheidegger 3
Jodi Marthaller 6

B Event

Second Knockout Quarterfinals Semifinals B Qualifier
Nadine Chyz 10
Karynn Flory 3 Nadine Chyz 7
Jodi Marthaller 3
Nadine Chyz 6
Kalynn Virtue 5 Val Sweeting 8
Holly Scott 4 Kalynn Virtue 4
Val Sweeting 7
Val Sweeting 7
Casey Scheidegger 8 Casey Scheidegger 6
Delia DeJong 7 Casey Scheidegger 5
Holly Baird 7 Holly Baird 4
Trisha James 3 Casey Scheidegger 6
Geri-Lynn Ramsay 4

C Event

Third Knockout Semifinals C Qualifier 2
Karynn Flory 6
Holly Scott 8 Holly Scott 5
Geri-Lynn Ramsay 6
Geri-Lynn Ramsay 9
Holly Baird 8
Holly Baird 8
Nadine Chyz 6
Third Knockout Semifinals C Qualifier 2
Delia DeJong 9
Jodi Marthaller 4 Delia DeJong 2
Trisha James 5 Kalynn Virtue 6
Kalynn Virtue 7 Kalynn Virtue 6
Casey Scheidegger 8

Playoffs

Page playoff system SemifinalFinal
A Shannon Kleibrink 7A Shannon Kleibrink 6
B Val Sweeting 6B Val Sweeting 4
B Val Sweeting 5
C2 Casey Scheidegger 3
C1 Geri-Lynn Ramsay 5
C2 Casey Scheidegger 8

A vs B

Saturday, January 28, 6:30pm

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C1 vs C2

Saturday, January 28, 6:30pm

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Semifinal

Sunday, January 29, 11:00am

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Final

Sunday, January 29, 5:00 pm

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