Sport | Curling |
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Competition | Scotties Tournament of Hearts |
Awarded for | The player that most exemplified sportsmanship and dedication to curling during the annual Scotties Tournament of Hearts. |
History | |
First award | 1982 |
First winner | Carol Thompson |
Most wins | Sherry Anderson (4) |
Most recent | Danielle Inglis |
The Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award is the sportsmanship award at the annual Scotties Tournament of Hearts, held to crown the Canadian women's curling championship. [1] When Scott Paper took over sponsorship of the Canadian Women's Curling Championship in 1982, they decided to present an annual award for sportsmanship. From 1982 to 1997, the award had a different name each year, as the convention was to name the annual award after an individual from the host region who exemplified sportsmanship and dedication to curling. [1] In 1998, the decision was made to honour Marj Mitchell each year. Mitchell curled for Saskatchewan and captured the national and world championships in 1982. [1] Mitchell died of cancer in 1983.
Prior to 1998, the Sportsmanship award at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts was named after a notable individual in the curling community where the tournament was held that year.
Year | Player | Team | Award Name |
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1982 | Carol Thompson | Ontario | Joyce McKee Award |
1983 | Penny LaRocque | Nova Scotia | Ina Hansen Award |
1984 | Yvonne Smith | Ontario | Elizabeth MacDonald Award |
1985 | Cathy Dillon | Prince Edward Island | Lura McLuckie Award |
1986 | Mabel Thompson | Alberta | Jo Wallace Award |
1987 | Kim Duck | Ontario | Myrna McQuarrie Award |
1988 | Mary Baird | Nova Scotia | Caroline Ball Award |
1989 | Heidi Hanlon | New Brunswick | Sylvia Fedoruk Award |
1990 | Jackie-Rae Greening | Alberta | Lee Tobin Award |
1991 | Alison Goring | Canada | Vera Pezer Award |
1992 | Heidi Hanlon | New Brunswick | Joyce Myers Award |
1993 | Laurie Allen | Canada | Mabel Mitchell Award |
1994 | Patti McKnight | Ontario | Effie Hezzelwood Award |
1995 | Alison Goring | Ontario | Bob Stewart Award |
1996 | Stephanie Marchand | Quebec | Arline Wilson Award |
1997 | Alison Goring | Ontario | Diana Doe Award |
Starting in 1998, the Sportsmanship Award at the annual Scotties Tournament of Hearts was permanently renamed the Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award in honour of Mitchell, a Saskatchewan curler who died of cancer in 1983.
Year | Player | Team |
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1998 | Anne Merklinger | Ontario |
1999 | Jane Arseneau | New Brunswick |
2000 | Anne Merklinger | Ontario |
2001 | Jane Arseneau | New Brunswick |
2002 | Meredith Doyle | Nova Scotia |
2003 | Anne Dunn | Ontario |
2004 | Sherry Anderson | Saskatchewan |
2005 | Stefanie Richard | Prince Edward Island |
2006 | Kelly Scott | British Columbia |
2007 | Stefanie Clark | Prince Edward Island |
2008 | Stefanie Clark | Prince Edward Island |
2009 | Cori Bartel | Alberta |
2010 | Kelly Scott | British Columbia |
2011 | Cathy Overton-Clapham [2] | Manitoba |
2012 | Amanda Gates [3] | Ontario |
2013 | Sasha Carter [4] | British Columbia |
2014 | Sherry Anderson | Saskatchewan |
2015 | Sherry Anderson [5] | Saskatchewan |
2016 | Ashley Howard | Saskatchewan |
2017 | Kerry Galusha | Northwest Territories |
2018 | Sherry Anderson | Saskatchewan |
2019 | Sarah Potts [6] | Northern Ontario |
2020 | Rachelle Brown | Canada |
2021 | Laurie St-Georges [7] | Quebec |
2022 | Karlee Everist [8] | Nova Scotia |
2023 | Kerry Galusha [9] | Northwest Territories |
2024 | Danielle Inglis [10] | Ontario (Inglis) |
The Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the annual Canadian women's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada, formerly called the Canadian Curling Association. The winner goes on to represent Canada at the women's world curling championships. Since 1985, the winner also gets to return to the following year's tournament as "Team Canada". It is formally known as the "Canadian Women's Curling Championship".
Sherry Anderson is a Canadian curler from Delisle, Saskatchewan. She is a record three-time winner of the World Senior Curling Championships for Canada.
The 2000 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from February 19 to 27, 2000 at the CN Centre in Prince George, British Columbia. The total attendance for the week was 54,778.
The 1998 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from February 21 to March 1 at the Agridome in Regina, Saskatchewan. This was the last major tournament in which Sandra Schmirler participated in prior to her death in 2000. The total attendance for the week set a record 154,688 which broke the previous mark set in 1993 by exactly 66,666. As of 2023, this remains the attendance record for the event.
The 1985 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's curling championship, was held from February 23 to March 2, 1985 at the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The total attendance for the tournament was 18,203 people. This would be the first year in which the champion would automatically qualify to next year's tournament as Team Canada.
The 1997 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from February 22 to March 2, 1997 at the PNE Agrodome in Vancouver, British Columbia. The total attendance for the week was 35,390, which was the lowest since 1990.
The 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from January 30 to February 7 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Marjorie Mitchell was a Canadian curler. She was the skip for the winning team at the 1980 World Curling Championships, and the 1980 Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship, the forerunner to the Scott Tournament of Hearts. Mitchell died of cancer in 1983. The sportsmanship award at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts is called the Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award in her honour.
The 1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from February 27 to March 6, 1993 at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba. The total attendance for the week was a then-record 88,022, which broke the previous mark set in 1991 by over 15,000.
The 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from Saturday, February 18 to Sunday, February 26 at the ENMAX Centrium in Red Deer, Alberta. This Tournament of Hearts marked the second time that Red Deer has hosted the Scotties; the first time that the Scotties was hosted in Red Deer was in 2004.
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