Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts | |
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Established | 2008 |
2024 host city | Little Current |
2024 arena | NEMI Recreation Complex |
2024 champion | Krista McCarville |
Current edition | |
The Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the provincial women's championships of curling in Northern Ontario, Canada. Beginning with the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the winning team has a direct entry to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship.
In 2008, following the formation of the Northern Ontario Curling Association (NOCA), Northern Ontario held its first provincial women's curling championship, [1] with the top four teams playing in the Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Prior to 2007, Northeastern Ontario and Northwestern Ontario each had their own qualifying tournaments for the Ontario championship. Northern Ontario was awarded a direct entry to the national championship beginning in 2015.
The tournament has only been won by two skips, Tracy Fleury and Krista McCarville.
As of the 2024 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Curler | Titles |
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Krista McCarville | 10 |
Tracy Fleury | 6 |
Amanda Gates | 6 |
Jennifer Wylie | 6 |
Ashley Sippala | 7 |
Sarah Potts | 7 |
Kendra Lilly | 7 |
Jenna Enge | 4 |
Kari Lavoie | 3 |
Andrea Souliere-Poland | 2 |
Jen Gates | 2 |
Lorraine Lang | 2 |
Tara George | 2 |
Tiffany Stubbings | 1 |
Andrea Kelly | 1 |
Krista Lee McCarville is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. McCarville is a four-time Northern Ontario junior champion, the 2003 Winter Universiade silver medallist, a four-time Ontario provincial champion, a four-time Northern Ontario provincial champion, and a two-time Canadian national medallist.
Dawn Kathleen McEwen is a Canadian retired curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was the long-time lead for the Jennifer Jones rink, who became Olympic champions, winning gold for Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics. McEwen is a two-time world champion in curling, having won with Jones at the 2008 World Championships and again at the 2018 World Championships. In 2019, McEwen was named the greatest Canadian female lead in history in a TSN poll of broadcasters, reporters and top curlers.
Tracy Fleury is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. She joined the Rachel Homan rink as skip for the 2022–23 season, and now plays third on the team. In 2021, she led her team to a silver medal at the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials. She has competed at the Canadian national championship five times and was the Northern Ontario women's junior champion skip from 2005 to 2007.
Ashley Sippala is a Canadian curler. Sippala currently plays front-end on the Krista McCarville rink.
Kendra Lilly is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. She is a three-time Northern Ontario junior champion skip. She is also the former skip of the Laurentian University women's curling team.
Joanne M. Courtney is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. From 2014 to 2022, she was a member of the Rachel Homan rink which won the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship and represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Amanda Gates is a Canadian curler who currently coaches the Abby Deschene rinks on the World Curling Tour. Gates used to play with Team Tracy Fleury and in 2015, Team Horgan became the first women's team in the history of women's curling to represent Northern Ontario at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. In Gates' first appearance at the Scotties, she won the Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award.
Jennifer Gates is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. Gates is a two-time Canadian university champion and a two-time Northern Ontario provincial champion.
The 2017 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Northern Ontario women's curling championship, was held January 18–24 at the Nipigon Curling and Event Centre in Nipigon, Ontario. The winning Krista McCarville rink represented Northern Ontario at the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in St. Catharines, Ontario. The win sent McCarville to her sixth national Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Sarah Potts is a Canadian curler. She currently plays lead for the Krista McCarville rink. Potts is a three-time Scotties Tournament of Hearts medallist, winning bronze representing Ontario in 2010 and silver representing Northern Ontario in 2016 and 2022.
The Canadian territory of Nunavut, which was created in 1999, was first given representation at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship in 2015, following a decision to allow each of Canada's three territories to have their own teams. The Nunavut Curling Association declined their spot, but began competing in 2016.
Jenna Enge is a Canadian curler, originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario. She currently plays second on Team Penny Barker. She formerly played for the Tracy Fleury rink and in 2015, Team Horgan became the first team to represent Northern Ontario at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Sylvie Quillian is a Canadian curler from Riverview, New Brunswick. She currently throws fourth rocks on her team, which is skipped by Sarah Mallais. She has won four New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts and was the New Brunswick provincial junior champion from 1999 to 2001.
Lori Christine Eddy is a Canadian curler from Dundas, Ontario.
The 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from February 19 to 28 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. The winning Kerri Einarson team represented Canada at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship. The world championship was supposed to be held at the Curlinghalle Schaffhausen in Schaffhausen, Switzerland; however, the event was cancelled and rescheduled to the "Calgary bubble" of the Markin MacPhail Centre.
Krysta Burns is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. She currently skips her own team.
Megan Smith is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. She currently plays third on Team Chelsea Brandwood. In 2015, she won the gold medal at the 2015 Canada Winter Games, skipping Team Ontario in women's curling.
Sara Guy is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. She currently second on Team Krysta Burns.
The 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from January 28 to February 6 at the Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The winning team represented Canada at the 2022 World Women's Curling Championship at the CN Centre in Prince George, British Columbia.
The 2024 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Northern Ontario women's curling championship, was held from January 25 to 28 at the NEMI Recreation Complex in Little Current, Ontario. The winning rink Krista McCarville rink will represent Northern Ontario at the 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship in Calgary, Alberta. The event was held in conjunction with the 2024 Northern Ontario Men's Provincial Curling Championship, the provincial men's championship.