| RME Women of the Rings | |
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| Established | 1952 |
| 2025 host city | Pilot Mound |
| 2025 arena | Millennium Recreation Complex |
| 2024 champion | Kaitlyn Lawes |
| Current edition | |
The RME Women of the Rings, formerly the Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the Manitoba provincial women's curling tournament. The tournament is run by Curl Manitoba, the provincial curling association. The winning team represents Manitoba at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
National champions in bold. Western Canada champions (1953–1960) in italics.
Beginning in 1986, the national Tournament of Hearts champion automatically earned a berth for the following years' national championship as "Team Canada". The first Manitoba team to play as "Team Canada" at the Hearts was Connie Laliberte in 1993. A Wildcard entry was added in 2018, which was expanded to three entries in 2021. Two of these entries became prequalifying entries in 2024.
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".
Jennifer Judith Jones OM is a Canadian curler. She was the Olympic champion in curling as skip of the Canadian team at the 2014 Sochi Games. Jones is the first female skip to go through the Games undefeated. The only male skip to achieve this was fellow Canadian Kevin Martin in 2010. Jones and her team were the first Manitoba-based curling team to win an Olympic gold medal. They won the 2008 World Women's Curling Championship and were the last Canadian women's team to do so until Rachel Homan in 2017. She won a second world championship in 2018. Jones also represented Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics, where her team placed fifth.
Cathy Overton-Clapham nicknamed "Cathy O" is a Canadian curler. Overton-Clapham is one of Manitoba's most decorated female curlers, with one world championship, five national championships, and thirteen Scotties Tournament of Hearts appearances. In 2019, she began coaching in the United States, and currently coaches the Tabitha Peterson team.
Janet Elizabeth Arnott was a Canadian world champion curler and Olympic champion coach.
Connie Laliberte is a Canadian retired curler from Manitoba and world champion.
The 1995 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from February 18 to 26, 1995 at the Max Bell Centre in Calgary, Alberta. The total attendance for the week was 52,202. It was the first time the Page playoff system would be used at the Tournament of Hearts.
Lesley Kaitlyn Lawes is a Canadian curler. Lawes was the long time third for the Jennifer Jones team that represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics where they won the gold medal. They were the first women's team to go through the Olympics undefeated and the first Manitoba based curling team to win at the Olympics. Lawes curled with John Morris in the mixed doubles event at the 2018 Winter Olympics where they won gold. This win made her and Morris the first Canadian curlers to win two Olympic gold medals, and Lawes was the first to win gold in two consecutive Olympics.
The 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from February 19 to February 27 at the Charlottetown Civic Centre in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. It was the 30th anniversary of Kruger Products sponsoring the tournament and the first time a Bronze Medal Game was added to the playoffs.
Chelsea Danielle Carey is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She currently skips her own team out of Manitoba. She is the 2016 and 2019 Canadian and Alberta women's champion skip and 2014 Manitoba provincial women's champion skip.
Breanne Knapp is a Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan. She is a four-time Manitoba Junior Champion and a one-time Canadian junior champion (2009). She has won a silver medal at the World Junior Curling Championships.
Jill Thurston is a Canadian curler. She skipped her own team out of the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Christine M. "Chris" Scalena, is a Canadian hall of fame curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was known for much of her competitive career as Chris More.
Ashley Howard is a Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan. She played third on Team Saskatchewan in the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and was the executive director of CurlSask, the governing body of curling in Saskatchewan.
The Fort Rouge Curling Club is a curling club located in the Fort Rouge district of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Raunora Westcott is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Jenna Loder is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is currently the alternate on Team Beth Peterson. She is a two-time Canadian junior champion and two-time world junior medallist, playing third for Kaitlyn Lawes.
Kathie Allardyce is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is a two-time provincial women's champion.
Mackenzie Zacharias is a Canadian curler from Altona, Manitoba. She skipped her Manitoba rink to a gold medal at both the 2020 Canadian Junior Curling Championships and the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships.
Meghan Walter is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is a former World Mixed Curling Champion.
The 2024 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts presented by RME, the provincial women's curling championship for Manitoba, was held from January 24 to 28 at the Access Event Centre in Morden, Manitoba. The winning Kaitlyn Lawes rink represented Manitoba at the 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship in Calgary, Alberta.
Canadian women's provincial and territorial curling championships | |
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