1968 Canadian Ladies
Curling Association Championship
Host citySt. James, Manitoba
ArenaSt. James Civic Centre
DatesFebruary 26 – March 1
WinnerAlberta
Curling clubCrestwood CC, Edmonton
SkipHazel Jamison
ThirdGail Lee
SecondJackie Spencer
LeadJune Coyle
Finalist British Columbia (Fashoway)
« 1967
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The 1968 Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship the Canadian women's curling championship was held from February 26 to March 1, 1968, at the St. James Civic Centre in St. James, Manitoba (now part of Winnipeg).[1]

Alberta and British Columbia both finished round robin play tied for first with 7–2 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff between the two teams to determine the championship. Team Alberta, who was skipped by Hazel Jamison captured the championship after defeating BC in the tiebreaker 11–4. This was Alberta's second championship overall as they previously won in 1966.[2] This was the first time in which a tiebreaker playoff determined the women's championship as the previous three tiebreaker playoffs (1961, 1963, and 1964) were to determine second place.

This championship would set a record for the most extra ends games in one tournament with five. This broke the previous mark of four which was happened twice in both 1961 and 1966. This would end up being broken the next year.

Event Summary

Heading into the Wednesday evening draw (Draw 7), four teams had a shot of winning the championship as British Columbia and Manitoba were tied for first at 5–1, Alberta and Saskatchewan tied for third at 4–2.

Everything held status quo in the Wednesday evening draw with BC defeating New Brunswick 9–4, Alberta beating Newfoundland 10–2, Saskatchewan beating Prince Edward Island 8–7, and Manitoba defeating Ontario 8–7 in an extra end. With BC still having to face Manitoba and Alberta in both Friday draws, things remained wide open heading into the final day of round robin play.

The penultimate draw on Thursday morning would end up seeing more clarity on whom would be in contention heading into the final draw on Thursday evening. The first one to fall was Saskatchewan as they lost to New Brunswick 6–4, thus eliminating Saskatchewan from championship contention. Alberta would stay alive as they used scored five in the second end and never looked back in their 9–5 victory over Quebec. Meanwhile, Manitoba appeared to have a stranglehold in their matchup with BC as they lead 6–2 through six ends. However, BC would score five in the last four ends to win 7–6 and took over sole possession of first place.

The final draw would have huge implications, especially with the Alberta vs. BC matchup. If BC won, then they'd clinch the title outright, while an Alberta win would force a tiebreaker playoff. If both Alberta and Manitoba won, then a three-way tiebreaker would determine the championship. The latter scenario wouldn't come to fruition as Manitoba blew yet another lead (this time 7–5) after six ends as New Brunswick scored seven in the last four ends to win 12–7 and eliminate Manitoba.

It then appeared that BC would come away with the title as they lead Alberta after six ends 7–2. However that would change quickly as Alberta scored five in the seventh end to tie the game. The two teams traded singles in the next two ends with things all knotted up at 8 heading into the final end with BC having hammer. But despite this, Alberta would go onto steal one to win 9–8, thus forcing a tiebreaker playoff on Friday morning to determine the championship.

In the rematch between Alberta and BC on Friday morning, Alberta would score singles in each of the first three ends to jump out to a 3–0 lead. BC would cut Alberta's lead down to one with two in the fourth. But that was as close as BC would get as Alberta put the game away with five in the fifth and a steal of two in the sixth to take a commanding 10–2 lead and eventually capture the championship 11–4 after BC conceded the tenth end.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[3][4]

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland
Crestwood CC, Edmonton

Skip: Hazel Jamison
Third: Gail Lee
Second: Jackie Spencer
Lead: June Coyle

 Cranbrook Ladies CC, Cranbrook

Skip: Myrtle Fashoway
Third: Anne McLay
Second: Fernande Hawkes
Lead: Eleanor Campbell

 Brandon CC, Brandon

Skip: Mabel Mitchell
Third: Shirley Bray
Second: Mildred Murray
Lead: June Clark

 St. Andrews CC, Saint John

Skip: Barbara Likely
Third: Anita McInerney
Second: Willa Archibald
Lead: Mildred Patterson

 St. John's CC, St. John's

Skip: Jeanette Blair
Third: Christine Mills
Second: Elsie May
Lead: Ruth Carter

Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan
Mayflower CC, Halifax

Skip: Shirley Robertson
Third: Doris Anthony
Second: Donna Fleming
Lead: Hazel Belliveau

 Dryden CC, Dryden

Skip: Peggy Wherrett
Third: Shirley Lake
Second: Doreen McKay
Lead: Audrey Tew

 Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Gladys Carruthers
Third: Anita Cudmore
Second: Wanda Robinson
Lead: Audrey MacKinnon

 Hudson-Whitlock G&CC, Hudson Heights

Skip: Peggy Bradshaw
Third: Frances Bedbrook
Second: Margaret Larsen
Lead: Lillian Connolly

 Delisle CC, Delisle

Skip: Barbara MacNevin
Third: Fay Coben
Second: Florence Hill
Lead: Avis Carr

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin standings [4]

Key
Teams to Tiebreaker
Province Skip W L PF PA
AlbertaHazel Jamison729351
 British ColumbiaMyrtle Fashoway727949
 ManitobaMabel Mitchell637971
SaskatchewanBarbara MacNevin636156
 Nova ScotiaShirley Robertson457162
 New BrunswickBarbara Likely455873
 OntarioPeggy Wherrett366380
 NewfoundlandJeanette Blair365979
 Prince Edward IslandGladys Carruthers366185
 QuebecPeggy Bradshaw275876

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).[4]

Draw 1

Monday, February 26, 2:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Bradshaw) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 2
 New Brunswick (Likely) 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 X 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (MacNevin) 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 1 X 10
 Newfoundland (Blair) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Fashoway) 2 1 0 3 0 4 1 2 0 X 13
 Ontario (Wherrett) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Mitchell) 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 2 2 X 12
 Prince Edward Island (Carruthers) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Alberta (Jamison) 1 2 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 10
 Nova Scotia (Robertson) 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 9

Draw 2

Monday, February 26, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (Blair) 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 X 12
 New Brunswick (Likely) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Mitchell) 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
 Quebec (Bradshaw) 2 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 X 13
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Robertson) 3 2 0 3 0 5 0 0 2 0 15
 Ontario (Wherrett) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (MacNevin) 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 3 0 X 9
 British Columbia (Fashoway) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Jamison) 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6
 Prince Edward Island (Carruthers) 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 8

Draw 3

Tuesday, February 27, 9:30 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (MacNevin) 0 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 X 8
 Nova Scotia (Robertson) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Bradshaw) 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 8
 Ontario (Wherrett) 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 12
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Mitchell) 0 1 4 1 0 4 0 2 0 X 12
 Newfoundland (Blair) 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 X 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Fashoway) 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 X 10
 Prince Edward Island (Carruthers) 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Jamison) 3 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 X 12
 New Brunswick (Likely) 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 X 5

Draw 4

Tuesday, February 27, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (MacNevin) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X X 2
Alberta (Jamison) 3 1 0 5 2 0 3 2 X X 16
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Bradshaw) 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 2 11
 Prince Edward Island (Carruthers) 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 British Columbia (Fashoway) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 10
 Newfoundland (Blair) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Wherrett) 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
 New Brunswick (Likely) 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Mitchell) 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 11
 Nova Scotia (Robertson) 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5

Draw 5

Wednesday, February 28, 9:30 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (Blair) 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 5
 Ontario (Wherrett) 4 0 0 3 1 1 3 0 2 X 14
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 British Columbia (Fashoway) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 7
 Nova Scotia (Robertson) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (MacNevin) 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 X 7
 Quebec (Bradshaw) 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (Carruthers) 1 4 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 12
 New Brunswick (Likely) 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Manitoba (Mitchell) 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 10
Alberta (Jamison) 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 9

Draw 6

Wednesday, February 28, 2:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Fashoway) 3 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 X X 11
 Quebec (Bradshaw) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Robertson) 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 3 X 10
 New Brunswick (Likely) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (MacNevin) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 6
 Manitoba (Mitchell) 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (Blair) 2 3 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 X 12
 Prince Edward Island (Carruthers) 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Jamison) 3 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 X X 12
 Ontario (Wherrett) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X X 2

Draw 7

Wednesday, February 28, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Fashoway) 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 X 9
 New Brunswick (Likely) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Jamison) 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 X 10
 Newfoundland (Blair) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Bradshaw) 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 X 6
 Nova Scotia (Robertson) 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 X 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (MacNevin) 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 8
 Prince Edward Island (Carruthers) 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Manitoba (Mitchell) 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8
 Ontario (Wherrett) 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 7

Draw 8

Thursday, February 29, 9:30 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (Carruthers) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2
 Ontario (Wherrett) 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 2 X X 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Robertson) 2 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 X 10
 Newfoundland (Blair) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Bradshaw) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 5
Alberta (Jamison) 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (MacNevin) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
 New Brunswick (Likely) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Mitchell) 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 6
 British Columbia (Fashoway) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 7

Draw 9

Thursday, February 29, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Bradshaw) 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6
 Newfoundland (Blair) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Mitchell) 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 7
 New Brunswick (Likely) 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 3 12
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (MacNevin) 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 X 7
 Ontario (Wherrett) 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Robertson) 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 8
 Prince Edward Island (Carruthers) 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Fashoway) 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 8
Alberta (Jamison) 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 9

Tiebreaker

Friday, March 1, 9:30 am[5]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Fashoway) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 X 4
Alberta (Jamison) 1 1 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 X 11

References

  1. ↑ "MacNevin provincial champion". Regina Leader-Post. February 10, 1968. p. 24. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  2. ↑ 1968 Ladies Curling Championship - Curlingzone
  3. ↑ "2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. pp. 104, 107, 111, 114, 117, 122, 126, 129, 132, 135. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-04-05. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 "1968 CLCA Curling Championship". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Ladies' Curling Crown To Jamison's Edmonton Rink". Red Deer Advocate. March 2, 1968. p. 6. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
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