The 1961 Diamond "D" Championship was the first official Canadian women's curling championship. It was held from February 27 to March 3, 1961 at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club in Ottawa, Ontario. The format was a round robin, which was the same format used for the Macdonald Brier. All games in the round robin were 10 ends in length with any tiebreaker playoff games being 12 ends in length.
1961 Diamond "D" Championship | |
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Host city | Ottawa, Ontario |
Arena | Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club |
Dates | February 27– March 3 |
Winner | Saskatchewan |
Curling club | Hub City CC, Saskatoon |
Skip | Joyce McKee |
Third | Sylvia Fedoruk |
Second | Barbara MacNevin |
Lead | Rose McFee |
« 1960 (invitational) 1962 » |
Team Saskatchean, who was skipped by Joyce McKee won the inaugural event by finishing round robin play unbeaten with a 9-0 record. This would be the first of five national championships won by McKee.
Alberta, British Columbia, and New Brunswick finished round robin play tied for second with 6-3 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff between the three teams to determine the runner-up. Alberta beat British Columbia 10-9 in the first tiebreaker game. New Brunswick would capture the runner-up spot by defeating Alberta in the second tiebreaker playoff game 13-6.
Teams edit
The teams are listed as follows:[1]
Round robin standings edit
Final Round Robin standings[1]
Key | |
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Diamond D champion | |
Teams to Tiebreaker |
Province | Skip | W | L | PF | PA |
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Saskatchewan | Joyce McKee | 9 | 0 | 88 | 48 |
Alberta | Dorothy Thompson | 6 | 3 | 84 | 61 |
British Columbia | Margaret Fuller | 6 | 3 | 85 | 64 |
New Brunswick | Mona Comeau | 6 | 3 | 82 | 73 |
Ontario | Emily Woolley | 5 | 4 | 85 | 65 |
Manitoba | Irene Parker | 4 | 5 | 73 | 79 |
Quebec | Helena Ellyet | 3 | 6 | 62 | 80 |
Prince Edward Island | Elizabeth MacDonald | 2 | 7 | 48 | 88 |
Newfoundland | Violet Pike | 2 | 7 | 68 | 89 |
Nova Scotia | Mona Rhodenizer | 2 | 7 | 63 | 91 |
Round robin results edit
All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC-05:00)[1][3]
Draw 1 edit
Monday, February 27 9:00 AM[4]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Newfoundland (Pike) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
British Columbia (Fuller) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nova Scotia (Rhodenizer) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Ontario (Woolley) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | X | 12 |
Quebec (Ellyett) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 2 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Manitoba (Parker) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
New Brunswick (Comeau) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saskatchewan (McKee) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Alberta (Thompson) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Draw 2 edit
Monday, February 27 8:00 PM[4]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ontario (Woolley) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
Quebec (Ellyett) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
British Columbia (Fuller) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | X | 15 |
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saskatchewan (McKee) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
Manitoba (Parker) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Newfoundland (Pike) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
Nova Scotia (Rhodenizer) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alberta (Thompson) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
New Brunswick (Comeau) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
Draw 3 edit
Tuesday, February 28 9:00 AM[5]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saskatchewan (McKee) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 10 |
Ontario (Woolley) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alberta (Thompson) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
Quebec (Ellyett) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
British Columbia (Fuller) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
New Brunswick (Comeau) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nova Scotia (Rhodenizer) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Manitoba (Parker) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Newfoundland (Pike) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Draw 4 edit
Tuesday, February 28 2:00 PM[5]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ontario (Woolley) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 7 |
New Brunswick (Comeau) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 10 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nova Scotia (Rhodenizer) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Saskatchewan (McKee) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Newfoundland (Pike) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Quebec (Ellyett) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
Manitoba (Parker) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 12 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
British Columbia (Fuller) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
Alberta (Thompson) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | X | 11 |
Draw 5 edit
Wednesday, March 1 12:30 PM[6]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
British Columbia (Fuller) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Nova Scotia (Rhodenizer) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alberta (Thompson) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saskatchewan (McKee) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 11 |
New Brunswick (Comeau) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quebec (Ellyett) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
Manitoba (Parker) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Newfoundland (Pike) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Ontario (Woolley) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
Draw 6 edit
Wednesday, March 1 8:00 PM[6]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ontario (Woolley) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
British Columbia (Fuller) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Newfoundland (Pike) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
Manitoba (Parker) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Brunswick (Comeau) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quebec (Ellyett) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
Saskatchewan (McKee) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | X | 11 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nova Scotia (Rhodenizer) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Alberta (Thompson) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Draw 7 edit
Thursday, March 2 9:00 AM[7]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ontario (Woolley) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
Manitoba (Parker) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nova Scotia (Rhodenizer) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
New Brunswick (Comeau) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Newfoundland (Pike) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Alberta (Thompson) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quebec (Ellyett) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
British Columbia (Fuller) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Saskatchewan (McKee) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
Draw 8 edit
Thursday, March 2 2:00 PM[8]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ontario (Woolley) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 13 |
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nova Scotia (Rhodenizer) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Quebec (Ellyett) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Newfoundland (Pike) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
New Brunswick (Comeau) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
British Columbia (Fuller) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Saskatchewan (McKee) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alberta (Thompson) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Manitoba (Parker) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Draw 9 edit
Thursday, March 2 8:00 PM[8]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
British Columbia (Fuller) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 12 |
Manitoba (Parker) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Newfoundland (Pike) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Saskatchewan (McKee) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nova Scotia (Rhodenizer) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ontario (Woolley) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 13 |
Alberta (Thompson) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
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Quebec (Ellyett) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
New Brunswick (Comeau) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
Tiebreakers edit
2nd Place | |||||||
New Brunswick | 13 | ||||||
Alberta | 10 | Alberta | 6 | ||||
British Columbia | 9 |
Round 1 edit
Friday, March 3 10:30 AM[9]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Alberta (Thompson) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
British Columbia (Fuller) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Round 2 edit
Friday, March 3 1:00 PM[9]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
Alberta (Thompson) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
New Brunswick (Comeau) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 13 |
References edit
- ^ a b c "1961 Diamond D Curling Championship". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide, 1961-2016 Player Appearances
- ^ "Ladies' Championship Curling Draw". The Ottawa Citizen. newspapers.com. February 27, 1961. p. 16. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Monday's Results". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. newspapers.com. February 28, 1961. p. 14. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ a b "McKee Only Undefeated Rink". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. newspapers.com. March 1, 1961. p. 27. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ a b "McKee Records Sixth Straight Victory". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. newspapers.com. March 2, 1961. p. 16. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ "Ladies' Curling Scores". The Ottawa Citizen. newspapers.com. March 3, 1961. p. 15. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ a b "McKee Completes Sweep". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. newspapers.com. March 3, 1961. p. 19. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ a b "The Playoffs". The Ottawa Citizen. newspapers.com. March 4, 1961. p. 11. Retrieved 18 May 2022.