Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the women's territorial championship for women's curling in the Northwest Territories. Beginning in 2015, the event serves as a direct qualifier to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championships. Prior to 2015, the event served as a qualifier for the Yukon/NWT Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Established2011
2024 host cityHay River
2024 arenaHay River Curling Club
2024 championKerry Galusha
Current edition

Winners (2015–present) edit

Event Winning team Winning club City Runner-up team Host Hearts rec.
2024 Jo-Ann Rizzo (Fourth), Margot Flemming, Sarah Koltun, Kerry Galusha (Skip) Yellowknife Curling Centre Yellowknife Reese Wainman (Fourth), Alex Testart-Campbell, Brooke Smith, Sharon Cormier (Skip), Tamara Bain Hay River 12th (3–5)
2023 Jo-Ann Rizzo (Fourth), Margot Flemming, Sarah Koltun, Kerry Galusha (Skip), Megan Koehler Yellowknife Curling Centre Yellowknife Reese Wainman, Alex Testart-Campbell, Brooke Smith, Tamara Bain Inuvik 10th (4–4)
2022 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Northwest Territories.[1]
Kerry Galusha, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Margot Flemming, Sarah Koltun and Megan Koehler to represent the Northwest Territories at the Scotties.
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T5th (6–4)
2021 Kerry Galusha, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Margot Flemming, Shona Barbour Yellowknife Curling Centre Yellowknife Cassie Rogers, Chasity O'Keefe, Kali Skauge, Grace Twa, Parker Waddell Yellowknife T9th (4–4)
2020 Jo-Ann Rizzo, Sarah Koltun, Kerry Galusha (skip), Shona Barbour[3] Yellowknife Curling Centre Yellowknife Sarah Stroeder, Sharon Cormier, Megan Koehler, Anneli Jokela Hay River 12th (2–5)
2019 Kerry Galusha, Sarah Koltun, Brittany Tran, Shona Barbour Yellowknife Curling Centre Yellowknife Tyana Bain, Pearl Gillis, Mataya Gillis, Adrianna Hendrick Yellowknife 10th (3–4)
2018 Kerry Galusha, Sarah Koltun, Megan Koehler, Shona Barbour Yellowknife Curling Centre Yellowknife Melba Mitchell, Bella Charlie, Leah Lennie, Tanya Gruben Inuvik 13th (2–6)
2017 Kerry Galusha, Megan Koehler, Danielle Derry, Sharon Cormier, Shona Barbour Yellowknife Curling Centre Yellowknife None entered N/A 8th (8–7)
2016 Kerry Galusha, Megan Cormier, Danielle Derry, Shona Barbour Sharon Cormier Yellowknife Curling Centre Yellowknife Judy Goucher, Candi Carleton, Kandis Jameson, Kelsey Gill Hay River 13th (2–2)
2015 Kerry Galusha, Megan Cormier, Danielle Derry, Shona Barbour Sharon Cormier Yellowknife Curling Centre Yellowknife Ann McKellar-Gillis, Cheryl Burlington, Cheryl Tordoff, Natalie Kelln Yellowknife 13th (1–2)

Italics indicate alternate

Winners (2011–2014) edit

Event Winning team Winning club
2014[4] Kerry Galusha, Ashley Green, Megan Cormier, Wendy Miller Yellowknife
2013 Kerry Galusha, Sharon Cormier, Megan Cormier, Wendy Miller, Shona Barbour Yellowknife
2012 Kerry Galusha, Sharon Cormier, Shona Barbour,[a] Megan Cormier,[a] Wendy Miller[a] Yellowknife
2011[5] Sharon Cormier, Tara Naugler, Megan Cormier, Danielle Ellis Yellowknife

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c Five-person rotation, with the front end rotating.

References edit

  1. ^ "Following Premier Cochrane's press conference and the new public health advisories, the NWTCA regrets to announce the NWTCA 2022 Ladies Scotties championships scheduled for Inuvik has been cancelled". Facebook. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  2. ^ "In keeping with NWTCA policy if a championship cannot be held, Team Galusha, defending champions, has been appointed as the NWTCA representatives to the 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Jan 28-Feb 6 in Thunder Bay, ON". Facebook. NWT Curling. January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  3. ^ "Yellowknife's Galusha team wins NWT Scotties playdowns in Hay River". 13 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2014-01-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Yukon Curling Association > Photos". www.yukoncurling.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-08-28.