1961_Diamond_D_Championship

1961 Diamond D Championship

1961 Diamond D Championship

Canadian women's curling championship


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.

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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

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Round robin standings

Final Round Robin standings[1]

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Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC-05:00)[1][3]

Draw 1

Monday, February 27 9:00 AM[4]

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Draw 2

Monday, February 27 8:00 PM[4]

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Draw 3

Tuesday, February 28 9:00 AM[5]

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Draw 4

Tuesday, February 28 2:00 PM[5]

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Draw 5

Wednesday, March 1 12:30 PM[6]

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Draw 6

Wednesday, March 1 8:00 PM[6]

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Draw 7

Thursday, March 2 9:00 AM[7]

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Draw 8

Thursday, March 2 2:00 PM[8]

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Draw 9

Thursday, March 2 8:00 PM[8]

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Tiebreakers

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New Brunswick 13
Alberta 10 Alberta 6
 British Columbia 9

Round 1

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

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

  1. "1961 Diamond D Curling Championship". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  2. 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide, 1961-2016 Player Appearances
  3. "Ladies' Championship Curling Draw". The Ottawa Citizen. newspapers.com. February 27, 1961. p. 16. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  4. "Monday's Results". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. newspapers.com. February 28, 1961. p. 14. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  5. "McKee Only Undefeated Rink". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. newspapers.com. March 1, 1961. p. 27. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  6. "McKee Records Sixth Straight Victory". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. newspapers.com. March 2, 1961. p. 16. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  7. "Ladies' Curling Scores". The Ottawa Citizen. newspapers.com. March 3, 1961. p. 15. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  8. "McKee Completes Sweep". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. newspapers.com. March 3, 1961. p. 19. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  9. "The Playoffs". The Ottawa Citizen. newspapers.com. March 4, 1961. p. 11. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

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