Field, schedule set for 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Last updated: 2025/01/28 at 4:37 AM

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The teams are locked in and the schedule has been finalized for the 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

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From Feb. 14-23 in Thunder Bay, Ont., the top 18 women’s curling teams from across the country will compete for the national championship and the right to represent Canada at the World Women’s Curling Championship, which begins Mar. 15 in South Korea.

After winning her fourth Scotties title in 2024, Rachel Homan and her team come in as the defending champions who will be competing in Pool A alongside Alberta’s Selena Sturmay, Alberta’s Kayla Skrlik, British Columbia’s Corryn Brown, Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville, Saskatchewan’s Nancy Martin, New Brunswick’s Melissa Adams, Prince Edward Island’s Jane DiCarlo and Nunavut’s Julia Weagle.

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Competing in Pool B will be Manitoba’s Kerri Einarson, Manitoba’s Kaitlyn Lawes, Nova Scotia’s Christina Black, Manitoba’s Kate Cameron, Ontario’s Danielle Inglis, Quebec’s Laurie St-Georges, Northwest Territories’ Kerry Galusha, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Brooke Godsland and Yukon’s Bayly Scoffin.

The tournament will feature an eight-game round robin played within their pool before the top three teams from each pool advance to the playoff round. There will be no tiebreakers but instead, head-to-head results will determine who gets in. If that result doesn’t solve the tie, last-shot draw rankings will be used.

Last year, Team Saskatchewan — skipped by Skylar Ackerman — finished the round robin with a 4-4 record and didn’t qualify for the playoffs.

Pool A

1. Team Canada: skip Rachel Homan third, Tracy Fleury, second Emma Miskew, lead Sarah Wilkes, alternate Rachel Brown
4. Alberta-Sturmay: skip Selena Sturmay, third Danielle Schmiemann, second Dezaray Hawes, lead Paige Papley, coach Ted Appelman
5. Alberta-Skrlik: skip Kayla Skrlik, third Geri-Lynn Ramsay, second Margot Flemming, lead Ashton Skrlik, alternate Crystal Rumberg, coach Shannon Kleibrink
8. British Columbia: skip Corryn Brown, third Erin Pincott, second Sarah Koltun, lead Sam Fisher, coach Jim Cotter
9. Northern Ontario: skip Krista McCarville, third Andrea Kelly, second Kendra Lilly, lead Ashley Sippala, alternate Sarah Potts, coach Rick Lang
12. Saskatchewan: skip Nancy Martin, third Chaelynn Stewart, second Kadriana Lott, lead Deanna Doig, alternate Colleen Ackerman
13. New Brunswick: skip Melissa Adams, third Jaclyn Crandall, second Kayla Russell, lead Kendra Lister, alternate Molli Ward, coach Alex Robichaud
16. Prince Edward Island: skip/third Jane DiCarlo, fourth Veronica Mayne, second Sabrina Smith, lead Whitney Jenkins, coach Kathy O’Rourke
17. Nunavut:skip Julia Weagle, third Sadie Pinksen, second Leigh Gustafson, lead Alison Taylor, coach Colin Hodgson