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.
Team Saskatchewan , 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
The teams are listed as follows:
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Edmonton CC , Edmonton Skip: Dorothy Thompson Third: Ila Watson Second: Vivian Kortgaard Lead: Ruth Hayes
Nanaimo CC , Nanaimo Skip: Margaret Fuller Third: Sylvia Koster Second: Edna Quinney Lead: Fernande Smith
Strathclair CC , Strathclair Skip: Irene Parker Third: Shirley Winstone Second: Lola Grills Lead: Olive Gamey
Beaver CC , Moncton Skip: Mona Comeau Third: Kay Cormack Second: Vera Shutt Lead: Evelyn Brooks
Grand Falls CC , Grand Falls Skip: Violet Pike Third: Margaret Ryan Second: Joan Baker Lead: Ruby Tittemore
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Lunenburg CC , Lunenburg Skip: Mona Rhodenizer Third: Grace Walters Second: Margaret Jensen Lead: Catherine Creighton
Toronto Granite Club , Toronto Skip: Emily Woolley Third: Dadie Smith Second: Barbara Gibson Lead: Jane Clark
Charlottetown CC , Charlottetown Skip: Elizabeth MacDonald Third: Sally Rodd Second: Evelyn Goss Lead: Nora MacDonald
Mount Royal CC , Mount Royal Skip: Helena Ellyett Third: Annabelle MacDonald Second: Frances Aboud Lead: Margaret Lavery
Hub City CC , Saskatoon Skip: Joyce McKee Third: Sylvia Fedoruk Second: Barbara MacNevin Lead: Rosa McFee
Map of teams
Thompson Fuller Parker Comeau Pike Rhodenizer Woolley MacDonald Ellyett McKee class=notpageimage| Round robin standings
Final Round Robin standings
Key
Diamond D champion
Teams to Tiebreaker
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC-05:00 )
Draw 1
Monday, February 27 9:00 AM
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
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
Monday, February 27 8:00 PM
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
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
Tuesday, February 28 9:00 AM
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
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
Draw 4
Tuesday, February 28 2:00 PM
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
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
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
Wednesday, March 1 12:30 PM
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
Wednesday, March 1 8:00 PM
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
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
Thursday, March 2 9:00 AM
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
Draw 8
Thursday, March 2 2:00 PM
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
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
Thursday, March 2 8:00 PM
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
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
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
Round 1
Friday, March 3 10:30 AM
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
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
^ "1961 Diamond D Curling Championship" . Curling Canada Stats Archive . Curling Canada. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
"Ladies' Championship Curling Draw" . The Ottawa Citizen . newspapers.com. February 27, 1961. p. 16. Retrieved 18 May 2022.^ "Monday's Results" . Saskatoon Star-Phoenix . newspapers.com. February 28, 1961. p. 14. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "McKee Only Undefeated Rink" . Saskatoon Star-Phoenix . newspapers.com. March 1, 1961. p. 27. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "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.^ "McKee Completes Sweep" . Saskatoon Star-Phoenix . newspapers.com. March 3, 1961. p. 19. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "The Playoffs" . The Ottawa Citizen . newspapers.com. March 4, 1961. p. 11. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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