1965 Diamond D Championship Explained

1965 Diamond "D" Championship
Host City:	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Arena:	Mayflower Curling Club
Dates:	February 22–25
Winner:
Curling Club:	Wildewood Ladies CC, Winnipeg
Skip:	Peggy Casselman
Third:	Val Taylor
Second:	Pat MacDonald
Lead:	Pat Scott

The 1965 Diamond "D" Championship the Canadian women's curling championship was held from February 22 to 25, 1965 at the Mayflower Curling Club^[1] in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Peggy Casselman won the event by finishing the round robin with an 8-1 record. This was Manitoba's first championship.^[2]

This was the first championship that would come down to a "winner take all" final draw as both Alberta and Manitoba entered their matchup in the final draw with identical 7–1 records. Manitoba jumped out to a 6–0 lead after four ends and despite an Alberta comeback, Manitoba would hold off Alberta 7–5 to capture the championship. Alberta would finish runner-up as Prince Edward Island scored three in the last end against Nova Scotia to win 9–8 in their final game and thus avoided a tiebreaker playoff between Alberta and Nova Scotia for runner-up.

This championship would set a record for the fewest extra end games in one tournament as Ontario's 13–11 victory over Quebec in Draw 3 was the only game that went to an extra end in the tournament. This record was eventually matched in .^[3]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^{[4] [5]}

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin standings

Province	Skip	W	L	PF	PA
		8	1	94	57
		7	2	84	49
		6	3	79	67
		5	4	86	81
		4	5	67	88
		4	5	84	77
		4	5	69	70
		4	5	75	79
		2	7	66	86
		1	8	55	110

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time .^[6]

Draw 1

Monday, February 22, 3:00 pm

Draw 2

Monday, February 22, 8:00 pm

Draw 3

Tuesday, February 23, 2:30 pm

Draw 4

Tuesday, February 23, 7:30 pm

Draw 5

Wednesday, February 24, 9:00 am

Draw 6

Wednesday, February 24, 3:00 pm

Draw 7

Wednesday, February 24, 8:00 pm

Draw 8

Thursday, February 25, 9:00 am

Draw 9

Thursday, February 25, 7:30 pm

Notes and References

1. News: Curling comment . 22 June 2022 . The Province . newspapers.com . February 18, 1965 . 12.
2. https://curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=387 1965 Diamond 'D' Ladies Championship - Curlingzone
3. Web site: Canadian Women Records . Curling Canada Stats Archive . Curling Canada . 17 February 2023.
4. Web site: 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide . Curling Canada . 25 May 2022 . 104,107,111,114,117,122,126,129,132,135 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220405105800/https://www.curling.ca/files/2022/01/2022-Scotties-Tournament-of-Hearts-media-guide-2.pdf . 2022-04-05.
5. Web site: 1965 Diamond D Curling Championship . Curling Canada Stats Archive . Curling Canada . 17 February 2023.
6. News: Ladies' Curling draw released . 17 February 2023 . Regina Leader-Post . Canadian Press . Newspapers.com . February 22, 1965 . 19.