| 2018 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts | |
| Size: | 200 |
| Host City: | Whitby, Ontario |
| Arena: | Whitby Curling Club |
| Dates: | January 10–14 |
| Winner: | Team Duncan |
| Curling Club: | Royal Canadian Curling Club |
| Skip: | Hollie Duncan |
| Third: | Stephanie LeDrew |
| Second: | Cheryl Kreviazuk |
| Lead: | Karen Sagle |
| Finalist: | Danielle Inglis |
| Prev: | 2017 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The 2018 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held January 10 to 14 at the Whitby Curling Club in Whitby, Ontario. The winning team represented Ontario at the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Penticton, British Columbia.
The defending champion Rachel Homan rink from Ottawa represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and thus will not have the opportunity to defend their provincial crown. Had they not qualified for the Olympics, they still would not have had a chance to defend their title, as they would have represented Team Canada at the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
The event had a triple knock out format, rather than the traditional round robin event as was done in previous years. The number of qualified teams increased from 8 to 12.
12 teams qualified from two regional qualifiers (three each), a challenge round (three teams), the winner of the Trophy competition, plus the top two southern Ontario teams in the CTRS standings (as of November 12).[1]
| Qualification Method | Berths | Qualifying Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CTRS leaders[2] | 2 | Sherry Middaugh Julie Tippin | |
| East Qualifier | 3 | Allison Flaxey Hailey Armstrong Danielle Inglis | |
| West Qualifier | 3 | Jacqueline Harrison Cathy Auld Katelyn Wasylkiw | |
| Challenge Round | 3 | Heather Heggestad Hollie Duncan Kirsten Marshall | |
| Trophy Champion | 1 | Chrissy Cadorin |
The team lineups are as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Club(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erica Hopson | Lynsey Longfield | Emma Malfara | ||||
| Jenna Humphrey | Listowel CC, Listowel | |||||
| Julia Weagle | Sarah Jagger | Royal Canadian CC, Toronto | ||||
| Royal Canadian CC, Toronto | ||||||
| The Granite Club, North York, Toronto | ||||||
| Kirsten Marshall | Terri Weeks | Nicole Titkai | Toronto Cricket, North York, Toronto | |||
| Coldwater & District CC,[3] Coldwater | ||||||
| Woodstock CC, Woodstock | ||||||
| Unionville CC, Unionville |
The draw is listed as follows:
January 10, 7:30pm
January 11, 9:30am
January 11, 2:30pm
January 11, 7:30pm
January 12, 9:30am
January 12, 2:30pm
January 12, 7:30pm
January 13, 10:00am
Saturday, January 13, 3:00pm
Saturday, January 13, 7:00pm
Sunday, January 14, 9:30am
Sunday, January 14, 2:30 pm
East and west regional qualifiers will run November 24–27, 2017. Two teams from each region qualify.
November 24–27 at the Lindsay Curling Club, Lindsay[4]
Teams entered:
Brackets:[5]
November 25-26, 2017 at the St. Thomas Curling Club, St. Thomas[6]
Teams entered:
Brackets:[7]
December 6-10 at the Midland Curling Club, Midland
Qualified teams:[8]
Qualifiers in bold. Two teams qualify from each event for the provincial Trophy Championship.
November 17-19, Gananoque Curling Club, Gananoque
Teams entered:
November 17-19, Port Perry Community Curling Club, Port Perry
Teams entered:[9]
November 18, Penetanguishene Curling Club, Penetanguishene
Teams entered:[10]
November 17-19, St. Marys Curling Club, St. Marys
Teams entered: [11]
December 15, 2017 at the Leaside Curling Club, East York, Toronto[12]
New teams: