2020 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts explained

2020 Sentinel Storage Alberta ScottiesTournament of Hearts
Host City:	Okotoks, Alberta
Arena:	The Murray Arena
Dates:	January 22–26
Winner:	Team Walker
Curling Club:	Saville Community SC, Edmonton
Skip:	Laura Walker
Third:	Kate Cameron
Second:	Taylor McDonald
Lead:	Nadine Scotland
Coach:	Brian Chick
Finalist:	Kelsey Rocque
Prev:	2019
Next:	2022

The 2020 Sentinel Storage Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Alberta, was held January 22–26 at The Murray Arena in Okotoks, Alberta. The winning Laura Walker rink represented Alberta at the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and finished with a 3–4 record.^[1]

Laura Walker won her first Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts and capped of an undefeated tournament by defeating Kelsey Rocque's rink 7–4 in the final. Rocque made the final in 2019 as well, falling to eventual Canadian champion Chelsea Carey.

Qualification process

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Qualification	Berths	Qualifying team(s)
CTRS leader	1
Alberta Excel leaders	2	Casey Scheidegger Kayla Skrlik
Calgary Qualifier^[5]	2	Laura Walker Jodi Vaughan
Jasper Qualifier^[6]	3	Marla Sherrer Nicky Kaufman Krysta Hilker

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[7]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Club
					St. Albert
					Lacombe
					Saville
					Lethbridge
					Lacombe
					Glencoe
					Lethbridge
					Saville

Notes

1. Susan O'Connor is sparing for Team Scheidegger's second Jessie Haughian as she is on maternity leave.

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

width=150	Skip	width=20	W	width=20	L
	7	0
	6	1
	4	3
	3	4
	2	5
	2	5
	2	5
	2	5

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Time .

Draw 1

Wednesday, January 22, 11:00 am

Draw 2

Wednesday, January 22, 6:30 pm

Draw 3

Thursday, January 23, 1:00 pm

Draw 4

Thursday, January 23, 6:30 pm

Draw 5

Friday, January 24, 1:00 pm

Draw 6

Friday, January 24, 6:30 pm

Draw 7

Saturday, January 25, 8:30 am

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

Saturday, January 25, 6:30 pm

3 vs. 4

Saturday, January 25, 2:00 pm

Semifinal

Sunday, January 26, 10:00 am

Final

Sunday, January 26, 5:00 pm

Qualification

Qualifier #1

December 20–22, Calgary Curling Club, Calgary^[8]

Qualifier #2

January 10–12, Jasper Place Curling Club, Edmonton

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Okotoks. December 22, 2019. December 22, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191222140838/https://www.okotoks.ca/discover-okotoks/community-events-calendar/2020-alberta-scotties-tournament-hearts-ladies-curling-championship. dead.
2. Web site: Provincial Qualifiers, Championships. Curling Alberta. December 22, 2019.
3. Web site: Alberta’s tough sledding to Scotties Tournament of Hearts. St. Albert Today. December 22, 2019.
4. Web site: Okotoks set to rock for Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Cochrane Today. December 23, 2019.
5. Web site: Calgary Qualifier. Curling Alberta. December 22, 2019.
6. Web site: Jasper Qualifier. Curling Alberta. December 22, 2019.
7. Web site: Teams. Curling Alberta. January 22, 2020.
8. Web site: Qualifier #1 Scores. Curling Alberta. December 22, 2019.