2020 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts explained

2020 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Host City:	Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Arena:	Dartmouth Curling Club
Dates:	January 20–26
Winner:	Team Arsenault
Curling Club:	Mayflower Curling Club, Halifax
Skip:	Mary-Anne Arsenault
Third:	Christina Black
Second:	Jennifer Baxter
Lead:	Emma Logan
Coach:	Stuart MacLean
Finalist:	Colleen Jones
Prev:	2019
Next:	2022

The 2020 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of Nova Scotia, was held from January 20 to 26 at the Dartmouth Curling Club in Dartmouth. The winning Mary-Anne Arsenault rink represented Nova Scotia at the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and finished with a 4–4 record. The event was held in conjunction with the 2020 Deloitte Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship.

Mary-Anne Arsenault defeated former teammate Colleen Jones 7–4 in the final to win her ninth Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Qualification process

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Qualification method	Berths	Qualifying team(s)
CTRS leaders	2	Jill Brothers Tanya Hilliard
Qualifier	6	Mary Mattatall Mary-Anne Arsenault Theresa Breen Julie McEvoy Mary Myketyn-Driscoll Colleen Jones

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[2]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Club(s)
					Mayflower, Halifax
					Halifax, Halifax
					Mayflower, Halifax
					Dartmouth, Dartmouth
Kim Kelly (Fourth)	Colleen Jones (Skip)				Mayflower, Halifax
					Glooscap, Kentville & Mayflower, Halifax
					Lakeshore, Lower Sackville
					Mayflower, Halifax

Notes

1. Colleen Pinkey is skipping Team Mattatall as Mary Mattatall is coaching the Taylour Stevens rink at the 2020 Canadian Junior Curling Championships.

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings^[3]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

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

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time .

Draw 1

Monday, January 20, 8:00 pm

Draw 2

Tuesday, January 21, 2:00 pm

Draw 3

Wednesday, January 22, 9:00 am

Draw 4

Wednesday, January 22, 7:00 pm

Draw 5

Thursday, January 23, 2:00 pm

Draw 6

Friday, January 24, 9:00 am

Draw 7

Friday, January 24, 7:00 pm

Tiebreaker

Saturday, January 25, 9:00 am

Playoffs

Semifinal

Saturday, January 25, 7:00 pm

Final

Sunday, January 26, 2:30 pm

Qualification

Qualifier

December 13–15, Berwick Curling Club, Berwick^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition Rules. Nova Scotia Curling Association. December 19, 2019.
2. Web site: Teams. Nova Scotia Curling Association. December 19, 2019.
3. Web site: Standings. Nova Scotia Curling Association. December 19, 2019.
4. Web site: Qualifier Scores. Nova Scotia Curling. December 22, 2019.