Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts explained

Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Established:	2011
Current Host City:	Hay River
Current Arena:	Hay River Curling Club
Current Champion:	Kerry Galusha
Current:	2024 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the women's territorial championship for women's curling in the Northwest Territories. Beginning in 2015, the event serves as a direct qualifier to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championships. Prior to 2015, the event served as a qualifier for the Yukon/NWT Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Winners (2015–present)

Event	Winning team	Winning club	Runner-up team	Host	Hearts rec.
	Jo-Ann Rizzo (Fourth), Margot Flemming, Sarah Koltun, Kerry Galusha (Skip)		Reese Wainman (Fourth), Alex Testart-Campbell, Brooke Smith, Sharon Cormier (Skip), Tamara Bain		12th (3–5)
	Jo-Ann Rizzo (Fourth), Margot Flemming, Sarah Koltun, Kerry Galusha (Skip), Megan Koehler		Reese Wainman, Alex Testart-Campbell, Brooke Smith, Tamara Bain		10th (4–4)
	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Northwest Territories.^[1] Kerry Galusha, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Margot Flemming, Sarah Koltun and Megan Koehler to represent the Northwest Territories at the Scotties.^[2]				T5th (6–4)
		Yellowknife Curling Centre	Cassie Rogers, Chasity O'Keefe, Kali Skauge, Grace Twa, Parker Waddell	Yellowknife	T9th (4–4)
	Jo-Ann Rizzo, Sarah Koltun, Kerry Galusha (skip), Shona Barbour^[3]	Yellowknife Curling Centre			12th (2–5)
		Yellowknife Curling Centre	Tyana Bain, Pearl Gillis, Mataya Gillis, Adrianna Hendrick		10th (3–4)
		Yellowknife Curling Centre	Melba Mitchell, Bella Charlie, Leah Lennie, Tanya Gruben		13th (2–6)
2017	Kerry Galusha, Megan Koehler, Danielle Derry, Sharon Cormier, Shona Barbour	Yellowknife Curling Centre	None entered	N/A	8th (8–7)
	Kerry Galusha, Megan Cormier, Danielle Derry, Shona Barbour Sharon Cormier	Yellowknife Curling Centre			13th (2–2)
	Kerry Galusha, Megan Cormier, Danielle Derry, Shona Barbour Sharon Cormier	Yellowknife Curling Centre			13th (1–2)

Italics indicate alternate

Winners (2011–2014)

Event	Winning team	Winning club
2014^[4]		Yellowknife
	Kerry Galusha, Sharon Cormier, Megan Cormier, Wendy Miller, Shona Barbour	Yellowknife
		Yellowknife
2011^[5]		Yellowknife

Notes and References

Web site: Following Premier Cochrane's press conference and the new public health advisories, the NWTCA regrets to announce the NWTCA 2022 Ladies Scotties championships scheduled for Inuvik has been cancelled.. Facebook. January 4, 2022.
Web site: In keeping with NWTCA policy if a championship cannot be held, Team Galusha, defending champions, has been appointed as the NWTCA representatives to the 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Jan 28-Feb 6 in Thunder Bay, ON. NWT Curling. Facebook. January 5, 2022. January 7, 2022.
Web site: Yellowknife's Galusha team wins NWT Scotties playdowns in Hay River. 13 January 2020.
Web site: Archived copy . 2014-01-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106040533/http://nwtcurling.com/sites/default/files/2014%20NWT%20Ladies%20Inuvik.pdf . 2014-01-06 .
Web site: Yukon Curling Association > Photos . www.yukoncurling.ca . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110828224629/http://www.yukoncurling.ca/Photos/tabid/69/AlbumID/391-3/Default.aspx . 2011-08-28.