| Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts | |
| Current Host City: | Tisdale |
| Current Arena: | RECPlex |
| Current Champion: | Skylar Ackerman |
| Current: | 2024 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts |
| Sponsor: | Viterra |
The Viterra Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the annual Saskatchewan provincial women's curling championship. The winning team represents Saskatchewan at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the national women's championship. The bonspiel is organized by CURLSASK, the provincial curling association.
The number of teams participating and the format of the Saskatchewan Tournament of Hearts has varied over the years. In the most recent edition, in 2024, the bonspiel included 12 teams divided into two pools leading to a four-team page playoff.[1] Four teams qualified based on their national CTRS ranking; another four qualified based on their rank on the Saskatchewan Women's Curling Tour (SWCT); and the final four teams qualified via direct events, called the Women's Last Chance.[2]
The Saskatchewan Tournament of Hearts has been contested annually since 1948, with the event cancelled only once, in 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
In 1953, the Janet Perkin rink from Regina won the provincial title and the Western Canadian Ladies' Championship, the first organized competition for women that went beyond the province's borders, and which was hosted in Regina.[4] Saskatoon's Joyce McKee established an early run of dominance in the province, winning a record eight titles between 1954 and 1973, including five as skip. McKee won the first invitational national title in 1960 and the first official Canadian women's championship the following year, capturing the 1961 Diamond D Championship.[5] She won another national title in 1969 before teaming up with Vera Pezer for a then-record three consecutive provincial and national titles from 1971 to 1973, including the 1972 Macdonald Lassies Championship in Saskatoon.[6] Pezer's three straight titles were part of a run of six straight for Team Saskatchewan. In 2019, the Pezer rink would be ranked fifth in a national ranking of the greatest women's curling teams.[7] The top-ranked team was Sandra Schmirler's Regina rink, which won three provincial, national, and world titles in the 1990s, along with a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Other Saskatchewan champions who went on to secure national titles include Dorenda Schoenhals, Emily Farnham, Marj Mitchell—whose rink also won Canada's first women's world championship in 1980[8] —and Amber Holland.[9] Sherry Anderson has won seven provincial titles, matching McKee's mark of five wins as a skip, with her first win coming in 1994 and her last in 2018.[10] Although Anderson has not won a national Tournament of Hearts, her rink did capture a record five straight Canadian senior championships between 2017 and 2022, and world seniors titles in 2018, 2019, and 2023.[11] The most recent provincial champion is Skylar Ackerman, whose rink won its first title at the 2024 Viterra Scotties.[12]
Teams in bold denote national championships. Western Canada champions (1953–1960) in italics.
| Year | Host | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Winning club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tisdale | Ashley Thevenot | Taylor Stremick | Kaylin Skinner | ||||
| Estevan | Kelly Schafer | Sherry Just | Kara Thevenot | ||||
| Assiniboia | Christie Gamble | Jenna Enge | Danielle Sicinski | ||||
| 2021 | N/A | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan. Team Sherry Anderson (Anderson, Nancy Martin, Chaelynn Kitz, Breanne Knapp) invited to represent Saskatchewan at Scotties. | |||||
| Melville | Robyn Silvernagle | Stefanie Lawton | Jessie Hunkin | Kara Thevenot | Twin Rivers Curling Club | ||
| Humboldt | Robyn Silvernagle | Stefanie Lawton | Jessie Hunkin | Kara Thevenot | Twin Rivers Curling Club | ||
| Sherry Anderson | Kourtney Fesser | Krista Fesser | Karlee Korchinski | Nutana Curling Club | |||
| Melville | Penny Barker | Deanna Doig | Lorraine Schneider | Danielle Sicinski | Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre | ||
| Prince Albert | Ashley Howard | Callan Hamon | Ashley Williamson | ||||
| Assiniboia | Stefanie Lawton | Sherry Anderson | Stephanie Schmidt | Marliese Kasner | Nutana Curling Club | ||
| Stefanie Lawton | Sherry Anderson | Sherri Singler | Marliese Kasner | Nutana Curling Club | |||
| Kara Johnston | Taryn Holtby | Jinaye Ayrey | Maidstone Curling Club | ||||
| Humboldt | Lana Vey | Roberta Materi | Sarah Slywka | ||||
| Amber Holland | Kim Schneider | Tammy Schneider | Heather Kalenchuk | Kronau Curling Club | |||
| Amber Holland | Kim Schneider | Tammy Schneider | Heather Kalenchuk | Kronau Curling Club | |||
| Stefanie Lawton | Marliese Kasner | Sherri Singler | Lana Vey | ||||
| North Battleford | Michelle Englot | Darlene Kidd | Roberta Materi | Cindy Simmons | Tartan Curling Club | ||
| Balgonie | Lana Vey | Nancy Inglis | Marcia Gudereit | ||||
| Ros Tanner | Kristen Ridalls | Andrea Rudulier | |||||
| Assiniboia | Stefanie Lawton | Marliese Miller | Sherri Singler | Chelsey Bell | CN Curling Club | ||
| Meadow Lake | Sherry Anderson | Kim Hodson | Sandra Mulroney | Donna Gignac | |||
| Balgonie | Jan Betker | Sherry Linton | Joan McCusker | Marcia Gudereit | Caledonian Curling Club | ||
| Melfort | Sherry Anderson | Kim Hodson | Sandra Mulroney | Donna Gignac | Delisle | ||
| Estevan | Lori Kehler | Roberta Materi | Joan Stricker | Caledonian Curling Club | |||
| Humboldt | Cathy Walter | Karen Daku | Leanne Whitrow | Caledonian Curling Club | |||
| Brandee Davis | Allison Tanner | Shannon Wilson | |||||
| Kristy Lewis | Daren Daku | Kery-Lynn Schikowski | Caledonian Curling Club | ||||
| 1997 | Swift Current | Sandra Schmirler | Jan Betker | Joan McCusker | Marcia Gudereit | Caledonian Curling Club | |
| 1996[13] | Tisdale | Colleen Zielke | Sandra Mulroney | Judy Leonard | Granite Curling Club | ||
| 1995[14] | Regina | Sherry Anderson | Kay Montgomery | Donna Gignac | Elaine McCloy | ||
| 1994[15] | Wadena | Sherry Anderson | Kay Montgomery | Donna Gignac | Elaine McCloy | Prince Albert | |
| 1993[16] | Sandra Peterson | Jan Betker | Joan McCusker | Marcia Gudereit | Caledonian Curling Club | ||
| 1992[17] | Yorkton | Kathy Fahlman | Joan Stricker | Lorie Kehler | Tartan Curling Club | ||
| 1991[18] | Regina | Sandra Peterson | Jan Betker | Joan Inglis | Marcia Schiml | Caledonian Curling Club | |
| 1990[19] | Humboldt | Michelle Schneider | Kathy Fahlman | Joan Stricker | Lorie Kehler | Tartan Curling Club | |
| 1989[20] | Regina | Michelle Schneider | Joan Stricker | Lorie Kehler | Leanne Eberle | Tartan Curling Club | |
| 1988[21] | Weyburn | Michelle Schneider | Jan Herauf | Lorie Kehler | Leanne Eberle | Tartan Curling Club | |
| 1987[22] | Sandra Schmirler | Jan Betker | Sheila Schneider | Tartan Curling Club | |||
| 1986[23] | Regina | Gillian Thompson | Christine Gervais | Sheila Kavanagh | |||
| 1985[24] | Tisdale | Jean MacLean | Maureen Burkitt | Eileen Wilson | Nutana Curling Club | ||
| 1984[25] | Swift Current | Lori McGeary | Gillian Thompson | Christine Gervais | Allison Earl | ||
| 1983[26] | Sheila Rowan | Jean MacLean | Judy Sefton | Lillian Martin | Nutana Curling Club | ||
| 1982[27] | Melville | Shirley McKendry | Velva Squire | Dorthy Hepper | Caledonian Curling Club | ||
| 1981[28] | Prince Albert | Gloria Leach | Delores Syrota | Joan Sweatman | |||
| 1980[29] | Estevan | Marj Mitchell | Nancy Kerr | Shirley McKendry | Wendy Leach | Caledonian Curling Club | |
| 1979[30] | Melfort | Lynne Fuller | Elaine Farkas | Diane Lynn | Granite Curling Club | ||
| 1978[31] | Moose Jaw | Holly Webster | Nancy Bint | Betty Fairweather | Hub City Curling Club | ||
| 1977[32] | North Battleford | Bonnie Brandon | Pamela Ochitawa | Sharon Kvinlaug | Prince Albert | ||
| 1976[33] | Weyburn | Gaby Kot | Margaret Woodard | Jean Lowenberger | |||
| 1975[34] | Yorkton | Marj Mitchell | Kendra Richards | Nancy Kerr | Florence Sanna | Caledonian Curling Club | |
| 1974[35] | Regina | Emily Farnham | Linda Saunders | Pat McBeath | Donna Collins | Nutana Curling Club | |
| 1973[36] | Saskatoon | Vera Pezer | Sheila Rowan | Joyce McKee | Lee Morrison | Sutherland Curling Club | |
| 1972[37] | Vera Pezer | Sheila Rowan | Joyce McKee | Lee Morrison | Sutherland Curling Club | ||
| 1971[38] | Tisdale | Vera Pezer | Sheila Rowan | Joyce McKee | Lee Morrison | Sutherland Curling Club | |
| 1970[39] | Swift Current | Dorenda Schoenhals | Cheryl Stirton | Linda Burhnam | Joan Andersen | Nutana Curling Club | |
| 1969[40] | Nipawin | Joyce McKee | Vera Pezer | Lenore Morrison | Jennifer Falk | Hub City Curling Club | |
| 1968[41] | Estevan | Fay Coben | Florence Hill | Avis Carr | Delisle | ||
| 1967[42] | Prince Albert | Enid Anderson | Jean Broeder | Beverly Langton | Caledonian Curling Club | ||
| 1966[43] | Moose Jaw | Barbara MacNevin | Fay Coben | Florence Hill | Avis Carr | Delisle | |
| 1965[44] | Melfort | Barbara MacNevin | Fay Coben | Florence Hill | Avis Carr | Delisle | |
| 1964[45] | Weyburn | Kay Krug | Joyce Miller | Doreen Thomas | Caledonian Curling Club | ||
| 1963[46] | Saskatoon | Velma Starrak | Peggy Johnson | Jean Balderston | Moose Jaw | ||
| 1962[47] | Yorkton | Joyce McKee | Sylvia Fedoruk | Barbara MacNevin | Rosa McFee | Hub City Curling Club | |
| 1961[48] | North Battleford | Joyce McKee | Sylvia Fedoruk | Barbara MacNevin | Rosa McFee | Hub City Curling Club | |
| 1960[49] | Regina | Joyce McKee | Sylvia Fedoruk | Donna Belding | Muriel Coben | Hub City Curling Club | |
| 1959[50] | Prince Albert | Janet Perkin | Win Rogers | Joyce Miller | B. Malesh | Caledonian Curling Club | |
| 1958[51] | Swift Current | Ella Baker | Alice Park | Rita Davidson | |||
| 1957[52] | Saskatoon | Phyllis Baldwin | Y. Lindberg | E. Schwanbeck | D. England | ||
| 1956[53] | Estevan | Millie Binnie | Dot Crippen | Elsie Paterson | Moose Jaw | ||
| 1955[54] | Melfort | Isobel Hill | Mary Reed | Flo Jackson | Prince Albert | ||
| 1954[55] | Yorkton & Regina | Joyce McKee | Muriel Coben | Maizie Johnston | Vi Nesbitt | Hub City Curling Club[56] | |
| 1953[57] | North Battleford | Janet Perkin | Phyllis Day | Jean Graham | Joyce Miller | Caledonian Curling Club | |
| 1952[58] | Weyburn | Eileen Sexsmith | Philllis Barclay | Merle Dertell | Nutana Curling Club | ||
| 1951[59] | Prince Albert | Marj Olson | B. McQuarrie | S. Johnstone | J. Jackson | Prince Albert | |
| 1950[60] | Moose Jaw | Margaret Walker[61] | Dot Bell | C. Jones | S. Cavil | Granite Curling Club | |
| 1949[62] | Saskatoon | Fern Braithwaite | Jean Graham | Gertrude Millar | Granite Curling Club | ||
| 1948[63] | Regina | J. Roberston | Laura Kunkel | Isabelle Sekulich | Kay Sekulich | ||