1998 Scott Tournament of Hearts

The 1998 Scott Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's national curling championship, was played February 21 to March 1[1] at the Agridome[2] in Regina, Saskatchewan.[3] The home province of Saskatchewan would be represented by two teams, as the Sandra Schmirler rink was the defending champions team Canada. It would be the final Tournament of Hearts Sandra Schmirler would play in before her death in 2000.

The event set a record attendance of 154,688, which still holds today.[4]

Teams

Team Canada	Alberta	British Columbia
Caledonian Curling Club, Regina Skip: Sandra Schmirler Third: Jan Betker Second: Joan McCusker Lead: Marcia Gudereit Alternate: Atina Ford	Ottewell Curling Club, Edmonton Skip: Cathy Borst Third: Heather Godberson Second: Brenda Bohmer Lead: Kate Horne Alternate: Rona McGregor	Kamloops Curling Club, Kamloops Skip: Sue Garvey Third: Jan Wiltzen Second: Allison MacInnes Lead: Val Lahucik Alternate: Lindsay Kosteniuk
Manitoba	New Brunswick	Newfoundland
Brandon Curling Club, Brandon, Manitoba Skip: Lois Fowler Third: Betty Couling Second: Sharon Fowler Lead: Jocelyn Beever Alternate: Maureen Bonar	Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club, Saint John, New Brunswick Skip: Kathy Floyd Third: June Campbell Second: Allison Franey Lead: Jane Arseneau Alternate: Mary Harding	St. John's Curling Club, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Skip: Heather Strong Third: Kelli Sharpe Second: Michele Renouf Lead: Karen Thomas Alternate: Peg Goss
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island
Mayflower Curling Club, Halifax Skip: Mary Mattatall Third: Angie Bryant Second: Lisa MacLeod Lead: Heather Hopkins Alternate: Hayley Clarke	Rideau Curling Club, Ottawa Skip: Anne Merklinger Third: Theresa Breen Second: Patti McKnight Lead: Audrey Frey Alternate: Christine McCrady	Charlottetown Curling Club, Charlottetown Skip: Tammi Lowther Third: Susan McInnis Second: Shelley Muzika Lead: Julie Scales Alternate: Donna Lank
Quebec	Saskatchewan	Northwest Territories/Yukon
Riverbend Alma Curling Club, Alma, Quebec Skip: Marie-Claude Carlos Third: Nathalie Gagnon Second: Julie Blackburn Lead: Sylvie Fortin Alternate: Maude Martel	Caledonian Curling Club, Regina Skip: Cathy Trowell Third: Kristy Lewis Second: Karen Daku Lead: Keri-Lynn Schikowski Alternate: Nancy Inglis	Yellowknife Curling Club, Yellowknife Skip: Kelly Kaylo Third: Dawn Moses Second: Sharon Cormier Lead: Cheryl Burlington Alternate: Kerry Koe

Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tie-Breakers

Locale	Skip	W	L	Shot Pct.
Alberta	Cathy Borst	10	1	80
Ontario	Anne Merklinger	8	3	79
Canada	Sandra Schmirler	7	4	80
British Columbia	Sue Garvey	6	5	75
Saskatchewan	Cathy Trowell	6	5	75
New Brunswick	Kathy Floyd	5	6	73
Northwest Territories Yukon	Kelly Kaylo	5	6	70
Newfoundland	Heather Strong	4	7	69
Manitoba	Lois Fowler	4	7	72
Nova Scotia	Mary Mattatall	4	7	75
Prince Edward Island	Tammi Lowther	4	7	77
Quebec	Marie-Claude Carlos	3	8	67

Results

Draw 1

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Strong)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	4
British Columbia (Garvey)	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Fowler)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	X	4
Saskatchewan (Trowell)	2	0	2	0	1	0	3	2	X	X	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Schmirler)	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	6
New Brunswick (Floyd)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Lowther)	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	2	1	X	9
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Kaylo)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	4

Draw 2

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Floyd)	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	1	10
Manitoba (Fowler)	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Borst)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	X	5
Ontario (Merklinger)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Nova Scotia (Mattatall)	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	8
Quebec (Carlos)	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	2	0	1	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Trowell)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	X	5
Newfoundland (Strong)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	2

Draw 3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Newfoundland (Strong)	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	7
Nova Scotia (Mattatall)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Merklinger)	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	5	X	X	12
Prince Edward Island (Lowther)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	X	4

Draw 4

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Kaylo)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	4
Canada (Schmirler)	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	4	0	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Carlos)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	X	5
Alberta (Borst)	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Fowler)	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	X	9
British Columbia (Garvey)	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Mattatall)	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	9
Ontario (Merklinger)	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	8

Draw 5

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
British Columbia (Garvey)	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	6
Quebec (Carlos)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Lowther)	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7
New Brunswick (Floyd)	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Borst)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Kaylo)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Schmirler)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	3	X	8
Saskatchewan (Trowell)	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	3

Draw 6

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Borst)	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	7
New Brunswick (Floyd)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Schmirler)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
British Columbia (Garvey)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Trowell)	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
Quebec (Carlos)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Kaylo)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	5
Manitoba (Fowler)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4

Draw 7

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Fowler)	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	X	10
Nova Scotia (Mattatall)	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Garvey)	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	6
Ontario (Merklinger)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Lowther)	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	X	6
Saskatchewan (Trowell)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Floyd)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	6
Newfoundland (Strong)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	4

Draw 8

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Carlos)	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	6
Prince Edward Island (Lowther)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Mattatall)	2	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	2	X	10
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Kaylo)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Merklinger)	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	6
Canada (Schmirler)	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Strong)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	0
Alberta (Borst)	2	0	2	1	2	1	X	X	X	X	8

Draw 9

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Trowell)	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	5
Ontario (Merklinger)	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Lowther)	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	5
British Columbia (Garvey)	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Mattatall)	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	7
New Brunswick (Floyd)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Carlos)	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	3
Canada (Schmirler)	1	0	0	3	4	1	0	0	X	X	9

Draw 10

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Schmirler)	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	7
Nova Scotia (Mattatall)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Floyd)	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	X	6
Quebec (Carlos)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Kaylo)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	6
Newfoundland (Strong)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Fowler)	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	5
Alberta (Borst)	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	X	6

Draw 11

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Borst)	0	4	0	4	1	1	X	X	X	X	10
Saskatchewan (Trowell)	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Merklinger)	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	2	0	X	8
Manitoba (Fowler)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Garvey)	3	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	X	X	8
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Kaylo)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Strong)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	6
Prince Edward Island (Lowther)	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5

Draw 12

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Merklinger)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	6
Newfoundland (Strong)	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Trowell)	3	0	3	1	0	0	3	X	X	X	10
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Kaylo)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Carlos)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	4
Manitoba (Fowler)	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	0	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Borst)	0	3	1	1	4	X	X	X	X	X	9
British Columbia (Garvey)	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	0

Draw 13

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Lowther)	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	6
Nova Scotia (Mattatall)	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Schmirler)	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	2
Alberta (Borst)	1	0	0	3	1	4	X	X	X	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Floyd)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	X	5
Ontario (Merklinger)	1	0	2	0	1	3	1	0	1	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Kaylo)	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	7
Quebec (Carlos)	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	5

Draw 14

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Fowler)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	X	6
Prince Edward Island (Lowther)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Mattatall)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	6
Saskatchewan (Trowell)	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Strong)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	4
Canada (Schmirler)	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Garvey)	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	6
New Brunswick (Floyd)	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	1	1	9

Draw 15

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Floyd)	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	3	9
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Kaylo)	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Strong)	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	X	X	8
Manitoba (Fowler)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Borst)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	X	6
Nova Scotia (Mattatall)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Schmirler)	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	6
Prince Edward Island (Lowther)	0	2	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	9

Draw 16

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Garvey)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	6
Saskatchewan (Trowell)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Carlos)	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	X	4
Newfoundland (Strong)	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Lowther)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	3
Alberta (Borst)	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Kaylo)	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	7
Ontario (Merklinger)	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	6

Draw 17

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Merklinger)	3	2	4	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
Quebec (Carlos)	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	X	X	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Fowler)	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	2
Canada (Schmirler)	0	2	0	2	0	4	X	X	X	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Trowell)	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	9
New Brunswick (Floyd)	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Mattatall)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	2
British Columbia (Garvey)	0	0	1	1	1	0	5	1	X	X	9

Tiebreaker

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Trowell)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	X	4
British Columbia (Garvey)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	X	6

Page playoffs

Page playoffs			Semifinal			Final

1	Alberta	7
2	Ontario	6				1	Alberta	7
			2	Ontario	9	2	Ontario	6
			3	Canada	3
3	Canada	9
4	British Columbia	3

1 vs. 2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alberta (Borst)	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	7
Ontario (Merklinger)	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	6

Player Percentages
Alberta		Ontario
Kate Horne	72%	Audrey Frey	85%
Brenda Bohmer	72%	Patti McKnight	78%
Heather Godberson	68%	Theresa Breen	89%
Cathy Borst	57%	Anne Merklinger	66%
Total	67%	Total	79%

3 vs. 4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Schmirler)	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	2	X	X	9
British Columbia (Garvey)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	3

Player Percentages
Canada		British Columbia
Marcia Gudereit	80%	Val Lahucik	81%
Joan McCusker	84%	Allison MacInnes	64%
Jan Betker	86%	Jan Wiltzen	77%
Sandra Schmirler	91%	Sue Garvey	72%
Total	85%	Total	73%

Semi-Final

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Merklinger)	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	3	X	X	9
Canada (Schmirler)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	3

Player Percentages
Ontario		Canada
Audrey Frey	88%	Marcia Gudereit	80%
Patti McKnight	75%	Joan McCusker	78%
Theresa Breen	81%	Jan Betker	73%
Anne Merklinger	83%	Sandra Schmirler	66%
Total	82%	Total	74%

Final

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alberta (Borst)	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	7
Ontario (Merklinger)	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	6

Player Percentages
Alberta		Ontario
Kate Horne	70%	Audrey Frey	84%
Brenda Bohmer	77%	Patti McKnight	74%
Heather Godberson	89%	Theresa Breen	85%
Cathy Borst	78%	Anne Merklinger	75%
Total	79%	Total	80%

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References

Regina Leader-Post, 18 Feb 1998, pg B8, "Ready to rock the house"
Regina Leader-Post, 21 Feb 1998, pg C9
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http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/02/21/plenty-of-hope-for-scotties-going-through-midweek-attendance-slump/

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[1] Regina Leader-Post, 18 Feb 1998, pg B8, "Ready to rock the house"

[2] Regina Leader-Post, 21 Feb 1998, pg C9

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2011-03-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] ttp://news.nationalpost.com/2013/02/21/plenty-of-hope-for-scotties-going-through-midweek-attendance-slump/