Day 1 of the 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts begins with the first draw featuring a matchup pitting a rookie against a veteran champion.
Team Alberta is skipped by 25-year-old Selena Sturmay, who will be making her Scotties debut this year, while the other end features 2015 Scotties champion Kaitlyn Lawes and Team Manitoba.
Ontario skip Rachel Homan defeated Manitoba veteran Jennifer Jones on Saturday night in Calgary, stealing two in a dramatic extra end to escape with a 6-4 win in the Page 1/2 qualifying game.
Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes now advance to the 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts gold medal final on Sunday.
“Unbelievable game,” said Homan. “They played unbelievable, had us in a pile of trouble every end but we stuck with it.”
The Ottawa crew has run through the Scotties unbeaten at 10-0, with the skip making runbacks like this one, which was thrown against Team Canada.
Sturmay won the provincial title in January after her rink beat the Kayla Skrlik-led defending champions in the final.
Team Sturmay is ranked fifth in Canada, winning the Saville Grand Prix. Sturmay won gold at the 2019 Canadian Juniors and second Dezaray Hawes previously represented British Columbia at nationals (2020, 2021).
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They are joined by third Danielle Schmiemann and lead Paige Papley.
Team Manitoba is currently ranked fourth in the country in its second season together.
Lawes and her rink of third Selena Njegovan, second Jocelyn Peterman and lead Kristin MacCuish, won the Manitoba Scotties with a 9-8 win over Team Beth Peterson.
Lawes is looking for her first Scotties title since 2015. At last year’s tournament, she just missed out on the playoffs, losing in a tiebreaker to Nova Scotia’s Team Christina Black.
The 35-year-old is a two-time Olympic gold medalist (women’s and mixed doubles) and won a world championship title in 2018.
2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Schedule:
CA: Canada (Einarson) AB: Alberta (Sturmay) BC – B: British Columbia (Brown) BC – G: British Columbia (Grandy) MB – C: Manitoba (Cameron) MB – J: Manitoba (Jones)
MB – L: Manitoba (Lawes) NB: New Brunswick (Adams) NL: Newfoundland and Labrador (Curtis) NO: Northern Ontario (McCarville) NT: Northwest Territories (Galusha) NS: Nova Scotia (Smith)
ON – H: Ontario (Homan) ON – I: Ontario (Inglis) PE: Prince Edward Island (DiCarlo) QC: Québec (St-Georges) SK: Saskatchewan (Ackerman) YK: Yukon (Scoffin)
Friday, February 16
Draw 1 (6:00 pm)
A: SK vs. PE
B: AB vs. MB – L
C: CA vs. QC
D: NO vs. BC – B
Saturday, February 17
Draw 2 (1:00 pm)
A: ON – I vs. BC – G
B: NT vs. ON – H
C: NB vs. MB – C
D: NS vs. MB – J
Draw 3 (6:00 pm)
A: BC – B vs. NL
B: CA vs. NO
C: AB vs. PE
D: MB – L vs. SK
Sunday, February 18
Draw 4 (8:30 am)
A: MB – J vs. YT
B: NB vs. NS
C: NT vs. BC – G
D: ON – H vs. ON – I
Draw 5 (1:30 pm)
A: AB vs. CA
B: PE vs. BC – B
C: NO vs. SK
D: QC vs. NL
Draw 6 (6:30 pm)
A: NT vs. NB
B: BC – G vs. MB – J
C: NS vs. ON – I
D: MB – C vs. YT
Monday, February 19
Draw 7 (8:30 am)
A: PE vs. NO
B: SK vs. QC
C: NL vs. MB – L
D: BC – B vs. CA
Draw 8 (1:30 pm)
A: BC – G vs. NS
B: ON – I vs. MB – C
C: YT vs. ON – H
D: MB – J vs. NB
Draw 9 (6:30 pm)
A: MB – L vs. QC
B: NO vs. NL
C: PE vs. CA
D: SK vs. AB
Tuesday, February 20
Draw 10 (8:30 am)
A: ON – H vs. MB – C
B: NS vs. YT
C: BC – G vs. NB
D: ON – I vs. NT
Draw 11 (1:30 pm)
A: CA vs. SK
B: QC vs. AB
C: MB – L vs. BC – B
D: NL vs. PE
Draw 12 (6:30 pm)
A: NB vs. ON – I
B: MB – C vs. NT
C: ON – H vs. MB – J
D: YT vs. BC – G
Wednesday, February 21
Draw 13 (8:30 am)
A: QC vs. BC – B
B: MB – L vs. PE
C: SK vs. NL
D: AB vs. NO
Draw 14 (1:30 pm)
A: MB – C vs. MB – J
B: ON – H vs. BC – G
C: ON – I vs. YT
D: NT vs. NS
Draw 15 (6:30 pm)
A: NL vs. AB
B: BC – B vs. SK
C: QC vs. NO
D: CA vs. MB – L
Thursday, February 22
Draw 16 (8:30 am)
A: YT vs. NT
B: MB – J vs. ON – I
C: MB – C vs. NS
D: NB vs. ON – H
Draw 17 (1:30 pm)
A: NO vs. MB – L
B: NL vs. CA
C: BC – B vs. AB
D: PE vs. QC
Draw 18 (6:30 pm)
A: NS vs. ON – H
B: YT vs. NB
C: MB – J vs. NT
D: BC – G vs. MB – C
Friday, February 23
Page 1/2 Qualifier – 12:00 pm
Pool A#1 vs Pool B#2 – TBD
Pool B#1 vs Pool A#2 – TBD
Page 3/4 Qualifier – 6:00 pm
Page 1/2 Qualifier
Loser vs Pool A#3 – TBD
Loser vs Pool B#3 – TBD
Saturday, February 24
Page 3/4 – 12:00 pm
Page 1/2 – 6:00 pm
Sunday, February 25
Semifinal – 12:00 pm
Final – 6:00 pm