2012 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts


The 2012 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Ontario's women's provincial curling championship, was held from January 23 to 29 at the Kenora Curling Club in Kenora, Ontario. The winning team of Tracy Horgan represented Ontario at the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Red Deer, Alberta, where they finished with a 4-7 record.

Qualification Process

Ten teams qualified for the provincial tournament through several methods. Four teams qualified from Northern Ontario, two teams qualified from Regions 1&2, two teams qualified from regions 3&4 and two teams qualified from the Challenge Round.
TeamsQualification MethodBerthsQualifying Team
Team 1Northern Ontario provincial 1st-place finish1Krista McCarville
Team 2Northern Ontario provincial 2nd-place finish1Marlo Dahl
Team 3Northern Ontario provincial 3rd-place finish1Tracy Horgan
Team 4Northern Ontario provincial 4th-place finish1Laura Pickering
Teams 5 & 6Regions 1 & 2 Qualifiers2Cathy Auld
Rachel Homan
Teams 7 & 8Regions 3 & 4 Qualifiers2Allison Nimik
Kathy Brown
Teams 9 & 10Challenge Round Qualifiers2Sherry Middaugh
Jenn Hanna

Teams

Standings

Results

Draw 1

January 23, 7:00 PM CT

Draw 2

January 24, 2:00 PM CT

Draw 3

January 24, 7:00 PM CT

Draw 4

January 25, 2:00 PM CT

Draw 5

January 25, 7:00 PM CT

Draw 6

January 26, 2:00 PM CT

Draw 7

January 26, 7:00 PM CT

Draw 8

January 27, 2:00 PM CT

Draw 9

January 27, 7:00 PM CT

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

January 28, 2:00 PM CT

3 vs. 4

January 28, 7:00 PM CT

Semifinal

January 29, 9:30 AM CT

Final

January 29, 2:00 PM CT

Qualification

Southern Ontario zones run from December 9 to 11, 2011, and December 16 to 19, 2011. Two teams from each zone qualify to two regional tournaments, and two teams from each of the two tournaments qualify to the provincials. Two additional teams qualify out of a second chance qualifier.
The Northern Ontario provincial championship were held from December 8 to 11 at the Copper Cliff Curling Club in Copper Cliff, Ontario. Four teams qualified out of the Northern Ontario championship.
Regional Qualifiers In Bold

Southern Ontario Zone Qualification

Zone 1

December 10–11 at the RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa
December 9–11 at the RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa
December 9–11 at the Pakenham Curling Club, Pakenham
As there were no teams entered in this zone, seeds 3A and 3B will be filled by seeds from Zone 7.

Zone 4

December 16–18 at the Brighton & District Curling Club, Brighton
As there was only one team entered in this zone, Farnell will be seeded as seed 4A, and seed 4B will be filled by a seed from Zone 7.

Zone 5

December 17–18 at the Beaverton Curling Club, Beaverton
December 10–12 at the Sutton Curling Club, Sutton West
December 17–18 at the Bayview Golf & Country Club, Thornhill
December 17–18 at the Oakville Curling Club, Oakville
December 10–11 at the King Curling Club, Schomberg
December 10–11 at the Barrie Curling Club, Barrie
December 16–18 at the Blue Water Curling Club, Owen Sound
As there was only one team entered in this zone, Bishop will be seeded as seed 11A, and seed 11B will be filled by a seed from Zone 10.

Zone 12

December 9–11 at the Elmira & District Curling Club, Elmira
December 17–18 at the Hamilton Victoria Club, Hamilton
December 16–18 at the Harriston Curling Club, Harriston
As there were no teams entered in this zone, seeds 14A and 14B will be filled by seeds from Zone 12.

Zone 15

December 18 at the Woodstock Curling Club, Woodstock
December 10 at the Chatham Granite Club, Chatham
''January 6–8, Gananoque Curling Club, Gananoque

Regions 3 & 4

January 6–8, Penetanguishene Curling Club, Penetanguishene

Challenge Round

January 13–15, Oshawa Curling Club, Oshawa

Northern Ontario Provincials

The Northern Ontario provincials were held from December 8 to 11, 2011, at the Copper Cliff Curling Club in Copper Cliff, Ontario. The top four teams advanced to the provincial playoffs.

Teams

Standings

Results

Draw 1

December 9, 10:30 AM ET

Draw 2

December 9, 3:00 PM ET

Draw 3

December 9, 7:30 PM ET

Draw 4

December 10, 9:30 AM ET

Draw 5

December 10, 2:30 PM ET

Draw 6

December 10, 7:30 PM ET

Draw 7

December 11, 9:00 AM ET