2012 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling – Women's event
The women's event of the 2012 Masters Grand Slam of Curling was held from November 14 to 18 at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre, the Brantford Golf & Curling Club, and the Paris Curling Club in Brantford and Paris, Ontario as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The majority of the women's Tier I round robin games was held at the Brantford Golf & Curling Club, while the remainder of the Tier I games and the playoffs round games were held at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre. The women's Tier II games were held at the Paris Curling Club, and the women's Tier II playoffs qualifiers were held at the Brantford Golf & Curling Club. It was held as the fourth Grand Slam on the women's tour.
In the final, Rachel Homan of Ontario defeated Chelsea Carey of Manitoba with a score of 8–3.
The event is split up into two tiers, with 18 teams in Tier I and 16 teams in Tier II. The Tier I teams were divided into 3 pools of 6 teams which played in a round robin, while the Tier II teams played off in a triple knockout event. 8 Tier II teams qualified for a playoff to determine which two teams would enter the playoffs along with six Tier I teams.
Tier I
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
Erika Brown | Debbie McCormick | Jessica Schultz | Ann Swisshelm | Madison, Wisconsin |
Chelsea Carey | Kristy McDonald | Kristen Foster | Lindsay Titheridge | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Laura Crocker | Sarah Wilkes | Rebecca Pattison | Jenn Gates | Edmonton, Alberta |
Rachel Homan | Emma Miskew | Alison Kreviazuk | Lisa Weagle | Ottawa, Ontario |
Michèle Jäggi | Marisa Winkelhausen | Stéphanie Jäggi | Malanie Barbezät | Bern, Switzerland |
Shannon Kleibrink | Bronwen Webster | Kalynn Park | Chelsey Matson | Calgary, Alberta |
Kaitlyn Lawes | Kirsten Wall | Jill Officer | Dawn Askin | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Stefanie Lawton | Sherry Anderson | Sherri Singler | Marliese Kasner | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
Sherry Middaugh | Jo-Ann Rizzo | Lee Merklinger | Leigh Armstrong | Coldwater, Ontario |
Eve Muirhead | Anna Sloan | Vicki Adams | Claire Hamilton | Stirling, Scotland |
Heather Nedohin | Beth Iskiw | Jessica Mair | Laine Peters | Edmonton, Alberta |
Mirjam Ott | Carmen Schäfer | Carmen Küng | Janine Greiner | Davos, Switzerland |
Cathy Overton-Clapham | Jenna Loder | Ashley Howard | Breanne Meakin | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Kelly Scott | Jeanna Schraeder | Sasha Carter | Sarah Wazney | Kelowna, British Columbia |
Anna Sidorova | Liudmila Privivkova | Margarita Fomina | Ekaterina Galkina | Moscow, Russia |
Valerie Sweeting | Dana Ferguson | Joanne Taylor | Rachelle Pidherny | Edmonton, Alberta |
Silvana Tirinzoni | Marlene Albrecht | Esther Neuenschwander | Sandra Gantenbein | Switzerland |
Crystal Webster | Erin Carmody | Geri-Lynn Ramsay | Samantha Preston | Calgary, Alberta |
Round Robin Standings
Final Round Robin StandingsRound Robin Results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time.Draw 1
Thursday, November 15, 9:00Draw 2
Thursday, November 15, 12:30Draw 3
Thursday, November 15, 16:00Draw 4
Thursday, November 15, 19:30Draw 5
Friday, November 16, 8:30Draw 6
Friday, November 16, 12:00Draw 7
Friday, November 16, 15:30Draw 8
Friday, November 16, 19:00Tiebreakers
Saturday, November 17, 8:30Tier II
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
Mary-Anne Arsenault | Colleen Jones | Kim Kelly | Jennifer Baxter | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Cathy Auld | Janet Murphy | Stephanie Gray | Melissa Foster | Mississauga, Ontario |
Suzanne Birt | Shelly Bradley | Sarah Fullerton | Leslie MacDougall | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
Jacqueline Harrison | Kimberly Tuck | Susan Froud | Heather Nicol | Waterdown, Ontario |
Julie Hastings | Christy Trombley | Stacey Smith | Katrina Collins | Thornhill, Ontario |
Amber Holland | Jolene Campbell | Brooklyn Lemon | Dailene Sivertson | Regina, Saskatchewan |
Tracy Horgan | Jenn Seabrook | Jenna Enge | Amanda Gates | Sudbury, Ontario |
Jessie Kaufman | Nicky Kaufman | Kelly Erickson | Stephanie Enright | Edmonton, Alberta |
Marie-France Larouche | Brenda Nicholls | Véronique Grégoire | Amélie Blais | Lévis, Quebec |
Krista McCarville | Ashley Miharija | Kari Lavoie | Sarah Lang | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
Allison Nimik | Katie Pringle | Lynn Kreviazuk | Morgan Court | Toronto, Ontario |
Allison Pottinger | Nicole Joraanstad | Natalie Nicholson | Tabitha Peterson | St. Paul, St. Paul, Minnesota |
Manuela Siegrist | Alina Pätz | Nadine Lehmann | Nicole Dünki | Basel, Switzerland |
Heather Smith-Dacey | Stephanie McVicar | Blisse Comstock | Teri Lake | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Heather Strong | Laura Strong | Erica Trickett | Stephanie Korab | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
Jill Thurston | Kristen Phillips | Brette Richards | Kendra Georges | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Knockout Draw Brackets
The draw is listed as follows:A Event
B Event
C Event
Knockout Results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time.Draw 1
Thursday, November 14, 8:30Draw 2
Thursday, November 14, 11:30Draw 3
Thursday, November 14, 14:30Draw 4
Thursday, November 14, 17:30Draw 5
Thursday, November 14, 20:30Draw 6
Friday, November 15, 8:30Draw 7
Friday, November 15, 12:30Draw 8
Friday, November 15, 16:30Draw 9
Friday, November 15, 20:30Playoffs Qualifiers
Results
Saturday, November 16, 8:30Saturday, November 16, 12:00
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Saturday, November 17, 15:30Saturday, November 17, 19:30