1973 Macdonald Lassies Championship

1973 Macdonald Lassies Championship
Host cityCharlottetown, Prince Edward Island
ArenaCharlottetown Curling Club
DatesFebruary 26–March 2
Winner Saskatchewan
Curling clubSutherland Ladies CC, Saskatoon
SkipVera Pezer
ThirdSheila Rowan
SecondJoyce McKee
LeadLee Morrison
Finalist Manitoba (Joan Ingram)
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The 1973 Macdonald Lassies Championship, the Canadian women's curling championship was held February 26 to March 2 at the Charlottetown Curling Club[1] in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.[2]

Manitoba and Saskatchewan both finished round robin play tied for first with 8–1 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff between the two teams. Team Saskatchewan, who was skipped by Vera Pezer defeated Manitoba in the tiebreaker 6–4 to capture the championship. Saskatchewan defeated Manitoba in the final draw 7–5 in an extra end to force the tiebreaker.

It was the sixth overall title for Saskatchewan and their fifth in a row. This was also the third straight title for the Pezer rink, becoming the first rink to win three straight championships. After the win, the team decided to retire from competitive curling.[3]

The Nova Scotia rink finished winless for the second time in three years and became the fourth rink to accomplish the dubious feat. Nova Scotia only scored 37 points, setting a then-record for fewest points scored in a single tournament. This broke the previous mark of 43 also set by Nova Scotia in 1971.

Teams

The teams were as follows:[4]

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland
Thistle Ladies CC, Edmonton

Skip: Betty Cole
Third: Shirley Fisk
Second: Bonnie Cessford
Lead: Sharon Grey

Nanaimo Ladies CC, Nanaimo

Skip: Karin Kaese
Third: Shannon Blackburn
Second: Loretto Ahlstrom
Lead: Donna Dunn

Fort Garry Business Girls CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Joan Ingram
Third: Lorraine Bradawaski
Second: Dorothy Rose
Lead: Jackie Tinney

Capital WC, Fredericton

Skip: Sheila McLeod
Third: Lois Walker
Second: Agnes Freeze
Lead: Isabelle Lougheed

St. John's CC, St. John's

Skip: Ann Bowering
Third: Joan Pope
Second: Jean Burden
Lead: Chris Cathcart

Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan
Dartmouth Ladies CC, Dartmouth

Skip: Elizabeth Hodgins
Third: Faye Thornham
Second: Marjorie White
Lead: Shelaugh Thomson

Arnprior CC, Arnprior

Skip: Isobel Munro[5]
Third: Thelma Lindsay
Second: Geraldine Macklem
Lead: Vyvienne Johnston

Crapaud Community CC, Crapaud

Skip: Elayne Thompson
Third: Ruth Cutcliffe
Second: Louise Thompson
Lead: Frances Roberts

Montreal Caledonia CC, Westmount

Skip: Lee Tobin
Third: Francine Collison
Second: Marilyn Hone
Lead: Michelle Garneau

Sutherland Ladies CC, Saskatoon

Skip: Vera Pezer
Third: Sheila Rowan
Second: Joyce McKee
Lead: Lee Morrison

Map of teams

Cole
Kaese
Ingram
McLeod
Bowering
Hodgins
Munro
Thompson
Provincial Winners

Round Robin Standings

Final round robin standings[4]

Key
Teams to Tiebreaker
Province Skip W L PF PA
Saskatchewan Vera Pezer 8 1 69 50
Manitoba Joan Ingram 8 1 76 48
Alberta Betty Cole 6 3 86 49
British Columbia Karin Kaese 6 3 89 70
Ontario Isobel Munro 6 3 90 67
Prince Edward Island Elayne Thompson 5 4 69 73
Quebec Lee Tobin 3 6 53 66
Newfoundland Ann Bowering 2 7 51 84
New Brunswick Sheila McLeod 1 8 63 86
Nova Scotia Elizabeth Hodgins 0 9 37 90

Round Robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-04:00).[4][6]

Draw 1

Monday, February 26, 2:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Quebec (Tobin) 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 X 5
British Columbia (Kaese) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 X 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Cole) 0 3 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 X 11
Newfoundland (Bowering) 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Prince Edward Island (Thompson) 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 5 1 X 12
New Brunswick (McLeod) 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 X 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Nova Scotia (Hodgins) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
Manitoba (Ingram) 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 3 X 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Munro) 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 8
Saskatchewan (Pezer) 3 0 0 3 3 0 3 2 0 X 14

Draw 2

Monday, February 26, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Prince Edward Island (Thompson) 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 X 10
Quebec (Tobin) 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Ingram) 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 8
Newfoundland (Bowering) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
British Columbia (Kaese) 0 3 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 11
New Brunswick (McLeod) 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Munro) 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 3 14
Nova Scotia (Hodgins) 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Saskatchewan (Pezer) 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6
Alberta (Cole) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 5

Draw 3

Tuesday, February 27, 2:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Cole) 3 1 2 3 0 3 0 0 2 X 14
New Brunswick (McLeod) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Nova Scotia (Hodgins) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5
Prince Edward Island (Thompson) 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Quebec (Tobin) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5
Saskatchewan (Pezer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Munro) 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 X X 10
Newfoundland (Bowering) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
British Columbia (Kaese) 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 8
Manitoba (Ingram) 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 11

Draw 4

Tuesday, February 27, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Brunswick (McLeod) 3 2 3 2 1 3 X X X X 14
Nova Scotia (Hodgins) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X 0
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
British Columbia (Kaese) 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 1 1 X 10
Prince Edward Island (Thompson) 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 X 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Ingram) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 X 7
Quebec (Tobin) 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (Pezer) 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 5
Newfoundland (Bowering) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Munro) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 8
Alberta (Cole) 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6

Draw 5

Wednesday, February 28, 9:30 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
British Columbia (Kaese) 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 10
Ontario (Munro) 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (Pezer) 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 X 6
Nova Scotia (Hodgins) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Ingram) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 5
Alberta (Cole) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Prince Edward Island (Thompson) 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 9
Newfoundland (Bowering) 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Quebec (Tobin) 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 7
New Brunswick (McLeod) 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 6

Draw 6

Wednesday, February 28, 2:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
British Columbia (Kaese) 0 0 5 1 0 0 4 3 X X 13
Newfoundland (Bowering) 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 X X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Prince Edward Island (Thompson) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 8
Saskatchewan (Pezer) 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Ingram) 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 3 0 X 12
New Brunswick (McLeod) 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 X 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Munro) 3 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 10
Quebec (Tobin) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Cole) 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 X 10
Nova Scotia (Hodgins) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 1

Draw 7

Wednesday, February 28, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
British Columbia (Kaese) 4 0 1 0 3 0 2 3 0 X 13
Nova Scotia (Hodgins) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 X 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Ingram) 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 4 X 10
Ontario (Munro) 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 X 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (Pezer) 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 3 X 10
New Brunswick (McLeod) 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Cole) 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 4 1 1 14
Prince Edward Island (Thompson) 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Quebec (Tobin) 0 4 2 5 0 2 X X X X 13
Newfoundland (Bowering) 1 0 0 0 3 0 X X X X 4

Draw 8

Thursday, March 1, 2:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Munro) 0 3 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 X 11
New Brunswick (McLeod) 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 X 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Manitoba (Ingram) 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 X 8
Prince Edward Island (Thompson) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
British Columbia (Kaese) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 6
Saskatchewan (Pezer) 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Cole) 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 X 10
Quebec (Tobin) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Nova Scotia (Hodgins) 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
Newfoundland (Bowering) 1 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 1 0 10

Draw 9

Thursday, March 1, 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Quebec (Tobin) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 6
Nova Scotia (Hodgins) 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Newfoundland (Bowering) 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 9
New Brunswick (McLeod) 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ontario (Munro) 2 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 4 X 14
Prince Edward Island (Thompson) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Cole) 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 13
British Columbia (Kaese) 1 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Manitoba (Ingram) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5
Saskatchewan (Pezer) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 7

Tiebreaker

Friday, March 2, 9:30 am[7]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (Pezer) 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 6
Manitoba (Ingram) 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 4

References

  1. ^ Ottawa Journal, 3 Mar 1973, pg 17, "Saskatchewan continues reign as ladies' champs
  2. ^ Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 9 Feb 1973, pg 16, "Pezer crew wins provincial honor" (sic)
  3. ^ Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 3 Mar 1973, pg 31, "Champs call it quits"
  4. ^ a b c "1973 Macdonald Lassies". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Arnprior, Ont. curling icon celebrates 98 years". Ottawa. 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  6. ^ Schnobb, Marcel (February 26, 1973). "Arnprior faces tough Saskatoon rink". The Ottawa Journal. Newspapers.com. p. 17. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Pezer retains Lassie curling title". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Newspapers.com. March 3, 1973. p. 30. Retrieved 12 April 2023.