2012 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts


The 2012 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Alberta's women's provincial curling championship, was held from January 25 to 29 at the Leduc Curling Club in Leduc, Alberta. The winning team of Heather Nedohin, represented Alberta at the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Red Deer, Alberta, where they finished round robin with a 7-4 record, which was enough to finish 4th place and clinch a spot in the playoffs. The team would go on to win both the 3-4 game and the semi-final. They would face British Columbia in the final, where for the first time in fourteen years, Alberta would win the Scotties.

Qualification Process

Twelve teams will qualify for the provincial tournament through several berths. The qualification process is as follows:
TeamsQualification MethodBerthsQualifying Team
Team 1Defending champion from 2011 Alberta Scotties1Shannon Kleibrink
Team 2CTRS points leader at the end of previous season1Heather Nedohin
Team 3CTRS points leader from current season, as of December 5th1Cheryl Bernard
Team 4Alberta Women's Tour points leader after final event, November 28th1Crystal Webster
Teams 5-7Northern Alberta Curling Association Qualifier3Val Sweeting
Candace Wanechko
Jessie Kaufman
Teams 8-10Southern Alberta Curling Association Qualifier3Casey Scheidegger
Lisa Eyamie
Glenys Bakker
Teams 11-12Peace Curling Association Qualifier2Renée Sonnenberg
Desirée Owen

Teams

* McRorie replaced Bronwen Webster, who is pregnant and sitting out the rest of the season.

Draw Brackets

A Event

B Event

C Event

Results

Draw 1

January 25, 9:30 AM MT

Draw 2

January 25, 6:30 PM MT

Draw 3

January 26, 9:00 AM MT

Draw 4

January 26, 2:00 PM MT

Draw 5

January 26, 6:30 PM MT

A Final

January 26, 6:30 PM MT

Draw 6

January 27, 9:00 AM MT

Draw 7

January 27, 2:00 PM MT

Draw 8

January 27, 6:30 PM MT

B Final

January 27, 6:30 PM MT

C Final 1

January 28, 1:00 PM MT

C Final 2

January 28, 1:00 PM MT

Playoffs

A1 vs. B1

January 28, 6:30 PM MT

C1 vs. C2

January 28, 6:30 PM MT

Semifinal

January 29, 9:30 AM MT

Final

January 29, 2:00 PM MT

Qualifying Events

Northern Qualification

The Northern Qualification for the 2012 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts took place from January 6 to 8 at the Thistle Curling Club in Edmonton. The event qualified three teams to the provincial playdowns.

Teams

* Appleman withdrew from the competition but was included in the event. Each team scheduled against Appleman received a bye to the next draw.

Results

A Event

B Event

C Event

Southern Qualification

The Southern Qualification for the 2012 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts took place from January 6 to 9 at the Airdrie Curling Club in Airdrie. The event qualified three teams to the provincial playdowns.

Teams

A Event

B Event

C Event