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Welcome Team Alberta! Here’s some more information on the home team… 

She came close last year, but this year Heather Nedohin was not to be denied. By claiming the Alberta Scotties women’s curling championship with a convincing 8-5 final game victory over Jessie Kaufman on Sunday, January 29 in Leduc, Nedohin and her Edmonton Saville Sports Centre team of Beth Iskiw, Jessica Mair and Laine Peters instantly became home-province fan favourites for the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, when it’s held in Red Deer from February 18-26.

Learn more about all of the teams at the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts on the Canadian Curling Association website. Individual draw tickets and ticket packages are still available through Ticketmaster.

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Welcome Team British Columbia! Let’s take a look at another former champion in the field… 

Kelly Scott will have the opportunity to win her third Scotties Tournament of Hearts after capturing the 2012 Scotties B.C. Women’s Curling Championship at Vancouver’s North Shore Winter Club on Sunday, January 29. Scott and her Kelowna Curling Club mates Dailene Sivertson, Sasha Carter and Jacquie Armstrong took the title with a last rock 6-5 victory over Marla Mallett’s Royal City team of Kelly Shimizu, Danielle Callens and Barbara Zbeetnoff. With the score tied at 5 after the ninth end, Mallett’s steal attempt came up short, and Scott drew the four-foot for the win.

Learn more about all of the teams at the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts on the Canadian Curling Association website. Individual draw tickets and ticket packages are still available through Ticketmaster.

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Welcome Team Manitoba! Here’s a look at one of the most successful teams in the event…

Jennifer Jones will be heading to Red Deer and the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts after capturing the Manitoba women’s curling championship on Sunday, January 29, with an exciting 6-5 win over Morden’s Chelsea Carey. The four-time national women’s champ will be accompanied by her St. Vital teammates, vice Kaitlyn Lawes, second Jill Officer and lead Dawn Askin, after they survived a gruelling weekend of high-pressure games at the conclusion of the Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts held in Portage La Prairie from January 25-29

Learn more about all of the teams at the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts on the Canadian Curling Association website. Individual draw tickets and ticket packages are still available through Ticketmaster.

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Welcome Team New Brunswick! Forth Andrea Kelly returns to the Scotties for a fifth time…

The Gage Golf & Curling Club team of skip Rebecca Atkinson, fourth Andrea Kelly, second Jillian Babin and lead Jodie de Solla captured the 2012 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts at their home club in Oromocto on Sunday, January 29 with a 7-5 win over a determined Fredericton Capital Winter Club foursome.

Learn more about all of the teams at the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts on the Canadian Curling Association website. Individual draw tickets and ticket packages are still available through Ticketmaster.

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Welcome Team Newfoundland & Labrador! Skip Heather Strong has been to the event nine times in the past…

Heather Strong and her St. John’s Bally Haly team of Laura Strong, Jen Cunningham and Stephanie Korab captured the Newfoundland & Labrador Scotties Women’s Curling Championship on Saturday, January 21 in convincing fashion. Trailing 3-1 to Laura Phillips after three ends in the four-day event’s finale, Strong tied the game with a deuce in the fourth end, before stealing 2 in the fifth, 1 in the sixth, 2 in the seventh and 1 in the eighth for the 9-3 win.

Learn more about all of the teams at the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts on the Canadian Curling Association website. Individual draw tickets and ticket packages are still available through Ticketmaster.

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Welcome Team Northwest Territories/Yukon! The Scotties Tournament of Hearts is nothing new for this skip…

Kerry Galusha successfully defended her title as Territorial champion by claiming the Northwest Territories women’s play downs at the Inuvik Curling Club over the weekend of January 12-15. Galusha is no stranger to the national stage. The thirty-four-year-old has skipped the Territories in seven previous Canadian Women’s Curling Championships. She also has experience in national junior and mixed play. Last year at the Charlottetown Scotties, she finished round robin competition with a record of 3 wins and 8 losses.

Learn more about all of the teams at the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts on the Canadian Curling Association website. Individual draw tickets and ticket packages are still available through Ticketmaster.

You Gotta Be There!