1989 Scott Tournament of Hearts


The 1989 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from February 25 to March 4, 1989 at the Kelowna Memorial Arena in Kelowna, British Columbia. The total attendance for the week was 19,436.
The defending champions, Team Canada, who was skipped by Heather Houston repeated as champions as they defeated Manitoba in the final 11–5. This was the first time since the introduction of Team Canada in that they had won the event and the first time since that a team has successfully defended their title.
Houston's rink would again go onto represent Canada at the 1989 World Women's Curling Championship in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA where they won the gold medal over Norway after finishing runner-up the year before.
There were a few notable feats and records that were set in this tournament.

Teams

The teams were listed as follows:

Round Robin standings

Final Round Robin standings
TeamSkip
Chris More838962554022075%
Michelle Schneider747463474751373%
Heather Houston747666494751177%
Colleen Jones747556444081274%
Heidi Hanlon748264514031774%
Julie Sutton74755543456977%
Agnes Charette656959474531471%
Deb Shermack656969414381575%
Kathie Gallant477474485031571%
Jill Greenwood474985364881067%
Shirley King294790374551261%
Laura Phillips1106197425021566%

Round Robin results

All draw times are listed in Pacific Standard Time.

Draw 1

''Saturday, February 25, 12:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Saturday, February 25, 6:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Sunday, February 26, 12:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Sunday, February 26, 6:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Monday, February 27, 8:00 am''

Draw 6

''Monday, February 27, 12:00 pm''

Draw 7

''Monday, February 27, 6:00 pm''

Draw 8

''Tuesday, February 28, 8:00 am''

Draw 9

''Tuesday, February 28, 12:00 pm''

Draw 10

''Tuesday, February 28, 6:00 pm''

Draw 11

''Wednesday, March 1, 8:00 am''

Draw 12

''Wednesday, March 1, 12:00 pm''

Draw 13

''Wednesday, March 1, 6:00 pm''

Draw 14

''Thursday, March 2, 12:00 pm''

Draw 15

''Thursday, March 2, 6:00 pm''

Tiebreakers

Round 1

''Friday, March 3, 8:00 am''

Round 2

''Friday, March 3, 12:00 pm''

Playoffs

Semifinal

''Friday, March 3, 6:00 pm''

Final

''Saturday, March 4, 11:15 am''

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

''Final Round Robin Percentages''

Awards

The all-star team and sportsmanship award winners were as follows:

Sylvia Fedoruk Award

The Scotties Tournament of Hearts Sportsmanship Award is presented to the curler who best embodies the spirit of curling at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The winner was selected in a vote by all players at the tournament.
Prior to 1998, the award was named after a notable individual in the curling community where the tournament was held that year. For this edition, the award was named after Sylvia Fedoruk, a Canadian Curling Hall of Fame inductee who played third for the Joyce McKee rink that won the inaugural women's championship in and was president of the Canadian Ladies Curling Association from 1971–72.
NameTeamPosition
Heidi HanlonSkip