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1966 Diamond D Championship

The 1966 Diamond "D" Championship the Canadian women's curling championship was held from February 28 to March 3, 1966 at the Capilano Winter Club in North Vancouver, British Columbia.[1]

Team Alberta, who was skipped by Gail Lee won the event by finishing round robin play unbeaten with a 9–0 record. This was Alberta's first championship.[2] This was also the first time since 1962 in which a rink finished unbeaten and the third time overall.

Alberta also tied a record for most points stolen in one end in their Draw 5 matchup with Quebec as Alberta scored six in the first end en route to a 14-6 win.[3]

This tournament would tie the record set in the inaugural 1961 event for the most extra ends in one tournament with four. This record would be broken in 1968.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[4][5]

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland
Crestwood CC, Edmonton

Skip: Gail Lee
Third: Hazel Jamison
Second: Sharon Harrington
Lead: June Coyle

Vancouver CC, Vancouver

Skip: Margaret Cooke
Third: Eva Glover
Second: Ruth Hebert
Lead: Marion Ellison

Dauphin CC, Dauphin

Skip: Joyce Beek
Third: Ruth McMillan
Second: Margaret Davis
Lead: Gayle White

Bathurst CC, Bathurst

Skip: Shirley Pilson
Third: Anne Orser
Second: Helen Gammon
Lead: Geraldine Lenihan

Grand Falls CC, Grand Falls

Skip: Violet Pike
Third: Gladys Clarke
Second: Caroline Ball
Lead: Joanne Goodyear

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

Skip: Irene Snow
Third: Jean Nickerson
Second: Helen Duffus
Lead: Ruth Lewis

Kenora CC, Kenora

Skip: June Shaw
Third: Shirley Wiebe
Second: Dorothy Holmgren
Lead: Joan LeCain

RCAF Summerside CC, Summerside

Skip: Kay Hoare
Third: Lila Tucker
Second: Diane Stark
Lead: Muriel Thomas

Port Alfred CC, Port-Alfred

Skip: Nicole Janelle
Third: Roma Jean
Second: Paulette Janelle
Lead: Maurie Gagnon

Delisle CC, Delisle

Skip: Barbara MacNevin
Third: Fay Coben
Second: Florence Hill
Lead: Avis Carr

Map of teams

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin standings[5]

Key
Diamond D champion
Province Skip W L PF PA
Alberta Gail Lee 9 0 93 52
Saskatchewan Barbara MacNevin 7 2 85 58
 British Columbia Margaret Cooke 6 3 84 80
 Ontario June Shaw 5 4 79 75
 Quebec Nicole Janelle 5 4 74 76
 Manitoba Joyce Beek 4 5 79 68
 Nova Scotia Irene Snow 3 6 67 84
 Newfoundland Violet Pike 2 7 68 81
 Prince Edward Island Kay Hoare 2 7 51 92
 New Brunswick Shirley Pilson 2 7 71 85

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Pacific Standard Time (UTC−08:00).[5]

Draw 1

Monday, February 28, 2:30 pm[6]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Beek) 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 5
Alberta (Lee) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (Hoare) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4
 Ontario (Shaw) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (MacNevin) 3 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 10
 Newfoundland (Pike) 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Pilson) 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 10
 Nova Scotia (Snow) 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 British Columbia (Cooke) 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 10
 Quebec (Janelle) 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 9

Draw 2

Monday, February 28, 8:00 pm[6]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Janelle) 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 6
 Nova Scotia (Snow) 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (MacNevin) 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 9
 New Brunswick (Pilson) 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Shaw) 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
Alberta (Lee) 0 3 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Cooke) 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 1 1 10
 Manitoba (Beek) 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (Hoare) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 2
 Newfoundland (Pike) 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 X 12

Draw 3

Tuesday, March 1, 9:00 am[7]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Cooke) 1 4 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 4 14
 Ontario (Shaw) 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 1 1 0 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Beek) 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 10
 Newfoundland (Pike) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (Hoare) 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 10
 Nova Scotia (Snow) 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Pilson) 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 7
Alberta (Lee) 2 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (MacNevin) 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 5
 Quebec (Janelle) 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 X 9

Draw 4

Tuesday, March 1, 8:00 pm[7]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Lee) 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 7
 Nova Scotia (Snow) 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Beek) 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 7
 Quebec (Janelle) 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Pilson) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 7
 Newfoundland (Pike) 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Saskatchewan (MacNevin) 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 8
 Ontario (Shaw) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Cooke) 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 X 9
 Prince Edward Island (Hoare) 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 X 6

Draw 5

Wednesday, March 2, 9:00 am[8]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (Pike) 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 8
 Nova Scotia (Snow) 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Janelle) 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 6
Alberta (Lee) 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 14
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Beek) 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 8
 Ontario (Shaw) 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (MacNevin) 2 2 2 2 0 3 0 1 1 X 13
 Prince Edward Island (Hoare) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Cooke) 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 8
 New Brunswick (Pilson) 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 9

Draw 6

Wednesday, March 2, 2:30 pm[8]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Shaw) 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 11
 Nova Scotia (Snow) 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Janelle) 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 8
 Newfoundland (Pike) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Cooke) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 4
Saskatchewan (MacNevin) 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 4 0 X 13
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alberta (Lee) 1 2 1 0 4 4 0 0 1 X 13
 Prince Edward Island (Hoare) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Beek) 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 11
 New Brunswick (Pilson) 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 8

Draw 7

Wednesday, March 2, 8:00 pm[8]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (Hoare) 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6
 Quebec (Janelle) 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (MacNevin) 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 6
Alberta (Lee) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Pilson) 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 10
 Ontario (Shaw) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 British Columbia (Cooke) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 2 11
 Newfoundland (Pike) 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Beek) 1 1 0 3 1 0 4 4 0 X 14
 Nova Scotia (Snow) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 X 4

Draw 8

Thursday, March 3, 9:00 am[9]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (Pike) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4
Alberta (Lee) 0 1 0 4 1 0 2 3 0 3 14
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Cooke) 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 8
 Nova Scotia (Snow) 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (MacNevin) 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 3 1 11
 Manitoba (Beek) 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Pilson) 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 8
 Prince Edward Island (Hoare) 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Shaw) 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 2 11
 Quebec (Janelle) 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6

Draw 9

Thursday, March 3, 8:00 pm[9]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Saskatchewan (MacNevin) 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 10
 Nova Scotia (Snow) 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Pilson) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5
 Quebec (Janelle) 1 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 British Columbia (Cooke) 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 10
Alberta (Lee) 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Shaw) 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 10
 Newfoundland (Pike) 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Beek) 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 2 1 0 10
 Prince Edward Island (Hoare) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 6

References

  1. ^ "Brier Win Inspired Girls". Vancouver Sun. March 4, 1966. p. 25. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  2. ^ 1966 Diamond 'D' Ladies Championship - Curlingzone
  3. ^ "Canadian Women Records". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  4. ^ "2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. pp. 104, 107, 111, 114, 117, 122, 126, 129, 132, 135. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-04-05. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "1966 Diamond D Curling Championship". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  6. ^ a b "East to try again". The Vancouver Province. Newspapers.com. February 28, 1966. p. 13. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  7. ^ a b Wild, Roland (March 1, 1966). "Marg Cooke rink survives shock". The Vancouver Province. Newspapers.com. p. 15. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  8. ^ a b c Wild, Roland (March 2, 1966). "B.C., Alberta level after four rounds". The Vancouver Province. Newspapers.com. p. 17. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  9. ^ a b Wild, Roland. "Alberta the gems in big Diamond D". The Vancouver Province. Newspapers.com. p. 12. Retrieved 20 February 2023.