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 11Ã¢ÂÂ5. 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.

Alberta's 15Ã¢ÂÂ6 victory over Newfoundland in Draw 2 set a Hearts era (since ) record for the highest score by a team in one game. This has since been matched three different times.
Manitoba's 8Ã¢ÂÂ0 victory over Alberta in Draw 12 was the fifth time in tournament history that a shutout was recorded.
In British Columbia's 9Ã¢ÂÂ3 win over Newfoundland in Draw 15, BC's third Georgina Hawkes recorded the first perfect game in the women's national championship history since statistics were recorded in .
The semifinal between Canada and Saskatchewan was the third game ever in tournament history and the only playoff game to date to go into a second extra end.

Teams

The teams were listed as follows:

Round Robin standings

Final Round Robin standings

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

Perfect games

Awards

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

All-Star Team

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 1971Ã¢ÂÂ72.