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1997 Scott Tournament of
Hearts Arrives in Vancouver.
Catch the action from Feb. 22 to March 2.

n i986, Marilyn
IES won her first
Scott Tournament of
Hearts and set the curling
world on fire with her viva-
cious and boisterous personal-
ity. Marilyn certainty didn’t
fit into the stereotypical image
of a curler.
She wore a short kilt and
gizcn bloomers and shouted to

66 At a conference
she did a cartwheel

in a dress and
spike heels 95

her teammates down the
length of the ice. Marilyn
laughed when she had a good
shot and scowled when she
missed. She wasn't everyone's
” “cup of tea” but was certainly
a breath of fresh air in a sport
. . which had been likened to
-.” “watching paint dry”.
“_.. At a media conference she
did a cartwheel in a dress and
spike heels. At a reception,
she entered the room on the
shoulders of one of the sports
announcers. Marilyn had
arrived and women’s curling
would never be the same. No
one could ever accuse her of
being part of a sport that was
like “watching grass grow.”
Women’s curling had entered a

- 1997 Scott Tournament of Hearts Competitors List

CANADA.
Marilyn Bodogh
Kim Gellard

m Corie Beveridge

:' Jane Hooper Perroud
_ Lisa Savage
Coach: Mary Gellard
ST. CATHARINES CURLING
CLUB

BRITISH COLUMBIA
Kelley Owen

Maria Geiger

Sherry Fraser

Christine Jurgenson .
Lindsay. Sparkes
RICHMOND CURLING
CLUB

new cra and Marilyn was lead-
ing the charge.

In the ten years it took her
to win another Scott
Tournament of Hearts and
another World championship,
the sport had changed dramat-
ically.

Over six million Canadians
were watching the televised
coverage of the juniors, mixed,
seniors, mens and womens
championships. TSN had
made a major commitment to
the sport and was televising
two draws a day live from The
Scott Tournament of Hearts,
The Labatt Brier as well as
playoff games from the junior,
seniors, mixed and worlds.

Vic Rauter had become an
excellent curling colour com-
mentator and Linda Moore
and Ray Turnbull were an out-
standing play by play duo.
What TSN did was educate the
Canadian sports public. With
the blessing of Gordy Craig,
numero uno at TSN, and the
backing of Jim Thompson and
Rick Brace, the viewing num-
bers began to soar.

CBC and the two Dons
(Don Whitman and Don
Duguid) continued to broad-
cast the finals of The Scott
Tournament of Hearts, The
Labatt Brier, the Ford Worlds
and the Juniors.

Producer Joan Mead had

ALBERTA

Cathy Borst

Heather Godberson
Brenda Bohmer

Kate Home

Lauren Rouse

Coach: Darryl Horne
OTTEWELL CURLING
CLUB, EDMONTON

SASKATCHEWAN
Sandra Schmirler
Jan Betker

Joan McCusker
Marcia Gudereit
Atina Ford

Coach: Anita Ford

" CALEDONIAN CURLING

CLUB, REGINA

taken the curling broadcast to
new heights with extra cam-
eras, new viewing angles and
the addition of a female com-
mentator in the person of

66 last year's final
reached a
record breaking
three million
Canadians. 99

Nova Scotia's perennial
provincial champion, Collecn
Jones.

In fact, last year’s Scott
Tournament of Hearts final
reached a record breaking
three million Canadians with
one in three television sets in
Canada tuned into curling.

‘The Friday night game on
TSN outdrew the NHL game
between Toronto and Detroit.
The Scott viewing numbers
had climbed to three tines
that of the Vancouver and
Toronto Indy.

The sport of women’s curl-
ing had arrived and so had
Marilyn. After a decade hia-
tus she had a brand new team
and a new demeanor. “ue
factor which hasn’t changed is
the sponsor, Scott Paper
Limited. In spite of several
management changes, the cor-

MANITOBA

Janet Harvey

Debbie Jones-Watker
Carol Harvey

Alison Harvey

Karen Porritt

VALOUR ROAD CURLING
CLUB, WINNIPEG

ONTARIO

Alison Goring

Lori Eddy

Kim Moore

Mary Bowman
Yvonne Smith
BAYVIEW COUNTRY
CLUB, TORONTO

poration is stilt
as committed to
its women’s curl-
ing as it had
been back in
1982 when it
sponsored the
first Scott
Tournament of
Hearts is Regina.

In an age
where sponsor-
ships are picce
mealed out and
you can't see
the players for
the corporate
logos, rotating
signs and mitieu
of billboards,
Scott remains
the sole title
sponsor of the
Canadian cham-
pionship.

The image is
clean. There is
absolutely no
doubt Scott
Paper is the
sponsor. Research has
proven curlers are incredibly
Joyal consumers and buy
Scott Paper products.

The 1998 Scott is in
Regina, the 1999 Scott is
scheduled for Charlottetown
and the site of the 2000 S-ott
Tournament of Hearts wil}
be announced in the fall.

YUKON/N.W.T.

Kelly Kaylo

Sharon Cornier

Wendy Ondrack

Debbie Moss

Chery! Burlington
Coach: Doug Bothamley
YELLOWKNIFE
CURLING CLUB

QUEBEC

Chantal Osbome
France Charette

Joélle Sabourin

Sylvie Daniel

Janique Berthelot
Coach: Gerry Tomalty
BUCKINGHAM
CURLING CLUB

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Wednesday, February 19, 1997 - North Shore News - 29

‘OFHEARTS

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But, back to Marilyn. It
was no surprise to anyone
that she won again last year
in Thunder Bay. This year...
well, it’s unlikely that she
will repeat her performance
in 1987 when she byed into
the championship and then
finished a disrnal 4-7.

it's a different team and a

NEW BRUNSWICK
Heidi Hanton

Kathy Floyd

June Campbell

Jane Arseneati

Sheri Stewart

THISTLE ST. ANDREWS,
SAINT JOHN

NOVA SCOTIA

Colleen Jones

Helen Radford

Kim Kelly

Nancy Delahunt

Masy Mattatall

Joyce Myers
MAYFLOWER CURLING
CLUB, HALIFAX

wen

Marilyn Bodogh, winner of the 1996 Scott Tournament of Hearts
Women’s Curling Championship.

very different Marilyn.
Expect to see her in the play-
offs. Do yourself a favour...
come to the Agrodome to
watch her live. You won't be
disappointed. It's a great
show and she is

a great lady!

(Latest Final)

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Rebecca Jean MacPhee

Kim Dolan

Marion MacAulay

Lou Ann Henry

Sandy Matheson
CHARLOTTETOWN
CURLING CLUB

NEWFOUNDLAND

Laura Phillips

Cathy Cunningham

Kathy Kerr

Heather Martin

Susan Wright

ST. JOHN'S CURLING CLUB