Nunavut at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The Canadian territory of Nunavut, which was created in 1999, was first given representation at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship in 2015, following a decision to allow each of Canada's three territories to have their own teams. The Nunavut Curling Association declined their spot,[1] but began competing in 2016.

2016

The territory had a playdown in 2016 featuring two teams from the Iqaluit Curling Club, which was won by the Geneva Chislett rink. They were supposed to play a team from Rankin Inlet for the territorial championship, but that team pulled out at the last minute.[2]

At the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Chislett team played in a pre-qualifying event, where they scored an historic win in their first ever game, against British Columbia's Karla Thompson team.[3] The team lost their next two matches however, and did not qualify for the main tournament.

2017

Team Chislett again represented Nunavut at the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The team lost all three of their games in the pre-qualifying tournament.

2018

After they had already qualified for the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Team Chislett member Sadie Pinksen had to pullout due to a scheduling conflict, so the team asked St. Mary's, Ontario resident Amie Shackleton to skip the team.[4] Shackleton had never played for the team before, and met them at a practice session on the Thursday before the Hearts began.[5] Curling Canada allows each team to have one player from outside their jurisdiction to play for the team.

The 2018 Scotties eliminated the controversial pre-qualifying event, instead grouped 16 teams into two pools of eight. The Shackleton-led rink lost all seven of their group games, and then lost the 15th place game to Team Yukon, skipped by Chelsea Duncan.

2019

The 2019 Nunavut playdowns for the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts consisted of three rinks, and was played in December 2018. The Iqaluit Curling Club's Jenine Bodner won the event, which also included the Robyn Mackey and Sadie Pinksen rinks.[6] The Bodner rink included recreational curler Jennifer Blaney from Ottawa as their fourth stone thrower, who joined the team for the season.[7] At the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team won their first game against Quebec (skipped by Gabrielle Lavoie), but lost their remaining six matches, finishing seventh in their pool, ahead of Quebec.

2020

Only one team entered the playdowns for the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, so no playdown was held.[8] Dundas, Ontario curler (and 1997 Hearts runner-up) Lori Eddy skipped a team consisting of Sadie Pinksen, Alison Griffin and Kaitlin MacDonald at the 2020 Hearts. Eddy was approached by the team in June 2019 to see if she'd be interested.[9] The team improved upon their previous record, winning 2 of their 7 games, defeating Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville rink in a surprise victory,[10] and also Quebec.

Summary of results
Year Team Club Record (placement)
2021Lori Eddy, Sadie Pinksen, Alison Griffin, Kaitlin MacDonald[11]Iqaluit
2020Lori Eddy, Sadie Pinksen, Alison Griffin, Kaitlin MacDonaldIqaluit2–5 (13th of 16)
2019Jennifer Blaney, Alison Griffin, Jenine Bodner (Skip), Megan Ingram, Sadie PinksenIqaluit1–6 (13th of 16)
2018Amie Shackleton, Geneva Chislett, Christianne West, Denise Hutchings, Robyn MackeyIqaluit0–8 (16th of 16)
2017Geneva Chislett, Denise Hutchings, Robyn Mackey, Jenine Bodner, Sadie PinksenIqaluit0–3 (15th of 15)
2016Geneva Chislett, Denise Hutchings, Robyn Mackey, Jenine Bodner, Sadie PinksenIqaluit1–2 (15th of 15)

References
  1. Cameron, Al (2015-01-26). "Star-studded field nearly complete for 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts - 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts". Curling.ca. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  2. https://www.tsn.ca/nunavut-skip-excited-to-make-history-at-scotties-1.439888
  3. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/curling/nunavut-chislett-scotties-tournament-of-hearts-1.3454828
  4. https://stmarysindy.com/2018/01/12/shackleton-off-to-scotties-tournament/
  5. https://www.therecord.com/sports-story/8088505-going-in-cold-nunavut-skip-s-first-game-with-new-teammates-will-come-at-scotties/
  6. https://www.curling.ca/2019scotties/2018/12/12/nunavuts-bodner-headed-for-2019-scotties/
  7. https://www.thestar.com/sports/curling/2019/02/16/historic-first-for-nunavut-at-scotties-tournament-of-hearts.html
  8. https://twitter.com/LoriCEddy/status/1203833162746540033
  9. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/lori-eddy-scotties-curling-returns-1.5398931?
  10. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavut-scotties-tournament-hearts-1.5467293
  11. @Devin_Heroux (9 Jan 2021). "Just receiving word Nunavut's Scotties team has been selected. LORI EDDY IS BACK! How much fun was this team at last year's Scotties! @LoriCEddy third Sadie Pinksen, second Alison Griffin and lead Kaitlin MacDonald to represent Nunavut in Calgary bubble. #cbccurl @CBCOlympics" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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