# 2008 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The 2008 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held January 21–27 at the Espanola Curling Club in Espanola, Ontario. Sherry Middaugh's rink from Coldwater, Ontario won their fourth provincial title.

## Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Curling Club |
| Meri Bolander | Maggie Mazzuca | Karen Cecutti | Annette Lauzon-McDonald | Copper Cliff Curling Club, Copper Cliff |
| Alison Goring | Cathy Auld | Leslie Bishop | Melissa Foster | Bayview Curling Club, Thornhill |
| Jenn Hanna | Chrissy Cadorin | Stephanie Hanna | Lee Merklinger | Ottawa Curling Club, Ottawa |
| Tracy Horgan | Jennifer Horgan | Amanda Gates | Andrea Souliere-Poland | Idylwylde Golf and Country Club, Sudbury |
| Colleen Madonia | Karri-Lee Grant | Janet Murphy | Julie Ann Columbus | Mississaugua Golf & Country Club, Mississauga |
| Krista McCarville | Tara George | Kari MacLean | Lorraine Lang | Fort William Curling Club, Thunder Bay |
| Janet McGhee | Sara Harvey | Susan Froud | Candace Coe | Uxbridge and District Curling Club, Uxbridge |
| Sherry Middaugh | Kirsten Wall | Kim Moore | Andra Harmark | Coldwater and District Curling Club, Coldwater |
| Julie Reddick | Jo-Ann Rizzo | Leigh Armstrong | Stephanie Leachman | Brant Curling Club, Brantford |
| Amy Stachiw | Alissa Begin | Lisa Foulds | Larissa Stevens | Fort William Curling Club, Thunder Bay |

## Standings

| Team | Win | L |
| Middaugh (Coldwater) | 8 | 1 |
| McCarville (Fort William) | 6 | 3 |
| Goring (Bayview) | 6 | 3 |
| McGhee (Uxbridge) | 6 | 3 |
| Hanna (Ottawa) | 6 | 3 |
| Reddick (Brant) | 5 | 4 |
| Madonia (Mississaugua) | 3 | 6 |
| Horgan (Idylwylde) | 3 | 6 |
| Stachiw (Fort William) | 2 | 7 |
| Bolander (Copper Cliff) | 0 | 9 |

## Playoffs

* Tie breaker: McGhee 9-3 Hanna
| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Sherry Middaugh | 5 | | | | 2 | Krista McCarville | 6 |
| 2 | Krista McCarville | 6 | | | | 1 | Sherry Middaugh | 7 |
| | | | 1 | Sherry Middaugh | 7 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Alison Goring | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Alison Goring | 7 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Janet McGhee | 3 | | | | | | |

## Qualification
### Southern Ontario Zone winners

Regional winners in bold. Challenge round qualifiers in bold and italics.
| Zone | Winner | Club |
| 1A | Jenn Hanna | Ottawa |
| 1B | Lauren Mann | Ottawa |
| 2A | Joyce Potter | Rideau |
| 2B | Tracy Samaan | Rideau |
| 3A | Barb Kelly | Carleton Place |
| 3B | Deb Karbashewski | Carleton Place |
| 4A | Alison Levere | Cataraqui |
| 4B | Lisa Farnell | Cataraqui |
| 5A | Denna Schell | Cannington |
| 5B | Lisa Kannakko | Peterborough |
| 6A | Kathy Brown | Sutton |
| 6B | Janet McGhee | Uxbridge |
| 7A | Julie Hastings | Bayview |
| 7B | Alison Goring | Bayview |
| 8A | Colleen Madonia | Mississaugua |
| 8B | Delaine Payton | Scarboro |
| 9A | Kristy Russell | Orangeville |
| 9B | Karen Rae | Brampton |
| 10A | Sherry Middaugh | Coldwater |
| 10B | Susan Morby | Barrie |
| 11A | Suzanne Boudreault | Port Elgin |
| 11B | Sheri Greenman | Meaford |
| 12A | Dawn Sherk | Guelph |
| 12B | Jen Issler | Guelph |
| 13A | Stacey Brandwood | Glendale |
| 13B | B. J. Strengel | Dundas Granite |
| 14A | Marika Bakewell | Palmerston |
| 14B | Becky Philpott | Listowel |
| 15A | Julie Reddick | Brant |
| 15B | Kelly MacIntosh | Brant |
| 16A | Melanie Urquhart | Chatham Granite |
| 16B | Amie Coward | Ilderton |

### Northern Ontario championship

15 women's teams entered the Northern Ontario championship (the first ever, after the formation of the Northern Ontario Curling Association in 2007). The event was also held in Espanola, and ran from January 3 to 6. Tracy Horgan defeated Krista McCarville 7–6 to win the event. Amy Stachiew and Mari Bolander also qualified for the Ontario Scotties.