# 2001 Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts

The 2002 Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of Ontario was held January 23 to 27 at the Cataraqui Golf and Country Club in Kingston, Ontario. The Sherry Middaugh rink from Coldwater, Ontario won the event. She and her rink of Janet Brown, Andrea Lawes and Sheri Cordina would go on to represent Ontario at the 2001 Scott Tournament of Hearts.
Middaugh's win earned her a spot at the national championships for the third time. She had previously won the 1996 Saskatchewan championships, and the 1999 Ontario provincials, the latter as a third for Kim Gellard. Entering the 2002 championship, her rink was the top ranked in the country on the women's tour.
In the final, Team Middaugh from Coldwater defeated Team Anne Merklinger (which also consisted of Theresa Breen, Patti McKnight and Audrey Reddick) from Ottawa's Rideau Curling Club, 9–3. Sherry Middaugh curled 100% in the final. Middaugh forced Merklinger to a single in the first end, when Merklinger made a hit against two. In the second end, Merklinger skimmed a guard and jammed her stone on her last, leaving Middaugh first and third shot. Middaugh then made a hit to score three on her last to take a 3–1 lead after two. In the third, Merklinger had a hit against three on her last, but rolled too far in her attempt, giving up a steal of one to go down 4–1. Middaugh did not look back from there, and cemented her victory by scoring another three-ender in the eighth, resulting in Merklinger conceding the game.
The event was intended to be the last to be held on curling club ice, with the plan to play on arena ice in 2003.

## Qualification process

| Qualification method | Berths | Qualifying team(s) |
| Southern Ontario | 4 | Anne Merklinger Alison Goring Colleen Madonia Melanie Palmer |
| Northern Ontario | 2 | Nadine Landon Dawn Schwar |
| Northwestern Ontario | 2 | Tara George Kathie Jackson |
| West Challenge Round | 1 | Sherry Middaugh |
| East Challenge Round | 1 | Michelle Pellegrin |

## Teams

The teams were as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead |
| Tara George | Liz Kingston | Tiffany Stubbings | Kari MacLean |
| Alison Goring | Kathy Brown | Janet Langevin | Sandy Graham |
| Kathie Jackson | Kim Beaudry | Kelly Wager | Stacy Beacham |
| Nadine Landon | Michelle Boland | Nicole Either | Christie Miners |
| Colleen Madonia | Janet Murphy | Lindsay Donner | Debbie Rauter |
| Anne Merklinger | Theresa Breen | Patti McKnight | Audrey Reddick |
| Sherry Middaugh | Janet Brown | Andrea Lawes | Sheri Cordina |
| Melanie Palmer | Kerry Lackie | Kimberly Veale | Sara Gatchell |
| Michelle Pellegrin | Heather Moffett | Cheryl Formanski | Marian Arai |
| Dawn Schwar | Jill Clark | Arryn Bailey | Janice Vettoretti |

## Standings

Final standings:
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreakers
| Skip (club) | W | L |
| Anne Merklinger (Rideau) | 7 | 2 |
| Sherry Middaugh (Coldwater) | 6 | 3 |
| Michelle Pellegrin (Royals) | 6 | 3 |
| Tara George (Fort William) | 6 | 3 |
| Melanie Palmer (Ilderton) | 5 | 4 |
| Alison Goring (Bayview) | 4 | 5 |
| Nadine Landon (Soo) | 4 | 5 |
| Colleen Madonia (North Halton) | 3 | 6 |
| Dawn Schwar (Sudbury) | 2 | 7 |
| Kathie Jackson (Fort Francis) | 2 | 7 |

## Scores
### January 23
#### Draw 1

* George 12, Pellegrin 6
* Merklinger 11, Schwar 5
* Madonia 7, Middaugh 5
* Palmer 8, Goring 5
* Landon 8, Jackson 7

#### Draw 2

* Schwar 10, Jackson 3
* Pellegrin 10, Madonia 7
* George 8, Palmer 0
* Merklinger 9, Landon 3

### January 24
#### Draw 3

* Middaugh 7, Merklinger 3
* Landon 9, Palmer 7
* Pellegrin 8, Goring 5
* Jackson 11, Madonia 1
* Schwar 9, George 6

#### Draw 4

* Pellegrin 8, Palmer 8
* Middaugh 9, Schwar 6
* Merklinger 12, Jackson 3
* George 9, Goring 7
* Madonia 9, Landon 7

### January 25
#### Draw 5

* George 8, Madonia 5
* Goring 8, Jackson 5
* Landon 6, Schwar 4
* Merklinger 5, Pellegrin 4
* Palmer 7, Middaugh 6

#### Draw 6

* Gording 6, Landon 4
* Middaugh 5, George 3
* Palmer 8, Merklinger 6
* Madonia 7, Schwar 2
* Pellegrin 10, Jackson 4

#### Draw 7

* Palmer 7, Schwar 5
* Pellegrin 6, Landon 4
* Goring 8, Madonia 6
* Middaugh 9, Jackson 2
* Merklinger 9, George 4

### January 26
#### Draw 8

* Merklinger 7, Madonia 6
* Jackson 6, Palmer 4
* Middaugh 6, Pellegrin 3
* George 8, Landon 3
* Goring 12, Schwar 5

#### Draw 9

* Landon 6, Middaugh 3
* Merklinger 10, Goring 4
* George 8, Jackson 5
* Pellegrin 10, Schwar 9
* Palmer 9, Madonia 4

## Tie breaker

January 27, 9:30am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Michelle Pellegrin | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Tara George | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

## Playoffs

| Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | Anne Merklinger | 3 |
| 2 | Sherry Middaugh | 7 | 2 | Sherry Middaugh | 9 |
| 3 | Michelle Pellegrin | 3 | | | |

### Semifinal

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Sherry Middaugh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 7 |
| Michelle Pellegrin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |

### Final

January 27, 7:30pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Sherry Middaugh | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 9 |
| Anne Merklinger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |