2018 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2018 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held January 10 to 14 at the Whitby Curling Club in Whitby, Ontario. The winning team represented Ontario at the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Penticton, British Columbia. The defending champion Rachel Homan rink from Ottawa represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and thus will not have the opportunity to defend their provincial crown. Had they not qualified for the Olympics, they still would not have had a chance to defend their title, as they  would have represented Team Canada at the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The event had a triple knock out format, rather than the traditional round robin event as was done in previous years. The number of qualified teams increased from 8 to 12. Qualification Process. 12 teams qualified from two regional qualifiers (three each), a challenge round (three teams), the winner of the Trophy competition, plus the top two southern Ontario teams in the CTRS standings (as of November 12). Teams. The team lineups are as follows: Knockout Draw Brackets. The draw is listed as follows: Scores. Draw 1. "January  10, 7:30pm" Draw 2. "January 11, 9:30am" Draw 3. "January 11, 2:30pm" Draw 4. "January 11, 7:30pm" Draw 5. "January 12, 9:30am" Draw 6. "January 12, 2:30pm" Draw 7. "January 12, 7:30pm" Draw 8. "January 13, 10:00am" Playoffs. A vs B. "Saturday, January 13, 3:00pm" C1 vs C2. "Saturday, January 13, 7:00pm" Semifinal. "Sunday, January 14, 9:30am" Final. "Sunday, January 14, 2:30 pm" Qualification. East and west regional qualifiers will run November 24–27, 2017. Two teams from each region qualify. East Qualifier. "November 24–27 at the Lindsay Curling Club, Lindsay" Teams entered: Brackets: West Qualifier. "November 25-26, 2017 at  the St. Thomas Curling Club, St. Thomas" Teams entered: Brackets: Trophy Championship. "December 6-10 at the Midland Curling Club, Midland" Qualified teams: Regional qualifiers. Qualifiers in bold. Two teams qualify from each event for the provincial Trophy Championship. Qualifier 1. "November 17-19, Gananoque Curling Club, Gananoque" Teams entered: Qualifier 2. "November 17-19, Port Perry Community Curling Club, Port Perry" Teams entered: Qualifier 3. "November 18, Penetanguishene Curling Club, Penetanguishene" Teams entered: Qualifier 4. "November 17-19, St. Marys Curling Club, St. Marys" Teams entered: Challenge Round. "December 15, 2017 at the Leaside Curling Club, East York, Toronto