1978 Macdonald Lassies Championship

1978 Macdonald Lassies Championship
1978 Macdonald Lassies Championship
Host city	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Arena	Sault Memorial Gardens
Dates	February 26–March 2
Winner	Manitoba
Curling club	Stony Mountain CC, Stony Mountain
Skip	Cathy Pidzarko
Third	Chris Pidzarko
Second	Iris Armstrong
Lead	Patti Vanderkerckhove
	« 1977 1979 »

The 1978 Macdonald Lassies Championship, the Canadian women's curling championship was held February 26 to March 2, 1978, at the Sault Memorial Gardens in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.^[1]^[2]

Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Cathy Pidzarko won the event by finishing round robin play with a 7–3 record. This was Manitoba's third championship with their last title coming in 1967.

This would be the last women's championship to have a champion determined by round robin and the last one before the creation of the Women's World Curling Championship.

Teams[edit]

The teams are listed as follows:^[3]

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba	New Brunswick
Edmonton Thistle CC, Edmonton Skip: Betty Cole Third: Liz Gemmell Second: Anne McGarvey Lead: Shirley Fisk	Richmond CC, Richmond Skip: Heather Haywood Third: Bernice McCallan Second: Shirley Snihur Lead: Una Goodyear	Stony Mountain CC, Stony Mountain Skip: Cathy Pidzarko Third: Chris Pidzarko Second: Iris Armstrong Lead: Patti Vanderkerckhove	Bathurst CC, Bathurst Skip: Karen McDermott Third: Gisele Shaw Second: Ilona Schnarr Lead: Lillian Lavigne
Newfoundland	Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island
Carol CC, Labrador City^[4] Skip: Sue Anne Bartlett Third: Patricia Dwyer Second: Joyce Butt Lead: Mavis Pike	Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth Skip: Penny LaRocque Third: Brenda Shutt Second: Charmaine Murray Lead: Wendy Conrad	Forest City CC, London Skip: Sheila Seltzer Third: Louise Davison Second: Jane Chalmers Lead: Marlene Linton	Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Gloria Basha Third: Marilyn Sutherland Second: Wilma McLure Lead: Marion Basha
Quebec	Saskatchewan	Northwest Territories/Yukon
Montreal Caledonia CC, Westmount Skip: Carole Topp Third: Nicole Labelle Second: Katherine Randall Lead: Ann Delage	Hub City CC, Saskatoon Skip: Charlene Goodwin Third: Holly Webster Second: Nancy Bint Lead: Betty Fairweather	Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife Skip: Donna Alexander Third: Doris Sekulich Second: Cecille Ward Lead: Dora Delmage

Round Robin standings[edit]

Final round robin standings^[3]

Key
	Lassies champion

Team	Skip	W	L	PF	PA
Manitoba	Cathy Pidzarko	7	3	73	48
Nova Scotia	Penny LaRocque	6	4	77	62
Alberta	Betty Cole	6	4	72	68
British Columbia	Heather Haywood	6	4	80	68
Newfoundland	Sue Anne Bartlett	5	5	81	71
New Brunswick	Karen McDermott	5	5	71	73
Ontario	Sheila Seltzer	5	5	77	81
Prince Edward Island	Gloria Basha	5	5	61	83
Quebec	Carole Topp	4	6	55	79
Saskatchewan	Charlene Goodwin	4	6	73	69
Northwest Territories/Yukon	Donna Alexander	2	8	58	76

Round Robin results[edit]

All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC-05:00).^[3]^[5]

Draw 1[edit]

Sunday, February 26, 2:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Haywood)	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	0	5	X	13
Saskatchewan (Goodwin)	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	X	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Topp)	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	2	0	1	9
Newfoundland (Bartlett)	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (McDermott)	1	0	4	4	0	0	1	0	0	X	10
Ontario (Seltzer)	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	X	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Nova Scotia (LaRocque)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	5
Manitoba (Pidzarko)	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Basha)	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	7
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander)	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6

Draw 2[edit]

Sunday, February 26, 7:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Ontario (Seltzer)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5
Manitoba (Pidzarko)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Saskatchewan (Goodwin)	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	11
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander)	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Bartlett)	2	0	0	0	3	2	0	3	0	X	10
New Brunswick (McDermott)	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Topp)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	X	4
Prince Edward Island (Basha)	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	X	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Haywood)	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	7
Alberta (Cole)	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	3	8

Draw 3[edit]

Monday, February 27, 2:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Bartlett)	1	0	2	4	3	0	X	X	X	X	10
Manitoba (Pidzarko)	0	0	0	0	0	2	X	X	X	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	2
Alberta (Cole)	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	X	X	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Goodwin)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	5
Quebec (Topp)	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (McDermott)	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	7
Prince Edward Island (Basha)	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Seltzer)	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	7
Nova Scotia (LaRocque)	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	8

Draw 4[edit]

Monday, February 27, 7:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Haywood)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	4
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander)	0	1	1	3	3	0	3	0	2	X	13

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Pidzarko)	0	3	0	1	2	3	0	1	1	X	11
Prince Edward Island (Basha)	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Bartlett)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	3
Nova Scotia (LaRocque)	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	6	X	13

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Goodwin)	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	3	9
New Brunswick (McDermott)	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Topp)	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	4
Alberta (Cole)	4	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	2	X	12

Draw 5[edit]

Tuesday, February 28, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Haywood)	3	1	1	1	0	2	0	4	X	X	12
Quebec (Topp)	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Goodwin)	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	X	5
Manitoba (Pidzarko)	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	2	0	X	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (LaRocque)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	3
Prince Edward Island (Basha)	0	1	3	0	2	0	1	2	2	X	11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (McDermott)	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	4
Alberta (Cole)	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	X	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Bartlett)	0	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	11
Ontario (Seltzer)	2	0	0	2	0	4	0	3	0	2	13

Draw 6[edit]

Tuesday, February 28, 2:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Seltzer)	0	1	2	2	0	0	3	3	1	X	12
Prince Edward Island (Basha)	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	X	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Pidzarko)	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5
Alberta (Cole)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Haywood)	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	2	2	9
New Brunswick (McDermott)	3	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Topp)	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	7
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander)	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Goodwin)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	2
Nova Scotia (LaRocque)	2	3	0	0	2	3	0	2	X	X	12

Draw 7[edit]

Tuesday, February 28, 7:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (McDermott)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	X	10
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander)	3	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	X	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (LaRocque)	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	2	1	1	10
Alberta (Cole)	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Goodwin)	1	0	2	0	2	1	3	4	X	X	13
Ontario (Seltzer)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Bartlett)	2	0	3	1	0	3	3	X	X	X	12
Prince Edward Island (Basha)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	X	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Haywood)	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	X	7
Manitoba (Pidzarko)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	4

Draw 8[edit]

Wednesday, March 1, 2:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Saskatchewan (Goodwin)	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	5
Newfoundland (Bartlett)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Haywood)	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	6
Nova Scotia (LaRocque)	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Pidzarko)	0	1	3	3	0	0	2	X	X	X	9
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	X	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Topp)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	X	X	3
New Brunswick (McDermott)	2	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	X	X	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Seltzer)	1	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	3	X	11
Alberta (Cole)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	X	6

Draw 9[edit]

Wednesday, March 1, 7:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Topp)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	3
Manitoba (Pidzarko)	1	0	2	2	0	3	1	0	X	X	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Haywood)	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	X	8
Ontario (Seltzer)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Bartlett)	2	0	1	1	3	0	0	5	0	X	12
Alberta (Cole)	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	X	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Goodwin)	2	0	5	2	1	0	3	X	X	X	13
Prince Edward Island (Basha)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (LaRocque)	0	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	X	9
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander)	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	X	5

Draw 10[edit]

Thursday, March 2, 2:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Basha)	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	2	9
Alberta (Cole)	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Seltzer)	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	1	1	X	8
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander)	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Topp)	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	1	X	8
Nova Scotia (LaRocque)	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (McDermott)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	2
Manitoba (Pidzarko)	3	2	0	3	0	2	2	X	X	X	12

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Haywood)	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	7
Newfoundland (Bartlett)	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	6

Draw 11[edit]

Tuesday, March 2, 7:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (McDermott)	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	7
Nova Scotia (LaRocque)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Bartlett)	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	4
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Alexander)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Haywood)	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	7
Prince Edward Island (Basha)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Goodwin)	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	X	4
Alberta (Cole)	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Topp)	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7
Ontario (Seltzer)	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	1	8

References[edit]

^ Ron Rauch. (27 February 1978). Godwin splits opening-day The Phoenix, Retrieved 18 November 2022.
^ "The Phoenix - Google News Archive Search".
^ ^a ^b ^c "1978 Macdonald Lassies". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
^ "Meet Google Drive – One place for all your files".
^ "Lassie Figures". The Sault Star. February 27, 1978. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

External links[edit]

Coverage on CurlingZone

[1] Ron Rauch. (27 February 1978). Godwin splits opening-day The Phoenix, Retrieved 18 November 2022.

[2] "The Phoenix - Google News Archive Search".

[1978Lassies-3] "1978 Macdonald Lassies". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

[4] "Meet Google Drive – One place for all your files".

[draw-5] "Lassie Figures". The Sault Star. February 27, 1978. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

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