1980 Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship

1980 Canadian Ladies
Curling Association Championship
1980 Canadian Ladies; Curling Association Championship
Host city	Edmonton, Alberta
Arena	Northlands Gardens
Dates	February 23–March 1
Attendance	4,538
Winner	Saskatchewan
Curling club	Caledonian Ladies CC, Regina
Skip	Marj Mitchell
Third	Nancy Kerr
Second	Shirley McKendry
Lead	Wendy Leach
Finalist	Nova Scotia (Colleen Jones)
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Host cityEdmonton, Alberta

ArenaNorthlands Gardens

DatesFebruary 23–March 1

Attendance4,538

The 1980 Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship (nicknamed "The Lassie") the Canadian women's curling championship, was held from February 23 to March 1, 1980 at Northlands Gardens in Edmonton, Alberta.^[1]^[2] Attendance for the event was just 4,538, with about 700 witnessing the final.^[3]

Team Saskatchewan, who was skipped by Marj Mitchell captured the championship by defeating Nova Scotia in the final 6–5. Saskatchewan had previously defeated British Columbia 7–4 in a tiebreaker and Ontario 7–5 in the semifinal. This was Saskatchewan's eighth title and first since 1974 and the only championship won by Mitchell. This was also Mitchell's last appearance in the national championship as she died from cancer in 1983.

Mitchell's rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1980 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship, the women's world curling championship, which they also won.

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Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba	New Brunswick
Lethbridge CC, Lethbridge Skip: Barbara Davis Third: Gayle Pilling Second: Jane Rempel Lead: Lyn Harker	Royal City Ladies CC, New Westminster Skip: Joan Dexter Third: Louise Logan Second: Nancy Turney Lead: Lynne Axford	East St. Paul Business Girls CC, East St. Paul Skip: Donna Brownridge Third: Patti Vande Second: Carolyn Hall Lead: Connie Laliberte	Beausejour CC, Moncton Skip: Denise Lavigne Third: Marie-Anne Vautour Second: Bonnie Anne Rayworth Lead: Susan Goulet
Newfoundland	Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island
Carol CC, Labrador City Skip: Sue Anne Bartlett Third: Patricia Dwyer Second: Beverley Whitten Lead: Mavis Pike	CFB Halifax CC, Halifax Skip: Colleen Jones Third: Sally Jane Saunders Second: Margaret Knickle Lead: Barbara Jones	St. Catharines G&YC, St. Catharines Skip: Christine Bodogh Third: Marilyn Darte Second: Norma Quesnell Lead: Mary Gellard	Crapaud Community CC, Crapaud Skip: Elayne Thompson Third: Ruth Cutcliffe Second: Louise Thomson Lead: Julie Robinson
Quebec	Saskatchewan	Northwest Territories/Yukon
Mount Bruno CC, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville Skip: Dorothy Crowe Third: Nicole Marcotte Second: Joan Johnston Lead: Carolyn LeCraw	Caledonian Ladies CC, Regina Skip: Marj Mitchell Third: Nancy Kerr Second: Shirley McKendry Lead: Wendy Leach	Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife Skip: Cathy Shaw Third: Donna Alexander Second: Lee Brooks Lead: Marilyn Paradis

Team	Skip	W	L	PF	PA
Nova Scotia	Colleen Jones	9	1	82	51
Ontario	Christine Bodogh	6	4	63	53
British Columbia	Joan Dexter	6	4	72	75
Saskatchewan	Marj Mitchell	6	4	70	55
Alberta	Barbara Davis	6	4	79	60
Northwest Territories/Yukon	Cathy Shaw	5	5	69	76
Manitoba	Donna Brownridge	4	6	72	72
Newfoundland	Sue Anne Bartlett	4	6	63	64
Quebec	Dorothy Crowe	4	6	64	83
New Brunswick	Denise Lavigne	4	6	66	77
Prince Edward Island	Elayne Thompson	1	9	57	91

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Brownridge)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	X	4
Alberta (Davis)	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	X	X	11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Jones)	1	1	0	2	0	3	3	1	X	X	11
New Brunswick (Lavigne)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	2

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

1980 Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship

Map of teams

Round Robin standings

Round Robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Draw 8

Draw 9

Draw 10

Draw 11

Tiebreakers

Playoffs

Semifinal

Final

References

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Dexter)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Quebec (Crowe)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	X	5

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
British Columbia (Dexter)	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	9
New Brunswick (Lavigne)	1	0	3	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Bartlett)	0	3	0	0	3	0	2	0	3	X	11
Prince Edward Island (Thompson)	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Bodogh)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	3
Nova Scotia (Jones)	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	X	5

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alberta (Davis)	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	8
New Brunswick (Lavigne)	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	9

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

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

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreakers

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Lavigne)	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	6
Manitoba (Brownridge)	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	7

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Davis)	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	X	8
Nova Scotia (Jones)	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	X	5