1978 Macdonald Lassies Championship

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]

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 »

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

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

Map of teams

Cole

Haywood

Pidzarko

McDermott

Bartlett

LaRocque

Seltzer

Basha

Topp

Goodwin

Alexander

Provincial Winners

Round Robin standings

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

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

Draw 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1. Ron Rauch. (27 February 1978). Godwin splits opening-day The Phoenix, Retrieved 18 November 2022.
2. "The Phoenix - Google News Archive Search".
3. "1978 Macdonald Lassies". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
4. "Meet Google Drive – One place for all your files".
5. "Lassie Figures". The Sault Star. February 27, 1978. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

External links

• Coverage on CurlingZone