1978 Macdonald Lassies Championship

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

The 1978 event was the last women's championship to not have a playoff. The team with the best record after the round robin would win the championship. It was also the final where there was yet to be a Women's World Curling Championship.

Teams

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba
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
New Brunswick	Newfoundland	Nova Scotia
Bathurst Curling Club, Bathurst Skip: Karen McDermott Third: Gisele Shaw Second: Ilona Schnarr Lead: Lillian Lavigne	Labrador City 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
Ontario	Prince Edward Island	Quebec
Forest City CC, London Skip: Sheila Seltzer Third: Louise Davison Second: Jane Chalmers Lead: Marlene Linton	Charlottetown Skip: Gloria Basha Third: Marilyn Sutherland Second: Wilma McLure Lead: Marion Basha	Montreal Skip: Carole Topp Third: Nicole Labelle Second: Katherine Randall Lead: Ann Delage
Saskatchewan	Yukon/Northwest Territories
Saskatoon Skip: Charlene Goodwin Third: Holly Webster Second: Nancy Bint Lead: Betty Fairweather	Whitehorse Skip: Donna Alexander Third: Doris Sekulich Second: Cecille Ward Lead: Dora Delmage

Standings

Final round robin standings^[3]

Locale	Skip	W	L
Manitoba	Cathy Pidzarko	7	3
Nova Scotia	Penny LaRocque	6	4
Alberta	Betty Cole	6	4
British Columbia	Heather Haywood	6	4
Newfoundland	Sue Anne Bartlett	5	5
Prince Edward Island	Gloria Basha	5	5
New Brunswick	Karen McDermott	5	5
Ontario	Sheila Seltzer	5	5
Saskatchewan	Charlene Goodwin	4	6
Quebec	Carole Topp	4	6
Yukon/ Northwest Territories	Donna Alexander	2	8

References

1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xJVjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZHoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6171%2C3282776
2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=3eDEwZmXtlkC&dat=19780303&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pJVjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Y3oNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5336%2C818877

External links

• Coverage on CurlingZone