The 1991

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, the

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women's national

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championship, was held from February 23 to March 2, 1991 at Saskatchewan Place in

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. The total attendance was a then-record 72,245, which more than doubled the previous mark set in . Team British Columbia, who was skipped by Julie Sutton won the event after defeating

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in the final 7–5. This was BC's seventh title overall and the first of two titles won by Sutton (later Skinner), who also won as a third in . This was also New Brunswick's last playoff appearance until . The Sutton rink would go onto represent

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at the 1991 Canada Safeway World Women's Curling Championship on home soil in

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where they got the silver medal after losing to

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in the final. Additionally, they also would represent Canada at the

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held in

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since there were no Olympic Trials for the 1992 games. The 121 blank ends in the event set a new tournament record for the most blank ends in a single tournament, which was tied the and to date remains a record. Yukon/Northwest Territories 7–6 victory over

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in the opening draw of the event was the fifth game to go into a second extra end and the third straight tournament in which this occurred.

Teams

The teams were listed as follows:

Map of teams

Round Robin standings

''Final Round Robin standings''

Round Robin results

All draw times are in

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( UTC-06:00).

Draw 1

''Saturday, February 23, 1:30 pm''

Draw 2

''Saturday, February 23, 7:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Sunday, February 24, 1:30 pm''

Draw 4

''Sunday, February 24, 7:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Monday, February 25, 9:00 am''

Draw 6

''Monday, February 25, 1:30 pm''

Draw 7

''Monday, February 25, 7:00 pm''

Draw 8

''Tuesday, February 26, 9:00 am''

Draw 9

''Tuesday, February 26, 1:30 pm''

Draw 10

''Tuesday, February 26, 7:00 pm''

Draw 11

''Wednesday, February 27, 9:00 am''

Draw 12

''Wednesday, February 27, 1:30 pm''

Draw 13

''Wednesday, February 27, 7:00 pm''

Draw 14

''Thursday, February 28, 1:30 pm''

Draw 15

''Thursday, February 28, 7:00 pm''

Tiebreakers

Round 1

''Friday, March 1, 9:00 am''

Round 2

''Friday, March 1, 1:30 pm''

Playoffs

Semifinal

''Friday, March 1, 7:00 pm''

Final

''Saturday, March 2, 1:30 pm''

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

''Final Round Robin Percentages''

Awards

The all-star team and sportsmanship award winners were as follows:

All-Star Team

Vera Pezer Award

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, who is considered to be one of the most accomplished women's curlers of all-time. Pezer skipped a then-record four women's championships, including three straight from to , which was a record at the time as well.

Notes

References

{{Canadian Women's Curling Championships Scotties Tournament of Hearts

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