Kathie Allardyce (née Ellwood; born c. 1961) is a Canadian curler from

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. She is a two-time provincial women's champion. Allardyce (then known as Kathie Ellwood) and her rink of Cathy Treloar, twin sister Laurie Ellwood and Sandi Asham won the first of her two provincial titles in 1987, defeating the defending champion Darcy Kirkness rink in the process. Her team then represented Manitoba at the

1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canada, Canadian women's curling championship, was held from February 28 to March 7, 1987 at the Lethbridge Sportsplex in Lethbridge, Alberta. The total attendance for the week was a then-record 34,277, whi ...

, Canada's national curling championship. At the Hearts, she led Manitoba to an 8-3 round robin record, which put her in first place, with a berth in the final. In the final, she lost to team British Columbia, skipped by Pat Sanders, 9-3. A month later, Allardyce played in the

1987 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials The 1987 Labatt National Curling Trials were held April 19-25, 1987 at the Max Bell Arena in Calgary, Alberta. They were held to determine the Canadian National men's and women's Teams for the demonstration curling event at the 1988 Winter Olymp ...

to determine Canada's representative at the

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where curling was a demonstration sport. The event was a disappointing affair for the Ellwood rink, which finished the event with a 2-5 record. Allardyce with teammates Cathy Overton, sister Laurie and Jill Proctor won her second provincial title in 1991, defeating former World Champion

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in the final of the 1991 Manitoba Hearts. At the 1991 Scott Tournament of Hearts, she had less success, leading her team to a 5-6 record, missing the playoffs. Later in life, Allardyce was the fifth on the Manitoba senior women's championship team in 2012.

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