2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts
| 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts | |
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| Host city | London, Ontario |
| Arena | John Labatt Centre |
| Dates | February 25 - March 5 |
| Attendance | 105,065 |
| Winner |  British Columbia |
| Curling club |
Kelowna Curling Club Kelowna, British Columbia |
| Skip | Kelly Scott |
| Third | Jeanna Schraeder |
| Second | Sasha Carter |
| Lead | Renee Simons |
| Finalist |
 Canada (Jennifer Jones) |
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The 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's curling championship, was held at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, February 25, 2006 – March 6, 2006. The tournament consists of 12 teams, one from each of Canada's provinces, one from Canada's territories and the defending champion, whose team is known as Team Canada. The tournament was the 25th anniversary of the Hearts. The winner would be Kelly Scott's British Columbia rink who defeated the defending champions, Jennifer Jones in the final.
Representing Team Canada is last years champion, Jennifer Jones but with a change at lead position with 2002 Olympic bronze medalist Georgina Wheatcroft. Making her 21st appearance at the Scotts in Colleen Jones who is skipping the Nova Scotia team. Colleen Jones has won the Scotts six times. 1998 Champion Cathy King will be skipping Team Alberta. Making her fourth appearance at the Scotts is Suzanne Gaudet from Prince Edward Island, a two time Canadian Junior Champion and 2001 World Junior Champion. Making her first appearance at the Scotts is Andrea Kelly from New Brunswick, the 2005 Canadian Junior Champion. Returning from last year is the Northwest Territories/Yukon team skipped by Kerry Koe- Koe is making her fourth appearance at the Scotts. Also returning is Kelly Scott, from British Columbia, the 1995 World Junior Champion who is making her second appearance. Another skip returning from last year is Heather Strong from Newfoundland and Labrador who is making her sixth appearance. Making an appearance at the Scotts for the first time since 1997 is Janet Harvey of Manitoba, attending her third event. Debuting at the Scotts this year, along with Kelly from New Brunswick is Eve Bélisle from Quebec, Krista Scharf from Ontario and Tracy Streifel from Saskatchewan.
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