(Jan 27) Michelle Englot of Regina will represent Saskatchewan at the Canadian Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Regina.  Englot edged Stefanie Lawton of Saskatoon, 5-4 in the Championship Final Sunday at the Provincial Scotties Tournament of Hearts at the North Battleford Civic Centre.  Englot received the bye to the final by being awarded first place after the completion of the round-robin Saturday.  Englot along with Lawton and Saskatoon's Ros Stewart all finished with 6-2 records with no clear winner between the three. The draw to the button before the first draw was used to determine the top team leaving the head-to-head decision between Stewart and Lawton to determine 2nd which was awarded to Stewart. 

In the semi-final Saturday night, Lawton defeated Stewart, 7-5 to advance to the final.  

Englot secured the berth to the final by beating Stewart in the final round-robin draw, 7-3 while Lawton pulled into the playoff picture with a 7-1 win over Angela Gordon of Regina.

In other final round games, Sherry Anderson of Delisle stole the game from Linda Burnham, skipped by Kathy Thiele, 11-7 in an extra end. Anderson finished with a 5-3 records while Burnham was 3-5 tied with Gordon and Amber Holland of Regina.  Holland defeated Yorkton's Cathy Trowell, 8-1. 

Rounding out the standings were Trowell and Rene Miettinen of Saskatoon with records of 2-6.

Kathy Thiele, who skipped for Linda Burnham won the Marj Mitchell Award.

The winner of the Sunday's final will represent Saskatchewan at the 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Regina, February 16-24, 2008.

How they got here:
Stefanie Lawton of Saskatoon received a bye directly into the Provincial Championship finishing as the highest Saskatchewan women's team on the Canadian rankings. 

Qualifying from the Northern Playdowns in Melfort were "A" event winner, Ros Stewart, Rene Miettinen from the "B" event and Cathy Trowell and Sherry Anderson from the "C" Event. Check Northern Women's Playdown results.

At the Southern playdowns in Lumsden, Angela Gordon won the "A" berth while Amber Holland took the "B" and Michelle Englot and Linda Burnham the "C" berths.  Check Southern Women's Playdown results.

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(Photo saskcurl.com)  Michelle Englot defeated Stefanie Lawton
in Sunday's Final of the Provincial Scotties
Tournament of Hearts in North Battleford.

(Photo saskcurl.com)  Sherri Singler (L) second for Team Lawton
and Lana Vey (R) lead, watch the action during the Provincial Scottie.