Christine M. " Chris " Scalena , (née Pidzarko ; born c. 1953) is a Canadian hall of fame curler from Winnipeg , Manitoba . She was known for much of her competitive career as Chris More .
9-482: Scalena is a three-time provincial junior champion, winning in 1972, 1973 and 1974. She skipped Manitoba in three Canadian Junior Curling Championships , winning the event in 1972 and 1974. In 1973, she finished 2nd place. In 1974, she defeated British Columbia's Linda Tweedie (Moore) in a tie-break to win the championship. Scalena won four provincial women's titles in her career: 1978, 1979, 1984 and 1989. In 1978, she played third for her twin sister Cathy 's rink, and
18-514: The 1984 World Women's Curling Championship , representing Canada. At the 1984 Worlds, the team won the gold medal, after defeating Switzerland's Brigitte Kienast in the final. Scalena made her final appearance at the Hearts in 1989, this time skipping the Manitoba team. At the 1989 Scott Tournament of Hearts , Scalena had another successful tournament, finishing first after the round robin, only to lose to
27-629: The 1994 World Junior Curling Championships . The 2021 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic , and was replaced by the 2021 World Junior Qualification Event played in the Fall, the winner going on to represent Canada at the 2022 World Juniors. The event was re-branded to the Canadian Under-21 Curling Championships in 2024. 2021 World Junior Qualification Event The 2021 New Holland World Junior Qualification Event
36-694: The Canadian Junior Curling Championships , is an annual curling tournament held to determine the best Under-21 curling team in Canada . Junior level curlers must be under the age of 21 as of June 30 in the year prior to the tournament. The event began in 1950 as the National Schoolboys Championship , and all members of a team had to attend the same high school. Efforts to establish the event were led by Ken Watson , Maurice Smith and others. From 1950 to 1957, teams played for
45-660: The Victor Sifton Trophy. Sifton's newspaper chain was the sponsor of the event during this time. From 1958 to 1975 the event was sponsored by Pepsi and was known as the Pepsi Schoolboys , becoming the Pepsi Juniors in 1976. At that time, the age limit of the event was adjusted to match the eligibility for the World Junior Curling Championships which began in 1975. In 1971 a separate women's event
54-644: The defending champion Heather Houston rink in the final. In addition to her national women's titles, Scalena won a provincial mixed title in 1983, playing third for Bill Carey . Scalena was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 1988. As of 2014, Scalena still curls recreationally at the Thistle Curling Club in Winnipeg. Canadian Junior Curling Championships The Canadian Under-21 Curling Championships , more commonly known as
63-402: The team won the national championship . In 1979, she skipped Manitoba at the 1979 Macdonald Lassies Championship , where she lost in the final to British Columbia's Lindsay Sparkes . In 1984, Scalena returned to the national championship playing third for Connie Laliberte at the 1984 Scott Tournament of Hearts . The team defeated Nova Scotia's Colleen Jones in the final, sending the team to
72-434: The winner of the event went on to represent Canada at the following year's World junior championship. 1996 to 2020 the winner would play in the same year's championship. The winners of the 1994 and 1995 women's events had to play off to represent Canada at the 1995 World Junior Curling Championships . This was not needed for the men, as the 1993 champion Shawn Adams rink was suspended, so the 1994 winners represented Canada at
81-580: Was created, and was initially called the Canadian Girls Curling Championship . In 1980 Pepsi began sponsoring the women's juniors as well. In 1987 the events were combined into one national junior championship and held at the same venue. Pepsi continued to be the event sponsor until 1994. In 1995, the event was added to the Canadian Curling Association 's "Season of Champions" programme. Since 2022 and between 1974 and 1994,
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