Betty Anne Duguid (née Runner; May 18, 1932[1]–December 8, 2017)[2] was a Canadian–American curler. She skipped the winning Manitoba rink at the 1967 Canadian women's curling championship, and won the 1972 and 1975 U.S. Women's Curling Association Championship, becoming the first woman to win a national curling championship for two countries.

Curling career

Canada

Duguid grew up in Manitoba, and began curling at 10 years old.[3]

Duguid formed a rink with Joan Ingram, Laurie Bradawski and Dot Rose in the early 1960s, winning the aggretate title of the MLCA Bonspiel in 1963 and 1965. The team curled together for playdown play in 1966, making it to that year's Manitoba Championships. In the 1967, they won the provincial championship, going undefeated in their playdown journey.[4] In the Manitoba final, they defeated 1965 Canadian champion Peggy Casselman.[5] The team, nicknamed "the Bear and her cubs"[6] represented Manitoba at the 1967 Diamond D Championship, the national women's championship, where they continued their undefeated record to claim the championship. From club playdowns to the national championship, the team won 27 straight games. The rink was inducted into the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame in 1992.[4]

United States

After winning the Diamond D Championship, Duguid and her husband Gerry moved to Wilmette, Illinois to operate the Curtis Curling Center.[2] After it went out of business, they began running the Exmoor Country Club in Highland Park, Illinois.[3] Duguid and her rink of Joanne Miller, Marcia Heckler and Judy McCabe won her "second national title" when they won the United States Women's Curling Association bonspiel championship in 1972, a forerunner to the United States Women's Curling Championship, defeating June Krumholz (also of Illinois) in the final.[7] It was the first time a woman had won the national curling championships for two different countries.[8] At the 1973 USWCA bonspiel, her rink recorded a rare eight-ender in their first match.[9] Duguid won a second U.S. championship in 1975, when her rink of BEcky Ruby, Judy McCabe and Leslie DiTomasso defeated Mary Helen Dryden from Grand Forks, North Dakota in the final.[10][11]

Duguid represented Illinois in the first official United States Women's Curling Championship in 1977,[12] where her team finished tied for second place with a 4–3 record.[13] She represented Illinois again at the 1978 U.S. championship,[14] where she finished tied four fourth with a 3–4 record.[15]

Her team qualified for the 1987 United States Olympic curling trials, though she could not play as she was not a citizen. She coached the team instead.[3]

Over the course of her career, Duguid won the Midwest Curling Association Women's Championship in 1977, 1978 and 1987,[16] and Midwest mixed championships in 1982 and 1983.[17]

Personal life

At the time of her 1967 national championship, Duguid was a housewife.[6] Duguid was married to football player Gerry Duguid, and had three children. In Illinois, she worked for the Wilmette Park District, including being Lakefront Manager.[2] Her brother-in-law was World Champion curler and broadcaster Don Duguid.[3] She died in 2017 at the Skokie Valley Hospital in Skokie, Illinois. She was interred in Treherne, Manitoba.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Births". Winnipeg Tribune. May 20, 1932. p. 20. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Betty Duguid Obituary". Legacy.com. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d "Ladies in Curling". Chicago Reader. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Duguid – 1967 Team Canadian Champions Inducted 1992". Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  5. ^ "Richardson Sidelined". Edmonton Journal. February 6, 1967. p. 10. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Manitoba Ladies Capture Curling Title". Montreal Gazette. March 3, 1967. p. 21. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  7. ^ "Betty Duguid rink sweeps to second national title". Grand Forks Herald. February 14, 1972. p. 10. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  8. ^ "History made by woman skip". Toronto Star. February 14, 1972. p. 14. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  9. ^ "Taylor rink wins USWCA third event". Portage Daily Register. February 19, 1973. p. 8. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  10. ^ "Wilmette curlers win despite nerves". Chicago Tribune. February 8, 1975. p. 157. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  11. ^ "Grand Forks rink gains finals". Grand Forks rink gains finals. February 7, 1975. p. 9. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  12. ^ "Two unbeaten in curling meet". Grand Forks Herald. February 22, 1977. p. 16. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  13. ^ "New York Wins Women's Curling". Green Bay Press Gazette. February 25, 1977. p. 19. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  14. ^ "8 teams compete in USWCA at Arena". Duluth News Tribune. February 19, 1978. p. 33. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  15. ^ "Sandy Robarge Rink finishes 7-0 to win U.S. Women's Curling title". Wasau Daily Herald. February 27, 1978. p. 13. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  16. ^ "MCA Women's Club Playdowns: Winners" (PDF). Midwest Curling. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  17. ^ "MCA Mixed Playdowns: Winners" (PDF). Midwest Curling. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  18. ^ "Betty Anne Duguid". Winnipeg Fre Press. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
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