Norway’s Henriette Løvar receives 2011 Frances Brodie Award at the 2011 Capital One® World Women's Curling Championship.
Frances Brodie was the driving force behind the group which established the first World Ladies Curling Championship in 1979 and chaired the first Official Ladies Committee of the International Curling Federation (ICF), later renamed the World Curling Federation.
In 1989, her contribution to World Curling was recognised by the ICF with the introduction of an award in her name, which has been presented at the conclusion of each World Women’s Curling Championship since then.
The recipient is selected by the curlers participating in the event, to honour the curler who, “by deed and action in the course of their performance, best exemplified the traditional curling values of skill, honesty, fair play, friendship and sportsmanship.”
For many years, Frances attended these Championships to make the presentation herself, but latterly was unable to travel and nominated a member of the Ladies Branch of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club to represent her. She always wrote to the recipient to offer her personal congratulations. Since her death in 2006, a Ladies Branch representative has continued to make the presentation each year.
In 1989, her contribution to World Curling was recognised by the ICF with the introduction of an award in her name, which has been presented at the conclusion of each World Women’s Curling Championship since then.
The recipient is selected by the curlers participating in the event, to honour the curler who, “by deed and action in the course of their performance, best exemplified the traditional curling values of skill, honesty, fair play, friendship and sportsmanship.”
For many years, Frances attended these Championships to make the presentation herself, but latterly was unable to travel and nominated a member of the Ladies Branch of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club to represent her. She always wrote to the recipient to offer her personal congratulations. Since her death in 2006, a Ladies Branch representative has continued to make the presentation each year.
Winners of the Frances Brodie Award
| Year | Awardee (Country) | Awarded at Championships in: |
| 2010 | Linn Githmark (Norway) | Swift Current, Canada |
| 2009 | Marianne Rørvik (Norway) | Gangneung, Korea |
| 2008 | Mirjam Ott (Switzerland) | Vernon, Canada |
| 2007 | Lindsay Wood (Scotland) | Aomori, Japan |
| 2006 | Junko Sonobe (Japan) | Grande Prairie, Canada |
| 2005 | Cassie Johnson (United States) | Paisley, Scotland |
| 2004 | Madeleine Dupont (Denmark) | Gvle, Sweden |
| 2003 | Dordi Nordby (Norway) | Winnipeg, Canada |
| 2002 | Mi-Yeon Kim (Korea) | Bismark, USA |
| 2001 | Ann Swisshelm Silver (United States) | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2000 | Rhona Martin (Scotland) | Glasgow, Scotland |
| 1999 | Marianne Aspelin (Norway) | Saint John, Canada |
| 1998 | Jackie Lockhart (Scotland) | Kamloops, Canada |
| 1997 | Jaana Jokela (Finland)* | Berne, Switzerland |
| 1996 | Kirsty Hay (Scotland) | Hamilton, Canada |
| 1995 | Ayako Ishigaki (Japan) | Brandon, Canada |
| 1994 | Helena Blach-Lavrsen (Denmark) | Oberstdorf, Germany |
| 1993 | Jaana Jokela (Finland)* | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1992 | Amy Hatten Wright (United States) | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
| 1991 | Veronika Huber (Austria) | Winnipeg, Canada |
| 1990 | Almut Hege-Schöll (Germany) | Vasteras, Sweden |
| 1989 | Cristina Lestander (Switzerland) | Milwaukee, USA |
