December 28, 1999(1999-12-28) (aged 66) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada[2]
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Helen Joyce McKee (October 29, 1933 – December 28 or 29, 1999) was a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She was a five-time Canadian champion.
Born in Asquith, Saskatchewan, McKee won her very first provincial title as a skip in 1954, before the creation of a Canadian women's championship. She won again in 1960, earning the right to play at the Western Canada Women's Curling Championship in Victoria, British Columbia. Her Saskatchewan rink defeated Alberta 14–11 in the Western final, and was invited to play the Eastern Canadian champion Ruth Smith rink from Quebec in an unofficial championship in Oshawa, Ontario. McKee's team defeated the Quebec team in two matches, 11–3 and 8–5.
The following season, the McKee rink once again won the provincial title. This time, the Canadian Ladies' Curling Association organized a national championship with a similar format to the Brier, the Canadian men's championship. This first event would be called the 1961 Diamond D Championship, and it was held at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club in Ottawa. McKee and her rink of Sylvia Fedoruk, Barbara MacNevin, Rosa McFee won the new event, finishing with an undefeated 9-0 record.
In 1969, McKee returned to national championship, skipping the team of Vera Pezer, Lenore Morrison and Jennifer Falk to another Saskatchewan and Canadian championship. The team was tied with Ontario in their final round robin game with a 7–1 record. They happened to play Ontario in their final game which they won, 6–5, earning them the championship. The team then changed its lineup to have Pezer skip and McKee throw second stones, and brought in Sheila Rowan to throw third stones. This team won three more Saskatchewan and Canadian national championships (1971, 1972, 1973).
Later in life, McKee won the 1992 Canadian Senior Curling Championships playing lead for the Sheila Rowan rink.
Outside of curling, McKee was employed in the parts department by Merlin Motors.
^Mlazgar, Brian; Stoffel, Holden (2007). Saskatchewan Sports: Lives Past and Present. ISBN 9780889771673.
Helen JoyceMcKee (October 29, 1933 – December 28 or 29, 1999) was a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She was a five-time Canadian champion...
Quebec faced off against JoyceMcKee's team from Saskatchewan (consisting of Sylvia Fedoruk, Donna Belding and Muriel Coben) with McKee winning the best-of-three...
champion teams from Western and Eastern Canada. Team West, skipped by JoyceMcKee of Saskatchewan easily won the series, 2 games to none, over the Eastern...
championships. Notable curlers from Saskatchewan include Ernie Richardson, JoyceMcKee, Vera Pezer, Rick Folk, Sandra Schmirler, and Ben Hebert. In a 2019 poll...
JoyceMcKee established an early run of dominance in the province, winning a record eight titles between 1954 and 1973, including five as skip. McKee...
tournament was held that year. For this edition, the award was named after JoyceMcKee, who won five championships, including the inaugural event in 1961. "2023...
Vera (1939–)", The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, retrieved 2007-09-09 Ken McKee (February 26, 1989). "All that you can hack in curling coverage is coming...
games being 12 ends in length. Team Saskatchean, who was skipped by JoyceMcKee won the inaugural event by finishing round robin play unbeaten with a...
success of the beam therapy unit. In 1961, she played the third for JoyceMcKee for the Saskatchewan curling team, the winners in the very first Diamond...
Saskatchewan title in 1970, defeating the defending Canadian champion JoyceMcKee rink in the final. A week later, the team won the provincial championship...
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second seniors title for Sharples. Team Saskatchewan, consisting of JoyceMcKee, Doreen Thomas, Donna Trapp and Sheila Rowan of Saskatoon won the women's...
Reginald McKee (born 1900, date of death unknown) was an English footballer active in the 1920s. He made a total of 40 appearances in The Football League...
from 2001 to 2004. Just over ten years after Pezer's run, in 1984, the Lori McGeary rink became the most recent provincial champion from the club. In 2003...
2002 The first fifty : a nostalgic look at the Brier / by Doug Maxwell and friends 1980 Curling (by Ernie Richardson, JoyceMcKee and Doug Maxwell) 1962...
watching." The episode was directed by Lucky McKee, a close friend of Johnson (Johnson co-edited McKee's 2002 feature directorial debut May), while executive...
McArthur Joan McCusker Cameron McEwen Thomas McGaw Doug "Buzz" McGibney Larry McGrath JoyceMcKee Shirley McKendry Ken McLean Lura McLuckie Burd McNeice...
by JoyceMcKee won the event by finishing the round robin with a 8-1 record. This was Saskatchewan's second championship and second for JoyceMcKee's rink...
announced". Chronicle-Journal Staff; The Canadian Press (February 23, 2019). "McCarville bows out of Scotties". The Chronicle-Journal. Thunder Bay. The Canadian...
Saskatchewan title in 1970, defeating the defending Canadian champion JoyceMcKee rink in the final. A week later, the team won the provincial championship...
Sutherland Ladies CC, Saskatoon Skip Vera Pezer Third Sheila Rowan Second JoyceMcKee Lead Lee Morrison Finalist Manitoba (Joan Ingram) « 1972 1974 »...
in New York City from 1950 to 1952 as his assistant. He married Bonna JoyceMcKee, whom he had met while working on his master's degree at Texas Christian...
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