Frances Brodie Award
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, now World Curling.
In 1989, her contribution to world curling was recognised by the Federation 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 and until her death in 2006, she wrote to the recipient to offer her personal congratulations.
| Year | Awardee (Country) | Awarded at championships in: |
| 2024 | Angela Romei (Italy) | Sydney, Canada |
| 2023 | Bridget Becker (New Zealand) | Sandviken, Sweden |
| 2022 | Alina Paetz (Switzerland)* | Prince George, Canada |
| 2021 | Alina Paetz (Switzerland)* | Calgary, Canada |
| 2019 | Rui Wang (China) | Silkeborg, Denmark |
| 2018 | Jill Officer (Canada) | North Bay, Canada |
| 2017 | Bingyu Wang (China) | Beijing, China |
| 2016 | Irene Schori (Switzerland) | Swift Current, Canada |
| 2015 | Sanna Puustinen (Finland) | Sapporo, Japan |
| 2014 | Alison Kreviazuk (Canada) | Saint John, Canada |
| 2013 | Corinna Scholz (Germany) | Riga, Latvia |
| 2012 | Eve Muirhead (Scotland) | Lethbridge, Canada |
| 2011 | Henriette Løvar (Norway) | Esbjerg, Denmark |
| 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) | Gävle, Sweden |
| 2003 | Dordi Nordby (Norway) | Winnipeg, Canada |
| 2002 | Mi-Yeon Kim (Korea) | Bismark, United States |
| 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, United States |
| * denotes two time winner |
