2015 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship

2015 Canadian Direct Insurance
BC Men's Curling Championship
Host city Vernon, British Columbia
Arena Vernon Curling Club
Dates February 3–8
Winner Jim Cotter
Curling club Vernon CC, Vernon
Kelowna CC, Kelowna
Skip Jim Cotter
Third Ryan Kuhn
Second Tyrel Griffith
Lead Rick Sawatsky
Finalist Dean Joanisse

The 2015 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship was held from February 3 to 8 at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, British Columbia. The winning Jim Cotter team will represent British Columbia at the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary.

Qualification process

Sixteen teams will qualify for the provincial tournament through several methods. The qualification process is as follows:

Qualification method Berths Qualifying team
Defending champion from previous year 1 Jim Cotter
CTRS points leader (December 1, 2013 – December 1, 2014) 1 Brent Pierce
Okanagan Playdown qualifier (Dec. 12–14) 2 Scott DeCap
Darren Nelson
Island Playdown qualifier (Dec. 12–14) 3 Neil Dangerfield
Chris Baier
Jason Montgomery
Lower Mainland Playdown qualifier (Dec. 12–14) 4 Sean Geall
Ken McArdle
Stephen Schneider
Grant Dezura
Kootenay Playdown qualifier (Dec. 5–7) 1 Tom Buchy
Open Qualification Round (Jan. 9–11) 4 Dean Joanisse
Daniel Wenzek
Mark Longworth
Wes Craig

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[1]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale(s)
Chris Baier Michael Johnson Corey Chester Sanjay Bowry Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Tom Buchy Dave Stephenson Dave Toffolo Darren Will Kimberley Curling Club, Kimberley
Wes Craig Scott MacDonald Tony Anslow Victor Gamble Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Jim Cotter Ryan Kuhn Tyrel Griffith Rick Sawatsky Vernon Curling Club, Vernon
Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna
Neil Dangerfield Denis Sutton Darren Boden Glen Allen Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Scott DeCap Ron Douglas Pat DeCap Grant Olsen Kamloops Curling Club, Kamloops
Grant Dezura Kevin MacKenzie Kevin Recksiedler Jamie Smith Golden Ears Curling Club, Maple Ridge
Sean Geall Andrew Bilesky Steve Kopf Mark Olson Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Dean Joanisse Paul Cseke Jay Wakefield John Cullen Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Mark Longworth Michael Longworth Jonathan Gardner John Slattery Vernon Curling Club, Vernon
Ken McArdle Chase Martyn Cody Johnston Will Sutton Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Jason Montgomery Jody Epp Miles Craig Will Duggan Duncan Curling Club, North Cowichan
Darren Nelson Russ Koffski Jared Jenkins Adam Windsor Kamloops Curling Club, Kamloops
Brent Pierce Jeff Richard Tyler Orme David Harper Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna
Stephen Schneider Jeff Guignard Shawn Eklund Brant Amos Jamie Sexton Vancouver Curling Club, Vancouver
Daniel Wenzek Nicholas Meister Calvin Heels Byron Heels Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Langley Curling Club, Langley

Knockout Draw Brackets

The draw is listed as follows:[2]

A Event

First Knockout A Qualifier
 Jim Cotter 8  
 Daniel Wenzek 5      Jim Cotter 5  
 Ken McArdle 7      Ken McArdle 4  
 Chris Baier 1        Jim Cotter 10  
 Grant Dezura 4        Dean Joanisse 9  
 Stephen Schneider 3      Grant Dezura 7  
 Dean Joanisse 7      Dean Joanisse 11  
 Darren Nelson 4        Jim Cotter 5
 Brent Pierce 7        Tom Buchy 3
 Mark Longworth 4      Brent Pierce 6  
 Jason Montgomery 7      Tom Buchy 8  
 Tom Buchy 8        Tom Buchy 8  
 Sean Geall 10        Sean Geall 3  
 Wes Craig 2      Sean Geall 8       
 Neil Dangerfield 5      Scott DeCap 1       
 Scott DeCap 6  

B Event

Second Knockout To B Qualifier
 Stephen Schneider 3  
 Darren Nelson 9      Darren Nelson 0  
          Brent Pierce 7  
            Brent Pierce 5  
            Dean Joanisse 6  
               
               
            Dean Joanisse 7
 Jason Montgomery 4        Sean Geall 6
 Neil Dangerfield 9      Neil Dangerfield 10  
          Ken McArdle 5  
            Neil Dangerfield 1   B Qualifier
            Sean Geall 8  
                 Dean Joanisse 8
                 Tom Buchy 6
      
Second Knockout To B Qualifier
      
               
               
                 
                 
               
               
            Tom Buchy 8
 Daniel Wenzek 8        Mark Longworth 6
 Chris Baier 6      Daniel Wenzek 13  
          Scott DeCap 2  
            Daniel Wenzek 5  
 Mark Longworth 8        Mark Longworth 6  
 Wes Craig 7      Mark Longworth 9       
          Grant Dezura 8       
      

C Event

Third Knockout C Qualifier 1
 Stephen Schneider 7  
 Ken McArdle 8      Ken McArdle 9  
          Daniel Wenzek 5  
            Ken McArdle 6  
            Mark Longworth 8  
               
               
            Mark Longworth 6
 Darren Nelson 7        Darren Nelson 5
 Wes Craig 5      Darren Nelson 7  
          Neil Dangerfield 4  
            Darren Nelson 7  
            Sean Geall 6  
                    
                    
      
Third Knockout C Qualifier 2
      
               
               
                 
                 
               
               
            Tom Buchy 3
 Jason Montgomery 7        Brent Pierce 8
 Chris Baier 6      Jason Montgomery 8  
          Grant Dezura 6  
            Jason Montgomery 4  
            Brent Pierce 8  
          Scott DeCap 3       
          Brent Pierce 8       
      

Playoffs

  Page playoff system Semifinal Final
                           
A  Jim Cotter 5  
B  Dean Joanisse 8         B  Dean Joanisse 6
      A  Jim Cotter 7   A  Jim Cotter 7
  C2  Brent Pierce 6  
C1  Mark Longworth 6
C2  Brent Pierce 9  

A vs. B

Saturday, February 7, 11:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Jim Cotter 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 5

Dean Joanisse 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 X 8

C1 vs. C2

Saturday, February 7, 11:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Mark Longworth 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 X 6

Brent Pierce 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 X 9

Semifinal

Saturday, February 7, 7:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Jim Cotter 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 7

Brent Pierce 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 6

Final

Sunday, February 8, 12:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Dean Joanisse 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 6

Jim Cotter 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 7

2015 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Championship
British Columbia
Jim Cotter
5th British Columbia Provincial Championship title

References

  1. "2015 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship – Teams". cdimens2015.curlbc.ca. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  2. "2015 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship – Draw". cdimens2015.curlbc.ca. Retrieved 5 February 2015.

External links