2015 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship

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
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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 represented British Columbia at the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary.

Qualification process[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

The draw is listed as follows:^[2]

A Event[edit]

First Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		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[edit]

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		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		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		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[edit]

Third Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		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		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		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[edit]

Page playoff system

Semifinal

Final

A

Jim Cotter

5

B

Dean Joanisse

6

B

Dean Joanisse

8

A

Jim Cotter

7

A

Jim Cotter

7

C2

Brent Pierce

6

C1

Mark Longworth

6

C2

Brent Pierce

9

A vs. B[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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
Jim Cotter 5th British Columbia Provincial Championship title

References[edit]

^ "2015 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship – Teams". cdimens2015.curlbc.ca. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
^ "2015 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship – Draw". cdimens2015.curlbc.ca. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "2015 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship – Teams". cdimens2015.curlbc.ca. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.

[2] "2015 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship – Draw". cdimens2015.curlbc.ca. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.

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