2012 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship

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2012 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship
Host city	Parksville, British Columbia
Arena	Parksville Curling Club
Dates	February 8–12
Winner	Jim Cotter
Curling club	Kelowna CC, Kelowna, BC
Skip	Jim Cotter
Third	Kevin Folk
Second	Tyrel Griffith
Lead	Rick Sawatsky
Finalist	Brent Pierce
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The 2012 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship (British Columbia's men's provincial curling championship) was held from February 8 to 12 at the in Parksville, British Columbia. The winning team of Jim Cotter, represented British Columbia at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.^[1][2]

Changes to championship format[]

For the 2011–12 season, the British Columbia Curling Association made changes to the men's championship format. The tournament will be held in a triple knockout format with sixteen teams, and the qualifiers will play in a four team page playoff. This will allow an additional six teams to compete, compared to the ten team round-robin system used in the 2010–11 season. Teams will qualify for the championship through the following berth allocations:^[1]

• Defending Champion
• Top C.T.R.S Men's Team as of December 1, 2011
• 4 Qualifications from Open Event Qualification #1
• 4 Qualifications from Open Event Qualification #2
• 3 Qualifications from Open Event Qualification #3
• 3 Qualifications from Open Event Qualification #4

Teams[]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Club(s)
		Jay Wakefield		Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Tom Buchy				, Kimberley
Jim Cotter	Kevin Folk	Tyrel Griffith	Rick Sawatsky	Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna, British Columbia
				Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
				, Penticton
				Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Sean Geall		Bill Fisher		, Delta
				, Vernon
				Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
				Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Brent Pierce	Jeff Richard		Grant Dezura	Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Tom Shypitka				, Creston
				Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
				, Smithers
				Nanaimo Curling Club, Nanaimo
				, Kamloops

Results[]

A Event[]

First Knockout												Qualifier A
Jim Cotter	4
	8				3
	2				4
	5								2
	10								5
Tom Shypitka	5				3
	4				8
	5												6
	5											Brent Pierce	12
Sean Geall	7			Sean Geall	6
	7				7
	2								5
Tom Buchy	6							Brent Pierce	8
	5			Tom Buchy	7
	3			Brent Pierce	8
Brent Pierce	9

B Event[]

	Second Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					To Qualifier B
						Jim Cotter		9
	Jim Cotter		6					4
			4								Jim Cotter		6
													4
																Jim Cotter		8
																		7
								10
			3			Tom Buchy		9
			8										2
													8

	Second Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					To Qualifier B
						Tom Shypitka		6
	Tom Shypitka		7					10
			6										6
													3
								9
			7			Sean Geall		3
			2															5
																		6
																Qualifier B
																Jim Cotter		7
																		2

C Event[]

	Third Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier C1
								6
			2					3
			9										7
													8
																		4
																		9
						Tom Buchy		7
			6					8
	Tom Buchy		8										8
													10

	Third Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier C2
								8
								7
													5
											Sean Geall		6
						Sean Geall		9
			9			Tom Shypitka		6
			2															5
																Sean Geall		6

Playoffs[]

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Final
	1	Brent Pierce	9
	2	Jim Cotter	2								1	Brent Pierce	5
						2	Jim Cotter	7			2	Jim Cotter	7
						3		6
	3		9
	4	Sean Geall	8

1 vs. 2[]

February 11, 11:00 AM PT

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Pierce	2	0	1	3	0	2	1	X	X	X	9
Cotter	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	2

3 vs. 4[]

February 11, 11:00 AM PT

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Baier	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	9
Geall	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	8

Semifinal[]

February 11, 7:30 PM PT

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Cotter	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	7
Baier	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	6

Final[]

February 12, 5:00 PM PT

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Pierce	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	5
Cotter	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	7

2012 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Championship
Jim Cotter 3rd British Columbia Provincial Championship title

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