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
Dates	February 3–8
Winner	Jim Cotter
Curling club	, 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 in Vernon, British Columbia. The winning Jim Cotter team represented 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
Island Playdown qualifier (Dec. 12–14)	3	Jason Montgomery
Lower Mainland Playdown qualifier (Dec. 12–14)	4	Sean Geall Grant Dezura
Kootenay Playdown qualifier (Dec. 5–7)	1	Tom Buchy
Open Qualification Round (Jan. 9–11)	4	Dean Joanisse

Teams[]

The teams are listed as follows:^[1]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale(s)
				Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Tom Buchy				, Kimberley
				Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Jim Cotter	Ryan Kuhn	Tyrel Griffith	Rick Sawatsky	, Vernon Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna
				Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
				, Kamloops
Grant Dezura			Jamie Smith	, Maple Ridge
Sean Geall	Andrew Bilesky			Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Dean Joanisse		Jay Wakefield		Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
				, Vernon
				Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Jason Montgomery				, North Cowichan
				, Kamloops
Brent Pierce	Jeff Richard			Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna
				, Vancouver
				Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster , Langley

Knockout Draw Brackets[]

The draw is listed as follows:^[2]

A Event[]

First Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		A Qualifier

Jim Cotter	8
	5	Jim Cotter	5
	7		4
	1			Jim Cotter	10
Grant Dezura	4			Dean Joanisse	9
	3	Grant Dezura	7
Dean Joanisse	7	Dean Joanisse	11
	4					Jim Cotter	5
Brent Pierce	7					Tom Buchy	3
	4	Brent Pierce	6
Jason Montgomery	7	Tom Buchy	8
Tom Buchy	8			Tom Buchy	8
Sean Geall	10			Sean Geall	3
	2	Sean Geall	8
	5		1
	6

B Event[]

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		To B Qualifier

	3
	9		0
		Brent Pierce	7
				Brent Pierce	5
				Dean Joanisse	6


						Dean Joanisse	7
Jason Montgomery	4					Sean Geall	6
	9		10
			5
					1	B Qualifier
				Sean Geall	8
						Dean Joanisse	8
						Tom Buchy	6

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		To B Qualifier

						Tom Buchy	8
	8						6
	6		13
			2
					5
	8				6
	7		9
		Grant Dezura	8

C Event[]

Third Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		C Qualifier 1

	7
	8		9
			5
					6
					8


							6
	7						5
	5		7
			4
					7
				Sean Geall	6

Third Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		C Qualifier 2

						Tom Buchy	3
Jason Montgomery	7					Brent Pierce	8
	6	Jason Montgomery	8
		Grant Dezura	6
				Jason Montgomery	4
				Brent Pierce	8
			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

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
	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
Jim Cotter 5th British Columbia Provincial Championship title

References[]

^ "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[]

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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