2016 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship

2016 Canadian Direct Insurance
BC Men's Curling Championship
2016 Canadian Direct Insurance ; BC Men's Curling Championship
Host city	Nelson, British Columbia
Arena
Dates	February 10–14
Winner	Jim Cotter
Curling club	& Kelowna Curling Club
Skip	Jim Cotter
Third	Ryan Kuhn
Second	Tyrel Griffith
Lead	Rick Sawatsky
Finalist	Sean Geall
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The 2016 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship were held from February 10 to 14 at the in Nelson, British Columbia.^[1] The winning Jim Cotter rink represented British Columbia at the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier in Ottawa.

Qualification process[]

Sixteen teams qualified 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 leaders (December 1, 2014 – December 1, 2015)	2	Dean Joanisse Sean Geall
Island Playdown qualifier (Dec. 11–13)	2
Lower Mainland Playdown qualifier (Dec. 11–13)	4	Tyler Tardi
Okanagan Playdown qualifier (Dec. 12–13)	2	Jeff Richard
Kootenay Playdown qualifier (Dec. 12–13)	2	Tom Buchy
Open Qualification Round (Jan. 8–10)	3	Jason Montgomery

Teams[]

The teams are listed as follows:^[2]^[3]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale(s)
Tom Buchy				, Kimberley
				Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Jim Cotter	Ryan Kuhn	Tyrel Griffith	Rick Sawatsky	, Vernon Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna
				Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
				, Creston
Sean Geall	Andrew Bilesky			Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
			Thomas Sayer	Richmond Curling Club, Richmond
				Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Dean Joanisse		Jay Wakefield		Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
				Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
				, Vernon
				Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Jason Montgomery				Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Jeff Richard	Ted Appelman			Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna
				, Victoria
*				, Langley Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster

*Regular skip Tyler Tardi could not play due to his participation at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. Records indicate they only had a three player team.

Knockout Draw Brackets[]

The draw is listed as follows:

A Event[]

First Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 1

Jim Cotter	6
	3	Jim Cotter	9
Jason Montgomery	4		2
	9			Jim Cotter	7
Jeff Richard	5				4
	6		4
Tom Buchy	8	Tom Buchy	2
	3					Jim Cotter	5
Dean Joanisse	5						4
	2	Dean Joanisse	3
	4		6
	3				6
Sean Geall	11				4
	10	Sean Geall	6
	7		7
	10

B Event[]

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		To Qualifier 2

Jeff Richard	11
	10		5
		Jeff Richard	10
				Jeff Richard	6
					3


						Jeff Richard	6
	3						7
	9	Dean Joanisse	7
			8
					4	Qualifier 2
					6
							1
						Sean Geall	5

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		To Qualifier 2

							2
	6					Sean Geall	6
Jason Montgomery	8	Tom Buchy	8
		Jason Montgomery	6
				Tom Buchy	3
	6			Sean Geall	10
	7	Sean Geall	9
			3

C Event[]

Third Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 3

	6
	5		9
		Tom Buchy	8
					8
				Jeff Richard	2


							4
Dean Joanisse	8					Dean Joanisse	5
	2	Dean Joanisse	9
			0
				Dean Joanisse	8
					4

Third Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 4

							7
	6					Jason Montgomery	4
	4		7
			4
					1
				Jason Montgomery	8
		Jason Montgomery	9
			8

Playoffs[]

Page playoff system

Semifinal

Final

A

Jim Cotter

5

B

Sean Geall

1

A

Jim Cotter

7

B

Sean Geall

4

B

Sean Geall

6

C1

Dean Joanisse

2

C1

Dean Joanisse

5

C2

2

A vs. B[]

Saturday, February 13, 2:00 pm

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

C1 vs. C2[]

Saturday, February 13, 7:00 pm

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

Semifinal[]

Sunday, February 14, 11:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sean Geall	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	4
Dean Joanisse	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	2

Final[]

Sunday, February 14, 4:00 pm

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

2016 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Championship
Jim Cotter 6th British Columbia Provincial Championship title

References[]

^ "Nelson Curling Club to host 2016 BC Men's Championship". Nelson Star. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
^ "Field is set for the 2016 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship". Curl BC. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links[]

Official website

[1] "Nelson Curling Club to host 2016 BC Men's Championship". Nelson Star. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2016.

[2] "Field is set for the 2016 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship". Curl BC. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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