2020 BC Men's Curling Championship

2020 BC Men's Curling Championship
Host city	Cranbrook, British Columbia
Arena	Western Financial Place
Dates	January 28 – February 2
Winner	Team Cotter
Curling club	Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna , Vernon
Skip	Jim Cotter
Third	Steve Laycock
Second	Andrew Nerpin
Lead	Rick Sawatsky
Finalist	Tyler Tardi
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The 2020 BC Men's Curling Championship, the provincial men's curling championship for British Columbia, was held from January 28 to February 2, 2020, at the Western Financial Place in Cranbrook.^[1] The winning Jim Cotter rink represented British Columbia at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, Ontario and finished with a 2–5 record. The event was held in conjunction with the 2020 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Jim Cotter won his ninth BC Men's Curling Championship when he defeated former world junior champion Tyler Tardi 10–6 in the final.

Teams[]

The teams are listed as follows:^[2]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Club(s)
Jim Cotter	Steve Laycock	Andrew Nerpin	Rick Sawatsky		Kelowna/
					Victoria
Rob Dennis	Doug Kilborn	Brad Blackwell	Rick Miller		Royal City/
Sean Geall		Sébastien Robillard			//Royal City/
	Andrew Komlodi	Jason Clarke	Joel Cave		Victoria
Dean Joanisse	Andrew Bilesky			Steve Petryk	/Royal City
	Michael Longworth		Cam Weir
Chris Medford	Steve Tersmette	Mitch Young	Jeff Langin	Josh Kennelly
Jason Montgomery					Victoria
Brad Thompson (Fourth)	(Skip)	Trevor Miyahara	Brent Yamada
Jeffrey Richard	Tyler Klymchuk	Corey Cheste	Rhys Gamache		Kelowna
Nando Salviulo	Jamie Ingram	Cody Bartlett	Kevin Maffioli
Tyler Tardi					/Victoria
Aaron Thompson	Jack Holmes	Derek Smith	Scott Robertson
					Royal City, /Victoria
Brad Wood	Matt Tolley		John Slattery		/

Knockout brackets[]

The draw is listed as follows:^[3]

A Event[]

	First knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 1
	Jim Cotter		7
	Nando Salviulo		4			Jim Cotter		5
			8					4
			3								Jim Cotter		10
	Jason Montgomery		9								Jason Montgomery		7
	Rob Dennis		6			Jason Montgomery		9
	Sean Geall		11			Sean Geall		3
			2													Jim Cotter		10
	Tyler Tardi		10													Dean Joanisse		3
	Aaron Thompson		1			Tyler Tardi		7
	Dean Joanisse		4			Dean Joanisse		8
			3								Dean Joanisse		7
	Jeffrey Richard		9								Jeffrey Richard		3
	Brad Wood		5			Jeffrey Richard		6
			6			Chris Medford		4
	Chris Medford		7

B Event[]

	Second knockout					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 2
											Jeffrey Richard		4
	Nando Salviulo		7								Tyler Tardi		11
			4			Nando Salviulo		3
						Tyler Tardi		7
																Tyler Tardi		5
																Jason Montgomery		7
						Chris Medford		8
	Rob Dennis		5					6
			6								Chris Medford		6
											Jason Montgomery		9
																					Jason Montgomery		3
																							8
																Dean Joanisse		5
	Aaron Thompson		1															9
			9					9
								5
													7
	Brad Wood		9								Brad Wood		4
			2			Brad Wood		8
						Sean Geall		6

C Event[]

	Third knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 3
			5
			4					5
								9
													5
											Tyler Tardi		12
																Tyler Tardi		8
																		2
											Dean Joanisse		2
													6
						Jeffrey Richard		3
			10					9
	Aaron Thompson		5

	Third knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 4
	Rob Dennis		8
	Nando Salviulo		2			Rob Dennis		4
						Sean Geall		9
											Sean Geall		6
											Chris Medford		3
						Chris Medford		8
						Brad Wood		5
																Sean Geall		2
																Jason Montgomery		6

Playoffs[]

Page playoff system

Semifinal

Final

A

Jim Cotter

8

B

3

A

Jim Cotter

10

B

4

C1

Tyler Tardi

6

C1

Tyler Tardi

9

C1

Tyler Tardi

7

C2

Jason Montgomery

2

A vs. B[]

Saturday, February 1, 2:00 pm

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

C1 vs. C2[]

Saturday, February 1, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tyler Tardi	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	X	X	7
Jason Montgomery	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2

Semifinal[]

Saturday, February 1, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	4
Tyler Tardi	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	X	9

Final[]

Sunday, February 2, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jim Cotter	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	2	10
Tyler Tardi	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	6

2020 BC Men's Curling Championship
Jim Cotter 9th British Columbia Provincial Championship title

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