2014 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship explained

2014 Canadian Direct Insurance
BC Men's Curling Championship
Host City:Vancouver, British Columbia
Arena:Vancouver Curling Club
Dates:February 4–9
Winner:John Morris
Curling Club:Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna
Skip:John Morris
Fourth:Jim Cotter
Third:none
Second:Tyrel Griffith
Lead:Rick Sawatsky
Finalist:Jason Montgomery
Prev:2013
Next:2015

The 2014 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship, the provincial men's curling championship for British Columbia, was held from February 4 to 9 at the Vancouver Curling Club in Vancouver, British Columbia. The winning team of John Morris represented the home province of British Columbia at the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier in Kamloops.

Qualification process

Sixteen teams will qualify for the provincial tournament through several methods. The qualification process is as follows:

Qualification method Berths Qualifying team
1 Andrew Bilesky
CTRS points leader (December 1, 2012 – December 1, 2013) 1 John Morris
Okanagan Playdown qualifier (Dec. 14–15) 2 Jeff Richard
Scott Decap
Island Playdown qualifier (Dec. 13–15) 2 Neil Dangerfield
Jason Montgomery
Northern Playdown qualifier (Dec. 7–8) 1 Bill Cameron
Lower Mainland Playdown qualifier (Dec. 6–8) 3 Dean Joanisse
Grant Dezura
Brent Pierce
Kootenay Playdown qualifier (Dec. 6–8) 2 Tom Buchy
Trevor Perepolkin
Open Qualification Round (Jan. 10–12) 4 Chris Baier
Ken McArdle
Mark Longworth
Brent Yamada

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[1]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale(s)
Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Jim Cotter (fourth) John Morris (skip) Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna
Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna
Kamloops Curling Club, Kamloops
Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Jody Epp (fourth) Jason Montgomery (skip) Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Prince George Curling Club, Prince George
Michael Johnson (fourth) Dean Joanisse (skip)
Golden Ears Curling Club, Maple Ridge
Sean Geall (fourth) Brent Pierce (skip) Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Kimberley Curling Club, Kimberley
Castlegar Curling Club, Castlegar
Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Vernon Curling Club, Vernon
Salmon Arm Curling Club, Salmon Arm
Kamloops Curling Club, Kamloops

Knockout Draw Brackets

The draw is listed as follows:[2]

C Event

Playoffs

A vs. B

Saturday, February 8, 11:00 am

C1 vs. C2

Saturday, February 8, 11:00 am

Semifinal

Saturday, February 8, 7:00 pm

Final

Sunday, February 9, 4:00 pm

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship – Teams. cdimens2014.curlbc.ca. 13 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140116114610/http://cdimens2014.curlbc.ca/event-info/teams/. 16 January 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: 2014 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship – Draw. cdimens2014.curlbc.ca. 13 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140116113527/http://cdimens2014.curlbc.ca/draw/. 16 January 2014. dead. dmy-all.