BC Men's Curling Championship explained

BC Men's Curling Championship
Established:1936
Current Host City:Esquimalt, British Columbia
Current Arena:Archie Browning Sports Centre
Current Champion:Catlin Schneider
Current:2024 BC Men's Curling Championship

The BC Men's Curling Championship (formerly the belairdirect BC Men's Provincial Curling Championship and the Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Provincials) is the British Columbia provincial championship for men's curling. It was known as the Safeway Select up to 2003. The tournament is run by Curl BC, the provincial curling association. The winner represents Team British Columbia at the Tim Hortons Brier.

Qualification

The event features ten teams. The defending champions and the top team on the Canadian Team Ranking System from B.C. are invited to play. Two teams from the British Columbia coastal region and from the British Columbia interior earn berths, while and additional two teams from each of those two regions come out of a second round of qualifying.

Winners

Listed below are the provincial champion skips for each year. BC did not participate in the Brier until 1936. Brier champions are denoted in bold

Year Team Curling Club
1936 Vancouver Curling Club
1937 Vancouver Curling Club
1938 Vancouver Curling Club
1939 Hastings Curling Club
1940 Vancouver Curling Club
1941 Vancouver Curling Club
1942 Vancouver Curling Club
1943 Frank Avery, D. Garnham, F. Steacy, R. Dickson Vancouver Curling Club
1944 Nelson Curling Club
1945 Trail Curling Club
1946 Vancouver Curling Club
1947 Trail Curling Club
1948 Frenchy D'Amour, Bob McGhie, Fred Wendell, Jim Mark Trail Curling Club
1949 Trail Curling Club
1950 Vancouver Curling Club
1951 Trail Curling Club
1952 Trail Curling Club
1953 Trail Curling Club
1954 Vancouver Curling Club
1955 Trail Curling Club
1956 Kimberley Curling Club
1957 Trail Curling Club
1958 Victoria Curling Club
1959 Vancouver Curling Club
1960 Duncan Curling Club
1961 Peace Arch Curling Club
1962 Trail Curling Club
1963 Duncan Curling Club
1964 Lyall Dagg, Leo Hebert, Fred Britton, Barry Naimark Vancouver Curling Club
1965 Thunderbird Curling Club
1966 Burnaby Winter Club
1967 Trail Curling Club
1968 Richmond Winter Club
1969 Prince George Curling Club
1970 Vancouver Curling Club
1971 Prince George Curling Club
1972 North Vancouver Recreation Centre Curling Club
1973 Richmond Winter Club
1974 Richmond Winter Club
1975 Granite Curling Club
1976 Burnaby Winter Club
1977 Vancouver Curling Club
1978 Vancouver Curling Club
1979 Vancouver Curling Club
1980 Victoria Curling Club
1981 Kamloops Curling Club
1982 Vancouver Curling Club
1983 Vancouver Curling Club
1984 Vancouver Curling Club
1985 Vancouver Curling Club
1986 Kamloops Curling Club
1987 Vancouver Curling Club
1988 Vancouver Curling Club
1989 Kelowna Curling Club
1990 Vancouver Curling Club
1991 Cranbrook Curling Club
1992 Royal City Curling Club
1993 Kelowna Curling Club
1994 Rick Folk, Pat Ryan, Bert Gretzinger, Gerry Richard Kelowna Curling Club
1995 Kelowna Curling Club
1996 Kamloops Curling Club
1997 Kamloops Curling Club
1998 Royal City Curling Club
1999 Kelowna Curling Club
2000 Greg McAulay, Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Jody Sveistrup Royal City Curling Club
2001
2002 Kelowna Curling Club
2003 Kelowna Curling Club
2004 Royal City Curling Club
2005 Trail Curling Club
2006 Kamloops Curling Club
2007 Victoria Curling Club
2008 Kelowna Curling Club
Royal City Curling Club
Kelowna Curling Club
Kelowna Curling Club
Kelowna Curling Club
Royal City Curling Club
Vernon Curling Club & Kelowna Curling Club
Vernon Curling Club & Kelowna Curling Club
Kelowna Curling Club
Vernon Curling Club & Kelowna Curling Club
Vernon Curling Club & Kelowna Curling Club
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia.
Team Laycock (Steve Laycock, Jim Cotter, Andrew Nerpin, Rick Sawatsky) represented B.C. at Brier.
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Royal City CC, Langley CC, Kelowna CC & Kamloops CC
Victoria Curling Club
Victoria Curling Club

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Provincials cancelled. Curl BC. January 7, 2020. January 10, 2020.