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	Nelson Curling Club
Dates	February 10–14
Winner	Jim Cotter
Curling club	Vernon 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 Nelson Curling Club 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	Wes Craig Neil Dangerfield
Lower Mainland Playdown qualifier (Dec. 11–13)	4	Michael Johnson Chase Martyn Stephen Schneider Tyler Tardi
Okanagan Playdown qualifier (Dec. 12–13)	2	Jeff Richard Mark Longworth
Kootenay Playdown qualifier (Dec. 12–13)	2	Tom Buchy Chris Ducharme
Open Qualification Round (Jan. 8–10)	3	Jason Montgomery Glen Jackson Will House

Teams

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

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale(s)
Tom Buchy	Deane Horning	Dave Toffolo	Darren Will		Kimberley Curling Club, Kimberley
Wes Craig	Scott MacDonald	Tony Anslow	Victor Gamble		Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Jim Cotter	Ryan Kuhn	Tyrel Griffith	Rick Sawatsky		Vernon Curling Club, Vernon Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna
Neil Dangerfield	Dennis Sutton	Darren Boden	Glen Allen		Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Chris Ducharme	Josh Firman	Jim Stewart	Jim Macaulay	Brendan Stead	Creston Curling Club, Creston
Sean Geall	Andrew Bilesky	Steve Kopf	Mark Olson		Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Will House	Kelly McQuiggan	Greg Davis	Thomas Sayer		Richmond Curling Club, Richmond
Glen Jackson	Andrew Komlodi	Corey Chester	Joel Cave		Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Dean Joanisse	Paul Cseke	Jay Wakefield	John Cullen		Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Michael Johnson	Ty Dilello	Chris Baier	Mitch Young		Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Mark Longworth	Michael Longworth	Jonathan Gardner	John Slattery		Vernon Curling Club, Vernon
Chase Martyn	Cody Johnston	Jeff Guignard	Will Sutton	Jeff Sargent	Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Jason Montgomery	Miles Craig	Cameron Dejong	Dave McGarry		Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Jeff Richard	Ted Appelman	Bryan Kedziora	David Harper		Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna
Stephen Schneider	Jamie Sexton	Shawn Eklund	Brant Amos		Vancouver Curling Club, Victoria
Daniel Wenzek*	Jordan Tardi	Nicholas Meister			Langley Curling Club, 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
Will House	3	Jim Cotter	9
Jason Montgomery	4	Chase Martyn	2
Chase Martyn	9			Jim Cotter	7
Jeff Richard	5			Glen Jackson	4
Glen Jackson	6	Glen Jackson	4
Tom Buchy	8	Tom Buchy	2
Mark Longworth	3					Jim Cotter	5
Dean Joanisse	5					Michael Johnson	4
Chris Ducharme	2	Dean Joanisse	3
Michael Johnson	4	Michael Johnson	6
Stephen Schneider	3			Michael Johnson	6
Sean Geall	11			Wes Craig	4
Daniel Wenzek	10	Sean Geall	6
Neil Dangerfield	7	Wes Craig	7
Wes Craig	10

B Event

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		To Qualifier 2

Jeff Richard	11
Mark Longworth	10	Chase Martyn	5
		Jeff Richard	10
				Jeff Richard	6
				Wes Craig	3


						Jeff Richard	6
Neil Dangerfield	3					Glen Jackson	7
Daniel Wenzek	9	Dean Joanisse	7
		Daniel Wenzek	8
				Daniel Wenzek	4	Qualifier 2
				Glen Jackson	6
						Glen Jackson	1
						Sean Geall	5

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		To Qualifier 2

						Michael Johnson	2
Will House	6					Sean Geall	6
Jason Montgomery	8	Tom Buchy	8
		Jason Montgomery	6
				Tom Buchy	3
Stephen Schneider	6			Sean Geall	10
Chris Ducharme	7	Sean Geall	9
		Chris Ducharme	3

C Event

Third Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 3

Neil Dangerfield	6
Chase Martyn	5	Neil Dangerfield	9
		Tom Buchy	8
				Neil Dangerfield	8
				Jeff Richard	2


						Neil Dangerfield	4
Dean Joanisse	8					Dean Joanisse	5
Stephen Schneider	2	Dean Joanisse	9
		Wes Craig	0
				Dean Joanisse	8
				Michael Johnson	4

Third Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 4

						Glen Jackson	7
Will House	6					Jason Montgomery	4
Mark Longworth	4	Chris Ducharme	7
		Will House	4
				Chris Ducharme	1
				Jason Montgomery	8
		Jason Montgomery	9
		Daniel Wenzek	8

Playoffs

Page playoff system

Semifinal

Final

A

Jim Cotter

5

A

Jim Cotter

7

B

Sean Geall

1

B

Sean Geall

6

B

Sean Geall

4

C1

Dean Joanisse

2

C1

Dean Joanisse

5

C2

Glen Jackson

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
Glen Jackson	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. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. 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. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. 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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