2012 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship

The 2012 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship (British Columbia's men's provincial curling championship) was held from February 8 to 12 at the Parksville Curling Club in Parksville, British Columbia. The winning team of Jim Cotter, represented British Columbia at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.^[1][2]

2012 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship
Host city	Parksville, British Columbia
Arena	Parksville Curling Club
Dates	February 8–12
Winner	Jim Cotter
Curling club	Kelowna CC, Kelowna, BC
Skip	Jim Cotter
Third	Kevin Folk
Second	Tyrel Griffith
Lead	Rick Sawatsky
Finalist	Brent Pierce
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Changes to championship format

For the 2011–12 season, the British Columbia Curling Association made changes to the men's championship format. The tournament will be held in a triple knockout format with sixteen teams, and the qualifiers will play in a four team page playoff. This will allow an additional six teams to compete, compared to the ten team round-robin system used in the 2010–11 season. Teams will qualify for the championship through the following berth allocations:^[1]

• Defending Champion
• Top C.T.R.S Men's Team as of December 1, 2011^[update]
• 4 Qualifications from Open Event Qualification #1
• 4 Qualifications from Open Event Qualification #2
• 3 Qualifications from Open Event Qualification #3
• 3 Qualifications from Open Event Qualification #4

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Club(s)
Chris Baier	Mike Johnson	Jay Wakefield	John Cullen	Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Tom Buchy	Ken McHargue	Dave Toffolo	Darren Will	Kimberley Curling Club, Kimberley
Jim Cotter	Kevin Folk	Tyrel Griffith	Rick Sawatsky	Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna, British Columbia
Neil Dangerfield	Denis Sutton	Darren Boden	Glen Allen	Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Wylie Eden	Sean Matheson	Kurt Roberts	Tyler Jaeger	Penticton Curling Club, Penticton
Jody Epp	Blair Cusack	James York	Brad Kocurek	Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Sean Geall	Ken Maskiewich	Bill Fisher	Mark Olson	Delta Thistle Curling Club, Delta
Darren Heath	Dave Belway	Darin Laface	Darryl Houston	Vernon Curling Club, Vernon
Ken McArdle	Doug Wilcock	Jared Bowles	Kyle Jackson	Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Jay Peachey	Ron Leech	Bryan Kedziora	Dwayne Uyede	Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Brent Pierce	Jeff Richard	Kevin Recksiedler	Grant Dezura	Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Tom Shypitka	Josh Firman	Steve Tersmette	Greg Terrill	Creston Curling Club, Creston
Jay Tuson	Ken Tucker	Glen Jackson	Colin Mantic	Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Ron Vanderstar	Wade Eberle	Lyle Hensrud	Len Vanderstar	Smithers Curling Club, Smithers
Steve Waatainen	Kevin Weinreich	Sean Krepps	Keith Clarke	Nanaimo Curling Club, Nanaimo
Brian Windsor	Brad Thompson	Mike Smith	Adam Windsor	Kamloops Curling Club, Kamloops

Results

A Event

	First Knockout				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Qualifier A
	Jim Cotter	4
	Jay Peachey	8			Jay Peachey	3
	Ron Vanderstar	2			Chris Baier	4
	Chris Baier	5							Chris Baier	2
	Steve Waatainen	10							Jay Tuson	5
	Tom Shypitka	5			Steve Waatainen	3
	Brian Windsor	4			Jay Tuson	8
	Jay Tuson	5											Jay Tuson	6
	Neil Dangerfield	5											Brent Pierce	12
	Sean Geall	7			Sean Geall	6
	Ken McArdle	7			Ken McArdle	7
	Darren Heath	2							Ken McArdle	5
	Tom Buchy	6							Brent Pierce	8
	Jody Epp	5			Tom Buchy	7
	Wylie Eden	3			Brent Pierce	8
	Brent Pierce	9

B Event

	Second Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					To Qualifier B
						Jim Cotter		9
	Jim Cotter		6			Steve Waatainen		4
	Ron Vanderstar		4								Jim Cotter		6
											Ken McArdle		4
																Jim Cotter		8
																Chris Baier		7
						Darren Heath		10
	Neil Dangerfield		3			Tom Buchy		9
	Darren Heath		8								Darren Heath		2
											Chris Baier		8

	Second Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					To Qualifier B
						Tom Shypitka		6
	Tom Shypitka		7			Jay Peachey		10
	Brian Windsor		6								Jay Peachey		6
											Jody Epp		3
						Jody Epp		9
	Jody Epp		7			Sean Geall		3
	Wylie Eden		2													Jay Tuson		5
																Jay Peachey		6
																Qualifier B
																Jim Cotter		7
																Jay Peachey		2

C Event

	Third Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier C1
						Brian Windsor		6
	Ron Vanderstar		2			Darren Heath		3
	Brian Windsor		9								Brian Windsor		7
											Jay Tuson		8
																Jay Tuson		4
																Chris Baier		9
						Tom Buchy		7
	Steve Waatainen		6			Jody Epp		8
	Tom Buchy		8								Jody Epp		8
											Chris Baier		10

	Third Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier C2
						Neil Dangerfield		8
						Ken McArdle		7
											Neil Dangerfield		5
											Sean Geall		6
						Sean Geall		9
	Neil Dangerfield		9			Tom Shypitka		6
	Wylie Eden		2													Jay Peachey		5
																Sean Geall		6

Playoffs

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Final
	1	Brent Pierce	9								1	Brent Pierce	5
	2	Jim Cotter	2								2	Jim Cotter	7
						2	Jim Cotter	7
						3	Chris Baier	6
	3	Chris Baier	9
	4	Sean Geall	8

1 vs. 2

February 11, 11:00 AM PT

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

3 vs. 4

February 11, 11:00 AM PT

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Baier	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	9
Geall	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	8

Semifinal

February 11, 7:30 PM PT

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Cotter	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	7
Baier	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	6

Final

February 12, 5:00 PM PT

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Pierce	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	5
Cotter	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	7

2012 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Championship
Jim Cotter 3rd British Columbia Provincial Championship title