2010 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Championship
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The 2010 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Provincials (British Columbia
's men's provincial
curling
championship) was held February 1–7 at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, British Columbia
. The winning team will represent British Columbia at the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier
in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
's men's provincial
BC Men's Provincial Curling Championship
The Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Provincial Curling Championship is the British Columbia provincial championship for men's curling. The winner represents Team British Columbia at the Tim Hortons Brier. It was known as the Safeway Select up to 2003. Listed below are the provincial champion...
curling
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...
championship) was held February 1–7 at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, British Columbia
Vernon, British Columbia
Vernon is a city in the south-central region of British Columbia, Canada. Named after Forbes George Vernon, a former MLA of British Columbia who helped found the famed Coldstream Ranch, the City of Vernon was incorporated on December 30, 1892. The City of Vernon has a population of 35,944 , while...
. The winning team will represent British Columbia at the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier
2010 Tim Hortons Brier
The 2010 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held between March 6 until March 14, 2010 in Halifax, Nova Scotia at the Halifax Metro Centre...
in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Teams
| Skip | Vice | Second | Lead | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Buchy | Ken McHargue | Dave Toffolo | Darren Will | Kimberley Curling Club, Kimberley Kimberley, British Columbia Kimberley is a small city in southeast British Columbia, Canada along Highway 95A between the Purcell and Rocky Mountains. Kimberley was named in 1896 after the Kimberley mine in South Africa. From 1917 to 2001, it was the home to the world's largest lead-zinc mine, the Sullivan Mine... |
| Sean Geall | Brent Pierce Brent Pierce Brent Pierce is a Canadian curler.Pierce is a 1987 provincial junior champion skip, and a four-time provincial champion, former national and world champion playing third for Greg McAulay. Pierce last represented BC at the Brier in 2009 with the Sean Geall team... |
Kevin Recksiedler | Mark Olson | Royal City Curling Club Royal City Curling Club Construction of the Royal City Curling Club in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, began in August 1965, and was completed in January 1966. The club's first president was Malvin J. Hughes, and its first ice maker was Don Bowman. Since its completion, renovations have been done on it twice,... , New Westminster |
| Bert Gretzinger | Bob Koffski | Brent Giles | Russell Koffski | Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna Kelowna Kelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley, in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its name derives from a Okanagan language term for "grizzly bear"... |
| Greg McAulay Greg McAulay Greg McAulay is a Canadian World champion curler from Richmond, British Columbia.McAulay has been to only two Briers in his career. At the 1998 Labatt Brier, he skipped his British Columbia team to a 7-4 finish before losing to Saskatchewan in a tie-breaker.Two years later, McAulay was back at... |
Ken Maskiewich | Dean Joanisse Dean Joanisse Dean Joanisse is a Canadian curler.Joanisse is most notable for skipping his British Columbia team to a Canadian Junior Curling Championships in 1989, qualifying him to represent Canada at the 1990 World Junior Curling Championships... |
Aaron Watson | Richmond Curling Club, Richmond Richmond, British Columbia Richmond is a coastal city, incorporated in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Part of Metro Vancouver, its neighbouring communities are Vancouver and Burnaby to the north, New Westminster to the east, and Delta to the south, while the Strait of Georgia forms its western border... |
| Jeff Richard | Tom Shypitka | Tyler Orme | Chris Anderson | Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna |
| Fred Thomson | Don Freschi | Brendan Willis | Barry Marsh | Nelson Curling Club, Nelson Nelson, British Columbia Nelson is a city located in the Selkirk Mountains on the extreme West Arm of Kootenay Lake in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Known as "The Queen City", and acknowledged for its impressive collection of restored heritage buildings from its glory days in a regional silver rush,... |
| Jay Tuson | Ken Tucker | Glen Jackson | Colin Mantik | Victoria Curling Club Victoria Curling Club The Victoria Curling Club was founded as the club signed a lease for land with the City of Victoria in 1950. However, construction did not commence until 1952 as material shortages from the Korean War had caused delays... , Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian... |
| Bob Ursel Bob Ursel Bob "Bobby" Ursel is a Canadian curler who curls out of Kelowna, British Columbia.In 1984, Ursel skipped his native Manitoba to a Canadian Junior Curling Championship... |
Jim Cotter | Kevin Folk Kevin Folk Kevin Folk is a Canadian curler from Kelowna, British Columbia. He plays second for Jim Cotter.Folk won the 2000 Canadian Junior Curling Championships playing third for Brad Kuhn... |
Rick Sawatsky | Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna |
| Steven Waatainen | Jeff Pilon | Keith Clarke | Ian Cook | Nanaimo Curling Club, Nanaimo |
| Paul Cseske | Derek Errington | Jay Wakefield (skip) | John Cullen | Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster |
Standings
| Skip | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Ursel | 9 | 0 |
| Geall | 8 | 1 |
| Richard | 6 | 3 |
| Gretzinger | 5 | 4 |
| Tuson | 4 | 5 |
| Wakefield | 4 | 5 |
| Thomson | 3 | 6 |
| Buchy | 2 | 7 |
| McAulay | 2 | 7 |
| Waatainen | 2 | 7 |
February 1
- Geall 6-3 Richard
- Wakefield 6-4 Buchy
- Tuson 6-4 Thomson
- Gretzinger 8-6 Waatainen
- Ursel 5-2 McAulay
- Wakefield 8-5 Waatainen
- Geall 9-3 Thomson
- McAulay 9-7 Richard
- Ursel 8-3 Tuson
- Gretzinger 8-6 Buchy
February 2
- Bushy 5-4 Tuson
- Gretzinger 11-5 McAulay
- Ursel 10-4 Geall
- Richard 6-5 Wakefield
- Thomson 8-6 Waatainen
- Geall 9-5 McAulay
- Wakefield 9-8 Tuson (11)
- Waatainen 11-6 Buchy
- Gretzinger 7-2 Thomson
- Ursel 7-4 Richard
February 3
- Ursel 6-2 Waatainen
- Richard 9-1 Thomson
- Gretzinger 6-3 Wakefield
- Geall 10-8 Buchy (11)
- Tuson 7-5 McAulay
- Tuson 11-6 Gretzinger
- Ursel 8-1 Buchy
- Richard 7-6 Waatainen
- McAulay 8-7 Thomson
- Geall 11-3 Wakefield