2013 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship – Qualification

Qualification for the 2013 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship consisted of both direct and indirect qualification. The defending champion and the highest-ranked team on the Canadian Team Ranking System qualified directly. Fourteen more teams qualified through playdown events and qualification events.

Summary

Qualification method	Berths	Qualifying team
Defending champion from previous year	1	Jim Cotter^[1]
CTRS points leader (December 1, 2011 – December 1, 2012)	1	Brent Pierce
Kootenay Inter-regional qualifier (Dec. 7–9)^[2]	2	Deane Horning Tom Buchy
Thompson/Okanagan Inter-regional qualifier (Dec. 7–9)^[3]	2	Trevor Perepolkin Jamie Sexton
Island Playdown qualifier (Dec. 7–9)^[4]	2	Jason Montgomery Jay Tuson
Lower Mainland Playdown qualifier (Dec. 14–16)^[5]	3	Sean Geall Jay Wakefield Ken McArdle
Open Qualification Round (Jan. 4–6)^[6]	5	Neil Dangerfield Dean Joanisse Brent Yamada Richard Brower Andrew Bilesky

Qualification events

Kootenay Inter-regional qualifier

The Kootenay Inter-regional qualifier was held from December 7 to 9, 2012 at the Trail Curling Club in Trail.^[2]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale(s)
Tom Buchy	Dave Stephenson	Dave Toffolo	Darren Will		Kimberley Curling Club, Kimberley
Doug Hannah	Laddie Pavlis	Doug Thompson	Bryan Smithson		Creston Curling Club, Creston
Deane Horning	Don Freschi	Rob Nobert	Brad Wood	Kevin Nesbitt	Trail Curling Club, Trail
Brian LeMoel	Joe Ferguson	Marcus Partridge	Jack Beard	Rob Ferguson	Trail Curling Club, Trail
Myron Nichol	Garry Beaudry	Stew Higgins	Rob Babiarz		Castlegar Curling Club, Castlegar
Brent Pihowich	Barry Marsh	Roger May	Jamie Tedesco	Rod MacCabe	Nelson Curling Club, Nelson
Nando Salviulo	Rick Cutler	Grant Davidson	Chris Haynes	Doug Bothamley	Nelson Curling Club, Nelson
Tom Shypitka	Josh Firman	Steve Tersmette	Greg Terrill		Creston Curling Club, Creston

Results

A Event

First Knockout		Semifinals		To Playoffs

Deane Horning	11
Brian LeMoel	3	Deane Horning	10
Doug Hannah	4	Myron Nichol	8
Myron Nichol	11			Deane Horning	4
Tom Buchy	9			Tom Buchy	5
Nando Salviulo	3	Tom Buchy	9
Brent Pihowich	4	Tom Shypitka	3
Tom Shypitka	9

B Event

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		To Playoffs

Brian LeMoel	4
Doug Hannah	8	Doug Hannah	2
		Tom Shypitka	8
				Tom Shypitka	8
Nando Salviulo	9			Myron Nichol	5
Brent Pihowich	11	Brent Pihowich	3
		Myron Nichol	10
						Tom Shypitka	7
						Deane Horning	9

C Event

Third Knockout		To Playoffs

Brian LeMoel	9
Nando Salviulo	7	Brian LeMoel	7
		Myron Nichol	9

Third Knockout		To Playoffs

Doug Hannah	8
Brent Pihowich	9	Brent Pihowich	4
		Tom Shypitka	6

Playoffs

Qualifier 1

1	Tom Buchy	5

2	Deane Horning	7

Semifinals		Qualifier 2

		Tom Buchy	7
Myron Nichol	9	Myron Nichol	2
Tom Shypitka	7

Thompson/Okanagan Inter-regional qualifier

The Thompson/Okanagan Inter-regional qualifier was held from December 7 to 9, 2012 at the Kelowna Curling Club in Kelowna.^[3]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale(s)
Scott DeCap	Ron Douglas	John Maskiewich	Grant Olsen	Russell Koffski	Kamloops Curling Club, Kamloops
Darren Heath	Dave Merklinger	John Slattery	David Harper		Vernon Curling Club, Vernon
Aron Herrick	Tobin Senum	Marc Fillion	Jason Wizniak		Vernon Curling Club, Vernon
Darrell Houston	Sean Matheson	Kurt Roberts	Tyler Jaegar		Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna
David Mellof	Keith Anderson	Mark Thomsen	Larry Kozachenko		Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna
Justin Nillson	Mitchell Ursel	Cam Weir	Dean Jones		Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna
Trevor Perepolkin	Tyler Orme	James McKenzie	Chris Anderson		Vernon Curling Club, Vernon
Jamie Sexton	Michael Longworth	Hugh Bennet	Jonathan Gardner	Mark Longworth	Vernon Curling Club, Vernon
Brad Thompson (fourth)	Michael Smith (skip)	Brent Thompson	Derek Simpson		Kamloops Curling Club, Kamloops
Brent Yamada	Corey Sauer	Doug Murdoch	Lance Yamada		Kamloops Curling Club, Kamloops

Results

A Event

First Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		To Playoffs

David Mellof	7
Justin Nillson	6	David Mellof	5
		Trevor Perepolkin	7
				Trevor Perepolkin	7
				Brent Yamada	2
		Brent Yamada	8
		Darrell Houston	7
						Trevor Perepolkin	9
Michael Smith	5					Scott DeCap	4
Jamie Sexton	4	Michael Smith	2
		Darren Heath	7
				Darren Heath	4
				Scott DeCap	7
		Scott DeCap	9
		Aron Herrick	5

B Event

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		To Playoffs

				Scott DeCap	6
Justin Nillson	6			Michael Smith	7
Darrell Houston	10	Darrell Houston	5
		Michael Smith	6
						Michael Smith	7
Jamie Sexton	9					David Mellof	5
Aron Herrick	2	Jamie Sexton	1
		David Mellof	8
				David Mellof	8
				Darren Heath	4
		Darren Heath
		Brent Yamada

C Event

Third Knockout		To Playoffs

		David Mellof	4
Jamie Sexton	7	Jamie Sexton	9
Brent Yamada	6

Third Knockout		Semifinals		To Playoffs

Justin Nillson	2
Aron Herrick	9	Aron Herrick	7
		Scott DeCap	11
				Scott DeCap	6
				Darren Heath	1
		Darrell Houston	5
		Darren Heath	8

Playoffs

Qualifier 1

1	Trevor Perepolkin	9

2	Michael Smith	6

Semifinals		Qualifier 2

Scott DeCap	6
Jamie Sexton	7	Jamie Sexton	8
		Michael Smith	7

Island Playdown qualifier

The Island Playdown qualifier was held from December 7 to 9, 2012 at the Alberni Valley Curling Club in Port Alberni.^[4]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale(s)
Cliff Carr-Hilton	Benjamin Ruginis	Ross Thomson	Craig Bernes	Comox Valley Curling Club, Courtenay
Jason Clarke	Ken Miscovitch	Will Sutton	Zachary Capron	Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Wes Craig	Murray Walker	Tony Anslow	Kevin Britt	Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Neil Dangerfield	Denis Sutton	Darren Boden	Glen Allen	Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Jody Epp	Blair Cusack	Brad Kocurek	James York	Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Greg Hawkes	Mike Wood	Sean Cromarty	Paul Awalt	Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Owen Hayward	Chris Brown	Adam McPherson	Steve Eng	Alberni Valley Curling Club, Port Alberni
Jason Montgomery	Miles Craig	Will Duggan	Josh Hozack	Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Jay Tuson	Colin Mantik	Glen Jackson	Ken Tucker	Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Steve Waatainen	Kevin Weinreich	Sean Krepps	Keith Clarke	Nanaimo Curling Club, Nanaimo

Results

A Event

First Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		To Playoffs

Wes Craig	10
Cliff Carr-Hilton	3	Wes Craig	6
		Neil Dangerfield	7
				Neil Dangerfield	6
				Jay Tuson	9
		Jay Tuson	8
		Jody Epp	6
						Jay Tuson	8
Jason Clarke	11					Jason Clarke	5
Owen Hayward	2	Jason Clarke	4
		Greg Hawkes	3
				Jason Clarke	6
				Steve Waatainen	5
		Jason Montgomery	6
		Steve Waatainen	7

B Event

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		To Playoffs

				Jason Clarke	2
Cliff Carr-Hilton	2			Jody Epp	9
Jody Epp	9	Jody Epp	9
		Greg Hawkes	8
						Jody Epp	5
Owen Hayward	3					Jason Montgomery	7
Jason Montgomery	5	Jason Montgomery	8
		Wes Craig	6
				Jason Montgomery	7
				Neil Dangerfield	6
		Steve Waatainen	4
		Neil Dangerfield	7

C Event

Third Knockout		To Playoffs

		Jody Epp	11
Wes Craig	7	Wes Craig	4
Steve Waatainen	0

Third Knockout		Semifinals		To Playoffs

Cliff Carr-Hilton	9
Owen Hayward	8	Cliff Carr-Hilton	1
		Jason Clarke	8
				Jason Clarke	4
				Greg Hawkes	8
		Greg Hawkes	10
		Neil Dangerfield	7

Playoffs

Qualifier 1

1	Jay Tuson	3

2	Jason Montgomery	7

Semifinals		Qualifier 2

Jody Epp	0
Greg Hawkes	7	Greg Hawkes	3
		Jay Tuson	8

Lower Mainland Playdown qualifier

The Lower Mainland Playdown qualifier was held from December 14 to 16, 2012 at the Chilliwack Curling Club in Chilliwack.^[5]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Andrew Bilesky	Steve Kopf	Derek Errington	Aaron Watson		Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Shane Bourdage	Aaron Thompson	Aaron Brice	Chris Hall		Vancouver Curling Club, Vancouver
Sean Geall	Jay Peachey	Sebastien Robillard	Mark Olson		Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
George Hall	Christopher Ordog	Greg Ohashi	Logan Chinski		Vancouver Curling Club, Vancouver
Dale Hockley	Rick Jones	Kevin Jones	Robert Hockley	Matt Prinse	Chilliwack Curling Club, Chilliwack
Todd Leighton	Ken Britz	Darren Jarvis	Adam Dyck	Glen Ford	Chilliwack Curling Club, Chilliwack
Ken McArdle	Dylan Somerton	Jared Bowles	Michael Horita		Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Bryan Miki	Jay Batch	Ernie Daniels	Curtis Tateyama	Dwayne Uyede	Delta Thistle Curling Club, Delta
John Molendyk	Tom Sayer	Greg Davis	Eric Cessford		Marpole Curling Club, Vancouver
Stephen Schneider	Brant Amos	Shawn Eklund	Chris Faa		Vancouver Curling Club, Vancouver
Allan Vanderveen	Bobby Neid	Adam Dyble	Rob Hornsby		Chilliwack Curling Club, Chilliwack
Michael Johnson (fourth)	Paul Cseke	Jay Wakefield (skip)	John Cullen		Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster

Results

A Event

First Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 1

John Molendyk	6
George Hall	10	George Hall	5
		Sean Geall	7
				Sean Geall	8
Allan Vanderveen	5			Ken McArdle	2
Bryan Miki	8	Bryan Miki	4
		Ken McArdle	9
						Sean Geall	6
Shane Bourdage	5					Jay Wakefield	2
Stephen Schneider	7	Stephen Schneider	0
		Jay Wakefield	5
				Jay Wakefield	8
Dale Hockley	7			Andrew Bilesky	4
Todd Leighton	6	Dale Hockley	7
		Andrew Bilesky	8

B Event

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 2

John Molendyk	6
Allan Vanderveen	1	John Molendyk	8
Shane Bourdage	7	Shane Bourdage	4
Todd Leighton	3			John Molendyk	5
				Jay Wakefield	6


						Jay Wakefield	7
George Hall	7					Andrew Bilesky	1
Bryan Miki	3	George Hall	3
		Andrew Bilesky	6
				Andrew Bilesky	5
				Dale Hockley	1
		Ken McArdle	4
Stephen Schneider	2	Dale Hockley	5
Dale Hockley	9

C Event

First Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 1

		Shane Bourdage	4
Stephen Schneider	7	Bryan Miki	9
Bryan Miki	8			Bryan Miki	3
				Andrew Bilesky	8


						Andrew Bilesky	8
Todd Leighton	10					Ken McArdle	9
Allan Vanderveen	4	Todd Leighton	2
		Dale Hockley	7
				Dale Hockley	3
				Ken McArdle	6
		John Molendyk	6
Ken McArdle	7	Ken McArdle	8
George Hall	5

Open Qualification Round

The Open Qualification Round was held from January 4 to 6 at the Golden Ears Winter Club in Maple Ridge.^[6]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale(s)
Andrew Bilesky	Steve Kopf	Derek Errington	Aaron Watson		Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Richard Brower	Jan Bos	Ted Stanyer	Deryk Brower		Peace Arch Curling Club, White Rock
Wes Craig	Murray Walker	Tony Anslow	Kevin Britt		Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Neil Dangerfield	Denis Sutton	Darren Boden	Glen Allen		Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Andrew Forrest	Christopher Chute	Nigel McInnis	Kris Davis	Norm Richard	Vancouver Curling Club, Vancouver
Dale Hockley	Rick Jones	Kevin Jones	Robert Hockley	Matt Prinse	Chilliwack Curling Club, Chilliwack
Will House	Adam Pankratz	David Pankratz	Jason Beatch		Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster
Dean Joanisse	Bryan Kedziora	Mike Goerz	Randie Shen		Abbotsford Curling Club, Abbotsford
Patrick McEachran	Glen McEachran	Austin Sweeney	Trevor Halvorson		North Shore Curling Club, North Vancouver
Bryan Miki	Jay Batch	Ernie Daniels	Curtis Tateyama	Dwayne Uyede	Delta Thistle Curling Club, Delta
John Molendyk	Tom Sayer	Greg Davis	Eric Cessford		Marpole Curling Club, Vancouver
Garth Moore	Fred Fox	Murray Day	Alan Schmelzel	Doug Turner	Golden Ears Winter Club, Maple Ridge Coquitlam Curling Club, Coquitlam
Peter Nielson	Evan Branter	Kyle Duncan	David MacDonald		Golden Ears Winter Club, Maple Ridge
Stephen Schneider	Brant Amos	Shawn Eklund	Chris Faa		Vancouver Curling Club, Vancouver
Brad Thompson	Michael Smith	Brent Thompson	Derek Simpson		Kamloops Curling Club, Kamloops
Steve Waatainen	Kevin Weinreich	Sean Krepps	Keith Clarke		Nanaimo Curling Club, Nanaimo
Brent Yamada	Corey Sauer	Doug Murdoch	Lance Yamada		Kamloops Curling Club, Kamloops

Results

A Event

First Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		To Qualifier 1

Stephen Schneider	3
Peter Nielson	7	Peter Nielson	6
		Andrew Bilesky	10
				Andrew Bilesky	8
				Dale Hockley	6
		Dale Hockley	9
		Andrew Forrest	6
						Andrew Bilesky	8
						Brad Thompson	2
		Bryan Miki	6
		Brad Thompson	7
				Brad Thompson	7	Qualifier 1
				Garth Moore	4
		Dean Joanisse	4			Andrew Bilesky	5
		Garth Moore	7			Neil Dangerfield	8

First Knockout		Semifinals		To Qualifier 1

Brent Yamada	9
Richard Brower	8	Brent Yamada	5
Steve Waatainen	9	Steve Waatainen	8
John Molendyk	2			Steve Waatainen	3
Wes Craig	8			Neil Dangerfield	11
Will House	3	Wes Craig	6
Neil Dangerfield	8	Neil Dangerfield	11
Patrick McEachran	2

B Event

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		To Qualifier 2

				Wes Craig	6
Bryan Miki	7			Dean Joanisse	9
Dean Joanisse	8	Dean Joanisse	8
		Peter Nielson	4
						Dean Joanisse	6
						Richard Brower	3
		Richard Brower	9
		John Molendyk	8
				Richard Brower	6	Qualifier 2
				Dale Hockley	2
						Dean Joanisse	7
						Andrew Bilesky	6

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 3

Stephen Schneider	8
Andrew Forrest	3	Stephen Schneider	8
		Garth Moore	4
				Stephen Schneider	10
				Steve Waatainen	1


						Stephen Schneider	5
Will House	5					Brent Yamada	6
Patrick McEachran	10	Patrick McEachran	2
		Brent Yamada	5
				Brent Yamada	10
				Brad Thompson	9

C Event

Third Knockout		Semifinals		Qualifier 4

Peter Nielson	5
Dale Hockley	9	Dale Hockley	10
		Stephen Schneider	6
				Dale Hockley	6
Andrew Forrest	2			Richard Brower	7
Will House	9	Will House	4
		Richard Brower	8

Third Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 4

				Brad Thompson	10
Garth Moore	9			Wes Craig	7
Patrick McEachran	2	Garth Moore	4
		Wes Craig	8
						Brad Thompson	5
Bryan Miki	8					Andrew Bilesky	6
John Molendyk	3	Bryan Miki	7
		Steve Waatainen	6
				Bryan Miki	4
				Andrew Bilesky	7

References

^ "Cotter back to defend championship title". cdimens2013.curlbc.ca. 31 October 2012. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
^ ^a ^b "British Columbia – 2012–2013 – Men's Kootenay Playdown". playdowns.com. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
^ ^a ^b "British Columbia – 2012–2013 – Men's Okanagan Playdown". playdowns.com. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
^ ^a ^b "British Columbia – 2012–2013 – Men's Island Playdown". playdowns.com. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
^ ^a ^b "British Columbia – 2012–2013 – Men's Lower Mainland Playdown". playdowns.com. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
^ ^a ^b "British Columbia – 2012–2013 – Men's Open Playdown". playdowns.com. Retrieved 12 January 2013.

[1] "Cotter back to defend championship title". cdimens2013.curlbc.ca. 31 October 2012. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2012.

[kootenay-2] "British Columbia – 2012–2013 – Men's Kootenay Playdown". playdowns.com. Retrieved 9 December 2012.

[okanagan-3] "British Columbia – 2012–2013 – Men's Okanagan Playdown". playdowns.com. Retrieved 9 December 2012.

[island-4] "British Columbia – 2012–2013 – Men's Island Playdown". playdowns.com. Retrieved 9 December 2012.

[lower-5] "British Columbia – 2012–2013 – Men's Lower Mainland Playdown". playdowns.com. Retrieved 12 January 2013.

[open_qual-6] "British Columbia – 2012–2013 – Men's Open Playdown". playdowns.com. Retrieved 12 January 2013.

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