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BC Men's Curling Championship

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BC Men's Curling Championship
Established1936
2024 host cityEsquimalt, British Columbia
2024 arenaArchie Browning Sports Centre
2024 championCatlin Schneider
Current edition

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

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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

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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 Bill Whalen, Sr., Bill Whalen, Jr., Dap Nation, W. R. Broatch Vancouver Curling Club
1937 Rollie David, Frank Avery, Fred Tinling, George Norgan Vancouver Curling Club
1938 Bill Finlay, Fred Tinling, Lionel Tinling, William Lesage Vancouver Curling Club
1939 Rollie David, Frank Avery, Rollie Wickstrom, George Law Hastings Curling Club
1940 Bill Finlay, Fred Tinling, Norm Williams, William Lesage Vancouver Curling Club
1941 Bill Finlay, Fred Tinling, Lionel Tinling, William Lesage Vancouver Curling Club
1942 Donnie Campbell, Fred Tinling, Lionel Tinling, William Lesage Vancouver Curling Club
1943 Frank Avery, D. Garnham, F. Steacy, R. Dickson Vancouver Curling Club
1944 Scotty Marr, Nick Sardich, John Thom, Ole Olsen Nelson Curling Club
1945 Reg Stone, Pete McIntyre, Roy Stone, Scotty Ross, Art Simonson Trail Curling Club
1946 Frank Avery, Bob Brown, Bob Henderson, Ned Wiginton Vancouver Curling Club
1947 Frenchy D'Amour, Bob McGhie, Fred Wendell, Jim Mark Trail Curling Club
1948 Frenchy D'Amour, Bob McGhie, Fred Wendell, Jim Mark Trail Curling Club
1949 Reg Stone, Scotty Ross, Roy Stone, Hugh Miller Trail Curling Club
1950 Elwyn Cartmell, Ty Cobb, Charlie Cook, David Garnham Vancouver Curling Club
1951 Chess Chesser, Johnny Cameron, Max Gordon, Harry Rothery Trail Curling Club
1952 Reg Stone, Scotty Ross, Roy Stone, Buzz McGibney Trail Curling Club
1953 Reg Stone, Roy Stone, Buzz McGibney, Harvey McKay Trail Curling Club
1954 Elwyn Cartmell, Les Kitson, Jimmy Dickson, Reg Fry Vancouver Curling Club
1955 Reg Stone, Roy Stone, Buzz McGibney, Hunt McKay Trail Curling Club
1956 Harold Jordan, Jim Livingstone, Bill Moscovitz, Don Beattie Kimberley Curling Club
1957 Reg Stone, Roy Stone, Buzz McGibney, Ernie Gordon Trail Curling Club
1958 Tony Gutoski, Bill Dunstan, Gary Leibel, Dale Dalziel Victoria Curling Club
1959 Barry Naimark, Fred Langen, Ev Wolfe, Dick Beddoes Vancouver Curling Club
1960 Glen Harper, Harvey Hodge, Fred Duncan, Vern Kaspick Duncan Curling Club
1961 Tony Folk, Jim Killburn, George Klotz, Neil Eyben Peace Arch Curling Club
1962 Reg Stone, Roy Stone, Frenchy D'Amour, Harvey McKay Trail Curling Club
1963 Glen Harper, Harvey Hodge, Gary Merrett, Vern Kaspick Duncan Curling Club
1964 Lyall Dagg, Leo Hebert, Fred Britton, Barry Naimark Vancouver Curling Club
1965 Jack Arnet, Terry Miller, Glen Walker, Soren Jensen Thunderbird Curling Club
1966 Lynn Mason, Les McCabe, Oren Eberg, Al Thun Burnaby Winter Club
1967 Buzz McGibney, John Cameron, Tom Feeney, Doug Feeney Trail Curling Club
1968 Bob McCubbin, Jack Tucker, Ted Trimble, Keith Isaac Richmond Winter Club
1969 Kevin Smale, Pete Sherba, Pat Carr, Bob McDonald Prince George Curling Club
1970 Lyall Dagg, Barry Naimark, Leo Hebert, Terry Paulsen Vancouver Curling Club
1971 Kevin Smale, Pete Sherba, Pat Carr, Bob McDonald Prince George Curling Club
1972 Bernie Sparkes, Brock Giles, Brent Giles, Brad Giles North Vancouver Recreation Centre Curling Club
1973 Jack Tucker, Bernie Sparkes, Jim Armstrong, Gerry Peckham Richmond Winter Club
1974 Jim Armstrong, Bernie Sparkes, Gerry Peckham, Clark Winterton Richmond Winter Club
1975 Frank Beutle, Ray Jones, Don Wood, Bob Partridge Granite Curling Club
1976 Bernie Sparkes, Bert Gretzinger, Keiven Bauer, Al Cook Burnaby Winter Club
1977 Roy Vinthers, Leo Hebert, Greg Pruden, Barry Naimark Vancouver Curling Club
1978 Bernie Sparkes, Ron Thomson, Al Cook, Keiven Bauer Vancouver Curling Club
1979 Glen Pierce, Wayne Matthewson, Bruce Davey, Fuji Miki Vancouver Curling Club
1980 Tim Horrigan, Lowell Goulden, Kelly Horrigan, Dave Smith Victoria Curling Club
1981 Barry McPhee, Rob Kuroyama, Brian Eden, Grant Young Kamloops Curling Club
1982 Brent Giles, Greg Monkman, Al Roemer, Brad Giles Vancouver Curling Club
1983 Bernie Sparkes, Jim Armstrong, Al Cook, Keiven Bauer Vancouver Curling Club
1984 Bernie Sparkes, Jim Armstrong, Ron Thompson, Jim Heitz Vancouver Curling Club
1985 Paul Devlin, Doug Meger, Ken Watson, Dale Reiben Vancouver Curling Club
1986 Barry McPhee, Rob Kuroyama, Brian Eden, Dave Schleppe Kamloops Curling Club
1987 Bernie Sparkes, Jim Armstrong, Monte Ziola, Jamie Sexton Vancouver Curling Club
1988 Ron Thompson, Glen Hillson, Graeme Franklin, Rob Robinson Vancouver Curling Club
1989 Rick Folk, Bert Gretzinger, Rob Koffski, Doug Smith Kelowna Curling Club
1990 Craig Lepine, Ross Graham, Mike Bradley, Glen McEachran Vancouver Curling Club
1991 Gerry Kent, Brian Collinson, Tom Shypitka, Ken McHargue Cranbrook Curling Club
1992 Jim Armstrong, Ron Thompson, Greg Monkman, Ed Fowler Royal City Curling Club
1993 Rick Folk, Pat Ryan, Bert Gretzinger, Gerry Richard Kelowna Curling Club
1994 Rick Folk, Pat Ryan, Bert Gretzinger, Gerry Richard Kelowna Curling Club
1995 Rick Folk, Pat Ryan, Bert Gretzinger, Gerry Richard Kelowna Curling Club
1996 Barry McPhee, Tony Ebert, Ken Brown, Bert Hinch Kamloops Curling Club
1997 Barry McPhee, Dave Schleppe, Ken Brown, Bert Hinc Kamloops Curling Club
1998 Greg McAulay, Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Darin Fenton Royal City Curling Club
1999 Bert Gretzinger, Bob Ursel, Mark Whittle, Dave Mellof Kelowna Curling Club
2000 Greg McAulay, Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Jody Sveistrup Royal City Curling Club
2001 Dean Joanisse, Jay Tuson, Glen Jackson, Randy Tervo Victoria Curling Club
2002 Pat Ryan, Deane Horning, Kevin MacKenzie, Rob Koffski Kelowna Curling Club
2003 Pat Ryan, Bob Ursel, Deane Horning, Kevin MacKenzie Kelowna Curling Club
2004 Jay Peachey, Ron Leech, Kevin Recksiedler, Brad Fenton Royal City Curling Club
2005 Deane Horning, Fred Thomson, Don Freschi, Rob Nobert, Grant Fines Trail Curling Club
2006 Brian Windsor, Dennis Graber, Randy Nelson, Bill Johnson Kamloops Curling Club
2007 Dean Joanisse, Mike Wood, Dave Nantes, Chris Atchison Victoria Curling Club
2008 Bob Ursel, Jim Cotter, Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky Kelowna Curling Club
2009 Sean Geall, Brent Pierce, Kevin Recksiedler, Mark Olson Royal City Curling Club
2010 Jeff Richard, Tom Shypitka, Tyler Orme, Chris Anderson Kelowna Curling Club
2011 Jim Cotter, Ken Maskiewich, Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky Kelowna Curling Club
2012 Jim Cotter, Kevin Folk, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky Kelowna Curling Club
2013 Andrew Bilesky, Steve Kopf, Derek Errington, Aaron Watson Royal City Curling Club
2014 John Morris, Jim Cotter, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky Kelowna Curling Club
2015 Jim Cotter, Ryan Kuhn, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky Vernon Curling Club & Kelowna Curling Club
2016 Jim Cotter, Ryan Kuhn, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky Vernon Curling Club & Kelowna Curling Club
2017 John Morris Jim Cotter, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky Vernon Curling Club & Kelowna Curling Club
2018 Sean Geall, Jeffrey Richard, Andrew Nerpin, David Harper Kelowna Curling Club
2019 Jim Cotter, Steve Laycock, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky Vernon Curling Club & Kelowna Curling Club
2020 Jim Cotter, Steve Laycock, Andrew Nerpin, Rick Sawatsky 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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2022 Brent Pierce, Jeff Richard, Jared Kolomaya, Nicholas Meister Royal City CC, Langley CC, Kelowna CC & Kamloops CC
2023 Jacques Gauthier, Sterling Middleton, Jason Ginter, Alex Horvath Victoria Curling Club
2024 Catlin Schneider, Jason Ginter, Sterling Middleton, Alex Horvath Victoria Curling Club

References

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  1. ^ "Provincials cancelled". Curl BC. January 7, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2020.