BC Men's Curling Championship
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.
| BC Men's Curling Championship | |
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| Established | 1936 |
| 2023 host city | Chilliwack, British Columbia |
| 2023 arena | Chilliwack Curling Club |
| 2023 champion | Jacques Gauthier |
| Current edition | |
Qualification
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
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 |
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| 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.[1] | |
| 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 |
References
- "Provincials cancelled". Curl BC. January 7, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
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