CHAMPION: Cotter Wins 2012 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Mens

SKIP
Jim
Cotter

Third
Kevin
Folk

Second
Tyrel
Griffith

Lead
Rick
Sawatsky

Jim Cotter (Kelowna, BC) won 7-5 over Brent Pierce (New Westminster, BC) in the Final of the Canadian Direct Insurance BC Mens, held February 8 - 12, 2012 in Parksville, British Columbia.

Cotter finished 5-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Cotter lost 8-4 to Jay Peachey (New Westminster, BC), then responded with a 6-4 win over Ron Vanderstar (Smithers, BC). Cotter won 7-4 against Steve Waatainen (Nanaimo, BC), then won 6-4 against Ken McArdle (New Westminster, BC) and 8-7 against Jay Wakefield (New Westminster, BC). Cotter won 7-2 against Peachey in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Canadian Direct Insurance BC Mens Championship title, Cotter earned 5.200 world rankings points. For week 26 of the event schedule, Cotter did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Cotter ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2025: Cameron de Jong
Cameron de Jong, Alex Horvath, Corey Chester, Brayden Carpenter
Victoria, BC
2024: Catlin Schneider
Catlin Schneider, Jason Ginter, Sterling Middleton, Alex Horvath
Victoria, BC
2023: Jacques Gauthier
Jacques Gauthier, Sterling Middleton, Jason Ginter, Alex Horvath , Bryan Miki
Victoria, BC
2022: Jeff Richard
Jeff Richard, Brent Pierce, Jared Kolomaya, Nicholas Meister
Kelowna, BC
2020: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Steve Laycock, Andrew Nerpin, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC
2019: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Steve Laycock, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky, Brad Wood
Vernon, BC
2018: Sean Geall
Sean Geall, Jeff Richard, Andrew Nerpin, David Harper
Kelowna, BC
2017: John Morris
Jim Cotter, John Morris, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC
2016: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Ryan Kuhn, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC
2015: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Ryan Kuhn, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon/Kelowna, BC
2014: John Morris
Jim Cotter, John Morris, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2013: Andrew Bilesky
Andrew Bilesky, Steve Kopf, Derek Errington, Aaron Watson
New Westminster, BC
2012: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Kevin Folk, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC

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