Jamie King (Edmonton, AB) lost
7-6 to
Brent Pierce (New Westminster, BC) in the Final of the Valley First Crown of Curling, held October 19 - 22, 2012 at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops, Canada. To advance to the championship game, King won
8-2 over
Neil Dangerfield (Victoria, BC) in the semifinals of the 2012 Valley First Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada; and won
7-4 over
Sean Geall (New Westminster, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2012 Valley First Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada;
King finished 4-1 in the 22-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, King lost
6-5 to
Tyler Klymchuk (Vancouver, BC), then responded with a
8-2 win over
Brent Yamada (Kamloops, BC). King won
7-3 against
Chang-Min Kim (Gyeongbuk Uiseong, KOR), then won
7-2 against
Randie Shen (Taipei, TPE) and
7-0 against
Steve Waatainen (Nanaimo, BC) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Valley First Crown of Curling, King take home
3.850 world rankings points along with the $5,500CDN prize, moving up 5 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 38th place overall with
34.138 total points. King ranks 18th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
23.695 points earned so far this season.
