CHAMPION: Gauthier Wins 2023 BC Men's Provincials

Victoria, British Columbia

SKIP
Jacques
Gauthier

Third
Sterling
Middleton

Second
Jason
Ginter

Lead
Alex
Horvath

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	8.09
PA/G:	4.68
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Jacques Gauthier (Victoria, BC) won 8-5 over Brent Pierce (Kelowna, BC) in the Final of the BC Men's Provincials, held January 11 - 15, 2023 in Chilliwack, British Columbia.

Gauthier finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gauthier defeated Chris Medford (Kimberley, BC) 7-4, then won 6-2 against Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) to advance to the A-Qualifier where they 9-8 against Pierce to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the BC Men's Provincials Championship title, Gauthier earned 18.750 world rankings points. Gauthier move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 13.875 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 30th overall with 111.621 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Gauthier ranks 30th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 92.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	40	30	0	0.571	7-3	7-7	1-4	1-0	1-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	539	409	351	7.59	6.51	1.08	4.68	4.14	1.62	1.57	1.19

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	252	292	69	29	3-0	27-5	55-9	1.16	0.27	0.38	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	287	117	282	35	3-3	6-21	17-58	0.41	0.98	0.53	0.28

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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