CHAMPION: Cotter Wins 2020 BC Men's Provincial Championship

Vernon, British Columbia

SKIP
Jim
Cotter

Third
Steve
Laycock

Second
Andrew
Nerpin

Lead
Rick
Sawatsky

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	8.93
PA/G:	4.82
Hammer Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.43

Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) won 10-6 over Tyler Tardi (Surrey, BC) in the Final

Cotter finished 4-0 in the 16 team BC Men's Provincial Championship qualifying round, held January 28 - February 2, 2020 in , . In their opening game, Cotter defeated Nando Salviulo (Castlegar, BC) 7-4, then won 5-4 against Neil Dangerfield ( Victoria, BC) and 10-7 against Jason Montgomery (Victoria, BC). Cotter won 10-3 against Dean Joanisse (New Westminster, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the BC Men's Provincial Championship Championship title, Cotter earned 18.563 world rankings points. Cotter move up 9 spots after posting a net gain of 16.27 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 39th overall with 106.190 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Cotter ranks 39th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 96.553 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	6	0	0	1.000	4-0	2-0	1-0	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	56	50	27	8.93	4.82	4.11	5.36	3.04	1.67	1.59	1.61

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	26	30	4	6	0-0	2-0	9-1	1.15	0.15	0.55	0.12

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	30	20	23	3	0-0	2-2	3-5	0.67	0.77	0.50	0.43

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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