CHAMPION: Cotter Wins 2019 BC Mens Curling Championship

SKIP
Jim
Cotter

Third
Steve
Laycock

Second
Tyrel
Griffith

Lead
Rick
Sawatsky

Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) won 9-4 over Jason Montgomery (Victoria, BC) in the Final of the BC Mens Curling Championship, held January 29 - February 3, 2019 in Quesnel, British Columbia.

Cotter finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Cotter defeated Matthew Blandford (Victoria, BC) 9-2, then won 4-2 against Dean Joanisse (Maple Ridge, BC) and 7-5 against Montgomery in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the BC Mens Curling Championship Championship title, Cotter earned 17.719 world rankings points, moving up 8 spots the World Ranking Standings into 42nd place overall with 97.832 total points. Cotter ranks 43rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 88.197 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

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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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