Pierce Runner-Up at 2023 BC Men's Provincials

Kelowna, British Columbia

SKIP
Brent
Pierce

Third
Jeff
Richard

Second
Jared
Kolomaya

Lead
Nicholas
Meister

Games:	9
Record:	6W - 3L
PF/G:	8.06
PA/G:	6.88
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Brent Pierce (Kelowna, BC) lost 8-5 to Jacques Gauthier (Victoria, BC) in the Final of the BC Men's Provincials, held January 11 - 15, 2023 in Chilliwack, British Columbia. To advance to the championship game, Pierce won 9-8 over Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) in the semifinals of the 2023 BC Men's Provincials in Chilliwack, British Columbia;

Pierce finished 4-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pierce defeated Jason Montgomery (Victoria, BC) 7-5, then won 10-5 against Sebastien Robillard (Port Coquitlam, BC) to advance to a A-Qualifier game where they lost 9-8 against Gauthier. Pierce responded with a 7-6 win over Cody Tanaka (New Westminster, BC) to advance to a B-Qualifier game where they lost 9-8 against Cotter to drop into a C-Qualifier game where they responded with a 10-5 win over Cameron de Jong (Penticton, BC) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the BC Men's Provincials, Pierce take home 13.750 world rankings points. For week 24 of the event schedule, Pierce did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Pierce 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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