Pierce Runner-Up at 2014 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic

Kelowna , British Columbia

SKIP
Brent
Pierce

Third
Jeff
Richard

Second
Tyler
Orme

Lead
David
Harper

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	8.21
PA/G:	6.07
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Brent Pierce (Kelowna , BC) lost 8-3 to Grant Dezura (Maple Ridge, BC) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Pierce won 5-4 over Jim Cotter (Kelowna/Vernon, BC) in the semifinals of the 2014 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada; and won 7-5 over Sean Geall (New Westminster, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2014 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada;

Pierce finished 4-1 in the 16 team Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic qualifying round, held October 3 - 6, 2014 at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, Canada. In their opening game, Pierce defeated Sebastien Robillard (Vancouver, BC) 7-1, then went on to lose 6-5 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Pierce responded with a 7-0 win over Brady Clark (Seattle, WA). Pierce won 7-6 against Geall, then won 5-4 against Morozumi in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic, Pierce take home 6.965 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN prize, moving up 13 spots the World Ranking Standings into 49th place overall with 22.622 total points. Pierce ranks 29th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.215 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	6	2	0	0.750	4-1	2-1	3-1	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	56	46	34	8.21	6.07	2.14	4.64	4.11	1.77	1.48	1.25

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	32	36	4	7	0-0	3-0	9-0	1.13	0.13	0.48	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	24	10	30	0	0-1	1-1	3-6	0.42	1.25	0.58	0.21

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2018: Matt Dunstone
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2017: Jeff Guignard
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2016: Tyler Tardi
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2015: Pat Simmons
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2014: Grant Dezura
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2013: Kevin Koe
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2012: Jim Cotter
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2011: Robert Schlender
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2010: Kevin Koe
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2009: Kevin Koe
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2008: Bob Ursel
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2007: Bob Ursel
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2006: Brent Pierce
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2005: Bob Ursel
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2004: Rick Folk
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2003: Randy Ferbey
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2002: Rob Bucholz
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2001: Rick Folk
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1994: Jim Armstrong
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