CHAMPION: Morris Wins 2017 BC belairdirect Mens Provincials

Fourth
Jim
Cotter

SKIP
John
Morris

Second
Tyrel
Griffith

Lead
Rick
Sawatsky

John Morris (Vernon, BC) won 6-3 over Dean Joanisse (Maple Ridge, BC) in the Final of the BC belairdirect Mens Provincials, held February 8 - 12, 2017 in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

Morris finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morris defeated Tom Buchy (Kimberley, BC) 9-2, then won 8-6 against Andrew Bilesky (New Westminster, BC) and 9-0 against Sean Geall (Kelowna, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the BC belairdirect Mens Provincials Championship title, Morris earned 16.783 world rankings points. For week 26 of the event schedule, Morris did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Morris 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

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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