The 2012 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Provincials (British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

's men's provincial

BC Men's Provincial Curling Championship

The Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Provincial Curling Championship is the British Columbia provincial championship for men's curling. The winner represents Team British Columbia at the Tim Hortons Brier. It was known as the Safeway Select up to 2003. Listed below are the provincial champion...

 curling

Curling

Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

 championship) will be held February 8-12 at the Parksville Curling Club in Parksville, British Columbia

Parksville, British Columbia

-Demographics:Parksville had a population of 10,993 people in 2006, which was an increase of 6.5% from the 2001 census count. The median household income in 2006 for Parksville was $55,524, which is below the British Columbia provincial average of $62,346....

. The winning team will represent British Columbia at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier

2012 Tim Hortons Brier

The 2012 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, will be held from March 3 to March 11 at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.-Teams:-Standings:-Draw 1:March 3, 1:30 PM CT-Draw 2:...

 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Changes To Championship Format

For the 2011/2012 season, the British Columbia Curling Association made changes to the Men's Championship Format. There will be a sixteen team, triple knockout format with a four team page playoff. This will allow an additional six teams to compete, compared to the ten team round-robin in 2010/2011. Teams will qualify for the championship through the following berth.

• Defending Champion
• Top C.T.R.S Men's Team as of December 1st, 2011
• 4 Qualifications from Open Event Qualification #1
• 4 Qualifications from Open Event Qualification #2
• 3 Qualifications from Open Event Qualification #3
• 3 Qualifications from Open Event Qualification #4

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Club(s)
Jim Cotter	Kevin Folk Kevin Folk Kevin Folk is a Canadian curler from Kelowna, British Columbia. He plays second for Jim Cotter.Folk won the 2000 Canadian Junior Curling Championships playing third for Brad Kuhn...	Tyrel Griffith	Rick Sawatsky	Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna, British Columbia Kelowna, British Columbia Kelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley, in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its name derives from a Okanagan language term for "grizzly bear"...

Standings

Skip (Club)	W	L	PF	PA	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends
Jim Cotter (Kelowna)