# 2023 BC Men's Curling Championship

The 2023 BC Men's Curling Championship, the provincial men's curling championship for British Columbia, was held from January 11 to 15 at the Chilliwack Curling Club in Chilliwack, British Columbia. The event was held in conjunction with the 2023 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship.
The winning Jacques Gauthier rink represented British Columbia at the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier in London, Ontario where they finished fifth in Pool B with a 3–5 record.

## Qualification process

| Qualification method | Berths | Qualifying team(s) |
| Defending Champion | 1 | Brent Pierce |
| CTRS Leaders | 3 | Jacques Gauthier Paul Cseke Sébastien Robillard |
| BC Curling Tour | 3 | Cameron de Jong Cody Tanaka Sean Geall |
| Open Qualifier | 5 | Jason Montgomery Chris Medford Dean Joanisse Jim Cotter Adam Fenton |

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Club(s) |
| Jim Cotter | Grant Olsen | Andrew Nerpin | Rick Sawatsky | Tyrel Griffith | Vernon CC / Kelowna CC / Kamloops CC |
| Paul Cseke | Corey Chester | Jay Wakefield | Ty Russell | John Cullen | Victoria CC |
| Cameron de Jong | Matt Tolley | Erik Colwell | John Slattery | Logan Miron | Victoria CC / Penticton CC / Vernon CC |
| Adam Fenton | Alex Duncan-Wu | Chris Parkinson | Matthew Fenton | Brad Fenton | Royal City CC / Comox Valley CC |
| Jacques Gauthier | Sterling Middleton | Jason Ginter | Alex Horvath | | Victoria CC |
| Sean Geall | Brad Wood | Mitchell Kopytko | Darin Gerow | | Salmon Arm CC / Penticton CC / Kamloops CC |
| Dean Joanisse | Brendan Willis | Neil Cursons | Grant Dezura | | Golden Ears WC |
| Chris Medford | Steve Tersmette | Mitch Young | Blair Jarvis | | Kimberley CC / Cranbrook CC |
| Jason Montgomery | Chris Baier | Miles Craig | William Duggan | | Victoria CC |
| Brent Pierce | Jeff Richard | Jared Kolomaya | Nicholas Meister | | Royal City CC |
| Sébastien Robillard | Daniel Wenzek | Richard Krell | Nathan Small | | Royal City CC / Nelson CC |
| Cody Tanaka | Josh Miki | Nicholas Umbach | Connor Kent | Matthew McCrady | Royal City CC / Richmond CC |

## Knockout brackets

Source:

### A event

| First Knockout | First Knockout | First Knockout | | | | | | | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 |
| | | | Brent Pierce | Brent Pierce | 7 | | | | | | |
| Jason Montgomery | Jason Montgomery | 7 | Jason Montgomery | Jason Montgomery | 5 | | | | | | |
| Dean Joanisse | Dean Joanisse | 4 | | | | Brent Pierce | Brent Pierce | 10 | | | |
| | | | | | | Sébastien Robillard | Sébastien Robillard | 5 | | | |
| | | | Sébastien Robillard | Sébastien Robillard | 8 | | | | | | |
| Cameron de Jong | Cameron de Jong | 8 | Cameron de Jong | Cameron de Jong | 5 | | | | | | |
| Adam Fenton | Adam Fenton | 6 | | | | | | | Brent Pierce | Brent Pierce | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | Jacques Gauthier | Jacques Gauthier | 9 |
| | | | Paul Cseke | Paul Cseke | 4 | | | | | | |
| Cody Tanaka | Cody Tanaka | 4 | Jim Cotter | Jim Cotter | 10 | | | | | | |
| Jim Cotter | Jim Cotter | 5 | | | | Jim Cotter | Jim Cotter | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | Jacques Gauthier | Jacques Gauthier | 6 | | | |
| | | | Jacques Gauthier | Jacques Gauthier | 7 | | | | | | |
| Sean Geall | Sean Geall | 7 | Chris Medford | Chris Medford | 4 | | | | | | |
| Chris Medford | Chris Medford | 8 | | | | | | | | | |

### B event

| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | | | | | | | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 |
| | | | Sébastien Robillard | Sébastien Robillard | 7 | | | | | | |
| Dean Joanisse | Dean Joanisse | 7 | Dean Joanisse | Dean Joanisse | 3 | | | | | | |
| Chris Medford | Chris Medford | 5 | | | | Sébastien Robillard | Sébastien Robillard | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | Jim Cotter | Jim Cotter | 7 | | | |
| | | | Jim Cotter | Jim Cotter | 11 | | | | | | |
| Adam Fenton | Adam Fenton | 2 | Paul Cseke | Paul Cseke | 7 | | | | | | |
| Paul Cseke | Paul Cseke | 8 | | | | | | | Jim Cotter | Jim Cotter | 9 |
| | | | | | | | | | Brent Pierce | Brent Pierce | 8 |
| | | | | | | Brent Pierce | Brent Pierce | 7 | | | |
| Cody Tanaka | Cody Tanaka | 7 | | | | Cody Tanaka | Cody Tanaka | 6 | | | |
| Cameron de Jong | Cameron de Jong | 2 | Cody Tanaka | Cody Tanaka | 6 | | | | | | |
| Sean Geall | Sean Geall | 7 | Jason Montgomery | Jason Montgomery | 5 | | | | | | |
| Jason Montgomery | Jason Montgomery | 8 | | | | | | | | | |

### C event

| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | | | | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 |
| | | | Cody Tanaka | Cody Tanaka | 10 | | | |
| Chris Medford | Chris Medford | 2 | Sean Geall | Sean Geall | 7 | | | |
| Sean Geall | Sean Geall | 7 | | | | Cody Tanaka | Cody Tanaka | 9 |
| | | | | | | Sébastien Robillard | Sébastien Robillard | 4 |
| | | | Jason Montgomery | Jason Montgomery | 3 | | | |
| | | | Sébastien Robillard | Sébastien Robillard | 10 | | | |
| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | | | | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 |
| Adam Fenton | Adam Fenton | 8 | | | | | | |
| Paul Cseke | Paul Cseke | 7 | Adam Fenton | Adam Fenton | 6 | | | |
| Cameron de Jong | Cameron de Jong | 7 | Cameron de Jong | Cameron de Jong | 9 | | | |
| Dean Joanisse | Dean Joanisse | 6 | | | | Cameron de Jong | Cameron de Jong | 5 |
| | | | | | | Brent Pierce | Brent Pierce | 10 |

## Knockout results

All draw times listed in Pacific Time (UTC−08:00).

### Draw 2

Wednesday, January 11, 2:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jason Montgomery | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Dean Joanisse | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Cameron de Jong | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Adam Fenton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Cody Tanaka | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jim Cotter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Sheet F | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Sean Geall | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Chris Medford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |

### Draw 3

Wednesday, January 11, 7:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Sébastien Robillard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Cameron de Jong | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Brent Pierce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Jason Montgomery | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jacques Gauthier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Chris Medford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet F | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Paul Cseke | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Jim Cotter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | 10 |

### Draw 4

Thursday, January 12, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Dean Joanisse | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Chris Medford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jim Cotter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 2 |
| Jacques Gauthier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 6 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brent Pierce | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | X | 10 |
| Sébastien Robillard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet F | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Adam Fenton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Paul Cseke | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 8 |

### Draw 5

Thursday, January 12, 2:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jim Cotter | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Paul Cseke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Sean Geall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Jason Montgomery | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Cody Tanaka | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 7 |
| Cameron de Jong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet F | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Sébastien Robillard | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | X | X | X | 7 |
| Dean Joanisse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | 3 |

### Draw 6

Thursday, January 12, 7:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Cody Tanaka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Jason Montgomery | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Brent Pierce | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Jacques Gauthier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Chris Medford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | 2 |
| Sean Geall | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | X | 7 |

### Draw 7

Friday, January 13, 9:00 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Brent Pierce | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Cody Tanaka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Cameron de Jong | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Dean Joanisse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Sébastien Robillard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Jim Cotter | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet F | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Adam Fenton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Paul Cseke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |

### Draw 8

Friday, January 13, 2:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jason Montgomery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sébastien Robillard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | X | 10 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Sean Geall | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Cody Tanaka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Adam Fenton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Cameron de Jong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 9 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Jim Cotter | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Brent Pierce | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |

### Draw 9

Friday, January 13, 7:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Cody Tanaka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 9 |
| Sébastien Robillard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Cameron de Jong | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Brent Pierce | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 10 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| A | Jacques Gauthier | 8 | | | | A | Jacques Gauthier | 8 |
| B | Jim Cotter | 3 | | | | C2 | Brent Pierce | 5 |
| | | | B | Jim Cotter | 8 | | | |
| | | | C2 | Brent Pierce | 9 | | | |
| C1 | Cody Tanaka | 9 | | | | | | |
| C2 | Brent Pierce | 11 | | | | | | |

### A vs. B

Saturday, January 14, 9:00 am
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jacques Gauthier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Jim Cotter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |

### C1 vs. C2

Saturday, January 14, 9:00 am
| Sheet F | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Cody Tanaka | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Brent Pierce | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 |

### Semifinal

Saturday, January 14, 7:00 pm
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jim Cotter | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Brent Pierce | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |

### Final

Sunday, January 15, 2:00 pm
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jacques Gauthier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 |
| Brent Pierce | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
* 2023 BC Men's Curling Championship
* Jacques Gauthier 1st British Columbia Provincial Championship title