# 2010 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship

The 2010 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship (British Columbia's men's provincial curling championship) was held February 1–7 at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, British Columbia. The winning Jeff Richard team represented British Columbia at the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The teams that advanced to compete in the championships competed in either a coastal or interior championships, as part of the British Columbia Men's Curling Championship. These competitions hosted 16 regionally qualified teams in the hopes that they would make it into the Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship. Only 4 berths advance to the next competition.
The 2010 championship was hosted by Kal-Tire.

## Teams

| Skip | Vice | Second | Lead | Club |
| Tom Buchy | Ken McHargue | Dave Toffolo | Darren Will | Kimberley Curling Club, Kimberley |
| Sean Geall | Brent Pierce | Kevin Recksiedler | Mark Olson | Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster |
| Bert Gretzinger | Bob Koffski | Brent Giles | Russell Koffski | Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna |
| Greg McAulay | Ken Maskiewich | Dean Joanisse | Aaron Watson | Richmond Curling Club, Richmond |
| Jeff Richard | Tom Shypitka | Tyler Orme | Chris Anderson | Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna |
| Fred Thomson | Don Freschi | Brendan Willis | Barry Marsh | Nelson Curling Club, Nelson |
| Jay Tuson | Ken Tucker | Glen Jackson | Colin Mantik | Victoria Curling Club, Victoria |
| Bob Ursel | Jim Cotter | Kevin Folk | Rick Sawatsky | Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna |
| Steven Waatainen | Jeff Pilon | Keith Clarke | Ian Cook | Nanaimo Curling Club, Nanaimo |
| Paul Cseske | Derek Errington | Jay Wakefield (skip) | John Cullen | Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster |

## Standings

| Skip | W | L |
| Ursel | 9 | 0 |
| Geall | 8 | 1 |
| Richard | 6 | 3 |
| Gretzinger | 5 | 4 |
| Tuson | 4 | 5 |
| Wakefield | 4 | 5 |
| Thomson | 3 | 6 |
| Buchy | 2 | 7 |
| McAulay | 2 | 7 |
| Waatainen | 2 | 7 |

## Scores
### February 1

* Geall 6-3 Richard
* Wakefield 6-4 Buchy
* Tuson 6-4 Thomson
* Gretzinger 8-6 Waatainen
* Ursel 5-2 McAulay
* Wakefield 8-5 Waatainen
* Geall 9-3 Thomson
* McAulay 9-7 Richard
* Ursel 8-3 Tuson
* Gretzinger 8-6 Buchy

### February 2

* Bushy 5-4 Tuson
* Gretzinger 11-5 McAulay
* Ursel 10-4 Geall
* Richard 6-5 Wakefield
* Thomson 8-6 Waatainen
* Geall 9-5 McAulay
* Wakefield 9-8 Tuson (11)
* Waatainen 11-6 Buchy
* Gretzinger 7-2 Thomson
* Ursel 7-4 Richard

### February 3

* Ursel 6-2 Waatainen
* Richard 9-1 Thomson
* Gretzinger 6-3 Wakefield
* Geall 10-8 Buchy (11)
* Tuson 7-5 McAulay
* Tuson 11-6 Gretzinger
* Ursel 8-1 Buchy
* Richard 7-6 Waatainen
* McAulay 8-7 Thomson
* Geall 11-3 Wakefield

### February 4

* Thomson 9-3 Buchy
* Waatainen 7-5 McAulay
* Geall 11-1 Tuson
* Richard 5-2 Gretzinger
* Wakefield 7-6 McAulay
* Geall 7-3 Gretzinger
* Ursel 9-3 Thomson
* Richard 8-2 Buchy
* Tuson 7-6 Waatainen

### February 5

* Ursel 7-4 Gretzinger
* Richard 9-6 Tuson
* Buchy 7-3 McAulay
* Geall 8-7 Waatainen
* Thomson 9-7 Wakefield

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Bob Ursel | 7 | | | | 2 | Sean Geall | 8 |
| 2 | Sean Geall | 8 | | | | 3 | Jeff Richard | 9 |
| | | | 1 | Bob Ursel | 6 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Jeff Richard | 8 | | | |
| 3 | Jeff Richard | 5 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Bert Gretzinger | 3 | | | | | | |