Cotter’s Okanagan team wins record-setting B.C. title; Kamloops team takes women’s crown

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Cotter said: “I’m lost for words. It’s an incredible feeling. It’s hard to put into words at this time. Hats off to the Tardi team. We knew it was going to be a phenomenal game. Those guys are going to win 15 of these. “It feels great in the moment but at the same time you sort of feel for those guys because I’m close with them too.” “It’s not an easy feat. It’s a real honour to wear a purple heart and to represent your province.”

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The 2020 B.C. Men’s Curling Championship, presented by Nufloors Penticton, took place at Cranbrook’s Western Financial Place. It featured the top 16 men’s curling rinks in BC.

Although this was the first provincial men’s final for the Tardi rink, they all have gold medals from world junior championships.

Team Cotter will represent B.C. at the Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, Ont., from Feb. 29 to Mar. 8.

Corryn Brown’s team from Kamloops is the new 2020 B.C. Scotties champions.

Skip Corryn Brown, third Erin Pincott, second Dezaray Hawes, lead Ashley Klymchuk, and coach Allison MacInnes defeated Sarah Wark’s Abbotsford rink 8-7 in the women’s championship game in Cranbrook.

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The final of the 2020 B.C. Men’s Curling Championship is taking place at Western Financial Place, with the final at 1:20 p.m. Pacific.

Defending champions Jim Cotter, from Vernon and Kelowna curling clubs, with skip Jim Cotter, third Steve Laycock, second Andrew Nerpin and lead Rick Sawatsky, will be up against Team Tardi from Langley and Victoria curling clubs.

Cotter is seeking his ninth B.C. title.

This is the first provincial men’s final for the Tardi rink of skip Tyler Tardi, third Sterling Middleton, second Jordan Tardi and lead Alex Horvath, however they all have gold medals from world junior championships.

The winner of today’s final will represent B.C. at the Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, Ont., from Feb. 29 to Mar. 8.

The men’s final will be broadcast on CHEK and streamed at cbc.ca/sports/. The broadcast information is posted at https://www.curlbc.ca/live-streaming-broadcast-schedule/.

Corryn Brown’s team from Kamloops is the new 2020 BC Scotties champions.

Skip Corryn Brown, third Erin Pincott, second Dezaray Hawes, lead Ashley Klymchuk, and coach Allison MacInnes defeated Sarah Wark’s Abbotsford rink 8-7 in a nail-biting extra end championship game in Cranbrook.

Wark, third Kristen Pilote, second Carley Sandwith and lead Jen Rusnell, were behind for much of the game until they got three in the 8th and a steal of one in the ninth to lead 7-5. But the Brown team rallied to score two in the 10th to tie up the game and bring it to the extra end. Wark had hammer but was forced into a difficult shot and wasn’t able to make it, giving Brown the point and the win.

Corryn Brown said: “I feel incredible. I’m so proud of the girls. They played unreal all week and I’m really glad we were able to finish it off. We kind of let our foot off the pedal and gave up a three and then a steal after that we were able to pull it together, get the deuce in 10 and steal the extra.”

Team Brown will now represent the province in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, for the Canadian Scotties Tournament of Hearts from Feb. 15-23, with the winner of that representing Canada at the World Women’s Curling Championship in Prince George.