2012 Valley First Crown of Curling

2012 Valley First Crown of Curling
2012 Valley First Crown of Curling
Host city	Kamloops, British Columbia
Arena	Kamloops Curling Club
Dates	October 19–22
Men's winner	Brent Pierce
Skip	Brent Pierce
Third	Jeff Richard
Second	Kevin Recksiedler
Lead	Grant Dezura
Finalist	Jamie King
Women's winner	Wang Bingyu
Skip	Wang Bingyu
Third	Liu Yin
Second	Yue Qingshuang
Lead	Zhou Yan
Finalist	Lene Nielsen

The 2012 Valley First Crown of Curling was held from October 19 to 22 at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops, British Columbia as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. For both the men's and women's events, the event was held in a triple knockout format, and the purses for the men's and women's events were CAD$34,000 each, of which the winners, Brent Pierce and Wang Bingyu, received CAD$8,000 each.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In the men's final, Pierce defeated Jamie King in the final in an extra end with a score of 7–6, while in the women's final, Wang defeated Lene Nielsen with a score of 6–4.

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[4]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Andrew Bilesky	Stephen Kopf	Derek Errington	Aaron Watson	Vancouver, British Columbia
Steve Birklid	Chris Bond	Matt Birklid	Atticus Wallace	Seattle, Washington
Brady Clark	Sean Beighton	Darren Lehto	Steve Lundeen	Seattle, Washington
Neil Dangerfield	Dennis Sutton	Darren Boden	Glen Allen	Victoria, British Columbia
Scott DeCap	Ron Douglas	John Maskiewich	Grant Olsen	Kamloops, British Columbia
Sean Geall	Jay Peachey	Sebastien Robillard	Mark Olson	New Westminster, British Columbia
Darrell Houston	Sean Matheson	Joe Dirt	Tyler Jaeger	Kamloops, British Columbia
Kim Chang-min	Kim Min-chan	Seong Se-hyeon	Seon Se-young	Uiseong, Gyeongbuk, South Korea
Mark Johnson	Jason Larway	Joel Larway	Christopher Rimple	Seattle, Washington
Jamie King	Blake MacDonald	Scott Pfeifer	Jeff Erickson	Edmonton, Alberta
Tyler Klymchuk	Corey Chester	Sanjay Bowry	Rhys Gamache	Vancouver, British Columbia
Ken McArdle	Jared Bowles	Dylan Somerton	Michael Horita	New Westminster, British Columbia
Jason Montgomery	Miles Craig	William Duggan	Josh Hozack	Duncan, British Columbia
Trevor Perepolkin	Tyler Orme	James Mackenzie	Chris Anderson	Vernon, British Columbia
Dan Petryk (fourth)	Steve Petryk (skip)	Roland Robinson	Thomas Usselman	Calgary, Alberta
Brent Pierce	Jeff Richard	Kevin Recksiedler	Grant Dezura	New Westminster, British Columbia
Graham Powell	Kelsey Dusseault	Ken Powell	Chris Wall	Grande Prairie, Alberta
Randie Shen	Brendon Liu	Nicolas Hsu	Justin Hsu	Taipei, Chinese Taipei
Mike Smith	Brad Thompson	Darren Nelson		Kamloops, British Columbia
Steve Waatainen	Kevin Weinrich	Sean Krepps	Keith Clarke	Nanaimo, British Columbia
Ken Watson	Dale Hockley	Randy Nelson	Dale Reibin	Surrey, British Columbia
Brent Yamada	Corey Sauer	Doug Murdoch	Lance Yamada	Kamloops, British Columbia

Knockout results

The draw is listed as follows:^[5]

A event

First Knockout		Semifinals		Qualifier 1

		Brent Pierce	7
Jason Montgomery	5	Ken Watson	1
Ken Watson	6			Brent Pierce	7
Neil Dangerfield	3			Steve Waatainen	3
Steve Waatainen	6	Steve Waatainen	9
Andrew Bilesky	2	Steve Birkild	4
Steve Birkild	7

First Knockout		Semifinals		Qualifier 2

		Steve Petryk	6
Graham Powell	3	Kim Chang-min	5
Kim Chang-min	5			Steve Petryk	5
Trevor Perepolkin	6			Trevor Perepolkin	4
Mike Smith	5	Trevor Perepolkin	7
Mark Johnson	4	Randie Shen	3
Randie Shen	5

First Knockout		Semifinals		Qualifier 3

Jamie King	5
Tyler Klymchuk	6	Tyler Klymchuk	2
Ken McArdle	4	Ken McArdle	6
Brent Yamada	3			Ken McArdle	6
Sean Geall	7			Scott DeCap	7
Darrell Houston	4	Sean Geall	4
Scott DeCap	6	Scott DeCap	8
Brady Clark	5

B event

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 4

		Tyler Klymchuk	4
		Jason Montgomery	7
				Jason Montgomery	1
				Sean Geall	7
		Sean Geall	7
Neil Dangerfield	6	Andrew Bilesky	4
Andrew Bilesky	8					Sean Geall	5
						Trevor Perepolkin	3

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 5

		Ken Watson	8
		Graham Powell	3
				Ken Watson	3
				Mike Smith	5
		Steve Birkild	4
Mike Smith	8	Mike Smith	6
Mark Johnson	6					Mike Smith	7
						Ken McArdle	5

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 6

		Kim Chang-min	3
Jamie King	8	Jamie King	7
Brent Yamada	2			Jamie King	7
				Randie Shen	2
		Randie Shen	8
Darrell Houston	2	Brady Clark	4
Brady Clark	7					Jamie King	7
						Steve Waatainen	0

C event

Third Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 7

		Tyler Klymchuk	5
		Andrew Bilesky	2
				Tyler Klymchuk	3
Neil Dangerfield	9			Neil Dangerfield	6
Darrell Houston	3	Neil Dangerfield	8
		Randie Shen	2
						Neil Dangerfield	5
						Ken McArdle	3
		Brady Clark	5
Mark Johnson	5	Mark Johnson	4
Brent Yamada	3			Mark Johnson	3
				Ken McArdle	5

Third Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 8

				Steve Waatanien	8
				Jason Montgomery	2
		Jason Montgomery	6
		Ken Watson	4
						Steve Waatanien	2
						Trevor Perepolkin	6


				Trevor Perepolkin	5
				Steve Birkild	4
		Steve Birkild	8
Graham Powell	3	Kim Chang-min	2
Kim Chang-min	9

Playoffs

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Brent Pierce	6

Trevor Perepolkin	5
		Brent Pierce	7

		Scott DeCap	3
Scott DeCap	6

Mike Smith	3
				Brent Pierce	7

				Jamie King	6
Steve Petryk	5

Neil Dangerfield	9
		Neil Dangerfield	2

		Jamie King	8
Sean Geall	4

Jamie King	7

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[6]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Corryn Brown	Erin Pincott	Samantha Fisher	Sydney Fraser	Kamloops, British Columbia
Kerri Einarson	Sara Van Walleghem	Liz Fyfe	Krysten Karwacki	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Lisa Eyamie	Maria Bushell	Jodi Marthaller	Valerie Hamende	High River, Alberta
Kirsten Fox	Kristen Recksiedler	Trysta Vandale	Dawn Suliak	New Westminster, British Columbia
Simone Groundwater				Williams Lake, British Columbia
Jiang Yilun	Wang Rui	Yaoi Mingyue	She Quitong	Harbin, China
Kim Eun-jung	Kim Gyeong-ae	Kim Seon-yeong	Kim Yeong-mi	Gyeongbuk, South Korea
Sarah Koltun	Chelsea Duncan	Patty Wallingham	Jenna Duncan	Whitehorse, Yukon
Roberta Kuhn	Karla Thompson	Michelle Ramsay	Christen Wilson	Vernon, British Columbia
Allison MacInnes	Grace MacInnes	Diane Gushulak	Jacalyn Brown	Kamloops, British Columbia
Marla Mallett	Kelly Shimizu	Shannon Ward	Barb Zbeetnoff	Cloverdale, British Columbia
Ekaterina Antonova (fourth)	Victorya Moiseeva (skip)	Galina Arsenkina	Aleksandra Saitova	Moscow, Russia
Kristie Moore	Blaine Richards	Michelle Dykstra	Amber Cheveldave	Grande Prairie, Alberta
Lene Nielsen	Helle Simonsen	Jeanne Ellegaard	Maria Poulsen	Hvidovre, Denmark
Ayumi Ogasawara	Yumie Funayama	Kaho Onodera	Michiko Tomabechi	Sapporo, Japan
Lori Olsen	Heather Tyre	Christine Ledrew		Kamloops, British Columbia
Marilou Richter	Darah Provencal	Jessie Sanderson	Sandra Comadina	New Westminster, British Columbia
Kristen Fewster (fourth)	Jen Rusnell (skip)	Patti Knezevic	Rhonda Camozzi	Prince George, British Columbia
Desiree Schmidt	Brittany Palmer	Courtney Schmidt	Heather Nichol	Castlegar, British Columbia
Adina Tasaka	Rachelle Kallechy	Lindsae Page	Kelsi Jones	New Westminster, British Columbia
Kelly Thompson	Susan Hicks	Lisa Robitaille	Kimberly Hall	Castlegar, British Columbia
Brandi Tinkler	Ashley Nordin	Alexandra Nash-McLeod		Victoria, British Columbia
Wang Bingyu	Liu Yin	Yue Qingshuang	Zhou Yan	Harbin, China
Sayaka Yoshimura	Rina Ida	Risa Ujihara	Mao Ishigaki	Sapporo, Japan

Knockout results

The draw is listed as follows:^[7]

A event

First Knockout		Semifinals		Qualifier 1

Wang Bingyu	4
Kirsten Fox	6	Kirsten Fox	7
Ayumi Ogasawara	2	Lori Olsen	4
Lori Olsen	8			Kirsten Fox	2
Adina Tasaka	6			Allison MacInnes	8
Brandi Tinkler	8	Brandi Tinkler	2
Allison MacInnes	8	Allison MacInnes	8
Desiree Schmidt	4

First Knockout

Semifinals

Qualifier 2

Victorya Moiseeva

7

Sarah Koltun

2

Victorya Moiseeva

2

Kim Eun-jung

8

Kim Eun-jung

9

Jen Rusnell

2

Kim Eun-jung

L

Lisa Eyamie

2

Marla Mallett

W

Jiang Yilun

6

Jiang Yilun

0

Marla Mallett

4

Marla Mallett

8

Kelly Thompson

2

First Knockout		Semifinals		Qualifier 3

Kristie Moore	7
Corryn Brown	5	Kristie Moore	4
Marilou Richter	9	Marilou Richter	7
Sayaka Yoshimura	2			Marilou Richter	5
Roberta Kuhn	2			Kerri Einarson	6
Kerri Einarson	4	Kerri Einarson	7
Lene Nielsen	8	Lene Nielsen	4
Simone Groundwater	4

B event

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 4

		Kristie Moore	5
Wang Bingyu	4	Ayumi Ogasawara	6
Ayumi Ogasawara	7			Ayumi Ogasawara	6
				Desiree Schmidt	7
		Lene Nielsen	1
Adina Tasaka	5	Desiree Schmidt	8
Desiree Schmidt	6					Desiree Schmidt	3
						Kim Eun-jung	6

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 5

		Lori Olsen	1
Sarah Koltun	6	Sarah Koltun	8
Jen Rusnell	4			Sarah Koltun	4
				Lisa Eyamie	2
		Brandi Tinkler	2
Lisa Eyamie	7	Lisa Eyamie	10
Kelly Thompson	1					Sarah Koltun	7
						Marilou Richter	4

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 6

		Victorya Moiseeva	7
Corryn Brown	3	Sayaka Yoshimura	2
Sayaka Yoshimura	10			Victorya Moiseeva	8
				Roberta Kuhn	2
		Jiang Yilun	3
Roberta Kuhn	9	Roberta Kuhn	9
Simone Groundwater	6					Victorya Moiseeva	7
						Kirsten Fox	6

C event

Third Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 7

		Kristen Moore	6
		Lene Nielsen	7
				Lene Nielsen	5
Lori Olsen	7			Roberta Kuhn	2
Brandi Tinkler	3	Lori Olsen	4
		Roberta Kuhn	5
						Lene Nielsen	8
						Jiang Yilun	1
		Ayumi Ogasawara	2
Sayaka Yoshimura	6	Jiang Yilun	7
Jiang Yilun	7			Jiang Yilun	7
				Marilou Richter	3

Third Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 8

				Kirsten Fox	3
Wang Bingyu	7			Wang Bingyu	4
Adina Tasaka	3	Wang Bingyu	10
		Lisa Eyamie	4
						Wang Bingyu	9
						Desiree Schmidt	3


				Desiree Schmidt	5
Jen Rusnell	7			Simone Groundwater	2
Kelly Thompson	1	Jen Rusnell	5
Corryn Brown	3	Simone Groundwater	8
Simone Groundwater	8

Playoffs

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Allison MacInnes	1

Wang Bingyu	7
		Wang Bingyu	8

		Sarah Koltun	2
Kerri Einarson	5

Sarah Koltun	8
				Wang Bingyu	6

				Lene Nielsen	4
Marla Mallett	3

Lene Nielsen	8
		Lene Nielsen	6

		Kim Eun-jung	4
Kim Eun-jung	5

Victorya Moiseeva	4

References

^ "2012 Valley First Crown of Curling". Kamloops Curling Club. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
^ "2012 Valley First Crown of Curling – Men's Event – Event/Contact information". CurlingZone. Retrieved 11 October 2012.,
^ "2012 Valley First Crown of Curling – Women's Event – Event/Contact information". CurlingZone. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
^ "2012 Valley First Crown of Curling – Men's Event – Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
^ "2012 Valley First Crown of Curling – Men's Event – Draw". CurlingZone. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
^ "2012 Valley First Crown of Curling – Women's Event – Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
^ "2012 Valley First Crown of Curling – Women's Event – Draw". CurlingZone. Retrieved 16 October 2012.

External links

Men's results from the CurlingZone database
Women's results from the CurlingZone database

[1] "2012 Valley First Crown of Curling". Kamloops Curling Club. Retrieved 11 October 2012.

[2] "2012 Valley First Crown of Curling – Men's Event – Event/Contact information". CurlingZone. Retrieved 11 October 2012.,

[3] "2012 Valley First Crown of Curling – Women's Event – Event/Contact information". CurlingZone. Retrieved 11 October 2012.

[4] "2012 Valley First Crown of Curling – Men's Event – Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved 16 October 2012.

[5] "2012 Valley First Crown of Curling – Men's Event – Draw". CurlingZone. Retrieved 16 October 2012.

[6] "2012 Valley First Crown of Curling – Women's Event – Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved 16 October 2012.

[7] "2012 Valley First Crown of Curling – Women's Event – Draw". CurlingZone. Retrieved 16 October 2012.

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