Brent Pierce (born July 7, 1969) is a
Canadian
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curler and coach from
New Westminster, British Columbia
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.
Career
Pierce is a 1987 provincial junior champion skip, and a four-time provincial champion, former national and world champion playing third for
Greg McAulay
Gregory McAulay (born January 2, 1960) is a Canadian World champion curler from Richmond, British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky ...
. Pierce last represented BC at the Brier in 2009 with the Sean Geall team.
Pierce's 1987
Vancouver
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team of
Darin Fenton
Darin Fenton (born c. 1968) is a Canadian curling, curler.
He is a and a 2000 Labatt Brier champion.
Teams
References
External links
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Darin Fenton – Curling Canada Stats Archive
Living people
Canadian male curlers
Curlers from Br ...
,
Bryan Miki
Bryan Miki (born May 15, 1969) is a Canadian curling, curler.
He is a and a 2000 Labatt Brier champion.
Miki coached British Columbia to a gold medal at the 2019 Canada Winter Games. He currently coaches the Jacques Gauthier (curler), Jacques ...
, and
Ross Graham won the provincial championships, qualifying them for the
1987 Canadian Junior Curling Championships in
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Prince Albert is the third-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada, after Saskatoon and Regina. It is situated near the centre of the province on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River. The city is known as the "Gateway to the North" because ...
. They finished the round-robin with a 7–4 record. This qualified them for the playoffs, where the lost in the semifinals to Team Ontario, skipped by
Wayne Middaugh
Robert Wayne Middaugh (born September 20, 1967) is a Canadian curler. Born in Brampton, Ontario, Middaugh resides in Victoria Harbour, Ontario. He is the only player to have won the Canadian Men's Curling Championship (known as the Brier) at t ...
.
Pierce didn't make it back to a national tournament until 1998 when he had joined forces with Greg McAulay as his third. That year, they won the B.C. provincial championship, qualifying them for the
1998 Labatt Brier. At the Brier, they finished with a 7–4 record. This forced them into a tiebreaker, which they ended up losing to Team Saskatchewan, skipped by
Rod Montgomery.
Two years later, Team McAulay won the BC championships once again, and this time also won the
2000 Labatt Brier. They defeated
Russ Howard
Russell W. "Russ" Howard, CM, ONL (born February 19, 1956 in Midland, Ontario) is a Canadian curler and Olympic champion, based in Regina, Saskatchewan, but originally from Midland, Ontario. He lived in Moncton, New Brunswick from 2000 to 2 ...
's New Brunswick team in the final. This qualified the team to the
World Curling Championships
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, where they represented Canada. They claimed the gold medal at the event, defeating
Sweden
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's
Peja Lindholm
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.
Pierce also appeared in the Brier again
in 2009 as third for the
Sean Geall
Sean Geall ( ); (born January 29, 1975 in Surrey, British Columbia) is a Canadian curler from Tappen, British Columbia.
Curling career
To date, Geall has two provincial championships to his credit, and thus two Brier appearances. Geall and hi ...
team, placing 5th with a 6–5 record. On the team were
Kevin Recksiedler
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The variant '' Kevan'' is anglicized from , a ...
at second and lead
Mark Olson. After that season Pierce began skipping his own team.
Awards
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British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame
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: inducted in 2002 with all of 2000
Greg McAulay
Gregory McAulay (born January 2, 1960) is a Canadian World champion curler from Richmond, British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky ...
team, Canadian and World champions
Personal life
Pierce works as a senior sales representative. He is married and has two children.
2022 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide
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References
External links
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Curlers from British Columbia
Living people
World curling champions
Brier champions
1969 births
Canadian male curlers
Sportspeople from New Westminster
Canadian curling coaches