Brent Pierce (born July 7, 1969) is a

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curler and coach from

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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

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. Pierce last represented BC at the Brier in 2009 with the Sean Geall team. Pierce's 1987

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team of

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, and Ross Graham won the provincial championships, qualifying them for the 1987 Canadian Junior Curling Championships in

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. 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

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. 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

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's New Brunswick team in the final. This qualified the team to the

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, where they represented Canada. They claimed the gold medal at the event, defeating

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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

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at second and lead Mark Olson. After that season Pierce began skipping his own team.

Awards

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: inducted in 2002 with all of 2000

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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