Brent Pierce (born July 7, 1969) is a Canadian curler and coach from New Westminster, British Columbia. He currently skips his own team out of the Royal City CC in New Westminster.
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| Born | July 7, 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Royal City CC New Westminster | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skip | Brent Pierce | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Third | Cody Johnston | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Second | Kyler Kleibrink | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Nicholas Umbach | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  British Columbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brier appearances | 4 (1998, 2000, 2009, 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (2000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top CTRS ranking | 13th (2008–09) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
editPierce is a 1987 provincial junior champion skip, and a four-time provincial champion, former national and world champion playing third for Greg McAulay. Pierce last represented BC at the Brier in 2009 with the Sean Geall team.
Pierce's 1987 Vancouver team of Darin Fenton, Bryan Miki, and Ross Graham won the provincial championships, qualifying them for the 1987 Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. 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.
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's New Brunswick team in the final. This qualified the team to the World Curling Championships, where they represented Canada. They claimed the gold medal at the event, defeating Sweden's Peja Lindholm.
Pierce also appeared in the Brier again in 2009 as third for the Sean Geall team, placing 5th with a 6–5 record. On the team were Kevin Recksiedler at second and lead Mark Olson. After that season Pierce began skipping his own team. Pierce won the BC Men's Championship in 2022, going on to represent BC at the Brier.
Awards
edit- British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame: inducted in 2002 with all of 2000 Greg McAulay team, Canadian and World champions[1]
Personal life
editPierce works as a senior sales representative. He is married and has two children.[2]
References
editExternal links
edit- Brent Pierce at World Curling
- "Male Athlete of the Week: Brent Pierce". Curling Canada. 2011-02-09.
