Interior Men's Championship News.  January 1, 2008

The Interior Men's Championship is being held in Summerland starting January 17th with the opening ceremonies at 6:30 pm and going until the finals on Sunday January 20th. For the opening ceremonies curlers will be lead by a Scottish bagpiper from Penticton.

Sixteen teams will be competing from as far away as the north region, to Golden, the Kootenay's and the Okanagan.

Four of these teams will qualify to play in Penticton for the provincials Feb. 4-10 with the winning team representing B.C. at the Brier in Winnipeg, March 8th.

Tickets $5.00 a game, $10.00 per day or $25.00 for the week. Tickets will be available at the door. 1 draw on Thursday, 4 draws on Friday, 4 draws on Saturday, and the finals on Sunday (3 draws).

A printable copy of the event schedule is available here.

Direct link to Curl B.C. Men's Championship site.

Link to the B.C. Playdowns site. This is the site for live scoring updates.

Photos from the event.

These are the 4 teams that advance to the B.C. Provincials.

A Event Winners - Skip Bob Ursel, 3rd Jim Cotter, 2nd Kevin Folk, lead Rick Sawatcky from Kelowna

B Event Winners - Skip Tom Buchy, 3rd Sean Matheson, 2nd Dave Toffolo, lead Darren Will from Kimberly

C Event Winners - Skip Deane Horning, 3rd Brendan Willis, 2nd Don Freschi, lead Rob Norbert of Castlegar

C Event Winners - Skip Michael Dahms, 3rd James Blacnchett, 2nd Lyle Hensrud, lead Carl Haugland of Prince George