Brent Pierce

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Brent Pierce
Born (1969-07-07) July 7, 1969 (age 54)
Team
Curling club Royal City CC
New Westminster
Skip Brent Pierce
Third Cody Johnston
Second Kyler Kleibrink
Lead Nicholas Umbach
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia
Brier appearances4 (1998, 2000, 2009, 2022)
World Championship
appearances
1 (2000)
Top CTRS ranking 13th (2008–09)
Medal record
Men's Curling
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
World Curling Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Glasgow
Representing Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia
Labatt Brier
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Saskatoon

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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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. 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

Personal life

Pierce works as a senior sales representative. He is married and has two children. [2]

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