It wasn鈥檛 the outcome 尝补苍驳濒别测鈥檚 had been hoping for.

After working hard to clinch a berth at the 2022 B.C. BC Men鈥檚 championships in Kamloops, skip Tyler Tardi, third Sterling Middleton, second Jason Ginter and lead Jordan Tardi, who play out of the (LCC), made it all the way to the playoffs to determine the final four, only be defeated 9-3 by rival Team Cotter on Saturday, Jan. 8.

鈥淣ot the result we were looking for,鈥� Tyler Tardi remarked.

Still, making the playoffs was a 鈥減lus,鈥� he observed, adding the team would be holding a 鈥渄ebriefing鈥� meeting to review their performance.

The uncertainty created by the surging Omicron variant probably didn鈥檛 help matters, Tardi conceded.

鈥淎 few days before [the event] we didn鈥檛 know if we were going to be playing,鈥� Tardi recalled, describing it as 鈥渁 little bit of a weird feeling.鈥�

Going into the tournament, Team Tardi was top-seed, having amassed the most points in the BC men鈥檚 Canadian Team Ranking System (CTRS) points race by competing in seven events, the most of any team in the CTRS standings.

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Because of the increase in COVID-19 cases, Curl B.C. relocated the tournament from McArthur Island Event Centre to the smaller Kamloops Curling Club, and spectators had to watch the proceedings online.

鈥淲e understand this will be a great disappointment to many people, but the safety of our players, officials, ice technicians,and volunteers is the primary concern,鈥� said Curl B.C. CEO Scott Braley.

鈥滶ventually, we will put COVID-19 behind us, and return to a sense of normalcy,鈥� Braley added.

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On Sunday Jan. 9, the final men鈥檚 match came down to Team Cseke and Team Richard.

Cseke was a Cinderella story, with the young team having defeated both Team Tardi, and the team led by nine-time B.C. champion Jim Cotter.

Team Cseke was also undefeated headed into the final, and had already defeated Team Richard twice in the six days leading up to the final.

In a close-fought match, Cseke forced an extra end, but Richard emerged the winner 9-8.

Nick Meister, the lead on team Richard, is also from the 91原创 Curling Club and lives in 91原创. He used to play with the Tardis in Juniors.

The finals of the 2022 Scotties BC Women鈥檚 championship pitted Team Arsenault against Team MacMillan, with Arsenault winning 8-6.

Both newly-minted champions now go on to represent B.C. with Arsenault appearing at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Jan. 28 to Feb. 6 in Thunder Bay, while Richard will go to the Tim Hortons Brier, March 4-13 in Lethbridge.