2012 Valley First Crown of Curling
The 2012 Valley First Crown of Curling was held from October 19 to 22 at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops, British Columbia as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. For both the men's and women's events, the event was held in a triple knockout format, and the purses for the men's and women's events were CAD$34,000 each, of which the winners, Brent Pierce and Wang Bingyu, received CAD$8,000 each.
In the men's final, Pierce defeated Jamie King in the final in an extra end with a score of 7–6, while in the women's final, Wang defeated Lene Nielsen with a score of 6–4.
Men
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Andrew Bilesky | Stephen Kopf | Derek Errington | Aaron Watson |  Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Steve Birklid | Chris Bond | Matt Birklid | Atticus Wallace |  Seattle, Washington |
| Brady Clark | Sean Beighton | Darren Lehto | Steve Lundeen | Seattle, Washington |
| Neil Dangerfield | Dennis Sutton | Darren Boden | Glen Allen | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Scott DeCap | Ron Douglas | John Maskiewich | Grant Olsen | Kamloops, British Columbia |
| Sean Geall | Jay Peachey | Sebastien Robillard | Mark Olson | New Westminster, British Columbia |
| Darrell Houston | Sean Matheson | Joe Dirt | Tyler Jaeger | Kamloops, British Columbia |
| Kim Chang-min | Kim Min-chan | Seong Se-hyeon | Seon Se-young |  Uiseong, Gyeongbuk, South Korea |
| Mark Johnson | Jason Larway | Joel Larway | Christopher Rimple | Seattle, Washington |
| Jamie King | Blake MacDonald | Scott Pfeifer | Jeff Erickson |  Edmonton, Alberta |
| Tyler Klymchuk | Corey Chester | Sanjay Bowry | Rhys Gamache | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Ken McArdle | Jared Bowles | Dylan Somerton | Michael Horita | New Westminster, British Columbia |
| Jason Montgomery | Miles Craig | William Duggan | Josh Hozack | Duncan, British Columbia |
| Trevor Perepolkin | Tyler Orme | James Mackenzie | Chris Anderson | Vernon, British Columbia |
| Dan Petryk | Steve Petryk | Roland Robinson | Thomas Usselman | Calgary, Alberta |
| Brent Pierce | Jeff Richard | Kevin Recksiedler | Grant Dezura | New Westminster, British Columbia |
| Graham Powell | Kelsey Dusseault | Ken Powell | Chris Wall | Grande Prairie, Alberta |
| Randie Shen | Brendon Liu | Nicolas Hsu | Justin Hsu |  Taipei, Chinese Taipei |
| Mike Smith | Brad Thompson | Darren Nelson | Kamloops, British Columbia | |
| Steve Waatainen | Kevin Weinrich | Sean Krepps | Keith Clarke | Nanaimo, British Columbia |
| Ken Watson | Dale Hockley | Randy Nelson | Dale Reibin | Surrey, British Columbia |
| Brent Yamada | Corey Sauer | Doug Murdoch | Lance Yamada | Kamloops, British Columbia |
Knockout Results
The draw is listed as follows:A Event
B Event
C Event
Playoffs
Women
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Corryn Brown | Erin Pincott | Samantha Fisher | Sydney Fraser | Kamloops, British Columbia |
| Kerri Einarson | Sara Van Walleghem | Liz Fyfe | Krysten Karwacki |  Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Lisa Eyamie | Maria Bushell | Jodi Marthaller | Valerie Hamende | High River, Alberta |
| Kirsten Fox | Kristen Recksiedler | Trysta Vandale | Dawn Suliak | New Westminister, British Columbia |
| Simone Groundwater | Williams Lake, British Columbia | |||
| Jiang Yilun | Wang Rui | Yaoi Mingyue | She Quitong |  Harbin, China |
| Kim Eun-jung | Kim Gyeong-ae | Kim Seon-yeong | Kim Yeong-mi | Gyeongbuk, South Korea |
| Sarah Koltun | Chelsea Duncan | Patty Wallingham | Jenna Duncan |  Whitehorse, Yukon |
| Roberta Kuhn | Karla Thompson | Michelle Ramsay | Christen Wilson | Vernon, British Columbia |
| Allison MacInnes | Grace MacInnes | Diane Gushulak | Jacalyn Brown | Kamloops, British Columbia |
| Marla Mallett | Kelly Shimizu | Shannon Ward | Barb Zbeetnoff | Cloverdale, British Columbia |
| Ekaterina Antonova | Victorya Moiseeva | Galina Arsenkina | Aleksandra Saitova |  Moscow, Russia |
| Kristie Moore | Blaine Richards | Michelle Dykstra | Amber Cheveldave | Grande Prairie, Alberta |
| Lene Nielsen | Helle Simonsen | Jeanne Ellegaard | Maria Poulsen |  Hvidovre, Denmark |
| Ayumi Ogasawara | Yumie Funayama | Kaho Onodera | Michiko Tomabechi |  Sapporo, Japan |
| Lori Olsen | Heather Tyre | Christine Ledrew | Kamloops, British Columbia | |
| Marilou Richter | Darah Provencal | Jessie Sanderson | Sandra Comadina | New Westminster, British Columbia |
| Kristen Fewster | Jen Rusnell | Patti Knezevic | Rhonda Camozzi | Prince George, British Columbia |
| Desiree Schmidt | Brittany Palmer | Courtney Schmidt | Heather Nichol | Castlegar, British Columbia |
| Adina Tasaka | Rachelle Kallechy | Lindsae Page | Kelsi Jones | New Westminster, British Columbia |
| Kelly Thompson | Susan Hicks | Lisa Robitaille | Kimberly Hall | Castlegar, British Columbia |
| Brandi Tinkler | Ashley Nordin | Alexandra Nash-McLeod | Victoria, British Columbia | |
| Wang Bingyu | Liu Yin | Yue Qingshuang | Zhou Yan | Harbin, China |
| Sayaka Yoshimura | Rina Ida | Risa Ujihara | Mao Ishigaki | Sapporo, Japan |