John Epping (Toronto, ON) lost
5-4 to
Mark Nichols (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the StuSells Toronto Tankard, held October 6 - 10, 2016 at the High Park Club in Toronto, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Epping won
7-3 over
Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN) in the semifinals of the 2016 StuSells Toronto Tankard in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and won
9-5 over
Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 StuSells Toronto Tankard in Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
Epping finished 4-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping lost
7-3 to
Jake Higgs (Ottawa, ON), then responded with a
4-2 win over
Scott Bailey (Brampton, ON). Epping won
7-4 against
Mark Kean (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON), then won
7-2 against
Mark Bice (Sarnia, ON). Epping went on to lose
4-3 against
Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR). Epping responded with a
5-1 win over
Tanner Horgan (Sudbury, NONT) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the StuSells Toronto Tankard, Epping take home
43.227 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 4th place overall with
492.904 total points. Epping ranks 5th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
123.737 points earned so far this season.
