Mark Nichols (St. John's, NL) won
5-4 over
John Epping (Toronto, ON) 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, Nichols won
6-2 over
Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR) in the semifinals of the 2016 StuSells Toronto Tankard in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and won
7-2 over
Mark Bice (Sarnia, ON) in the quarterfinals.
Nichols finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Nichols defeated
Michael Brunner (Gstaad, SUI) 6-2, then won
10-6 against
Dayna Deruelle (Brampton , ON) and
7-3 against
Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the StuSells Toronto Tankard Championship title, Nichols earned
55.016 world rankings points along with the $15,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 1st place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
693.164 total points. Nichols ranks 2nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
165.521 points earned so far this season.
