John Epping (Toronto, ON) won
4-3 over
Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau, held October 19 - 23, 2016 at the Buckingham Curling Club in Buckingham, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Epping won
6-5 over
Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) in the semifinals of the 2016 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada; and won
5-2 over
Ryan McCrady (Ottawa, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada;
Epping finished 4-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping defeated
Brian Lewis (Ottawa, ON) 7-0, then won
6-4 against
Wayne Tuck Jr. (Brantford, ON) and
9-4 against
Dunstone. Epping won
7-6 against
Sebastien Robillard (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Championship title, Epping earned
48.895 world rankings points along with the $12,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 4th place overall with
541.799 total points. Epping ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
172.632 points earned so far this season.
