John Epping (Toronto, ON) won
7-4 over
Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Canadian Beef Masters of Curling, held October 23 - 28, 2018 in Truro, Nova Scotia. To advance to the championship game, Epping won
8-3 over
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2018 Canadian Beef Masters of Curling in Truro, Nova Scotia; and won
9-5 over
Ross Paterson (Glasgow, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Canadian Beef Masters of Curling in Truro, Nova Scotia;
Epping finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping defeated
Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) 7-5, then won
7-6 against
Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT). Epping went on to lose
8-7 against
Paterson. Epping responded with a
6-1 win over
Edin in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Canadian Beef Masters of Curling Championship title, Epping earned
86.156 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque. Epping move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 64.234 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 4th overall with
417.354 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Epping ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
221.617 points earned so far this season.
