John Epping (Toronto, ON) lost
6-3 to
Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Meridian Canadian Open, held January 8 - 13, 2019 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Epping won
9-1 over
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2019 Meridian Canadian Open in North Battleford, Saskatchewan; and won
6-4 over
Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Meridian Canadian Open in North Battleford, Saskatchewan;
Epping finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping defeated
Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK) 8-1, then went on to lose
6-3 against
Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO). Epping lost
8-4 to
Edin where Epping responded with a
4-3 win over
Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB). Epping won
5-3 against
Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Meridian Canadian Open, Epping take home
63.979 world rankings points along with the $18,000CDN prize. Epping gained 33.023 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 1 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 7thplace overall with
378.616 total points. Epping ranks 6th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
329.682 points earned so far this season.
