Epping Runner-Up at 2019 Ontario Tankard

Toronto, Ontario

SKIP
John
Epping

Third
Mathew
Camm

Second
Brent
Laing

Lead
Craig
Savill

Games:	12
Record:	8W - 4L
PF/G:	7.98
PA/G:	6.36
Hammer Efficiency:	0.34
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

John Epping (Toronto, ON) lost 8-2 to Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON) in the Final of the Ontario Tankard, held January 27 - February 3, 2019 in Elmira, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Epping won 10-6 over Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) in the semifinals of the 2019 Ontario Tankard in Elmira, Ontario;

Epping finished 7-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping lost 7-3 to Rob Retchless (Toronto, ON), then responded with a 9-5 win over Dayna Deruelle (Harriston, ON). Epping won 7-3 against Pat Ferris (Grimsby, ON), then won 7-6 against Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) and 9-5 against Colin Dow (Ottawa, ON). Epping won 10-2 against Charley Thomas (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON), then won 7-1 against Mark Bice (Sarnia, ON) and 7-5 against Howard. Epping went on to lose 8-4 against McDonald in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Ontario Tankard, Epping take home 23.381 world rankings points. For week 25 of the event schedule, Epping did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Epping ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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