Epping Reaches 2023 Ontario Tankard Semifinals

Toronto, Ontario

SKIP
John
Epping

Third
Mathew
Camm

Second
Patrick
Janssen

Lead
Scott
Chadwick

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	7.36
PA/G:	5.69
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.16
Force Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

John Epping (Toronto, ON) run at the 2023 Ontario Tankard came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-4 loss to Mike McEwen (Toronto, ON). of the 2023 Ontario Tankard in Port Elgin, Ontario;

Epping finished 5-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping defeated Aaron Squires (St Thomas, ON) 8-7, then went on to lose 7-6 against McEwen. Epping responded with a 9-2 win over Alex Champ (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON). Epping won 8-5 against Sam Mooibroek (Whitby, ON), then won 8-4 against Jason Camm (Ottawa, ON) and 7-2 against Michael Fournier (Toronto, ON). Epping went on to lose 7-3 against Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Epping earned 18.000 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Ontario Tankard. Epping move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 11.25 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 15th overall with 175.024 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Epping ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 134.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	37	24	0	0.607	7-6	2-7	2-5	2-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	450	362	300	8.04	6.67	1.38	4.40	4.22	1.83	1.58	1.38

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	234	282	70	33	11-0	24-2	50-14	1.21	0.30	0.42	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	216	80	230	29	2-3	8-15	8-50	0.37	1.06	0.51	0.23

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