John Epping (Sudbury, NO) won
6-5 over
Jordon McDonald (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Duluth Cash Spiel, held December 20 - 22, 2024 at the Duluth Curling Club in Duluth, United States. To advance to the championship game, Epping won
8-3 over
Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) in the semifinals of the 2024 Duluth Cash Spiel in Duluth, Minnesota, United States; and won
8-7 over
John Shuster (Duluth, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 Duluth Cash Spiel in Duluth, Minnesota, United States;
Epping finished 4-0 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping defeated
Carson McMullin (Eau Claire, WI) 9-5, then won
6-2 against
Caden Hebert (Eau Claire, WI) and
7-3 against
Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, NO). Epping won
9-1 against
Chris Silver (Thunder Bay, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Duluth Cash Spiel Championship title, Epping earned
22.500 world rankings points along with the $9,334CDN first prize cheque. Epping gained 3 points improving upon their best 6 events, though dropped 2 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 14thplace overall with
211.416 total points. Epping ranks 10th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
178.750 points earned so far this season.
