Epping Reaches 2019 Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic Quarters

SKIP
John
Epping

Third
Ryan
Fry

Second
Mathew
Camm

Lead
Brent
Laing

John Epping (Toronto, ON) qualified for the 2019 Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-1 against Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO).

Epping finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping defeated Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) 6-5, then won 6-3 against Sean Geall (New Westminster, BC) and 6-2 against Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB). Epping won 6-1 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB), then won 8-2 against John Morris (Regina, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

Epping earned 28.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 488.479 total points. Epping ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 265.290 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

2023: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Scott Howard, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishene, ON
2021: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Glen Muirhead
Glen Muirhead, Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Cameron Smith
Perth, SCO
2017: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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