CHAMPION: Epping Wins 2022 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic

Toronto, Ontario

SKIP
John
Epping

Third
Mathew
Camm

Second
Patrick
Janssen

Lead
Scott
Chadwick

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	11.09
PA/G:	5.87
Hammer Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

John Epping (Toronto, ON) won 7-4 over Jason Camm (Navan, ON) in the Final of the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, held November 9 - 13, 2022 at the Halifax Curling Club in Halifax, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Epping won 8-2 over Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) in the semifinals of the 2022 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; and won 10-3 over Stuart Thompson (Halifax, NS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;

Epping finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping lost 7-6 to Bryce Everist (Halifax, NS), then responded with a 8-3 win over Jack Smeltzer (Fredericton, NB). Epping won 5-4 against Ryan Abraham (Halifax, NS), then won 7-4 against Nathan Young (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic Championship title, Epping earned 26.250 world rankings points along with the $7,500CDN first prize cheque. Epping move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 19.5 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 14th overall with 171.672 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Epping ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 89.875 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

2023: Felix Asselin
Felix Asselin, Martin Crete, Emile Asselin, Jean-Francois Trepanier
Montreal, QC
2022: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Scott Chadwick
Toronto, ON
2021: Stuart Thompson
Stuart Thompson, Kendal Thompson, Colten Steele, Michael Brophy
Halifax, NS
2020: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Ryan McNeil Lamswood
St. John's, NL
2019: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Scott Howard, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishene, ON
2018: Scott Howard
Scott Howard, Adam Spencer, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishe, ON

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