CHAMPION: Epping Wins Stu Sells Living Waters Collingwood Classic

Toronto, Ontario

SKIP
John
Epping

Third
Mathew
Camm

Second
Patrick
Janssen

Lead
Jason
Camm

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	10.75
PA/G:	4.75
Hammer Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Defense:	0.05
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

John Epping (Toronto, ON) won 8-1 over Sam Mooibroek (Whitby, ON) in the Final of the Stu Sells Living Waters Collingwood Classic, held November 24 - 26 at the Curling Club of Collingwood in Collingwood, . To advance to the championship game, Epping won 5-4 over Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) in the semifinals of the Stu Sells Living Waters Collingwood Classic in Collingwood, Ontario; and won 7-3 over Daniel Hocevar (Toronto, ON) in the quarterfinals.

Epping finished 3-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping defeated Warren Smith (Collingwood, ON) 11-5, then won 6-4 against Alex Champ (Toronto, ON) and 6-2 against Howard in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stu Sells Living Waters Collingwood Classic Championship title, Epping earned 18.750 world rankings points along with the $5,700CDN first prize cheque. Epping move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 13.875 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 20th overall with 164.437 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Epping ranks 22nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 92.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	37	24	0	0.607	12-5	5-9	3-4	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	414	340	271	8.21	6.55	1.67	4.66	4.15	1.76	1.58	1.18

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	216	263	60	31	10-2	18-0	55-7	1.22	0.28	0.45	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	198	77	211	18	1-6	5-12	10-42	0.39	1.07	0.52	0.27

2023: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Jason Camm
Toronto, ON
2022: Alex Champ
Alex Champ, Charlie Richard, Terry Arnold, Scott Clinton
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2017: Mark Kean
Mark Kean, Colin Dow, Brad Kidd, Scott Brandon, Brett Dekoning
Woodstock, ON
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2015: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Claudio Paetz, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneva, SUI
2014: Pat Ferris
Pat Ferris, Andrew Fairfull, Craig Fairfull, Nathan Small, Robert Larmer
Grimsby, ON
2013: Peter Corner
Peter Corner, Graeme McCarrel, Scott Foster, Ken McDermot
Brampton, ON
2012: Pat Ferris
Pat Ferris, Andrew Fairfull, Craig Fairfull, Robert Larmer
Grimsby, ON

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