Epping Reaches 2023 Insitu Players Open Semifinals

SKIP
John
Epping

Third
Mathew
Camm

Second
Patrick
Janssen

Lead
Jason
Camm

John Epping (Toronto, ON) run at the 2023 Insitu Players Open came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-2 loss to Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB). of the 2023 Insitu Players Open in Dundas, Ontario, Canada; Epping advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-2 win over Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA).

Epping finished 3-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping defeated ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR) 8-3, then won 7-2 against Cameron Bryce (Border, SCO) and 5-1 against Mark Kean (Woodstock, ON). Epping went on to lose 8-7 against Retornaz. Epping lost 10-3 to Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Epping earned 29.750 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Insitu Players Open. Epping move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 24.875 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 17th overall with 169.094 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Epping ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 60.625 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

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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