 Toronto's John Epping won 3-2 over Glenn Howard in the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard Final. Playing at the KW Granite Club in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Epping and his team of Ryan Fry, Patrick Janssen and Brent Laing used a conservative style to keep the game tight and rode a couple steals in the first five ends to lead 2-0.
Howard, with Scott Howard at third, David Mathers and Tim March on the front end came into the final on a 10-game winning streak to start the season. With a chance in the second end to score two, Howard's soft weight hit caught on the straighter side and rolled out, giving Epping a steal. The hit and roll, part of the struggles for Team Howard to generate much offence against Epping, found themselves forced to a single point in the seventh end. Howard stole a single in the seventh end, before Epping made the open hit in the eighth end for the win. Epping won 10-5 over Ottawa's Jason Camm in Monday morning's semifinal. Epping went 4-1 in the round-robin, with their only loss coming to Howard, a 7-1 decision on Saturday evening. Epping won 8-3 over Sam Steep (Seaforth), then 12-4 over Rylan Hartley (Brantford) before their loss to Howard, then finishing with a 7-2 win over Camm and 8-3 over Brandon Tippin. Howard went undefeated through the round-robin, advancing directly to the Championship Final. |
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After emerging on the global stage at senior level last month, Katie McMillan is feeling all the more ready for the challenge as she and partner Angus Bryce prepare to represent Scotland at the ACE & Company World Mixed Doubles Championships in Geneva over the next week (April 25 - May 2).
