Epping Reaches 2023 Insitu Players Open Semifinals

Toronto, Ontario

SKIP
John
Epping

Third
Mathew
Camm

Second
Patrick
Janssen

Lead
Jason
Camm

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	8.22
PA/G:	7.33
Hammer Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

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

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