CHAMPION: Epping Wins 2024 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard

Sudbury, Northern Ontario

SKIP
John
Epping

Third
Jake
Horgan

Second
Tanner
Horgan

Lead
Ian
McMillan

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	10.00
PA/G:	5.58
Hammer Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

John Epping (Sudbury, NO) won 8-4 over ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR) in the Final of the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard, held October 10 - 14, 2024 at the High Park Club in Toronto, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Epping won 9-3 over Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) in the semifinals of the 2024 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and won 7-3 over Jonathan Beuk (Kingston, ON) in the quarterfinals.

Epping finished 4-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping defeated Evan Van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB) 7-6, then won 5-4 against Daniel Hocevar (Toronto, ON) and 8-6 against Yves Stocker (Oberwallis, SUI). Epping won 8-3 against Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard Championship title, Epping earned 52.500 world rankings points along with the $12,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 11 of the event schedule, Epping did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Epping ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	71	23	0	0.755	7-1	6-4	1-1	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	668	614	384	9.19	5.75	3.44	4.82	4.00	1.91	1.44	1.18

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	328	464	65	44	23-0	34-3	87-7	1.41	0.20	0.51	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	340	150	319	35	4-2	10-6	25-86	0.44	0.94	0.56	0.26

2024: John Epping
John Epping, Jake Horgan, Tanner Horgan, Ian McMillan
Sudbury, NO
2023: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Yuta Matsumura, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi, Masaki Iwai
Karuizawa, JPN
2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2021: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2020: John Epping
John Epping, Ryan Fry, Patrick Janssen, Brent Laing , Jim Wilson
Toronto, ON
2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NO
2018: Reid Carruthers
Mike McEwen, Reid Carruthers, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
, NL
2016: Mark Nichols
Mark Nichols, Adam Spencer, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2015: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Penetanguishene, ON
2012: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Reid Carruthers, Mark Nichols
winnipeg, MB
2011: Chris Gardner
Chris Gardner, Don Bowser, Brad Kidd, Simon Barrick
Ottawa, ON
2010: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON

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