John Epping (Toronto, ON) lost
6-0 to
Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Red Deer Curling Classic, held November 15 - 18, 2024 at the Red Deer Curling Club in Red Deer, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Epping won
5-4 over
Jordon McDonald (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2024 Red Deer Curling Classic in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada; and won
5-2 over
Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 Red Deer Curling Classic in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada;
Epping finished 5-2 in the 28-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping defeated
Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) 6-4, then won
6-2 against
Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Epping went on to lose
5-4 against
Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN). Epping responded with a
8-2 win over
Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Epping won
6-5 against
Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN) to advance to a B-Qualifier game where they lost
8-3 against
Dunstone to drop into a C-Qualifier game where they responded with a
7-3 win over
Thomas Scoffin (Whitehorse, YK) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Red Deer Curling Classic, Epping take home
30.250 world rankings points along with the $7,000CDN prize. For week 16 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.
