(by Jason Simmonds)
SUMMERSIDE – John Epping drew to the button on the game’s final shot to give his Toronto rink a 7-6 win over Glenn Howard of Coldwater, Ont., in the men’s final of the Capital One Grand Slam of Curling Sun Life Financial Players’ Championship in Summerside on Sunday afternoon.
Jason Simmonds/Journal Pioneer
John Epping skipped his Toronto rink to the Capital One Grand Slam of Curling Sun Life Financial Players’ Championship in Summerside on Sunday afternoon.
Epping and his rink of third stone Scott Bailey, second stone Scott Howard and lead David Mathers went into the eight-team event seeded eighth.
The eighth-seeded rink also won the women’s championship on Saturday as Saskatoon’s Stefanie Lawton defeated Winnipeg’s Cathy Overton-Clapham 7-3 in seven ends.
Howard, third stone Wayne Middaugh, second stone Brent Laing and lead Craig Savill were presented with the Capital One Cup, which is accompanied by a $50,000 top prize, for the team with the most points in the four–event Capital One Grand Slam of Curling series.
The Howard rink also received an additional $22,000 — $12,000 runners-up share and $2,000 for each of their five round-robin wins.
The Epping rink received $28,000 – $18,000 for winning the Players’ Championship and $2,000 for each of the five round-robin wins.
See complete coverage in Monday’s Journal Pioneer.