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peterborough , ontario '' ` john epping '' ' tim march 20 march 1983 patrick janssen mathew camm john epping
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john epping

john epping -lrb- born march 20 , 1983 in peterborough , ontario -rrb- is a canadian curler from toronto .
epping was a top junior curler , having won the ontario junior championship in 2004 .
at the 2004 canadian junior curling championships , his team finished with an 8-4 record , just out of the playoffs .
he won the 2006 canadian mixed curling championship with julie reddick , scott foster and leigh armstrong .
he won the 2007 provincial mixed as well , but could not defend his national title .
after juniors , epping played third for nick rizzo until switching positions with rizzo in 2006 , and thus skipping the team .
however , in 2007 he was picked up to play third for olympic silver medalist mike harris .
he 'd only play one season for harris before joining wayne middaugh 's rink at second in 2008 .
with the middaugh rink epping won the 2008 national , his first grand slam victory .
the team also played in the 2009 canadian olympic curling trials , where they finished with a 2-5 record .
in 2010 , epping parted from middaugh to form his own team .
epping won the 2012 players ' championship , his second grand slam title of his career , and his first as skip .
this win helped him accrue enough ctrs points to qualify for a direct spot at the 2013 canadian olympic curling trials .
at the trials , his rink won just one game , and finished last .
