CHAMPION: Murphy Wins 2016 Nova Scotia Tankard

SKIP
Jamie
Murphy

Third
Jordan
Pinder

Second
Scott
Saccary

Lead
Philip
Crowell

Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) won 6-5 over Chad Stevens (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Nova Scotia Tankard, held January 19 - 24, 2016 at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Murphy won 5-4 over Shawn Adams (Halifax, NS) in the semifinals of the 2016 Nova Scotia Tankard in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;

Murphy finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Murphy defeated Paul Dexter (Halifax, NS) 8-2, then won 8-6 against Jamie Danbrook (Halifax, NS) and 10-9 against Brent MacDougall (Halifax, NS). Murphy went on to lose 10-9 against Stuart Thompson (Halifax, NS). Murphy responded with a 6-5 win over Glen MacLeod (Halifax, NS). Murphy went on to lose 6-5 against Stevens. Murphy responded with a 7-5 win over Adams in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Nova Scotia Tankard Championship title, Murphy earned 13.650 world rankings points, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 34th place overall with 137.831 total points. Murphy ranks 27th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 109.394 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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