Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) won
9-5 over
Mark Dacey (Halifax, NS) in the Final Murphy advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the Nova Scotia Deloitte Tankard, held January 9 - 14, 2018 at the Dartmouth Curling Club in Dartmouth, Canada.
Murphy finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Murphy defeated
Mike Flemming (Halifax, NS) 10-2, then went on to lose
7-6 against
Brent MacDougall (Halifax, NS). Murphy responded with a
8-2 win over
Greg Power (Halifax, NS). Murphy won
7-1 against
Dacey, then won
12-6 against
Kendal Thompson (Halifax, NS) and
8-3 against
Chad Stevens (Halifax, NS). Murphy went on to lose
7-6 against
Stuart Thompson (Dartmouth, NS) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Nova Scotia Deloitte Tankard Championship title, Murphy earned
11.550 world rankings points. For week 23 of the event schedule, Murphy did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Murphy ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
