Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON) lost
7-6 to
Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Dave Jones Alexander Keiths Mayflower Cash Spiel, held November 1 - 4, 2018 at the Mayflower Curling Club in Timberlea, Canada. To advance to the championship game, McDonald won
5-3 over
Doug MacKenzie (Halifax , NS) in the semifinals of the 2018 Dave Jones Alexander Keiths Mayflower Cash Spiel in Timberlea, Nova Scotia, Canada; and won
6-4 over
Ed Cyr (Fredericton, NB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Dave Jones Alexander Keiths Mayflower Cash Spiel in Timberlea, Nova Scotia, Canada;
McDonald finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McDonald defeated
Jason Vaughan (Saint John, NB) 6-5, then went on to lose
5-3 against
Ian Fitzner-Leblanc (Halifax, NS). McDonald responded with a
8-5 win over
Stuart Thompson (Dartmouth, NS). McDonald won
11-8 against
Scott Webb (Peace River, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Dave Jones Alexander Keiths Mayflower Cash Spiel, McDonald take home
19.348 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN prize. McDonald move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 5.501 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 16th overall with
237.400 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. McDonald ranks 7th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
140.468 points earned so far this season.
