Kendal Thompson (HALIFAX, NS) won
8-7 over
Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic, held December 7 - 9, 2018 at the Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club in Saint John, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Thompson won
6-4 over
James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) in the semifinals of the 2018 WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; and won
5-2 over
Jean-Sebastien Roy (Saguenay, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada;
Thompson finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thompson lost
8-5 to
Roy, then responded with a
8-1 win over
Rene Comeau (Fredericton, NB). Thompson won
7-2 against
Kevin Ouellette (Halifax, NS), then won
6-1 against
Alan O'Leary (Dartmouth, NS) and
6-2 against
Jason Vaughan (Saint John, NB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic Championship title, Thompson earned
22.514 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 19 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 54th place overall with
83.714 total points. Thompson ranks 47th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
70.428 points earned so far this season.
