Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) lost
8-7 to
Kendal Thompson (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, Murphy won
7-1 over
Doug MacKenzie (Halifax , NS) in the semifinals of the 2018 WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; and won
5-4 over
Scott Jones (Moncton, NB) in the quarterfinals.
Murphy finished 5-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Murphy defeated
Xiu Yue Ma (Beijing, CHN) 9-4, then won
7-2 against
MacKenzie and
5-3 against
Paul Dobson (Saint John, NB). Murphy won
8-3 against
Brent MacDougall (Halifax, NS), then won
6-4 against
Trent Skanes (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic, Murphy take home
16.511 world rankings points along with the $3,300CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 33rd place overall with
132.335 total points. Murphy ranks 38th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
82.988 points earned so far this season.
