Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) lost
9-5 to
Scott Jones (Moncton, NB) in the Final of the Steele Cup Cash, held October 17 - 20, 2019 at the Capital Winter Curling Club in Fredericton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Murphy won
7-3 over
Jack Smeltzer (Fredericton, NB) in the semifinals of the 2019 Steele Cup Cash in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada;
Murphy finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Murphy lost
6-3 to
Mike Flannery (Fredericton, NB), then responded with a
6-4 win over
Wayne Tallon (Fredericton, NB). Murphy won
7-5 against
Trevor Hanson (Oromocto, NB), then won
8-4 against
Jones in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Steele Cup Cash, Murphy take home
10.275 world rankings points along with the $1,700CDN prize. Murphy move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 1.028 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 45th overall with
101.353 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Murphy ranks 59th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
27.373 points earned so far this season.
