Kendal Thompson (Halifax, NS) lost
10-4 to
Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Deloitte Nova Scotia Tankard, held January 20 - 26, 2020 at the Dartmouth Curling Club in Dartmouth, Canada.
Thompson finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thompson lost
7-6 to
Nova Scotia's Andrew Gibson, then responded with a
7-4 win over
Brent MacDougall (Halifax, NS). Thompson went on to lose
10-6 against
Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS). Thompson responded with a
8-7 win over
Stuart Thompson (Dartmouth, NS). Thompson won
7-3 against
Alan O'Leary (Halifax, NS), then won
6-5 against
Murphy and
8-4 against
Chad Stevens (Truro, NS) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Deloitte Nova Scotia Tankard, Thompson take home
8.663 world rankings points. Thompson move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of -0.32000000000001 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 66th overall with
70.449 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Thompson ranks 72nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
62.466 points earned so far this season.
