Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) won
10-4 over
Kendal Thompson (Halifax, NS) in the Final Murphy advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the Deloitte Nova Scotia Tankard, held January 20 - 26, 2020 at the Dartmouth Curling Club in Dartmouth, Canada.
Murphy finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Murphy defeated
Alan O'Leary (Halifax, NS) 9-4, then won
7-3 against
Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS) and
9-1 against
Nova Scotia's Andrew Gibson. Murphy won
8-4 against
Chad Stevens (Truro, NS), then won
9-7 against
Brent MacDougall (Halifax, NS). Murphy went on to lose
6-5 against
Thompson. Murphy responded with a
11-4 win over
Stuart Thompson (Dartmouth, NS) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Deloitte Nova Scotia Tankard Championship title, Murphy earned
11.813 world rankings points. Murphy move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 2.565 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 34th overall with
123.505 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Murphy ranks 34th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
114.258 points earned so far this season.
