CHAMPION: Jones Wins 2023 New Brunswick Tankard

Moncton, New Brunswick

Fourth
Jeremy
Mallais

SKIP
Scott
Jones

Second
Brian
King

Lead
Jared
Bezanson

Games:	9
Record:	7W - 2L
PF/G:	6.74
PA/G:	6.40
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Scott Jones (Moncton, NB) won 8-7 over Jason Roach (Fredericton, NB) in the Final of the New Brunswick Tankard, held February 8 - 12, 2023 in Moncton, New Brunswick. To advance to the championship game, Jones won 7-6 over James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) in the semifinals of the 2023 New Brunswick Tankard in Moncton, New Brunswick;

Jones finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jones defeated New Brunswick's Trevor Hanson 8-5, then won 5-4 against Alex Robichaud (Fredericton, NB). Jones went on to lose 13-1 against Mike Kennedy (Fredericton, NB). Jones responded with a 8-4 win over Zack Eldridge (Fredericton, NB). Jones went on to lose 9-8 against Roach. Jones responded with a 7-2 win over Jack Smeltzer (Fredericton, NB). Jones won 8-7 against Grattan in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the New Brunswick Tankard Championship title, Jones earned 7.500 world rankings points, moving up 13 spots the World Ranking Standings into 113th place overall with 29.238 total points. Jones ranks 110th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 27.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	17	18	0	0.486	2-4	1-4	0-2	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	285	216	215	7.58	7.54	0.04	4.39	4.39	1.73	1.72	1.23

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	144	156	53	22	3-2	15-1	28-10	1.08	0.37	0.38	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	141	60	162	13	2-5	6-15	4-24	0.43	1.15	0.52	0.26

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