CHAMPION: Murphy Wins 2017 WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic

SKIP
Jamie
Murphy

Third
Paul
Flemming

Second
Scott
Saccary

Lead
Philip
Crowell

Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) won 7-4 over Wayne Tallon (Fredericton, NB) in the Final of the WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic, held December 1 - 3, 2017 at the Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club in Saint John, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Murphy won 4-1 over James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) in the semifinals of the 2017 WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; and won 7-6 over Stuart Thompson (Dartmouth, NS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada;

Murphy finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Murphy defeated Tallon 8-7, then won 5-2 against Robert Mayhew (Halifax, NS). Murphy went on to lose 6-4 against Paul Dobson (Saint John, NB). Murphy responded with a 8-5 win over Dave Sullivan (Saint John, NB). Murphy won 8-4 against Paul Dexter (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic Championship title, Murphy earned 18.912 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 45th place overall with 157.252 total points. Murphy ranks 39th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 74.106 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2023: Nick Mosher
Nick Mosher, Sean Beland, Owen MacPherson, Aidan MacDonald
Halifax, NS
2022: Stuart Thompson
Stuart Thompson, Kendal Thompson, Colten Steele, Michael Brophy , John Newhook
Halifax, NS
2019: James Grattan
James Grattan, Chris Jeffrey, Andy McCann, Jamie Brannen, Paul Dobson
Oromocto, NB
2018: Kendal Thompson
Kendal Thompson, Bryce Everist, Chris MacRae, Michael Brophy
HALIFAX, NS
2017: Jamie Murphy
Jamie Murphy, Paul Flemming, Scott Saccary, Philip Crowell
Halifax, NS
2016: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau, QC
2015: Jamie Murphy
Jamie Murphy, Jordan Pinder, Scott Saccary, Philip Crowell
Halifax, NS
2014: Wayne Tallon
Wayne Tallon, Mike Kennedy, Mike Flannery, Wade Blanchard
Fredericton, NB

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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