CHAMPION: Murphy Wins 2015 Sobeys Classic

SKIP
Jamie
Murphy

Third
Jordan
Pinder

Second
Scott
Saccary

Lead
Philip
Crowell

Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) won 5-4 over Shawn Adams (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Sobeys Classic, held October 1 - 4, 2015 in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Murphy won 7-3 over Doug MacKenzie (Windsor, NS) to advance to the championship game. of the 2015 Sobeys Classic in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia;

Murphy finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Murphy lost 8-3 to Mike Kennedy (Moncton, NB), then responded with a 8-3 win over Mike Flemming (Halifax, NS). Murphy won 7-3 against Stuart Thompson (Halifax, NS), then won 8-2 against Brent MacDougall (Halifax, NS) and 6-2 against Glen MacLeod (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Sobeys Classic Championship title, Murphy earned 21.701 world rankings points along with the $3,200CDN first prize cheque, moving up 19 spots the World Ranking Standings into 43rd place overall with 56.663 total points. Murphy ranks 32nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 28.226 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

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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