Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) won
9-7 over
Stuart Thompson (Dartmouth, NS) in the Final Murphy advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the Nova Scotia Deloitte Tankard, held January 24 - 29, 2017 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Murphy finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Murphy defeated
Mike Flemming (Halifax, NS) 9-1, then went on to lose
8-7 against
Brent MacDougall (Halfiax, NS). Murphy responded with a
8-1 win over
Kendal Thompson (Halifax, NS). Murphy won
8-2 against
Thompson, then won
7-4 against
Robert Mayhew (Sackville, NS) and
8-3 against
Chad Stevens (Halifax, NS). Murphy won
4-3 against
Paul Dexter (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Nova Scotia Deloitte Tankard Championship title, Murphy earned
12.600 world rankings points. Murphy move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 11.541 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 37th overall with
196.893 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Murphy ranks 40th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
87.117 points earned so far this season.
