Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) won
7-6 over
Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON) in the Final of the Dave Jones Alexander Keiths Mayflower Cash Spiel, held November 1 - 4, 2018 at the Mayflower Curling Club in Timberlea, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Murphy won
7-6 over
Scott Webb (Peace River, AB) in the semifinals of the 2018 Dave Jones Alexander Keiths Mayflower Cash Spiel in Timberlea, Nova Scotia, Canada; and won
6-3 over
Jason Vaughan (Saint John, NB) in the quarterfinals.
Murphy finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Murphy defeated
Colin Thomas (St. John's, NL) 4-3, then won
6-3 against
Martin Crete (St-Romuald, QC) and
6-1 against
Francois Gagne (Montreal, QC) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Dave Jones Alexander Keiths Mayflower Cash Spiel Championship title, Murphy earned
26.384 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN first prize cheque. Murphy move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 16.514 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 32nd overall with
121.537 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Murphy ranks 37th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
52.451 points earned so far this season.
