CHAMPION: Thompson Wins 2018 WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic

SKIP
Kendal
Thompson

Third
Bryce
Everist

Second
Chris
MacRae

Lead
Michael
Brophy

Kendal Thompson (HALIFAX, NS) won 8-7 over Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic, held December 7 - 9, 2018 at the Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club in Saint John, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Thompson won 6-4 over James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) in the semifinals of the 2018 WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; and won 5-2 over Jean-Sebastien Roy (Saguenay, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada;

Thompson finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thompson lost 8-5 to Roy, then responded with a 8-1 win over Rene Comeau (Fredericton, NB). Thompson won 7-2 against Kevin Ouellette (Halifax, NS), then won 6-1 against Alan O'Leary (Dartmouth, NS) and 6-2 against Jason Vaughan (Saint John, NB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic Championship title, Thompson earned 22.514 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 19 spots the World Ranking Standings into 54th place overall with 83.714 total points. Thompson ranks 47th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 70.428 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

2024: Colten Steele
Colten Steele, Kerry MacLean, Paul Dexter, Robby McLean
Dartmouth, NS
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

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