Jestyn Murphy (Mississauga, ON) lost
9-2 to
Min Ji Kim (Chuncheon, KOR) in the Final of the Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2, held November 5 - 10, 2019 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. To advance to the championship game, Murphy won
8-5 over
Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC) in the semifinals of the 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia; and won
6-4 over
Hollie Duncan (Toronto , ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia;
Murphy finished 2-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Murphy defeated
Laurie St-Georges (Montreal, QC) 6-4, then went on to lose
8-3 against
Binia Feltscher (Langenthal, SUI). Murphy responded with a
5-4 win over
Jill Brothers (Halifax, NS). Murphy went on to lose
9-2 against
Beth Peterson (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2, Murphy take home
33.206 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN prize. Murphy move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 27.786 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 24th overall with
193.753 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Murphy ranks 27th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
92.109 points earned so far this season.
