Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) lost
5-4 to
Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) in the Final of the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, held November 14 - 17, 2019 at the Halifax Curling Club in Halifax, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Murphy won
10-2 over
Cameron Bryce (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2019 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; and won
6-3 over
Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;
Murphy finished 3-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Murphy defeated
Kevin Ouellette (Halifax, NS) 7-2, then won
6-5 against
Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS) and
7-2 against
Fredrik Nyman (Stockholm, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, Murphy take home
28.089 world rankings points along with the $5,500CDN prize. Murphy move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 12.98 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 31st overall with
140.733 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Murphy ranks 32nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
85.248 points earned so far this season.
