Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) won
5-4 over
Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) 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, Howard won
6-5 over
Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2019 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; and won
8-3 over
Brent MacDougall (Halifax, NS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;
Howard finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Howard lost
6-4 to
Fredrik Nyman (Stockholm, SWE), then responded with a
7-2 win over
Kevin Ouellette (Halifax, NS). Howard won
7-0 against
Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC), then won
6-5 against
Cameron Bryce (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic Championship title, Howard earned
38.303 world rankings points along with the $11,000CDN first prize cheque. Howard move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 4.078 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 12th overall with
299.447 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Howard ranks 16th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
122.838 points earned so far this season.
