James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) won
8-6 over
Jason Roach (Saint John, NB) in the Final Grattan advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the New Brunswick Tankard, held January 29 - February 2, 2020 at the Capital Winter Curling Club in Fredericton, Canada.
Grattan finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Grattan defeated
Ed Cyr (Fredericton, NB) 6-3, then won
5-3 against
Rene Comeau (Saint John, NB). Grattan went on to lose
7-4 against
Roach. Grattan responded with a
8-6 win over
Ryan Cain (Fredericton, NB). Grattan won
6-2 against
Trevor Hanson (Oromocto, NB), then won
9-3 against
Terry Odishaw (Moncton, NB) and
9-3 against
Scott Jones (Moncton, NB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the New Brunswick Tankard Championship title, Grattan earned
8.438 world rankings points, moving up 6 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 79th place overall with
60.528 total points. Grattan ranks 76th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
55.749 points earned so far this season.
