CHAMPION: Tallon Wins 2014 Jim Sullivan Curling Classic

Fredericton, New Brunswick

SKIP
Wayne
Tallon

Third
Mike
Kennedy

Second
Mike
Flannery

Lead
Wade
Blanchard

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	8.64
PA/G:	5.59
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.68
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Wayne Tallon (Fredericton, NB) won 7-5 over Jeremy Mallais (Moncton, NB) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Tallon won 8-4 over Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) in the semifinals of the 2014 Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Saint John, New Brunswick; and won 7-5 over Jason Vaughan (Saint John, NB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2014 Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Saint John, New Brunswick;

Tallon finished 3-2 in the 18 team Jim Sullivan Curling Classic qualifying round, held December 5 - 7, 2014 in , . In their opening game, Tallon defeated Paul Dobson (Saint John, NB) 7-4, then went on to lose 6-4 against Dean Gemmell (New York, NY). Tallon responded with a 7-1 win over Mitch Downey (Saint John, NB). Tallon went on to lose 6-3 against Grant Odishaw (Moncton, NB). Tallon responded with a 8-2 win over Mike Flemming (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Jim Sullivan Curling Classic Championship title, Tallon earned 3.250 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 423 spots the World Ranking Standings into 208th place overall with 3.250 total points. Tallon ranks 132nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	6	2	0	0.750	3-2	3-0	0-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	59	51	33	8.64	5.59	3.05	5.25	4.41	1.65	1.27	0.34

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	29	37	7	0	0-0	1-0	13-0	1.28	0.24	0.48	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	30	14	26	2	0-0	1-1	3-5	0.47	0.87	0.68	0.30

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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