Tallon Runner-Up at 2017 WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Fourth
Rene
Comeau

Third
Ed
Cyr

Second
Chris
Wagner

SKIP
Wayne
Tallon

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	9.45
PA/G:	8.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Wayne Tallon (Fredericton, NB) lost 7-4 to Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Tallon won 7-2 over Terry Odishaw (Moncton , NB) in the semifinals of the 2017 WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; and won 7-5 over Robert Mayhew (Halifax, NS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada;

Tallon finished 3-2 in the 18 team WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic qualifying round, held December 1 - 3, 2017 at the Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club in Saint John, Canada. In their opening game, Tallon lost 8-7 to Murphy, then responded with a 9-8 win over Dave Sullivan (Saint John, NB). Tallon won 8-1 against Paul Dexter (Halifax, NS), then won 7-5 against Paul Dobson (Saint John, NB). Tallon went on to lose 8-3 against Mayhew in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic, Tallon take home 14.859 world rankings points along with the $3,300CDN prize, moving up 155 spots the World Ranking Standings into 190th place overall with 19.475 total points. Tallon ranks 132nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.336 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	5	3	0	0.625	3-1	0-1	1-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	55	52	44	9.45	8.00	1.45	4.55	4.73	2.08	1.69	0.73

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	27	35	14	2	1-0	4-1	6-5	1.30	0.52	0.44	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	28	17	30	2	1-1	2-1	3-6	0.61	1.07	0.58	0.25

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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