Murphy Runner-Up at 2018 WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic

Halifax, Nova Scotia

SKIP
Jamie
Murphy

Third
Paul
Flemming

Second
Scott
Saccary

Lead
Philip
Crowell

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	10.38
PA/G:	5.58
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) lost 8-7 to Kendal Thompson (HALIFAX, NS) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Murphy won 7-1 over Doug MacKenzie (Halifax , NS) in the semifinals of the 2018 WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; and won 5-4 over Scott Jones (Moncton, NB) in the quarterfinals.

Murphy finished 5-0 in the 18 team WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic qualifying round, held December 7 - 9, 2018 at the Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club in Saint John, Canada. In their opening game, Murphy defeated Xiu Yue Ma (Beijing, CHN) 9-4, then won 7-2 against MacKenzie and 5-3 against Paul Dobson (Saint John, NB). Murphy won 8-3 against Brent MacDougall (Halifax, NS), then won 6-4 against Trent Skanes (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic, Murphy take home 16.511 world rankings points along with the $3,300CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 33rd place overall with 132.335 total points. Murphy ranks 38th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 82.988 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	7	1	0	0.875	2-0	3-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	52	54	29	10.38	5.58	4.81	5.58	3.65	1.86	1.53	0.77

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	23	34	6	1	2-0	2-0	6-2	1.48	0.26	0.45	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	29	20	23	3	1-0	2-2	2-4	0.69	0.79	0.60	0.38

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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