Howard Rajala (Ottawa, ON) finished 3-7 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rajala defeated Nick Rizzo (Brantford, ON) 7-2, then went on to lose 6-5 against Dale Matchett (Bradford, ON). Rajala lost 9-5 to Mark Kean (Ajax, ON). Rajala lost 7-1 to Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON) where Rajala responded with a 10-5 win over John Epping (Toronto, ON). Rajala went on to lose 10-9 against Mark Bice (Sarnia, ON). Rajala lost 11-8 to Peter Corner (Toronto, ON). Rajala lost 7-6 to Jake Higgs (Harrison, ON). Rajala lost 8-6 to Chris Gardner (Ottawa, ON) where Rajala responded with a 10-6 win over Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 23 of the event schedule, Rajala did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 48th place on the World Ranking Standings with 47.080 total points. Rajala ranks 42nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 33.310 points earned so far this season.