Larry Pineau (Thunder Bay, ON) finished 4-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pineau defeated Don Walchuk (Edmonton, AB) 8-5, then won 9-8 against Ron Gauthier (Winnipeg, MB) and 10-3 against Rob Ewen (Janzen, SK). Pineau went on to lose 10-6 against Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB). Pineau responded with a 10-6 win over Gerald Shymko (Yorkton, SK). Pineau went on to lose 6-5 against Gary Scheirich (Saskatoon, SK). Pineau lost 10-9 to Ed Lukowich (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Pineau did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Pineau ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.