Greg Richardson (Ottawa, ON) finished 1-3 in the 48-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Richardson lost 8-5 to Peter Steski (Sarnia, ), then responded with a 7-5 win over Chad Allen (Brantford, ON). Richardson went on to lose 8-2 against Allan Lyburn (Brandon, MB). Richardson lost 11-10 to Jim Sullivan (Saint John, NB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Richardson did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Richardson ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.