Jeff Richard (Kelowna, BC) finished 2-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Richard lost 7-2 to Fengchun Wang (Harbin, CHN), then responded with a 9-1 win over Japan's Yusuke Morozumi. Richard went on to lose 7-5 against Steve Petryk (Calgary, AB). Richard responded with a 6-2 win over Korea's Chang-Min Kim. Richard went on to lose 6-4 against Randy Ferbey (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Richard did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Richard ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.