Kerry Burtnyk (Winnipeg, MB) finished 1-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Burtnyk lost 7-3 to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE), then responded with a 5-3 win over David Murdoch (Scotland, UK). Burtnyk went on to lose 7-4 against Wayne Middaugh (Toronto, ON). Burtnyk lost 6-5 to Bob Ursel (Kelowna, BC) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Burtnyk did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Burtnyk ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.