Shawn Joyce (Saskatoon, SK) finished 1-4 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Joyce lost 8-1 to Bob Ursel (Kelowna, BC), then responded with a 7-4 win over Wade White (Edmonton, AB). Joyce went on to lose 6-4 against Ted Appelman (Edmonton, AB). Joyce lost 8-2 to Fengchun Wang (Harbin, CHN). Joyce lost 8-0 to Matt Yeo (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Joyce did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Joyce ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.