Brock Virtue (Calgary, AB) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Virtue defeated Carl deConinck Smith (Rosetown, SK) 6-5, then went on to lose 6-3 against Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON). Virtue lost 8-2 to Sean Geall (New Westminster, BC) where Virtue responded with a 5-3 win over Brent Pierce (New Westminster, BC). Virtue went on to lose 7-3 against Warren Hassall (Lloydminster, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 8 of the event schedule, Virtue did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 63rd to 67th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 26.854 total points. Virtue ranks 38th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 21.600 points earned so far this season.