John Bell (Unionville, ON) finished 1-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bell lost 10-1 to Daryl Shane (Kitchener, ON), droppimg another game, 7-5 to Willie MacPherson (Alliston, ON) where Bell responded with a 8-5 win over Garry Morgan (Barrie, ON). Bell went on to lose 8-4 against Dennis Moretto (Woodbridge, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, Bell did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 309th to 314th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.525 total points. Bell ranks 650th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.