Jill Thurston (Winnipeg, MB) finished 2-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thurston lost 5-3 to Eve Muirhead (Perth, SCO), then responded with a 6-5 win over Amber Holland (Kronau, SK). Thurston won 7-6 against Chelsea Carey (Morden, MB). Thurston went on to lose 6-5 against Cheryl Bernard (Calgary, AB). Thurston lost 6-3 to Kelly Scott (Kelowna, BC) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 8 of the event schedule, Thurston did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 36th to 37th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 30.542 total points. Thurston ranks 286th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.