Desiree Owen (Grande Prairie, AB) finished 1-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Owen lost 7-4 to Crystal Webster (Calgary, AB), then responded with a 9-4 win over Patti Lank (Lewiston, NY). Owen went on to lose 6-5 against Kerry Galusha (Yellowknife, NT). Owen lost 8-3 to Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 8 of the event schedule, Owen did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 20th to 21st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 56.183 total points. Owen ranks 281st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.