Jill Thurston (Winnipeg, MB) finished 1-4 in the 30-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thurston defeated Saskatchewan's Diane Foster 7-2, then went on to lose 8-3 against Deanna Doig (Regina, SK). Thurston lost 6-5 to Brandee Borne (Saskatoon, SK). Thurston lost 6-5 to Sherry Middaugh (Coldwater, ON). Thurston lost 6-4 to Erika Brown (Madison, WI) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 6 of the event schedule, Thurston did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 35th to 36th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 30.542 total points. Thurston ranks 260th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.