Shawn Taylor (Brandon, MB) finished 1-3 in the 31-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Taylor lost 8-2 to Terry McNamee (Brandon, MB), then responded with a 11-6 win over Kyle Foster (Arborg, MB). Taylor went on to lose 6-4 against Glen Toews (Swan River, MB). Taylor lost 10-4 to Steve Petryk (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 16 of the event schedule, Taylor did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 287th to 291st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 1.564 total points. Taylor ranks 536th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.