James Pope (Port Elgin, ON) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Pope finished 0-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pope lost 8-7 to Kate Hamer (Port Elgin, ON), droppimg another game, 7-6 to Marshall McMillan (Port Elgin, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 23 of the event schedule, Pope did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Pope ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.