John Grant (Toronto, ON) finished 1-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Grant lost 8-1 to Martin Ferland (Trois-Rivieres, PQ), then responded with a 8-6 win over Guy Hemmings (Montreal, PQ). Grant went on to lose 7-1 against Ontario's Bryan Cochrane. Grant lost 5-3 to Jeremy Roe (Madison, WI) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 8 of the event schedule, Grant did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 157th to 162nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 4.447 total points. Grant ranks 86th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.040 points earned so far this season.