Colin Thomas (St. John's, NL) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thomas defeated Dennis Moretto (Woodbridge, ON) 7-2, then went on to lose 6-4 against Daryl Shane (Waterloo, ON). Thomas lost 6-5 to Al Corbeil (Barrie, ON) where Thomas responded with a 6-5 win over Greg McLellan (Sault Ste. Marie, ON). Thomas went on to lose 4-1 against Jake Higgs (Harriston, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, Thomas did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 119th to 121st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 7.500 total points. Thomas ranks 489th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.