Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) finished 1-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Laycock lost 7-3 to Wade White (Edmonton, AB), droppimg another game, 8-3 to Steve Petryk (Calgary, AB). Laycock lost 6-3 to Kevin Yablonski (Calgary, AB) where Laycock responded with a 9-3 win over Mike Libbus (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 5 of the event schedule, Laycock did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 25th to 26th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 39.886 total points. Laycock ranks 465th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.