Daniel Birchard (Winnipeg, MB) finished 2-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birchard defeated Steve Petryk (Calgary, AB) 6-4, then went on to lose 6-5 against Greg Todoruk (Dauphin, MB). Birchard lost 7-4 to William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) where Birchard responded with a 5-2 win over Rob Rumfeldt (Guelph, ON). Birchard went on to lose 8-6 against Scott Bitz (Regina, SK) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 15 of the event schedule, Birchard did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 207th to 215th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 3.358 total points. Birchard ranks 573rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.