Chad Stevens (Halifax, NS) finished 1-3 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stevens lost 6-4 to Paul Flemming (Halifax, NS), droppimg another game, 5-3 to Switzerland's Pascal Hess where Stevens responded with a 7-6 win over Serge Reid (Saguenay, QC). Stevens went on to lose 8-4 against Marc LeCocq (Nackawic, NB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 15 of the event schedule, Stevens did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 217th to 229th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 2.700 total points. Stevens ranks 195th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.250 points earned so far this season.