Rob Rumfeldt (Guelph, ON) finished 3-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rumfeldt defeated Alex Leichter (Rochester, NY) 7-2, then won 6-0 against Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, QC) and 8-5 against Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON). Rumfeldt went on to lose 7-2 against Manitoba's Mike McEwen. Rumfeldt lost 5-2 to Andrey Drozdov (Moscow, RUS). Rumfeldt lost 7-5 to Ontario's Mark Kean in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, Rumfeldt did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 26th place on the World Ranking Standings with 59.413 total points. Rumfeldt ranks 46th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.250 points earned so far this season.