Ben Hughes (St. Catharines, ON) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Hughes finished 2-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hughes defeated Matthew Hall (Stroud, ON) 7-5, then won 5-2 against David Brown (Kingston, ON). Hughes went on to lose 7-3 against Matt Pretty (Ilderton, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Hughes did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Hughes ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.