Michael Shepherd (Richmond Hill, ON) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Shepherd finished 2-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shepherd lost 7-6 to Jason March (Pickering, ON), then responded with a 7-4 win over Richard Krell (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON). Shepherd won 5-3 against Dave Fischer (Oshawa, ON). Shepherd went on to lose 6-5 against Bob Turcotte (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 14 of the event schedule, Shepherd did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 173rd to 174th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 5.000 total points. Shepherd ranks 143rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.500 points earned so far this season.