Joe Frans (St Thomas , ON) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Frans lost 6-4 to Ontario's Wayne Tuck Jr., then responded with a 7-5 win over Ontario's Richard Krell. Frans went on to lose 7-5 against James Grattan (Saint John, NB). Frans responded with a 6-1 win over Robert Desjardins (Chicoutimi, QC). Frans went on to lose 7-6 against Christopher Plys (Blaine, USA) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 7 of the event schedule, Frans did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 54th to 57th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 21.460 total points. Frans ranks 496th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.