Dean Gemmell (New York, NY) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gemmell lost 6-5 to Minnesota's Todd Birr, droppimg another game, 11-3 to Lyle Sieg (Seattle, WA) where Gemmell responded with a 6-5 win over Jake Vukich (Bemidji, MN). Gemmell won 5-3 against Minnesota's Peter Stolt. Gemmell went on to lose 6-3 against Craig Brown (Blaine, USA) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 17 of the event schedule, Gemmell did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 80th to 81st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 18.844 total points. Gemmell ranks 504th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.