Kristin Clarke (Chester, NS) finished 1-3 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Clarke lost 8-3 to Coralie Ayre (Sydney, NS), then responded with a 7-4 win over Robyn MacPhee (Charlottetown, PEI). Clarke went on to lose 7-4 against Theresa Breen (Halifax, NS). Clarke lost 7-1 to Colleen Pinkney (Truro, NS) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Clarke earned 0.496 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, dropping 4 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 82nd place overall with 55.094 total points. Clarke ranks 144th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.542 points earned so far this season.