John Epping (Brampton, ON) finished 1-4 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Epping lost 7-4 to Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL), then responded with a 6-3 win over Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON). Epping went on to lose 8-5 against Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB). Epping lost 7-3 to Greg McAulay (Richmond, BC). Epping lost 6-3 to Martin Ferland (Trois-Rivières, QC) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Epping did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Epping ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.