Warren Hassall (Lloydminster, SK) finished 2-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hassall defeated Leon Moch (Medicine Hat, AB) 6-4, then went on to lose 4-3 against Steve Mackey (Calgary, AB). Hassall lost 8-7 to Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB) where Hassall responded with a 8-2 win over Andrey Drozdov (Moscow, RUS). Hassall went on to lose 5-3 against Randy Bryden (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Hassall did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Hassall ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.